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Both command a force of about 40,000 men, sun tzu has 40,000 Chinese soldiers experienced in Chinese wars and armed with bronze armor and weapons.
Alexander has his 40,000 Greek soldiers fresh off the victories against the Persian empire, armed with Greek bronze weapons and armor.
Battlefield is a plain with forest on one side and river on the other, making flanking difficult (but not impossible through the forest). Clear skies.
Who wins
Dr. Strange has the timestone and is willing to use it, as well as all of his spell craft.
Gandalf is in his Gandalf the white form, and has been instructed by the valar to treat Dr. Strange as a world ending threat, so he's free to use his full maiar powers.
Who wins?
Prime U.S. military in 1991(video example in comments) vs the 3 disassembly drones and Uzi from Murder drones Round 1 is on Earth, maybe like Louisiana or Idaho or wherever is best Round 2 is on Copper 9 (military has equipment so they actually survive in such an environment)
This is a Battle between the Mario Brothers; Mario and Luigi against the EBF player cast; Matt, Natalie, Lance, Anna, and NoLegs.
Both teams have access to all the feats, items, abilities, and summons from all their game lines with their items being max stacked, both are at their end-game stages.
Their battle takes on top of a castle tower floor, how would this battle go? What abilities do they have that would cancel each other out? What are their aces that would give the winning team the upper hand?
Both are the shadowy secret Government agent type who are mostly Lawful Evil/Neutral who are willing to "do what needs to be done" for the safety of America (or in Cecil's case, Earth?) And I'm talking, in a battle of wits. To be fair they both have Teleportation, (Boom tubes vs Instant teleportation technology), both are the heads of large secret organizations that work with or against Superheros and Supervillains.
No prep time but he has his shield, one fight after the other, he fully heals from any wounds after each fight.
The Seven being: Homelander Black Noir (original) A-Train The Deep Starlight Maeve Translucent
And Soldier Boy
Both are able to use whatever medium and tools they prefer.
Challenge 1: Who will produce the objectively better art. Technical skills apply here in terms of perspective anatomy, use of color to convey emotion, etc...
Challenge 2: Who will produce a better living through their art. Art skills alone who will win the battle of surviving in New York through their art skills alone.
Feats:
An amnesiac Colossus takes up the name Peter Nicholas and becomes a famous artist with several gallery openings.
https://www.cbr.com/x-men-colossus-peter-nicholas-amnesia/
Captain America, back when he kept a secret identity, becomes the artist of his own comic book at Marvel Comics.
https://www.cbr.com/captain-america-artist-own-comic-book-series-marvel/
Two Scientists who use animals for technology will fight to the death.
Note: Metal Sonic, Sage and Infinite will be joining the fight.
One bite of any of the food will cause a mere mortal to die. I say mere mortal because this man is not a mere mortal. He is eaten in order: five trays of steamed crab legs, an additional four trays a burgers, one incredibly long (understatement, think four football fields linked end to end) tray of wieners and the last buffet that he went to ran out of barbecue before lunch time. He devoured an entire restaurants worth of meat and was only stopped when the manager shot him in the head. He died but came back to life the moment the smell of bacon entered his nostrils.
The man cannot stay dead for long and has a hyperactive metabolism which means that his digestive system goes through food like Sonic goes through rings. He just doesn't feel full, he will eat and eat and eat but the food will disappear the moment it touches the stomach, digest and he will feel hungry again. He's not allowed in Texas precisely for this reason.
Can this diner feed the unfeedable?
I just finished watching Smile 2 and it got me thinking if being mentally strong is the key to beating the Smile entity. So for these scenarios Batman has to witness the gruesome death for it to attach itself to him because if he has prep time he could probably stop the entity in its current host.
Round 1. Batman has no info about the entity before it attaches itself to him.
Round 2. Batman was just been informed about what the entity does seconds before it attaches itself to him.
Round 3. Batman has had time to do research about this entity and has prep time before Smile attaches itself to him.
Just curious to see what people think about this and the interesting scenarios that ensue in the comments.
Blood lusted Mordred vs Ichigo, Luffy, Naruto, Yuji, Denji, Tanjiro, Asta, Deku, Shinra, and Goku.
Ichigo, Luffy, Naruto, Yuji, Denji, Tanjiro, Asta, Deku, Shinra, and Goku are all on the same team.
They can hit each other if they use an extremely destructive attack.
Each character is at its strongest CANON form.
The entire universe is their space to fight.
The fight starts after an hour of them first appearing
1st Round: 25 minutes in the UFC octagon 2nd Round: Street fight in Gotham 3rd Round: Fight to death at the league of assassins headquarters
And moreover, could a lightsaber just cut right through a White Walker?
Let's say we swap the characters in their movies. Who is the better thief? I think it's fair for Danny Ocean to bring his team.
Seen this debate on Twitter recently and people were saying Spider-Man has everything over Homelander, Strength, speed, durability, abilities, skill etc. to my knowledge, Spider-Man isn’t bulletproof, Homelander is, but maybe they mean healing factor is better for Spider-Man? I dunno. Everyone was making out like this wasn’t even competitive and Spider-Man ends him in seconds. Is this true? Or is Homelander a decent threat to Spider-Man?
Earth 1610 (POST SECRET WAR) discovers that The Master (Reed Richards) is in charge of another Earth (6160) and decides to Invade to “extract the terrorist”. Reed sees the attack coming and forces Earth 6160 to defend him.
Who wins?
Do the HEROES of Earth 6160 help 1610? Does Reed escape? What else happens?
YOU DECIDE!
Every non-powered fictional human competes in an international arm wrestling tournament.
By 'non-powered', I mean that they must fall within the bounds of what's considered natural for a human in the context of their universe.
The tournament follows typical World Armwrestling Federation rules, with the exception of there being no separation of age or weight classes. They have no prep time, but are taken at the point of their in-universe prime.
Given these rules, who comes out as the victor?
This is a fight till the death. These opponents are given one simple rule: They cannot simply wish their opponents dead or away. They have to actually fight with magic and/or their fists.
SCP 096 has entered the Sonic universe thanks to Eggman usual schemes, and until the foundation can come to their universe and help contain him, Eggman has to team up with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Silver, Shadow, Blaze, and any other hero to take him down (or at the very least, hold him off until the foundation comes)
To KO
Starfire has her powers,
Satsuki is in her junketsu outfit,
I must last four rounds with the alien dead in at least three. The final round is where all bets are off and anything and everything is allowed.
R1: I choose a lightsaber. The drone has shut off all power to the prison with only emergency lighting being used. There are three facehuggers and no reinforcements coming.
R2: I am given a remote that will call in three orbital bombardments which will destroy anything in front of them but leave me unharmed. The drone sent a distress call to the queen, who sent seven praetorians to the prison.
R3: I am given the One Ring. Possession of the one ring allows me to summon the Nazgul, up to four in total. The drone pleads for help and the xenomorphs send both the raven, grid and six
R4: an entire hive has been made and taken root in the prison. I am backed up by three battalions of Marines as well as two more compliments of UNSC troops. To counter this, the flood have crossbred with the xenomorphs, creating an infection form that is immune to gunfire and twice as fast. Everyone has chainsaws and the brethren Moon's are racing to fury 161. When they get here, it will be impossible to escape. Let me reiterate, round 4 is where I have exactly 96 hours to punch a hole into the alien Hive or the brethren moons are going to kill everyone.
How far do I get?
Featherine leaves her own universe, in hopes of finding a more challenging and formidable one, and decides on the SCP universe, to look into the thousands of anomalies kept in containment.
She aparates to Site-17 and gets a feel of the containment facility. There, she stumbles upon a Keter class anomaly known as "SCP-239 - The Witch Child" and enters the containment chamber to find a comatose young girl laying on a bed and can sense the aura and power radiating off this entity, in this unconscious state.
Unbeknownst to Featherine, this anomaly was one of the most dangerous and feared, out of all the anomalies kept in Foundation containment. Suddenly, the Witch Child wakes up and arises from her comatose state. How does this confrontation go down and who will come out on top?
Round 1: Featherine vs. base form SCP-239 (before being trained by SCP-343 (God))
Round 2: Featherine vs. SCP-239 (After having been trained under SCP-343)
Round 3: Featherine vs. SCP-239 & Dr. Alto Clef
Round 4: Featherine vs. SCP-239, SCP-343, and Dr. Alto Clef
A large rift has occurred between dimensions, causing the two universes to connect.
Who will suffer the most damage in this war? And who will benefit the most from it?
#⚠️ Spoilers to S2E11 of Helluva Boss ahead! ⚠️
Proceed with caution to the comments section!
R1: Saul Goodman with no prep. >!Stolas cannot interfere or interrupt the trial.!< He's getting filled in as Satan and the other sins are speaking.
R2: Saul Goodman is filled in on everything by Blitz before the trial. Blitz with the Grimoire from Stolas, and everything. How could this go?
Bonus Round: Now let's throw Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney) in there instead of Saul. Can Wright defend Blitzo?
R1: Eos Jake vs Ultimate alien Ben without the ultimatrix but with morphing power. Ben gets all of Jake's available morphs (except Howler morphs, which both of them won't have) and gets 6 months of prep to get used to the power.
R2: Eos Jake but with Ben's ultimatrix aliens vs Ultimate alien Ben. Instead of the Ultimatrix, they both get the ability to morph Ben's aliens. They both get the 2 hour time limit and no Alien x. Jake gets 6 months prep.
R3: They both get an ultimatrix, but can only turn into Jake's morphs. Both have 2 weeks prep to get used to the changes.
R4: Gun fight. They both get a dracon beam. Takes place in a forest.
Bonus: Tom and Jake vs Ben and Kevin in half court basketball. Winner gets to date the loser's hot cousin for a day.
Jason is minding his own business at Christal Lake camp, when he sees this weird clown dude making weird faces and gestures at him. Jason is now pissed, while Art is determined to torture him and make him suffer, while he starts pulling his tools from his black plastic bag.
Round 1: It takes place at CL camp, Jason is very pissed off. He has his bare hands while Art has his tools.
Round 2: Art has a chainsaw, while Jason his machete, fight takes place at the Terrifier's
Round 3: Art is extremely pissed off, he will do anything in his power to make Jason suffer, fight takes place in hell. Jason has his machete, while Art his tools
Round 4: Uber Jason vs Art The Clown, fight takes place in a space ship
Fight takes place in Beerus planet
Round 1: Both Goku and Frieza start at their full health, Android 19 cannot absorb energy
Round 2: Both Goku and Frieza are as damaged as when they fought in Namek after frieza went 100%, Android 19 cannot absorb energy
Round 3: Like round 1, Android 19 can absorb energy
Round 4: Android 19 can absorb energy, but this time its Mecha Frieza
The City of Rome at its height spawns where Atlanta would be with two Legions.
The Mongol city of Karakorum from 1250AD spawns where Denver would be with one Tumen.
The Scandinavian city of Copenhagen at the height of the Viking Age spawns where Chicago would be with 10k warriors/Vikings.
The Japanese city of Kyoto from 1250AD spawns where San Francisco would be with 10k warriors/samurai.
All viruses are wiped out from the Americas with their arrival, and the cities all have two years of supplies/rations to get settled
Rome starts with cattle and oxen, the Mongols their horses, the Scandinavians have sheep and goats, and the Japanese have pigs and chickens. Besides seeds for their fields
Can the cities last? Or will the natives wipe them out?
Posting this because someone on a thread on Quora said that a Goliath Bird Eating Spider can take out a kitten. (Kinda hilarious given you’d have to get past its angry mom first) They even went as far as to say that the spider could high diff an adult cat.
Round 1: fight happens at an empty, flat, infinite plane of space.
Round 2; fight happens in a rainforest (spider’s habitat)
Stats:
House Cat (average size):
45 cm long (without tail)
3-5KGs
Weapons: Claws and Teeth
Goliath Birdeater:
leg span of up to 30cm
body length of about 12 cm
Weight: 175gs or 6.2 oz
Weapons: Inch long fangs, venom.
Personally, I think the house cat no diffs but that’s just me.
Both are bloodlusted (if that even matters)
Let's say repeated 1v1 for round A
and a hoard for round B
We know he is not infinity powerful nor stamina wise, so the number has to be around some where. I spired by this post: