The Strongest Characters In The DCEU, Ranked
Who are the strongest characters in the DCEU (DC Extended Universe)? Here's where you get to decide. Below, you'll find a collection of characters from the world of DC along with a few stats that detail exactly who they are and what they can do. You'll find both heroes and villains alike who wield all manner of extraordinary powers.
From otherworldly beings such as Superman to regular guys with really cool trinkets, whose bad side would you least like to end up on? Whether they're good, evil, or somewhere in between, let the world know which are your picks for the most powerful DC characters of all time!
Who He Is: The last son of a dying planet, Kal-El was raised on Earth and gained incredible superpowers from our planet's yellow sun. As Superman, he fights for truth and justice around the world. As his alter ego, Clark Kent, he fights for bylines at the Daily Planet and the affections of fellow reporter Lois Lane.
What He Can Do: Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, hearing, and sight; flight; invulnerability (barring the presence of Kryptonite); heat, telescopic, and X-Ray vision; freeze breath... You name it, Superman can do it.
His Strongest Moment: Taking down the entire Justice League, and then a New God.
His Weakest Moment: Being beaten up by a middle-aged billionaire.
Is this power?What It Is: As you can see, beauty is not one of Doomsday's greatest assets. In Batman vs. Superman, the monster is created by Lex Luthor using Kryptonian technology, the cadaver of General Zod, and Luthor's own DNA.
What It Can Do: Possessing a complete lack of conscience and rational thought, this thing more or less has one ultimate objective: wipe out everything in its path. Doomsday's abilities include a whole new level of superhuman strength, X-ray vision, and regeneration.
Its Strongest Moment: When Doomsday proves itself mightier than Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman combined.
Its Weakest Moment: Getting taken out by Superman.
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- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
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Who She Is: Before she was known as Wonder Woman, she was Diana of Themyscira, the daughter of Zeus and the Queen of the Amazons. Diana was raised by her fellow Amazons, a group of warrior women tasked with fighting Ares. Diana ultimately left the island paradise to prevent Ares from further spreading destruction across the planet. Through her efforts, she became the world's first superhero.
What She Can Do: Wonder Woman is a highly trained Amazon warrior who has no problem leaping tall buildings in a single bound. As a demigod, her strength appears to be on par with Superman's, and she ages much slower than the average human. She's also got a pair of super cool accessories: her Bracelets of Submission and her magical lasso, which can compel anyone to tell the truth.
Her Strongest Moment: Telling Ares where he can shove it by defeating him in an epic fight.
Her Weakest Moment: Giving up the superhero life for the better part of a century following the demise of Steve Trevor. But hey, we all need a little breathing room every now and then.
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Who He Is: On the surface, Billy Batson is a streetwise 14-year-old foster kid. After being deemed pure of heart by an ancient wizard called Shazam, Billy is given the power to transform into an adult superhero by simply calling the wizard's name. He's soon faced with the challenge of mastering his powers in order to defeat the evil Thaddeus Sivana, who is set on releasing the seven deadly sins on the world.
What He Can Do: In his superhero form, Shazam can manipulate electricity, move at superhuman speeds, and fly. He's also super strong and nearly invulnerable.
His Strongest Moment: Sharing his powers with his foster siblings in order to defeat seven demons.
His Weakest Moment: Initially using his powers to buy beer, make money, and gain online fame.
Is this power?Who He Is: Barry Allen, once an unassuming CSI student, was changed forever after being hit by lightning and doused in a mixture of strange chemicals. Now known as the Flash, he is the world's fastest man. In the midst of his mission to clear his wrongfully convicted father's name, he is recruited to the Justice League by Bruce Wayne.
What He Can Do: The upper limit of Flash's speed has yet to be tested, but he's at least fast enough to run easily across water and up the sides of buildings. The speedster also boasts superhuman stamina and dexterity.
His Strongest Moment: Becoming fast enough to travel through time.
His Weakest Moment: Almost chickening out of a fight. (A pep talk from Batman sorted him out, though.)
Is this power?Who He Is: Arthur Curry, AKA Aquaman, was born the son of a human lighthouse keeper and the Queen of Atlantis. He first joins the Justice League to help stop Steppenwolf, then returns to the sea to take on his crafty half-brother, Orm.
What He Can Do: His Atlantean heritage gives him the strength to withstand the pressure of the deepest ocean as well as the ability to breathe underwater and communicate with sea life.
His Strongest Moment: Retrieving the Trident of Atlan and becoming king of the seven seas - though he would probably say rescuing his mom from exile was the real victory.
His Weakest Moment: His duel with Orm in the Ring of Fire could have gone better.
Is this power?Who He Is: As fate would have it, Superman isn't the only one to survive the destruction of Krypton. General Zod is a former Kryptonian pariah who leads the Sword of Rao during a civil conflict on his home planet. After escaping from his imprisonment in the Phantom Zone, he shows up on Earth intending to transform it into a new Krypton.
What He Can Do: Upon his arrival on Earth, Zod discovers he has a whole host of god-like powers: superhuman strength, flight, X-ray vision, and, well, pretty much everything super.
His Strongest Moment: His epic speech in Man Of Steel. While Zod ultimately uses his powers for evil, he is admittedly a brilliant strategist and inspires fierce loyalty from his allies. Talk about willing to go to any lengths.
His Weakest Moment: His ultimate defeat by Superman - made all the worse for mocking Clark just moments earlier for spending his life on a farm.
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Who He Is: The ancient god of combat and son of Zeus, Ares has a bone to pick with pretty much everybody. He instigated the conflict of the gods, which ended up wiping out almost all of the old gods and leaving Zeus seriously hurt. In Wonder Woman, it's revealed he's still bent on wiping out humanity in any way he can.
What He Can Do: As a god, Ares has divine abilities that far outstrip the strength, speed, and stamina of any mere mortal. He's also able to control electricity, teleport, fly, use telekinesis, and live forever.
His Strongest Moment: He's able to make Wonder Woman pause before fighting with him due to his powers of manipulation.
His Weakest Moment: His arrogance ends up being his undoing when he's ultimately beaten by his own niece, Diana. The mustache also doesn't do him any favors.
Is this power? Who He Is: Steppenwolf is one of the gods of Apokolips who was exiled from his people after failing to conquer the Earth thousands of years ago. After the demise of Superman, he returns to Earth to search for the three Mother Boxes he lost during his failed attempt - and fight the Justice League.
What He Can Do: As a divine being, Steppenwolf wields incredible superhuman strength, stamina, speed, and durability.
His Strongest Moment: He gets super close to achieving his goal of uniting the Mother Boxes and conquering the world for his master, Darkseid
His Weakest Moment: Being taken out by his own parademons when he feels fear.
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Who He Is: Once a celebrated college athlete and football star, Victor Stone was in a horrible incident that would have probably proven fatal without the help of his father. Victor's dad used a Mother Box to transform him into Cyborg, a cybernetic superhero who is half man, half machine. He is ultimately recruited by Batman and Wonder Woman to become a member of the Justice League.
What He Can Do: As a cyborg, Victor enjoys the ability to self-repair and modify himself constantly, which leads to continual discovery of handy abilities, such as flight and shapeshifting. He also enjoys superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and near-invulnerability.
His Strongest Moment: Overcoming his own self-consciousness and depression without hesitation in order to take on Steppenwolf after his father is taken. He also becomes the first member of the Justice League to befriend all his teammates. Way to put the pettiness aside, Cyborg.
His Weakest Moment: Victor isn't thrilled about his transformation into a superhero and becomes gloomy and depressed rather than excited to take on the world of evil. At first, even a pep talk from Wonder Woman isn't enough to make him see himself as anything more than a monster. It's only when his dad is taken that he gets it together and lends his talents to the team.
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- Black Adam
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Who He Is: Teth-Adam was once the champion of the Council of Wizards, having taken up the mantle after his son's death. He was later defeated by Shazam, who imprisoned him for five thousand years. When awakened in the 21st century, he crosses paths with the Justice Society and ultimately forms a truce with them to fight a more powerful foe. Despite his murderous manner of meting out justice, he renames himself Black Adam and becomes the modern protector/hero of Kahndaq.
What He Can Do: Black Adam is empowered by the Egyptian gods and has the stamina of Shu, the speed of Heru, the strength of Amon, the wisdom of Zehuti, the power of Aten, and the courage of Mehen – essentially, he's the magical version of Superman, and has lots of comparable powers.
His Strongest Moment: Black Adam has numerous strong moments throughout his eponymous film; after all, he's insanely strong and rebuffs almost every attack. He proves his strength by taking on the Justice Society single-handedly, but his true strongest moment comes when he defeats Sabbac with the help of Carter Hall (Hawkman).
His Weakest Moment: His anger at the Council of Wizards over the death of his son makes him an enemy of the people instead of its protector. It takes more than 5,000 years for him to see the error in his ways.
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Who She Is: Enchantress is an incredibly powerful inter-dimensional being who was originally under the control of Amanda Waller. After she escapes, she joins forces with her brother, Incubus, to dominate the world. Task Force X and the military have to team up to stop the duo.
What She Can Do: One of the most powerful metahumans in the DCEU, she and her brother were once worshipped as gods by the Incan and Mayan civilizations. She enjoys all kinds of mythical abilities, such as teleportation, implanting false memories or visions into the minds of others, and manipulating the weather and electric currents.
Her Strongest Moment: The whole "worshipped as god" thing is a hard one to top on any resume.
Her Weakest Moment: Ultimately, her over-confidence gets the best of her, and no amount of awkward dancing can save her from Harley Quinn.
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Who He Is: Traumatized as a young boy by the slaying of his parents, Bruce Wayne grew up determined to stamp out lawlessness in his native city of Gotham. As the heir to a billion-dollar corporation, he had all the resources he needed to build state-of-the-art gadgets. He took his mission to a much more global level when he decided to unite his fellow superheroes into the Justice League.
What He Can Do: Batman is not only a master strategist but also an expert martial artist and detective. He makes up for his lack of powers with a wealth of gadgets, bat-shaped tools, and bat-themed road and air vehicles - as well as just plain wealth.
His Strongest Moment: Managing to hold his own in a fight against Superman, arguably the most powerful being on Earth.
His Weakest Moment: One word: Martha.
Is this power? Who She Is: Hippolyta is the Queen of the Amazons and the former lover of Zeus, with whom she conceived Diana (AKA Wonder Woman). She and her fellow Amazons live on a magical island where they stay primed and ready to defend the world from Ares, who seeks to manipulate humanity's anger and hatred.
What She Can Do: Hippolyta has superhuman strength, stamina, agility, and incredible skills in combat. She's also a fearless leader and seemingly immortal.
Her Strongest Moment: Allowing Diana, her only daughter, to leave the island and protect the world of men.
Her Weakest Moment: Refusing to let a young Diana train when she is a young girl - but even that is a result of her desire to protect her daughter from her own legacy.
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El Diablo
Who He Is: Chanto Santana, AKA El Diablo, is a metahuman with pyrokinetic powers that allow him to generate fire from his body. After accidentally immolating his family during an argument, he willingly surrenders and vows to never use his powers again. He initially has no interest in joining the Squad and doesn't use his powers unless absolutely necessary.
What He Can Do: El Diablo has the ability to transform into a large, flaming skeleton that produces blue hot flames. When in this form, he also enjoys superhuman strength and durability.
His Strongest Moment: Sacrificing himself to defeat Incubus.
His Weakest Moment: It can't get much worse that accidentally taking out your whole family with your powers.
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Who She Is: Like her more famous cousin, Kara Zor-El is one of the last surviving members of the Kryptonian race. Unfortunately for Kara, her escape pod landed in Russia instead of Kansas, and she was held in captivity as a result. Thankfully, two Barry Allens and Bruce Wayne came to her rescue.
What She Can Do: Again, like her cousin Superman, Supergirl has pretty much any power you'd ever want. She is super fast, super strong, super durable, and can fly. Add some laser eyes and X-ray vision to the mix, in addition to a crazy healing factor, and you've got one killer set of powers.
Her Strongest Moment: Standing toe-to-toe with General Zod despite his advanced Kryptonian battle armor.
Her Weakest Moment: Being imprisoned for years due to a lack of sunlight.
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- The Suicide Squad
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Who He Is: King Shark is believed to be the descendant of a shark god. He has a misleading demeanor, as he looks like a giant bipedal anthropomorphic great white shark, but is often sweet and almost childish. He's not the smartest metahuman in the DCEU and hopes to change people's minds. Granted, he can be incredibly dangerous to anyone around him (including his allies) when hungry. He's recruited into Task Force X to take part in the Corto Maltese mission.
What He Can Do: His abilities include super strength, durability, stamina, the ability to breathe water, heal from nearly any wound, and he's outfitted with claws and a mouth filled with razor-sharp teeth. He has no problem picking up an enemy and biting their head off (or devouring them whole).
His Strongest Moment: King Shark is more comic relief than anything else in The Suicide Squad, but he does have some impressive moments. When the team is diverted to rescue Rick Flag, he doesn't hesitate and rushes in, killing and eating whoever gets in his way. Of course, Flag didn't need rescue, and he was eating their allies, so he casually spits out a bone out of respect once this is made clear. Still, he had the right idea and proved his worth to the team in terms of strength … despite eating a bunch of good guys in the process.
His Weakest Moment: He's not too bright and displays this on several occasions, including attempting to camouflage himself with a fake mustache. He's also easily distracted and puts the squad in danger on several occasions because he can't keep on-mission when a pretty bird, the Clyrax, or even his own hand catches his attention.
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Who He Is: Jor-El is a respected scientist on the planet Krypton who builds a special spacecraft to save his son Kal-El from the planet's destruction. By shipping baby Kal off to Earth, he gives us the hero who will ultimately become Superman.
What He Can Do: Though arguably he would have superhuman powers on Earth like his son, at home he's just a brilliant scientist. That said, he also appears to be effective in hand-to-hand combat.
His Strongest Moment: Initially holding off Zod while defending Kal-El.
His Weakest Moment: His demise at the hands of Zod is a real bummer.
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Who He Is: During his childhood, Thaddeus Sivana encountered a wizard named Shazam who deemed him unworthy to inherit his magical powers. Rejected and angry, he spent most of his life obsessed with uncovering the powers of magic. He ends up taking control of the Seven Deadly Sins and tracks down Billy Batson - who is awarded the powers of Shazam - and attempts to take them at any cost.
What He Can Do: When in control of the seven sins, Sivana can channel the demons' powers. This allows him to do things like project energy, use superhuman strength, and fly.
His Strongest Moment: Capturing Billy's foster family and almost convincing him to give up his powers.
His Weakest Moment: Having to be saved by Shazam when he falls off a building.
Is this power?Who He Is: Orm Marius had it made as the king of Atlantis and the half-brother of Arthur Curry, AKA Aquaman. Then he lets his power go to his head and orchestrates a nutty plan to unite all the Seven Kingdoms of the oceans to start a conflict with the surface world.
What He Can Do: As an Atlantean, Orm has superhuman strength, speed, and adaptability. He can survive both on water and land and has enhanced vision, allowing him to see in even the darkest parts of the ocean. He's also an exceptionally trained warrior.
His Strongest Moment: Managing to become the Ocean Master, even if it isn't by the most morally upstanding methods.
His Weakest Moment: The moment he realizes his mom is still alive. That's pretty much the "oops, my bad" heard round the world. Also, being defeated by Aquaman.
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Who He Is: Floyd Lawton, AKA Deadshot, is a loving father - and one hitman you do not want to have on your bad side. He's recruited by Amanda Waller to join the Squad and is tasked with saving the world from Enchantress and her brother, Incubus.
What He Can Do: Thought to be the most highly skilled mercenary in the world, Deadshot is an expert marksman, highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and was once a member of the US Special Forces.
His Strongest Moment: Purposely missing an escaping Harley Quinn when Amanda Waller offers him his freedom in exchange for slaying her.
His Weakest Moment: Getting taken down by Batman right in front of his young daughter. It's hard to look like a good guy when a leading member of the Justice League wants to lock you up.
Is this power? Who He Is: David Kane, also known as Black Manta, is a mercenary who develops a hatred for Aquaman after the hero lets his father perish. Upon allying with Aquaman's half-brother, Orm Marius, he gets ahold of some Atlantean technology and creates a deadly suit.
What He Can Do: Black Manta's armor gives him superhuman strength, reflexes, durability, and the power of flight. He's also a great fighter and engineer - and the leader of a pirate band.
His Strongest Moment: Being smart enough to build armor capable of taking on Aquaman.
His Weakest Moment: Being so consumed by his own desire for revenge that he uses his incredible powers for evil.
Is this power?Who He Is: Waylon Jones was born with a mutation that gives him scaly, reptilian-looking skin. After turning to a life of crime, he's captured and recruited by Amanda Waller to Task Force X.
What He Can Do: Superhuman strength and durability, and the ability to swim underwater for long periods of time.
His Strongest Moment: Using his expert swimming skills to help the Navy SEAL team plant an incendiary device under Incubus.
His Weakest Moment: Living like an animal in an underground cell at Belle Reve, where he survives on raw meat and any guards who get too close to his cage.
Is this power?Who He Is: The Joker is Batman's arch-nemesis and a psychopath in every sense of the word. One of the most notorious and feared lords of Gotham's underworld, he appears to lack any degree of empathy.
What He Can Do: While the Joker may not have superhuman abilities, he makes up for it with his viciousness and complete disregard for human life. By striking terror into the hearts of both his allies and enemies, he's able to carry out elaborate plans in a sadistic fashion that only increases his feared reputation.
His Strongest Moment: Rescuing his girlfriend, Harley, from prison - and surviving a helicopter going down.
His Weakest Moment: In a way, his madness is his weakness. Though it makes him unpredictable to his enemies, it limits his ability to truly care about anyone but himself and robs him of his one true ally, Harley Quinn.
Is this power?Who He Is: Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor Jr. is not only a billionaire but one of the smartest guys in the world. Unfortunately, he uses his intellect for evil and becomes one of Superman's biggest enemies. The owner of LexCorp Industries, he uses his money and power to attempt to bring Superman down by turning Batman against him and concocting the terrifying Doomsday.
What He Can Do: Though Lex is technically just a normal human, he's both brilliant and insanely rich. He's fairly adept at keeping his maniacal side behind the scenes while he presents a charming face to the public - though he does occasionally force politicians to eat Jolly Ranchers and threaten them with bottles of "Granny's Peach Tea."
His Strongest Moment: Creating the Doomsday monster to take out Superman.
His Weakest Moment: Being exposed for his misdeeds.
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- Peacemaker
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Who He Is: Christopher “Chris” Smith is the Peacemaker, an intensely violent vigilante who believes in peace above all else – and is willing to kill everyone to achieve it. He's something of a walking contradiction, but his intentions are admirable if rarely executed in a peaceful way.
What He Can Do: Peacemaker has no superpowers but is at peak human conditioning. Essentially, this means he's capped out in terms of strength and athleticism, much like Batman and the various members of his Bat Family. On top of that, he's an expert combatant skilled in Judo, Muay Thai, wrestling, fencing, and combat shooting (he's also a master marksman). Not that it helps him in combat, but he's a brilliant pianist. Despite all this, Peacemaker's belief in peace and doing the right thing regardless of the cost affords him an indomitable will that makes it possible for him to engage in conflicts beyond what he should survive… but he always does.
His Strongest Moment: After he's severely wounded at the end of The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker manages to engage in a fight with Rick Flag. He nearly loses but manages to jab some shrapnel into Flag's heart, killing him.
His Weakest Moment: Peacemaker's weakest moment is arguably his strongest. Sure, he manages to take out Flag, but doing so shakes him him up morally for a long time. It is a dastardly move, to be sure, and it ultimately weakens him due to the conflict that festers inside long after.
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Who He Is: George "Digger" Harkness, AKA Captain Boomerang, grew up in Australia, where he sharpened his skills with his signature boomerangs. After moving to the US, he uses those skills to become a crook before being apprehended by the Flash.
What He Can Do: Captain Boomerang doesn't just use the type of boomerangs you threw around as a kid. They're heavier and have bladed edges, which makes them dangerous implements.
His Strongest Moment: Eventually agreeing to finish the mission along with his teammates, although not before he initially leaves with a few beers.
His Weakest Moment: His unicorn fetish.
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Slipknot
Who He Is: Christopher Weiss, AKA Slipknot, is an expert with ropes, knots, adhesives, and harnesses. He becomes known for his willingness to climb pretty much anything, which makes him a great burglar and an expert mercenary. He is eventually captured by Wonder Woman and recruited to be a member of Task Force X.
What He Can Do: Climb things. He can climb things really well.
His Strongest Moment: Whatever it is, we don't really get the chance to see it. He joins and departs the Squad in a matter of minutes.
His Weakest Moment: Getting tricked into an escape attempt by Captain Boomerang.
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