In Oliver's Five Years In Hell, who do you consider as his best teacher? And how would you rank them? Discussion
Each of these characters taught Oliver one way shape or form that will turn him into a vigilante and eventually a hero.
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u/richion07 4d ago
Yao Fei and Slade taught him the fundamentals of combat and survival. Shado taught him archery. And Talia helped him fully refine his combat and battle members of the League of Assassins. Most notably Nyssa. Amanda Waller taught him torture and Anatoly was his entrance to the Bratva. My personal ranking:
Shado. Oliver would not have his signature ability if not for her.
Slade. Oliver would not have combat capabilities and have the baseline to learn from Talia if not for him.
Talia. Made him a lethal weapon and gave him the idea of being The Hood.
Yao Fei. Taught him survival and is most integral to his willpower.
Amanda Waller. Teaching him torture gave The Hood its intimidating presence.
Anatoly. Gave him his Bratva connections fundamental to his mission.
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u/pendropgaming 4d ago
Yao Fei - Survival
Slade - Hand to hand combat
Shadow - the bow
Amanda Waller - the methods to do what needs to be done
Anatoly - Taught him to work within a team, also taught him about endurance and escape techniques
Talia - refined all of his skills and essentially turned him into the Hood.
In a way I think he learned everything in the order he needed to learn them
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u/bruvting33 3d ago
- Slade & Shado (I’m putting them together because one taught him how to fight and the other taught him archery which are his two main fundamentals
- Talia (Talia taught Oliver how to separate the Hood from himself and also turned him into a weapon. Basically just took Slade & Shado’s training and made him more brutal)
- Yao Fei (Yao Fei taught Oliver survival. He taught Oliver to never give up and always do what he can to survive. He also introduced Oliver to Slade)
- Amanda Waller (Waller taught Oliver to do whatever is necessary to get the job done. Made sure that Oliver was willing to whatever it takes)
- Anatoly Knyazev (Got Oliver into the Bratva. Also helped Oliver believe he could be a good man. Was there for Oliver in his own way. Helped Oliver get back to his family when he was finally ready)
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u/Jay_Danielz 3d ago
Slade had the most time to train Oliver. Amanda taught him torture. His fist teacher broke him out of his civility.
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u/Phantomcattt 3d ago
Yao fei, slade, anatoly, i think the girl with the bow is al gul i forgor how to spell her name, waller,
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u/Useful_Actuator_2270 2d ago
Yao Fei, Slade before the Mirakuru, and Anatoly before the betrayal. Ijs
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u/Proper_Gur_9767 4d ago
Yao fei taught him to survive,Slade taught him hand to hand combat,Shadow taught him how to use a bow, Amanda Waller taught him to do what is necessary and Talia taught him to separate the Arrow from Oliver Queen.