Talk:Deoxys vs Metal Sonic/@comment-26418719-20151030134942/@comment-26418719-20151114033427

Metal is faster than Sonic, who's faster than light. Deoxys has never moved close to that fast. And he's also tougher than Sonic, who took hits from the Planet Buster Dark Gaia in base form. General rule of thumb for Sonic characters is that they can take a lot more damage than they can dish out.

The copy ability doesn't bridge the gap between City- and Moon- level destructive capability. What it DOES do is allow Metal Sonic to get around this by giving him more defensive options- Destructive Capability is NOT everything. Honestly destructive power is the only advantage Deoxys honestly has against the robo-hog.