User blog comment:Gifist8/Who Is Your Favorite Main Villian/@comment-28458080-20160907200811/@comment-3423279-20160908024940

Because the hero actually had to gain something entirely new to attempt to fight him, to beat RF or Zoom all Barry had to do was "get faster" or just not be an idiot when fighting.

Fighting Damien was just impossible, plain and simple, for a normal person (AKA Oliver Queen) as he would simply raise his hand, freeze you in place with magic-telekinesis, and do whatever he wanted to you.