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The Darkest Knight

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S+ / Bracket 12 / DC / Partly mapped
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TD The Darkest Knight
Ranked#8
Rank
#8of 782
Rating
4,107pts
Win rate
99%
Record
759W / 7L
Kill reach
9/10
Still being built

This character hasn't been fully mapped yet, so treat what's below as a work in progress rather than a finished verdict — abilities still being mapped. Ratings and abilities change as data is added.

Rating is a score, not a position — it rises by beating strong opponents and barely moves for beating weak ones.

Engine verdict · closest matchups, resolved just now
Defeats 16 nearby
MMandrakk
Mandrakk
WFWorld Forger
World Forger
RKRune King Thor
Rune King Thor
TSThe Spectre
The Spectre
CKChaos King (Full Power)
Chaos King (Full Power)
T(Thanos (Heart of the Universe)
Thanos (Heart of the Universe)
Even fight 13 nearby
PPerpetua
Perpetua
ZZeno
Zeno
LMLucifer Morningstar
Lucifer Morningstar
TEThe Empty Hand
The Empty Hand
A(Anti-Monitor (Crisis)
Anti-Monitor (Crisis)
DMDr. Manhattan (Doomsday Clock)
Dr. Manhattan (Doomsday Clock)
Loses to 7 nearby
TBThe Beyonder (Pre-Retcon)
The Beyonder (Pre-Retcon)
T(Thanos (Astral Regulator)
Thanos (Astral Regulator)
MMMolecule Man (Beyonder-Powered)
Molecule Man (Beyonder-Powered)
GEGod Emperor Doom
God Emperor Doom
LTLiving Tribunal
Living Tribunal
EEternity
Eternity
Physical
Strength
10
Speed
10
Durability
10
Energy
10
Intelligence
10
Combat
9
Win conditions
Reality
9
Erasure
9
Immortality
0
Control
0
Untouchable
0
Authority
8
On the page
Beat Perpetua Dark Nights: Death Metal #6

Kills her after the Lanterns cut her Crisis-energy supply ("Your power is nearly gone"): seals her in Source Wall fragments and punches the…

Abilities · rated 0–10
molecular disassembly9 reality warping9 super strength9 cosmic awareness8 nightmare realm8
Weaknesses · what an opponent can use
external anchorminor
Background

The Darkest Knight is the evolved final form of the Batman Who Laughs, first appearing in Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. After absorbing the powers of Doctor Manhattan, the Batman Who Laughs transcended into this godlike entity — a fusion of Batman's tactical genius, the Joker's nihi…

Rated by running this character against every other in the field and scoring who they beat, not by votes.
Ratings move whenever a character's data is corrected — if a verdict here looks wrong, flag it from the fight itself.
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