Morlun just got screwed.
Interesting match-up that pits a cool character like Vargas against another cool characters like Sersi.
Okay, this is a really interesting match. You have Blackout is wields the darkforce energy against Senyaka, who is an energy drainer.
Interesting match-up that pits a cool character like Vargas against another cool characters like Sersi.
Powers:
Now, I don't know much about Vargas, but it appears that he has super-strength (enough to beat Beast at least) and is a skilled fighter, especially with a sword.
Sersi has a ridiculous amount of powers that include:
-Energy blasts
-Invulnerability
-Immortality
Vast psionic powers include:
-Telepathy
-Telekinesis
-Matter transmutation
-Illusion casting
She can also enhace her strength.
As for prep, I doubt Vargas would know anythign about Sersi or the Vault.
Sersi probably wouldn't know who Vargas is, but would most likely know what the Vault is from her time on the Avengers.
This battle can go a number of ways really. Vargas would obviously have no prblem killign Sersi, but Sersi would know that with her telepathy (and the fact he would probably be running at her with a sword in his hand). She could definately hold him off with her energy blasts and tehn transmute some of the area around him. She would also keep him on his toes with her illusions.
Eventaully she woudl most liekly just cause a cave-in around him if her blasts weren't knocking him out right away. He would be buried and unable to get out.
Her blasts are plenty powerful enough as she once went toe-to-toe with the Avengers (and many thought she killed them). She has so many powers that it is difficult to really say for certain one way she would just beat someone.
Powers and abilities
Morlun had the ability to drain the life force from anybody he wished through physical contact. Depending on the power of the individual he drained, Morlun would then regain a degree of vitality and strength. Without periodic feedings, Morlun would age and weaken.
Morlun had some degree of superhuman strength and durability, although the degree of this is open to debate. Morlun certainly had abilities beyond that of normal humans, as he was depicted as lifting massive objects and surviving what would be lethal circumstances. Peter claimed that Morlun hit harder than any foe he had ever battled, including the Hulk and Thor.
Morlun has walked the earth for centuries, if not longer, and is a relentless and remorseless stalker. Once Morlun has physically touched somebody, that person is forever "imprinted" in Morlun's senses, allowing him to track his quarry down from anywhere on earth.
Morlun just got screwed.
Okay, so this would actually be a pretty good match-up between two pretty good heavy hitters, but the location is a HUGE advantage for Junkpile.
Powers:
Morlun is strong, anda good fighter. He never tires and can mess with spider-sense. He can drain the life-force out of someone by touchign them, and needs to eat people to stay alive and powered.
Junkpile is strong and can draw in metal to his body giving him more strength, healing him, and high resistance. This also depends on the type of metal he absorbs (steel is stronger than aluminum and so forth)
Prep time is a HUGE advantage for Junkpile. He comes form teh future (2099) and has access to SHIELD's files. And this is SHIELD run by Doom, so this is probably one of the best sources for info in the MU. He would not only know about Morlun, but he would know everythign about the Vault as well.
Morlun obviously wouldn't know about Junkpile, and wouldn't know anythign about the Vault either. All he would kow is that Junkpile isn't a "totem person" or whatever which really narrows it down to just about everyone in the world.
Now, the way Morlun gets screwed here is that the Vault is made of metal, and strogn metla at that. The bio even says it contains a lot of Adamantium. Now, Junkpile is strong, but he isn'ta dumb brute, he wouldn't be Doom's second in command if he was. He would instantly draw the adamantium into his body making him much stronger and ridiculously hard to hurt as well. I seriously doubt Morlun would be able to hurt Junkpile with adamantium in himself.
Also, Morlun can drain people by touching them, but Junkpile isn't made of regular tissue, he's made of metal. This will make it impossible for Morlun to drain him.
After this, it might take Junkpile a whiel to put Morlun down for the count (becasue he is pretty durable), but eventually Junkpile will strike him down.
He could also just use the Vault Security to trap Morlun.
Winner- Junkpile
I'm very glad you compared him to Colossus because I was going to do thae same. He is very much like Colossus. What's somethign that doesn't affect Colossus? Energy drainage through touch.Morlun Vs Junkpile
In essence when he sucks the metal into him it becomes part of him, kind of like colossus' skin. This is key to my argument.
So here's how it's going to play out
I agreeJunkpile will no doubt arrive and armour up.
See above for why this won't happenFor most opponents this would cause a problem as punching steel ain't fun, but for morlun it's no problem s every punch strengthens morlun and weakens junkpile.
He has been described by pete as having hulk like strength not because he hits hard but because each punch drains away a little of your lifeforce meaning pete was constantly getting weaker throughou
Right, he drains life-force, but so does Rogue. If she drains someone long enough she kills them as well, so the whole Junkpile=Colossus and Morlun=Rogue thing still applies. Hell, you could even go so far as to say since he is like Colossus (who high a considerably high immunity to magic because of his metal form) that Junkpile would to, countering any mystical aspect of Morlun.t the fight.
Morlun doesn't have to penetrate the metal since the merest physical contact will start to weaken Junkpile, think of it like rogue with the gloves off. All morlun has to do is walk up and give him a slap a few timest:
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Also, I want to make this very clear at this point, MORLUN DRAINS LIFEFORCE. This is not decaying organic material like pestilence. Think of it like draining your soul. He is a lifeforce vampire.
True about him being a mutant. False about Junkpile losing.Also, I want to make something else clear to those not familiar with the character: Junkpile is a mutant. He is not a robot, he is a living breathing thing and therefore Morlun can drain him. Against any other opponent, with this location Junkpile is a terrifying prospect but against Morlun he's got no chance.
*sigh* you always gotta be difficult don't you?I beg to differ
fair enough. I tried to purge most of the Morlun storyline form my head.Wrong about the last part, he doesn't eat people, his food is the life force he sucks out of them. What he did to pete was just to torture him.
See last post for why I disagree.Durability means nothing when you're opponent doesn't have to injure you. All morlun requires is physical contact. Hell he could give Junkpile a rubdown and kill him...
Because Doom can only get his info from people when they shout it from the heavens? He has one of the most meticulous information databases on earth, and now it is combined with 2099's SHIELD database. The fact that Morlun is somewhat mystical makes it even more likely that Doom would want to know about him. He technically killed Spider-man, Doom would search for all inof on this guy to find out who and what he is, and he would find it, whether it si on this realm or others.Prison: Yes
Morlun: Not even close
The guy is like keyser soze, you only find out who or what he is once he comes to kill you. There will be no files and any reference will be in name only. It's not like spidey gave a full and frank account of his ordeal to anyone. Maybe if he was in NA at the time but that wasn't the caseso I'm just not buying this.
yo uknow the drill...see last post blah blah blah...No debate here, although that won't change much. Morluns strategy will be to beat on him and drain his energy, doesn't exactly take much prep...
Okay, so basically this entire debate depends on one thign, Whether or not Morlun can drain Junkpile, and if he can drain him fast enough before Junkpile beats/kills/locks him up.Again, physical durability means nothing against Morlun's power.
Put it this way: Could rogue beat up Juggs? No, but she could drain him easily enough
Read any bio on Junkpile and it will say techno-ORGANIC. He is a mutant, not a robot. He is alive so his lifeforce can be drained.
The problem with this is that with every punch from Morlun Junkpile gets weaker and morlun gets stronger. Equally with every punch from Junkpile Morlun takes damage, but Junkpile gets weaker and Morlun absorbs that lost lifeforce to heal himself.
Have you ever played an RPG?
There's usually a spell called lifetap. This transfers life from the enemy into the caster, hurting the enemy and healing the caster. Ok, now imagine a warrior who's throwing out a beating being able to do this while attacking normally. As the fight goes on morlun gets stronger and Junkpile gets weaker.
RebuttalI'm very glad you compared him to Colossus because I was going to do thae same. He is very much like Colossus. What's somethign that doesn't affect Colossus? Energy drainage through touch.
X-Men # 100 had Rogue and Colossus hooking up, and one of the huge reasons was because in his steel form, she can't drain him. (I don't have scans, but I am looking for them. I have found reviews of the comic online if you need a link showing some proof).
If Rogue can't drain a metal man's energy, then the chances of Morlun doing it are slim too. Especially because form the little we've seen of Morlun, he doesn't drain people nearly as fast as Rogue does.
I agree See above for why this won't happen
Right, he drains life-force, but so does Rogue. If she drains someone long enough she kills them as well, so the whole Junkpile=Colossus and Morlun=Rogue thing still applies. Hell, you could even go so far as to say since he is like Colossus (who high a considerably high immunity to magic because of his metal form) that Junkpile would to, countering any mystical aspect of Morlun.
Also, since he obviously won't be draining Junkpile, his hits won't feel nearly as powerful.
True about him being a mutant. False about Junkpile losing.
Really Morlun's only chance of winning is by being able to drain the energy of a metal guy (I'm pretty sure Hippy would agree with this too). I have shown that other metal guys are either impossible to drain, or at least makeit very hard to drain them. If Morlun could drain Junkpile for some crazy reason, it could very well be less drainage. Being metal could dampen this power. We've seen that his draining power isn't that fast as Peter fought him for a while, and Junkpile is smart enough to know what's happening and put Morlun down quickly.
Anothe rmajor factor is the location. Junkpile is from the future, and would not only have all the access codes and whatnot, but the tech would look like a kid's toy to him. He could easily access the Vault's systems and trap Morlun in a security lockdown.
Winner- Junkpile
*sigh* you always gotta be difficult don't you?
fair enough. I tried to purge most of the Morlun storyline form my head.
See last post for why I disagree.
Because Doom can only get his info from people when they shout it from the heavens? He has one of the most meticulous information databases on earth, and now it is combined with 2099's SHIELD database. The fact that Morlun is somewhat mystical makes it even more likely that Doom would want to know about him. He technically killed Spider-man, Doom would search for all inof on this guy to find out who and what he is, and he would find it, whether it si on this realm or others.
you know the drill...see last post blah blah blah...
Okay, so basically this entire debate depends on one thign, Whether or not Morlun can drain Junkpile, and if he can drain him fast enough before Junkpile beats/kills/locks him up.
Now, I have given a comic where Colossus has in fact shown to be immune to Rogue's energy absorption show it could be assumed that Junkpile is too. Has Junkpile ever shown this ability? Not that I know of, HOWEVER, Morlun has never shown the ability to absorb someone who is made of metal either, so it is a wash. Ther eis also the possiblity that being metal will just make it harder for Morlun to absorb him. If this is the case, remember that Junkpile will be made out of Adamantium, teh toughest of metals taht always makes everythign even more difficult to accomplish.
There's not IMO really much more to say about this since this is the only real debate we have to this match.
I will add that Morlun sucks. He was in a terrible Spider-man storyline and rumor has it that he often has sex with goats (Hippy took the pictures)
Winner- Junkpile