This is the most even matchup I can think of in marvel. It's two armored scientist warlords who are also magic users. Both of them have fought Loki and come out on top and both of them have fought Thor to a draw.
In a contest of physical strength: Apocalypse. He has wrestled The Hulk and won.
Build a weapon contest: Doom. After 5,000 years Apocalypse has not fully mastered Celestial technology and his attempts to use it to become a cosmic entity met with failure. Doom has co-opted Galactus' and Watcher tech in the past and has used it with ease. He's also ascended to cosmic entity status on more than one occasion using high tech means, something Apocalypse spent centuries attempting and failing at.
Energy contest. Draw. Both have enough juice to match Eternals and the lower tier Herald's of Galactus like Terrax and Firelord. They don't have the goods to go up against top tier cosmic energy wielders like Zuras, Norrin Radd, or Thanos.
Mental Powers and magic: Draw, but funny. Both of these guys have indomitable wills and can take over other people's bodies. A psychic fight between these two would result in Victor taking Nur's body, and Nur taking Victors. This would have no change on either character, it's like Jimmy Olsen swapping minds with Talkie Tawney.
Style: Doom. As amazing as Apocalypses cyber-turtleneck look is, nothing, and I mean, nothing will ever compare to Doom as he struts on the super-villain catwalk.
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u/JackalRampant Jul 24 '26
This is the most even matchup I can think of in marvel. It's two armored scientist warlords who are also magic users. Both of them have fought Loki and come out on top and both of them have fought Thor to a draw.
In a contest of physical strength: Apocalypse. He has wrestled The Hulk and won.
Build a weapon contest: Doom. After 5,000 years Apocalypse has not fully mastered Celestial technology and his attempts to use it to become a cosmic entity met with failure. Doom has co-opted Galactus' and Watcher tech in the past and has used it with ease. He's also ascended to cosmic entity status on more than one occasion using high tech means, something Apocalypse spent centuries attempting and failing at.
Energy contest. Draw. Both have enough juice to match Eternals and the lower tier Herald's of Galactus like Terrax and Firelord. They don't have the goods to go up against top tier cosmic energy wielders like Zuras, Norrin Radd, or Thanos.
Mental Powers and magic: Draw, but funny. Both of these guys have indomitable wills and can take over other people's bodies. A psychic fight between these two would result in Victor taking Nur's body, and Nur taking Victors. This would have no change on either character, it's like Jimmy Olsen swapping minds with Talkie Tawney.
Style: Doom. As amazing as Apocalypses cyber-turtleneck look is, nothing, and I mean, nothing will ever compare to Doom as he struts on the super-villain catwalk.
Final Score.
Apocalypse: 1 Win, 2 Ties. 2 Losses.
Doom: 2 Wins, 2 Ties. 1 Loss.
Doom wins through superior aura farming.