Okay, back to the issue here shall we? To keep this fight interesting the Pred should indeed get rid of all ranged weapons and the nuke-watch, not to mention the cloaks.
Just the spear and the claws versus Conan's 2-hand sword.
The Pred probably is stronger than Conan, but it must be one hell of a veteran to have fighting skills equal to Conan's. And Conan has Crom's sword if I'm correct, which is a weapons of the gods. Guess that can take quite a bite out of the Pred's armor.
What matters here I think is if the Pred has studied Conan prior to the fight. If he did, he'll be more careful, if he didn't, he'll probably charge in to fast, and that would be quite a mistake. He'll be rid of a limb or 2 in no time. He'll need to circle Conan, waiting for him to attack, to have a chance.
And anyhow, Conan has defeated monsters worse than a Pred and fought his way trough multiple opponents. Preds got killed by average humans (Danny Glover compared to Conan? Come on!).
Well the thing is a Pred can have all the weapons he wants, he still won't use them if he has a sense of honor. Which most do. He'd see Conan and decide him a worthy foe. He's stalk him until he was alone and then uncloak and face him mano-a-mano. If it's a top notch predator, then the fight goes 50/50.
Strength is not a factor here. Conan has done some astonishing feats of strength and is as strong as an average predator.
Yeah, I think if it's man to man, or rather man to predator, Conan is gonna make him sorry he ever left his planet. Conan's survived demons, sorcerers, even a werepanther in a book I have. He's battled the undead, monsters and came out victorious every time.
Unless the predator keeps his distance, uses his invisible cloak and snipes at him from cover, he's gonna get his ass handed to him. Even then, precisely because Conan is so primitive, he's got like a sixth sense for danger.
It's not that the predator can't win, it's just, if he tries to make it a fair fight and doesn't use his superior technology, Conan's gonna slice and dice him.
Originally posted by Kid Kurdy
The only thing Conan has, is his intelligence (yes people, Conan is very smart and cunning) and his experience.But I hate this thread. I like Conan too much to see him lose against a creature who never appealed to me in the first place (the Predators are boring one-dimensional characters).
Btw, in some way, Conan already defeated a predator.
How intelligent is conan