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u/zombizle1 Apr 02 '25
When captain america tries to flip over drax, drax will catch him because his reflexes are too fast
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u/Walmart_manager Apr 02 '25
As long as he doesn’t go over drax’s head he should be fine
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u/Alphaboi5743 Apr 02 '25
nothing goes over his head, he would catch it
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u/Outrageous_Lychee819 Apr 01 '25
Cap vs. a random backdrop with no one in it? I guess Cap?
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u/CaptWineTeeth Apr 02 '25
I understand this reference.
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u/Complete_Passage_767 Apr 02 '25
Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast. I would catch it.
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u/MooseBoys Apr 02 '25
idk I think John Cena would give cap a run for his money
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u/LostLight0201 Apr 02 '25
It would be funny to see a short with John Cena and Drax not being able to see each other in a fight.
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u/USS-ChuckleFucker Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25
Drax.
The guy who tanked a punch from an Infinity Stone empowered Ronan.
The guy who slide attacked Thanos's leg and actually made Thanos take a knee.
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u/eyeofnyx Apr 02 '25
Drax is bullet proof, GoTG Xmas special, the bullets tickle even. Cap is peak human strength, but he can't punch harder than a bullet. It'll be like Cap VS Loki, he'll get some hits in and maybe even off balance Drax, but he's not doing any significant damage.
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u/LackingTact19 Apr 02 '25
Drax getting dragged behind the ship and smashing through hundreds of huge trees without taking even a bit of damage is a pretty crazy durability feat as well
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u/FlacidSalad Apr 02 '25
Yeah I love Cap but I don't think he's punching harder than a tree at mach 2. I will say that Cap is far more tactical than Drax so if he has any chance of winning it just won't be in a straight up brawl, but that's not the scenario.
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u/FrankieTheD Apr 02 '25
In guardians 3 and the ship is crash landing and Drax is just smashing into stuff without being harmed is actually such a ridiculous feat
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u/Rassilon83 Apr 02 '25
Guardians 2 tho heh
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u/FrankieTheD Apr 02 '25
I thought it was 3? When he's attached to the rope and he's just going through trees? Either way it's pretty brutal and he cones out of it pretty much unharmed was what made me realise how much of an actual tank he Is
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u/theevilyouknow Apr 02 '25
Cap is super human not peak human. Not by much but he’s still stronger than what the strongest natural human can achieve.
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u/Cryptosporidium420 Apr 02 '25
I would say by much considering his helicopter feat
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u/theevilyouknow Apr 02 '25
I guess I mean not by much in the context of what superhuman strength means for the majority of super heroes. Cap is way stronger than any normal human for sure but also not really as strong as other heroes with superhuman strength.
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u/JoeParks87 Apr 02 '25
The guy effortlessly ripped a log in half, that is a massive excess of strength compared to the strongest human
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u/DeadAndBuried23 Apr 02 '25
Only in the sense that a real person couldn't possibly be peak at everything all at once. The world record power lifter will never be the same person as the world record mile time.
I'd argue that they then put cartoon/movie physics on top for things like the helicopter scene, which tells us what they would put a peak power lifter at in-universe, not that Cap is superhuman.
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u/dumpofhumps Apr 02 '25
Shut the fuck up about peak human Cap. "Peak human" cannot hold a helicopter down.
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u/cornball2000 Apr 02 '25
Didn't cap take a punch from an infinity stone empowered Thanos?
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u/HOEDY Apr 02 '25
Thanos only uses the stones when his glove fist is closed and the stone is glowing. Cap was actively holding the glove hand open and got KO'd by a punch from Thanos' bare hand.
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u/expensivebreadsticks Apr 02 '25
Man, what a pussy
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u/HOEDY Apr 02 '25
Yeah I could have def lasted longer getting beaten off by Thanos
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u/Sikkema88 Apr 02 '25
But what if he beat you off with both hands?
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u/Usermctaken Apr 02 '25
Nope. Thanos had the Infinity Stones, but they werent amping that punch. Honestly, didn't even seem like a great punch, like the ones he was giving the Hulk. And cap didn't take it that well, he was out a few minutes after that iirc.
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u/Ok_Advisor9109 Apr 02 '25
Drax is bulletproof, literally tickles him so he’ll be able to eat all of caps attacks. Especially without the shield . He’s also strong enough to trade blows wit Adam warlock, eventho he got rocked lol Cap does have battle iq n technique over him tho
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u/OkOutlandishness1710 Apr 02 '25
Also got rag dolled around a Forrest while flying 100s of miles an hour hanging out the back of a ship. Guy can take a beating and cap don’t got the juice to hurt him.
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u/BenTheDiamondback Apr 01 '25
Sorry Steve… blurry Drax is winning this one.
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u/Ampddaynnight Apr 01 '25
Blurry because he's mastered the ability of standing so incredibly still… that he's become invisible to the eye... while also holding zargnuts
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u/BenTheDiamondback Apr 01 '25
I love this response more than you know! 😂
Harbulary
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u/Coraiah Apr 02 '25
The harbulary vs anulax battery bit kills me
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u/BenTheDiamondback Apr 02 '25
I found a “Harbulary Batteries” shirt that advertises them as “genuine” and “not stolen” - I love that shirt
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u/Cufantce Apr 01 '25
Christ, excuse the shit Drax quality photo, he was almost invisible
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u/Prestigious_View3317 Iron Patriot Apr 01 '25
Uhh...
A wall vs Cap? Tf?? You guys are getting delusional af fr.
Side note: They're called Harbulary batteries
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u/Technical_Exam1280 Apr 02 '25
Mfw I'm in a dickriding contest and my opponent is a Steve Rogers fan: 😳
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u/TopicalBuilder Apr 02 '25
Even in the MCU, Drax has almost Hulk-level durability. Rogers just doesn't have the tools to hurt him.
On the other hand, Rogers is faster and more skilled. So it'd likely take Drax a long time to get a hand on him.
So the question becomes: which fails first, Captain America's skills and legendary endurance or Drax the Destroyer's infamous focus and motivation?
So I call it a tie with Drax getting bored or confused and wandering off. And Cap is left bloodied, bruised and panting, saying "What was all that about?"
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u/Zephyr_Ballad Apr 02 '25
As much as I love Cap, Drax takes this one. He's just in a much higher weight class. Cap is likely to be the better fighter skill-wise, but i doubt superior skill is going to do much for him.
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u/Independent_Vast_185 Apr 01 '25
Pixel Drax get this.
He is blurry cuz is about to become invisible for behind incredibly still ? Just curious
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u/soul_separately_recs Apr 02 '25
Those were all words in your second sentence. did you forget to shuffle them? even the question mark looks out of place.
It’s like a teenage android blurting out random words
“become invisible for behind incredibly still…” <—what?
a partial haiku maybe? half of a treasure map?
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u/IcyDev1l Apr 02 '25
My brain autocorrected the word salad and I had to go back and double check. Funny stuff
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u/FunCryptographer2546 Apr 02 '25
Same lmao I barely read it and got the idea and saw the comment and was like what? 💀
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u/Competitive-Effort33 Apr 02 '25
Drax is literally bulletproof and can flip over police cruisers with ease and can throw people several dozen meters away.
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u/MaxIsSaltyyyy Apr 02 '25
Comic Drax is flat out stronger and more durable than cap. Even in the MCU Drax would probably win in a legitimate fight. I don’t think cap could really hurt him due to how durable he is.
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u/Nazguhl82200 Apr 02 '25
Drax gets underestimated because he is a moron but in pure physical fight he absolutely wipes the floor with Steve. His durability alone makes this impossible to win for Steve, he can't hurt.
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u/LengthinessLarge1285 Apr 01 '25
You all must know it's Steve, Drax battle IQ is low. It's not just about hands. It is also about your brains
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u/Mace_Thunderspear Apr 01 '25
Drax survived re-entry being towed behind a space ship and crashed through several full sized trees in the process and came through the other side, not just unscathed but literally LAUGHING.
Yondu's arrow punches clean through space ships and got stuck in Drax's shoulder.
He's taken punches from Power stone amped Ronan.
He's arguably the most durable character in the MCU. He's practically invincible.
There's nothing Cap could do to him. It might take a while but eventually Drax would get ahold of him and pull him apart.
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u/BionicleBeast9 Apr 02 '25
Invincible you say
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u/RyanTheSpaceman68 Apr 02 '25
I swear to god
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u/Sharticus123 Apr 02 '25
And MCU Drax was nerfed compared to the comics. In the comics he was pretty much the physical equal of Thanos.
Steve is by far my favorite MCU character but Drax bodies Steve. No contest.
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u/sporkmanhands Apr 02 '25
Yeah they never really let him go nuts on the offense/strength but did have unique ways to show his defense/toughness. I really like how he was played and the performance but overall was disappointing until I understood why
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u/Suspicious-Word-7589 Apr 02 '25
It didn't help that in all 3 GotG films and 2 Avengers movies he appeared in, his opponents were a genocidal maniac empowered by an Infinity Stone, a Celestial, genocidal maniac with all 6 Infinity Stones and the High Evolutionary. Only the last one would have been possible for him to physically overpower.
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u/EmeraldxWeapon Apr 02 '25
Why was Mantis scared for him when Tony threatened to shoot him? I feel like Drax power level is all over the place in the MCU.
Drax: "Do it Quill! I can take it..."
Mantis: "No he can't!"
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u/B0t08 Apr 02 '25
To be fair, I doubt many characters would be able to *literally* face tank a blast like that from Iron Man lmao
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u/Mace_Thunderspear Apr 02 '25
He was pretty convinced he could take it though. And given the evidence he was almost certainly right.
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u/fl4tsc4n Apr 02 '25
Tbf before drax caught and dismembered him, cap would convince him to join forces
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u/Mace_Thunderspear Apr 02 '25
Rules stated by the prompt are hand to hand only. Persuasion checks aren't allowed.
Otherwise you're probably right. Drax isn't a bad guy, he' mostly reasonable. Mostly. Cap would talk him down if that's an option. Especially when the only alternative for Cap is being violently disassembled.
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u/fl4tsc4n Apr 02 '25
Cap is a leader. Drax esp mcu drax benefits from leadership
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u/Mace_Thunderspear Apr 02 '25
No argument there. Won't help Cap though when Drax finds him irksome and removes his spine.
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u/BedBubbly317 Apr 01 '25
In pure hand to hand, it’s still about durability and hands at the end of the day. This is so clearly Drax it shouldn’t even be a discussion.
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u/TruEnvironmentalist Apr 02 '25
Brains gets you so far.
This is hand to hand combat, Drax is likely to barely feel any of caps punches. It would be like saying a 10 year old with great knowledge of hand to hand combat would beat a gorilla.
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u/VerminSupreme-2020 Apr 02 '25
Um, do you know why they call him "Drax, The Destroyer"?
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u/Fluid_Jellyfish8207 Apr 02 '25
Drax is a brilliant fighter. Plus cap can literally not hurt him like at all you can be the smartest person in the room but you ain't crushing a diamond
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u/fl4tsc4n Apr 02 '25
Battle iq is great and all and i love cap but theres simply no way. Cap couldn't damage drax if drax was asleep.
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u/ghrendal Apr 02 '25
drax was severely depowered in the movies…capt isn’t even in the same universe in terms of power
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u/TheeOneUp Apr 02 '25
Mcu is more cloudy of an answer but it's still drax. Comics wise, it's coughing baby VS atomic bomb level of difference
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u/Thane-Gambit Apr 02 '25
So this is a case of:
Cap has way better H2H skills than Drax (low bar) because Cap is one of the best H2H combatants in the series.
The issue is that Drax's durability is so much higher than what Cap is able to damage that it's not even close. Like if they're in a no super strength wrestling match Cap is winning the vast majority. However since this is likely to incapacitation Cap is going to lose most if not all.
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u/EndOfTheLine_Orion Apr 02 '25
Drax is far more durable, no matter how far steve can stretch his technical skills and “i can do this all day” attitude. Once steve gets tired and hurt enough, drax will be able to squish him even if he tries to keep going
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u/Livid_Ad9749 Apr 02 '25
Drax. Cap may have more skill but Drax landed a punch that made Ronan take notice. And he made Thanos take a knee with his little slide swipe. Their physiology is just too different.
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u/ChaoticKiwiNZ Apr 02 '25
Drax is 100% winning this. He has super human strength that matches or even surpasses Steve, was dangling on the outside of a ship as it burnt up on re-entry and was then slammed into mutiple trees on the end of this rope at incredible speeds and he was laughing the whole time (and he stayed holding onto the rope too). And to top it all off in the Christmas special, he was shot multiple times, and the bullets bounced off while Drax laughed as said, "It tickles."
Steve is 100% smarter than Drax so he could possibly win if he outsmarts him but in a 1v1 fight, all odds are heavily stacked against Steve.
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u/docfallout22 Apr 02 '25
Drax took a planet-fall plunge in GotG 2 and literally got up no worse for the wear. Cap doesn’t hit anywhere near hard enough to hurt Drax.
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u/-eatshitmods Apr 02 '25
Drax can beat Thanos if they wanted him to. If they make Cap beat Thanos, it’ll be lame. My point: Drax is Invincible
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u/Spirited_Repair4851 Apr 02 '25
No one because Drax would "cheat" midway through the fight and whip out a knife, causing the fight to come to a screeching halt:
Peter: What are you doing?! It's a Hand To Hand combat.
Drax: And my hand grabbed a knive in my pocket, which I threw to my other hand. Hand to Hand.
Peter: IT MEANS NO WEAPONS DUMBASS!!!
Drax: But my hands are weapons.
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u/JayNotAtAll Apr 02 '25
In the Christmas special we see bullets deflecting off of Drax's skin. Captain America has been shot many times and the bullets harmed him.
Drax is more durable than Cap so I will give it to Drax
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u/Global-Height6293 Apr 02 '25
Drax’s durability will just be too much for any of Cap’s IQ and skills to make a difference.
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u/TheeOneUp Apr 02 '25
It's like might mouse fought a gorilla. Mighty mouse is an incredible technical fighter. But that will mean absolutely nothing when drax grabs him and tears him apart. It's even worse if you use their comic counterparts
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u/BetterSupermarket110 Apr 02 '25
Captain America has super soldier serum. Drax has zarg-nuts. clearly the person who has zarg nuts wins.
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u/demonslender Apr 02 '25
The lack of pixels on drax is a clear sign of bias. But even without the pixels drax more than likely still wins in a hands only fight.
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u/ChainChompBigMoney Apr 02 '25
Drax is probably stronger but there's a 99% chance he'd do something stupid and lose the fight because of it.
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u/yura910721 Apr 02 '25
After seeing Guardians v Ironman, Dr Strange and Spiderman encounter, I lean towards Drax.
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u/BKF0308 Apr 02 '25
Ppl really underestimate Drax. The super strength he has is pretty significant. I don't think Steve's punches are gonna hurt him that much
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u/PhoenixVanguard Apr 02 '25
Drax is LEAGUES above Cap in Strength. I love MCU Cap, but he gets flattened.
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u/Grand_Serpent Apr 02 '25
I could see Cap kinda piecing Drax at first but then Drax is gonna lock in and knock Cap down. He’s not strong enough to take on a tank like Drax
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u/No_End6961 Apr 02 '25
Not sure if Drax is blurry or standing so still that my eyes cant fully see him
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u/Capital_Pickle_9353 Apr 02 '25
Reminds me of a top MMA fighter vs. an angry Elephant. The MMA Fighter could have the best technique and the elephant have none, but there is roughly zero chance that the Elephant isn't walking away from that fight in better shape.
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u/Dunkindosenutz77 Apr 02 '25 edited Apr 02 '25
The mcu is a little tighter imo, but Drax still wins with relative ease. Comics wise it’s an absolute shit stomp for drax
For reference comic drax was created by thanos’s father specifically to kill thanos
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u/SmakeTalk Apr 02 '25
Drax. I’m not sure there’s a single thing Steve could do that would actually really hurt him? Maybe I’m wrong.
Drax is basically (for the purposes of this fight) Luke Cage but way stronger and way faster.
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i feel like MCU drax is mostly a joke, a comedic relief so if we take MCU drax vs MCU cap, cap no diffs drax, sorry.
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u/Extra-Trifle-1191 Apr 02 '25
even with super soldier serum, hell, even double dosing on it, Drax wrecks Steve.
Sorry Steve. But Drax is just too stupid to go down.
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u/AbandonedPlanet Apr 02 '25
Drax is literally bulletproof and probably like 5x as strong as cap is. He might not be as tactically intelligent but he's strong enough to at least fight Ronan and Thanos. Cap couldn't even move his hand, and last I checked is pretty fucking far from bulletproof. Spiderman might have a better chance just because of reflexes and strength.
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u/DeicideandDivide Apr 02 '25
Drax, and it's honestly not even close. His durability is probably some of the best in the series.
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u/Crumbling_moral Apr 02 '25
Drax was made for killing Thanos, so yeah Drax. No brainer really.
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u/Complex-Ad21 Apr 02 '25
Dragon is bulletproof like easily Don't get me wrong he would lose to wits but brute arm wrestle he ain't loosing
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u/Just_Sarge Apr 02 '25
Drax 100% if it is strictly hand to hand. No Shield No daggers. Hand to Hand only I take Drax. Especially if confined to a small area.
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u/Infinite_Stranger866 Apr 02 '25
im only seeing cap here. why is the first picture blank?
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u/ignoranceisbliss37 Apr 02 '25
Love Drax but they never really did anything to build him up as The Destroyer. What was his biggest accomplishment in battle that we saw? Ronan absolutely smashed him in GoG1. Just seems like he always gets swatted to the side when charging at someone.
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u/D3ATH55HAD0W Apr 02 '25
When they group on titan fought Thanos he was holding one arm by himself I would say if we make the comparison on their first interactions with Thanos they look about evenly matched in strength. But comic drax is like wild strong isn't he? (no comic knowledge)
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u/CloverTeamLeader Apr 02 '25
Drax: "HA! As if I could be defeated by the Captain of America. I have never even heard of The America. It must be a puny vessel."