Board Thread:DC's Legends of Tomorrow discussions/@comment-64.231.136.182-20160206013303/@comment-13895380-20160210223104

Well, Savage actually lost when he attacked them at Oliver's place. Thea shot him many times with the bow and arrow.Also, he had the staff of Horus, which made him almost impossible to defeat, which was why it was such a struggle for them to win.

However, during that fight, he took down Arrow, Speedy, Diggle, Black Canary, etc. very easily and in like 3 v 1s at a time in hand-to-hand combat. Rip Hunter is apparently skilled in all the fighting styles from different eras of time, but I think that Savage loses simply based on what the plot wants.

For example, he shouldn't even die by getting his throat slashed. We've seen him take out arrows from his chest like they're nothing. When he killed Hawkman on Arrow, and then Arrow tried to shoot him, the arrow simply bounced off his chest...so how can he kill Hawkman and then a day later die from Hunter slashing his throat? I mean, it was just last episode that HAWKMAN tried stabbing him and nothing happened. Said that only Hawkgirl can kill him.

Anyways, I think he lost simply because they wanted to give Rip Hunter a reason for giving Savage his wife and child's name.