Dog Vs Strider

Dog Vs Normal Strider, who would win?

  • Dog. He kicks ass of anything.

    Votes: 40 78.4%

  • Strider. Nothing can get near it, especially in the open.

    Votes: 4 7.8%

  • Even. They both smash each other out until just a pile of scraps remains.

    Votes: 7 13.7%
  • Total voters
    51
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I don't know if there's a thread about this... if there is, please join them.

We see Dog beating the sh*t out of that broken strider. But would it have a chance against a normal one? Can you imagine a fight? Would it be any different than the one we've seen in Ep.2?

I guess a full capacity strider would win. In the fight we see the broken strider throwing Dog in the dirt, but then it has a few moments of instability, some liquid leaks out, after that it realizes that it has no weapons and it goes melee on the Dog who just wakes up from the fall. Those weakness moments, if it was for a normal strider, after throwing Dog, firing would have came next.

What do you think?
 
hmm, tricky one, dog would probably win but be damaged in the process.
 
Unless you've played EPISODE 2 IN WHICH HE SOMERSAULTS ONTO THE HEAD OF A STRIDER AND RIPS ITS BRAINS OUT FOR YOU TO PLAY WITH
 
I would tend to think that if Dog could take undamaged striders with otherwise no other advantage, that he might have been given a more active role in the resistance (and that he'd be right below Gordon on the Combine's 'most-wanted' list).
 
Adabiviak said:
I would tend to think that if Dog could take undamaged striders with otherwise no other advantage, that he might have been given a more active role in the resistance (and that he'd be right below Gordon on the Combine's 'most-wanted' list).
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Well, Jesus, in Half-Life 2 we see him take out several squads of soldiers and toss an APC like a ping pong ball... Not to mention riding a Drop ship across the city, only to go into a rampage and kill even more soldiers, showing how much bullets don't hurt him... In EP2 the Resistance has him on lookout protecting the base, and he annihilates an Adviser that seems to have the inability to manipulate his... ... body... Whereas Advisers have demonstrated how easily they can control objects with their minds, so I think DOg does have a pretty Prominent role in the resistance, we just don't really see it. Cause, lets face it, if we were shown what he could really do, and were to really fight beside him, there might not be any ragdolls for US the players to enjoy. :P

Dog has already taken on a strider and rather quickly won. A lot faster than I have ever taken one down in my ventures.
 
Van Halen said it.

We don't really know the Combine's most wanted list anyway, unless I missed something. All of the main characters we know of are most likely mentioned and I imagine it grew extensively after the rebellion.
 
All Dog has to do is get past the Strider shooting at him and Dog has an instant win. He can just jump right on it and start pounding the crap out of it
 
Yes, but if you watch more carefully, the strider has no problem taking Dog off its head in the first time. After that it is clearly too weak to repeat the action, it has malfunctions inside. But I think a normal strider would do that every time something or someone would climb over its hull. Do not forget that striders are animals artificially transformed into synths. I guess they still have basic instincts and all that... The Combine would live them unaltered on pupose, in order for the synth to keep itself functional. Just like a cat who shakes its head when you tie some cloth over its ears. A strider would act the same. Like... "DO NOT WANT!" :)

Dog Vs Strider
 
That strider was broken because dog broke it. What's the problem?
 
Dog's done if the strider gets him with that laser canon of doom. Once he's close, it's over though.
 
altceva said:
Yes, but if you watch more carefully, the strider has no problem taking Dog off its head in the first time.
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It also looks like Dog just grabbed a little part of the Strider and he wasn't well gripping it. But as you can see once Dog got on top of the Strider, he took it down easily. If Dog wanted to, he could probably take down one of its legs also
 
I was under the impression the strider was normal strength until Dog attacked it, in which case this is a moot point?
 
I doubt that. Dog only jumped on the its head, the strider wasn't hit. After the strider gets rid of Dog, you can see signs of its malfunctions. We all shot striders with ROCKET LAUNCHERS and even they were hit by 2 missiles, they are still capable of firing. Now you're trying to say that Dog managed to do some "internal bleeding" on the strider only by jumping from 5 meters above and without getting a proper handhold?

Besides, normal striders are not laying with dropships ontop of their heads.
 
I doubt that the strider was damaged. He only started leaking because Dog ripped something of him.
Though if the strider would've fired the blue laser beam while dog was torn to the ground dog would've died.

My conclussion is that Dog kicks strider ass.
 
DOg is much more agile and intelligent (I'd assume, based on the way he attacks) than a strider. I don't think a strider in any other situation would be better off than that one. Even if there were several Striders and DOg attacked one, I don't think Striders would hyper beam their buddies, but I don't know. Even if they did the strider is dead.
 
G(ordon)-man said:
Hmm, Strider has brain and D0g hasn't. But your right.
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Well, a better example is in Episode 1 when DOg throws you over the gap into the citadel, (I know he claimed he didn't do the math, but he's a silly bitch.) had it all calculated. I'm not going to go into detail and back it up with evidence, because anyone with a brain can figure out what I'm getting at.

By the way, a strider has a brain, but that doesn't make it more intelligent. DOg is a robot, and is probably calculating everything he does as he does it, therefor making him a killing machine.
 
I think dog is a pretty cool guy. Eh kicks ass of anything and doesn't afraid of... ... ... Anything.
 
Van_Halen said:
I think dog is a pretty cool guy. Eh kicks ass of anything and doesn't afraid of... ... ... Anything.
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<sarcastic clap>

<realises own hypocrisy>

<ponders deeply>

<begins sarcastic clap once more>
 
*Sarcastically complements your cleverness*

*Wishes to grow up to be just like you*

*Wants to have your babies*

Oh god, you're so ****ing sexy with your cleverness!
 
So, would anyone help me here? The strider had a dropship fallen on top of his head and he was still working perfectly? Then Dog jumps and barely manages to get a proper handhold and suddenly the strider is severely damaged? Look again at the movie. Look twice, and more times if you need. The first jump sucks (I know it's just a stupid animation, but as much as I try to see Dog doing damage on that first leap... I really can't see anything).

The strider was already damaged.
 
Dog kicks ass, of course he could take down a normal strider. Now two striders, that's a different story.

I want to see dog take on a few hunters. Obviously dog would win, but it would still be fun to watch.
Maybe dog vs Gargantua would be a fair fight.
 
G(ordon)-man said:
Hmm, Strider has brain and D0g hasn't. But your right.
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A.I > Human Brain.

If made right, A.I can calculate every possible factor when a normal brain is still calculating one.

Dog can calculate the distance (as shown in episode one), can think and react much faster, and probably already found a way to kill the strider before the battle began.

We've also seen in EP 2 that dog can kill a Strider with it's bare hands. The battle was longer than it should be because Dog could not get hold of any weapon. In a city, he could get hold of cars, trucks, people. debris etc. to chuck or hit the strider with.
 
dog would win in a fight, but if the strider actually used its gun dog would probably loose. it did fire its warp cannon but it missed. if it had hit dog would probably be dead.
 
altceva said:
So, would anyone help me here? The strider had a dropship fallen on top of his head and he was still working perfectly? Then Dog jumps and barely manages to get a proper handhold and suddenly the strider is severely damaged? Look again at the movie. Look twice, and more times if you need. The first jump sucks (I know it's just a stupid animation, but as much as I try to see Dog doing damage on that first leap... I really can't see anything).

The strider was already damaged.
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For God's sake, does it really matter? Don't you think you're reading a little too much into this?
 
nightlord said:
dog would win in a fight, but if the strider actually used its gun dog would probably loose. it did fire its warp cannon but it missed. if it had hit dog would probably be dead.
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Dog is very dexterous, so it will be very difficult to strider to aim the dog:)
 
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