Bbeg has horrible powers

What would happen if he punched an undead?
Or rust? Or rotting wood/food? Or a corrupt official?

Lots of potential there. Punches a blood vat in a slaughterhouse or something. Kicks the hospital water supply. Everyone dies.

>punch a vat of acid,
ACID KICK UNLOCKED

>RIDER KICK

>exorcises demons by punching them
>makes paladins fall by kicking them
He's a really OP mercenary in a battle of good and evil.

>What would happen if he punched an undead?
Depends on what's actually on said undead.
Is there mold on the undead? Then if he proceeds to kick somebody in the nose then there's going to be mold on and possibly inside of their nose. As for rust I'm not really certain. Can it flak off? If not then that's more of the material degrading and succumbing to rot rather than being dirtied with something.

I doubt it would clean to the soul though. I mainly intended it for physical things.
I mean, you can't physically punch a soul unless it's a ghost. And even if you could that may or may not get heaven pissed off because your diddlying souls.
The damned go to heaven, the rightous to hell, cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria!

You could go the charisma route. Go full Mr Satan on them, even.

It's not that this guy is powerful, it's just that he's so beloved that nobody believes he can do anything bad. He's a showman and plays the part, acting like a fantastic hero as long as the crowds are gathered and the cameras are rolling.
Depending on your setting, maybe people know he's not all that great. Maybe they know he's not the strongest, or the smartest. Or maybe he's got everyone fooled. But whatever the case, everyone loves him, loves him, loves him.

There's no man in town as admired as him
He's everyone's favorite guy
Everyone's awed and inspired by him
And it's not very hard to see why

No one's slick as Satan
No one's quick as Satan
No one's neck's as incredibly thick as Satan
For there's no man in town half as manly

Perfect, a pure paragon!

You can ask any Tom, Dick, or Stanley
And they'll tell you whose team they'd prefer to be on

>cleans up bloody crime scene by punching it
>frames the heroes by kicking the floor in their hotel room

some very important people are loyal to him
he's a good organizer
he's driven enough to take insane risks with big payoffs
doing important things isn't that tricky and he's just the only one who had the idea and motivation
no one knows what his powers are but everyone's convinced they're something severe
he's been around long enough to know and utilize the political landscape

pick or combine any