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** For Doom, while Vader was a master of the Force, Doom has studied magic and science for longer than Vader's been alive, giving him an enormous advantage in mysticism and technology. He has far more strategic experience; while Vader led an army for two decades, Doom has led a country and even a planet. Vader's life support suit, though mighty, had flaws built into it on purpose because his master, Darth Sidious, wished to prevent him from ever [[TheStarscream rebelling]]. Doom's vastly superior armor has resisted [[MindOverMatter telekenisis]] and [[RealityWarper reality warping]] from Thanos and the Silver Surfer, whom Vader can't hope to match. Even Vader's telepathy was useless against Doom's indomitable willpower. In the end, the Sith Lord was helpless against the Latverian monarch.

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** For Doom, while Vader was a master of the Force, Doom has studied magic and science for longer than Vader's been alive, giving him an enormous advantage in mysticism and technology. He has far more strategic experience; while Vader led an army for two decades, Doom has led a country and even a planet. Vader's life support suit, though mighty, had flaws built into it on purpose because his master, Darth Sidious, wished to prevent him from ever [[TheStarscream rebelling]]. Doom's vastly superior armor has resisted [[MindOverMatter telekenisis]] telekinesis]] and [[RealityWarper reality warping]] from Thanos and the Silver Surfer, whom Vader can't hope to match. Even Vader's telepathy was useless against Doom's indomitable willpower. In the end, the Sith Lord was helpless against the Latverian monarch.

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* "[[Recap/DeathBattleS08E05BlakeBelladonnaVsMikasaAckerman Blake VS Mikasa]]" was decisively in Blake's favor. Blake had the better gear and skillset, with [[SwissArmyWeapon Gambol Shroud]] alone outclassing both Mikasa's swords & ODM Gear, while her Shadow Semblance had a myriad of uses which made her hard to pin down. Blake was also much faster [[labelnote:Explanation]]While Mikasa could keep up with characters who can deflect bullets, Blake has matched opponents who can dodge lightning, a feat nearly 40 times more impressive[[/labelnote]]. Aura also made Blake much more durable, meaning that the only way Mikasa could put her down was with her Thunder Spears. This highlighted Mikasa's greatest disadvantage however: her CripplingOverspecialization. The Thunder Spears (along with most of Mikasa's tools and skills), are meant to be used against Titans, [[MightyGlacier which are mostly big, slow targets]]. She was ill-equipped for fighting an agile CatGirl {{Ninja}} like Blake, who could easily dodge most of what Mikasa can throw at her, including the Thunder Spears. Even Mikasa's GeneticMemory consisted mostly of Titan-fighting experience, which wasn't applicable to this fight. [[RuleOfDrama While the animation appeared close]], with Blake [[AnArmAndALeg losing an arm during the fight]], the ending analysis didn't really try to hide that it couldn't have ended any other way.

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* "[[Recap/DeathBattleS08E05BlakeBelladonnaVsMikasaAckerman Blake VS Mikasa]]" was decisively in Blake's favor. Blake had the better gear and skillset, with [[SwissArmyWeapon Gambol Shroud]] alone outclassing both Mikasa's swords & ODM Gear, while her Shadow Semblance had a myriad of uses which made her hard to pin down. Blake was also much faster [[labelnote:Explanation]]While Mikasa could keep up with characters who can deflect bullets, Blake has matched opponents who can dodge lightning, a feat nearly 40 times more impressive[[/labelnote]]. Aura also made Blake much more durable, meaning that the only way Mikasa could put her down was with her Thunder Spears. This highlighted Mikasa's greatest disadvantage however: her CripplingOverspecialization. The Thunder Spears (along with most of Mikasa's tools and skills), are meant to be used against Titans, [[MightyGlacier which are mostly big, slow targets]]. She was ill-equipped for fighting an agile CatGirl {{Ninja}} like Blake, who could easily dodge most of what Mikasa can throw at her, including the Thunder Spears. Even Mikasa's GeneticMemory consisted mostly of Titan-fighting experience, which wasn't applicable to this fight. [[RuleOfDrama [[CurbStompCushion While the animation appeared close]], close, with Blake [[AnArmAndALeg losing an arm during the fight]], the ending analysis didn't really try to hide that it couldn't have ended any other way.way, with Mikasa receiving '''no''' listed advantages over Blake. To add insult to injury, Mikasa's one means of killing the Faunus was considered dubious with even a direct hit — IE. the ''best-case scenario'' for her — given Blake's fellow huntresses Weiss and Penny surviving even bigger explosions than the Thunder Spears with no lasting issues.


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* ''[[Recap/DeathBattleS10E10ColeMacGrathVsAlexMercer Cole MacGrath VS Alex Mercer]]'' had the Patron Saint of New Marais firmly come out on top. While Alex was superior in terms of experience, intelligence, and regeneration-induced tenacity, it all mattered little when confronted with Cole, who was capable of countering anything Alex could throw at him. Cole has demonstrated far greater speed, power, and durability, making him far beyond anyone Alex has fought. Cole's Bio-Leech would let him negate Alex's regeneration, but destroying the Beast at the atomic level means he doesn't even need to do that. While Alex had the ability to steal Cole's biomass to gain a power boost, the latter could return the favor by absorbing Alex's bio-electricity. Alex's Blacklight Virus would be unlikely to affect Cole, who's resisted both atomic-level disintegration and Sasha's Black Tar (which works very similarly to the Blacklight Virus). As the final nail in the coffin, the hosts noted that if Evil Cole was used in the fight, [[ExaggeratedTrope he would have an even easier time destroying Alex]] thanks to having the Beast's powers, which completely outclass anything the Blacklight Virus prototype had in store.
* ''[[Recap/DeathBattleS10E16GalactusVSUnicron Galactus vs Unicron]]'', one of the most requested Death Battles between two planet-devouring deities since it was announced far back in Season 3, ultimately turned out to be one of the biggest stomps in the show's history, if not ''the'' biggest stomp of all time. While both were ultimately pegged at having immeasurable power and durability (with Galactus already deemed to have higher power than Unicron in spite of their durability having been considered equal), Galactus had one sheer advantage that Unicron had no answers to: The Ultimate Nullifier, which was an instant-win button due to being capable of nullifying Abraxas, a being who's quite similar to Unicron in power, meaning that it would only be a matter of time before Galactus pulled it out to end the fight instantly. Even Unicron's ace via Dark Energon corruption was useless as Galactus was fully immune to its influence. To make matters far worse for the Chaos Bringer, Galactus had far more experience fighting against foes that are in Unicron's range of power and oftentimes come out on top where as Unicron never fought against anyone of similar power in his home universe since he had no challengers to his power outside of his brother Primus. Despite showing what appears to be a even fight at first, Galactus swiftly turns the tables in his favor by using the Ultimate Nullifier to wipe Unicron out.
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* ''[[Recap/DeathBattleS04E13ThorVsWonderWoman Thor VS Wonder Woman]]'' ended up as a one-sided FeministFantasy. While they stood evenly matched in their weapons' enchantments, experience levels, and transformations, Wonder Woman utterly trounced Thor everywhere else. Thor tagging Quicksilver and Mjolnir's flight speed can't hold a candle to Diana blocking trillions of god shards flung from the universe's ends and ''lassoing Zoom'', a man ''ahead of her in temporal terms''. Though Thor was noticeably tougher, Wonder Woman was over 8000 times stronger. To seal the deal, Wonder Woman's Sword of Athena could slice atoms to bypass Thor's superior durability. Mjolnir, a blunt weapon, couldn't exploit Diana's weakness to piercing weapons. The animation shows how Wonder Woman removing her Bracelets of Submission let her instantly backstab Thor [[AttackTheMouth in his mouth]] despite his use of Warrior's Madness.

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* ''[[Recap/DeathBattleS04E13ThorVsWonderWoman Thor VS Wonder Woman]]'' ended up as a one-sided FeministFantasy.decisively stacked in the Amazon's favor. While they stood evenly matched in their weapons' enchantments, experience levels, and transformations, Wonder Woman utterly trounced Thor everywhere else. Thor tagging Quicksilver and Mjolnir's flight speed can't hold a candle to Diana blocking trillions of god shards flung from the universe's ends and ''lassoing Zoom'', a man ''ahead of her in temporal terms''. Though Thor was noticeably tougher, Wonder Woman was over 8000 times stronger. To seal the deal, Wonder Woman's Sword of Athena could slice atoms to bypass Thor's superior durability. Mjolnir, a blunt weapon, couldn't exploit Diana's weakness to piercing weapons. The animation shows how Wonder Woman removing her Bracelets of Submission let her instantly backstab Thor [[AttackTheMouth in his mouth]] despite his use of Warrior's Madness.

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