Nyssa Al Ghul

Nyssa Al Ghul's powers and abilities

Peak Human Condition

As a highly skilled assassin, Nyssa is in top physical condition with fast reflexes. She is also noticeably much faster than Oliver Queen and Malcolm Merlyn, despite Oliver being the same age as her. Nyssa was strong enough to break the neck of Isabel Rochev.

Acrobatics/Free-Running

Nyssa is extremely agile and graceful, able to easily parkour on her surroundings during fights. Like Sara Lance, Nyssa can easily descend from large heights with a scarf.

Honed Senses

As a trained assassin, Nyssa has highly developed senses, able to detect the presence of others before they approach her. For example, Nyssa knew Oliver was watching her meeting with Sara.

Master Combatant/Martial Artist

Having trained with the League of Assassins since childhood, Nyssa is a highly skilled combatant and martial artist. She had gone through the same training that all members do, though being the daughter of Ra's al Ghul meant that she was subjected to a higher level of training. Nyssa was able to easily beat five armed security guards in a matter of seconds. She also contended against Oliver as the Arrow head-on in both of their two close quarters fights, even managing to briefly gain the upper hand and almost beat him until he eventually turned the tides. Nyssa proved herself an agile fighter, using her light weight and flexibility to her advantage. She also even able to hold her own against Malcolm repeatedly, although Malcolm would always gain the upper hand over her. Nyssa once defeated Malcolm when she had a sword while he only had a stick and caught him off-guard. However, during the League civil war, Nyssa confirmed that she cannot defeat Malcolm in unarmed combat. Nyssa was also able to overwhelm Maseo Yamashiro in their fight, only losing since she became briefly distracted by Laurel Lance being defeated. Nyssa repeatedly being displayed the ability to hold off and defeat several members of the League and Thanatos Guild by herself at once, though she was defeated in a confrontation against the guild's leader, Athena.

Master Archer

Nyssa demonstrated skills in archery that seemed to rival that of Oliver and Malcolm's. She was able to keep up with Oliver in their first one-on-one archery battle and almost won. Nyssa can also easily shoot arrows from a moving vehicle.

Master Stick-Fighter

Nyssa has shown to be a very proficient stick fighter, She was able to take down multiple armed guards with a police baton, Like Oliver, she offen uses her bow as a blunt weapon in close combat.

Master Swordswoman

As a former member of the League of Assassins, Nyssa is an excellent swordswoman. She was able to overpower and capture Malcolm when she had a sword while he only had a stick. In their sparring sessions though, Malcolm had repeatedly defeated her. Furthermore in her sword duel against Oliver, who had greatly improved his swordsman skills, Nyssa was disarmed in seconds. Nyssa was able to defeat some assassins from the League using Oliver's sword by herself. She also proved able to fight on par with and even defeat her older half-sister Talia al Ghul despite the latter's much greater experience, though it's possible Nyssa caught her off-guard. Nyssa was able to put up a good fight in her confrontation against Athena, though was soon beaten.

High-Level Intellect/Master Tactician/Leader

Nyssa is highly intelligent and well-training in strategy and subterfuge. She devised a plan to poison Laurel and later kidnap Dinah Lance to force Sara Lance into returning to her and the League. She also kidnapped Thea Queen to lure out Malcolm. As the former heir to the Demon, Nyssa displayed leadership skills as she lead a team of assassins to battle Slade Wilson's Mirakuru army and retake the League from Malcolm. Nyssa was also able to infiltrate the Thanatos Guild and discover their endgame, even having devised a fail-safe to help her escape the guild if she was discovered.

Explosives Expert

Nyssa has become familiar with the usage of plastic explosives, as she placed a network bombs in the base of the Thanatos Guild to cover her escape while she infiltrated the group.

Expert Medic

Nyssa is skilled in first aid. She nursed Sara, who was dying of starvation on Lian Yu, back to health, and treated a sword wound on Oliver's hand after his battle with Ra's.

Toxicology

Nyssa displayed a familiarity with poisons. She used a small amount of Tibetan viper venom to poison Laurel in a ruse to bring Sara back, and also immediately figured out that Sara had poisoned herself with said venom. Nyssa later used a dart laced with a sedative to make Roy Harper pass out.

Multilingual

Nyssa is capable of fluently speaking English, Arabic, Japanese and Russian.

Meditation

Nyssa is skilled in meditation, which she used to stay calm while being held captive in a cell in the Arrowcave by Team Arrow.

Stealth/Infiltration/Escape Artist

Nyssa is highly skilled in entering and leaving buildings undetected. Like Sara, she uses a scarf to quickly descend down from ceilings. Nyssa was able to break into the Arrowcave undetected and ambush Oliver and Roy. She also infiltrated the Thanatos Guild undetected long enough to learn of their plans.

Skilled Trainer

Nyssa trained Mia Smoak from her childhood to a adult.