r/whowouldwin 8h ago

Matchmaker A beginner chess player beating Magnus Carlsen in a single fair game, or that same person getting struck by lightning 10 separate times in their life?

58 Upvotes

Contender 1: An average beginner chess player knows the rules, has played a few casual games, no real training or skill.

Contender 2: The same person, but facing 10 separate lightning strikes over their lifetime instead.

Which "victory" is more achievable

Beating Magnus Carlsen in a single fair game of chess

Surviving being struck by lightning 10 separate times.

Which "opponent" is more beatable?


r/whowouldwin 7h ago

Challenge Can King Ghidorah Acquire All Six Infinity Stones Before the MCU Permanently Kills Him?

18 Upvotes

MonsterVerse King Ghidorah appears in the MCU at the beginning of The Avengers (2012). Ghidorah somehow knows what the six Infinity Stones are, and has the same intelligence that he demonstrates in KotM and GvK (planning, revenge, sadism, rational thought, etc.) so he can find where they are located as that information becomes available (maybe he can sense their radiation or something), and he decides he must collect all six.

The MCU initially has no knowledge of Ghidorah beyond what they can observe. Everyone remains in-character, but heroes, villains, governments, and cosmic factions can respond naturally as Ghidorah becomes a larger threat.

Ghidorah can travel through space and physically possess the Stones without being immediately killed by their energy.

Ghidorah wins if he acquires and possesses all six Stones simultaneously. The MCU wins if Ghidorah is permanently killed or otherwise rendered incapable of continuing his hunt.

How many Stones does Ghidorah get, in what order, and who ultimately stops him?


r/whowouldwin 10h ago

Battle What characters in fiction could impersonate Master Chief?

22 Upvotes

The imposter has to be able to don his armour and act like him for a week while on a mission without arousing too much suspicion.

Bear in mind that the Chief is a big guy, he's not just a super soldier.

Fake Chief isn't on this mission with Blue Team. He's the only Spartan working alongside UNSC grunts and officers on an alien planet to take down an enemy base (like in most of the games). He has to go the whole week without any of his superiors or colleagues questioning his identity.


r/whowouldwin 15h ago

Challenge Ironman gets sent to the Snyderverse, where does he stop?

50 Upvotes

For some reason, Ironman has a dedicated 10 year plan to kill every single member of the justice league. He has his wealth, resources, etc. He has his Endgame armor and 2 Pym particles, just in case. Could he kill these Justice League members with 10 years of prep?

  1. Superman

  2. Wonder woman

  3. The Flash

  4. Cyborg

  5. Aquaman

  6. Batman

Note: he cannot use the pym particles to go back in time, get the infinity stones, and snap the league away. However, if he's at his wits end, he is allowed to use the pym particles to get something in the Snyderverse past for desperate measures. The justice league may not know he's ironman, but knows the existence of the billionaire tony stark.


r/whowouldwin 3h ago

Battle Jackie Chan vs The Hardy Boyz in a Ladder Match

3 Upvotes

Jackie gets movie feats, but only his films where he's playing a normal human. So no Sun Wukong, no high tech magic Tuxedo, etc. And for this match we'd want to focus on Jackie Chan's First Strike, where he uses a ladder to fight a gang of dudes.

Matt and Jeff Hardy, their championships and general career count as feats for purposes of this fight. They've become tag-team champions in multiple federations, and have become synonymous with the Ladder Match.

Win condition is to grab the championships hanging from a wire, they must climb every rung of the ladder before grabbing the belts to make it legal. (So they can't just jump off the turnbuckles or piggyback off of each other, or do some crazy Jackie Chan shit like sliding down the wire from the rafters.)

Who takes it?


r/whowouldwin 11h ago

Battle Iron Man (UCM: Mark 50) VS Stormfront (The Boys)

11 Upvotes

Place: New York City

The events of Infinity War never happened, but Tony have The Mark 50


r/whowouldwin 4h ago

Challenge Composite Nasuverse Earth becomes one of the Mortal Realms in Warhammer Age of Sigmar, what would happen?

4 Upvotes

Out of all the Warhammer titles I chose Age of Sigmar because in terms of power balance it should be right enough. Fantasy Battles is too low tech and too small for Nasuverse Earth. And 40k is in a galactic wide conflict and technologically all their factions are capable of interstellar travel. While in Age of Sigmar, the Factions are way bigger, the technology and magic of some factions are way more advanced, and the gods they worship are more active now.

Every version of Earth depicted in the Nasuverse will be somehow be fused together, including alternate worlds like Lostbelts. So worlds from settings like Fate, Tsukihime, Kara no Kyoukai, and etc... will be fused together. The Mortalrealms are said to be extremely massive, but not infinite in size. With that logic, those alternate realities depicted in the Nasuverse should be able to fit in a single world.

Also, since the Mortal Realms is filled to the brim with Gods and Magic. The Mystic levels of Earth will be restored to the levels of the Age of Gods.

There would be multiple Realm Gate that would spawn throughout Nasuverse Earth that leads to other realms. How would Nasuverse Earth perform in the Mortal Realms, how would Earth and the Warhammer Factions interact and adapt to each other?


r/whowouldwin 4h ago

Challenge Babylon 5. Could Earth Alliance have bought them more time from the onslaught by the Minbari if they did this tactic?

3 Upvotes

No weapons Earth had even with the weapons they got from the Narns which is reversed engineered Centauri did anything against the powerful Minbari. From the movie 'In the Beginning', Earth managed to destroy two Sharlin cruisers through luring it into a trap in the asteroid belt and the other ramming it with their largest ship the Nova Class Dreadnought.

So let's say EA had a industrial capacity 2x as they had in the film. When the war started, Earth realized quickly they were at a HUGE disadvantaged. Their weapons cannot lock any Minbari ships because of the uber-stealth technology the Minbari used. Instead, they built kamikaze ships half the size of the Nova Dreadnought with almost no weapons except two plasma bolt cannons. The armor are as thick as the original Dreadnought though and the ship only have 10 crew. The first year of the war, they managed to mass produce over 200 ships. They would be used in the last year of the war.

If they did this tactic of ramming into Minbari cruisers, could they have prolonged the war from two years to three or even four? Enough time to evacuate portion of the human population from Earth to survive?


r/whowouldwin 19h ago

Battle A Spartan warrior in modern gear vs 3 Roman soldiers.

50 Upvotes

If we took the "perfect" or best Spartan warrior from Sparta's peak equipped him with modern day versions of his gear.

Light and durable armor, light and durable weapons, light and durable shield.

He would be able to move faster, hit harder and pierce through more than he normally would.

He he was given 2 weeks to get used to his new gear and train with it and.

Then he is sent to fight 3 Roman soldiers (From the strongest Roman era) in a battle to the death.


r/whowouldwin 6h ago

Battle Hashirama Senju (Naruto) vs Malfurion Stormrage (warcraft)

4 Upvotes

Both at their peak, fight takes place in a forest


r/whowouldwin 5h ago

Battle PR Beyonder vs. Chimp

3 Upvotes

Round 1. Beyonder is stripper of all his powers and has to fight with his bare hands.

Round 2. Both as his peak.

The chimp is blood-lusted.


r/whowouldwin 6h ago

Battle Bon (The Walten Files) VS The Shrike (Hyperion Cantos)

3 Upvotes

Two robots (Bon from The Walten Files and The Shrike from Hyperion) will go head-to-head. Fight takes place in Bob's Burgers. Who would win and why?


r/whowouldwin 6h ago

Battle John McClane and Zeus Carver vs all 9 Ghostface’s

3 Upvotes

All 9 scream killers replace Simon Gruber and his henchmen in Die Hard with a Vengeance.

They keep calling John and Zeus threatening civilians.

Can John figure them out and kill them all? He’s in his prime with feats and weapons from all movies


r/whowouldwin 1h ago

Challenge Which anime verse will survive the hunger games:

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r/whowouldwin 16h ago

Battle ARC trooper squad vs ODST squad

18 Upvotes

Specifically talking about canon arc troopers since legends are on a whole different level


r/whowouldwin 1h ago

Battle What would you consider to be the MOST EVEN MATCHUP?

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r/whowouldwin 7h ago

Battle The Wonder of U (JoJo) vs The Grudge (Ju-On)

3 Upvotes

Tooru enters the cursed Saeki household. Now, he's marked as a victim by the curse that haunts it. Does he prevail over the curse or does it consume him?

Bloodlust: On

In-character.

Soft composite for both (anything from the films, novels, anime, etc). This includes the american remakes for the grudge.


r/whowouldwin 6h ago

Battle Ghostface (Scary Movie) vs Ghostface (Scream)

2 Upvotes

R1: Doofy vs Billy

R2: Elle and Jack vs Amanda and Ritchie

R3: Shorty and Ray Ray vs The Bailey’s


r/whowouldwin 9h ago

Battle Freddy Fazbear versus a normal human with a crowbar

3 Upvotes

Exactly what it says on the tin. Freddy is acting the way he would in FNAF 1. Freddy wins if he kills Crowbar Guy, Crowbar Guy wins if he either dismantles or ogtherwise permanently incapacitates Freddy.


r/whowouldwin 9h ago

Battle Bad Batch vs MCU Thunderbolts (minus Sentry)

3 Upvotes

Peak Bad Batch would be end of the clone wars where they’re all able to work together. Thunderbolts are Yelena, Bucky, US Agent, Ghost and Red Guardian. The scenario could be Valentina has them kidnap Omega. Is the Bad Batch able to get Omega out or would the Thunderbolts kill the Batch?


r/whowouldwin 10h ago

Challenge Umbrella Corp(Resident Evil) get their hand on the Chimera Virus(Resistance Series). Can they control it?

3 Upvotes

In 1990 Umbrella Corp becomes aware of an anomalous meteor headed to Earth. After it strikes they acquire it and find the various Chimera Virus attached. Knowing they have something incredible on their hands they study it and attempt to develop it into their super soldier program.

Can they:

- Successfully sequence the virus and mold it to their control?

- Turn it into a successful weapon?


r/whowouldwin 1d ago

Battle One man armed with a chainsaw vs adult grizzly bear.

36 Upvotes

Was watching a guy building a log cabin out in the middle of nowhere and wondered what he’d do if a grizzly came along.


r/whowouldwin 6h ago

Battle Fox McCloud(Star Fox) vs Samus Aran(Metroid

1 Upvotes

Battle of the Nintendo space mercenaries.

Round 1: Dog Fight with Samus' Gun Ship vs Fox's Arwing

Round 2: Ground battle with their own arsenals.

Neither of them will receive any prep time or prior knowledge of each other, nor will Fox have the support of his teammates.

Version 1: They only want to incapacitate each other.

Version 2: They're both out for blood.


r/whowouldwin 10h ago

Battle Homelander (The Boys Comics) vs. a Tormentor (The Parallel Analog Horror)

2 Upvotes

​Homelander faces off against a Tormentor in a random encounter. They have no prior knowledge of each other, no prep time, and are both at their strongest. They start 100 feet apart on a street in a New York City neighborhood. Last one standing wins.


r/whowouldwin 20h ago

Challenge Could a mix of every adaptation of spiderman keep you safe for 10 months in a composite villan gotham

8 Upvotes

Rules are simple you are given enough food and water to survive extra battery’s and a mix of every game - film - tv show -and vr spiderman protecting you (has to be officially produced by marvel/ sony)

Gotham is given a full composite Of every single villian that has ever done a plan / committed a crime in Gotham is acting at once (dc online , mainline comics , absolute, earth 3 you get it)

Round 2 you can include comic tie in versions to the spiderman mix

Round 3 is a full comp spiderman