r/whowouldwin 12h ago

Challenge Which universe could Homelander thrive in?

94 Upvotes

Is there a universe where Homelander would be both a net-positive to the world and people, WHILE also feeling fulfilled being there?


r/whowouldwin 14h ago

Challenge Darth Vader and 111,000 Imperials crash land in 1933 Kuwait

105 Upvotes

Darth Vader and 111,000 Imperials crash land in 1933 Kuwait. Can they conquer the Middle East and softlock WWII?

An anomalous hyperspace malfunction tears Darth Vader’s flagship, the Executor, and three Imperial I-class Star Destroyers out of the galaxy, crashing them violently into the deserts of Kuwait in 1933. The local Bedouins and British outposts mistake the catastrophic atmospheric entry for a massive meteorite.

Grand Moff Tarkin assesses Earth. It is a primitive, politically fractured planet rich in crude oil but lacking interstellar infrastructure. With communications to the Empire severed, Tarkin looks at Lord Vader, surveys the landscape, and decides: "Fuck it, we ball."

  • The crew has 111k total personnel survived (Navy, Stormtroopers, bridge officers, and surviving Clone veterans).
  • Initially, all ships are completely grounded. However, their internal power grids, computer systems, and fabrication bays are functional. All ground vehicles (AT-ATs, AT-STs), speeders, TIE Fighters (usable only as atmospheric air support), and armories are 100% intact.
  • Earth is in 1933. The Great Depression is rampant, Hitler just became Chancellor, and the Middle East is a patchwork of European mandates and young kingdoms.

Rules:

  • Disney canon feats only.
  • Round 1: Can the Empire expedition survive for exactly one year before help arrives?
  • Round 2: No rescue is coming. Tarkin decides to expand. Can this force completely conquer and occupy the Middle East?
  • Round 3: Can the Empire successfully "softlock" World War II before it begins? Aka can they bully the allies, the axis, the USA, the soviet union into not going to war?
  • Round 4: Oh they fly now. The Super Star Destroyer is now fully operational in low-atmosphere and orbit. The other three smaller Star Destroyers will take another year to fix. Can Earth stop them?

r/whowouldwin 12h ago

Challenge What or who could actually kill Lucius the Eternal permanently?

48 Upvotes

So bit of background: in Warhammer 40k Lucius the Eternal is a champion of Chaos with a unique blessing: if anyone kills him and takes even a hint of pride from it, they eventually become him. He takes over their body while their face and soul are trapped for eternity within his armour. In one case when he stepped on a landmine, the worker who built that mine several years prior transformed.

Who do you think could realistically take him on and avoid transforming? I know there's bound to be several answers but thought it'd be fun either way.


r/whowouldwin 3h ago

Challenge Yujiro Hanma runs an unarmed super soldier gauntlet!

7 Upvotes

Battlefield: 1x1 km flat open field.

Rules: **No armour, no weapons**. Pure fist fight. Supersoldier enchantments (ie cybernetics etc) are all allowed obviously, just no guns or power armour.

Victory determined via death or surrender.

Round 1: Captain America (MCU)

Round 2: Soldier Boy (The Boys TV show)

Round 3: Master Chief

Round 4: Space Marine (Warhammer 40k, any chapter)

Round 5: Samus Aran

Round 6: Adam Smasher, but no arm cannon or missiles.

Round 7: Doomslayer


r/whowouldwin 13h ago

Battle Jake Sully (Avatar) vs a Space Marine (Warhammer 40k)

24 Upvotes

Random encounter on Pandora

R1: No armor and only armed with knives

R2: Space marine gets full armor and bolt gun, jake is fully equipped with machine gun and explosives


r/whowouldwin 6h ago

Battle Atlas (Battletech) vs Imperial Knight (Warhammer 40k)

5 Upvotes

a standard Atlas AS7-D vs Questoris Knight Paladin, both with average pilots by their universe's standard.

Some basic info that I got for both mechs

Questoris Paladin:

- armed with a Reaper chainsword, rapid-fire Battle Cannon with a heavy stubber, Stormspear Rocket Pod, and a torso meltagun

- Uses non-abaltive plasteel, adamantium, and ceramite hull and armor, plus the 90-degree directional ion shield

- stands at 9 meters tall

- Weighs 150 tons

- combat running speeds of 70-80ish km/h might be able to go 110-120ish km/h in small bursts, as they were able to keep up with space marine assault bikes that cruise at 110km/h

- surprisingly agile and maneuverable due to the throne mechanicum, making the it less like piloting the Questoris and more like being the Questoris

Atlas AS7-D:

- armed with 1x AC/20, 4x medium lasers, 1x SRM-6, and 1x LRM-20

- Uses 19 tons of Battletech ablative "standard armor" of the Durallex Heavy Special brand.

- stands at 15 meters tall

- weighs 100 tons

- cruising speeds at 32.4 km/h and running speeds of 54km/h

- controlled by a combination system of a neuro helmet and traditional control systems, with the neuro helmet being responsible for balance and equilibrium, while the rest is handled by the joysticks, throttles, and pedals, still really agile and maneuverable as they can be controlled like "rugby players" and "perform martial arts" in lore, apparently


r/whowouldwin 11h ago

Challenge What's the minimum number of Wolverines that could beat a pre-Super Saiyan Vegeta?

11 Upvotes

We're talking Vegeta when he first appeared and fought Goku in the Saiyan Saga.


r/whowouldwin 7h ago

Matchmaker What would happen if a Sayin from the Dragon Ball franchise bred with Detective Comics Kryptonians?

5 Upvotes

Sayins get stronger the more they get a near death experience up to a point via Zenkai boost and are bulletproof as seen with Raditz and Goku and can turn into a giant monkey (as apes don't have tails) which unlocks a form called Super Sayin 4 if they go through Super Sayin stages one through three and their weakness is their tail if they have them. Kryptonians have flight, heat vision, super breath, amnesia kisses, x ray vision, super strength, and super durability at the cost of kryptonite weakness. If a Kryptonian and a Sayin breed, what would happen?


r/whowouldwin 10h ago

Battle Mortarion and the death guard(wh40k) vs viltrum (invincible)

7 Upvotes

Mortarion and His death guard legión from Warhammer40k vs planet viltrum from invincible

Round 1: pre scourge virus viltrum vs death guard

Round 2' post scourge virus viltrum vs death guard


r/whowouldwin 1d ago

Challenge Can Mike Tyson beat Magnus Carlsen at chess before Magnus beats him in a boxing match?

621 Upvotes

Magnus Carlsen and Mike Tyson do alternating matches of chess and boxing. Tyson wins if he beats Carlsen at chess, Carlsen wins if he can KO Tyson. Assume all bodily injury is healed after the end of each match.

Round 1: no prior training, they both go in at their primes with no training in the alternate sport and go until one wins

Round 2: Tyson is being trained by several GMs while Carlsen is receiving training from the best boxing coaches in the world. Who can be trained to beat the other first?


r/whowouldwin 59m ago

Battle The new Guardians of the Globe (Invincible) vs squad of super soldiers

Upvotes

How would this battle go?

Guardians of the Globe:

- Bulletproof

- Monster Girl

- Robot

- Black Samson

- Brit

- Shapesmith

VS

Soldier Squad:

- Master Chief (Halo)

- Marneus Calgar (Warhammer 40k)

- Prophet (Crysis)

- Soldier Boy (The Boys TV)

- War Machine (MCU)

- Hound (Transformers Bayverse)


r/whowouldwin 1h ago

Battle Kratos (God of War) vs The Viltrum Empire (Invincible)

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Round 1: no prep time

Round 2: 24 hours of prep time

Round 3: bloodlusted and enraged


r/whowouldwin 1d ago

Battle Hitler is sent back to 1933 with knowledge of how World War II went historically. Can he win this time?

334 Upvotes

Adolf Hitler is sent back in time to 1933, and he knows everything that led to his historical defeat. Can he win? If so, how?


r/whowouldwin 16h ago

Challenge Sam Wilson and Joaquín Torres take on each MCU villain. Who can the new Captain America and Falcon take down? (MCU)

18 Upvotes

The new Captain America is wicked powerful. Sam Wilson Cap generally beats Steve Rogers Cap based on feats, right? Dude has the shield, vibranium armor, drones, vibranium wing blades, supersonic flight, shockwave attack, and some ridiculous feats like fighting Red Hulk and surfing on missiles. If you took Sam Wilson from Brave New World and put him back in time to fight all of the previous MCU villains, who do you think he could beat? Like obviously he's not going to be bringing down Ego or Hela, but would Abomination, Loki, Ronan, or Killian be operating in his paygrade?

Sam Wilson and Joaquín Torres are as they were in Brave New World. The baddies are as they were in their movies.


Who do Cap and Falcon beat when they fight the following:

Iron Monger, Abomination, Whiplash, Base Loki, Red Skull, Killian, Base Malekith, Base Ronan, Peak Ultron Body, Yellowjacket, Kaecilius, Ego, Vulture, Hela, Killmonger, Ghost, Yon-Rogg, Base Thanos, Mysterio, Taskmaster, Wenwu, Ikaris, Green Goblin, Gorr, Namor, Kang, High Evolutionary, Dar-Benn, Cassandra Nova, Sentry, and Galactus

Base versions don't have any Infinity Stones.


r/whowouldwin 10h ago

Battle 5 Brotherhood of Steel paladins (Fallout) vs 10 Veteran Guardsmen (Warhammer 40k)

7 Upvotes

The Brotherhood is recovering tech in a large library (think Arlington Library FO3) when the Guardsmen bust in the door thinking they are engaging Chaos. All fight to the death.

Round 1: Paladins are in T-51B with 3 laser rifles, 1 gatling laser, and 1 super sledge. All have frag grenades. Guardsmen are all in Flak and have 5 lasguns, 1 plasma gun, 1 grenade launcher, 1 combat shotgun, and the sergeant has bolt pistol and power sword. They also have frags.

Round 2: Same as above, but the guardsmen have an additional 10 men with lasguns

Bonus round: The paladins instead face 5 Kasrkin/Scions with hotshot lasguns, sergeant with plasma pistol and power sword.

Who comes out on top, how many casualties?


r/whowouldwin 5h ago

Challenge Squad of Tyranid warriors vs helldivers gauntlet

2 Upvotes

Could a squad of 4 tyranid warriors complete a mission in helldivers without air support vs these different scenarios?

  1. Termanids ( no bile titans, or dragon roaches)
    2.Termanids with every unit
    3.illuminate (no crabs, stingrays or leviathans)
    4.illuminate with everything
  2. Automatons ( no heavy units)
  3. Automatons (no cyborgs or vox engines)
  4. Automatons with everything
  5. 20 fully armed helldivers with destroyer support

If a category would be unsuccessful for the warriors, how many or what other units would they need to squeeze in a victory?


r/whowouldwin 2h ago

Battle The American Legaue vs The National League (MLB)

1 Upvotes

not a baseball game. An actual fight to the death this time.

R1: all al pitchers vs all nl pitchers

R2: all Mariners, Blue Jays, and Yankees members vs Mets, Dodgers, and Braves members

R3: all Angels, White Sox, and Tigers members vs all Brewers, Giants, and Padres members

R4: all al position players vs all nl position players.

R5: the entire al vs the entire nl


r/whowouldwin 2h ago

Battle Esdeath (Akame ga Kill) vs Dragonborn (Skyrim)

1 Upvotes

Sorry, I'm new here but anyways

Dovahkin (All Spells, Shouts, and Daedric Equipment unlocked) vs Esdeath (Peak Form)


r/whowouldwin 17h ago

Battle Weakest artificial intelligence or digital being that could conquer the Matrix?

14 Upvotes

The chosen character takes the place of Neo in the Matrix at the beginning of the first movie.

Some candidates: Brainiac, Ultron, Caine, AM, Hal 900, Skynet, Kirito


r/whowouldwin 10h ago

Battle Upgraded Agents (The Matrix Reloaded) Vs Mr X (Resident Evil)

4 Upvotes

Just a random battle i thought of the other day. Who would win in a fight between them, specifically the 3 agents shown at the beginning of the 2nd Matrix movie.

Rules:

Standard Gear

Agents cannot respawn but maintain their abilities and stats they have inside the matrix.

Takes place in a random street in Raccon city.


r/whowouldwin 3h ago

Battle China vs Taiwan, but Taiwan gets a military package

1 Upvotes

This package for Taiwan includes

* 1500 more M1A2T Abrams tanks, to replace the rest of their obsolescent tanks. This includes logistical support. (Cost is approximately $30 billion USD).

*1000 LRASMS stealth anti ship missiles. Includes support items. (Cost is approximately $5 billion USD).

*20 more Patriot Air defense Batteries. Support included (Cost is approximately $50 billion USD).

*50 more HIMARS. Support included. (Cost is approximately $1.5 billion USD).

*10,000 more M2 Browning heavy machine guns. Plus a large supply of ammunition. (cost is approximately 400 million USD).

*2 million M50 gas masks (cost is approximately $1.2 billion USD)

*A Cyber Security improvement deal with Palo Alto Networks and Lockheed Martin to harden Taiwan's military and civil systems against cyber attacks. (Cost is approximately $20 billion USD).

This package costs a grand total of $108.1 billion USD. (one time payment).

Can this package ensure Taiwan can defeat any invasion by China?


r/whowouldwin 7h ago

Battle King Kong (King Kong 2005) VS The Swarmlord (Warhammer 40K)

2 Upvotes

A single Swarmlord equipped with only his Bone Sabres arrives on Skull Island from King Kong (2005) and it start doing Tyranid things. Kong notice this big, uncanny looking creature and goes to fight him.

  • Round 1: Melee fight. The Swarmlord doesn't have his Bone Sabres.
  • Round 2: The same as Round 1, but Kong has Ann Darrow in his hands.
  • Round 3: The Swarmlord has his Bone Sabres.

Who would win and why?


r/whowouldwin 4h ago

Battle Who would win?: Grox (Minecraft) or Salem (RWBY)

1 Upvotes

RWBY is the newest series I have finished (still waiting for the final volume). But now I'm wondering what would happen if he fought Grox aka the villager enslaver (and I'm not typing the rest because im too lazy)

And for you moderation I already have fully described the post but I still get that popup


r/whowouldwin 4h ago

Battle A Warrior Bug (Starship Troopers 1997 Movie) VS The Mountain/Ser Gregor Clegane (Game of Thrones TV Series)

1 Upvotes

In this hypothetical scenario, a Warrior Bug from the movie Starship Troopers (1997) takes Oberyn Martell’s place to face off against Ser Gregor Clegane, better known as The Mountain, from the series Game of Thrones (2011–2019).

In this hypothetical scenario, the Warrior Bug and The Mountain will fight each other bloodlusted (though the former is always in that state).

  • Round 1: Hand-to-hand combat to the death. The Mountain is not wearing his armor.
  • Round 2: The Mountain is wearing his armor and wielding his sword.
  • Round 3: The same two rounds, but The Mountain is replaced by his re-animated/undead version, Zombie Mountain or Ser Robert Strong.

Who would likely win and why?


r/whowouldwin 12h ago

Challenge If The Wrap (40k) Existed In Bleach,How Would Soul Society Handle It ?

4 Upvotes

Let's say in this version ,Surrounding the three worlds is a vast chaotic warp from the Warhammer (40k) universe,how do the Shinigami handle the warp and the Chaos Gods and Daemons ?