Aside from the ones already stated, Cobra Commander is somewhat blind to his own failures it is never his fault when his plans go awry, but the failures of underlings.
He is also an excellent actor and makeup artist, having played the part of a coward for some time in order to draw out traitors amongst his followers and expose them for all to see, as well as disguising himself in various civilian identities in order to pass through borders unnoticed.įinally, we come to weaknesses. He also understands the basics of the sciences, though he still requires other members of his command to deal with them on a full-time basis, and has an excellent grasp on the skills of rhetoric and, less savourily, blackmail and extortion, skills which he most often puts to use in order to replenish funds and regain resources. The Commander is also clearly highly intelligent and cunning, and has displayed a very strong grasp on politics and economics, skills which have served him well both in retaining control of Cobra and funding it. He remains, in a way, the stereotypical terrorist at his strongest when the playing fields are uneven. Though he can organise an ambush to perfection, conduct crippling strikes on a supply line or politically outmanoeuver a government, in a pitched battle his forces always end up at a significant disadvantage simply because he has never bothered or never had time to learn the more elementary strategies most armies rely on.
However, his real drawback as a leader is that he is not particularly competent when it comes to actual military strategy. He also has a knack for rallying speeches and manipulation, and has coerced many a person into joining his cause or giving him something that they would otherwise be unwilling to part with through finding the "chink in their armour," so to speak. He is an excellent hit-and-run strategist, and shows a detailed and comprehensive understanding of guerilla tactics and resource management he's kept Cobra going for years despite setback after setback, after all, purely through managing the available funds in such a way as to make sure that the vital parts of his forces are kept afloat. In terms of actual combat ability, he is best considered a relatively dangerous opponent, able to go toe-to-toe with the special forces operatives of most modern countries with relative ease, and this physical skill is backed up by an impressive knack for survival the Commander seems almost favoured with a strange luck when it comes to avoiding being wounded in battle, though it is actually little more than years of in-depth combat experience.Īs a leader, Cobra Commander has his good and bad points. He favours an officer's sabre and powerful, custom-built handgun as his weapons of choice, but is just as at home using assault rifles, sniper rifles and even rocket and grenade launchers should the situation ever call for such measures. Cobra Commander has spent a great deal of time leading his followers against the JOEs and the world at large, and as such has a skill-set to match.įirst and foremost, the Commander is a proficient soldier, well trained in the use of both close combat and ranged weapons.
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