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/Somerandom1922 Aug 04 '25
Ok, this is less about plot armour and more about physics, but authors tend to conflate any sort of "bulletproof" as being equal.
E.g. someone who can resist a shot from a handgun is also immune to any sort of gun.
But there are a LOT of characters who have shown to to invulnerable to 9mm but we have no clue if they could survive even a small rifle round.
Similarly with explosions. Character can survive a gasoline explosion so it's assumed they could survive a high-ex detonation to the face.
Also, that being said, while I think he might still beat a swat team, Spiderman without plot armour stand a pretty high chance of catching some shrapnel or just getting unlucky. He goes from absolutely crushing a Swat team in universe, to maybe a 20% chance of catching a stray without plot armour.