Who is the most powerful character Peter Jackson's Gandalf could defeat in a fight? How would he fair against the following? Achilles (Troy), Leonidas (300), Captain America (MCU), Darth Vader, Harry Potter, Kylo Ren riding the Indomidis Rex?
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11-20-2019, 10:47 PM #1Mighty Member
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How powerful is Live action Gandalf?
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11-20-2019, 11:06 PM #2Extraordinary Member
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To quote the internet, y u do dis.Kylo Ren riding the Indomidis RexLast edited by Pendaran; 11-20-2019 at 11:19 PM.
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11-21-2019, 05:24 AM #3The Weeping Mod
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He beat the Balrog, for what it's worth. Including the falling, sword-fighting, lightning throwing, etc. Jackson did get a lot of that part correct.
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11-21-2019, 07:55 AM #4Open at 3AM!
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He could probably fight those first 3 opponents at the same time and win judging how he dismantled the Fellowship in like 3 seconds.
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Vader might be a quick draw situation, unless you figure his "tanks a punch from Balrog and doesn't die" level toughness allows him to survive long enough to win more often then not.
No clue with Potter - double extra no clue if it's book Potter.
Kylo riding the dino might be the coolest thing ever thought up by human minds and Pendaran is clearly jealous he didn't think of it first. Gandalf probably explodes from sheer awesome overload."At the end of the day, Arby is a pretty prolific poster proposing a plurality of proper posts for us."
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11-21-2019, 11:39 AM #5Extraordinary Member
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I see someone is campaigning pretty hard to be a restaurant shaped blight on humanity again.Kylo riding the dino might be the coolest thing ever thought up by human minds and Pendaran is clearly jealous he didn't think of it first. Gandalf probably explodes from sheer awesome overload.
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11-23-2019, 03:06 PM #6Extraordinary Member
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His big feat is fighting the Balrog to a draw.
I find most of his feats in the Hobbit trilogy to be more impressive than the rather limited magic he did in the LOTR trilogy. Touching an object with his staff often causes a large piece to break off or produces a large explosion.
Of the list of possible opponents, the only ones I think have a chance are Vader and Ren. The others are what may be 'peak human' for their universes, but that is not enough against the guy who took out the Balrog and rendered Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimly helpless in an instant. Compraing the force to Gandalf's powers is very difficult, but I think if it comes down to a contest of wills then Vader would win.Last edited by sunofdarkchild; 11-23-2019 at 03:14 PM.
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11-25-2019, 04:15 PM #7U Got Me Str8 Trippin Boo
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Is this live-action Harry Potter as well? What were some of his best offensive/defensive abilities? Did he ever learn to transmute things?
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11-29-2019, 09:48 AM #8Legendary Member
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Isn't Gandalf the Grey a lower-tier angel? Like his dad is literally Eru (God with a capital G)? I was always confused why anything short of another wizard-angel like Saruman the White was even remotely a challenge for him on Middle-Earth ...
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12-01-2019, 03:52 PM #9Latverian
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I'm only going by the movies as I haven't read the books and know nothing about Gandalf's literary origins but did Gandalf really 'dismantle' those three? It looked more like, after a single attack from Legolas/Gimli they stopped and Aragorn was blinded by the light. It's not as though he outfought them. Originally Posted by The Arbiter
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