How does Superman fight a GL??

[adkal]

Green Lanterns are susceptible to speed blitz by Superman unless the rings can artificially boost their speed to match his level. Maybe they can, but I can't cite any canon of a GL doing anything of that sort.

Wasn't there a 'speed, strength and durability' enhancement in The Nail when Hal powered up Bruce so that he could go toe-to-toe with 'Jimmy'?

[GLman]

Its simple:
For starters, paging Red Son, the Green Lantern Ring is a thought-based weapon. Superman thinks AND acts faster than most Green Lanterns he fights (humans or similar aliens). Speedsters also easily pummel Green Lanterns, see Parallax-possessed Barry vs Hal fight before the New 52. Most Kryptonians seem to be able to match Green Lanterns on 1v1, which makes sense because Supes has far more knowledge of fighting them than they do.

Green Lanterns got the needed firepower, though. They have enough firepower to blast Cyborg-Superman. Guy also once accessed something called "Killshot Protocol" to one-shot a mind-controlled Sodam Yat with a BIG energy blast, it would've worked if Arisia didn't make Guy miss.

Yea Parallax Barry did speedblitz Hal, but there were no auto shielding to protect the wearer. Some can argue that auto shields still exists, but there's some kind of ring protection in the New 52 though.

IIRC the killshot protocol is probably only for GL honor guards. Guy used this action cause he had to penetrate through Sodom's shield.

[GLman]

Green Lanterns are susceptible to speed blitz by Superman unless the rings can artificially boost their speed to match his level. Maybe they can, but I can't cite any canon of a GL doing anything of that sort.
Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

Pretty much this. GL's will most likely amp themselves before a fight with Superman. That's why John set his ring to react faster than his mind:

[Superlad93]

Does anyone know if there is a belief system in place with the rings? Like if they think the shield will hold then it will? Because I was told that once and I just wanted to know if it was still in place.

[KingofMadCows]

GL's can alter gravity so they should be able to create time dilation fields to use against super fast opponents.

The Guardians really need to teach the Lantern Corps some theoretical physics.

[Mr. Holmes]

It's probably not theoretical in this context.

[KingofMadCows]

Yes, the ring could be incredibly powerful in the hands of someone who knows how to use it to its full potential. It's kind of like that episode of Justice League Unlimited where the Flash switched brains with Luthor and Luthor did all sorts of incredible things in Flash's body because he understood all the physics.

[kane]

Yes, the ring could be incredibly powerful in the hands of someone who knows how to use it to its full potential. It's kind of like that episode of Justice League Unlimited where the Flash switched brains with Luthor and Luthor did all sorts of incredible things in Flash's body because he understood all the physics.

That is why Dr. Doom would be an extremly powerful GL. Great willpower combined with genius level intellect.

[NotSuper]

Conner was in the Regeneration Matrix for a thousand years and had absorbed quite a bit of sunlight. Hence he was going off of that during their fight in L3W.

If that is the case (it's been a while since I've read the story) it makes a lot more sense.

[NotSuper]

That is why Dr. Doom would be an extremly powerful GL. Great willpower combined with genius level intellect.

Not to mention the fact that he knows magic and super-science too.

[Surtur]

Does anyone know if there is a belief system in place with the rings? Like if they think the shield will hold then it will? Because I was told that once and I just wanted to know if it was still in place.

To an extent this works. Though let's say one GL is crazy enough that he thinks *nobody* could get past his shields, including cosmic beings. That still wouldn't prevent cosmics from casually getting through his shields.

GL's can alter gravity so they should be able to create time dilation fields to use against super fast opponents..

This is actually a pointless move. If this is a fight a GL doesn't know about in advance he won't have time to do that before getting blitzed. If he does know about it in advance he could just re-inforce his shields to the point where they last long enough for the GL to start throwing down AoE attacks.

[KingofMadCows]

This is actually a pointless move. If this is a fight a GL doesn't know about in advance he won't have time to do that before getting blitzed. If he does know about it in advance he could just re-inforce his shields to the point where they last long enough for the GL to start throwing down AoE attacks.

But the ring is also an extremely advanced AI with powerful sensors capable of sweeping entire solar systems. All they have to do is program it to detect disturbances caused by speedsters and create localized gravitational distortion fields as a counter.

[Surtur]

But the ring is also an extremely advanced AI with powerful sensors capable of sweeping entire solar systems. All they have to do is program it to detect disturbances caused by speedsters and create localized gravitational distortion fields as a counter.

Yes, but if he has the time to program it in advance then it's pointless, he could just reinforce his shields in advance. If he's caught by surprise he isn't doing any of what you said before getting blitzed.

Yes, the ring could be incredibly powerful in the hands of someone who knows how to use it to its full potential. It's kind of like that episode of Justice League Unlimited where the Flash switched brains with Luthor and Luthor did all sorts of incredible things in Flash's body because he understood all the physics.

The only thing Luthor did that we never saw Flash do was his vibration tricks(though we saw Flash vibrate through something in the Superman cartoon). That wasn't because he understood physics better. It's stated in the episode that Flash knows how to do so, but doesn't because of how dangerous it can be.

[Desaad]

GL's can alter gravity so they should be able to create time dilation fields to use against super fast opponents.

GL's have regularly employed time dilation, but never to my knowledge in a combat situation.

It's a matter of it being too 'out there' for most writers.

[Surtur]

GL's have even brought people back to life by "folding time" or some non-sense. It's just with Superman..if they have a chance to act against him they don't need to get into complicated tactics like dilating time or messing with gravity. A reinforced shield will prevent Supes from getting to them, at least long enough for them to start tossing out AoE energy explosions..which at the very least will KO Supes. Or they could reinforce their shields and then use the ring to just transmute him into something, since with enough time they could indeed make it so their ring can hit a target moving as quick as Supes. GL's can also go intangible if they want.

The more skillful GL's could probably create kryptonite on their own(other times in comics Kyle created kryptonite, but he had to have the instructions as to how to do so telepathically put into his mind). Though for me a GL using kryptonite is kind of like the Silver Surfer using kryptonite. Surfer has so many other options that he hardly needs to use a specific weakness of Supes to put him down.