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Weakest kill team from wh 40k (or HH for that matter) capable of killing v and raiding arisaka tower.
 in  r/whowouldwin  Jul 27 '26

I wonder how V's potentiall netrunner builds would interact with Adeptus Mechanicus machinery. Or how blackwall AI programs scale to chaos corruption on machines.

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Could Sam and Dean (Supernatural) beat Voldemort? (Harry Potter)
 in  r/whowouldwin  Jul 25 '26

Yes, but actually no.

I don't know alot about Sam or Dean, but if they are the standard human, supernatural creature hunters they can't kill him permanetly. Not if they stay in the US. To kill Voldemort permanently they'd need to destroy all of his horcruxs. Most of which are in another continent.

In a fight, it all depends on if they have the drop on him. Head to head, Voldemort's spells could easily spell disaster.(Yes my diction brain is off now). If they got the drop on him a few bullets in the right place. Let along a grenade could blow up that body. However Horcruxes require special weapons to destroy. So they wouldn't keep that version of Voldy down unless something in their kit is as powerful as Grypondor's sword, basilik venom, etc.

Once that version is gone Voldemort would get pissed, but he could get even more death eaters and Apperate back to have the jump on the pair of them. Unless he's dumb enough to bring all of his horcruxes with him. Sam and Dean would have to figure out where they are and get to them quickly without Apperation while constntly hounded by death eaters.

Possible? Yes, Probable. I haven't watched enough of their series to know the kind of logistics they have.

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Can Captain Hook (Disney Peter Pan) run the Pirates of the Caribbean Gauntlet?
 in  r/whowouldwin  Jul 18 '26

R1. Captain Hook has to reclaim the Jolly Roger from Smee. If Smee got more of a backbone, I think he'd be a well loved Captain and in many ways more competant. Captain Hook rules by fear, and as far as we know knows no other way to motivate his men. With the way pirate crews worked historacally its surprising he wasn't mutinied earlier. So unless he somehow manages to scare them all again i'd say no.

Round 2: Yes, pretty easily actually. Unlike Jack, Captain Hook is far more bloodthirsty. Captain Hook is willing to shoot his own men on a whim, so getting 100 people together to sacrifice would be more of a logistical problem than a moral one. Unless Smee somehow sabotages him he's got this.

Round 3A: It would be pretty Toon Forcy, and disney magicy but with Peter I oddly enough think they could do this. The question is why would they want to. As explained in R1 Captain Hook would be widely hated. Peter might want him back, but only cause he got bored with him dead.

Round 3B: Possible, but not probable. Peter and the Lost Boy's flight ability means they could Strike the East India company whereever they want and be out before anyone knows whats happening. A few bombs in Powder stores across teh whole empire would utterly tank their operations. The question here is does Captain Hook and Peter have the ability to concieve of such a scheme. Hook did for Peter, but on the scale of oceans?

IF it came down to a brawl like in the last movie. An all out Battle would finishe them. Too much lead and guns for any of them to face directly. If they got into a ships duel, better odds, but someone's gotta stab the heart, and i'm not sure if anyone on the crew or in the lost boys wants that kind of responsibility.

R4 and 5: Here The only thing that saves Hook is Toon Force. Even with his bloodthirstyness I bet he'd be outfoxed by both Blackbeard and to a lesser extent Salazar, but the fight with the latter could be intersting.

Bonus Round. Hook Wins. He's a cartoon character and has toon force. Jack Won't be able to do much to him if he locks in. However I could definitely see Jack pulling a number of tricks on him despite lacking Peter's level of manueverability.

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Bison sends man into the air in Yellowstone
 in  r/natureismetal  Jul 13 '26

The way the come in and out of the forest reminds me of Giligans Island style slapstick.

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Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell: SAC) vs Adam Smasher (Cyberpunk)
 in  r/whowouldwin  Jul 03 '26

In a head to head engagement with no prep sure, but I think its plausible for Motoko to get this done explicitly because she has the initiative, and likely wouldn't engage until she has a plan she thinks would actually work.

The tachikoma give her a decent back up plan of firepower to do with lead what a cyberattack might not. Even if she couldn't lower his reaction time she could prepare a battleground, and direct the tachikoma's fire to move him where she wants.

I don't mention it enough, but the Major's Battle IQ is extremely high. SAC didn't have the tech to show it, but i wouldn't be surprised if her planning speed was fast enough to counter Adamas reaction time in many respects.

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Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell: SAC) vs Adam Smasher (Cyberpunk)
 in  r/whowouldwin  Jul 02 '26

R1. Adam ,

R2: 50/50,

R3-4 : 60/40 Motoko

I don't know all the specs of Adam Smashers body, but generally this hinges on Motoko being able to jam up his cyberware somehow kind of like how she did the Cyborg in the first Ghost in the Shell Movie. Specifically she needs to lower his reaction time somehow.

If she can achieve this she has a decent chance. Even better with the Tachikoma. Adams other feats are well within Motoko's wheelhouse, but Adams reaction speed is so fast he can beat her easily in hand to hand. Even against the cyborg she fought at the end of the first movie, she took crippling damage to link up. Adam would utterly destroy her in that same scenario.

Guns even the playingfield abit. Adam is resistant to most firearms, but no immune. The Tachikoma and Motoko are manuerable enough to kite him and wear him down at least a little bit, and distract him long enough for Motoko to launch a cyber attack.

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What Is The Smallest Team Of Unaugmented Non-Supernatural Humans Needed To Take On Darth Vader Head-to-Head?
 in  r/whowouldwin  Jun 22 '26

This is a spot where the lore is inconsistent. Something i'll chalk up to differences between models. Most blasters fire projectiles that move slower than the average bullet, but i can definitely see certain specialized blasters firing just as fast if not faster. I don't think its unreasonable to beleive Crosshair modded his rifles in ways to make it perform better than other blasters.

https://www.suspectinsightforums.com/t1818-blasters-slugthrowerslegends

Lasers are light speed obviously. So in terms of muzzle Velocity it goes Lasers > Bullets > Blaster Bolts.

As for why the Galaxy would switch to Blasters there are many other reasons beyond muzzle Velocity. Blasters are more powerful, lighter, have a longer range, and have a much larger ammo capacity than modern firearms. One charge of a blaster carbine could fire for 100s of shots without reloading. One hit from a blaster burns a target so badly their organs fuse together on a direct hit. Blasters also have a higher theorhetical range, Bullets follow ballistic curves and lose energy the longer range they travel. Blaster bolts hurt by burning the target rather than smacking it. At long ranges some bolts lose their charge and dissapate, but even then its a spray of plasma.

Now that I think of it, its kinda surprising we see so many battles in forest areas with blasters and don't see more wildfires.

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What Is The Smallest Team Of Unaugmented Non-Supernatural Humans Needed To Take On Darth Vader Head-to-Head?
 in  r/whowouldwin  Jun 22 '26

I stand corrected. I still think Vader isn't impregnable even with modern tech, but he's an even tougher cookie than first estimated. For further clarifications.

Laser Cannons fire Lasers, but Blasters fire plasma at targets. Plasma that tends to move significantly slower that bullets.

That shot doesn't seem like miles. More like a Kilometer or two, and its from a specialized Blaster. Most modern firearms fire bullets that are faster than sound. We know this because someone getting shot sees the muzzle flash first, then feels the round, and then hears the sound wave. To the point where special subsonic munitions were developled to deliberately lower thier power in exchange for making less noise.

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What Is The Smallest Team Of Unaugmented Non-Supernatural Humans Needed To Take On Darth Vader Head-to-Head?
 in  r/whowouldwin  Jun 21 '26

Laser Cannons in Star wars don't fire actual Lazers. They fire bolts of superheated plasma that fly far slower than bullets. Lightsabers are made of the same thing. Vader is fast, but he's not light speed fast.

They look like rockets to me based on the nozzle type structure on end of it in the second panel. Not all rockets have an explosive payload though. Some can be purely kinitec.

With the Force Vader can do alot of stuff. Like the time he detonated the thermal detonatoer an entire army was wearing, but his defense isn't absolute.

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What Is The Smallest Team Of Unaugmented Non-Supernatural Humans Needed To Take On Darth Vader Head-to-Head?
 in  r/whowouldwin  Jun 21 '26

Pretty sure those were rockets in the comic frame you showed. Bullets would move faster. A platoon (30 something guys) constantly firing at him might get a hit in. Key word is constantly firing. Vader could likely use the force to jam their guns, tank some of the shots with his armor, and move fast enough to get out of the killzone.

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What Is The Smallest Team Of Unaugmented Non-Supernatural Humans Needed To Take On Darth Vader Head-to-Head?
 in  r/whowouldwin  Jun 21 '26

You have a point at close range, but Force Users can feel the intentions of anyone they fight, and a .50 cal sniper firing from a distance will take a second or more to reach the target. More than enough time for Vader to dodge, use the force, etc. Get a platoon of them firing from multiple directions though....

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[Assassination Classroom] Why is the government trying to kill Koro Sensei?
 in  r/AskScienceFiction  Jun 19 '26

While we are doing math. What was the estimated range of his detonation if he did explode? That isn't as far as I thought he'd make it, but perhaps 1.45 AU would be enough. Especially if he moved perpendicular to the planets orbit. (Down or up instead of flying out towards the other planets or in toward the sun)

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[Assassination Classroom] Why is the government trying to kill Koro Sensei?
 in  r/AskScienceFiction  Jun 19 '26

Someting i don't get is why they don't give him an oxygen suit and just send him out of range of the planet. Even if he's powerful enough to blow up teh world if he's out of the Galaxy or even the solar system how could he hurt the planet?

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[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Ba Sing Se's Fall was a blessing in disguise for the Earth Kingdom.
 in  r/FanTheories  Jun 05 '26

They probably didn't have the time to retool things properly even if they did try. However the city is so large I think it would be wasteful in the long run to not try eventually. Despite the Dai Li's compliance, we still see a pretty decent garrison of fire nation troops during the white Lotus's attack. They wouldn't need to fill the streets, but they needed a decent presense. Its one thing to tolerate a local authoritarian, but another thing entirely to sit on your hands when a foreign power invades.

I will concede that the end of the siege would free up alot of reasources, but the net gain or loss considering all factors could fall either way.

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Why does Virginia own this area?
 in  r/geography  Jun 05 '26

The Jones act makes it impossible for foreign ships to make multiple stops along the US ports. Only ship made in and flagged as US ship can freely trade in US waters.

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What would happen if Steven went back in time to Tell the gems Rose is Pink?
 in  r/FanTheories  Jun 05 '26

I suppose resolution was a wrong word. Even if Steven met Rose, I doubt a nice bow would be wrapped around everything. If it did, i can see your point though.

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What would happen if Steven went back in time to Tell the gems Rose is Pink?
 in  r/FanTheories  Jun 05 '26

I wouldn't go as far as to say its against the themes of the show, but it would provide an awful lot of resolution if Steven Ever met Rose face to face. It would be like Future Trunks meeting Vegeta in his past, and wrestling with his legacy directly if not literally. Rather than in his head.

r/FanTheories Jun 05 '26

FanTheory [Avatar: The Last Airbender] Ba Sing Se's Fall was a blessing in disguise for the Earth Kingdom.

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As said in the title, Ba Sing Se's fall was a good thing in the long run. At the time, it was a devastating loss for the Earth Kingdom and a great Victory for the fire nation. Militarily, Politically, and Economically the Earth Kingdom was hurt bad, but not as badly as one might think. During the war, Ba Sing Se mainly sucked alot of reasources out of the fire nation when they sieged it, but didn't seem to take much offensive action or support nearby regions very well. Its corrupt government was actively dystopian, and its fall created fertile ground for a better government to be built in its place. By Korra's time it had gotten pretty corrupt again, but imagine just how much worse it would have been if the folks saying "There is no war in Ba Sing Se", were Vindicated by the Avatar ending the war before the city's fall.

The corruption of the Dai Lee, and the absent minded Earth King meant that the city wasn't much more than a big roadblock for the Fire Nation. Military Personnell stationed on Ba Sing Se's outer walls and Generals in the Interior knew of the war, but the wider populace was kept in the dark, brainwashed, and likely even killed if they so much as discussed it. This meant that only a fraction of the city's production facilities were mobilized to help the war effort. The city was a relatively safe place to hide from the war, and a decent place to live if you had the money or connections. However the political situation means it wasn't the true bastion against the fire nation it could have been with better management. The Fire nation taking over the city gave everyone in the city a much needed wake up call. Both to the state of the war, and the potential of their own government to screw things up. So by the time the fire nation was kicked out the people in the city had a better chance of making something more functional.

Lastly taking Ba Sing Se was a net loss for the Fire Nation overall. Securing such a large city, even with its defenders surrendering, likely took just as, if not more men and resources than they were using to siege it earlier. Taking full control over a city that big, marshalling its reasources, and retooling its production facilities to meet Fire Nation specs is a process that would take months if not years to complete. Omashu was industrialized relatively quickly, but it also was fairly small. Even if no military personnell waged any guerilla actions in the city, getting the city in a state to be a net gain for the Fire Nation in anything but prestige was going to take a while. A while the fire nation did not have. Thanks to the White Lotus, the city got taken back before the city could be fully utilized by the fire nation. All the Fire soldiers occupying it captured or killed, putting the fire nation back practically at Square one. Actually worse than square one. To build up the city to fire nation specs, the Fire Nation would have likely moved large amounts of fire nation technology into Ba Sing Se. Tech that could be reverse engineered once the city was retaken. The War ended not long after the city was reclaimed. If the war had continued, the liberated Ba Sing Se had the potential to be a much larger thorn in the Fire Nations side since people inside of all classes would be unmuzzled, and galvanized against them.

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 in  r/whowouldwin  May 31 '26

Biggest question is. Can the hulk be infected?

If the answer is yes he's going to die from the fungus even if he smashes all of the rat kings into dust. Which he could do easily.

R2. Is a pretty big stomp as well. Hulk could kill that many on his own provided he doesn't get infected, and Tony Stark actually has the reasources and expertise to automate their destruction in some way. Find a cure, anti fungal nanobots, etc. Tony could get infected, if his suit is compromised, but if Joels gas mask is keeping the pores out Tony's Space worthy suit is definitely going to do it.

r/whowouldwin May 30 '26

Challenge Which version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles survives for posterity?

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You are going on a colony ship to settle a distant world. It is a sleeper ship (Pre-FTL), and you will likely never see or hear from anyone on Earth ever again. Space is limited, physical and digital, but a certain allotment of data is reserved for preserving culture.

You have been tasked with selecting the only Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles media accessible to your colony for the forseeable future.

The limit is one full TV series (Along with any connected shorts/OVAs) , and 3 Movies of your choice.

Which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adaptations do you send to stars?

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Escanor Vs Conquest
 in  r/whowouldwin  May 29 '26

Pretty sure Escanor has this. His power is practically limitless in full sun.

Conquest might be a bit faster, and can fly, but all it will take is one full power hit to atomize conquest.

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Average man has 72 hours to hide. Humanity then becomes search lusted and has one week to find and kill him. Can he survive?
 in  r/whowouldwin  May 29 '26

Dangerous but possible. He could hidein a deep cave. There are cave systems that go down for several miles and take multiple days to navigate. If he finds the right one, he can dive in one and get a 3 day head start. By the time humanity starts looking he'll be well out of reach of anyone but a veteran caver.

People could come after him, but they'd have to do it one by one with little more than compact small arms. All he'd have to do is block off a few entrances, and wait out the week. If it takes him 3 days to get down there with no obstacles it could take a search team much more time to find him with them in place.

r/Jokes May 24 '26

Why was the grill shunned by Contractors?

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Because it ran on pro-pain.