Batman: Arkham - Ranking EVERY Villain Worst To Best

25. Copperhead

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Only a couple of Black Mask's eight assassins really get the exposure they deserve in Arkham Origins - despite them basically being the main villains of the game - and Copperhead is certainly not one of them.

This female interpretation of the DC comics character is a highly acrobatic contortionist with a half-ninja, half-succubus kind of vibe. In-keeping with her name, she possesses many serpentine qualities, from a forked tongue to talons containing a deadly poison.

Batman finds himself on the receiving end of the latter, which causes him to hallucinate while trying to synthesise an antidote. The sequence would've been quite effective if it a) dialled back a bit on the whole 'guilty hero' cliché, and b) wasn't so reminiscent of an almost identical scene in Arkham Asylum, caused by Scarecrow's fear toxin.

Copperhead's part in the game culminates in a battle against wave after wave of her copies. After that, Batman locks her in a shipping container, and the story carries swiftly on without her.

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