(Worm) Can the Slaughterhouse 9 turn the tide against the Endbringers?
SPOILERS FOR WORM ARCS 8 TO 26
For this battle set, let's assume that for whatever reason the 9 aren't going to murder everyone and are just here to help. The "standard roster" I will refer to is Jack Slash, Bonesaw, The Siberian, Shatterbird, Crawler, Burnscar, Mannequin, Hatchetface, and Cherish as seen upon their first introduction (except Hatchetface is unmodified).
Round 1- Leviathan attacks Brockton Bay. The Nine arrive when the Undersiders do.
Round 2- Behemoth attacks New Delhi. The Nine arrive when Taylor does.
Round 3- The Simurgh attacks Brockton Bay instead of Leviathan.
Bonus Round 1- All members of the Nine, past present and future, join each fight (no extra clones though)
Bonus Round 2- Rounds 1-3, the Slaughterhouse 9 and all of their clones from Arc 26 go head to head with the Endbringers with no support from other heroes or villains.
Posted Feb 23, 2016, 9:26 PM UTC
Probably not. Of the initial 9, the Siberian is the only one who could do damage to an endbringer, but either she'd hit the core and blink out, or leave Manton's range and fail. Either way, not damaging the core.
In the rounds where Gray Boy is involved, I'm fairly certain that there's WoG on him not being able to stop an endbringer (or was it in the story that time dilation spheres couldn't stop leviathan?).
Endbringers 9-10/10.
You're right that her hitting the core would make her blink out, but there are a few other factors at play. Because the Siberian is an immovable object as well as an unstoppable force, she should be able to grab an Endbringer and hold them in place for as long as she likes, which would be a game changer in an Endbringer fight. Furthermore, because the Endbringers leave when they feel enough damage has been done, just scraping away all the exterior layers might significantly shorten the battle (it's not clear if this helped in the Behemoth fight, however). Also, just to clarify, even if she blinks out Manton can always put her back in the fight.
The big one you're ignoring is Crawler, who if (in coordination with Siberian) is given a couple of minutes with an Endbringer, may be able to fight off an Endbringer on his own, or at least do as much damage as any of the Triumvarate.
Also, for the bonus rounds, if Bonesaw is given prep (and Jack uses his power to convince Panacea to help) she could make mashups of capes, which with enough prep time and help from Panacea, could do significant damage to the Endbringer.
Actually, the WoG says the opposite, that Gray Boy could stop an Endbringer (at the cost of the city):
Also, IIRC, Leviathan would have been hurt by those spheres, so he dodged them and tossed Dauntless in instead.
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None of this is addressing the possibility that the Endbringers will job significantly less now that the S9 are in town, but I do think you underestimated them a bit.
For Rounds 1 and 2, I'd say at worst the Nine with a combination of Siberian, Crawler and Shatterbird on the front lines, and Bonesaw working miracles at the hostipal, manage to significantly reduce casualties, and at best they drive him off in record time. Technically the best case scenario is the Nine's involvement allow Foil to actually kill an Endbringer, but I think that's unlikely at best.
For Round 3 Ziz will love all of these absurdly powerful capes she gets to fuck with, and she drives Jack even crazier, somehow making the world worse than in canon.
Bonus Round 1: I'd say Grey Boy manages this, especially with Siberian's help
Bonus Round 2: If the Endbringers are still jobbing, the S9000 maybe have a 1 or 2 out of 12 shot at driving them all off, if not, they are absolutely fucked.
All fair points, I agree.
However, Foil's Sting gets cancelled by the core AFAIK. That's why she hasn't been able to kill them before.
I'm fairly sure I remember a WOG that Foil could have killed an Endbringer, if the core was exposed.
Sting is the Entity superweapon, and I'm pretty certain the Entities don't have a ready counter to it (so Eden couldn't have built the Endbringer with one built in).
I thought she fired shots that penetrated up to the core in the actual story? Otherwise she would've been targeted more by the Endbringers, and would've been a bigger threat to them.
We've got word of god that it doesn't, actually. From here:
Ah, I stand corrected. Thanks!