Thread by @travisdon1981

@WhoWouldWin13 Hmmmm, good one. Both warriors have abnormal strength, and it would be difficult to tell which is truly stronger (though at least when it comes to movements used in a bench pressing motion, that Terminator, who held up a multi-ton door in T3, wins hands down). Terminator will

@WhoWouldWin13 Have other well known physical advantages, however, including (with his exoskeleton) superior durability, and the ability to never feel pain or fear. However, a Predator will have a serious tech advantage on him, including a personal cloaking device and a shoulder mounted energy

@WhoWouldWin13 cannon. He's also have an energy gun on one of his gauntlets.

Why Is this important?

Because Terminators can be destroyed by advanced energy based weaponry, as seen in the opening scenes of T2, Indeed, in T3 the energy gun from the Terminatrix's hand jacks the Terminator

@WhoWouldWin13 800 series model 101 up (though not for too long). True, predator's energy weapons don't compare to the Terminatrix's in terms of raw power, but they could still do some van damage to the Terminator. Indeed, while a terminator fights like a man-tank, taking a lot of hits

@WhoWouldWin13 right out in the open and engaging in for all intents and purposes conventional warfare, Predator's fight more like special forces, using stealth and surprise attacks to takes its prey out. Special forces soldiers win most of the time against regular troops.

Predator's

@WhoWouldWin13 bladed weapons may...or may not...pierce Terminator's exoskeleton. I think the latter is the most likely, for while Predator's metal cuts like steel (though almost weightless), Terminator's Endoskeleton (forgot to write that instead of exoskeleton, my bad! urgg!)

@WhoWouldWin13 is made out of titanium, which is stronger than steel. This Is going to be a problem for the Predator at close quarters.

Another problem will be a Predator's tendency to challenge physically capable prey to a brawl. We saw how Predator took his mask off almost in a ritual

@WhoWouldWin13 fashion in the first film and challenged Dutch to a fight, and what happened? Dutch crippled him with a boobytrap. Predators have likewise challenged prey that were far more formidable in a close quarter fight, such as Kodiak bears (Predator: Turnabout Novel) and in one

@WhoWouldWin13 startling case, a Predalien (Alien VS Predator 2). In many cases, the Predator gets killed (Spoiler alert: it survived the Kodiak in Turnabout, but knowing how strong and smart bears really are, that fight could have easily gone the other way. The only thing saving that Predator

@WhoWouldWin13 was its vast superior intellect).

For a Predator to challenge a Terminator to a brawl...would be spectacular. I mean honey-get-the-popcorn-and-the-iPhone-and-film-this kind of spectacular! But it would be a very, very serious risk for a Predator to fight a Terminator

@WhoWouldWin13 in close quarters, and the Terminator will have the capability of beating up and killing a Predator.

One thing that we should consider is speed.
In most movements, a Terminator is a bit faster than Predators, which are slower, more cumbersome in their movements. However,

@WhoWouldWin13 Predators have been known to have sudden bursts of super speed (at least when it comes to running), as seen in the first film where it kills Dillian, Dutch's long time friend and CIA agent. If it can hit Predator with its enormous mass and strength, moving at such speed...

@WhoWouldWin13 ...Then its going to hit him like a ton of bricks. However, considering that Predator's blades most likely wont work, and that its endoskeleton is pretty tough, I doubt it would KO him.

I see this fight going 2 ways.

1. The Predator hits him with a head shot from his

@WhoWouldWin13 shoulder cannon while cloaked. This will be the best way for it to "kill" a Terminator (the energy blast may puncture its "skull" and hit the Skynet chip).

Another way this ends is with the Predator challenging the Terminator to a brawl, and with the latter's greater

@WhoWouldWin13 speed, titanium endoskeleton, and its possibly greater mass (Terminators weigh 400 pounds. Predators are probably pushing over 300)...the Terminator wins it.

I see the latter as the far more likely outcome, with the Predator first having a short shooting battle, then engaging

@WhoWouldWin13 in close quarters, during which time...

TERMINATOR SAYS "HASTA LA VISTA, BABY" TO THE PREDATOR!!!!!!!!!!!

@WhoWouldWin13 @thethreadreader untoll please