DEATH BATTLE! Discussion Thread (2024–2025) (All-time Death Battle Spoilers Alert)

[TartaChocholate]

Well, they went with lore and all, but tried to justify it through direct scaling and the closest open feats available. I say it's a decent compromise?

The music was incredible.

 

[ShiftCtrlAltDeleteTabFn]

I enjoyed it! I thought the fight was pretty good, and I'm happy they were respectful to both characters.

I still think I like Bowser vs Eggman more overall (and nothing will probably ever beat Goku vs Superman 3 for me), but this was still great.

It helps that the result was accurate, from my understanding.

 

[XXBenShapiroXx]

This was a 7 that should've been a 9

 

[RiloKileyFan]

Yeah that felt short in a lot of ways. What a shame.

DB can't match Dante vs Bayonetta levels ever again it seems.

 

[Starsprite53]

Plz Ladybug vs Spiderman after the spawn fight

 

[Emirp sumitpo]

Yeah it did feel weirdly shorter than I expected, but it's still a solid 8/10 for me ngl.

 

[ShionAH]

Only good part was when Kratos holds Asuras punch, other than it was mid

 

[BlackDarkness679]

Ngl but didnt it feel a lot like Kratos j7st stood there ate most of Asura rapid blows and that was pretty much most of it?

Also the alternate ending while its a good callback to end game, it wasnt having enough impact or death from Kratos taking that

 

[NotoriouSoda]

Ending sequence felt kinda one sided towards Kratos. Asura got to throw one punch that got blocked.

Add in them for some reason not mentioning Asura's AD, his biggest feature, and I have to say


Im kind of overwhelmed.

To be fair the gap was just that big that it’s not likely for Asura to catch up.

 

[XXBenShapiroXx]

Ending was super one sided, transformations and escalation felt felt rushed, nothing super memorable choreography wise, and having Kratos just kind of blatantly copy Asura for the stopping big punch is odd.

I had really high expectations, and while that episode was nowhere near awful, it didn't have any stand out moments

 

[AnAverageUsername]

Ngl but didnt it feel a lot like Kratos j7st stood there ate most of Asura rapid blows and that was pretty much most of it?

Also the alternate ending while its a good callback to end game, it wasnt having enough impact or death from Kratos taking that

I feel like the impact came from the surprise twist of it being included. Like, it goes "Kratos had the power necessary to turn this into his favor.... BUT". You get what I mean?

 

[BlackDarkness679]

Yeah it did feel weirdly shorter than I expected, but it's still a solid 9/10 for me ngl. Might be a top 10 DB episode for me.

Funny enough even 6 minutes felt short

 

[ShionAH]

Ngl but didnt it feel a lot like Kratos j7st stood there ate most of Asura rapid blows and that was pretty much most of it?

Its because he holds back and is much more calmer, when he took out blades of chaos he started being the offense

 

[HenshinIntervention]

When Kratos smiled at Asura's giant fist I knew it was over

 

[ShrekAnakin]

Some of the best analyses we've seen on this show in awhile.

 

[Deidalius]

Enough time has passed, Bardock vs Omni-Man >>> Kratos vs Asura.

 

[XXBenShapiroXx]

To be fair the gap was just that big that it’s not likely for Asura to catch up.

Only 100x? Eh. I get not being able to quantify his rising power, but not mentioning it at all is silly no matter how you look at it

 

[Emirp sumitpo]

When Kratos smiled at Asura's giant fist I knew it was over

Tbh, I knew it was over the moment destructor came in before power of hope. That and Asura's constant transformations

 

[BlackDarkness679]

To be fair the gap was just that big that it’s not likely for Asura to catch up.

A difference of x100 for base Kratos vs peak Asura no less

 

[XXBenShapiroXx]

Well, they went with lore and all, but tried to justify it through direct scaling and the closest open feats available. I say it's a decent compromise?

The music was incredible.

I straight up didn't really notice the music the whole time

 

[AnAverageUsername]

Definitely coping, but I'm considering this an Asura W no matter what. A 3-A Calc for the avatar bust and that alternate ending. I'm going with it!

 

[BlackDarkness679]

Tbh, I knew it was over the moment destructor came in before power of hope. That and Asura's constant transformations

Funny how Kratos pulled a wyzen on him ironically

Asura: Heh...so thats what it felt like for him...

Kratos: Boy, you know how long i waited to try that?

 

[Starsprite53]

Miraculous
Simply the best

 

[TartaChocholate]

Funny how Kratos pulled a wyzen on him ironically

Asura: Heh...so thats what it felt like for him...

Kratos: Boy, you know how long i waited to try that?

Kratos even had a cheeky smirk at that very moment, lol.

 

[TsukasayaEmmaDCD]

Honestly i think this is a great episode and the compromise worked, so we get game accurate and we get asura winning at the same time. as an alt ending

 

[Deidalius]

Definitely coping, but I'm considering this an Asura W no matter what. A 3-A Calc for the avatar bust and that alternate ending. I'm going with it!

Kratos just stood there and took it like a good boy. It was ass. At least make him fight back before you one shot him?

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

Yeah, I'll be preparing for my grandmothers' funerals.

BUT YES!!!!!!!!!!!! I KNOW THAT I WAS ROOTING FOR ASURA, BUT i'M SO ******* HAPPY THAT KRATOS ENDING UP WINNING AFTER REDDIT WAS SO CONFIDENT IN ASURA WINNING AND ******** ON KRATOS, LET'S ******* GO!!!!!

 

[Emirp sumitpo]

Yeah, I'll be preparing for my grandmothers' funerals.

They coming back from the dead to cook u lil bro, call that Grandma's wrath

 

[HenshinIntervention]

Ending was super one sided, transformations and escalation felt felt rushed, nothing super memorable choreography wise, and having Kratos just kind of blatantly copy Asura for the stopping big punch is odd.

I had really high expectations, and while that episode was nowhere near awful, it didn't have any stand out moments

The Intro skipping the voices in his head was weird. It did feel like Kratos just ate all his attacks, but that may be his calm nature. I feel like the fight choreography could've been more dynamic.
The analysis was okay but I still don't like how they always go for "X times Universal".

 

[Dust_Collector]

Twas a good episode, but didn't reach the highs I thought it would.

 

[Emirp sumitpo]

But, I think my main criticism is that I wished Kratos did more. He felt too static at times, almost like he's in a Sataima type fight. I wished Asura had pushed him more to use his crazier gear.

Like I get it's Norse Kratos, he's obviously less energetic than his Greek self, but I just wished we got mroe out of him for a guy with so much in his arsenal. It's a similar problem with what I had with Joker in the Joker vs Giorno fight, where I felt the gear was underutilized and when it a lot of animation potential.

 

[The_Unknown_Warrior1]

They coming back from the dead to cook lil bro, call that Grandma's wrath

Like I said earlier in the thread: I've already sacrificed a goat to Zeus for protection, I should be okay

 

[WCMM]

I'm starting a salt mine over on Spacebattles. It's glorious.

 

[NotoriouSoda]

Twas a good episode, but didn't reach the highs I thought it would.

Pretty much my reaction. I wanted Bowser vs Eggman but didn’t get that. Still a good episode though.

 

[XXBenShapiroXx]

Ngl ending just didn't feel all that tense. Asura didn't land a single hit after he sent them to that weird realm. Thats kind of lame.

 

[Deidalius]

I wanted the fight to feature some sort of high cosmic destruction. I wanted Asura to break a planet, star or galaxy and for Kratos to take it. Solely because it would be funny if the lore guy that can't fly well tanked all of that because of lore.

 

[ZeedKZ]

 

[CharlesZaGreat]

I'll combine this with the previous season since it was so short

Bowser vs Eggman (9.5)
Giorno vs Joker (8.5)
Among Us vs Fall Guys (8)
Kratos vs Asura (6; really loved the music though)
Omni-Man vs Bardock (5.5)

Power (By what was said in the analysis):
Kratos (91,919,749 x Universal)
Asura (91,302 x Universal)
Peak Eggman (Universal)
Joker (Universal)
Peak Bowser (Universal)
Fall Guys (Universal; durability)
Gold Experience Requiem (Universal via Return to Zero)
Intermediate Bowser (Solar System Level)
Intermediate Eggman (Solar System Level)
Omni-Man (Large Star Level)
Super Saiyan Bardock (Star Level)
Great Ape Bardock (Small Star Level)
Imposters (Small Star Level)
Base Bardock (Small Star Level)
Casual Bowser (Country Level)
Casual Eggman (Town Level)
Giorno with Gold Experience (Wall Level)

 

[Alexander]

I'm starting a salt mine over on Spacebattles. It's glorious.

Link me to that

 

[Emirp sumitpo]

Also I can't believe the missed the perfect opportunity to do Kratos and Asura doing WTEs on each other like a stand rush fight.