r/whowouldwin 6h ago

Battle Could the Red Baron and his Flying Circus (WWI) take down Aegon the Conqueror's three dragons (ASOIAF)?

35 Upvotes

Taking place in the skies above 1918 France, Manfred von Richthofen's JG1 squadron, best known as the Flying Circus, takes on the three dragons Aegon I used to conquer most of Westeros: himself riding Balerion, plus his sisters Visenya and Rhaenys riding Vhagar and Meraxes, respectively. 

von Richthofen will have the full strength of the Flying Circus (circa 1918) at his command, consisting of 48 German fighter planes, either Fokker D.VIIs or Albatros D.IIIs. Each plane is manned by a single pilot, and armed with two Spandau machine guns, which can fire at a rate of ~450 RPM with a capacity of 1000 rounds. Their effective range is roughly 2,000m. The planes can reach an altitude of 20,000 ft and have fuel capacity to stay in the air for 90 minutes, while travelling at speeds up to ~110 mph. The aircraft are built from plywood, and so are extremely flammable.

The Targaryens and their dragons are from the beginning of the Conquest, or 2 BC, in ASOIAF history. Each dragon is massive, with Balerion being maybe the largest to ever exist. Assume each is over 100m long, and ridden by their respective Targaryen, wearing armor/clothing that dragonriders have been shown to wear in the TV shows. Since there are only vague accounts of Aegon's dragons in the ASOIAF lore, consider the show's (particularly House of the dragon) versions as a baseline for their abilities.

Could the Red Baron and his Flying Circus defeat the Conqueror's dragons? The win condition for the Germans is incapacitating all three dragons and their riders, while for the Targaryens, it is total destruction of the fighter squadrons. No ground support is allowed for either side. It is a clear summer day.

R1: Zero prep time for both sides.

R2: 48 hrs prep time for both sides, though the additional time does not allow the Germans to add any more weaponry to their planes.


r/whowouldwin 28m ago

Battle Vista (Worm/Ward) vs. Uro (JJK)

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These two go at it. Who wins?

  • Round 1: Worm Vista. Equal Stats, fight in Sendai.
  • Round 2: Ward Vista. Usual stats, Brockton Bay.
  • Round 3: Ward Vista joins Uro in the Sendai fight, can the duo win? Wpuld Vista's presemce change the story further?
  • Round 4: Uro joins Vista as a semi-permanent combat assistant in Brockton Bay (pre-Leviarhan). Does her presence impact the story from there?

r/whowouldwin 2h ago

Battle Could Xenomorphs would win against Superheroes?

4 Upvotes

Hi all!
Im just looking to hear thoughts about what you believe would happen in a world that included both superheroes like Superman and Xenomorphs.

Ive thought on it and find myself unable to really decide which side would be capable of winning.

At first I believed that superheroes would have no problem defeating xenomorphs until i remember how xenomorphs breed- the risk of just one superpowered life being impregnated with eggs could result in superpowered xenomorphs which would change things entirely, would a super powered xenomorph- then their offspring, make them more of an equal to superheroes?

I think the liklihood of this happening would be high too considering how xenomorphs adapt their hunting based on prey- abundance likely being the most efficient tool for them to overwhelm and invade one superhero. I just cant determine if a group superheroes (im imagining the Justice League for example) would be capable of dismantling something like that while at the same time understanding that their abilities and tools may still give them the upper hand.

What are your thoughts?


r/whowouldwin 1h ago

Battle Supergirl (DCU) vs Ikaris (MCU)

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Who would win and why?


r/whowouldwin 16h ago

Battle Apocalypse vs The Emperor of Mankind

39 Upvotes

Marvel vs Warhammer 40,000! A 1v1 so no Horsemen and no Atrartes/Custodians. Lets say Big E needs to wipe out a recently awakened Big A in the sands of Egypt. Two battles will commence. First with no prep time and again with 24hrs prep time.

Nerd! Redy, Set, GOOOOOOO


r/whowouldwin 15h ago

Challenge Freeza vs Naruto

30 Upvotes

Not an actual fight. Instead, Naruto has 1 month to talk-no-justsu Freeza into sparing his planet. Freeza is forced to listen to everything Naruto has to say, though he is allowd to talk back. Naruto may bring in other characters to help, but no violence of any kind is allowed (including genjutsu and other shenanigans).

Naruto is fully aware of how boned his world is if he fails to convince Freeza.

This is current DBS Freeza.

How does this go?


r/whowouldwin 9h ago

Battle Drizzt Do'Urden (Forgotten Realms) VS Batman (DC Comics)

10 Upvotes

Drizzt just keeps getting stronger. Dude started off strong and has progressively just gotten more dangerous. Do you think at this point that he'd be able to take on Batman? They're both stealthy heroes who use sick equipment, transcendent skills, and the power of friendship to take on ridiculously dangerous threats, right? Drizzt's Monk feats and hundreds of years of experience are pretty solid, but I'm not sure how that matches up against a guy who fights galactic threats every few weeks.

Drizzt and Bruce end up in a forest together and forced to fight. Who wins?

Batman is current DC Prime Earth version. Drizzt is most modern version. Both have their normal equipment and no special stuff or one off stuff.

Respect Threads: Drizzt and Batman, though I'll note that I don't think either is fully up to date.


  • Round 1: Both in character.

  • Round 2: Both bloodlusted.

  • Round 3: They start on opposite sides of an abandoned castle and have to hunt each other down.


r/whowouldwin 9h ago

Challenge Pepsi-Man vs the Demon Slayer verse

8 Upvotes

Pepsiman clocks in at small building level as does demon slayer and he has blown through multiple houses like it’s nothing so he obviously isn’t made of just aluminum. Speaking of which, he can’t bleed as he is a living can of Pepsi which makes putting him down a very difficult task for the demon slayers. He also has passive Regen and may be indestructible idk. He can also throw cans of Pepsi very fast and can summon it anywhere making a flood or attacks relating to that. Cutting his head off might not do anything as he has limited Toon-force. Y’all think Demon Slayers are up to the task?


r/whowouldwin 5h ago

Battle Daredevil (MCU) vs. Lurtz (The Lord of the Rings)

4 Upvotes

Random and direct encounter.

External interference is barred.

Neither side can flee or forfeit from the engagement.

Live-action versions specified for consistency.

Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Daredevil is used.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Lurtz is used.

Neither side is aware of the other's abilities, weapons, location, or appearance.

Each side is equipped with their standard equipment.

Daredevil is equipped with his black super suit, protective devil helmet, and a pair of billy clubs with a concealed grappling-hook system.

Lurtz is equipped with his Uruk-Hai scimitar, bow, thirty standard arrows, dagger, breastplate and backplate, pauldron, vambraces and gauntlets, greaves, iron bracers, Uruk-Hai shield, chainmail hauberk and loincloth, boots and wraps, leather harnesses, and the Hand of Saruman.

The combatants can unload their equipment and pick up and manipulate objects within their environment.

They begin 500 meters apart.

Fight occurs in the Carpathian mountains of Romania.

Fight to the death.

Who wins?


r/whowouldwin 1h ago

Battle Movie/ Show Telekinetic Battle royale Hunger games style featuring Andrew Detmer(Chronicle) Carrie, Cindy( The Boys), Eleven(Stranger things) and more

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Telekinetic Battle Royale featuring movie or show characters

This battle will be held in the same Environment as the Hunger games films meaning they’re all starting on platforms in a perfect circle that have a explosive yield strong enough to kill them should they step off or levitate off the platform before the starting horn.

This battle features Andrew Detmer( from chronicle) Carry( from the most recent film adaption, Elven from (Stranger things), Cindy from (the boys), Garret from (Code 8), Jean Grey from the (X- men movies but limited to the first two movies and obviously no Phoenix force), Sylar from (heroes only telekinesis for him none of his other powers), Nick Grant( Push), last but not least Andrew Strucker(The Gifted)

There’s a twist for round 1: Hemich will be tasked with getting these 8 contestants the most sponsorships. Which of them would inspire the most help during the battle royal from supplies to favor in general?

Round 2: is the battle royal I’m assuming you came for. With the stipulations I discussed. Who comes out on top ?


r/whowouldwin 10h ago

Battle Could Darth Vader resist a Mind Meld from Mr. Spock? (Star Wars/Star Trek)

9 Upvotes

Darth Vader has some important information that Starfleet needs to save the galaxy. Vader isn't keen on sharing the information. Mr. Spock lays hands on the crispy Sith flesh and tries to use his psychic Mind Meld ability to get the information out of him, either by forcing him to say it, just plucking it from his mind, or through any other psychic means. Can Darth Vader resist or is Spock gonna get what he wants?

Both are at unamped peak power.

  • Bonus Round: The roles are reversed and Vader is trying to get some information out of Spock instead.

r/whowouldwin 4h ago

Battle Ninja war Might guy + Adult Rock Lee VS Thragg + Emperor Mark

3 Upvotes

It wouldn't be a tag team fight but either of them had to pick an opponent and fight.

Guy and Lee can use the gates but mark and thragg can also fly.

I personally think if somehow they can get a hold of them and simply throw them to space they can win (the vilturmites), but also the death gate can prove lethal to both of them.


r/whowouldwin 9h ago

Battle Saitama vs Mahoraga

6 Upvotes

There will be no cursed technique or magic, plain physical fight, but mahoraga can adapt.

Who would win?


r/whowouldwin 6h ago

Battle Takako Uro (Jujutsu Kaisen) Vs. Lady Nagant (My Hero Academia)

3 Upvotes

The fight takes place in Tokyo, Japan at nighttime, with both combatants standing 10 feet apart from each other.

Takako Uro has access to her cursed energy abilities (such as Barrier and Thin Ice Breaker, and using the sky as a surface), and Lady Nagant has access to her two quirks, Rifle and Air Walk, and along with the former, her rifle arm, as well as her sniping abilities, and bullets.

Who wins?


r/whowouldwin 2h ago

Battle Raylan Givens (Justified) vs. Barry (Barry)

1 Upvotes

Raylan is called in to investigate a series of mob killings, including the recent death of a detective. Raylan interviews the acting group that seems to come up a lot related to the murders.

Round 1- Can Raylan sniff out Barry as the problem?

Round 2- Raylan figures out Barry is shady and goes to arrest him or take him out

Round 3- Barry gets nervous and tries to take out Raylan without bringing suspicion on himself


r/whowouldwin 7h ago

Battle Tf2 & Overwatch vs Every Current Character in Marvel Rivals

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Battle of the Hero/Class Shooters

The TF2 Mercenaries (including Saxton Hale and Merasmus) have teamed up with Every Current Overwatch Character to fight the Current Marvel Rivals Roster in a Free for all Battle over Control Points. Both Sides can use anything in their arsenal such as ranged weapons, melee weapons, support gear, along with natural abilities and power-ups to duke it out.

Any location map from each of these games is allowed and random events can sometimes occur in the form of random enemies spawning in such as The Horseless Headless Horseman, TF2 Machine Bots, Tanks, and Sentry Busters, along with Talon Soldiers, AI Omnics, Aim Agents, and Doom Bots as Well.

Who would win this Absolute Chaotic Brawl?


r/whowouldwin 3h ago

Battle Dexter vs Judge Holden

0 Upvotes

Who wins?

Say in a long term battle. Not hand to hand since Holden easily wins hand to hand combat.


r/whowouldwin 9h ago

Battle Terror vs A shrunken down and depowered Homelander armed with a turkey leg (The Boys TV Show)

3 Upvotes

The fight will take place in an open field.

Homelander is shrunken down to the size of a plushie (slightly smaller than terror) and is depowered, but to give him an edge in the fight he is armed with a smoked turkey leg.

Who wins this fight?


r/whowouldwin 13h ago

Battle All live action Spider-Men vs live action Spider-Man villains

5 Upvotes

Tobey, Andrew, Tom

vs

Dafoe Goblin, Doc Ock, Goblin jr., Sandman, Topher Venom, Tasm Lizard, TASM 2 Electro, TASM2 Crackhead Goblin, Vulture, Shocker, Mysterio

Battle obviously takes place in NYC

All gear allowed, even the Black suit for Tobey, the Iron Spider for Tom


r/whowouldwin 12h ago

Battle Task force vs Alien invasion

3 Upvotes

Chi master - 1 ton strength, 2 ton durability, focused chi strikes are easily in the 25 Megajoule range, can fire Megajoule chi bolts from his hands, teleportation, expert Muay Thai and lethwai fighter, he is also the leader.

Tank - 100 ton strength, 110 ton durability

Robot - titanium-alloy bones, kevlar panel skin, jetpack (mach 2), dual energy blasters (bolts travel at 500 mph, 10 MegaJoule impact)

Speedster - top speed of 600 mph, 1 ton strength, 10 ton durability, enhanced reflexes/perception

Thunderer - 10 ton strength, 10 ton durability, living battery (1 million Volt), plasma form (intangible electrified form), lightning generation, electric energy absorption, electric telekinesis (max 10 tons), flight (mach 2)

The twin marksmen - two expert archers, use exo-skeleton to boost their strength by 2x. They use 80 lb compound bows and have camo-suits that function for 20 seconds before needing a 10 second cooldown.
They use the following arrow heads: broadhead (regular), explosive (1 Megajoule) and grappling arrow (40 ft steel-alloy cable) and use smart visor to tag and track targets. They carry around 50 arrows each and Glock 17s with 3 extra mags.

Vs

 
Alien infantry - 6ft1 (1.85m) tall, 200 lbs (99 kg) humanoids, chitinous armor equivalent to NIJ lvl 2 kevlar, carry kinetic energy blaster carbines (bolts travel at 1,500 J, 300 mph) very basic training, animalistic and mostly spray and pray

Alien Brutes: 7’ (2.13m), 500 lbs (226 kg), (10 ton strength, 20 ton durability, 60 iq brutes)

Alien ships: car sized anti-grav glider (max speed 400 mph, twin hypercannons (fires 3000 joule bolts at 400 mph, manned by 1 pilot 

Troop numbers: 10,000 infantry, 100 brutes, 50 ships

Setting: Downtown Chicago
The fighters get 1 year of prep (they can’t build weapons, only train together), who wins?


r/whowouldwin 8h ago

Battle Lord Shen's Army (Kung Fu Panda) vs Zeta's Army (Angry Birds)

2 Upvotes

Imagine that Shen & his squad along with their buildings & weaponry existed on an island in the Angry Birds movie universe. Zeta fires her cannon at Shen's island, destroying nothing significant. What happens?


r/whowouldwin 5h ago

Battle Dexter Morgan (Dexter) vs Granny and Grandpa (Granny)

1 Upvotes

Rules: Both sides get their standard arsenal (Dexter gets his knife and M99 Syringes. Granny gets her Bat and Beartraps. Grandpa gets his walking stick/cane and double barrel shotgun), fight takes place inside Granny’s house (Granny Chapter 2), and both sides are aware that the other is in the house

Round 1: both sides are in character. Dexter gets no prep time

Round 2: both sides are bloodlusted. Dexter gets no prep time

Round 3: both sides are in character. Dexter gets 3 days prep time

Round 4: both sides are in bloodlusted. Dexter gets 3 days prep time


r/whowouldwin 17h ago

Battle Captain Clark vs captain Winters

8 Upvotes

Captain Clark from the backrooms(2026) vs captain Winters from Band of Brothers.

Scenario: Captain Winters armed with a M1 Thompson enter the backrooms and encounters Captain Clark. Who would win?


r/whowouldwin 10h ago

Battle Odysseus and his men(2026 movie) fights the Immortals from 300

3 Upvotes

Odysseus with his 100 men encounters the Immortals from the 300 film. 90 of the Immortals including 1 uber-giant one in chains. Who wins?


r/whowouldwin 1d ago

Battle A Klingon warrior (Star Trek) versus a Sangheili (Elite) minor (Halo)

27 Upvotes

A friend of mine says that the Sangheili would win due to being taller and overall larger whilst I think it would, at best, be a draw due to the Klingon's inherent toughness.

For clarity's sake, a minor in Halo is the lowest rank of warrior among the Sangheili, equivalent to your common Klingon warrior.