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@Asherian Command- Those videos weren't fanmade. They're a bit of an anime and a cutscene from Halo Wars.

When do Space Marines do flips in the HH?

I don't know why you wouldn't be able to use those videos as proof of space marine prowess regardless.

How is spitting acid going to help the SM? If the SM is missing his helmet, the spartan gets a huge advantage.
@im2randomhgh- Since when has SM skin been immune to bullets?

You keep trying to point at gameplay limitations as evidence of spartan limits. This is analagous to arguing that anything that hits a SM will get through the armor a third of the time.

@ Berzerker- " Riddle me this; if an energy sword can cut through Spartan armor, and Spartan armor can survive re-entry and protect the Spartan beneath it, then how is it that a rifle blocks it?"

That would seem to imply that the stanard issue UNSC rifle is built to withstand exposure to plasma.
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Space Marines are far too variable in their capabilities for this sort of contest. Sometimes they're invincible war-gods, impervious to the attempts of mortals to injure them. At other times they're getting snuck up upon and strangled with roots by lowly guardsmen.

Perhaps the MA5 rifle was designed to be used as a last ditch protective measure against covenant close combat weaponry? Perhaps the cutscene animators didn't really think too hard about how this affected the consistency of the potentcy of covenenat plasma swords?

What exactly are you trying to prove? This does nothing to disprove the capabilities of the covenant plasma weaponry or the protective capabilities of the MJOLNIR armor.

Grey Templar wrote:Wait, you are saying that because a Sparten could knock up some box mover that he could dent a Battletank?

There is a heck of a big difference between an armored forklift and a 72ton battletank.

Doesn't the Land Raider have hilariously thin/weak armor by modern standards?