| Movies | Rambo |
|---|---|
| Games | Mortal Kombat |
| “ | You know what you are. What you're made of. War is in your blood. Don't fight it. You didn't kill for your country. You killed for yourself. God's never gonna make that go away. When you're pushed, killing's as easy as breathing. | „ |
| ~ John Rambo |
Summary
John James Rambo (born July 6, 1947) is a fictional character in the Rambo saga. A former Vietnam veteran and highly skilled Green Beret, Rambo returned from the war as a decorated, but disturbed hero. He is filled with self-loathing and hates killing, but is willing to use his skills to protect those close to him. Rambo has a muscular physique due to his time as a soldier in the army and his intense training regimen. He has a high amount of strength and stamina. Rambo is an expert in surviving in dense forests against a large number of enemies due to his experiences in the Vietnam War. He is also an expert in guerrilla tactics, weapons, and hand-to-hand combat.
The portrayal of the character earned Stallone widespread acclaim and recognition. The character was nominated for American Film Institute's list 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-B physically, at least 9-A with explosive arrows, up to 8-C with explosives, High 8-C with Tallboy bomb
Name: John James Rambo, Raven, Lone Wolf (field names), Johnny (by Sam Trautman), Boatman (by Lewis), Juanito (by Hugo Martinez)
Origin: Rambo
Gender: Male
Age: 36 in Rambo I, 39 in Rambo II, 42 in Rambo III, 62 in Rambo IV, 72 in Rambo V
Classification: Veteran Soldier of the Vietnam War, Former Green Beret, Mercenary, Stick Fighter, Handyman, Riverboat Captain, Snake Catcher, Horse Farmer
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Preparation (Can create elaborate plans and traps in a short period of time), Weapon Mastery (Stated by Trautman to be the best with guns. Is proficient with any kind of weapon), Martial Arts (Was able to beat up lots of cops while escaping the police station, fighting multiple at once. Defeated a man in an escrima stick fight. Fought and bested Kourov), Enhanced Senses (Was able to sense a snake slithering up behind him. Was able to spot and kill spetnaz soldiers in a cave so dark, that soldiers were using nightvision to see. Was able to hear a helicopter coming from far away, when not even Trautman could hear it. Him and Schoolboy were able to hear some trackers and their dogs approaching, even though they're inaudible to the audience. Stated to be able to stalk soldiers by their heartbeat in First Blood teaser), Acrobatics (Can climb huge mountains without any equipment. Is able to jump on top of a moving car, and climb into the passenger's seat. Was able jump out from a body of water up onto a helicopter flying just above the surface. Can jump from great heights without injuring himself), Stealth Mastery (Can run past through people without being noticed. Is able to hide from hundreds of people looking for him, and can successfully infiltrate heavily guarded enemy camps. His bow makes no sound), Vehicular Mastery (Is able to proficiently drive Tanks, Helicopters, Army trucks, Motorcycles, Boats, and even Excavators), Camouflage (Is able to blend with the environment. Capable of hiding in the shadows. Has used mud to camouflage himself), Rage Power (Was as able to overpower multiple police officers when enraged. When angered he was able to beat 2 soviet soldiers, even though he was tortured for hours before that. When he got angry he was able to win a fight which he was losing), Resistance to Pain (Has endured torture. Was barely fazed by having a burning knife in his face. He's okay grabbing barbed wire while cutting his way through a fence. Stated to be able to ignore pain), Electricity (Could withstand being electrocuted for hours, with a voltage high enough to affect the electricity of a whole camp. Colonel Podovsky even called Rambo "The strongest so far" implying no one had gone that far), Fire (Can survive burning his own wound, note that the fire goes through his innards), Extreme Temperatures (Stated to be able to ignore weather. Could live in a very cold mountain with just a few clothes for days without any side effect. Was able to fight and run for hours in a scalding desert without suffering heat illness)
Flight and Homing Attack (Via Helicopters. The Mil Mi 24 attack helicopters are equipped with anti-tank guided missiles), Explosion Manipulation (With his explosive arrows and other weaponry), Fire Manipulation (Via his Sawn-Off Shotgun with Dragon's breath ammunition), Healing (The handle of his survival knife has a cap that can be removed, and it holds a needle and thread for stitching up wounds. He has also improvised a healing and cauterization method using a 7.62x39mm rifle round from the magazine of an AKMS), Weapon Creation (Can forge a machete for himself. Created his own incendiary shells with magnesium. While hiding out in the woods, was able to create a bunch of spikes and a makeshift spear), limited Optic Illusions (Was able to use a scarecrow to make the cops think it was him, while he shot them from a different location. While being searched for in a cave by some Soviets, tied a glowstick to an arrow and fired it into a man, this caught the men's attention and made them fire at their comrade. Used hidden trapdoors around the ranch where he could pop in and out of, to make his enemies confused about his real location)
Attack Potency: Wall level+ (Can decapitate people with one machete slash. Could easily break a soldier's neck with a vine. Was able to ram a pointy but blunt steel pipe through a guy's face. Able to tear out a Tatmadaw soldier's throat, Burma's Tatmadaw soldiers. Could easily cut someone's leg clean off with just one strike from a machete. Can trade blows with those capable of harming him), at least Small Building level (With his explosive arrows), up to Building level with explosives (Collapsed his entire farm field with explosives), Large Building level with Tallboy bomb (Caused a "Grand Slam" bomb to detonate, which wiped out a million cubic feet of earth)
Speed: Superhuman (Has evaded direct gunshots from police officers, ducked AKM gunfire before it's bullets hit a stone, dove into water before a grenade, shot by a grenade launcher, could hit a wall, managed to get out of the way of a main battle tank which was about to crush him despite being wounded in the leg) to Subsonic combat speed and reactions (Outran gunfire from a helicopter-mounted GAU-8 Avenger. Can easily pull out a gun and shoot several men before they can react), Supersonic+ attack speed with some other guns he used.
Lifting Strength: Likely Class 5 (Comparable with Kourov who was able to provide at least 1/4th the force to flip a ZIL-157 truck which weighs over 5 metric tons. Ripped out a soldier's trachea. Capable of snapping necks easily), up to Class 10 with vehicles.
Striking Strength: Wall level+, higher with vehicles (Rammed a T-72 Battle Tank into a Mil Mi-24)
Durability: Wall level+ (Can survive falls from great heights, explosions and high caliber rounds. Should be superior to Lewis. Lewis survived an explosion after stepping on a mine. The type of mines that the Burmese soldiers were using, could blow people into little pieces, and not only did Lewis not lose any limb, he also was still able to fight after that. Rambo was also able to survive being hit by the shockwave of a Tallboy bomb explosion, the same shockwave destroyed multiple small trees before immediately catching him. Destroying a small tree requires at least 10890311.53 Joules of energy), up to Small Building level+ with vehicles (Took shots from a Mil Mi-24 while driving a T-72 Main Battle Tank)
Stamina: Superhuman (Was able to invade a Vietnamese camp, killed a bunch of soldiers using stealth, then spent the night running through the forests of Vietnam carrying a P.O.W., then killed a bunch of pirates in a boat, escaped the explosion of the same, only to continue running from the Vietnam army while carrying the P.O.W. He even ran from mortar fire. He then got captured and was tortured for hours. He was still able to escape the camp while being chased by a chopper. After running all night, his partner Co died, and he went into revenge mode, killing multiple soldiers in various ways. He then escaped from a barrel bomb explosion, had a fight, took a helicopter, destroyed the Vietnamese camp, went down and killed the remaining enemies, rescued the P.O.Ws, had a helicopter dog fight, won, and went back to base, all of that without pausing to eat or sleep.)
Range: Standard Melee Range without weapons, up to Kilometers with weapons and vehicles
- Knives: Rambo's Survival Knife, Rambo's Mini Machete
- Bows: Hoyt Archery Rambo compound, ML14 Mountaineer Longbow, Martin Cougar II Compound Bow, Razorback 5 explosive arrow heads
- Pistols: M1911A1, Custom Colt M1911A1
- Submachine Guns: Heckler & Koch HK94A3
- Machine Guns: M60, M60E3, GE M134 Minigun, PKM, Browning M2HB, DShK, Browning M2 Aircraft
- Rifles: M16A1, Winchester Model 88, M16, AK-47, AKM, AKMS, AMD-65, SVD Dragunov, M1 Garand
- Shotguns: Remington 870, Benelli M3 Super 90, Sawed off side by side shotgun
- Rocket Launchers: RPG-7, M72 LAW
- Grenades: M67 "Baseball" Grenade, M203 grenade launcher
- Vehicles: Yamaha XT 250, horses, Bell UH-1N, "Faux" Soviet T-72 Main Battle Tank, John Rambo's boat, 1992 Ford F-150 SuperCab, JCB 3CX
- Others: Zippo Lighter, Molotov cocktail, M18A1 Claymore Mine and Tallboy bomb, gasoline, hammer, rod, traps, explosives, makeshift spears and torch, etc.
Intelligence: Gifted (Experienced soldier, skilled in hand-to-hand combat, speaks several languages, trained medic and tactical genius; Rambo is a survival expert in almost any terrain, especially in jungles and dense forests. Rambo is also an expert in guerrilla warfare, and he is easily able to camouflage himself, create improvised weaponry, and nurse his own wounds. He is also an expert in operating various types of war machines like helicopters and tanks, firing artillery and machine guns and hand-to-hand combat)
Weaknesses: Suffers from PTSD. He likes to kill his opponents gruesomely in his vendettas as opposed to taking them out the most efficient way, as evident with Hugo when he told him "I could've killed you ten times."
Explanations
- Master Marksman: Rambo is incredibly skilled with many types of weapons, being able to use any weapons he finds in the field, including Kalashnikov Variants, M16s, Hunting Rifles, Shotguns, RPGs and Various M60 variants. His size and strength allows him to use an M60, without the aid of a turret, with barely any loss in accuracy from recoil. Rambo is also a very talented archer, preferring to use a bow, in times where he needs to be stealthy, but also uses explosive tips when he needs to cause destruction, even using one to take down a helicopter. Rambo is either left handed or ambidextrous, since he uses his left hand as his arrow hand while using his bow, and uses his right hand for firearms.
- Master Combatant: Rambo is also adept in unarmed combat, he has a muscular physique due to his time as a soldier in the army and his intense training regimen. He has a high amount of strength and stamina, as well as a great resistance to pain, and he is able to hold his own against larger or multiple foes single-handedly. His strength allows him to pull off a man's throat with his bare hand.
- Knife Mastery: Rambo has an affinity for knives, both as a weapon and a tool for survival. He has used his knife to create a spear, to make a make-shift torch, to pass a minefield, and to kill numerous foes.
- Stealth: Rambo is a master of stealth techniques, blending into his surroundings, making a make-shift ghillie suit, covering himself with mud, to hide from enemy forces, sometimes in plain sight, using bushes or camouflage of some sort, climbing trees to stay out of enemies' line of sight, setting diversions to draw enemy attention, such as scarecrows, light sources, and even captive enemies (also used as a scare tactic). His combat prowess stems from his knowledge of guerrilla warfare, he is known to make improvised traps, to kill and disable enemies, using minimal resources, such as a glowstick, a hand grenade, a tripwire stake trap, and even lured enemies into a field using the blood of a chicken, before igniting it with gasoline. He is able to use his terrain and darkness to turn things to his advantage.
- Gifted Intelligence: Rambo is also very intelligent. He can speak several languages, is a capable pilot and a skilled hunter. He is also trained as a medic. He is shown to perform medical procedures on himself, such as stitching and cauterizing his own wounds. Rambo is also very capable at orienteering, rock climbing (without safety equipment) and traversal of the wilderness, with minimal resources. He is also skilled at horse riding due to his time at his father's farm. He is also a skilled motorcyclist. Rambo speaks English (his native language) as well as Burmese as shown in the fourth Rambo movie. Having lived in Thailand for so long, it's reasonable to assume he also speaks fluent Thai.
Gallery
Notable Matchups
Victories:
John Wick (John Wick) John Wick's Profile (Everything above 9-B is restricted and speed was equalized)
John McClane (Die Hard) John McClane's Profile (Both were 9-B, battle was in a rocky terrain, and both had assault rifles)
Wights (Game of Thrones) Wights Profile (There were 100 human wights, Rambo had 12 hours to prepare, and he was carrying a M60, a Machete and a Bow. The battle was on the Amazon jungle)
John Matrix (Commando) John Matrix's Profile (Both were 9-B and speed was equalized)
Losses:
Inconclusive:
References
Discussions
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