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/Subject_Rub_6697 Aug 04 '25

Any character that is "just" a human dies like doesn't matter your skill or superpower a real world swat will just shoot you. And when I say superpower I mean wall level power of course some that can destroy a city with a thought would win.

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u/Bright_Brief4975 Aug 04 '25

Tony Stark is 100% just a human, and there is no swat team that is going to take him out while he is in his armor. There are also a lot of others that have no power, but use armor or an artifact, people like Juggernaut, who could take out entire armies.

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u/PremSinha Aug 04 '25

The thing is, a SWAT team would just wait for Tony Stark to get out of the suit, which he does very often.

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u/DeepProspector Aug 04 '25

Yeah, they’re not raiding Malibu when he’s puttering around the lab in a suit or in one at the tower or campus. They’re getting him mid-coitus with Pepper after setting off a local EMP.

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u/woodlark14 Aug 04 '25

Early on that might work. Post Iron Man 3, they are detected and Tony is alerted before they even get to the door. An EMP likely isn't good enough because tech can be shielded against them, and most military tech is. They can't cut the power or communications without being detected either.

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u/Sekh765 ​ Aug 04 '25

Where is SWAT finding a "local emp".