there's an audio error at around 8:40 my bad LOL

The concept of villains having a heroes gallery is interesting. I would love seeing a breakdown of the villains with the biggest "heroes galleries", as it were

I feel like he’s become a general “DC villain”. Not strictly tied to the Titans anymore, Slade’s just become one of the best mercenaries other people hire.

Deathstroke's true rival is the age of consent

I think it’s cool that Deathstroke can act as a Swiss Army knife in terms of who in DC he can fight. He’s got that kind of history and aura that lets a writer put him in any situation and the audience will go “Yeah, I can see him there, doing that thing, fighting that person.” I find this attribute very unique in DC where heroes and their immediate worlds are generally neatly organized. Batman fights his rogues gallery in Gotham, Superman fights his rogues gallery in Metropolis, Barry in Central city, Hal in space. I like Deathstroke’s flexibility.

Dr. Doom is the only other villain I can think of that has his own "Heroes Gallery" if you will.

You could make the claim that the Teen Titans is just a spinoff of Batman, the Flash, and Green Arrow. Since the team originally consisted of the sidekicks of all 3 heroes.

I've always thought of Deathstroke as a Nightwing villain. By his association to Batman, Nightwing makes Deathstroke an honorary member of the rogues gallery.

I think DeathStroke is as Batman villain as Kingpin is Daredevil villain. Their [Kingpin & DeathStroke] influence amongst the world is known and allows for world building. Despite the fact that their original appearance is on another Heroes' Comic, it also makes sense why they're seen as the villain of the respective Hero in mention.

I view him as a Dick Grayson villain before anything else, who is a Batman character. So in a way, to me at least, Deathstroke is tangentially a Batman villain.

Deathstroke is a serious titans villain, but my favorite uses of him is as a villainous guy living his villainous life, and crossing over with other characters that way. I definitely think he should be used sparingly with Batman, especially since characters like Deadshot and KGBeast fill similar roles. Idk, I’d love to see other villains get their own heroes gallery like he does. I’m splitting my side thinking about how Riddler would catch the flash or how Two-face would deal with Green Arrow. Idk dc make it happen!

I mean, he is a hired gun. It makes sense for him to be a threat to all the street level heroes and even the high level ones from time to time. But this only works if he actually does fight other people and not fights batman 90% of the time and everyone else once in a blue moon.

Arkham Knight was a major disservice to Deathstroke especially when you compare his boss fight in Origina

Slade works when he fights Bruce. He works when he fights other heroes. But the Titans and Nightwing are who really make him great.

Slade is certainly one of those villains that can fit on any rouges gallery similar to Marvel's Dr. Doom. I wouldn't be surprised if he appeared in the upcoming Wonder Woman game.

Me: Are you a Batman villain Deathstroke: Yes but actually no

Deathstroke can be considered a Batman villain by technicality, since he is the main nemesis of Nightwing, who is obviously closely tied to Batman

I feel like Deathstroke falls in the same category as Taskmaster. They're both mercenaries, so they don't have a set nemesis per se. They fight anyone they're paid to fight. Which is why they're both considered villains to many heroes. Taskmaster has been called a villain to Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Spider-Man, Daredevil, and even the entire Avengers. He's fought everyone, and so has Deathstroke. They're both like the jack of all trades of their respective universes, being capable of fighting anyone.

I feel like since Nightwing is a Batman character, Deathstroke is a Batman villain via the transitive property.

deathstroke is in my eyes more of a rival for batman, an incredibly athletic and knowledgeable fighter who has a large Arsenal of weapons and does exactly the opposite of batman killing anybody, for the right price that is but he and batman don't really have any personal grievances with eachother other than slade seeing batman as a worthy challenger and slade being a criminal hitman and i dont mind you making a shorter video because its still very entertaining! keep up the great work!

I love Deathstroke. He’s a skilled badass, who could believably challenge Batman physically, and tactically. And he has one of the Most badass costumes and color schemes I’ve ever seen.

I agree. I think when it comes to Deathstroke, he could be a villain for any hero that comes across him, whether if it’s Batman, Green Arrow, Superman, Wonder Woman, and even the whole Justice League. Especially since he is known as the most deadliest mercenary in the dc universe. But I will say that when it comes to his arch rival/arch enemies, it should always be Nightwing and the Titans, due to how personal their rivalry are.

I think Solomon Grundy also fits as someone who isn't necessarily a Batman villain but is often portrayed as one more often than he's not

Mr. Rogues made 3 individual videos with a common topic: Why a different villain should be Batman’s archnemesis instead of the Joker. The villains discussed in each video were: the Riddler, Two-Face, and the Scarecrow. The first reason why the Riddler should be Batman’s archnemesis is that the Riddler is Batman’s smartest enemy, whose crimes test Batman’s intellect and detective skills like no one else. The second reason is that the Riddler directly sends clues to Batman to invite him to solve his crimes. The third reason is that the Riddler despises Batman and wants to actually defeat Batman, unlike the Joker. The fourth reason is that the Riddler poses a greater threat to Batman than the Joker because the Riddler is smarter, being frequently depicted as a technological genius who can hack into virtually anything, and can pull off grand feats behind a computer screen, and he is also a master schemer who could potentially bring Gotham to its knees without even leaving his hideout. The fifth and final reason is that the Riddler is a great foil to Batman as he has an upbeat demeanor, wears bright colors, loves to talk, and loves to boast about his intellect, while Batman is stoic, wears dark colors, and speaks little. The first reason why Two-Face should be Batman’s archnemesis is that Two-Face is Batman’s most personal foe because Harvey Dent was a district attorney and an invaluable ally to Batman, and a close friend of Bruce Wayne, which is why fighting Two-Face causes Batman more emotional pain than most of the other villains. The second reason is that Batman and Two-Face are two sides of the same coin, considering that both men were champions for justice, but used different methods of achieving it, with Harvey Dent as a public figure who used the law to fight crime during the day, while Batman is a vigilante who works outside of the law to fight crime during the night. The third reason is the common theme of duality, with both men having dual identities, Batman as a billionaire playboy during the day, and a vigilante at night, while Two-Face is the noble Harvey Dent, and a cold-blooded supervillain; the key difference is that Two-Face is both identities at the same time and wears both of his faces at the same time, and is unable to completely switch between the two identities, while Batman switches between his identities. The fourth reason is that Two-Face is truly unpredictable, considering that, depending on the outcome of a coin flip, he might do something good, something evil, or nothing at all, which is truly unpredictable and genuinely terrifying, unlike the Joker, whose crimes are basically jokes that only he finds funny, and actually always have a point and even a pattern. The fifth reason is that Two-Face poses a greater threat than the Joker, considering that the Joker was a complete nobody before he became a supervillain, while Harvey Dent was a district attorney, so naturally he would use his skills and resources as a criminal: he knows Gotham inside out, he has nearly endless connections, he knows everything there is to know about the law and the legal system, and he should also have far greater ease with amassing an army of henchmen, unlike all of the other villains, and he already has the connections, the information, the schemes, the leadership skills, and the experience. The first reason why the Scarecrow should be Batman’s archnemesis is because they both use the same weapon: fear; Batman dresses like a bat and uses theatrics and acting to scare criminals, while the Scarecrow dresses like a scarecrow (usually) and uses his fear toxin to fill his victims with terror. The second reason is that the Scarecrow is, or should be, a master manipulator, since Dr. Jonathan Crane was a psychologist before he became the Scarecrow, either as a professor of psychology, a private practitioner, or even the head doctor of Arkham Asylum, so he should know everything there is to know about the mind and what buttons to press, and he has the ability to deduce a person’s worst fears just by talking to them, and he should be able to scare people with mere words, instead of being dependent on his fear toxin to scare people. The third reason is that he is the most evil man in Gotham, moreso than the Joker or Victor Zsasz, who murder people left and right, while the Scarecrow actually keeps his victims alive so he can torture them, not with physical pain, but with psychological terror, forcing people, usually innocent people, to their worst nightmares.

However I can’t not mention that Slade was freaking dope in Arrow. That show had its problems down the line, but season 2 was firing on all cylinders.

I always associated Deathstroke more with the Titans because of his role as villain in the old Teen Titans cartoon

deathstroke and batman are similar in the sense that they've become environmental hazards more than actual characters. regardless of who the characters are or his relevance to the story, if you commit a crime in gotham, you can expect to see the bat. on the flip side of the coin, if you're a hero going after someone rich and powerful, you can probably expect he's put a bounty on your head and deathstroke'll come calling. and i love that about him. he isn't a classic comic book villain who wants to get one over on one specific hero. he's a man with a job to do, and his job is handing bodies over to whoever's paying him to retrieve them.

I see it in the same way as how Darkseid is in a lot of ways Mister Miracle’s arch nemesis, but also shows up in a lot of Superman content and is arguably more well known for that

I just see him as a DC villain this point. He's an assassin and he goes where the money is

What also helps Deathstroke is that his design and general concept is easy to adapt. The fact that you could put him in both realistic Army Equipment and Cheesy comic accurate getups helps in both live action and other formats. His concept as a merc is also a very simple archetype that you could put in any situation with a rich guy with alot of money wants "x" person killed.

I'd also say that Slade in Arrow was actually not bad, he was insane but I thought overall it was presented really well and slade is threatening as hell, and actually causes significant damage to Olivers life

He left out all the things Batman whooped deathstroke in so he could say he floors Batman💀

No, he’s a Titans and Nightwing villain. Batman has stolen enough villains, like Clock King, Solomon Grundy, Magpie, just let other heroes have their villains.

Love your in depth analysis of these characters in your videos, very refreshing to see

Deathstroke is a DC villain. Shared universe and he fights whoever he fights on whatever given night. Similar to Kingpin in Marvel. He was a Spider-man villain and arguably still is but works so well with Daredevil as well

Third video I’ve seen from you. Other two were “Owlman vs BWL” and “Fortnite Batman Ranking”. While I’ve yet to disagree with you on anything substantive, this shorter felt more informed and less arbitrary and opinion based than the others. I learned from it and I liked it more than I was expecting to. You came to the informed conclusion I had merely assumed to be the case. Good stuff.

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your content is really fun. I like the natural flow of it. Like hearing a friend ramble about something.

I love how Death Strike is everyone’s enemy. Identity Crisis has a great moment where Death Stroke takes out a squad of JL members.

Deathstroke is honestly one of my favorite characters in dc (after his early groomer years). I’ve just always enjoyed him and his supporting cast.

To quote the Lego Batman “I like to fight around”

The part of hero's gallery got me good. It totally flipped that saying a good 180

Dude I love your editing, your voice, you just seem funny and honest about these characters and I love it, deathstroke is in nobody’s rogue’s gallery, these MFs are in HIS lol

I saw your Spider Sona in PSM’s stream the other day, I really like it

Deathstroke works best as a teen titans villain but considering he is a mercenary he can just go after anyone and batman is an obvious choice. I will say I love the take the cw arrow show had on Slade and he works very well with his modification into green arrow's backstory. He's just a very flexible character who can be an antihero, a titans villain, even a superman villain at times.

I would even ask if the Gentleman ghost and Solomon Grundy are really Batman villains?

I think Deathstroke needs his own video game

Eh. I would say he's more comparable to Dr. Doom. He's a major villain originating from a team comic (FF and TT). But he's show up quite often fighting other teams (Avengers and JL) or even other related characters (Batman/ Green Arrow and Iron Man). And usually for their own reasons outside of a boring villain team up. Like why Doom would work with Red Skull or other Hydra villains makes about as much sense as Magneto doing it (but Magneto tried to kill Skull). Where as Doom trying to fight the Avengers for ego reasons or Death Stroke taking a contract makes much more sense.

It would be interesting to see a Deathstroke vs Predator story

Of course he has appeared as a villain under Batman’s radar

Great video as always

He is Nightwing’s arch enemy.

I will say slade has had a history with a lot of heroes as dc’s number 1 assassin including a history with arrow

Love the channel, the jokes are peak and the memes are the Cherry on top👍🏽

This channel is underrated, it alwalys delivers peak

I think is Pretty Much like Mandarin, LIKE, the dude is IRON MAN'S ARCHNEMESIS, Yet he's on the Bad Eye of almost all Marvel Heroes Even Villans, Like Punisher, Iron Fist, The West Coast Avengers, The X-Men & DR DOOM, SPECIALLY DOCTOR DOOM

Nice video as usual, I just wished you talked a bit about Nightwing and Deathstroke rivalry a bit more.

This vid was fire bro🔥💯

I think the original idea of the Batman movie with Deathstroke was an interesting idea and gave him an understandable motive. Especially considering how Batman redeems himself by not killing him

It kinda feels interesting to see him be less a Titans villain and more of a Batman villain and sometimes a Green Arrow villain!! Hell sometimes there are different versions of how Slade lost his right eye, whether it was the original one of his wife, Adeline shooting him at the back of his head, Damien Wayne going his right eye in the Son of Batman movie, EVEN in one comic where Green Arrow grabs one of his arrows and stab it into his right eye…different versions of if, I tell ya!!!

Great video dude. The video may not be as succesful as your other 'big ones' but it's an algorythm thing, you should keep on making more.

I just don’t like how Slade has effectively replaced Bane as “the guy who’s good at fighting Batman” when Banes dynamic with Batman is WAYYYY more interesting considering slade only fights Batman for money

Keep making vids bro!😊

I agree with what you said at the beginning and feel like it would be interesting to have him or another character to have generational beef with the bat family

Awesome vid, keep them coming 🔥🫡

I'm glad you mentioned early in the video that Deathstroke's main enmity is with Nightwing and the Teen Titans, not with Batman. That said, while he may not be a "Batman" villain (although the two have clashed, of course,) Nightwing is a member of the Bat family. Speaking of which, are rogues of the batfamily lumped in with Batman's in general, or just Deathstroke (and maybe a couple others I might not know)? Also, I'm extremely passingly familiar with Deadshot but have never heard of KGBeast until today.

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To me Deathstroke is definitely not just a villain of any group or single hero, he's just his own character in DC who has a special role in the world where he's kind of just doing his own thing and occasionally will end up coming into conflict with heroes based on whatever current goal he's got. He's very much a mercenary where whoever's offering him the best reward is where he'll put his allegiances first and foremost. The idea he starts as a Titans villain because of his son's death but really grows a lot after that is cool, because I do think it'd be a waste to keep him pinned down as one thing and not allow him to be the main character of his own story in a sense.

Love the concept of heroes gallery

I remember watching a video about Marvels Kingpin and who's he's a villain for. Spider-Man or Daredevil? Then when I scrolled down into the comments section I found one comment that has a pretty cool answer. He's everyone's villain. A big threat who has a large enough influence of crime that has caught the attention of any superhero in New York makes him everyone's enemy. I like to think the same applies to Slade. He can be anyone's villain

Now do a Wade versus Slade vid, lol. Loved this video!

Your content is really good. Could you do one about the most obscure batman villain?

Arkham Knight Deathstroke was definitely a game

your short but sweet videos are great! i think if you keep up the variety it'll make for some good content and traffic

Hes more like an adversary to Batman

Came into this video guessing it would talk about how Deathstroke has a heroes gallery, wasn't disappointed. Honestly feels good that other people realize he isn't a Batman villain.

2:38 friend is an overstatment. Basically his crush.

Before origins and the show I already was thinking he was a Batman villain from how he was portrayed before that

So in other words, Deathstroke is to Batman what Taskmaster is to Spider-Man.

I had no idea he was the main antagonist of nightwing and the titans.

No, Batman just has a habit of stealing villains from other heroes.

Great video.

I kindof like him showing up in multiple places, reinforces the idea that he's a mercenary gun-for-hire. Like he'll give his all for his personal grudge against the Teen Titans but if you see him somewhere else that's just his day job.

Deathstroke is like Kingpin. Who is both a Daredevil and Spider-man villain. Deathstroke is both a Batman and Teen Titans villain

Deathstroke is much like Doctor Doom, that outgrew his original purpose and place.

See that's the great thing about Deathstroke, he can be anyone's villain if he's paid enough

Clock King was from the Batman 66 series originally. Green Arrow had another villain with the same name.

Funny think when i was a kid i was thinking deathstroke was Spider man Villain

Maybe I'm just latching on to the mercenary thing, but in relation to Batman, DeathStroke honestly feels like a more successful Killer Moth.

I knew I was hearing Stress as one of the background songs!

Cool video, man.

2:30 to be fair even in the Comics Ollie and Slade have beef. Ironically partially because Ollie stabbed his Eye socket, so CW actual got that apart somewhat right

Would not mind a video on Bane or KG Beast.

"always should be" why? why does he need to always be the nemesis

The Titans are my favorite superhero team, and Slade is my favorite DC villain, tho Batman is my favorite solo DC hero. I absolutely agree with you on the front that Deathstroke has a heroes gallery with the Titans on top of it. It only really becomes an issue for me when they try to make it some deep personal connection that in the end is just taking taking a Titans story and swapping the characters like Ben Affleck’s Batman movie.

When we gonna get your Batman fancast??? (i think that would be a very epic video idea)

You should make a Batman sinister six video. Who do you believe would be apart of the group?

Slade was the coolest character is the teen titans show. I never saw him as a Batman villain because of it

I always thought Deathstroke is mainly a Teen Titans main villain but he got big connections to other heroes like Batman for a example ( edited: The only reason I say that because I watch the teen titans 2003 show when growing up )

Even you Joker occasionally take a ride to Meteopolis and fights Superman and that often without Batmans involvment.