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Yo, look at me making a revision/respect thread for someone not inFAMOUS related. World must be coming to an end.
So I noticed that Luther's page is looking a little bare here, so I came with a few things that could give him a boost.
Luther Strode was once an average high school nerd. Scrawny, weak and overall unimpressive. Wanting to rectify this so he could protect his loved ones, Luther orders a self-help book titled "The Hercules Method." After a grueling amount of training, Luther discovers that he not only is in tip top shape, but he has also unlocked he hidden abilities of the human body, and has developed super powers! But with these new powers comes great consequence, and he is now is the target of several mysterious and powerful forces.
Tier: High 8-C, possibly 8-B
Name: Luther Strode
Origin: Image Comics
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Origin: Image Comics
Classification: Human, Chosen
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Type 1), Regenerationn (Mid-Low), Enhanced Senses, Pseudo-Precognition (Advanced Probability), Expert Marksman, Poison Resistance, Adept Hand-to-Hand Combatant, Resistance to Pressure Point Attacks, Meat Vision, Minor Body Manipulation, Berserk Mode, Rage Empowerment
Attack Potency: Large Building level+, possibly City Block level
•WARNING: Some scans may contain graphic content•
When his powers first awoke, Luther casually broke a mans jaw with one punch
Traded blows with The Librarian, who casually punched through a reinforced battleship door, which are meant to withstand high pressures and explosions.
Casually tore through a wooden door to grab a man and drag him through it. Proceeds to slam him into a wall hard enough to crack it and beat him into unconsciousness
Easily breaks through metal chains and punch a wooden board hard enough for it to shatter into tiny splinters
Luther's fight with The Libraria brought down an entire warehouse, notice the waves that form in the water from the building collapsing
Basically liquified a mans skull, while he was hiding behind a wooden door
Throws a man-hole cover with so much force that it cut a mans head in half and destroys the side of a va
Throws a van through a wall
Casually cuts two men wearing body armor in half, with his bare hands
Easily tears through a wall
Throws a body a large distance and through a wall
Slams Jack the Ripper into a stone floor so hard that he creates a massive crater
Breaks out of special chains that were specifically made to restrain Chosen like himself
While restrained inside of a police van, managed to flip it over and caused a major accident
Fought a woman who could could cause asphalt to ripple like water just by punching it, while holding back
Slams a person through a concrete highway divider and into a truck, sending it off a cliff, while holding back
With a simple kick, cleared out a huge amount of snow
Lifts a tree with one hand and uses it as a weapon against another Chose
Matched Cain (yes, the one from the Bible), who is the founder of the Hercules Method, and who broke out of the Special Chains with no effort whatsoever
His punches can create shockwaves and sonic booms
Matched Cain, who did this
His clash with Cain caused the ground underneath them to ripple like water
Speed: Supersonic, possibly Hypersonic
Casually parkours around a city
Disarmed a man and disassembled his gun faster than he could react
Raced across a city, however the exact distance is unknown, but it should still give you an idea of how fast he is.
Could keep up with The Librarian, who casually dodged a bullet from close distance
Claims he could dance in between bullets (claim obviously has merit)
Ran through a hail of gunfire and wasn't hit once. Casually caught a sneak attack
Runs through a hail of gunfire from multiple angles and isn't hit once, notice how the bodies behind him are still falling as he moves.
Uses a body to block sniper fire from behind
While still feeling the effects of a neurotoxin, almost manages to catch up to a speeding car
Could tag Jack the Ripper, who casually did this and who could make sonic booms while moving
Jack could make afterimages with his punches, while not even looking because his neck had been twisted 180 degrees
Jack could also dodge and deflect bullets with his knives from point blank range, while playing around
Luther can move so fast that he not only creates a sonic boom, but he tears up the ground beneath him, while not even touching it
Threw a piece of metal to block a bullet mid flight
http://viewcomic.com/legacy-of-luther-strode-003-2015/
^In this issue, Luther keeps up with a gunslinger Chosen, who can shoot bullets from a high power sniper rifle out of the air
http://viewcomic.com/legacy-of-luther-strode-005-2016/
^In this issue, he keeps up with 4 different Chosen, who use different styles, and who should be comparable to him
Creates a sonic boom
Durability: Large Building level+, possibly City Block level
Bullets don't even go through him, they just get stuck in his muscles
When a normal man punched Luther, he hurt his hand
The Librarian punched Luther through a counter, still manages to get up and fight
Gets knocked around floors and walls and still managed to keep fighting, is eventually knocked out though
Could tank blows from the Librarian, who punches through reinforced steel like nothing (See earlier feat)
Survived an entire warehouse collapsing on him (See earlier feat)
Survived a building busting explosio
Slams into asphalt hard enough for it to ripple like water, and only shows mild discomfort
Gets punched through numerous trees and gets up like it's nothing
Has taken blows from Chosen with strength equal to or even greater than his own (See feats above)
Striking Strength: Class GJ
(See feats above)
Lifting Strength: at least Class 5
Casually lifted 2 full grown men and slammed their heads together, knocking them out
Threw a van (See feats above)
Should be superior to The Librarian, who could casually bend steel
Lifted a tree and swung it around (See feats above)
Abilities:
Pseudo-Precognition or Accelerated Probability
It's a common misconception that Luther has precognition like Spider-Man. It is is more like Luther reads his opponent and uses their body language and probability to predict their movements.
Catches a dish
Predicts a bully's movements
The Librarian stated he could see a 1000 moves ahead of an opponent, may be hyperbole, but could hold merit.
Uses this to predict The Librarians movements
Can be used against multiple opponents and other Chose
Luther has become so proficient with this ability that he can use it against other Chosen, and can make them see what he wants them to.
Healing Factor:
I see that on this wiki Luther has low-mid Regenerationn. That is incorrect. His Regenerationn should be at mid-low for multiple reasons:
Chosen still consider guns a serious threat
The Librarian was unable to regrow his arm or his eye after they got ripped off
The Gardener died after his heart got ripped out
Another Chosen died when his brain was destroyed
Cain, the strongest Chosen in history, dies when his head is destroyed
But that doesn't mean that Luther doesn't have any impressive healing feats:
Has been shot and stabbed numerous times and heals from the wounds in a few seconds (See feats, happens numerous times in the series)
Has his head partially crushed and arms popped out of the joints and proceeds to just pop them back in and fight o
Gets disembowled, uses his intestines to grab The Librarian and snap his neck, and then heals the wound
Fights with two knives in his chest like nothing
Gets his throats ripped out heals from it in a few seconds
Willingly gets shot dozens of times, still manages to overpower Cai
So, while his healing factor may not be on Wolverine's level, Luther can still take a huge amount of damage and still keep kicking. As long as his heart and brain are intact, he can survive
Should scale to The Librarian and Jack the Ripper, who can casually heal from snapped necks
Longevity:
Luther is basically immortal:
Cain, The Binder, The Librarian, and Jack the Ripper have lived for millennia and have not shown any signs of aging (Think of the time Cain is supposed to be from)
Cain and Jack the Riper were Bound for centuries and went without food, water and most likely air in Jack's case
Luther went for an extended period of time inside of a coffin with no negative effects whatsoever
There are plenty of other Chosen who have lived for centuries and have not aged
So, Luther can live for a super long time and not age, and most likely doesn't need food, water and most likely air.
Meat Vision
This is a rather odd and unique ability that Chosen have. It is sort of a pseudo X-Ray vision
Official explanation of his powers
Can use this ability to see the muscles and tendons of a perso He can use this ability to see any weakness in a persons body. Can also use it to see bones and organs and such.
Does it agai
Has used this ability numerous times throughout the series.
Minor Body Manipulation
Through the use of the Hercules Method, Luther has unlocked the ability to have absolute control over his body.
Pushed bullets out of his body (See feats above)
Commanded his intestines back into his body (See feats above)
Loosens a tooth so he can use it as a bullet, proceeds to flex knives out of his body
Can harden his muscles to catch knives and bullets
Trapped Jack the Ripper by catching his hands in his muscles
Luther can control his muscles so that they can push out foreign objects or harden to catch things. Can also increase durability like this.
Enhanced Senses
Could sense or hear Petra as she was sneaking into his building
Could sense or hear an oncoming sneak attack
Could hear the heartbeats of numerous people hidden inside of a mall
Expert aim should tell you how good his eyesight is
Poison Resistance
Was hit by knives coated in a neurotoxin designed to take down Chose fought it off in a short amount of time
Expert Marksma
Punched a piece of wood mid air so that it broke into tiny splinters, and directed them at The Librarian. (See feats above)
Threw pieces of beef jerky accurately into the barrels of two guns, from a good distance away
Threw two knives into The Binders eyes, while not even looking
Adept Hand-to-Hand Combatant
Has fought with Chosen who are seasoned warriors from different time periods and different parts of the world.
Has experience with fighting against different weapons and different fighting styles
Was stated by his friend to use a "weird kind of King-Fu"
Is still mostly self trained
Resistance to Pressure Point Attacks
Luther has shrugged off the effects of pressure point attacks from the likes of The Librarian, The Binder and Jack the Ripper
Berserk Mode and Rage Empowerment
This is signified by his eyes turning red and black.
He can either fall into a cold, murderous rage and slaughter everyone he sees, or he can becomes stronger and faster
Also becomes a better fighter (Matched The Librarian, even though he was shown to be a superior fighter not even a few seconds ago)
This can also improve his Accelerated Probability
Used this in his fight against The Librarian (Managed to close the gap in power and skill between them)
Weaknesses
As aforementioned, is mostly self trained. Has no real combat training.
Destroying his heart or brain will kill him instantly
Used to fall into fits of uncontrollable murderous rage -Solved this by the end of the second volume
Now is extremely hesitant to kill, will try to talk opponents down -Has worked on a few opponents -Will kill if an opponent is too dangerous to live or if pushed far enough
Muscle control can be messed up by neurotoxins and electricity -The Binder used a taser against him, it was extremely effective
Accelerated Probability can be overwhelmed if an opponent is too fast or more skilled than Luther -Can overcome this if pushed far enough
Well, tell me what you think.
So I noticed that Luther's page is looking a little bare here, so I came with a few things that could give him a boost.
Luther Strode was once an average high school nerd. Scrawny, weak and overall unimpressive. Wanting to rectify this so he could protect his loved ones, Luther orders a self-help book titled "The Hercules Method." After a grueling amount of training, Luther discovers that he not only is in tip top shape, but he has also unlocked he hidden abilities of the human body, and has developed super powers! But with these new powers comes great consequence, and he is now is the target of several mysterious and powerful forces.
Tier: High 8-C, possibly 8-B
Name: Luther Strode
Origin: Image Comics
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Origin: Image Comics
Classification: Human, Chosen
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Type 1), Regenerationn (Mid-Low), Enhanced Senses, Pseudo-Precognition (Advanced Probability), Expert Marksman, Poison Resistance, Adept Hand-to-Hand Combatant, Resistance to Pressure Point Attacks, Meat Vision, Minor Body Manipulation, Berserk Mode, Rage Empowerment
Attack Potency: Large Building level+, possibly City Block level
•WARNING: Some scans may contain graphic content•
When his powers first awoke, Luther casually broke a mans jaw with one punch
Traded blows with The Librarian, who casually punched through a reinforced battleship door, which are meant to withstand high pressures and explosions.
Casually tore through a wooden door to grab a man and drag him through it. Proceeds to slam him into a wall hard enough to crack it and beat him into unconsciousness
Easily breaks through metal chains and punch a wooden board hard enough for it to shatter into tiny splinters
Luther's fight with The Libraria brought down an entire warehouse, notice the waves that form in the water from the building collapsing
Basically liquified a mans skull, while he was hiding behind a wooden door
Throws a man-hole cover with so much force that it cut a mans head in half and destroys the side of a va
Throws a van through a wall
Casually cuts two men wearing body armor in half, with his bare hands
Easily tears through a wall
Throws a body a large distance and through a wall
Slams Jack the Ripper into a stone floor so hard that he creates a massive crater
Breaks out of special chains that were specifically made to restrain Chosen like himself
While restrained inside of a police van, managed to flip it over and caused a major accident
Fought a woman who could could cause asphalt to ripple like water just by punching it, while holding back
Slams a person through a concrete highway divider and into a truck, sending it off a cliff, while holding back
With a simple kick, cleared out a huge amount of snow
Lifts a tree with one hand and uses it as a weapon against another Chose
Matched Cain (yes, the one from the Bible), who is the founder of the Hercules Method, and who broke out of the Special Chains with no effort whatsoever
His punches can create shockwaves and sonic booms
Matched Cain, who did this
His clash with Cain caused the ground underneath them to ripple like water
Speed: Supersonic, possibly Hypersonic
Casually parkours around a city
Disarmed a man and disassembled his gun faster than he could react
Raced across a city, however the exact distance is unknown, but it should still give you an idea of how fast he is.
Could keep up with The Librarian, who casually dodged a bullet from close distance
Claims he could dance in between bullets (claim obviously has merit)
Ran through a hail of gunfire and wasn't hit once. Casually caught a sneak attack
Runs through a hail of gunfire from multiple angles and isn't hit once, notice how the bodies behind him are still falling as he moves.
Uses a body to block sniper fire from behind
While still feeling the effects of a neurotoxin, almost manages to catch up to a speeding car
Could tag Jack the Ripper, who casually did this and who could make sonic booms while moving
Jack could make afterimages with his punches, while not even looking because his neck had been twisted 180 degrees
Jack could also dodge and deflect bullets with his knives from point blank range, while playing around
Luther can move so fast that he not only creates a sonic boom, but he tears up the ground beneath him, while not even touching it
Threw a piece of metal to block a bullet mid flight
http://viewcomic.com/legacy-of-luther-strode-003-2015/
^In this issue, Luther keeps up with a gunslinger Chosen, who can shoot bullets from a high power sniper rifle out of the air
http://viewcomic.com/legacy-of-luther-strode-005-2016/
^In this issue, he keeps up with 4 different Chosen, who use different styles, and who should be comparable to him
Creates a sonic boom
Durability: Large Building level+, possibly City Block level
Bullets don't even go through him, they just get stuck in his muscles
When a normal man punched Luther, he hurt his hand
The Librarian punched Luther through a counter, still manages to get up and fight
Gets knocked around floors and walls and still managed to keep fighting, is eventually knocked out though
Could tank blows from the Librarian, who punches through reinforced steel like nothing (See earlier feat)
Survived an entire warehouse collapsing on him (See earlier feat)
Survived a building busting explosio
Slams into asphalt hard enough for it to ripple like water, and only shows mild discomfort
Gets punched through numerous trees and gets up like it's nothing
Has taken blows from Chosen with strength equal to or even greater than his own (See feats above)
Striking Strength: Class GJ
(See feats above)
Lifting Strength: at least Class 5
Casually lifted 2 full grown men and slammed their heads together, knocking them out
Threw a van (See feats above)
Should be superior to The Librarian, who could casually bend steel
Lifted a tree and swung it around (See feats above)
Abilities:
Pseudo-Precognition or Accelerated Probability
It's a common misconception that Luther has precognition like Spider-Man. It is is more like Luther reads his opponent and uses their body language and probability to predict their movements.
Catches a dish
Predicts a bully's movements
The Librarian stated he could see a 1000 moves ahead of an opponent, may be hyperbole, but could hold merit.
Uses this to predict The Librarians movements
Can be used against multiple opponents and other Chose
Luther has become so proficient with this ability that he can use it against other Chosen, and can make them see what he wants them to.
Healing Factor:
I see that on this wiki Luther has low-mid Regenerationn. That is incorrect. His Regenerationn should be at mid-low for multiple reasons:
Chosen still consider guns a serious threat
The Librarian was unable to regrow his arm or his eye after they got ripped off
The Gardener died after his heart got ripped out
Another Chosen died when his brain was destroyed
Cain, the strongest Chosen in history, dies when his head is destroyed
But that doesn't mean that Luther doesn't have any impressive healing feats:
Has been shot and stabbed numerous times and heals from the wounds in a few seconds (See feats, happens numerous times in the series)
Has his head partially crushed and arms popped out of the joints and proceeds to just pop them back in and fight o
Gets disembowled, uses his intestines to grab The Librarian and snap his neck, and then heals the wound
Fights with two knives in his chest like nothing
Gets his throats ripped out heals from it in a few seconds
Willingly gets shot dozens of times, still manages to overpower Cai
So, while his healing factor may not be on Wolverine's level, Luther can still take a huge amount of damage and still keep kicking. As long as his heart and brain are intact, he can survive
Should scale to The Librarian and Jack the Ripper, who can casually heal from snapped necks
Longevity:
Luther is basically immortal:
Cain, The Binder, The Librarian, and Jack the Ripper have lived for millennia and have not shown any signs of aging (Think of the time Cain is supposed to be from)
Cain and Jack the Riper were Bound for centuries and went without food, water and most likely air in Jack's case
Luther went for an extended period of time inside of a coffin with no negative effects whatsoever
There are plenty of other Chosen who have lived for centuries and have not aged
So, Luther can live for a super long time and not age, and most likely doesn't need food, water and most likely air.
Meat Vision
This is a rather odd and unique ability that Chosen have. It is sort of a pseudo X-Ray vision
Official explanation of his powers
Can use this ability to see the muscles and tendons of a perso He can use this ability to see any weakness in a persons body. Can also use it to see bones and organs and such.
Does it agai
Has used this ability numerous times throughout the series.
Minor Body Manipulation
Through the use of the Hercules Method, Luther has unlocked the ability to have absolute control over his body.
Pushed bullets out of his body (See feats above)
Commanded his intestines back into his body (See feats above)
Loosens a tooth so he can use it as a bullet, proceeds to flex knives out of his body
Can harden his muscles to catch knives and bullets
Trapped Jack the Ripper by catching his hands in his muscles
Luther can control his muscles so that they can push out foreign objects or harden to catch things. Can also increase durability like this.
Enhanced Senses
Could sense or hear Petra as she was sneaking into his building
Could sense or hear an oncoming sneak attack
Could hear the heartbeats of numerous people hidden inside of a mall
Expert aim should tell you how good his eyesight is
Poison Resistance
Was hit by knives coated in a neurotoxin designed to take down Chose fought it off in a short amount of time
Expert Marksma
Punched a piece of wood mid air so that it broke into tiny splinters, and directed them at The Librarian. (See feats above)
Threw pieces of beef jerky accurately into the barrels of two guns, from a good distance away
Threw two knives into The Binders eyes, while not even looking
Adept Hand-to-Hand Combatant
Has fought with Chosen who are seasoned warriors from different time periods and different parts of the world.
Has experience with fighting against different weapons and different fighting styles
Was stated by his friend to use a "weird kind of King-Fu"
Is still mostly self trained
Resistance to Pressure Point Attacks
Luther has shrugged off the effects of pressure point attacks from the likes of The Librarian, The Binder and Jack the Ripper
Berserk Mode and Rage Empowerment
This is signified by his eyes turning red and black.
He can either fall into a cold, murderous rage and slaughter everyone he sees, or he can becomes stronger and faster
Also becomes a better fighter (Matched The Librarian, even though he was shown to be a superior fighter not even a few seconds ago)
This can also improve his Accelerated Probability
Used this in his fight against The Librarian (Managed to close the gap in power and skill between them)
Weaknesses
As aforementioned, is mostly self trained. Has no real combat training.
Destroying his heart or brain will kill him instantly
Used to fall into fits of uncontrollable murderous rage -Solved this by the end of the second volume
Now is extremely hesitant to kill, will try to talk opponents down -Has worked on a few opponents -Will kill if an opponent is too dangerous to live or if pushed far enough
Muscle control can be messed up by neurotoxins and electricity -The Binder used a taser against him, it was extremely effective
Accelerated Probability can be overwhelmed if an opponent is too fast or more skilled than Luther -Can overcome this if pushed far enough
Well, tell me what you think.
