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[John Wick Universe] Is John Wick *the* best assassin? Are there assassins who can, in terms of both reputation and martial skill, match John on his best day? Or is Baba Yaga considered the best there is, bar none?
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It's hard to say that anyone is the best in the world at *anything* bar none, but it's clear that John Wick's talent is legendary. 

I think the best example of this is in the first movie, when Viggo asks Aureilo why he struck his son. Viggo is a Russian crime lord, and striking his son is the kind of insult that gets people killed. Aureilo replies: "Because he stole John Wick's car and killed his dog."

And Viggo simply responds, "Oh."

That sentence changed everything. Viggo, the kind of guy who pays men to kill men, the kind of man who responds to an insult with death, knew that crossing John Wick was the absolute last thing you would ever, ever, *ever* want to do.

But, Wick isn't *so* good that people aren't willing to face him. There are plenty of random idiots who want to take their shot at $14 million, sure, but there are also a lot of trained professionals who think Wick can be taken down. People like Cassian, a seasoned professional, believe that Wick is mortal.

This might just be because Wick retired. Maybe they think he got slow. Maybe they think he lost his edge. But lots of people believed that they would be the one to take Wick down. He's a legend, absolutely, but he's not *so* good that people believe he's unbeatable.