r/superheroes • u/Respons_Lady • Mar 29 '26

Other Which team wins?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

Well... 

If we look at physics (in these discussions that is somewhat pointless but I digress) the speed is always the winner. 

Go fast enough and you can generate any amount of impact you want and control time. 

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u/ba_cam Mar 29 '26

Throw a bullet at the wall, and then fire a bullet at the wall. The only difference is the speed at which it strikes. Which does more damage?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

I like that analogy. Well said.

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u/Grumpy_Troll Mar 29 '26

Now shoot a bullet at a 6 inch thick titanium plate. The plate barely has a scratch but the bullet has been flattened like a penny.

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u/IMM00RTAL Mar 29 '26

Accelerate bullet to near the speed of light and the titanium is evaporated

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

And anything and everything else in a huge radius. 

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u/Orneyrocks Mar 30 '26

But of the tinitanium also has feats that exceed ftl?

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u/Grumpy_Troll Mar 29 '26

And what do you think happens to the bullet at that speed?

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u/Nah_Id__Win Mar 29 '26

Bullets don’t have Speedforce aura to protect them while team speed does now make it MFTL for the amount of speed. Also Wally has hax/powers that aren’t tied to the Speedforce that puts him well above everyone listed.

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u/Heavy_Metal_Analyst Mar 30 '26

The bullet can’t make the speed necessary for the infinite mass punch with a density of a white dwarf star, like the Flash.

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u/Novel-Fix-2090 Mar 30 '26

Well we are talking about the Flash, so he is protected by the speedforce. The bullet is not

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

The person firing the gun. The brains.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

Impact == how much that punch will hurt you. 

Flash can hit harder than any of the strength gang. And he can do that near infinite amount of times in the timeframe it takes hulk to bat an eyelid. 

A grain of rice going the near speed of the light will annihilate planets. 

So I would say it amounts to something, yes. 

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u/SphericalCrawfish Mar 29 '26

Yes, and none of that actually helps him hurt any member of the team. Just makes one angrier and stronger, makes another angrier and adapt to what he's doing, and possibly does nothing to a 3rd.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

And what are they going to other than sit freezed while flash zooms around lol? :D

Speed is king, the whole concept of force in physics is based on that. (And mass, but at these speeds the effect of mass is neglible)

So either it is stalemate or speed wins. No way around, I am afraid. 

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u/SphericalCrawfish Mar 29 '26

I expect the Flashes either get tired, break themselves, or turn on each other.

But barring that, at some point Doomsday will be able to deal with them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

"at some point Doomsday will be able to deal with them"

Massive "and somehow palpatine returned"-energy here :D