After Wonder Woman and other members of the League had been apparently killed in battle with Ares, Batman donned Ares' discarded helmet to use it against him, only to succumb to the helmet's power to the point that he not only defeated Ares, but even killed Diana when it was revealed that she had survived the attack ...
The distraught Bruce puts the helmet on and immediately becomes a merciless engine of destruction, decapitating Ares before moving on to kill the rest of the godly pantheons.
Bruce Wayne is the Merciless, the Batman of Earth -12. He gained the powers of Ares after donning the war god's helm, which gave him an insatiable drive to fight. He eventually joined the Dark Knights, a team of evil Batmen from alternate realities. He is primarily an enemy to Wonder Woman.
Batman has contingency plans for just about every villain and hero in the DC Universe — including one that can completely and utterly depower Darkseid. As one of the most powerful villains DC has to offer, it's even more impressive that Batman managed to defeat Darkseid with only a pair of goggles.
While there's little doubt that Superman would end up winning a fight against Ares, it would take a whole lot more effort than the Last Son of Krypton is used to exerting on an average day. And with one wrong step, that sure to be Superman win could become a come from behind victory for Ares.
Weaknesses: Because of his arrogant and brutal nature, Ares can be extremely reckless, overconfident, narcissistic and foolhardy, leading to him making crucial mistakes in a confrontation. He is supremely confident in his abilities, to the point of believing that he is invincible.
Athena defeated Ares several times. During the Trojan War, she attacked him with a boulder. Athena also helped Heracles (Hercules in Latin) defeat Ares through a non-fatal wound.
Darkseid suffered a definitive defeat in the History Lesson and he was fortunate to escape with his life because Ares came incredibly close to killing him. But while the Greek God of War nearly struck the killing blow on Darkseid, the ruler of Apokolips was already substantially weakened by Ares' allies.
His clearly diminished physical prowess ahead of the final battle against Diana could indicate that, having left Olympus, his power is not as potent as it once was, explaining his comparative weakness in Wonder Woman.
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The God of Thunder wins, there is absolutely nothing Batman can do against Thor. Batman has a small nuclear bomb in his cave, but Thor could easily walk it off. As far as I know, the fangs of the Midgard Serpent can hurt Thor.
Athena is the single most prevalent foe of Ares, the two were the ultimate symbol of war, two siblings with the same station but who were so different they were always ready to fight one another.
In Greek mythology, nobody could kill Ares because he was immortal. However, in various computer games and comics, he was killed by various characters, including Wonder Woman. However, Ares was humiliated and beaten quite a few times, especially when he had an adulterous affair with the goddess Aphrodite.
Although he has been sent back to the underworld time and time again, Ares is never truly killed and can ultimately never be defeated. Thanos may be quicker than the Greek God, but he is in no way as powerful.
Ares loses because he believes that being the God of War means he always wins. If he can lose to someone who isn't on his level powers-wise like Wonder Woman, he'd have even less of a chance against Thor, who can match him in godly might and experience. Thor would beat him silly, making a mockery of Ares.
Although he was the God of War, he was not the strongest of the Gods. Athena defeated him on several occasions, and also Hercules bested him. In classical art, Ares is shown to be a fully dressed warrior, wearing a helmet, armour, and carrying shield and spear.
So, even though Wonder Woman has Thanos beat in many categories, he's going to be able to defeat her. Thanos knows how to take advantage of foes like the Amazonian, giving him an advantage. While it would still be a difficult battle, Thanos would defeat her.
While it is fairly obvious that the Flash could run circles around Thanos under normal circumstances as his powers make him virtually untouchable, there wouldn't be much the Scarlet Speedster could do if he was around for Thanos' Infinity Snap as there is no way to outrun the god-like power of cosmic chance.
Fate is clearly the stronger and more durable of the two. He can create a hoard of clones that held down a Superman tier character. And he was fast enough to block his lightning. So he's physically the more powerful character.
