r/whowouldwin • u/Historical_Ostrich • Aug 02 '25

Battle An unarmed Captain America (MCU) replaces Robb Stark at the Red Wedding - can he fight his way out?

Cap doesn't have his shield or suit, and he doesn't know that the betrayal is coming. The Freys are not aware of his upgraded abilities.

Can Cap fight his way out? Bonus points if he can keep Catelyn and Robb's wife safe. Double bonus points if he can kill Walder Frey and Roose Bolton.

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u/FaceDeer ​ Aug 02 '25

I should also note that he won't be bare handed after he defeats the first guy, he'll have whatever weapon that guy had.

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u/a__new_name Aug 02 '25

Would it be any useful to him? Outside of daggers (if knowledge from knife combat is transferable) and shields he's unlikely to have training with anything they've got.

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u/agray20938 ​ Aug 02 '25

A mace or morningstar are pretty self-explanatory though, and honestly I wouldn't be surprised if at some point Cap trained on how to use a spear

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u/a__new_name Aug 02 '25

Now to think of it, Cap certainly knows how to use a bayonet. That should apply to spears as well.

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u/CocoSavege Aug 02 '25

Eeeeh, a spear really isn't like a bayonet. Spears are typically a lot longer.

Spear shafts often are a little flexible, and while stabby is always a go to, slashy does show up. Or smacky?

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u/Bradybigboss Aug 02 '25

Wakanda’s primary weapons are spears in verse and cap also seems to be able to pick most things up that he is around a lot and use them. Cap is going full Prince oberyn I think

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u/CocoSavege Aug 02 '25

Absolutely fair. Just saying a spear is pretty far from a bayonet.

Oberyn is a very nice pull, dunno why I didn't think of it. Shows the scale of an "in verse" spear, (iirc, 8') also shows how a single spear user might use a spear (asterisk, unusual opponent, but still a "peak" spear guy)

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u/Bradybigboss Aug 04 '25

Idk who downvoted you lol—I think oberyn is def the portrait of a peak spear guy in the verse. I’m not sure if there are scenes already of cap using a wakandan spear—but I now think spear would be one of the worst things for the Frey’s to let him get his hands on lol

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u/Saharan Aug 02 '25

Break a spear in half, boom, a bayonet.

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u/CocoSavege Aug 03 '25

Did you mean broom (stick), bayonet?