Richard Grayson

“	Who do I think I am? Good question, really, and I'll answer like this: I've seen too much to be Robin, but I'm still too optimistic to be Batman. I'm Nightwing. I'm Officer Dick Grayson. I'm Barbara's boyfriend, Bruce Wayne's adopted son, and the last living member of the Amazing Flying Graysons. I'm happy.	„
	~ Richard John "Dick" Grayson

Richard John ¨Dick¨ Grayson is one of the many heroes in the DC Comics universe. Dick's first alias was Robin (The 1st Robin), and eventually dubbed the name Nightwing.

Background

Dick Grayson was formerly part of a family circus act called the flying Grayson's. After his parents were killed when there act was sabotaged, Bruce Wayne (aka Batman) took Dick under his wing as the first Robin. Dick went on to create his own team of superheroes called the Teen Titans, and even later adopted his own superhero identity as Nightwing. He's even filled in as Batman when Bruce was unavailable.

Powers and Abilities

• Master Hand-to-Hand Combat: After being put through Batman's brutal training regime, Dick became a master martial artist, capable of going toe-to-toe with and defeating other deadly fighters, including Talon, Midnighter and even an unrestrained Batman himself. Though not as skilled as Lady Shiva, she was left impressed with his fighting skill. As part of his Robin training, Bruce taught Dick a technique called "language of combat," wherein he can communicate with others while fighting.
  • Eskrima: Dick is a master of eskrima, a fighting style he frequently employs when wielding his dual batons.
  • Aikido
  • Savate
  • Muay Thai
  • Boxing
  • Capoeira
  • Kendo
  • Tae Kwon Do
  • Jeet Kune Do
  • Bojutsu
  • Hapkido
  • Ninjitsu
  • Tai Chi
  • Jujitsu
  • Judo
  • Kenpo
  • Wing Chun
  • Krav Maga
  • Kobubudo
  • Stick Fighting: Dick is a master of Bojutsu, a stick-based martial art that uses a bo staff. He was taught this fighting style by Batman, as part of his training.
• Peak Human Condition: Due to his training with Batman, Dick Grayson's bodily is at the peak of human condition (almost on Batman's level). He is also classified as the finest human athlete. He has displayed peak human strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, and endurance because to his dedication of extensive training at a young age.
  • Peak Human Strength: Nightwing possesses enough strength to break a holographic construct Bane's back, throw KGBeast through a concrete wall, throw a refrigerator with exerted effort and easily use a bed mattress as a weapon. He had even been able to damage Blockbuster. Dick can easily lift a man with one hand. His greatest feats of strength were breaking through a man legs made from titanium. Nightwing even managed to knock out Batgirl with a strong punch.
  • Peak Human Agility: Dick Grayson possesses peak human agility. He can coordinate his body with equilibrium, balance, flexibility, and dexterity far above than the trained athletes and one of the world's greatest acrobat. He is one of the 3 people able to do a quadruple backflip. His agility also enables him to possess high gymnastic and acrobatic prowess, Dick also can survive at certain heights that would even concern the likes of Superman and Starfire.
  • Peak Human Speed: Dick Grayson possesses peak human speed, able to keep up with and even surpass his mentor in speed. He has been said to be faster than Batman. He is capable of sprinting speeds of approximately 30 mph. Nightwing himself has said that he's fast enough to outrun a moving vehicle. He is also able to match Metahuman's in combat speed (with the exception of speedsters.) Dick even fast enough to tag a reserved Flash. He's managed to move quick enough to dodge a kick from Jesse Quick, when he was training her.
  • Peak Human Reflexes: He possesses enough skill to detect a Sniper and dodge several rapid gunfire bullets at mid or point blank range.
  • Peak Human Stamina: At peak capacity, Dick Grayson is highly resistant to toxins, and can exert himself for approximately an hour before beginning to slow down or tiring. He is capable of holding his breath for up to 7 minutes from training with Batman. Ever since his teenage years, he has been shown to intensely train for exceptionally lung capacity.
  • Peak Human Endurance: Grayson can tolerate large amounts of pain than average humans. He possessed endurance similar to his mentor and is able to survive attacks from Blockbuster, who possesses Superhuman Strength, and Osiris. He continued to function despite a direct gunshot from a .32 pistol grazed to the back of his head. He also functions for up to 4 days straight without any sleep. While not enhanced level, he endure the high temperatures from the flames.
  • Peak Human Senses: Due to Batman's training, Dick's senses are so acute, that he can effortless move around and even fight, while blindfolded.
• Acrobatics: Dick Grayson was an acrobatic prodigy as a child, being part of the Flying Graysons act who were well known for conducting incredible acrobatic feats without the use of a net.
• Gymnastics
• Espionage: Due to tutelage from Helena Bertinelli and experience from his tenure as an agent of the covert organization Spyral, he gained valuable espionage experience.
• Eidetic Memory: Batman taught Dick the Memory Palace Technique, which allowed him to remember Raptor and deduce that Raptor was to blame for his own problems and not Bruce Wayne.
• Genius Level Intellect: Having been personally trained by Batman, Dick is highly intelligent with advanced knowledge in various fields and is one of the most resilient and brilliant crime fighters in the world.
  • Chemistry
  • Disguise: Trained by Alfred Pennyworth, Dick is proficient in the art of disguise. He was capable of impersonating the Joker and Batman on occasion.
  • Escapology: Dick is an expert escape artist.
  • Forensic Science: Dick has an advanced degree in forensics.
  • Investigation: Trained personally by Batman, Dick is a world-class detective, he´s good enough to figure out a case with just a single look at the seen of a crime.
  • Leadership: Due to his charisma and usual positive outlook, Dick has proven himself to be a natural leader.
  • Lock Picking
  • Multilingualism: He can speak English, German, Russian, and nine other languages.
  • Physics
  • Tactical Analysis: Dick is a capable tactician due to his training from Batman. He is also skilled in reading the body motions of others, allowing him to to anticipate the actions of multiple armed opponents and even Batman.
  • Tracking
• Indomitable Will
• Interrogation
• Intimidation
• Seduction
• Sewing
• Aviation
• Driving
• Stealth: Dick's stealth is second to Batman's. He successfully remained undetected by the likes of Alfred Pennyworth, Batgirl, Red Hood, and Red Robin; while in the Batcave.
• Throwing: Dick is capable of throwing various objects and weapons with precision. He has often thrown his escrima sticks to incapacitate his opponents. He has even done the same with the use of a gun. On one occasion Dick was able to make his escrima sticks ricochet 37 times before returning to him.
• Weaponry: Due to his training with Batman, Richard is well versed in many melee weapons such as staffs, escrima sticks and bladed weaponry such as swords.
  • Firearms: Dick is a master marksman, and is highly skilled in the use of firearms.
  • Swordsmanship

​Equipment

• Nightwing Suit: As Nightwing, Richard Grayson's costume is tailored specifically to his unique style of crime-fighting. It is made up of sturdy but flexible material that not only suits his strength, speed and acrobatics but also is durable enough to withstand gunfire. His former costume was a stylized red "wing" across his shoulders and extending to his hands, coloring his two middle fingers, over a black torso and legs. He also has gauntlets much like Batman's suit. He also has variants of his costume with different design elements, one of which was an armored suit that sported a Bat Symbol, which has since been used by Red Hood. His suit houses various hidden compartments for his gadgetry such as smoke pellets, fire extinguishing pellets, wing-dings and small bombs. The fingertips of the suit also enable him to use lockpicks and a needle which can give chemical analysis.
  • Domino Mask: As Nightwing, Dick's domino mask is shaped just like his wing-dings. It has various capabilities such as being able to track the GPS coordinates of a cellphone, thermal vision, detect radio waves, and is capable of giving detailed analysis of scenes and fights.
  • Gauntlets: Hidden within secret compartments lies Nightwing's gadgetry, in which a great majority seems to be hidden. He has various gadgetry in his gauntlets such as binoculars and they are occasionally used to store his Escrima Sticks. His gauntlets can also shoot remote bombs, a sonic device with his ear dampeners, arm blades, electric shocks on his fist and a grapple line.
  • Electric Shock: Dick's entire suit is wired to deliver a 150-thousand-volt shock through the gloves of the suit, however it only has enough power for a one-time charge.
  • EMP Mask: A highly advanced mask created by Lucius Fox, the mask is made of webbing that retracts light surrounding the wearer's head and artificially alters the appearance of someone's face. Richard has used it to sneak into Arkham Asylum and pose as Joker and used it again to gain information on Lady Shiva.
• Spyral Implants: During his time as an agent of Spyral, Dick received various implants to better aid him in the field when he was on his missions. These were shut down after he left Spyral.
  • Hypnos: Hypnos are implants that enable the user to hypnotize others. Dick immediately displayed mastery in using Hypnos despite it normally taking years to master. However, it is revered as a dangerous implant which can cause a two-way brain scramble if misused.
  • Identity Protection: The implants make the user's face unable to be captured by surveillance cameras and a person's memory.
• Utility Belt: In conjunction with Batman, Nightwing wields his own utility belt. Which holds all of his gadgets and tools.
  • Escrima Sticks: Personalized by Richard himself, his escrima sticks are dual fighting baton-like sticks. He also later upgraded them so they could shoot a grappling line, and even hold some smoke bombs. The sticks can also combine together into a bo-staff.
    • Tasers: Dick's Escrima sticks are wired with 50,000 high voltage tasers of electricity.
  • Wing-Dings: As a member of the Bat family, Dick has the varied Batarangs, or throwable shurikens, he also comes with dulled, ultra-sonic soundwave, explosive and electric wing dings.
  • Smoke Pellets
  • Grapple Gun
  • Flares
  • Brass Knuckles
  • Lockpicks
  • Wrist Darts
  • Bo Staff: Nightwing's quite proficient with a bo staff. His bo can separate into scrimage sticks, and emit electricity

Feats

Strength

• Strong enough to punch people through stone walls.
• Smashed through a sheet of ice from underwater.
• Threw a 280 pound man across a room.
• Can throw a refrigerator.
• Can bench press 350 pounds.
• Broke Bane's back.
• Broke a car window while the car was submerged underwater (24,000 PSI).
• Held back the 19,000 PSI bite force of an Orca

Speed

• Dodges bullets point blank.
• Is said to be faster than Batman.

Durability

• Once jumped off a skyscraper from 140 feet and landed on his butt, and was fine.
• Has been able to take bullet wounds and explosives and still continue fighting.

Skill

• Goes up against Deathstroke.
• Once lassoed The Flash.
• Was trained by Batman, who is renowned as one of the best fighters on DC earth.
• Fought his mentor Batman to a stalemate.
• Formed, and led his own superhero team.
• Batman says Nightwing is the one person he trusts the most.
• At one point, Nightwing spent 96 hours patrolling city streets looking for the criminal master mind Two-Face, and an additional 5 or more hours collecting evidence (A 2010 study on sleep deprivation noted that 72 hours without sleep leads to a number of horrific side effect, including hallucinations), and when it was time to leap between blimps hundreds of feet in the air, and give the beatdown Two-Face deserved, you couldn't even tell Dick was in desperate need of a nap.
• Can solve a kidnapping with a single look at the scene of a crime.
• Once preformed a 25 mile high skydive at 930 mph (faster than the speed of sound), which took all of 15 minutes (for reference, real-life austrian athlete Felix Baumgartner performed a similar great leap from 24 miles high, hitting a maximum speed of over 800 mph. To pull this off, he needed a specialized suit that can protect him from the extreme cold, unfiltered sunlight, and lack of oxygen, one mistake in movement could've put him into a rapid spin, rendering him unconscious and causing his blood to boil) and Dick just did it without any of that.

Weaknesses

• Has had his fare share of losses (his scarred body is proof of them).
• Humanity
• Mental Illness: Dick became insane after Damian ressurected him with the Lazarus Pit (Justice League Dark: Apokolips War).