Respect Bucky Barnes, The Winter Soldier
Name: Bucky Barnes
Team Affiliations: Invaders, SHIELD, Secret Avengers, Avengers.
Partners: Black Widow, Steve Rogers, Nick Fury, Falcon, Namor.
Enemies: Crossbones, Baron Zemo, Sin and the Serpent Squad, Hitler, Master Man.
Personality
As Bucky Barnes
Bucky Barnes was called the best natural fighter his superiors had ever seen. On his 16th Birthday, James was sent out to England for 2 months of S.A.S training, and then brought back to America for more special training. Because of his incredible skills, he didn't go unnoticed and became partners with Cap. It should be noted that Bucky wasn't afraid to get a bit more dirty than Cap, as Cap had to follow regular Military protocol.
As the Winter Soldier
Bucky basically became a legend during his time as The Winter Soldier. Throughout several decades, a brainwashed Bucky went around killing people who he was told to kill. There was no remorse, he just followed orders and nothing else. Oh, and I'd also like to shout out to Comic Vine, who helped me fact check and add details I missed.
As Captain America
When Bucky took the Captain America mantle from Steve, he tried and do what Rogers would do. While this didn't work out all the time (occasionally he would shoot out dude's kneecaps with his handgun and even killed at least one time during his time), Bucky strongly followed Steve's code of conduct.
Fighting Ability
As a young teenager, James was observed to have remarkable fighting prowess by fighting military men twice his size and age. Concerned, the U.S. Army decided to make use of James fighting ability and immediately sent him off to train with the British SAS. Upon returning, he continued his training under William Essart Fairbairn and Colonel Rex Applegate to become Bucky, the sidekick to Captain America (Steve Rogers).
As Bucky, he was further trained by Steve Rogers until his death and rebirth into the Russian assassin known as the Winter Soldier.
With no prior memory of his former self except for his fighting ability, the Winter Soldier continued to train under the Russians to harness his skill in martial arts and assassinations. Because of his skill, James became the basis for the Red Room program and trained dozens of other Russian assassins including the Black Widow.
Bucky has proven his fighting ability against creditable fighters such as Black Widow, Sin, Crossbones, Batroc the Leaper, Wolverine and more. Although he has doubted himself by comparing his physical ability to Steve's super soldier abilities (Approximately 3 times stronger and faster than himself), with his lack of super soldier formula and ability to go toe to toe against many of Steve’s rouges and win proves that he is on a level close to Steve's fighting ability.
Equipment
Cybernetic Arm: Capable of the following things:
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When detached, can be controlled by James through mental implants.
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Capable of punching through metal and throwing a shield fast enough to slice through human limbs, control panels and assault rifles.
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Capable of emitting a electrical shocks.
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Capable of emitting an EMP to shut down electrical hardware.
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Capable of bypassing any airport sensor.
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Holographic imaging to appear as a normal human arm. Looks and feels like a human arm.
Captain America costume: Impact resistant and bulletproof.
Winter Soldier costume: Impact resistant, bulletproof and security jammers are built into it.
Handgun: A customized version of Nick Fury's handgun. Much more powerful than regular ones, it has proven to be able to wind Ares when shot under the chin by James.
Top 5 Feats:
Perfectly timing his throw so that the shield would block the senator's face.
Fighting Ironman. Using the environment around him, fights Tony to a stalemate.
Fighting Sin, Crossbones and the Serpent Squad all at the same time.
Other Feats
Blocking the force of a rocket launcher.
Following Wolverine for 3 days.
Posted Jul 21, 2014, 3:42 AM UTC · edited