What's better? Something composed of metal, or made up of flesh and blood? Well, maybe that question doesn't apply in this particular argument since Wolverine had adamantium fused with said bones, but fans get the point. When talking about Wolverine or Bloodshot, both characters are most known for the healing factors that keep them moving, as well as killing on the battlefield.

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Sure, Wolverine might be more popular, possessing a healing factor that most argue is only second to Deadpool's, but how does Bloodshot's compare? Bloodshot fans could easily argue his ability to heal is underrated and capable of being in the same league as one of Marvel's heaviest hitters, Wolverine.

10 Bloodshot: Nanites Are More Efficient

When comparing blood and flesh to a machine, Bloodshot's nanites prove to be something that heals him with great speed, while Wolverine's sometimes seems to waiver. Sure, both characters exhibit prolific healing factors, but readers have watched Wolverine struggle to heal at times, specifically when suffering severe injuries.

Occasionally, when being burned or obliterated by a massive explosion, Wolverine has slowly, as well as painfully, regenerated like a wild beast. Bloodshot, on the other hand, is the machine that keeps on ticking, regenerating at a constant pace through just about every injury.

9 Wolverine: Adamantium Skeleton

Perhaps the greatest advantage Weapon X has over Project Rising Sun is his adamantium skeleton. With this metal infused into his bones, Wolverine is composed of an indestructible skeleton, meaning that he has parts of his body that don't have to be healed, unlike Bloodshot.

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Bloodshot has bones capable of fracturing and breaking, while Wolverine's gives him an increase in durability during a fight in addition to limiting his healing factor to cuts, gashes, and bullet wounds, resulting in an advantage over Bloodshot's nanites.

8 Bloodshot: He Can Control The Nanites

Continuing to dive into the whole "efficiency" concept of Bloodshot-vs-Wolverine, another advantage Bloodshot has over Wolverine's healing factor is the ability to control his nanites. Unlike Wolverine, who we previously stated has to occasionally wait for his injuries to heal over an extended time also doesn't have the option to choose which injuries to prioritize.

Once again, Bloodshot can one-up Wolverine since he can control the nanites within his body, allowing him to pick and choose what to heal first while Wolverine is stuck waiting for all his injuries to heal at the same time.

7 Wolverine: Bloodshot Needs Proteins To Heal

When Bloodshot uses his nanites to heal, they need something vital to heal his body, and of course, these are the proteins stored within his body. Then, there's Wolverine's healing factor that activates and operates without the need for additional aid from within his body.

It may not seem like a big deal, but once Bloodshot has used up the protein reserves stashed within his body, his healing factor's potency decrease or perhaps even fails. All Wolverine needs is to be alive and breathing for his healing factor to activate, but, Bloodshot requires extra support to keep going on the battlefield, limiting his stamina while Wolverine excels.

6 Bloodshot: Functionally Immortal

Through the legendary story arc Old Man Logan, it's well known that Wolverine ages slower than regular humans. After living hundreds of years, the savage mutant has exceeded the life expectancy of any person but still displays the capacity for aging. Then, on the other hand, Bloodshot seems to lack these characteristics.

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after going through project Rising Spirit, Bloodshot seems to be an unstoppable, immortal machine that hasn't shown any evidence of aging since surviving the horrific experiments done on him. The best example of this is in the Blood of Heroes storyline, where Bloodshot turns into a beast of an anti-hero that appears to be nothing less than an immortal killing machine.

5 Wolverine: Wolverine Is Always Healed to "Peak" Condition

Unfortunately for Bloodshot, his dependency on proteins to activate his healing factor also affects how his body heals. When Bloodshot doesn't have enough proteins, this means his body might not heal completely, leaving his wounds opened or unrepaired.

So, as a result, when lacking sufficient proteins, Bloodshot will find his body healed to a weaker state or perhaps even a crippled one. And the feature that makes Wolverine's healing factor second to only Deadpool's is the three-clawed hero's ability to return to peak condition after healing. After being shot, cut, or battered, the nearly unstoppable mutant continuously bounces back to his original condition while Bloodshot's depends entirely on his protein reserves.

4 Bloodshot: He Can Survive Without Air

Yet another well-known fact about Wolverine, one of the few ways to kill Weapon X is to drown the X-Man, and we've been told this several times through a fight with the villain Tiger Shark, as well as the Weapon X: The Adamantium Men storyline. With the lack of oxygen leading to death, Wolverine's healing factor doesn't activate after death, but what happens if you don't die in the first place?

That's where Bloodshot proves to be merciless, possessing the ability to survive without oxygen due to the nanites within his body. Where Wolverine would drown, Bloodshot would walk away as if nothing had happened after being submerged for an extended time.

3 Wolverine: Cure Vampirism (As Well As Most Other Diseases)

In the most recent Wolverine series, Logan is seen reluctantly accepting Omega Red in Krakoa, and later on battles some vampires. Sure, Omega Red is a great villain, and you should certainly check out the recent series- what matters here is the vampires. While battling these creatures, Logan gets bitten several times and walks away as if nothing ever happened.

The wounds heal, and Logan never turns into one of the bloodsuckers (obviously) but instead keeps slashing and cutting his way through his newest self-titled series. And sure, Bloodshot may also be resilient to disease, but during his time in comics, we haven't seen him take on anything quite as unique (for lacking a better term) as vampirism.

2 Bloodshot: Wolverine's Weakness to Carbonadium

It might be because Wolverine has been around longer than Bloodshot, but Wolverine seems to have more oddly specific, crippling weaknesses than Bloodshot. An example of this is Wolverine's weakness to carbonadium, a radioactive metal existing within the Marvel Universe.

Softer than adamantium, the metal excreting radiation can slow down Wolverine's healing factor, with the most notable use of this metal being Omega Red's metallic tentacles. It may seem like a subtle weakness or seem minor in determining the better of the two healing factors, but it's a flaw in Wolverine's powers that isn't present in Bloodshot's.

1 Wolverine: Wolverine Was Born With His Healing Factor

A naked Wolverine attacks soldiers in the Weapon X project in Marvel Comics.

Anyone interested in Bloodshot knows the anti-hero got his nanites from the horrible experiments he suffered through. And those who love Wolverine knows he was born with two things, his claws and his healing factor before the adamantium fused to his skeleton during a traumatic experimentation program that robbed him of most of his memories.

His healing factor, however, was given to him at birth, meaning it was present before the experiment, and even came in clutch by keeping the savage mutant alive during the Weapon X program. It may not seem like much, but when considering the additional trouble and pain Bloodshot went through (even though it may not be much) to acquire his healing factor, I think we all can agree in saying we'd prefer to obtain the power through a mutant gene.

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