Every Playable Arkham Character Ranked

[@SplendidSuperman122]

Gordon is by far the best character ever conceived by man because he can’t die when you play as him. How cool is that? Also Officer Owens is a 2nd place cause you can shoot random people like you’re playing GTA V.

[@BananaWasTaken]

Nah: Crying Boy Bruce (from the start of that scarecrow section in asylum) is the best playable character

[@MrClams2]

actually the brief seconds you become scarecrow in the nightmare sections in asylum is the best character

[@jeremiahnapier2516]

@@MrClams2 well, what can be better than playing a character that unmasks batman and destroys his crusade in one night - that's OP as heck.(suicide shit is no canon for me).

[@legoverse1412]

Why did Man conceive Gordumb? Is he fatherly?

[@nathanelb721]

3rd place is hush because you play as the antagonist of the mission you’re playing

[@BriannaBow]

Arkham city nightwing is S tier. I hate how much they nerfed him in knight...

[@Stormtrooper-td2ky]

I know right? How dare they get rid of the useless wrist darts and give him a far better ability, being the fear multi takedown.

[@BriannaBow]

@Stormtrooper-td2ky The wrist darts were *so* fun though. He lost his cool stuff too, including the unique detective mode

[@Stormtrooper-td2ky]

@@BriannaBow Nightwing’s Detective mode in AC was worse than Robin and Batman’s.

[@BriannaBow]

@@Stormtrooper-td2ky Yeah, but I liked it.

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

Nope. I just played through all the brawl maps in city and nightwing was by far the worst of the 4 to me

[@thedeepchocolate8305]

Red Hood is literally the definition of the guy that brought a gun to a sword fight.

[@boredbitch666]

playing his dlc against the electric guys is playing that one bit indiana jones shooting that one sword guy in raiders of lost ark-ham knight.

[@tanjesus420]

Officer Owens is clearly number 1.

[@jeremiahnapier2516]

Well, the guy is almost as powerful as red hood, since he can actually kill a bunch of people without taking a sweat. Even some villains got nerfed down to not be lethal - Harley and Deathstroke are no killers, Catwoman just a prowler and Joker's gun is working very strange, since a clear head shot can send a guard flying, but still make him just unconcious. Owens is no joke - if he has to fight for his vaffles with bacon, no zombie or demon cannot stop him. If it was up to him, Crane would be shot to death in the prologue.

[@oliverthedum2129]

@@tanjesus420 you tripping dude he’s spitting absolute facts

[@electrichat]

Officer Balls

[@crossplayfan1043]

@@electrichat WAAAHAHA

[@noogzymcnoogz4072]

🤦‍♂️ duh bro 🤣 how could ANYONE forget

[@bipolarbear7337]

Tip for critical hits; the game telling you to press attack again as your punch lands is wrong. Instead; press attack after the animation finishes. So long as you press the button relatively quickly, and dont press it more than once, you'll still get the attack bonus. The Arkham games are very generous with their critical hit windows.

[@PizzaTime1983]

This!!!

[@f10pped36]

Yeah even when I didn't know the *exact* timing of it I just waited about half a second to a full second between strikes for in AA and AC. For some reason in AK I feel that it was tightend a bit with out the slo mo in free flow focus

[@DavelexH]

When i first played the games i tried to follow their instructions and failed it every time so eventually i just ignored trying to, and it just happened naturally as i got better at the game

[@oneblacksun]

@@bipolarbear7337 I've noticed that the combat in the Batman Arkham games and Shadow of Mordor are basically the exact same.

[@DeadBunny7878]

Okay. I get it but, I love playing as Harley lol

[@Phantom26394]

@@DeadBunny7878 me too harley quinn is one of my top favorite characters how can she be the worst playable I love playing as her in the Arkham series

[@Smiley0.1]

​@@Phantom26394well unfortunately SOMEONE'S gotta be at the bottom and Harley was just his choice.

[@Phantom26394]

@@Smiley0.1 true it could've been catwoman

[@MisterPeckingOrder]

Same. I love using her in predator if you move fast and you know where to go you can still be “stealthy” while being loud and at the same time.

[@mikeythompson]

Same

[@SlackStyle09]

"ClownPuncher is still bad at these games." *Cut to no damage run **#2342*

[@DKCGaming339]

The fact that Asylum Batman is higher than Origins Batman hurts my soul.

[@Samuel152]

And the fact City Batman was considered to be first place, meanwhile Origins Batman is LITERALLY the same Batman with a few gadget changes.

[@Everything_Was_Taken]

@@Samuel152 and those gadged changes break him. Shock gloves are too OP and the remote batclaw is just a joke

[@vontrestokes1491]

@@Everything_Was_TakenThe shock gloves were op but the remote claw was amazing. 3 free takedowns, new takedown positions and launching propane and fire extinguishers at the enemy was too good to pass up

[@user-cm4op2kz3y]

@@Samuel152 even though Origins and City should be the same they don't feel the same. Origins feels clunkier and more buggy for some reason

[@TannerTally-nr4kw]

@@user-cm4op2kz3y it only took a few weeks for origins, but city was almost 2 years I think

[@Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon]

Ranking EVERY character (except Joker) Then it’s not EVERY character, is it?

[@avengersfans5343]

@@Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon Oh yeah, you're so right hahaha. Bert throw Gordon and Officer Owens in there or it's not EVERY character. Like what is this lol, such a massive issue. Like it's not EVERY character. How dare he lol

[@Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon]

@@avengersfans5343 Dipshit

[@Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon]

@@avengersfans5343 the ones you mentioned aren’t playable stay in your lane

[@avengersfans5343]

@@Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon Well you're a fucking genius aren't you. Arkham Knight intro??? The fear toxin scene. Flashback during the Ace Chemicals crisis were Gordon goes to meet Batman at Panessa Studios? Aww, look who's in their lane now :). Get bent

[@Raidraptor_-_Ultimate_Falcon]

@@avengersfans5343 there are no combat sections with them Or do you just LIKE talking out of your ass to a superior?

[@Oneshot1kill428]

God im so happy someone actually ranked deathstroke higher and not lower just because hes a "reskin" it pisses me off

[@bsgfan1]

I never understood that either. He’s not a reskin, he definitely functions entirely different from Robin. Sure, they both use a Bo-staff, but there’s only so many ways you can use it

[@Oneshot1kill428]

@@bsgfan1 exactly

[@megalabite1013]

So they’ll complain about Slade being a “reskin” of Robin even though he plays differently and not batgirl or Azrael who both are literally the same as Batman just not as powerful and missing a few things in their arsenal so is a so called reskin really that bad? If they better the character then that’s just better and if their changed a bit consider the character their a copy of, Arkham Knight Batman is a beast so Azrael and Batgirl being nerfed versions isn’t a bad thing because Knight Batman is so broken you can actually afford to have nerfed copies of him

[@MegamiImperatrix]

So Babs doesn't fight brutes for the same reasons Jason and Harley don't: they are based off of Selina from what I can tell and don't have it in their programming and animations. However, Babs does have ninjas, which the other two don't. Additionally, Babs can't pick up baseball bats like them, but she does have the animations for it in her files. Same thing with Nightwing, who has his line launcher and wrist dart animations in his files.

[@quintonheimann]

I also knkw that red hood has railing counters that ignore the invisible walls leading to instant takedowns, he just cant use them because no challenge maps have railings

[@MegamiImperatrix]

@quintonheimann he only has one, though, that being his left railing counter where he throws them over the ledge

[@Yabatron]

I think Jason can fight ninjas, I think he reuses some of Dick's animations tho

[@MegamiImperatrix]

@@Yabatron nope, he doesn't fight them at all in challenge maps

[@jbktpl1245]

That's strange they didn't implement them if they have the files and even animations for some of that, I guess it was a time thing.

[@epicfunnygexfan3582]

Gives catwoman second worst rank because challenge maps aren’t balanced for her playstyle Proceeds to give Red Hood third place despite the fact challenge maps aren’t balanced for his playstyle

[@IcommitTaxFraud1]

I mean Catwoman’s made it harder and Red Hood’s were easier

[@crazydud3380]

Yeah well, as he said, he will probably ignore you. Unfortunately, he has become really thin-skinned lately when it comes to criticism. He wasn't always like that, but he allowed trolls to get to him and turn him defensive.

[@nu-agegamer3548]

It was more like Catwoman was second worst because her whole gimmick is about ceilings and no other maps have them. Red Hood's gimmick is the guns. Plus his silent takedowns are much faster than Catwoman's. And he has a grapple gun. And Catwoman's vantage point climbing is very slow.

[@Imnotreal1800]

@@crazydud3380 ego is enough to kill a man.

[@Samuel152]

I really hate how Red Hood climbed up the ranks when he's no different than Catwoman and Harley. People really overrate Jason because of the fact he can instantly defeat enemies with his guns.

[@hands_0n543]

Arkham City Nightwing is still my favorite playable character especially in predator

[@somerandofromoregon]

I still don’t like that they removed the darts in Arkham Knight. No more headshots. 😞

[@diamondanvilproductions562]

The darts were so cool! Nightwing could easily have kept the gadgets he was given in Knight, I wouldn’t have complained, but they also could have let him keep using the Line Launcher and Wrist Darts. Why did he ditch them?! Especially the damn darts. Hitting a headshot is actually surprisingly difficult with those, add onto the fact you could shoot three per encounter and, if you can aim well, you get three takedowns completely free. Since multi-use gadgets regenerate during Predator in Knight, though, simply giving Nightwing the ability to only fire one or two darts at a time before they go on cooldown would keep them balanced with his other gadgets.

[@Pseudo_Notfound]

I love arkham knight Batman, you can see 2 excellent player play the same map with 2 methods not close at all with close result. That why I love this chractere.

[@elmorewilliamsiii5716]

Harley is just loud catwoman

[@liampatterson2946]

@@elmorewilliamsiii5716 Selina ain't loud

[@elmorewilliamsiii5716]

@@liampatterson2946 that’s what I’m saying lol

[@tobyjack1238]

How I rank the characters: 17: Harley for the same reasons. She can be kind of fun though. 16: AK Catwoman. For a long time I misremembered how the caltrops were nerfed in this game since I thought it worked the same way in city. She is also hurt by the lack of ceilings. 15: AC Catwoman. Better, but I don't like her traversal at all. I do kind of like her in combat because of good moves like whiptrip and caltrops are better than I remember, but still bad. 14: AK Nightwing. He was nerfed a lot and is missing all his good gadgets, with the only upgrade being getting the Rec gun. 13: Joker. You saying he would be below Asylum Batman is apt, since in combat he works exactly the same. I kind of prefer Joker because of his animations and Mark Hamill. The only real difference is that he has a gun which replaces the quickfire batarangs which instant kills enemies, but can only be used once per round. In predator, I honestly struggle to say whether he's the best or the worst character in the series. Objectively, he's the worst since he doesn't have a grapple, not even the pseudo grapples that Harley and Catwoman have. One of his three gadgets is also detective mode, but you can only use it while standing up perfectly still, so it's terrible. He even takes damage by falling too high as well. But his other two gadgets make him really good. There's still the gun which is still an instant kill and can pass through multiple enemies, but only has one shot. The other gadget is the explosive teeth, which if you use it after using the gun and all his buddies are gathered around the body, it will kill all of them instantly and you can beat any predator room in under a minute. Thankfully, there aren't any medals to earn, which would make things infinitely more difficult if you had to worry about doing objectives like all the other characters, but thankfully there's nothing stopping you from beating the rooms in a minute. 12: AA Batman. This is the most basic Batman is throughout the series, with the least gadgets and not a lot of combat moves. The combat takedowns are also annoying to use since for some reason they are in slow motion, but there's nothing wrong. Just simple compared to what comes later. 11: Bruce Wayne. Bruce is always the strangest character to play in the series since he has a lot of mechanics that aren't explained at all. I don't really know that much about his mechanics, but now I've learned about them through this video and the comments and they are pretty interesting to play with. It's kind of different, and there are some interesting gimmicks, but nothing to really bring you back to playing as him over the other characters. 10: AC Robin. Robin throughout the series always feels the closet to playing Asylum Batman because of the throw and lack of dive bomb. He's always reliable to use, and the staff just feels good to hit people with. He does suffer a bit because there's not a lot of options to deal with shield and stun stick enemies, and the snap flash can be difficult to set up while in combat, but still good. 9: Azrael. Like you said, just AK Batman, but with less moves. Probably the most pointless character in the series. Either he needed to have some new animations or gadget to actually make him stand out, or he needs to actually be a skin for batman if he's basically a skin for batman in a different character slot. He honestly should be up higher a couple spots, but because there's no reason to play as him, I just can't do it. 8: Batgirl. Good. There's not much else to say other than having good gadgets to use in predator, while in combat she just has really good animations. I'm honestly fine not having to worry about brutes while playing as her because they can be kind of annoying. 7: Red Hood. Just feels good to play like you highlighted. The only negative is that you don't really have a smoke bomb equivalent, other than using flash bombs/pistols when you're spotted. I do have to take away points from putting him at a higher spot since not having armored enemies in predator makes them too easy to cheese, and just isn't good game design. I am also kind of spotty for combat since I like good gadget variety, and all Jason has are the pistols that instant kill enemies while giving you few points. The flashbang is just a stun from far away, and while despite having the cool shootdown move it just feels slower than a regular beatdown and is liable to be interrupted. The last gadget is the zip kick and is just business as usual. He just doesn't have anything to do some basic damage from range while keeping you in one place, they all take some commitment or move you. 6: AC Nightwing. You are way too hard on Nightwing because of critical hits. I never have a problem with them because I pay attention to the animations rather than the sound, and it feels pretty easy. He has so many good gadgets to use in both combat and predator that are just great to use in conjunction with each other. He also has great moves to deal with both shield and stun stick enemies with group attack, while armored enemies can be handled with the electric move (forget what it is, other than it does the same thing as the rec gun). 5: AK Robin. He is the only other character besides obviously Batman to be improved from City to Knight. The snap flashes being able to take down enemies along with the explosive gel meaning that you can take out 6 enemies at the start of a predator encounter (which is EXTREMELY satisfying to pull off), on top of having fear takedowns, on top of having the remote hacking device means that Robin is the true stealth expert like what Gotham Knights wanted him to be. He's no slouch in combat either since he's basically unchanged (except for quickfires being switched around for some stupid reason) and he just gets to benefit from the general combat changes Knight gives you. 4: AO Batman. You were WAAAAY to hard on Batman in this game. While he doesn't have a lot of his good gadgets from City, with the useless concussion detonators that make enemies swing around and hit you (when a smoke bomb does the exact same thing), the disruptor that was nerfed to hell in this game, and the glue grenades which are just freeze grenades but gross, he is just City Batman but a little worse. The remote claw isn't nearly as overpowered as you made it out to be, since three instant takedowns can only take you so far. The electric gloves, while being overpowered, are just really fun to use. But I prefer the other character in Origins since he doesn't have any gadgets that are duds. 3: Deathstroke. The best non Batman character in the series, and for good reason. The enchanced combat moves in the game just make it so good to disarm an enemy while taking them out. The gadgets all flow well in combat, and all his animations are just really good. He also possibly has the best detective mode in the series, with it providing a range for mines makes it so much better. I also love being able to instantly rip a vent off like you're using the ultra batclaw, everything just feels good. 2: AC Batman. Do I really need to say more? 1: AK Batman. Do I REALLY need to say more?

[@Samuel152]

I prefer your rank more the one in the video. However, I might swap AC Catwoman since I play City more than Knight and Catwoman moves more fluidly than Knight. I would also swap AO Batman and Deathstroke. Don't get me wrong, Slade is absolutely fun, but I still play Batman more than him.

[@tobyjack1238]

@@Samuel152 thanks for the compliment. I do kind of think that Origins Batman is better than Deathstroke from a gameplay perspective, but I am more inclined to give him a boost for being such a good alternate character, and because I just prefer using his quickfire gadgets.

[@Qui-GonJinn1234]

Better ranking than the one in the video

[@wygdai2505]

huh...would you look at that. This seems more along my line of thinking...

[@Samuel152]

@@tobyjack1238 True. I just wish Slade made it to Knight as a playable character. He would be the best non-Batman character ever.

[@master0fthearts894]

14:16 Disagree with your placement of Arkham Origins. Point 1: While the shock gloves are overpowered, they are very fun. The idea behind them is that they quite literally are a super-meter where you get to bypass defenses, like a super move or Spartan Rage. This leads to it being incredibly more fun. -Yes, it does trivialize some encounters so that point is accurate, but seeing all the new Helldivers talk raised up a good point in my mind--The goal of balance isn't to perfectly make things easier, it's the create the ideal experience for the player. Yes, it is overpowered, but it didn't stop me from having some of the most intense boss fights, or even normal fights, in other areas of the game. Point 2: The remote claw is not overpowered. It's not amazing in combat aside from giving you a couple of ways to mix up enemies and an insta-takedown if there's a spare explosive canister. (Something notably replicable in Arkham Knight with its' throw features) It's more unique as a predator encounter gadget, in that it opens up a whole world of different uses, and most importantly for me opens up unique traversal opportunities without having to obsessively and slowly line up an angle between buildings with the line launcher. Point about the concussive grenade: *Just kidding!* That point hit the nail on the head. It sucks no matter how you look at it. For me it only had 1 minor use that was intensely situational outside of main mission situations. Point 3: Double takedowns are not overpowered if you're counting Arkham City. In Arkham City, it is literally an available upgrade that you can use. Personally, I ended up using it a lot in the ultra-hard Jokers carnival map a bunch of times. You can't say that Arkham Origins is overpowered compared to Arkham City if they have the same thing. (I will double check this in case of a mistake, but I want to get this all out) Yes, having it in combination with the shock gloves and other elements does lead to overpowered combos--that point IS valid--but the fact that you can do it in AC is valid as well. Point 4: The disrupter is not the best, but with it's auto-aiming and upgradable elements it is miles better than the jammer in Arkham City. The issue with missing is minor and nearly used at best, and the new things that you can disrupt to confuse and fool your enemies is a great improvement. No, it's not as the disrupter in Arkham Knight, but nothing in the previous games is as good in Arkham Knight except for enemy variety. Speaking of... Point 5: You neglected to acknowledge the Bane mini-enemies and the Martial Artists. Those add an extra layer of combat unseen in any of the other Arkham Games, something that not even Arkham Knight capitalized on with it's intense and varied mechanics. And this has to be taken into account because you brought up enemy variety, defenses, and weapons into account. I still don't think it's the best Batman in the games, (Obviously Arkham Knight is better, and City doesn't have any OP problems) but it is miles better than Asylum and the enemy variety adds an interesting layer. (And Arkham Knight Nightwing is not better than it)

[@GlitchingRobin]

Exactly!!! I feel he put origns low just to have a Batman at a lower rank to shock viewers

[@kacpernowak1535]

Arkham City doesn't have double takedowns/double special attacks

[@BongoBonku]

Keep cooking

[@medafan53]

Also with the shock gloves, I find that, with most fights, it takes the entire fight to charge, so if I hear the fully charged sound at all it is at the end of the fight where all I can do is watch that hard earned charge drain away pointlessly. It's only really in bigger fights where it comes in very handy.

[@Samuel152]

THANK YOU! I got really frustrated when he put Origins Batman so low when there's other characters who are worse than him. He's in between both City and Knight Batman, yet considered 'boring' because of the gloves.

[@comicfan1324]

Personally, I would rank origins Batman above asylum Batman. Don’t give me wrong on a thematic level. I love that asylum Batman has far less gadgets to work with than the other games because he’s isolated on an island. And of course I do cut him some slack since he was the first playable character in the series so naturally, he’s going to be the starting point that all the others build off of. But on an objective level origins, Batman just has more options for gameplay purposes, so I have to rank him higher personally. (Also, the concussion detonator actually can be fairly useful if you work it into your combat. When you’re in a huge enemy room, it can be useful to throw the gadget to the enemies on the opposite side of the arena and have them take care of each other for a minute while you deal with a more important enemy.)

[@airtiger4577]

I agree

[@caposalva3572]

Above knight too.

[@Marcus-w6b]

@@caposalva3572 Why above knight? Origins Batman is known to not be very good

[@Marcus-w6b]

​@@caposalva3572 Not a bad character but you can just play the Wii u version of city which is a better origins Batman

[@hecticscone]

Joker is in the game files for Arkham Asylum GOTY edition on PC, you just need to enable it in the files or get a mod to do it for you

[@icecream4you161]

Clown plays on an XBOX.

[@cristobalalvarez1427]

Yeah, he is a console purist, at least as far as we know

[@hecticscone]

@@cristobalalvarez1427 i would play on Xbox 360 too but PC is much more convenient imo

[@bsgfan1]

33:17 Fun fact, using the Kujiki bomb in predator actually makes you invisible and undetectable for a short time. As in you can _literally_ run up to enemies’ faces and they won’t detect you. It’s actually great for setting up easy takedowns since you can drop it at any time. Edit: As for martial artists, they’re _very_ easy to deal with. If you attack them in free flow, they’ll always counter it and initiate a counter-counter sequence. This is actually super useful if you’re in a tight spot, since you’re invincible during the sequence and it forces other enemies abort their attacks. If you’re worried about timing the counters on their attacks, just attack them first and you’ll _always_ be met with the counter-counter sequence, which makes them super predictable.

[@The_Phantasm]

Okay, could you one day just explain why you don't like Nightwing? I don't mean his gameplay, I mean his character. You're always bringing it up and always feels mean spirited but you don't make it clear if it's Nightwing in general or just the one from the games. Yes him getting taken down by Harley and being captured by Penguin is stupid but other than that he feels pretty on point when it comes to his personality, unlike someone like Tim Drake Robin who they just turned into a Dick Grayson clone in the Arkham games and felt nothing like Tim Drake.

[@apollojustice9401]

does feel distracting sometimes

[@junk5501]

By “bad character” he’s only referring to his gameplay, which is quite limited in comparison to Batman or Robin who are way more versatile. I don’t really understand how this is some big insult against his character and is petty and mean somehow. Can you provide some examples of him bashing Nightwing in this way?

[@The_Phantasm]

@@junk5501 pretty much any single time he brings up Nightwing in any of his videos he always talks about how he "sucks"and it's very clear that he doesn't mean his gameplay. And that's what I'm saying, he never specify the reason and instead just says it all the time.

[@mayoradameas]

Atleast he's caked up

[@Zzzm517]

​​@@The_Phantasm Nightwing's characterization in Arkham knight is awful and nothing like his comic book self.He takes nothing seriously like making jokes in the most inappropriate of times, he's careless and cocky, doesn't strategize or plan things ahead and top it of with his general incompetence.I honestly don't blame anyone for not liking Nightwing if their only exposure to him is from Arkham knight.He's nothing but a joke ,a comic relief

[@fighterroni9495]

My prediction before watching the vid.. Top 3 3.Catwoman 2.Harley Quinn 1.Officer Balls Right??

[@BillybenrybergOfficial]

Officer balls officer balls officer balls officer balls

[@legoverse1412]

The Caltrops issue is something I ran into A LOT in City too

[@sukunasgaylover]

I feel like the only reason it's not as noticeable is because there's a lot more built for Catwoman in that game, so you don't have to use caltrops as a crutch as much. They are super unreliable though, it's annoying :/

[@IAmMailman]

I always liked how batgirl kinda pulled from all the other games. Her gadgets are the Asylum Gadgets (if you count the hacking tool as what the cryptographic sequencer ultimately turned into) her unique stealth takedowns and general combat flow coming from City, and the combat feeling fast and fluid from being part of Arkham Knight. To me, she kinda feels like what would happen if you took Asylum Batman, and put him in Knight. Basic Gadgets that are still fun made to work in Knight.

[@KodyCrimson]

The only one I feel like was unfairly ranked was Origins Batman, only really in relation to who he was lower than. But that's just me. Everyone else seems really fair.

[@GlitchingRobin]

Him using two tools you can easily just not use as a reason to put him so low is kinda stupid imo

[@Samuel152]

​@@GlitchingRobinEXACTLY! Origins Batman is literally City Batman with a few differences.

[@GlitchingRobin]

@@Samuel152 Yea, I feel its likely he put him so low for shock value

[@laukatsuki8546]

@@Samuel152maybe cuz hes the same with more flaws. But yeah weird placement couldve easily been 6th.

[@michaelcardone2785]

Yeah, what’s more is he’s the only character that was penalized for being too strong

[@dwagon3744]

Great list but I love Arkham origins Batman. Already very underrated game as a whole but had fun playing as that younger version of this Batman. I will admit he’s broken but I do have fun with the combat

[@InkyDustMan]

I find it interesting how every other character seems to be ranked by "strength" while Origins Batman is near the bottom for the exact opposite reason, of being too strong. Like objectively speaking, Asylum Batman is weaker, even in comparison to the Asylum enemies, as there are small quality of life things he's missing, like no ground pound unless it's a takedown, obviously limited gadgets, but you could give it a pass, no multi-takedown, even though he debatably could've used it the most with being the one who regularly fights titans, and even down to slower and more sluggish animations that lead to a lot more situations where you'll be trapped in either a counter animation, and be hit by a titan or knife guy, or a strike animation, and not be able to counter at all. It especially feels like a bias placement considering how high Red Hood is. (Admittedly I love Red Hood too, but my point is inconsistency when it comes to more powerful or higher ceiling characters, especially given the possibility City almost won over Knight for the same reason.) Origins Batman being low for being too powerful feels a bit inconsistent, but hey, it's not my list. It just seems inconsistent is all, like I can't tell if this was primarily put together by power, balancing, personal preference, or some combination. Like none of that would be bad by any means, it's just a bit confusing for some characters to be high for one reason, while others are low for the same reason, I almost feel like this could've been multiple videos, one for pure strength/practicality, one for enjoyment, one for balance- Or maybe even split up across predator/combat sections.

[@purplishduck]

Been waiting for this video for a while

[@AnimeMangaKS]

Found your content a little while ago; mostly old vids. Just gotta say I like your content

[@SplendidSuperman122]

I feel lucky to have been in the stream where Clown first saw Nightwing’s detective mode. It was quite the glorious reaction lol-

[@tritonk1759]

Can you remember which stream it was, I wanna relive that moment.

[@SplendidSuperman122]

@@tritonk1759 All I know is it was one of his completing Arkham City streams.

[@itsame7491]

Knights batman feels so good, I can't go back to city batman. He just flows so smoothly.

[@shadowflame4785]

I love playing as Harley it’s so different from usual and makes it fun

[@homie37]

I understand what they were going for in maniac mode: you’re playing as a crazy psychopath, of course you’d have a “rampage” mode, but I feel like instead of just takedowns, you got like buffed damage and faster attacks and invulnerability, maybe

[@tdgaming6694]

i dont know where to say this but your videos are geniuenly the reason i first played batman arkham at all thank you keep making great videos :)

[@GothamPaladin]

If this video doesn't have the Joker Red Hood segment from Arkham Origins, you have failed

[@luckymenace3816]

Or the joker at the end of Arkham knight with gun shooting the statues of bats

[@luckymenace3816]

😂

[@sugondeez1708]

Gotham keep the grind going I've been watching more and more of ur streams recently

[@nu-agegamer3548]

Another thing that makes me dislike Harley is this missed opportunity; If you can only do loud takedowns, why not give her some type of makeshift grappler or maybe her hand cannon from Harley Quinn's Revenge? Give her a rechargeable hand cannon that has 3-4 exploding rounds that kill enemies on impact. That will at least give you options when from a range. Obviously the main con is that the explosion will alert enemies to your position, so you'll need to run, but at least it gives you an option.

[@Edgeworthless]

Small thing: the fear multi takedown can actually give you 6 knockouts if you use a double takedown to start it off

[@shadowshot2456]

14:44 “I will be looking at this from a purely gameplay standpoint” “he’s boring”

[@Vitoscaletta473]

You're goddamn right

[@tddyt429]

I like the characters that play most like Batman, because you spend so long playing as him, it can catch me off guard that they don't have the same gadgets

[@schurerest7661]

I’m just happy Red Hood was 3rd he is my guilty pleasure character that I boot up Arkham Knight up just to play as him

[@Crashxout777]

Was waiting the whole day for this !

[@Arkhambatpro564]

Nightwing is really underrated, it might be just me but i like the double hit system! Though predator in knight does suck!

[@gui_gava5818]

ClownPuncher, I just love your videos

[@Nickdabom8]

7:02 Your controller batteries are low

[@djnorris1572]

7:00

[@jojonono2679]

Great video. I personally prefer Knight Catwoman to city Catwoman because she is much faster in Knight and Knight maps are much bigger, making it so her slow animations don't get you caught as much.

[@lizzumtv]

26:02 honestly I feel like him having the bat claw makes more sense than the zip kick thematically, Grayson as a character has fully liberated himself from the role of Robin, even when begged to return to the mantle by Tim in the comics he refuses because that’s just not who he is or wants to be anymore. The zip kick as a gadget in these games is heavily tied to the Robin persona so it makes sense that he wouldn’t have it. I also think that this choice contrasts really well with Red hood in this game as the role of Robin was brutally stripped from him so it makes sense that we would see he still has some sort of connection to it via the gameplay 🤓👆

[@BirdsAlwaysWin]

I thought Harley was fun

[@mikeythompson]

Same

[@adamj8147]

Bro you don’t suck at all, you beat I am the knight. Your opinion on these characters is definitely valid

[@UserNameWswag]

Honestly, Robin in City was fun, I thought when playing the dlc. "Ugh, Robin?" Then he proved me wrong

[@junemelvin3021]

i wish you could play as Batman dude he seems so cool

[@sugondeez1708]

Bro same

[@rafaelvolpiteixeira7315]

Hold on, ground takedowns in Asylum are silent? Are you telling me that I play this game for more than 10 years end never noticed that? City was the first one I played so I always assumed they worked the same in Asylum

[@RoccoDyert]

what about comissioner gordan in arkham knight

[@BananaWasTaken]

What about Officer Owens from the start of Arkham Knight? What about crying child Bruce from Arkham Asylum?

[@RoccoDyert]

@@BananaWasTaken thats what im saying

[@jamespopcornfrfr]

what about joker during the third scarecrow hallucination in arkham asylum?

[@flintlockwood25]

He's just too overpowered

[@ArqueiroRetorna]

All of the mentioned are too good to be listed alongside those weak guys from the batfamily

[@Scottmac04vid]

I love how the youtube auto captions refers to clowpuncher as "clum punter"

[@skeletonking1]

Asylum batman wanted to try to challenge himself by not having all the stuff he normally does.

[@Juanpvcool]

The definitive ranking can only be made by Batman Arkham Videos.

[@Memu_]

Okay..?

[@kaine8911]

Cool?...

[@sugondeez1708]

Fax

[@Darkspeed1706]

When Catwoman isn't at the bottom spot, despite CP139 dogging on her constantly

[@benjthewhite]

Arkham Origins Batman is OP but it does feel cool when you tare through enemies in a terrifying manor

[@TomStankus]

always happy when you post!

[@V0idedOut-E33]

if you don't wanna buy return to arkham, you can just enable the joker DLC in the files of the PC Version. It was ORIGINALLY A PS3 exclusive but you can change something in the INI file and enable the joker DLC. EDIT: I haven't played or purchased return to arkham and don't see a point in getting it because I have the original games. Because of that, I Don't actively see a point in buying the remaster seeing as I'm a frugal gamer with not much money to go around. However, specifically because I have only seen gameplay of these games via looking up riddler guides among other things, I also don't really have an opinion on remasters I have not played. I don't hate the remaster, it's just not for me when I already have the OG games to play at my leisure. All I was doing is just explaining that you can enable the PS3 exclusive content on PC with a changing of settings technically without mods needed, much like pressing a button on the WII U Software that turns on the ability to play gamecube games or otherwise and to tell Clown Puncher to get his jonkler on.

[@thephoenixxm4160]

I have Return to Arkham and it isn't as bad as he believes/says it to be. I think he is being unnecessarily harsh to something he HASN'T played. It is one thing that annoys me about him. He talks about Return to Arkham as if it is the worst thing on Earth when it isn't.

[@leithaziz2716]

I recommend checking out the Asylum Reborn mod on PC. It's the definitive version of Arkham Asylum in terms of configuration options. You can even get the PS3 exclusive maps. All you need is legitimate copy of the game.

[@Dctctx]

@@thephoenixxm4160that’s just typical clownpuncher

[@somerandofromoregon]

@@thephoenixxm4160 Dude I think it stupid how many people dislike the Return to Arkham remasters. Especially Arkham Asylum. Arkham City is fine but Arkham Asylum looks amazing. The models look so much better, the game in general looks much better, the content that was exclusive to the PlayStation 3 version are in for every port, and plus there’s rain. Plus both remastered versions of Asylum and City have the “Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger” title cards at the beginning. People are foolish for saying they are bad remasters just because of some minor issues. Smh

[@TheChosenMoose01]

​@@somerandofromoregonwell one 'minor issue' makes the riddler side mission very irritating to complete

[@VPhantom-rf3qo]

I've been looking forward to this

[@Raii_1lI]

Harley's “stealth” is unique.. i guess?.. But there's a reason i only use her in combat challenges

[@ok-xz7xi]

@mrbuttercakes5545 it's very unique. Uniquely bad

[@Raii_1lI]

@@ok-xz7xi basically

[@B-SybrZaku-ThendHaloAirsofting]

Ok this is unrelated but I love the “Are we done with your bad standup routine” quote from Batman in sskjl

[@Baldwin-00]

Actually my dear friend, the concussion detonater is usefull .. for one thing. When you do the boss fight with Anarky, if you take all goons first and then finish with him, just hit the good old L2 + circle, and you will take down his full life with one shot 🤝🏻 Nice video btw

[@gurugru5958]

Throwing goons in Arkham Asylum never gets old.

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

Keep it up on your work and this video and channel I love this video and channel Thanks you for your video and channel I love Batman Arkham all franchise

[@eliaalinaty7983]

You know what else is good about the jack in the box? The animation when harley puts it on the ground I will say no more

[@xdfaceondabeat]

the catwoman two-face encounter on ng+ was so hard...

[@hippibunni9177]

Idk if someone else said this, but the kujiki bombs make Bruce functionally invisible, meaning enemies won’t detect him until he interacts with something in predator.

[@RealWingGaster]

i do think that AK batman being able to attack stunned enemies was a great change

[@teampyro231]

clownpuncher im a bit late but basically the kujiki bomb works as a invisible cloak as when you use it your invisible with purple smoke coming out of you until you do a slient takedown so its basically used for either a average smoke bomb or its used to give a cheeky silent takedown

[@robbiesrevelations3096]

0:11 yes yes you do lol 19:18 for me, i just played so much that i got the tempo down. 1 pause, 2 pause, 3 pause, 4 pause. 1 and a 2 and a 3. But Nightwing with his weird shtick still doesn’t work there because the double hits delay 21:17 I mean Freeze, glue, Rec gun, or even the shield bash don't either 34:59 another downside is their deploy time. It's kinda slow, so can leave you vulnerable

[@bsgfan1]

I used to be absolutely trash at critical strikes from Asylum till halfway through City. What finally got me to figure it out was the Mad Hatter mission with the ticking clock, then I noticed all my critical strikes were in time with the clock.

[@luckyovens5701]

I didn’t realize I listened for the punches until you said it

[@starrgazzing99]

I was surprised Joker wasn't on here. You can play him as DLC in Asylum. Great video, really enjoyed your analysis!

[@noname123-u6n]

a 58 minute Clownpuncher Video. Lets go !!!

[@TajirMusil]

I still find it so weird that Nightwing can't glide, because his suit had a glider in the animated series.

[@Artryom]

That was in the animated series bud, he’s been around far longer than that and has had to use his superhuman strength, speed and agility to get around and free roam like he’s from the Assassin’s creed series.🤣

[@theraymunator]

Come to think of it, it does make more sense for him to glide than Robin. Robin's cape is just a regular cape

[@MarkyR19]

keep up great work

[@comicfan1324]

They really should’ve given Catwoman at least one new gadget to make her more playable in Arkham Knight. Heck, here’s an idea, you can throw the remote control Batarang at any character that you play during a dual combat section and they will catch the battering and put it into their pocket. Imagine if performing this my new detail gave the character access to the remote control Batarang for their predator encounters in that safe file. This would give you at least a little more variety for characters like Catwoman, who desperately need it. Alternatively, if you want a gadget exclusive to Selena, how about a sonar device that will attract a single henchman to a location, kind of like the sonic Batarang. At least then you would have some control of where henchman are going.

[@calebbarnhouse496]

Better then that, give her a lazer pointer to draw someone's attention, destroy cameras, and let her play her with kitties

[@jack_wick2389]

23:50 nightwing has asserted his dominance over the thugs. These feeble fools do not know what they are getting into.

[@Wild-Card34]

I agree that combat and predator sections suck as Catwoman however I really enjoyed free roaming and jumping around the rooftops in Arkham city as her and I’m disappointed that the option wasn’t made available in Knight, I am aware there’s mods for that but I don’t want to install some random junk on my pc for this one reason.

[@sawyerhegedus5670]

Jonkler is S tier because he jonkles

[@MisterPeckingOrder]

Catwoman is pretty bad in knight, but her speed in city is god tier and it still makes her playable in knight. At least for me. I love using her on those infinite spawn maps because you can literally bounce from enemy to enemy without coming close to getting interrupted.

[@elsternix]

I wish someone would make a video ranking the DMC characters the way you did in this video 😂

[@goofyandfunlovingguy]

I've been here for a while I love your vids and I'm glad your channel is growing

[@weeb9959]

I pretty much agree with most of the rankings here! The Knight Nightwing nerf in predator is a true tragedy, especially since Nightwing is a personal favorite character of mine. I do still struggle with Robin (he just feels weird to me for some reason) but I'll admit that the Zip Kick is super fun. I think the one of the only places where I disagree with the ranking itself is putting Harley below Knight Catwoman. While Catwoman's tools technically work a bit better than Harley's in predator... Catwoman is just so unfun to play as for me, at least in freeflow. I appreciate Harley for her broken snare throw thing (sure it doesn't take down chargers but it's still really strong) and her animation variety. She feels very fun, if a bit too simplistic. I also have more fun playing Knight Batman than I do playing City Batman, since I honestly prefer that feeling of playing Batman at his absolute peak overwhelming his enemies even at their strongest. Being that unstoppable force still requires a high level of mastery over Arkham's systems, especially on Knightmare difficulty where you have to actively watch for enemy's super fast attack animations.

[@TheOzzyBear]

I’ve gotten my highest combo streak with Catwoman as well as my highest combat AR score ever of any character with her. She does lack gadgets but that whip is extremely effective as one combo will knock any enemy near me and give me some breathing room to think.

[@zaviermichael6281]

48:22 never knew about the shoot down in my many years of playing learn something new every day

[@xdj2a2]

I wish Rocksteady used the ninja's more in Arkham Knight combat challenges especilly since, Red Hood and Harley can't fight them and it would have been so cool to bring back the Martial Artist!

[@bsgfan1]

I miss the martial artists. My favorite non-boss enemy in the series cause it takes skill and creativity to deal with them 😢

[@toasterten1293]

As someone who's gotten all of the achievements in Arkham Knight, I say fuck the ninjas. The amount of times those motherfuckers caused me to lose a combo in the iceberg lounge or damage me in crime alley

[@sugondeez1708]

Maybe I'm just shit but the ninjas leaping attack counter timing CHANGED EVERY DAMN TIME. It was so inconsistent for me, I could never really nail it

[@jacobp249]

For that haircut alone Knight Robin should be #16

[@sugondeez1708]

He had the same cut in city 😐

[@Xeo_A]

i feel like harley batgirl n catwoman r some of the best chars these less-than-stellar games have pumped out

[@darkforremancer5039]

I’m sorry, but you put Arkham Origins Batman near the bottom of the list… because he is Boring? Because he has the remote claw and shock gloves? Yes, don’t use them as often. As for the disruptor, yes the developers messed up. It’s still usable if you are careful and have the opponent in view (Arkham City’s disruptor also had a heavy time delay). As for the concussion detonator, I don’t mind it. It acts more as a contained and reusable smoke pellet but with just the stun. It also can be manually detonated (press quick fire twice) to range stun an enemy. Is Origins Batman the best? No, but I also don’t think he’s useless or boring. Sorry

[@bigmanjc6357]

No way you're saying Knight Catwoman is worse than City Catwoman when Knight Catwoman has FOUR armor bars compared to City's two.😭 And the quickfire Bolas was so inconsistent in City that when I used that in combat sometimes my combo would randomly drop, whilst in Knight I never had those problems 😭

[@ShagthePoker]

It's good to know that I'm not the only one who has that problem with combos dropping. I thought I was going crazy.

[@somerandofromoregon]

I honestly like Catwoman. Both in Arkham City and Arkham Knight

[@ClownPuncher139]

Armor bars don't matter when the whole point of challenge maps is to not get hit.

[@drathack0]

Imagine they remastered Batman Arkham origins and online work again

[@Batsyboodlebum123]

I love the fact nightwing NAILED a thug impression. 18:14

[@Krump3tEater]

"Its so Bad man.."Do I hear an accidentally placed pun?

[@maddenboseroy4074]

Rank every gadget/gameplay mechanic next? Or discuss how you would improve every character gameplay-wise? Also, you talked about Bruce Wayne's ability to make endless caltrops, but you never talked about his other free flow focus ability; what is it?

[@master0fthearts894]

You're honestly not missing much with Joker in Return to Arkham. He has detective mode but worse because you can't move around with it, gets a moveable jack-in-the-box equivalent where he is completely vulnerable while using it, and has basically the most bare-bones quickfire gadgets possible. The only saving grace is that he has a gun which leads to insta-killing enemies in predator. The problem is that it only has 1 bullet, making it garbage in predator and somehow even more garbage in combat with the sheer amount of enemies you have to contend with. He's honestly tied with Harley for worst playable character in the franchise.

[@quintonheimann]

Funny thing about jokers gun, is that joker actually has a reload animation for it that does work if you use console commands to nake it work

[@FormalGibble]

I used to think Joker was pretty bad. Then I learned that you can just sneak up on one guy, shoot him, causing everyone to run to your current location, run away, use the chattering teeth to get an easy 5 kills while they inspect the body.

[@nathanbarrett4402]

You're forgetting the one thing that actually makes Joker the BEST character. He can kick people in the nuts.

[@master0fthearts894]

@@nathanbarrett4402You know, that actually changes my entire worldview of Joker… 🃏

[@milkedmilk]

AC Nightwing is soooo OP in combat i fear this may be a skill issue

[@HulkVader143]

Bro went from trying to not swear at all in early youtube, then to swearing once or twice per video then to swearing every other sentence

[@sweetzhi628]

Cool tier list, but I don't get the unlove for Catwoman. Also no Joker :c

[@iot2319]

1:46 me playing Harley first for Arkham knight challenge maps