choose 3 x-men to defend helms deep

some villians included too. your choices are as follows:

cyclops (no omni blast)
wolverine
beast
colossus
shadowcat
gambit
nightcrawler
havok (can he omni blast? if he can, he can't here)
pyro
pyslocke
sabertooth
toad
warpath
x-23
emma frost (no mind powers, just diamond form)

now, the point of this isn't to take out the whole army or survive. the point is to prevent the army from getting inside helms deep. which 3 x-men or villians would have the best chance at stopping the army from getting inside?

Havok and Colossus.

Havok can deal out damage for as long as possible, and has the best ranged attacks of those offered.

Colossus is a beast and never tires.

-wolverine obviously
-colossus obviously
-gambit, coupled with legolas's seemingly infinite supply of arrows...
air-raid any one 😉

Yeah, there's a few here who wouldn't be harmed at all, though they'd have a hard time keeping the attackers out of the castle just from the sheer numbers. Depending on the castle's size relative to Havok's blast radius, they might or might not succeed in keeping it from getting breached.

As Smurph said, Havok and Colossus are the most logical choices. NC'er would be amusing to watch in such a setting.

ah, but the three x-men you choose are by themselves. they get no army to back them up.

so while wolverine and colossus would be good choices to kill alot of enemies, would they be the best at keeping the orcs out of helms deep? neither of them have ranged attacks.

Havok, Colossus and Gambit.

Logan, Creed, and Remy. Logan and Creed would be hard pressed to get pass, and they can kill quickly while healing from any damage taken quickly also. They wouldn't need to hide from arrow volleys or worry about being killed for the most part. Remy would be used for long range. Charge up anything lying around and just toss it out or at whoever may have gotten pass Logan and Creed.

yeah, havok, colossus and gambit would be a good team. personally, i might replace gambit with cyke.

pyro could use the orcs own flame's against them, all he needs is a little protection from the arrows and maybe a psi-boost.

-psylocke, mind links and amps pyro's concentration.
-pyro, he can just fix a ring of fire around helms deep
-cyke or colossus for protection from arrows.

Cyclops. Though I take it Omni-blast means taking off his visor? Still from the walls he can keep one shotting enemies. Plus he could co-ordinate everyone in Helm's Deep.

Colossus can go out side the walls and stomp anybody there.

Shadowcat. Going by recent feats she could probably just turn the entirety of Helm's Deep intangible.

yeah, no visor removal for cyke. and for the sake of the thread we'll say shadowcat isn't allowed to make the entirety of helms deep intangible. lol, good point on that though.

After further review...

Havok, Colossus and Cyclops.

Havok's power output makes him an ace choice.

Colossus never tires, and is pretty fast in armored form. He'll never be shot down, and can one shot anything that the enemy has to offer.

Then it came down to Scott or Pyro... but Pyro's a dumbass, and Scott's ridiculously superior when it comes to tactics, in addition to having far better team work with Havok and Colossus. And it power output isn't any lower, though has the disadvantage of not being able to catch on other things like fire can.

So, Havok/Scott/Colossus.

Havok does get tired eventually from expending his power. Just wanted to point that out. Cyclops does as well, for that matter. I think Shadowcat is indispensable, since only Emma and Colossus are immune to the stray arrow, falling debris, etc.

I'll go with Cyclops, Colossus and Shadowcat. Cyclops blasts are much more precise and he'd be a better leader.

I'd choose Wolverine before Shadowcat. Kitty's limited, and Wolverine's pretty much immune to arrows and such as well. Plus, Logan can fight for far longer than Shadowcat with out tiring, and can take out enemies faster and more efficiently.

if pyro creates a fire dragon or........OH SHIT THIS IS BRILLIANT a perfect facsimile of sauron's eye, the moral of the army will drop considerably or they will just high tail it and run.

Havok, Pyro, Cyclops.

While people like Wolverine and Colossus can go at it all day, they just arent going to cause sufficient damage taking the orcs out one at a time. Pyro is actually my prime choice since he won't run out of energy. Although I think Cyclops and Havok will get the job done before they run out of juice.

gambit the archer

colossus the melee brute

havok to cause...well...

Cyclops, Wolverine, and Colossus.

Cy would devastate any orc in sight,
Wolverine would go for fatal strikes all day.
Colossus would tank the hell out of anyone nearby.

Collossus. Would not be harmed at all in this fight, and strong enough to, if he uses his strength wisely, take out large groups of Orcs with thrown items. Also in melee will kill all.

Gambit. Excellent archer obviously. I assume he has never ending ammo like Legolas lol.

Pyro. Come on, giant flame dragon ftw.

Wolverine would be my fist choice.

He's by far the better fighter, and unless Colossus, he can't die. Plus, he really doesn't tire, thanks to the HF.
Clossus is a good choice, but a poor in comparaison of Wolverine, who have proved on feat able to kick the collective ass of some thousand of Hand Ninjas. Plus, if he goes bersek, it would sucks for the Orc. I would put him on the bridge.

Cyke is my second choice. Good at hand to hand, plus, he's a good markmanship. A laser travel faster that a card.

And my third choice would be Colossus. Not as good as Wolverine, but he would be the back-up if Wolverine begin to become overwhelm, or if some orcs enter in the Helm-Deep.