Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-13895380-20160824190348/@comment-13895380-20160826012248

Kaestal wrote: I meant that Post Speed Force experience Barry was faster than Season 2 RF, I doubt season 2 Reverse Flash Returns Eobard was at his full potential speed wise and I don't think Harrison Eobard was slower than that extremely early incarnation, he had Tachyons after all.

As for The Reverse Flash Returns, did you not see that Barry was left in the dust by Eobard in that episode and he had to take different paths to intercept him? There was a scene where they were racing (keep in mind that at this point Barry can still go only Mach 2) and he tries to reach out with his arm at Eobard, Eobard looks back, and then Barry is left in the dust just like season 1 with Harrison Eobard.

I don't think RFR Eobard is anywhere near as experienced as the Nora Killing Eobard, or has the raw speed of that one either.

You say he knew Barry was chasing him.... yes, he did, does that mean he knew exactly where he was though? Nope, and it showed.

As of now Barry can move faster than Mach 14 and will probably keep getting faster and I think that the Eobards he will encounter will eventually match him both tactically and speed wise.

Also, does having higher speeds make a speedsters healing factor increase? Okay on the first part.

RF had a head start so it makes sense that Barry couldn't catch him right away. My point is that Barry couldn't catch Zoom but could catch Season 2 RF, regardless of using shortcuts and that RF should be aware of his surroundings as is Zoom, since they both knew Barry was chasing them. I think speed was a factor in this. I doubt Zoom was much smarter than "genius from the future" Eobard, who had faced future Barry before many times.

I mean, I get your point, it's totally plausible that Barry only caught him because he took a different path, but I still feel that if S2 was still faster than Barry and had experience fighting against future Barry, then he shouldn't have gotten tagged that easily, especially because it doesn't happen to Zoom. :P

Yeah, I agree. Season 2 RF wasn't as good as the one that kills Barry's mom and he shouldn't be expected to be better.

IMO, it makes sense that more speed force = increased speed, and should increase all of the other speed-related abilities such as healing factor, which is another reason why I think Barry had to be as fast or faster than S2 RF to beat him up so easily after he knocked him down. Either that or they simply made RF lose easier than he should have IMO. :P

@MarkManeMcIntyre

I think the creators revealed that Zoom was faster than S1 Wells before the second season even premiered.