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As I’m sure many of you know, Deadpool is one of my favourite comic book characters.
But even I have to admit that the guy can be pretty OP at times.
So I figured I’d talk to you guys about why the guy is just too strong for his own
good.
So get ready, it’s time for the Top 10 Reasons Deadpool is Overpowered!
Number 10: Ridonculous healing factor.
Deadpool has a fairly unique fighting style, since it often involves getting stabbed and
sliced and shot significantly more than most other heroes.
This gives him a big advantage over pretty much any enemy; whatever they do to try to
incapacitate him, he just heals it up and comes right back.
Healing factors are kind of like the speed force; it doesn’t sound quite as impressive
as super strength, but it’s way more useful.
Any power that lets you regrow your own head after it was smashed by the Hulk is crazy
powerful.
Number 9: Weapons master.
This is one ability that’s super common in the Marvel universe.
Pretty much every hero is pretty good with weapons.
But this one is OP for a few reasons.
One: Deadpool is really frickin good.
He’s crazy with pretty much any melee or ranged weapon, does crazy acrobatics, and
is an excellent fighter.
But also, when this is combined with a bunch of his other crazy OP powers like his healing
factor, it just becomes damn near impossible to touch the guy.
Number 8: He could create his own personal army of clones… but they might not listen.
Hoo boy, looks like it’s time to once again tell the story of evil deadpool.
You know the drill, body parts in stalker’s fridge, thrown in dumpster, combined to make
an evil Frankenstein’s monsterish Deadpool.
But you know what this means?
Wade could just keep lopping off his limbs, and putting them together to make a bunch
more Deadpools.
And maybe if they were raised right, instead of being born in a dumpster, they wouldn’t
be quite so evil and murderous!
Number 7: The Magic Satchel.
If you’ve seen Deadpool whipping out ridiculous weapons in the comics, you may have wondered
where the heck he pulls them out of.
And spoilers: it’s not his butt.
He can only hold, like, 4 guns up there.
Deadpool actually has a magic satchel that can hold an unlimited number of weapons and
ammo.
Where did he get it?
How does it work?
They never really say.
But a small bag that holds infinite weapons is pretty powerful in the hands of a weapons
expert like Wade.
Number 6: Immunity to mind-control.
Ish.
So this one kinda comes and goes depending on the writer and how insane Deadpool is at
the time.
But rather often when he comes up against telepaths, they have a hard time getting into
his head.
The reasons behind this aren’t super clear; some think it’s because he’s constantly
regenerating brain cells, others say it’s just because he’s insane.
And honestly, sometimes he’s mind controlled super easily.
And sometimes it sends him on a murderous rampage So I’ll just say that he’s immune…
ish.
Number 5: Lack of morals.
This one is a bit tricky since Deadpool was recently trying to turn over a new, better
leaf, and NOW it looks like he’ll be going more bad…
but that’s Deadpool for ya.
One thing that often hinders superheroes is their pesky system of morals.
Most heroes don’t kill their baddies, and this makes their job a whole lot more difficult.
Deadpool doesn’t have that problem.
Generally, if Deadpool wants you to be dead, you’ll find yourself without a pulse pretty
quickly.
This is an advantage enjoyed by most anti-heroes: killing enemies means they probably won’t
be back for a while.
Number 4: Holographic Disguise.
Here’s one that Deadpool doesn’t really have anymore, but when it was first introduced
this was a pretty OP tool, especially combined with his other powers.
Wade is normally fairly recognizable, what with his skin looking like a lumpy scrotum
and all, but having the ability to disguise oneself with holograms can be pretty strong.
With the device, he’s like Mystique with swords, guns, and a crazy healing factor.
Yikes.
Number 3: Teleportation.
This is one power that Deadpool doesn’t always have, but when he does it is just ridiculous.
The main thing that limited Deadpool was that he has more or less a regular human’s abilities.
He can’t run quickly, or fly, or anything like that, so he’s restricted somewhat in
what he can do.
But sometimes, Marvel goes “nah, he can teleport now,” and suddenly, the guy who
was insanely difficult to keep down can just teleport away if it looks like you’re gonna
kill him.
Then heal.
Then stab you in the eye while you’re taking a crap.
And don’t think he wasn’t watching you crap for a while first.
“Seriously, who wipes back to front?
STAB” Number 2: Unkillability.
This probably goes along with the healing factor, but I think it’s so damn OP that
it’s worth reiterating.
Not only does Deadpool have a healing factor that keeps him alive, he’s also been cursed
to never die by Thanos.
Now granted, this isn’t necessarily so much a literal “curse” as some say, but at
the very least Thanos has sworn to prevent Wade from Dying, to keep him away from his
Bae, Lady Death And with that much power, I’d say Wade’s chances of ever feeling
the sweet release of death are pretty low.
Or should I say, he’ll never feel sweet release with death.
Eh?
Number 1: Fourth Wall Breaking.
One particularly unique trait of Deadpool’s is his 4th wall breaking, otherwise known
as “medium awareness”.
His knowledge that he’s in a comic book has served him well over the years, and has
led him to be pretty OP.
For example, in the movie when they mention the Professor, he goes “McAvoy or Stewart?”
Think about that.
That means he’s seen the X-Men movies.
So he knows all the secrets of the X-Men.
And presumably he’s seen other superhero movies.
And read the comics.
He has the inside scoop on it all!
If you really want to see the power of this ability, read the recent Gwenpool comics.
It’s insane.
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What do you think?
Is he overpowered or just a normal amount of awesome?
Or both!
I don’t know how that would work, but let’s throw that option out there too!
Let me know in the comments down below!
Until next time, I’m Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey with Top 10 nerd.
Later nerds!