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   Buffy: Who The Most Powerful Vampire Slayer Is (Besides Buffy)   
      
   Numerous Slayers appear across Buffy the Vampire Slayer's seven seasons, but   
   there's only one who can rival Buffy's physical and emotional strength.   
      
   BY MURRAY FERGUSON   
      
      
    Several Slayers were introduced throughout Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but   
   there’s one in particular who rivals the central hero, Buffy, as the most   
   powerful. Airing from 1997-2003, the supernatural drama was a vast improvement   
   over the original 1992    
   film, reinvigorating the intended feminist approach and allegorical   
   storytelling. Buffy the Vampire Slayer boasts numerous compelling female   
   characters who are powerful enough to regularly take on vampires and demons.   
      
   Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as Buffy Summers, who struggles to preserve a   
   normal life while battling hordes of the undead. First navigating high school   
   before being thrown into the adult world with a wealth of new re   
   ponsibilities, Buffy’s friends keep    
   her from feeling isolated. However, she isn’t the only Slayer called to duty   
   over Buffy the Vampire Slayer's seven seasons. Kendra Young  makes a brief   
   appearance in season 2, and the show's finale sees Buffy lead a small army of   
   Potential Slayers into    
   the vampire-infested Hellmouth.   
      
   The Slayers varied in strength and conviction, with many receiving grisly   
   ends. However, Faith Lehane  eventually proves herself as the second most   
   powerful Slayer after Buffy. Introduced in Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 3,   
   Faith immediately displays    
   considerable strength and agility, even if her impulsive nature leads her down   
   a dark path. Faith was filled with resentment, but what makes her one of the   
   most powerful Slayers is her ability to overcome her sins and undergo a   
   compelling redemption arc.   
      
   Buffy was strongly affected by her parents' divorce and subsequently raised by   
   her loving mother, Joyce. However, Faith had a worse upbringing, with an   
   alcoholic mother and absentee father. This helps explain her reckless behavior   
   and habit of keeping    
   everyone emotionally distant. It also prevents Faith from being as powerful as   
   Buffy, whose love for her family and friends gives her the strength to survive   
   and become the greatest Slayer. Yet, Faith is undeniably a close match for   
   Buffy when it comes    
   to physical combat. She becomes a powerful enemy when she defects to Mayor   
   Richard Wilkins. Even after Buffy puts her in a coma in "Graduation Day," she   
   returns in season 4 and immediately reminds the Scooby Gang of her deadliness.   
   Faith's villainous    
   turn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer demonstrates her dangerous capabilities, but   
   her anger is also a significant weakness. This leads to a powerful redemption   
   narrative that, ultimately, makes Eliza Dushku's Faith the most powerful   
   Slayer besides Buffy.   
      
   Faith is responsible for numerous crimes but gradually atones for her sins.   
   There is strength in allowing oneself to be vulnerable, something that Faith   
   initially struggles with. However, her appearance on the spinoff show Angel   
   illustrates her capacity    
   for change. Consumed by self-loathing, she has a death wish before finally   
   accepting Angel's help. Faith willingly goes to prison, despite possessing the   
   ability to escape at any time, but only does so when she is needed to save   
   Angel from his evil    
   counterpart, Angelus. Much like Angel and Spike, Faith is originally passive   
   in her redemption before fully committing to helping the heroes on both shows.   
   Faith's emotional connection to Angel proves more powerful than her physical   
   strength, and it    
   inspires her to trust others. In Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 7, Faith   
   makes amends with Buffy and helps her lead the Potentials in their fight   
   against the First Evil. This demonstrates her true power, continually evolving   
   into a more mature warrior.   
      
   Faith survives because of her newfound belief in others, preventing a lonely   
   death that befell previous Slayers. Implementing horror as coming-of-age   
   metaphors is one of the reasons why Buffy the Vampire Slayer resonates so   
   strongly. Faith struggled    
   through trauma even before she was a Slayer. Her personal growth from an   
   angry, jealous outsider into someone who faces their sins and strives to help   
   others is why she is the most powerful Slayer, besides Buffy.   
      
      [ I did NOT know Kendra's last name was Young. I would have thought it   
   would be something a bit more exotic.]   
   	[The best fights on Buffy were the ones between Buffy and Faith, IMO. I would   
   have liked to have seen an extended fight between Kendra and Faith, when she   
   was bad.]   
        
      
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