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This list highlights the fighters in the DC K.O. tournament who possess the greatest destructive abilities. It also includes characters we already know are eliminated in the first round, since these rankings are based on the competitors’ best feats — not on how far they advance in the tournament or who defeats them.
10) Firestorm
A fusion of Ronnie Raymond and Professor Stein, Firestorm is a living nuclear reactor. Firestorm can unleash powerful nuclear blasts and absorb energy. His most potent ability is the power to manipulate and transmute matter at the atomic level. He’s created suits of armor, a cage of pure Kryptonite, and has trapped opponents in amber. Firestorm also possesses the powers of super strength, flight, and intangibility. Firestorm’s biggest weakness, though, is that he can’t change the mass of an object, which limits the extent to what he can create with his powers. Additionally, while Ronnie controls Firestorm’s body, his internal debates with Stein can cause him to lose focus, leaving him distracted and unable to pull off his more impressive feats.
9) Green Lantern
Out of all the Green Lanterns in the universe, Guy Gardner is the only one who qualified for the tournament. Guy may be reckless, but he’s frequently proven himself to be one of the toughest members of the Green Lantern Corps. Fueled by his indomitable willpower, Guy’s Power Ring allows him to conjure up anything he can imagine. Guy has used his ring to annihilate multiple gigantic starships with ease and has overpowered multiple other Green Lanterns simultaneously. Guy is also considered to be one of the best marksmen in the entire Corps. With the ability to create all manner of weapons, armor, vehicles, and other destructive constructs with a thought, Guy is one of the most versatile fighters to enter the tournament.
8) Supergirl
As a Kryptonian, Supergirl has the same power set as her cousin, Superman. She has super strength, speed, flight, heat vision, and freeze breath, all of which are incredibly potent when she’s exposed to yellow sunlight. Although she lacks Superman’s decades of experience and raw strength, Supergirl remains a formidable fighter capable of incredible feats. Supergirl has tanked a nuclear explosion with no damage, threw a train car into space, and destroyed a small moon. She’s also trained as a fighter under Wonder Woman and the rest of the Amazons. She may not be the most powerful Kryptonian, but she is still easily one of DC Comics’ strongest heroes.
7) Power Girl
Power Girl is an alternate universe version of Supergirl — older, more experienced, and much stronger. Power Girl has earned her name thanks to her Kryptonian physiology, which grants her the same type of abilities as her main universe counterpart. However, Power Girl has shown much more consistent feats of strength and has more experience using her full strength. She’s lifted a spaceship the size of a small city, overpowered Supergirl, helped stop the moon from being pushed out of its orbit, made Darkseid bleed with a punch, and has defeated alternate versions of Green Lantern and Superman. Although Power Girl is slated to lose in the first round just like Supergirl, she’s still an incredibly tough fighter and one of the strongest members of the Superman Family.
6) Big Barda
Raised to be the greatest warrior Apokolips has ever produced, Big Barda’s strength and fighting experience are practically unmatched amongst the New Gods. Even after she defected and joined the heroic New Gods of New Genesis, Barda remains a hardened warrior with strength comparable to Wonder Woman’s. She’s shrugged off falling from orbit, and has bested several of Apokolips’ elite guard simultaneously. Barda also possesses incredible equipment, such as nigh-indestructible armor and a weapon known as the Mega-Rod, which can teleport and fire powerful energy blasts that can tear through alien warships with ease. Although Big Barda is set to lose to Zatanna in the first round, her New God physiology and centuries of combat experience still make her a formidable opponent.
