The problem I have with Death Battle is the fact they're
biased.
Sure, they do research but they'll not include everything about a given character, and they do unfair match ups. Like when they had Vegeta vs Shadow, it was clearly going to be one sided. The one battle that got me pretty rustled was when they had Toph vs Gaara.
Now, I am a fan of both shows (Avatar the Last Air Bender / Naruto Shippuden) but there was a major flaw in the fight. Gaara's sand can reach speeds that even caught up to the Raikage, the Lightning Kage. Never in the series has Toph fought someone going at lightning speeds, let alone able to deflect / protect herself from such speeds.
Some quotes from Hive0
Claim #1:
Toph can sense earth in the air so she can always tell were Gaara's attacks are coming from.
Response:
Being able to detect an attack is one thing. Being able to actually block/avoid it is another. Having 360 degree vision is definitley advantageous, but it doesn't mean much when your opponents attacks operate at a level of power and speed you've never shown to be able handle. I'll get to that later. Additionally, ever since part two, Gaara has fought primarily in the air. Among other things, this gives him a much better view of the battlefield, meaning he'll also be able to see and intercept any attack Toph can throw at him. This isn't an advantage for Toph, it's simply a lack of a disadvantage.
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Claim #2:
Gaara's sand is still sand, so Toph would be able to control it.
Response:
Two problems with this, the second of which I'll elaborate on later.
The first problem is that it assumes that Toph is capable of controlling living sand. It's made very clear in the avatarverse that bending an element that is "living" is extremely difficult and requires much practice. There's a reason why bloodbending is only known to a select few, requires training, and can only be done during a full moon(excluding a small number of individuals who can do it without a full moon, but that required large amounts of training on their part), when waterbending is at its strongest. For those claiming that the difficulty of bloodbending is because of the mixture of water with other impurities, that's never been stated to be the case, and frankly wouldn't make much sense. Water is water, there's no real reason for why a water benders ability to bend it would be affected by any other substances surrounding it. In addition, if it was simply a matter of precision, then the full moon wouldn't be necessary in order for most bloodbenders to bloodbend. The full moon greatly boosts the raw power of water bending, but there's no evidence that it allows waterbenders to bend with more precision than they normally do. Finally, in Legend of Korra, bending is never presented as an option in dealing with the spirit vines. Korra was forced to go into the avatar state and use energy bending in order to subdue them.
The second problem is that this assumes that Toph even has the raw power or speed needed to be able to deflect Gaara's attacks in the first place. This is not the case.
This is a bit of an aside, but it's also worth mentioning that Gaara's sand control does not work like bending. When he sends sand after someone, he maintains control over it. Meaning, Toph couldn't simply push it to the side to set it off course, as it would be constantly homing in on her. Raising rock walls to block it would also be futile as the streams of sand could either go around them, or simply bore directly through them. The way DB depicted Gaara's sand working like simple thrown projectiles was extremely innacurate.
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I've seen both shows, and despite I really like Toph ... she could not best Gaara the way Death Battle scripted. She would most certainly lose, or struggle surviving at least until she somehow tricked Gaara but because he's capable of reacting to the speed of someone with lightning powers ... Toph really wouldn't stand much of a chance.
She only won because of
popularity. A lot of these Death Battles go with popularity, even in the Goku vs Superman battle. Sure a LOT of people seemed to be on the side of Goku, but there are more DC fans than Anime fans possibly combined (at least in America). I'm not saying that Superman couldn't best Goku, but how they had Superman casually walk through Goku's Kameha x100 while he's in Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan mode was a middle finger to not just Goku supporters, but to those subscribed to Death Battle itself. I don't mind my favorite character losing, but it has to be UNBIASED and not in favor of making the other opponent look good, or stand out. Heck when they did the Yang vs Tifa match up .... ... is no one going to point out how Yang is a character on RWBY, which
Rooster Teeth runs??? You know, the same website that runs Death Battle ...? They had a character from their own website matched up against Tifa, and they weren't going to let her lose obviously.
The final nail in the coffin was Deadpool vs Deathstoke. I understand that Deadpool is immortal, but Deathstroke is so highly skilled and get this- He has the capacity to use up to
90 percent of his brain at any one time, making him a tactical genius, adept at turning his opponents' own abilities against them; so why does the guy who's a pun making meme'r capable to best someone with that level of skill? . .. It was decided because of popularity, revenue, you know, money. They only do enough research to make both sides sound equal but in battle, it's obviously clear as to what research is
used in the battle itself while they leave out other factors because they're very biased. I like Deadpool WAY more than Deathstroke but I knew who should of won that fight.
