r/whowouldwin • u/Historical_Ostrich • Aug 03 '25

Battle Which superheroes/villains would lose to a real world SWAT team if they were stripped of plot armor?

The SWAT team will employ real world tactics and resort to deadly force if necessary. Whoever they're facing off against has their standard gear and will resist to the best of their ability, but they don't get any of their standard plot armor.

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u/KathytheQueen Aug 03 '25

Remove plot armor, GCPD SWAT eliminates Batman's entire rouges gallery in every situation. The only ones they'd have trouble with is Heath Ledger's Joker and every version of Bane, as they both have real world military training.

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u/Hrydziac Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 05 '25

I think this depends what you consider plot armor. Even the "regular human" superheros and villians in DC are genuinely significantly faster/stronger than any real world human could be. I think most of them could probably kill a swat team unless they like spawn right outside the room their in and fill it with bullets.

Clayface and I think Killer Croc are straight up bullet proof, so a real world SWAT team gets slaughtered there.

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u/WildcatPlumber Aug 04 '25

Yeah but Police aren't afraid to use explosives in certain situations.

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u/Kgb725 Aug 04 '25

But theyd need to have those on hand and clay face would probably reform