What If? The ROB puts some Villains to a test.

[Sailor.X]

In this scenario the ROB decides he wants to see which villain is the most resourceful. So he summons 10 villains from across the Multiverse to participate in his little contest. These are the villains.

1: David Xanatos (Gargoyles). He has his Gargoyle Armor and 3 Gargoyle Robots
2: Darth Vader (Star Wars Rogue One) He has 5 Storm Troopers backing him up
3: Baal (Stargate SG1) He has is normal gear and 5 loyal Jaffa with standard gear
4: Dr Doom (Marvel 616) He has his normal gear and 3 Doom Bots Shadowing him cloaked
5: Lex Luthor (Justice League Unlimited) He has his Combat Armor
6: Mum 'Ra (Original Thundercats) He is in his powered up form. But can only call upon the Ancient Spirits of Evil one more time if he gets depowered
7: Megatron (Beast Wars) Megatron has is Season 1 form
8: Khan (Star Trek Into Darkness) He has his Boilion Cannon, A Phaser Pistol and a Tricorder
9: Azula (Avatar the Last Airbenber) She has 5 loyal Fire Benders backing her up.
10: Cobra Commander (GIJOE Comics 80s) He has a pistol and 5 Cobra Vipers backing him up.

The villains will have the opportunity to compete for a powerful artifact. The Artifact gives the winner Galactus Level power. They would be able to go back to their home universe with immense power. Of coarse power at this level does not come easy. They will have to search for the artifact. The contest will be on an island 300 miles in length and 250 miles in width. The island has Jungles on the coast, A grassy plain 30 miles in and small mountain range in center of the island. Scattered across the island are over 50 temples. Each temple has clues that point to the location of the Artifacts cave. The Cave is in one of the mountains. And to prevent the contestants from just flying to the location or using tech/magic to search for it. The island has a dampening field in the Mountain Area that not only prevents flight but will prevent the use of tech or magic until all 50 clues are found and pieced together. The Villains will start in random parts of the Island but never in the mountains.

And the to not make it boring for the Contestants the ROB has added some creatures and other obstacles to spice things up. The island has

Jurassic Park Raptors (20)
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad Cyclops (10)
Xenomorphs (20)
The Indominus Rex
The Anaconda (Anaconda Movie)
T-800 Terminators (10)
The Predator (1st Predator Movie)
Drogon (Game of Thrones)
Booby Traps in each temple
Halo Brutes 1 Chieftain and 10 regular Brutes.
Rancor (Star Wars 2)

These creatures and combatants will not attack each other but will go after the contestants once they detect them. And if they are in the same area may target the same contestant at once. So which villain do you think will solve all the clues and get the artifact. What tactics do you think will be used by the contestants?

 

[Agent23]

Vader, the Capeshit baddies and Megatron probably take most of this one easy, IMHO.

Baal probably won't fair as well, although it might be interesting to see him snake a Xenomorph or Pred, dunno about Khan and the rest, but I kinda doubt it.

Vader force-choking the Rancor will be a "like father like daughter moment" I suppose.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Ugh I can't stand Marvel Dr. Doom. Not anything against the character but the repeated trauma of witnessing Doom adherents forthing forth with their constant Golden Age Streams of Doom Supremacy arguments. Did you know that Dr. Doom has defeated like a majority of the Heralds of Galactus and stole their power whilst leaving them crying? That he can't die due to Ovoid Mind Transfers! That he is both a Master of Sorcery and Science and can match both Dr. Strange and Reed Richards? He's outwitted Mephisto before! He killed a lion with his bare hands! If Dr. Doom was ruler of the world, Earth would be a Utopia! Everytime Dr. Doom lost, it was due to a Doombot, not Dr. Doom himself. He's actually like undefeated or part of a long term plan! Dr. Doom can just travel back in time and reverse things since he's basically like Kang the Conqueror but with a brain!

So... in the interest of fairness, I think Dr. Doom, despite being the clear favor in here, will automatically lose. As you can tell, he's being accompanied by several Doombots. Obviously... if Dr. Doom was placed in this Versus Match, it was with the intent that there is a possibility that Dr. Doom would lose. However Dr. Doom losing is canonically impossible and thus... it is obvious that ALL of the Dr. Doom's in this Versus match are Doombots and thusly... ergo... vis a vis... concordantly... are destined to lose because as the greatest superhero of all time, Dominic Terreto once stated, "If doesn't matter if you lose by an inch or a mile, losing is still losing." Thus Dr. Doom cannot be in this Versus Debate if there is a chance of him losing.

With that out of the way, that means we can knock off one easy candidate right away.

Don't know or care for Thundercats or Mum-Ra so I won't even bother with something I can't comment on.

Cobra Commander. Cobra Commander was a Used Care Salesman in the comics as an origin but was a strategic (if hammy) mastermind. In the cartoon the guy is a parody who is no more capable then a Used Car Salesman and his entire organization is a joke Dude doesn't even have his Crimson Guard with him. Write him off.

Now we have some interesting runners up.

Khan, he's smart and can get punched in the face alot. And he killed like a hundred Klingons in a shitty action piece battle which you couldn't even follow what was going on. His most valuable tech is the Tricorder though which is a nice aid for whoever will pry it from his cold dead hands and can figure out how to use it.

Megatron never impressed me too much with his intelligence and tactical acumen in Beast Wars. And he's unsupported here. Individually powerful yes but the odds are not in his favor here. Goes down fighting but ultimately clueless.

I feel a challenge like this is right up the System Lord Baal's alley but... he has five mook Jaffa supporting him and he himself isn't all that formidable. He'd do best being a scheming magnificent bastard and trying to manipulate a more powerful opponent to work for and then backstab them at the right opportunity. Unfortunately a lot of the other competitors here have bullshit sensors. He'd do great at the puzzle solving but wouldn't last long I feel in general due to weakness in all other aspects of the scenario.

Azula backed by five mook Firebenders is actually a pretty potent force. And Azula is smart and canny and everything. But I don't think she has the intellect or acumen needed to survive a scenario such as this. Plus she's still squishy as is her coterie of Firebenders.

Darth Vader is in the same boat as Azula. He's smart too and surprisingly adaptable. He's shown his intelligence and acumen before and might do well with the puzzles as well. The stormtroopers add nothing of course. But while he's smart, he's not super smart like some of the other competitors here. And while he's formidable in combat, perhaps one of the more potent ones (like him facing down Azula alone would be damn interesting) there's one person who outmatches Vader in brains and brawns that isn't a Doombot destined to lose.

LEX LUTHOR! Not only is Lex Luthor a big brain, perhaps as much raw intelligence as an unwanked Dr. Doom, but he has his trademark Green Combat Armor as well, the thing that allows him to trade blows with Superman types. He also has enough scruples to not be as smug and arrogant as Dr. Doom or Vader, can play nice with others and could literally smash literally everyone else, teams included, on this list. He does have one downfall though and that is that while it's not as bad or tempermental as Dr. Doom or Vader, he still suffers from the sin of Pride.

So the winner is therefore David Xanatos. I know Dr. Doom(bot) and Lex Luthor have faced far more exceptional foes but Xanatos is so smart and canny and adaptable that he has tropes named after him both in gambit and speed chess form. His armor and mook Gargoyles will give him enough survivability to take on most of the local flora and fauna, his master intellect and extensive knowledge of history and anthropology and mythology will allow him to decipher the clues and puzzles of the temples better then anyone except maybe the System Lord Baal, and he doesn't have the emotional hangups that the other incredibly smart brainiacs on this list have. He might be less capable martially and intellectually but he's far more stable emotionally. A superior EQ can outwit a superior IQ. I could see Xanatos legitimately working and manipulating the other players, not getting detected and waiting for the right time to seize the artifact and victory and when he stomps Dr. Doom's face into the ground and acheives his Skyfather levels of power he will be uncontestable in villainous supremacy (until this entire Versus match is retconned as achshually it was a Doombutt).

 

[Crom's Black Blade]

This really should be a fanfic, it has a lot of fun energy to it through I'm calling it now. At the end the point of view would pull back to reveal the entire thing is a child playing with their action figures in a sandbox. xD

2: Darth Vader (Star Wars Rogue One) He has 5 Storm Troopers backing him up

A very capable fighter but I think he's ill-suited for this. He strikes me as more of a brute force hammer or attack dog type who is just going to doggedly seek out the temples viewing everything and everyone just as an obstacle to overcome. Lacking the charm or persuasion of some of the other contestants the most he seems capable of is relying on threats and intimidation to compel others into line which is just as likely to ally everyone against him as help.

Between that and the local wild life I see Vader quickly being isolated by himself and slowly worn down and exhausted. It doesn't help that while Vader can likely handle any pitfall or trap with ease I'm not sure he's going to be that good deciphering clues. Not that he's unintelligent but his aptitude is more towards the mechanical or Sith/Jedi knowledge than anything.

3: Baal (Stargate SG1) He has is normal gear and 5 loyal Jaffa with standard gear

Almost the total inverse of Vader. While he's only so-so in a physical fight even with his Goa'uld gauntlet, making him reliant on his few loyal jaffa, Baal is a schemer and magnificent bastard par excellence and is very much a "big picture" kind of guy. I would have to agree with @Husky_Khan that on his own he isn't getting very far. I would put it past him forming temporary alliances of convenience however, Baal was good at making your interests and his well-being coincide and if nothing else he's at least someone to help watch your back against the crazy Sith Lord prowling the jungle.

I could see him playing spoiler and taking advantage of the fact that none of the others likely know that's actually a parasitical organism and can jump to a better host if the need/opportunity arises.

5: Lex Luthor (Justice League Unlimited) He has his Combat Armor

I think, other than maybe Dr. Doom, Lex is almost OP in this situation. While TAS Superman is on the weaker side of the spectrum of Superman, Lex is still strong enough to kill just about anyone in one punch while shrugging off anything in return. Which I think is going to be his undoing. Lex is pretty full of himself and if he doesn't think he needs anyone's help he isn't going to try which is usually where the wheels comes off his plan and he needs Superman to save him.

Much like Vader, I think Luthor in this scenario would alienate the other contestants and view them as simple pawns in his way towards his ultimate goal which he views as simply as matter of how long it takes him to find the fifty temples. And much like Vader this is likely going to see him being taken down by a death of a thousand cuts.

6: Mum 'Ra (Original Thundercats) He is in his powered up form. But can only call upon the Ancient Spirits of Evil one more time if he gets depowered

The sheer 80's awesomeness of Mum'Ra fighting Vader makes my inner child squee! I mean we basically have an undead wizard with a bod 80's era Arnold Schwarzenegger would envy. To top it off like most 80's cartoon villians he's completely fine with self-serving alliances so I can easily see him offering his services to the Anti-Vader, Anti-Lex team.

10: Cobra Commander (GIJOE Comics 80s) He has a pistol and 5 Cobra Vipers backing him up.

Don't know much about the comic version of Cobra Commander but I'd argue the cartoon version would do better than most people would think. While a comical buffoon he did seem to have some low level cunning and manipulation probably best observed when he talked himself from being a prisoner to a combatant to second in command under Serpentor in the space of one battle. So I could see him teaming up with Baal or Xanatos on the basis he and his VIpers are six more bodies while he himself is utterly not a threat to them.

1: David Xanatos (Gargoyles). He has his Gargoyle Armor and 3 Gargoyle Robots

Easily my hands on favorite to win here. He's basically the chessmaster Lex thinks he is with an admittedly weaker but still powerful suit and unlike Lex I think he'd realize early on its better to keep ones enemies close than have them plotting against you unseen in the jungle. So I could see him making an alliance with Baal, Cobra Commander and Mum'Ra maybe even Megatron both to exploit their strengths and learns how best to take them down when the time comes.

 

[Sailor.X]

Ugh I can't stand Marvel Dr. Doom. Not anything against the character but the repeated trauma of witnessing Doom adherents forthing forth with their constant Golden Age Streams of Doom Supremacy arguments. Did you know that Dr. Doom has defeated like a majority of the Heralds of Galactus and stole their power whilst leaving them crying? That he can't die due to Ovoid Mind Transfers! That he is both a Master of Sorcery and Science and can match both Dr. Strange and Reed Richards? He's outwitted Mephisto before! He killed a lion with his bare hands! If Dr. Doom was ruler of the world, Earth would be a Utopia! Everytime Dr. Doom lost, it was due to a Doombot, not Dr. Doom himself. He's actually like undefeated or part of a long term plan! Dr. Doom can just travel back in time and reverse things since he's basically like Kang the Conqueror but with a brain!

So... in the interest of fairness, I think Dr. Doom, despite being the clear favor in here, will automatically lose. As you can tell, he's being accompanied by several Doombots. Obviously... if Dr. Doom was placed in this Versus Match, it was with the intent that there is a possibility that Dr. Doom would lose. However Dr. Doom losing is canonically impossible and thus... it is obvious that ALL of the Dr. Doom's in this Versus match are Doombots and thusly... ergo... vis a vis... concordantly... are destined to lose because as the greatest superhero of all time, Dominic Terreto once stated, "If doesn't matter if you lose by an inch or a mile, losing is still losing." Thus Dr. Doom cannot be in this Versus Debate if there is a chance of him losing.

With that out of the way, that means we can knock off one easy candidate right away.

Don't know or care for Thundercats or Mum-Ra so I won't even bother with something I can't comment on.

Cobra Commander. Cobra Commander was a Used Care Salesman in the comics as an origin but was a strategic (if hammy) mastermind. In the cartoon the guy is a parody who is no more capable then a Used Car Salesman and his entire organization is a joke Dude doesn't even have his Crimson Guard with him. Write him off.

Now we have some interesting runners up.

Khan, he's smart and can get punched in the face alot. And he killed like a hundred Klingons in a shitty action piece battle which you couldn't even follow what was going on. His most valuable tech is the Tricorder though which is a nice aid for whoever will pry it from his cold dead hands and can figure out how to use it.

Megatron never impressed me too much with his intelligence and tactical acumen in Beast Wars. And he's unsupported here. Individually powerful yes but the odds are not in his favor here. Goes down fighting but ultimately clueless.

I feel a challenge like this is right up the System Lord Baal's alley but... he has five mook Jaffa supporting him and he himself isn't all that formidable. He'd do best being a scheming magnificent bastard and trying to manipulate a more powerful opponent to work for and then backstab them at the right opportunity. Unfortunately a lot of the other competitors here have bullshit sensors. He'd do great at the puzzle solving but wouldn't last long I feel in general due to weakness in all other aspects of the scenario.

Azula backed by five mook Firebenders is actually a pretty potent force. And Azula is smart and canny and everything. But I don't think she has the intellect or acumen needed to survive a scenario such as this. Plus she's still squishy as is her coterie of Firebenders.

Darth Vader is in the same boat as Azula. He's smart too and surprisingly adaptable. He's shown his intelligence and acumen before and might do well with the puzzles as well. The stormtroopers add nothing of course. But while he's smart, he's not super smart like some of the other competitors here. And while he's formidable in combat, perhaps one of the more potent ones (like him facing down Azula alone would be damn interesting) there's one person who outmatches Vader in brains and brawns that isn't a Doombot destined to lose.

LEX LUTHOR! Not only is Lex Luthor a big brain, perhaps as much raw intelligence as an unwanked Dr. Doom, but he has his trademark Green Combat Armor as well, the thing that allows him to trade blows with Superman types. He also has enough scruples to not be as smug and arrogant as Dr. Doom or Vader, can play nice with others and could literally smash literally everyone else, teams included, on this list. He does have one downfall though and that is that while it's not as bad or tempermental as Dr. Doom or Vader, he still suffers from the sin of Pride.

So the winner is therefore David Xanatos. I know Dr. Doom(bot) and Lex Luthor have faced far more exceptional foes but Xanatos is so smart and canny and adaptable that he has tropes named after him both in gambit and speed chess form. His armor and mook Gargoyles will give him enough survivability to take on most of the local flora and fauna, his master intellect and extensive knowledge of history and anthropology and mythology will allow him to decipher the clues and puzzles of the temples better then anyone except maybe the System Lord Baal, and he doesn't have the emotional hangups that the other incredibly smart brainiacs on this list have. He might be less capable martially and intellectually but he's far more stable emotionally. A superior EQ can outwit a superior IQ. I could see Xanatos legitimately working and manipulating the other players, not getting detected and waiting for the right time to seize the artifact and victory and when he stomps Dr. Doom's face into the ground and acheives his Skyfather levels of power he will be uncontestable in villainous supremacy (until this entire Versus match is retconned as achshually it was a Doombutt).

I included a Dr Doom because he is an Iconic villain like Lex Luthor. For me it was a coin flip type decision on who I thought might win. I Mean I like Xanotos, Lex, Doom and Baal for how sneaky they are. And since I could only pick one I picked Doom. But I could easily see the other winning just the same. It is all a grand chess match come to think about it.

This really should be a fanfic, it has a lot of fun energy to it through I'm calling it now. At the end the point of view would pull back to reveal the entire thing is a child playing with their action figures in a sandbox. xD



A very capable fighter but I think he's ill-suited for this. He strikes me as more of a brute force hammer or attack dog type who is just going to doggedly seek out the temples viewing everything and everyone just as an obstacle to overcome. Lacking the charm or persuasion of some of the other contestants the most he seems capable of is relying on threats and intimidation to compel others into line which is just as likely to ally everyone against him as help.

Between that and the local wild life I see Vader quickly being isolated by himself and slowly worn down and exhausted. It doesn't help that while Vader can likely handle any pitfall or trap with ease I'm not sure he's going to be that good deciphering clues. Not that he's unintelligent but his aptitude is more towards the mechanical or Sith/Jedi knowledge than anything.


Almost the total inverse of Vader. While he's only so-so in a physical fight even with his Goa'uld gauntlet, making him reliant on his few loyal jaffa, Baal is a schemer and magnificent bastard par excellence and is very much a "big picture" kind of guy. I would have to agree with @Husky_Khan that on his own he isn't getting very far. I would put it past him forming temporary alliances of convenience however, Baal was good at making your interests and his well-being coincide and if nothing else he's at least someone to help watch your back against the crazy Sith Lord prowling the jungle.

I could see him playing spoiler and taking advantage of the fact that none of the others likely know that's actually a parasitical organism and can jump to a better host if the need/opportunity arises.


I think, other than maybe Dr. Doom, Lex is almost OP in this situation. While TAS Superman is on the weaker side of the spectrum of Superman, Lex is still strong enough to kill just about anyone in one punch while shrugging off anything in return. Which I think is going to be his undoing. Lex is pretty full of himself and if he doesn't think he needs anyone's help he isn't going to try which is usually where the wheels comes off his plan and he needs Superman to save him.

Much like Vader, I think Luthor in this scenario would alienate the other contestants and view them as simple pawns in his way towards his ultimate goal which he views as simply as matter of how long it takes him to find the fifty temples. And much like Vader this is likely going to see him being taken down by a death of a thousand cuts.


The sheer 80's awesomeness of Mum'Ra fighting Vader makes my inner child squee! I mean we basically have an undead wizard with a bod 80's era Arnold Schwarzenegger would envy. To top it off like most 80's cartoon villians he's completely fine with self-serving alliances so I can easily see him offering his services to the Anti-Vader, Anti-Lex team.


Don't know much about the comic version of Cobra Commander but I'd argue the cartoon version would do better than most people would think. While a comical buffoon he did seem to have some low level cunning and manipulation probably best observed when he talked himself from being a prisoner to a combatant to second in command under Serpentor in the space of one battle. So I could see him teaming up with Baal or Xanatos on the basis he and his VIpers are six more bodies while he himself is utterly not a threat to them.


Easily my hands on favorite to win here. He's basically the chessmaster Lex thinks he is with an admittedly weaker but still powerful suit and unlike Lex I think he'd realize early on its better to keep ones enemies close than have them plotting against you unseen in the jungle. So I could see him making an alliance with Baal, Cobra Commander and Mum'Ra maybe even Megatron both to exploit their strengths and learns how best to take them down when the time comes.

Feel free to make this into an Epic Fanfic. I would read it for sure.

 

[Agent23]

This really should be a fanfic, it has a lot of fun energy to it through I'm calling it now. At the end the point of view would pull back to reveal the entire thing is a child playing with their action figures in a sandbox. xD

TBH too many crossovers spoil the fic just like too many cooks spoil the dinner, and a lot of people probably won't know at least half the franchises.

A very capable fighter but I think he's ill-suited for this. He strikes me as more of a brute force hammer or attack dog type who is just going to doggedly seek out the temples viewing everything and everyone just as an obstacle to overcome. Lacking the charm or persuasion of some of the other contestants the most he seems capable of is relying on threats and intimidation to compel others into line which is just as likely to ally everyone against him as help.

Between that and the local wild life I see Vader quickly being isolated by himself and slowly worn down and exhausted. It doesn't help that while Vader can likely handle any pitfall or trap with ease I'm not sure he's going to be that good deciphering clues. Not that he's unintelligent but his aptitude is more towards the mechanical or Sith/Jedi knowledge than anything.

You are disregarding his force abilities like choke, levitation, precog and so forth.

Almost the total inverse of Vader. While he's only so-so in a physical fight even with his Goa'uld gauntlet, making him reliant on his few loyal jaffa, Baal is a schemer and magnificent bastard par excellence and is very much a "big picture" kind of guy. I would have to agree with @Husky_Khan that on his own he isn't getting very far. I would put it past him forming temporary alliances of convenience however, Baal was good at making your interests and his well-being coincide and if nothing else he's at least someone to help watch your back against the crazy Sith Lord prowling the jungle.

I could see him playing spoiler and taking advantage of the fact that none of the others likely know that's actually a parasitical organism and can jump to a better host if the need/opportunity arises.

And why would the stronger baddies band together with the weaker ones, especially what is a de-facto parasitic snake?

Maybe the weaklings you listed would do that, but they will be backstabbing each other and using each-other as bait distraction all the time.

 

[ATP]

Doom,Luthor or Xanatos.

 

[Crom's Black Blade]

You are disregarding his force abilities like choke, levitation, precog and so forth.

On the contrary without his force powers a stiff, slow moving cyborg with the controls to his life support system easily accessible on his front torso would be rated far lower.

And why would the stronger baddies band together with the weaker ones, especially what is a de-facto parasitic snake?

Maybe the weaklings you listed would do that, but they will be backstabbing each other and using each-other as bait distraction all the time.

For a variety of reasons not least of which because weaker villains are that much less of a threat to them. As well as cannon fodder to discovering traps/monster bait and of course its better to have them with you than sight unseen plotting where you can't and have them them derail a plan.

Certainly backstabbing is going to be an issue but both Baal and Xanatos are smart enough to want to postpone it for as long as possible and have the charisma to smooth things over with the other contestants.

 

[Bear Ribs]

And why would the stronger baddies band together with the weaker ones, especially what is a de-facto parasitic snake?

Maybe the weaklings you listed would do that, but they will be backstabbing each other and using each-other as bait distraction all the time.

That's literally their default MO though? Not Doom, which will probably cost him, but Luthor has a long-standing history of things like founding the Legion of Doom in order to bring lesser villains together and work with them, and Xanatos' plans tend to revolve around allying and manipulating people who are often much stronger than himself (Demona, Goliath, The Pack, etc.)

Overall I feel like Luthor takes it. While Xanatos does seem smarter, and especially Xanatos doesn't let any mental issues get in the way of his plans ("Revenge is a sucker's game") Luthor's suit is ludicrously more powerful than the gargoyle armor and that massive power advantage is going to pay off sooner or later. Additionally, Xanatos' fighting style is heavily reliant on maneuverability in flight, so the no-flying restriction is going to hose him when he needs to take on threats directly.

As a note, I'd give it to Mumm-Ra normally. He's got every superpower under the sun from Super-Strength to mind control to telekinesis to necromancy. His scrying and astral projection alone might let him examine the temples and get the clues from afar and get a massive head start on everybody else. On top of those while not a genius in the same vein as Luthor, Doom, or Xanatos he's still quite cunning and willing to work with others to build an alliance. He's basically the only one here with the full package of options.

The problem is Mumm-Ra has a severe time limit on how long he can stay Mumm-Ra the Everliving before he has to return to his sarcophagus, and every spell he casts or injury he takes reduces it further. Fifty temples and that many monsters and enemies are too many for Mumm-Ra to get to them all with only two power-ups worth of ancient spirits of evil, he's going to run out of juice before he can reach the finish line.

 

[Sailor.X]

That's literally their default MO though? Not Doom, which will probably cost him, but Luthor has a long-standing history of things like founding the Legion of Doom in order to bring lesser villains together and work with them, and Xanatos' plans tend to revolve around allying and manipulating people who are often much stronger than himself (Demona, Goliath, The Pack, etc.)

Overall I feel like Luthor takes it. While Xanatos does seem smarter, and especially Xanatos doesn't let any mental issues get in the way of his plans ("Revenge is a sucker's game") Luthor's suit is ludicrously more powerful than the gargoyle armor and that massive power advantage is going to pay off sooner or later. Additionally, Xanatos' fighting style is heavily reliant on maneuverability in flight, so the no-flying restriction is going to hose him when he needs to take on threats directly.

As a note, I'd give it to Mumm-Ra normally. He's got every superpower under the sun from Super-Strength to mind control to telekinesis to necromancy. His scrying and astral projection alone might let him examine the temples and get the clues from afar and get a massive head start on everybody else. On top of those while not a genius in the same vein as Luthor, Doom, or Xanatos he's still quite cunning and willing to work with others to build an alliance. He's basically the only one here with the full package of options.

The problem is Mumm-Ra has a severe time limit on how long he can stay Mumm-Ra the Everliving before he has to return to his sarcophagus, and every spell he casts or injury he takes reduces it further. Fifty temples and that many monsters and enemies are too many for Mumm-Ra to get to them all with only two power-ups worth of ancient spirits of evil, he's going to run out of juice before he can reach the finish line.

On flying. The Flight restriction ends after the clue from the 50th Temple is solved.

 

[Bear Ribs]

On flying. The Flight restriction ends after the clue from the 50th Temple is solved.

Hmm, how does the restriction that no tech works until the 50th clue is solved affect Megatron?

 

[Sailor.X]

Hmm, how does the restriction that no tech works until the 50th clue is solved affect Megatron?

It still works just not near the mountain range. The whole area in the mountains have a tech and magic dampining field in place.

 

[Agent23]

That's literally their default MO though? Not Doom, which will probably cost him, but Luthor has a long-standing history of things like founding the Legion of Doom in order to bring lesser villains together and work with them, and Xanatos' plans tend to revolve around allying and manipulating people who are often much stronger than himself (Demona, Goliath, The Pack, etc.)

Yeah, this is literally a Death Game style event, not a let us plot to take over the world type of thing, with some of the participants having literal precognition.

Alliances are highly unlikely unless the alliance is for the purpose of survival,and probably only possible for the lower level villains.

They will either dissolve into bickering or one of the bigger and more powerful baddies will take them out preventatively.

 

[Agent23]

On the contrary without his force powers a stiff, slow moving cyborg with the controls to his life support system easily accessible on his front torso would be rated far lower.

Um...

..ok, dude.

You actually think that he would have managed to stay around as Palpatine's top henchman if he was just a slow-moving, easy to kill cyborg?

 

[Bear Ribs]

Yeah, this is literally a Death Game style event, not a let us plot to take over the world type of thing, with some of the participants having literal precognition.

Alliances are highly unlikely unless the alliance is for the purpose of survival,and probably only possible for the lower level villains.

They will either dissolve into bickering or one of the bigger and more powerful baddies will take them out preventatively.

They'll undoubtedly turn on each other sooner or later but the ones that are capable of leveraging a team initially (Xanatos and Luthor chiefly, with Mumm-Ra, Cobra Commander, and Azula right behind them) are going to have a huge advantage over the ones that can't. There's zero reason to think alliances are unlikely when several of the contestants have "create alliance" as their main specialty. You might as well say it's highly unlikely that Azula will use firebending, or Vader will use the force.

Um...

..ok, dude.

You actually think that he would have managed to stay around as Palpatine's top henchman if he was just a slow-moving, easy to kill cyborg?

Non-canon game, dude.

 

[Agent23]

Non-canon game, dude.

Pretty sure those came after the mouse bought Disney.

Also, you are disregarding the fact that Vader is still the 2nd in command of a galactic empire, so he is far more capable than, "slow moving cyborg"

 

[Bear Ribs]

Pretty sure those came after the mouse bought Disney.

You are pretty sure of something completely and utterly wrong, then. Disney bought Star Wars in 2012. Force Unleashed was in 2008, and Force Unleashed 2 was in 2010.

Also, you are disregarding the fact that Vader is still the 2nd in command of a galactic empire, so he is far more capable than, "slow moving cyborg"

No, just regarding what we actually see onscreen. Bring in charge doesn't mean anything when it comes to feats of overland travel or deducing clues. Tarkin appeared to outrank Vader during A New Hope, does that mean he's more capable than Vader?

 

[ATP]

It still works just not near the mountain range. The whole area in the mountains have a tech and magic dampining field in place.

So,Megatron could just wait near Mountains till technology start working,stomp on survivors and take artifact.He could ignore local wildfire - it could do nothing to him.

 

[Agent23]

You are pretty sure of something completely and utterly wrong, then. Disney bought Star Wars in 2012. Force Unleashed was in 2008, and Force Unleashed 2 was in 2010.

No, just regarding what we actually see onscreen. Bring in charge doesn't mean anything when it comes to feats of overland travel or deducing clues. Tarkin appeared to outrank Vader during A New Hope, does that mean he's more capable than Vader?

Oh, OK, guess you'd prefer Fallen Order, then:

 

[Sailor.X]

So,Megatron could just wait near Mountains till technology start working,stomp on survivors and take artifact.He could ignore local wildfire - it could do nothing to him.

It does not work that way. All the contestants are in mortal danger; Even Megatron. He is for instance not immune to the Brutes, T-800s, Cyclops or the Xenomorphs. And let's not forget the other Contestants that can kill him if he gets ideas.