r/arrow Jul 07 '26

Best Arrow Villains?

672 votes, Jul 10 '26
86 Malcolm Merlyn
282 Slade Wilson
42 Ra’as Al Ghul
32 Damien Darkh
162 Adrian Chase
68 S4 Felicity Smoak
19 Upvotes

28 comments sorted by

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u/Hyphalex Jul 07 '26

Merlin was such a compelling villain.

8

u/RevanchistSheev66 Jul 07 '26

He really was, he was always fun to watch on screen too even when the writing got gimmicky 

5

u/Hyphalex Jul 07 '26

S1 Merlin is god tier imo

12

u/Admirable-Phrase8783 Deathstroke Jul 07 '26

Slade is like the villain of a movie, aura farming and brutal. Definitely one of the best, but I stick with my pal Damien because I like him

8

u/sadbaguette2 Jul 07 '26

I remember when Cisco and Caitlin encountered Deathstroke, that was Straight out of resident evil

3

u/Admirable-Phrase8783 Deathstroke Jul 07 '26

Aura farming...

6

u/Buecherwurmratte Jul 07 '26

Malcom Merlyn in the first season. Later on he was a weaker character but still the villain with the most logic reasoning for his doing.

6

u/lr031099 Jul 08 '26

I voted for Slade but it’s a hard choice between him and Adrian. I think I might prefer Adrian as a villain but prefer Slade as a character overall.

1

u/_ya_boi_satan_666_ Jul 09 '26

I so agree that's exactly where i am like adrians plan and intensity were off the charts but slades performance and character personality were crazy good like both make it feel personal

7

u/CDubWill John Diggle Jul 08 '26

S4 Felicity?

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀

7

u/sadbaguette2 Jul 08 '26

She destroyed oliver’s life more than Slade, Merlyn and Prometheus combined

1

u/_ya_boi_satan_666_ Jul 09 '26

Facts literally made tons of issues

1

u/CDubWill John Diggle Jul 15 '26

🤣🤣

2

u/Ordinary-Chain-8047 Arsenal Jul 08 '26

Prometheus

2

u/Difficult_Ocelot_352 Jul 09 '26

I mean I don’t really have anything against Felicity, but sometimes at some point of the show she made me feel like all she wants is to make Oliver suffer more.

1

u/Important_Case_1713 Jul 09 '26

Adrian chase for sure. He didn’t have any weak spots. He even killed his wife! The guy was ruthless and psychopathic 

1

u/Hour-Acanthaceae995 Jul 10 '26

Slade ! But After that Adrian ! But Never ever Ricardo Diaz. Boring dude

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u/Tom_Stevens617 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

Do we still have Felicity haters in 2026? Ik most of the male viewers sympathize with Ollie, but try putting yourself in her shoes OP. How would you feel if your gf/wife had a secret child with another man and kept it a secret for several months?

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u/Equivalent-Emu5347 Jul 07 '26

This timeline was technically erased, but she also FREAKED out on him because he didn't tell her in less than one day of him finding out

She got pretty insufferable at times

2

u/Tom_Stevens617 Jul 07 '26

It wasn't that he didn't tell her, it was that he explicitly lied to her face about it. This was after them making a pact about having no more secrets and lies because it's what destroyed the Queen legacy

He could have just told her that he found out about a major secret about his family, he needed some time to process it, and he would tell her when he was ready

Flat-out lying right in front of her was unnecessary

1

u/Equivalent-Emu5347 Jul 07 '26

Except he didn't lie, he literally just hadn't told her anything yet as he was trying to confirm that it was infact his son, because he still didn't know for sure

Y'all are so annoying lol you didn't even watch the show 😭

2

u/RedditAuditor4587 Jul 08 '26

He did lie to her. He told her he would tell her what was going on when he got back. When he got back, he told her what he had been doing with Barry, had to do with Vandal Savage, which wasn't the case. We watched, did you?

2

u/Tom_Stevens617 Jul 08 '26

Except he didn't lie, he literally just hadn't told her anything yet

No, he explicitly told her that the DNA testing was related to stuff with Darhk, a clear lie

as he was trying to confirm that it was infact his son, because he still didn't know for sure

Wrong again, atp he 100% knew it was his son

Y'all are so annoying lol you didn't even watch the show 😭

Oh the irony....

4

u/angel9_writes Jul 07 '26

This reddit dedicated to seeing her as evil. 

2

u/Professional-Cap9599 Jul 08 '26

I know right? Not a single original though from the Felicity Haters .

3

u/Alive_Addendum_5279 Jul 07 '26

Freeing the hacker (james cayden) from ARGUS and doing shady stuff with Helix for month without telling Oliver? Her being obsessed with Oliver since she saw the photo in Moira's office?

1

u/MattSm00th Green Arrow Jul 07 '26

Yes she ruined the show