Summary[]
Superman, also known as Clark Kent and Kal-El, is one of DEATH BATTLE! Season 1, 2 and 10 combatants.
He appeared in the 25th episode, 50th episode and 186th episode of DEATH BATTLE!, Goku VS Superman, where is he all pitted against Son Goku from Dragon Ball.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: Low 5-B, 5-B when sun-dipped | 5-C, Low 2-C, possibly 2-C at his peak, far higher when sun-dipped
Key: Goku VS Superman (2013/2015) | Goku VS Superman (2023)
Name: Clark Joseph Kent, Kal-El, Superman, "Pretty Boy Ass Clown" (By Vegeta)
Origin: DEATH BATTLE! (Originally from DC Comics)
Gender: Male
Age: 39 Years Old
Classification: Kryptonian, Superhero, Member of the Justice League
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Acrobatics
- Self-Sustenance (Type 1; Can breath in space)
- Flight
- Skilled Hand to Hand Combatant
- Enhanced Senses (Enhanced Vision - Microvision, X-Ray Vision; Uses his X-Ray and Microscopic Vision to find Goku's body weak points[1])
- Afterimage Creation (Created multiple silhouettes of himself while attacking Son Goku from all angles[1])
- Pressure Points (Attacked Son Goku's weak points to make Son Goku unable to moved his body and stated that "he won't be going anywhere"[1])
- Heat Vision (Incinerated Goku's Senzu Bean bag with his heat vision[1]. Destroyed several of SS Goku's Ki Blast and later attacking him with it from behind[1]. Unleashes a huge head-on beam of heat vision at Goku in an attempt to finish him off[1]. Fired a heat vision back at Super Saiyan 4 Goku's Kamehameha[1]. Turned SSB Goku's Brain to ashes with his Heat Vision[2])
- Air Manipulation, Ice Manipulation and Breath Attack (Uses his Ice Breath in attempt to slow down Super Saiyan 4 Goku[1]. Stated that "With every breath, he could create a hurricane"[2])
- Empowerment and Statistics Amplification (Grows stronger through absorbing sunlight)
- Vibration Manipulation (Via Infinite Mass Punch; Capable of vibrating his hand hard enough to disintegrate Super Saiyan 4 Goku and destroy the Earth[1])
Resistance to:
- Telepathy (Resisted Goku's attempt at reading his mind[1])
- Temperature Manipulation (Was inside of the Sun's core without suffering any burns[1].)
- Electricity Manipulation (Endured and recovered from being shocked by Goku's electric Ki Blast[2])
- Cosmic Radiations
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Self-Sustenance (Type 1)
- Flight
- Skilled Hand to Hand Combatant
- Heat Vision (Destroyed a part of the forest after attempting to hit Goku[3]. Dissolved several of SSB's Goku Ki Blasts with his Heat Vision[3]. Capable of cutting through several mountains in half with his Heat Vision[3])
- Intangibility (Phases through SSB Goku's attack[3])
- Afterimage Creation
- Aura and Electricity Manipulation (Explosive; At his peak, was able to emitted a bio-electric aura through his body[3]. Unleashes a bright red explosion through his body, destroying a large chuck of the canyon, but causes him to be exhausted from that[3])
- Limited Space-Time Manipulation (After unleashing his full power, Superman's punches implied to have caused multiple cracks in reality to appeared where alternate versions of themselves were seen battling each other[3], in which afterwards was stated in the lyrics "there is no space or time"[3])
- Statistics Amplification (Capable of amplify his strength by either strengthen his stats through his aura or going through multiple of Suns scattered all around the galaxy[3])
Resistance to:
- Pressure Points (Brushed off Goku's attempt at hitting his pressure points[3])
- Temperature Manipulation (Went through every Suns without any side effects or suffering any burns[3])
- Cosmic Radiations
Attack Potency: Small Planet level (Overpowered and easily keep up with Goku's forms. King Kai stated that Goku can't beat Superman, explaining that despite the latter being able to overcome any limits put in front of him, Superman has absolutely no limits to his power and will eventually surpass him even when Goku trains harder than ever[2]. Should be vastly superior to Super Saiyan Vegeta, who Goku considered and implied to be stronger than him[1], with Vegeta being capable of punching the moon downwards onto Earth[4][Note 1]. Clark warmed SSB Goku to not "accidentally destroyed earth a second time"[2]), Planet level+ when sun-dipped (After absorbing the Sun's energy and clashing with Super Saiyan 4 Goku, their clash instantly obliterated earth, shattering it into pieces[1][Note 2]) | Moon level (Capable of fighting against and harming most of Son Goku's forms. Destroyed Son Goku's Ki Blast and is able of crushing one with ease, which a single Ki Blast is capable of obliterating the moon[3]. Superman stated that he is "doing just fine" even after getting attacked by Super Saiyan Goku[3]), Universal level+, possibly Low Multiverse level at his peak (Stomped SSB Goku. Fought on par with Ultra Instinct Goku, who is capable of harming him. Superman's hits against Son Goku implied caused multiple cracks in reality where alternate versions of themselves were seen battling each other after unleashing his true power[3]. It was stated in the lyrics "there is no space or time"[3]), far higher when sun-dipped (Ultra Instinct Goku and Sun-Dipped Superman's clash causes the universe to be destroyed and spanning multiple new realties after the battle[3][Note 3])
Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Flew from a city to a empty field in seconds[1][Note 4]. Effortlessly tagged Super Saiyan 1 Goku[1]), Massively FTL when sun-dipped (Flew back to Earth from the Sun in seconds) | Relativistic (Alongside SSB Son Goku, was able to travel from Earth to the edge of outer space in seconds[3][Note 5]), Massively FTL+ at his peak (Blitzed SSB Goku. Capable of keeping up with Ultra Instinct Goku, who can react and dodge his attacks with ease[3]. Travelled around the galaxy by going through every suns scattered around[3]), far higher when sun-dipped
Lifting Strength: Class K (Capable of stopping and steering an entire plane onto the ground to safety[1]. Lifted up a car and smashed it onto Super Saiyan Goku[1]. Threw Goku's Powerpole into the atmosphere) | Superhuman (Compared to Son Goku, who can throw Clark by the cape onto the ground from the sky[3]. Threw SSB Goku into the side of a small mountain[3])
Striking Strength: Small Planet level (Punched Goku through several buildings with a single strike), Planet level+ when sun-dipped | Moon level, Universal level+, possibly Low Multiverse level at his peak, far higher when sun-dipped
Durability: Small Planet level (Withstood and recovered hits from all of Son Goku's forms. Unscathed after getting blasted into Lex Luthor's Corp building by Super Saiyan Goku's Kamehameha[1]), likely far higher (Goku, in his Super Saiyan God, was actually able to harmed him that Superman "actually felt"[2], implying that Superman in his first battle against Goku didn't actually felt any serious hits from him), Planet level+ when sun-dipped (Flew through Super Saiyan Goku's Kamehameha without harm and survived being in the epicenter of Earth's destruction, though he was knocked out of his sun-dipped state and left unconscious before being restored by the Sun[1]) | Moon level (Capable of tanking and recovering hits from SS and SSB Son Goku. Withstood getting blasted into the ocean by Super Saiyan Blue Goku's Kamehameha), Universal level, possibly Low Multiverse level at his peak (Survived the destruction of the universe that spanned multiple new realties caused by him and Goku's clash[3]), far higher when sun-dipped
Stamina: Athletic (Fought against Son Goku and all of his forms for a while, though he was constantly being recharged by the Sun and claimed he "didn't have much left in him" after about a minute of fighting Goku while clouds were blocking the Sun. Searched and gathered all of the Dragon Balls throughout space for an unknown amount of time[2]) | Superhuman (Fought Goku for an unknown but long amount of time, even implied before the fight started[3])
Range: Standard Melee Range physically; Ten of Meters with Heat Vision | Standard Melee Range physically; Hundreds of Meters to Planetary with Heat Vision
Standard Equipment: None Notable
Intelligence: Gifted (Clark is a incredibly gifted fighter, capable of attacking other's weak points and proficient in using his powers to his advantage. Capable of outskilling Son Goku on several occasions) | Above Average (Shown to be proficient in using his abilities)
Standard Tactics:
Clark will attempted to put his opponents down during battle, aiming to end the fight as possible by attacking the weak points of his opponents to make them unable to move or by only using brute force and not his own abilities against his opponents. But once the said opponent gets into a stronger state, Superman will be forced to use his abilities against them and going into places that has more sun-light in order to win the fight.
Superman holds back his full-strength during battle in which Son Goku pointed out[3].
Weaknesses: Vulnerable to Magic and Kryptonite. Will get weaker overtime if there isn't any sun-light | Holds back his full strength in battle (Even when Goku asked Superman to give it his all and let out his full power, Superman stated that he is "doing just fine"[3]), otherwise None Notable
Note:
- This profile will mainly only focus on the fight itself and not the analyzes entirely.
- It should also be noted that while Goku VS Superman 2 is a direct continuation of the last one, the 2023 fight is not as it's been shown that both are alternate universes.
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Notable Matchups[]
Notable Victories:
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches:
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 Goku VS Superman 1 (2013) The Original Classic | DEATH BATTLE!
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Goku VS Superman 2 (2015) The Original's Sequel | DEATH BATTLE!
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 Goku VS Superman (Dragon Ball VS DC Comics) | DEATH BATTLE!
- ↑ Vegeta VS Shadow (Dragon Ball VS Sonic) | DEATH BATTLE!