Rebuttal
Ahura Mazda said:
First of all, there is an inaccuracy when it comes to Hercules. He is no longer class 100 sice Zeus' punishment.
His strength level is actually closer to Warpath then what was previously thought. The current Hercules is somewhere in the class 75 zone as well. I am not sure exactly where he lies but in a comic with the Hulk he gets clobberred almost to death until Zeus saves him.
While he isn't as strong as he was when he was an immortal, he has been shown to still have strength well above the 75 ton class. As a mortal he has:
- Actually knocked out Abomination
- Singlehandedly taken on the Thunderbolts (and was winning until Hawkeeye convinced him not to kill and stop fighting)
- Dragged a shield helicarrier (while they unloaded all their weapons on him)
- Fought off the Wrecking Crew by himself
- And still fought Thor for a bit (they both stopped because the fight was good natured but they had to actually go do somethign important instead)
Andf yes, he did get beat by Hulk, but it's Hulk. He actually lasted quite a while showing off his skills. But you are right, he was beaten.
With regard his mace I am not sure he would have it but that I could let go. However, Warpath would have his knives.
Sicne Herc would know he was going into battle, I am sure he would then bring his mace. As for Warpath and his knives, as you can see, I am not sure he would have them. However, until I find out definately, I'll argue him with the knives.
These 2 are fairly evenly matched. Hercules or Herakles (its ironic that his name means to the glory of Hera). They should each have some knowledge on each other. However there is 2 big differences, Warpath is an expert knife fighter using 2 vibranium knives capable of cutting through anything and Warpath can fly. He is also an accomplished hunter but I doubt he willl need those skills.
True, Warpath is very good with the knives, but he is going up against someone tha tis Much better at hand-to-hand combat than he is. It would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for Warpath to get a good slice in with the knives. Also, while he does fly, he has no long ranged attack, so he can fly away, but he still has to some within an arms length of Hercules to do any damage. Unfortunately an arm's length away from Hercules means a lot of pain for Warpath.
Both combattants are likely to look for each other to face off and do battle honorably. The battle would be very hard fought but has the advantage of his knives and with a similar strength as Hercules should be able to use them to cut Hercules. The Mace is a powerful weapon but it is cumbersome whereas knives are not.
I agree that both would just look for a straight up fight, not just because of honor, but because both just plain like to fight. The mace however has never shown to be combersome. I have never seen Hercules or Thor swing their respective weapons and miss someone because it was too slow and cumbersome. It might just be becasue Hercules has been wielding it for centuries, but he knows how to use that thing flawlessly.
I will be honest but I think the battle could go either way and both are pretty evenly matched with similar powers. In this match I put forward the Warpath would win this battle between 2 honorable fighters. One thing to note also is if Warpath needed a breather he could fly away even though that is unlikely to happen.
I agree that it would be a bloody match between two great brawlers. But even though that Herc is mortal now, he is still ridiculously powerful. He has shown feats of strength that I honestly do not believe Warpath would even have a chance of doing. Couple that with the fact that Hercules is one of teh best fighter's in Marvel and he will take down Warpath.