Yet another “who would win a hypothetical fight” thread…
The rules are simple: An open field, start 20 feet apart, choice of weapons and we do it the old Navy way: first one to die loses.
Conan O’Brian?
What have I started! :smack:
I’ve never read the series…
But has Harry Potter ever actually killed anyone? Fight seems way skewed towards the barbarian.
Depends.
Harry Potter vs Conan the Barbarian- Conan wins, hands down. Harry’s skills at magic wouldn’t make him adapt to fighting a mighty warrior. I suspect Conan is also part giant or troll, which would make him charm resistant. (remember, they had to club the troll after all)
Harry Potter vs Conan O’Brian- the gangly redhead is toast. What’s he going to do to Harry, be tall at him?
Well, then, how about Harry Potter vs Max Weinburg?
Given Max’s voracious and disturbing sexual appetite, I don’t want to even think about Harry Potter v. Max Weinburg.
If you think Max Weinburg and Harry Potter is scary, what about Harry and Joel Godard? :eek:
Harry Potter vs. Joel Goddard:
So wrong in so many ways.
If you could get Conan to actually fight Potter he would win hands down. Conan is notoriously resistant to magical attacks. Due in no part to him being part troll but rather because in his world using magic makes one more susceptible to it’s influence and effects and Conan does not like magic or care much for those who wield it.
Hell even his god Crom refuses to use magic.
However Potter could just get away on the broom. Conan would probalby get distraced by some wench in chains.
Are we discussing Robert E. Howard’s Conan, countless-crap-franchise-authors’ Conan, or the movie Ahnold Conan? It’s an important distinction.
So suppose that Harry pulls Wingardia Leviosa on Conan, leaving him floating in midair. Then what? Far as I know, Conan is a hands-on kinda guy, without any ranged weapons. Maybe he throws his sword at the kid, but that’s only one shot, and a big honkin’ sword isn’t exactly the most aerodynamic of weapons. So how’s Conan gonna win?
Here’s how I’d do it in Harry’s situation…
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Summon broomstick. Run like hell while it’s enroute.
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Get on broom, hover out of Conan’s reach. Taunt, make faces, etc. so he loses what brains he has to rage.
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Expelliarmus all Conan’s weapons away. This charm affects only the weapon, not the wielder, so it would most probably work.
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Stupefy. Rinse and repeat, unless Conan is SO magic-resistant that a stunning spell wouldn’t work at all. Alternatively, if this is really no holds barred, Harry could use Avada Kedavra; but I think you have to really hate your opponent for that to work, so it might not.
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Provided that repeated stunning and/or the Killing Curse doesn’t work… Transfigure Conan’s sword into a cobra. Tell it to bite him.
Way easier than that damn dragon, at least. 
Shall we name the number of powerful wizards Conan has crushed beneath his sandaled feet? ;> How many hard assed uber-lethal, steely eyed, valkyrie laying, laughing at death, warrior/pirate/barbarian/general/mercenary/thief/kings has Harry Potter had to deal with in his day? I thought so.
Conan strides off into the west pausing only to lose a fortune gambling and get blind stinking drunk in a Zamoran whorehouse leaving a tiny bespectacled corpse behind.
Just for clarification, we are discussing the Ahnuld portrayal of Conan the Barbarian (or Destroyer, whatever…)
And a friend pointed out that Conan’s sword probably has some sort of magical powers, just cause it’s so badass. And since he shook the death spell thing in “Barbarian,” he could most likely take anything Potter could throw at him.
OH OH OH! Idea! (And [hijack]. Sorry…)
What if it was…
Conan vs. Voldemort?
IMO this would be more interesting. See, Voldemort’s a lot more badass than Harry is. He would smile rather than cringe at the prospect of a death duel. (Actually, he would probably laugh.)
Yeah, but Vollie would rely on his Death-Curses and suchlike, while Harry’s clever enough to improvise. Hell, Harry might have watched the Conan movie; he’d be miles ahead of any wizard if he had.