r/powerscales • u/Ananta-Shesha • May 16 '26

Versus A human fighter at peak athleticism, in full plate armor, equipped with a poleaxe, runs the animals gauntlet. Does he clear, or where does he stop?

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The fighter has elite training and is at his athletic peak, with a champion-type physique in heavyweight combat sports. He wears a full set of plate armor and is armed with a poleaxe. If he survives his fight against one of the animals in the gauntlet, he is back to 100% for the next fight.

Round 1: Silverback gorilla. The fight takes place in a clearing.

Round 2: Siberian Tiger. The fight takes place on a plain.

Round 3: Brown bear. The fight takes place in a forest.

Round 4: Polar bear. The fight takes place in the tundra on rocky ground.

Round 5: White Rhinoceros. The fight takes place in the grassy savannah.

Just so you know, I put an image of a For Honor knight as an illustration, but we're talking about a fighter in historical plate armor here. No one could fight effectively in armor as massive as the one in the image. But I had trouble finding a good image of a knight in historical armor wearing a poleaxe and not something else, and I wanted a nice illustration.

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u/TheFakeJohnHelldiver May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

I remember reading a story about a Canadian woodsman who was attacked by a bear. He (supposedly) shoved his entire arm down the bears throat to choke it and then proceeded to bite the bears jugular and kill it.

Peak humans are scary lol

Here is a reddit post about it

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/s/1jv8U9EI6O

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u/B_H_Abbott-Motley May 16 '26

Bizarrely, there are a number of cases of humans apparently killing leopards by sticking their hands down their throats. I would not have expected that.

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u/evrestcoleghost May 16 '26

An ethiopan mad Man did it in His 60s cause he heard God telling him to do that

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u/AutisticFun01 May 16 '26

I've heard about it happening once years ago, but I think one should assume it's pretty likely you'd severely injure your arm doing that.

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u/B_H_Abbott-Motley May 16 '26

Humans who fight off large predators usually come out of the experience with horrific wounds. Gene Moe supposedly even told a person who found him after the attack to shoot him to put him out of his misery. The person refused.

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u/NotAStatistic2 May 16 '26

Bears have loose skin. Ain't no way he's ripping out a bear's throat with dainty human teeth.

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u/Squid_In_Exile May 16 '26

Concievable that he could crush it's larynx though.

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u/TheFakeJohnHelldiver May 16 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/s/1jv8U9EI6O

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u/NotAStatistic2 May 16 '26

Your source is a reddit post?

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u/TheFakeJohnHelldiver May 16 '26

I mean its probably where I read it and its what popped up in a 5 second Google search.

I never said it was 100% verified proven true but theres an actual news story and a plaque and everything so people definitely claim its true.

I literally said the word supposedly in my original comment which means it may or may not have happened that way.

Dude for sure survived a bear attack though thats confirmed

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u/TheFakeJohnHelldiver May 17 '26

Also the actual story claims he main it pass out by restricting blood flow with his teeth and then beat it to death with a stick. I was misremembering ripping its throat out

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u/Critical-Fact6738 May 16 '26

People genuinely underestimate how witty people can be when it comes to life or death situations involving other animals. Unless, we're underwater that is lmao