Respect the Black Panther

If you don't already, you will by the end of this thread 100%
This also can be used as a refresher as to where BP stands (strength/feat-wise) in recent showings and all that jazz, as I will be going deeper tan most people have on BP, people lowkey ignorant on this character too. A lot of people ain't understand how far T'challa has come or they underestimate him in general. Either way, I'm here to do justice to panthers name, and hopefully teach you a thing or two.
Lets get it.
Layout:
- Quick character summary
- Basic stats (strength, speed etc.)
- Gear/Tech
- Powers and abilities
- Notable feats
Summary of Black Panther
STATS
T'challa, once having become the Black Panther after going through the trials, he was gifted with the right to ingest a sacred heart shaped herb that enhances the Black Panther's physicals stats and senses to superhuman levels, by connecting him to the panther Goddess Bast. He has also been further enhanced, as of his acquisition of his role of the king of the dead.
These are gonna be panthers all-round and more blatant feats that show off his base stats that he has on his own with no gear or tech to enhance him. So his actual physical stats.
Strength:
Speed/Agility:
Durability/Endurance:
Intelligence:
That covers the more timid, lowkey shit.
As great a feat it is to have become a hero of high magnitude without powers and such, like Batman , Black Panther has since been blessed in many ways, far surpassing his former self.
Ever since back in the day when they first intorduced the concept of Black Panthers suit being specially made outta Vibranium, T'challa has been all about the tech and combining that along side his skill to "punch above his weight".
T'challa is a genius who carries borderline futuristic (even for marvel's earth) technology and gear. It is arguably his greatest weapon and to take it away from him is kinda like taking Captain America's shield away, or Thors hammer, and although I wouldn't compare it to taking Iron Man's suit away because without T'challa's tech/suit he is still more than capable, but it does not take away from the fact that it is an essential part of Black Panther's character and the hero's image itself.
So now we'll be getting into his full arsenal. Black Panther is a whole different monster when he got access to his gear. Another level.
Gear/Tech
I'll be separating "weapons" from any other piece of tech or gear that isn't necessarily a wielded "weapon".
T'challa's fighting style heavily benefits from and focuses mainly on technology developed in Wakanda on a futuristic scale that serve every purpose from the sun to the moon. It is what makes Panther special and lowkey sets him apart.
His gear makes him beyond versatile, unpredictable and perfectly adaptable to almost any situation. T'challa has the same level of advantage that Batman gets from having prep time, for the same reasons and in fact has access to much more resources than Batman.
Black Panther and Wakanda have access to a large array of different types of technologies and weapons, making T'challa easily one of the most dangerous and powerful men on the face of the earth.
BP focuses all his tech and gear around Vibranium, an alien metal that first appeared on earth over ten thousand years ago, when it fell from space on a meteorite that landed in the nation of Wakanda and has since became the foundation of Wakanda and it's progress/success.
There are 2 types of Vibranium found on earth, Wakandan Vibranium which can solely be found in the nation of Wakanda, and Antarctic Vibranium which is found in the Savage Land. Vibranium has extraordinary special qualities, it absorbs all forms of energy and sound, and vibrations. Vibranium also augments/enhances magical energies and spell-work. It can also break down other metals on a molecular level by weakening their molecular bonds. As well as many other branch-off properties that fall under a more "miscellaneous" category.

T'challa works Vibranium in to all of his gear and tech or at the very least harnesses the metal in the creation process of his gear/tech, in order to produce a superior level of technology that have capabilities beyond that of the rest of the world.
Weapons:
Suit Technology:
Gadgets:
And those conclude his Gear/Tech inventory. The overwhelming majority of which is accessible by Black Panther as his "standard" gear, or what he has access to at any given time in any location. Excelsior not belonging to that category.
Powers and Abilities
Okay, this is where Black Panther has grown the most noticeably in, since for the majority of his existence as a character, he hasn't really had any actual "abilities" per say. At least nothing that could really be considered supernatural. However, that has now changed in recent years with his accuisition of a new branch of different powers afforded to him as the King Of The Dead.
While this category of T'challa's has expanded, Panther still orients his fighting style around his skill in martial arts and technology. But lucky for him, most of his new found abilities compliment his way of fighting, and his character in general. Also due to how new this growth for T'challa is, the list of abilities is quite short, especially in comparison to everthing else.
Let's get in to it.
Soul Stalker
His Soul Stalker ability is a "pocket-knife" type ability with a range of uses, both in and out of battle. This power stems directly from his title of King Of The Dead, giving him greater perception, understanding and slight manipulation of souls and spirits. Among other thang's.
Scan 1. Uses X-ray type ability to look through Manifold's armor, but still view the person (Eden) inside.
2. Possibly looks into the future. Or pre plans his movements in a perfect sequence revealing the enemies weak points and then follows through with his real movements.
3. "Zoom's in" on an enemy aircraft and also uses X-ray to look through the ship into the cockpit, from very far away.
4. X-ray's through a crowd of people to find his target.
5. Can track people using their soul "trail".
6. "Ghosts" or phases.
7. Can perceive the "imprint" that souls leave. Views what happened in a certain area at a certain time, long after the event occured. Even see's who was there, exactly what everyone and everything looked like etc.
King of King's
As King Of The Dead, T'challa has the ability to draw upon all the strength, wisdom and experiences of every previous Black Panther that has existed. He can also call upon the previous king's in their physical forms as allies to aid him in battle.
Scan 1. An explanation as to him being the Black Panther of every Black Panther. A champion of champions...king of kings.
2. Surrounds deadpool with his Black Panther ancestor's spirit's.
3-4. Summons army of spirits.
Necromancy
Self-explanatory. Is able to command and control the dead, including past superheroes and super powered beings. This is thanks to his role as the King Of The Dead.

He has also be hinted at having some control over his own death and preventing it, to a minor degree.
HyperSenses
T'challa, due to the heart shaped herb and him being King Of The Dead, has incredibly enhanced senses, that includes his five conventional senses as well as beyond that.
Can hear heart beats and breathing from very large distances. Can memorize thousand's of different scents. Can sense souls, tell when someone is lying, and has an equally heigtened sense of taste and touch. Has natural night-vision, infra-red vision as well as greatly enhanced regular vision.
Has stated that there is nothing in this universe that can fool his nose, like the work of other-worldly beings and super powers, even changing energy signatures won't hide you from his sense of smell.

Heard echoes from literally 20 miles away. Credits the heart-shaped herb.
Now let's get to the next section.
Finesse, The Sauce, Call It What You Will, Call It SKILL:
And this brings us to our last section...
Notable Feats
Black panther never fails to impress and this section is the physical incarnation of that statement.

Becomes the "God of Combat". Utilizing the Tiger God's power that he attained by meeting and then conquering him in the necropolis underneath Wakanda, T'challa ascends to a level above the Living Tribunal. The Tiger God is essentially the God Of Fear, because "tigers" were the first thing that humankind has ever feared.
A new god "Logos" killed the Living Tribunal and can also kill Celestials, then Black Panther merked him.

Had all his body's anatomical, biological systems shut off and he just....survived. Fought through it.

BP steals control over Mjolnir from Moon Knight, who was the Moon God, who also stole control over Mjolnir from Thor himself. T'challa wields it like an extension of his body. His royal bloodline is worthy of wielding Mjolnir, even the very first Black Panther ever, "Bashenga" had wielded it in the distant past.

Wielded the Infinity Gauntlet. Cuz whats an impressive Marvel character without having done that at one point in time or another. Used it to battle God (Dr.) Doom. T'challa was cleannnn with using it.

Impressive tech. Black Panther's jet is even faster than Iron Man and then completely ghosts him and all his sensory systems.

T'challa is immune to telepath's on the level of Cable.

Beat the entire Fantastic 4, on his own. In his first ever appearance...savagery at it's finest.

Kills Mephisto, an extra-dimensional being who is Marvels Devil/Satan....T'challa rips his heart out his chest.

Puts Silver Surfer in a grapple hold, of which he can't get out.

Thing runs T'challa's fade. Clocks the shit outta him after weakening Thing.

Uses his mastery over his own unique fighting style, "Shadow Combat" to survive a fatal wound, saving himself from death. Suit heals him of fatal injuries and he can slow his heartbeat to almost nothing, controlling his own heartbeat at will.

Black Panther gains the Phoenix Force.
Phoenix Force T'challa beats Phoenix Force Wolverine. Also showcases that T'challa has Vibranium teeth....that can block Wolverine's Adamantium claws...yeah.
Still a savage with or without one of the most powerful forces that exist in the Marvel universe.
Some of these feats are obviously special scenarios. But even the ones that are under certain circumstances, those circumstances and conditions were made by T'challa and his genius intellect or technology.
So, that's what's what. That was T'challa the Black Panther. Love him or love him.
Also with Black Panther's popularity on the rise, thanks to his introduction in the MCU and revival from the author Christopher Priest who brought the comics back to life, T'challa has been gaining more and more showing's and appearances. Which will lead to more and more increases in power or ability, as all popular comic book characters go through. A lot of these feats shown above actually happened within the past few years, but also a large chunk of them happening in his very early years of his character existing which is why I'd say BP is underestimated, cuz despite those feats having existed for quite some time, people still aren't aware of those typa showings.
Imma say, feel free to add any possible feats or showings that'll inevitably come down the line in the future. But I know I done covered so much with this post that'll probably be some time before anythang major happens that I haven't already gone over, so make of that what you will.
If you read this whole thang, shitttt thats hat's off to you. I appreciate it. In my eye's, T'challa hasn't been credited enough in an appreciation post before so I had to come up in here and murder shit.
With that being said, i'll catch y'all on the flip!
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