ACROBATIC SKILL
Is the world's greatest acrobat (underlined in yellow) (52 #25)
Dick Grayson as a child before he became Robin performs the quadruple flip of doom a maneuver that only 3 people in the world have pulled off (Batman #436)
Nightwing v2 #0:
Would regularly play with his childhood acrobatic friend Raymond (aka Saiko) in a game of parkour train racing for fun (that he usually won) as we see him showing off his impressive agility and speed as they race around and on top of speeding trains. In addition, Dick moves fast enough to save a man from being ran over by one of those speeding trains
Young Dick Grayson before he even became Robin using his agility to get around town quickly and is shown moving through traffic, jumping across and down rooftops, plus unofficially helping out/teaming up with Batman to take down criminals without any combat training
Batman making a small comment that even as a kid, Dick (before he became Robin) could teach him a few things about acrobats (Robin Annual #4)
As a rookie Robin dodging bullets at close range and counting the shots fired then taking out the gunman. Soon after Batman compliments Dick on his speed and agility saying how he makes it look easy (Robin Year One #1)
Impressed with his acrobatic ability, Tim Drake mentions how even a rookie Dick Grayson as Robin is a natural and couldn't pull off the same acrobatic move Dick just performed (Robin #10)
While still a rookie Robin at the time, he jumps out a helicopter with his hands tied behind his back and escapes from his binds in midair using his acrobatic skill and speed. He then uses his agility to get back in the helicopter and quickly afterwards kicks Tusk out of it (Batman and Robin v2 Annual #2)
Casually using his agility to easily and quickly get himself down from the top of a building down to the ground like its nothing (Nightwing #3)
Using only his agility to quickly get to the top of a building (Batman & Robin Eternal #2)
Very skillfully lands & recovers from a lethal freefall that he's unexpectedly forced into using his agility (Nightwing v2 #28)
Nightwing #9:
Impressively survives an extremely high and rapidly fast freefall without injury due to the years of acrobatic training as a kid and lands using a rolling acrobatic move
Cleverly uses certain grocery store items for cover against gunfire then uses an acrobatic maneuver meant to impress a circus crowd against the gunmen
Uses his acrobatic skill to quickly take off his costume and answer the door despite being very tired (Nightwing #11)
In the middle of high speed chase while under heavy machine gun fire, he leaps from the top of a speeding van onto the gunmen on the speeding motorcycle pursuing behind him (Nightwing #46)
Nightwing #48-49:
Tied up in a very strong special fabric that causes him to go into freefall but he's still able save himself from being killed with his acrobatic maneuvers
Dodging and avoiding Sylph's fabric with very little room to move around still managing to close the gap and tackle her
Avoids being blown apart by a bomb thanks to his years of acrobatic training (Nightwing #71)
Able to get from up high off the side of a hill onto the top of a speeding train using his agility (Grayson #1)
Very skillfully flipping off the top of a speeding train then off the bridge while carrying then tossing a large man with one arm showcasing his upper body strength in the process and safely landing them both on the ground (Grayson #1)
Nightwing #73
Able to leap onto a speeding bullet train
Using great balance, agility, and speed to beat up 4 men ontop of a speeding train even in darkness at one point
Quickly climbs high up the Eiffel Tower
Catches a thief using acrobats (Nightwing #75)
Pulls off a flip on a motorcycle while in a high speed chase and still lands on his cycle although he crashes (Nightwing #76)
While trying to solve Chief Redhorn's murder he traces the footsteps of the killer using his uncanny agility to break inside the building where the murder took place. After going down a brief list of very talented acrobatic people, he concludes the only person who could have broken into the building the same way is if he committed the murder himself (Nightwing #83)
Makes a high jump to grab a bad guy swinging by helicopter then uses his acrobats to land on his feet once he lets go (Nightwing #111)
Binds several air blimps together with the use of acrobatic skill (Nightwing #150)
Impressively saves a dead corpse trapped in a wheelchair in the middle of speeding highway traffic using his agility and speed (Nightwing 80 Page Special)
Does a good job dodging Batman One Million's homing datarangs (Nightwing One Million)
Using his natural agility & speed, Dick easily keeps up with and catches Batman by the cape who's seen using his grapnel gun to move around and was trying to get away from Nightwing since he didn't want to fight (Batman #600)
Showcasing highly advanced parkour skill to get around the city to his next destination as he's seen jumping from one vehicle to another even in the middle of traffic as he meets up with Squire on her motorcycle (Batman and Robin #7)
While on top of a speeding car he's shown dodging sub machine gun at point blank range then pulls off an acrobatic back flip from the top of the speeding car onto his speeding bat cycle that was pursuing from a distance behind him (Detective Comics #872)
Freefalling from an extremely high height and landing on his feet onto a balcony (Detective Comics #876)
Using his acrobatic skill to get over the firefighter perimeter setup (Gotham Knights #9)
Later on, he mimics Batman's movement by throwing himself off a skyscraper to test if the fall is survivable in order to figure out what happened to Bruce (Gotham Knights #10)
Showcasing his amazing acrobatic skill as he catches the Double Dare twins when he throws himself off a skyscraper and they follow (Gotham Knights #14)
Jumping from the top of a skyscraper and onto one of Batman's safe houses without a cable line to aid him. Plus, he's able to move fast enough from being caught in an explosion set off as a booby trap then avoid freefalling to his death as he lands gracefully on feet (Titans #1)
Jumps out an airplane without a parachute straight into battle on the ground (Outsiders v3 #2)
Uses his acrobatic skills to get inside a HIVE base quickly & safely despite falling from a very high height with even Superman and Starfire showing great concern due to how high the fall was (The Titans #2)
After being accidentally dropped by Superman (who thought he was a random suicidical man free falling to his death) he's still able to save himself (and land safely) from a very high and lethal free fall without a rope or cable line using just his honed acrobatic skill (Grayson Annual #2)
Playfully using his agility to get on top of a boulder being held up by Donna Troy while she's hovering above everyone in the air (Trinity #33)
Dodging high tech tentacles being controlled that managed to capture/take down the rest of his Titans teammates except him (The Titans #29)
Gets passed the battle between Doomsday and Cyborg Superman then the lethal Watchtower security defenses that are being controlled by Cyborg Superman using his agility (Superman Batman Annual #5)
SPEED/REFLEXES
On his first night out in the field as Robin, he uses his speed and agility to dodge Lady Shiva's shurikens then quickly closes the distance between them to engage Lady Shiva in combat who (not surprisingly) easily beats up the rookie Robin. However, she still acknowledges his naturally high potential as fighter on top of commenting that he has graceful and fluid movement (Nightwing v2 #0)
Expert acrobat Nightrunner (chosen to be the Batman of France for Batman Inc) notices that Dick is faster than Bruce and much more fluid just like him (Batman Annual #28)
Nightwing #52:
Catwoman mentions how Dick moves just like Batman only slighty faster
Beats Catwoman in a quick race to grab a stolen diamond
Easily dodging Catwoman's every move while trying to reason with her and showcases even more of his speed as he appears in front of her after she runs away ahead of him (Gotham Knights #10)
Arsenal admits that he wouldn't be able to dodge Dick's attacks if he was thinking straight and wasn't letting his personal issues get the better of him (The New Titans #101)
Even Wally West aka The Flash is surprised at Dick's speed having forgotten how fast he is (Titans Rebirth #1)
While fighting the super human assassin Deathstroke, he breaks his spear, disarms him of his gun, dodges his sword swing then stops and catches Deathstroke's sword empty handed using both hands without being hit even once in the process thanks to his impressive agility, speed, and skill (Nightwing #117)
Standing in for Bruce as Batman, he dodges The Joker's every attack (who's using a chainsaw) with his agility and speed then restrains him with one arm despite the Joker being enhanced with Dionesium (a formula similar to what Talons use) that gives him super human level abilities including a healing factor. This is impressive considering the fact that even Batman (Bruce Wayne) later on the same issue has a hard time even hitting the Joker at first due to the Joker's superior speed and agility over Bruce thanks to the Dionesium he's taking (Batman v2 #40)
Moves Batman out the way in time before Bruce is shot in the back and mentions how his senses have improved since moving to Bludhaven (Nightwing #13)
Displays very fast reflexes, amazing agility, great awareness, and leg strength as he uses his legs to lift and quickly move Helena out the way in time before she could be killed by the Ocra monster behind them (Grayson #6)
Showing off just how ridiculously fast he is by taking down a small unit of cops with ease then still beating Prankster to the rooftop who he allowed to have a big head start over him (Nightwing v2 #21)
Stalemates Batgirl (Cassandra Cain who normally displays meta human like speed and agility) in a race to the Theater (Legends of the Dark Knight #184)
Catching an arrow shot at him from a bow then destroying the archer's bow with the same arrow by throwing the arrow through the bow itself showcasing his reflex speed, marksmanship, and strength (Grayson #18)
Dodges Brutale's (master marksmen) knife without looking while fighting Lady Vic (Nightwing #74)
Showcasing very good reflexes as he catches a knife in midair that's thrown at his back as he's walking away from the person who threw it at him (Detective Comics #36)
Intercepts a knife in midair that's thrown by Midnighter (who has superhuman reflexes and is a master marksman) by kicking it away before it could reach/kill it's intended target which displays his impressive movement speed, reflex speed, and technique (Grayson #7)
Easily dodges a pipe thrown by Ravager who mocks Dick about not having superhuman reflexes since she does (Nightwing #113)
Despite Manhunter (Kirk DePaul) having superhuman reflexes, Dick ducks under Manhunter's dagger strike then quickly disarms him of his gun using his acrobatic skill (The Power Company Manhunter)
Easily blocks his own wing shuriken that was thrown back at him with his escrima stick (Nightwing v2 #19)
Deflects 8 balls with his escrima stick (Nightwing #47)
Dodges Calcutta's (master markswomen) blades and even deflects them back at her in mid air pinning her to the wall (Nightwing #131)
Deflects and blocks batarangs thrown by Robin (now Red Robin Tim Drake who's also an expert marksmen) with his escrima sticks (Nightwing #139)
Using his reflex speed he's able to deflect a projectile (tranq dart?) shot at him from a hidden enemy who turns out to be Midnighter also showing off his high level of perception (Grayson #1)
Deflected away daggers thrown by Arsenal (one of the very best marksman in the DCU) at him with a batarang (Justice League: Rise of Arsenal #3)
KOes 2 armed guards with his skill, speed, and agility before they can react and snatches the gun away from 3rd one then takes him down too (Nightwing Mini #3)
Snatches the gun out the hand of a man who has a gun pointed at his back then uses the gun to quickly disarm another man up above him from a distance on a fire escape showing amazing marksmenship as well as reflex speed (Nightwing Annual #1)
Quickly snatches the gun out the hand of a security guard then uses the same gun as a throwing weapon against another guard close by taking him down before he could attack (Grayson #10)
Quickly KOes an armed cartel enforcer behind his back with his escrima stick before the enforcer could even get the chance to shoot him despite also being within close range (Titans Hunt #1)
Quickly prevents Nemesis from shooting his gun at him within close range then takes him down. Nemesis also mentions that Dick moves faster than he can see (Nemesis #2)
Showing off his reflex speed as he hits Vigilante with a batarang before he could even fire off a gunshot (despite being within close range) and knocks him off the rooftop as a result (Vigilante v3 #10)
Able to bypass Batman's security within a few minutes (Nightwing #69)
Moves fast enough with his cable line to save Amy from being blown apart by a bazooka missile fired by Deathstroke despite being at a pretty long distance to begin with (Nightwing #81)
Manages to rescue a little girl just in time before the yacht they're on blows them apart (Nightwing #5)
Moves fast enough to save a cop from being blown away by an exploding car that's within close range of her (Batman Annual #27)
Saves Alfred from a league of assassin ninja and catches him from being knocked out a high story window at the Wayne Mansion (Nightwing #138)
Using amazing speed and acrobatic ability, he catches up to a train in time to take out two armed criminals before they realize he's even behind them (Nightwing #2)
Dodging and fighting off criminals with only 1 hand and holding on to the vehicle moving at 70 mph with the other (Nightwing #16)
Mentions that he's fast enough to beat a fast moving car and proves it as he displays amazing speed & agility to beat the car he was tailing in traffic before it could reach its destination then climbs up a building on his own (Nightwing #28)
Catches up to a speeding getaway car with his agility & speed then beats up the criminals inside the car (Batman #713)
Displaying his uncanny speed as he quickly dashes to the top of a cabin house then makes an incredibly high and long jump to catch a helicopter that's already a good distance away in order to save Batman (Batman & Nightwing Bloodborne)
Using very impressive speed and acrobats he catches up with the flying high tech armored assassin Scarab and manages to plant a tracer on him despite being too high up, too far away, and having already flown off a long distance in the air according to Red Robin making it impossible for him to chase down but not Dick. We also see Dick skillfully land on his feet after being forced into a free fall in mid air with Red Robin commenting how free falls are actually fun to him (Red Robin #23)
Moves fast enough to save Mary from a sniper bullet (Nightwing #72)
GUNFIRE/LASERS
Charging head on at 2 gunmen while dodging their gunfire then sliding at them and taking them down (Nightwing The Target)
Nightwing #5:
Fliping around machine gunfire at close range
Yet again flipping around machine gunfire at close range but this time from Lady Vic (professional assassin)
Dodging gunfire from mid range from several gunmen then quickly closing the gap to take out the gunmen in 1 attack (Nightwing #6)
Evades a lot of gunfire from a large group of well armed gunmen inside a mall and hops on top of a speeding car attempting to run him over (Nightwing #9)
Dodging automatic machine gun fire at close range then taking out the gunmen (Nightwing #60)
Dodging and evading gunfire from the Bludhaven Swat Team who's chasing him around Bludhaven plus impressively dodges their gunfire within a stairway despite being in such an enclosed space (Nightwing #32)
Despite being cornered by a SWAT team he's still able to dodge their machine gunfire without being hit plus jump right through the opening of a helicopter onto the top of a speeding train. To top it off, we then see him make an impressively long jump off the moving train and grab hold of the helicopter then save the lives of the same SWAT team that just tried to kill him (Nightwing v2 #19)
Detects a sniper behind him from on a rooftop at a distance then avoids every shot fired at him (Nightwing #133)
As a teenager, he dodges a gunshot fired by Vigilante (expert marksman) at close range using his acrobatic skill (Vigilante v1 #20)
Snatches the gun out the hand of Grifter then quickly dodging his gunfire at point blank range by back flipping over him (Grayson #17)
Evades gunshots from Deathstroke (who has super human reflexes and is a master marksman) within close range while saving his cop partner in the process then gets his partner a far enough distance away from Deathstroke to safety. However, it should be noted that he's shot in the process of saving his cop partner only due to selflessly using his own body as a human shield to protect his partner cop from being killed from Deathstroke's first gunshot (Nightwing #80)
Ducks a bullet fired at his face at point blank range by Tarantula who he then quickly disarms (Nightwing #87)
Ducks a bullet at point blank range after the trigger is pulled despite his other arm being tied up (Shadow of the Bat #34)
After gunshots are fired by the police at them, he's shown reacting super humanly fast being able to look their way then to use Firefly as a shield against the bullets before they can reach him (Nightwing #98)
Dodging 200 rounds per minute from a flying gunman above him who he manages to close the gap on and grab ahold of with a high jump (Nightwing #142)
Dodging a lot of gunfire from various gunmen in mid air (Outsiders v3 #4)
Dodging Killshot's (Russian cyborg assassin) automated machine gunfire at close range (The Titans #21)
Dodging remote controlled sentry gun fire from Red Hood despite having an injured leg (Batman #638)
Dodging gun fire from 2 highly advanced sentry guns at close range from a powerful robot drone known as SHOCK which is designed to capture or kill super heroes (New Titans Annual #8)
Dodging automated lasers that he turned up to the highest lethal intensity just to challenge himself in a obstacle course that was built by Batman to hone his acrobatic skill when he was still a much younger Robin (Superman #700)
An enraged teenage Dick as Robin dodges what the narrator describes as "a maze of lasers" without being grazed and takes down a Gordanian Slayer and Branx Warrior (New Teen Titans v1 #25)
Dodging laser fire alongside Aqualad (Tempest) (Tales of Teen Titans #47)
Dodging lasers from security guards using high tech laser guns and taking them down (Gotham Underground #1)
Moving through a laser field like its nothing (Nemesis #3)
META HUMANS/SUPER POWERED
Impressively dodging and closing the distance on Flrefly despite the fact that he's using a flamethrower (Nightwing #98)
Dodging objects thrown his way by Psimon's telekinesis and closing the distance gap between them with his agility as he's able to grab Psimon (Outsiders v3 #15)
Dodges an attempted punch from behind swung by Midnighter who has enhanced speed reflexes using his agility and speed (Grayson #6)
Vs Aqualad (Atlantean similar to Aquaman)
- Having forgotten who Aqualad is, he's surprised by Garth's Atlantean speed and yet is still able to dodge all his attacks within close melee combat range plus quickly gets him into a martial arts submission hold with Garth even questioning what he is due to his impressive speed (Titans Hunt #1)
- This time while attempting to reason more than fight he proves once again capable of dodging most of Aqualad's attacks in melee combat while using his acrobatic skill in the process although he's evenutally caught (Titans Hunt #2)
Quickly ducks Risk's super fast attack then tosses him aside as if he were any other normal kid to Risk's own amazement who mentions that he's never seen anyone duck so fast. Risk is physically super human plus invulnerable and The Atom makes it known to Risk that Dick is able to do this since he's an experienced pro. In addition, the same Risk has proven powerful enough to best even Superboy in a fight (Teen Titans v2 #5)
Dodging Captain Boomerang Jr's (Owen Mercer) boomerangs and blocking his super speed attacks in melee combat then is shown beating Captain Boomerang Jr. using only his skill. This is quite impressive since Owen has tagged speedsters and even The Flash (Wally West) with his boomerangs (Outsiders Five of a Kind: Nightwing & Boomerang)
Ducks Jesse Quick's super speed martial arts kick that he taught her although he wasn't really able to see it coming (The Titans #19)
Lasso's The Flash (Wally West) as he's running around the Titans Tower annoyingly (The Titans #20)
Easily dodging Vault's energy cages (The Titans #39)
Dodging Raptor 2.0's (an assassin wearing powerful high tech power armor made by Lex Corp) napalm blasts at close range (Nightwing #128)
Dodging wide energy blasts shot at him from a mid range distance (Grayson #1)
Dodges Anuttara's magical blasts using the triple round-off acrobatic technique as noted by the highly skilled acrobat Deadman (Brave and the Bold #15)
Dodges Dr. Light's blasts at close range and defeats him with his skill (New Teen Titans v1 #19)
Easily dodging a starbolt from an enraged Starfire without looking at close range with Cyborg mentioning that he's used to ducking them (The Titans #13)
Dodging Gorgon's eye beam that turns people into stone (New Teen Titans v2 #34)
Dodging Black Beetle's lethal eye beams who attempted to erase Batman from the timeline (Booster Gold v2 #21)
Dodging heat vision blasts from an Amazo prototype at close range despite having an injured leg and joking around (Batman #637)
Impressively dancing (dodging) around Superman's heat vision blasts being shot from Batman (who had Superman's powers in the story) at close range (Superman Batman #55)
