Frank Castle vs. the Zombie Apocalypse!!!!!!!!!

I have a Doom set.

Clearly, I'm a very smart poster.

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Good point.

I see his damage soak playing a major part. If they tear off his arm, or something, I can see him picking it up and beating them with it.

You believe he'd use a severed limb to kill the zombies instead of the machete? mhmm

Now we're veering into Space Punisher territory.

Normal human vs HUNDREDS of zombies with fatigue on?

He maybe gets past wave 7, but those machetes are gonna feel like they weigh 50 lbs each after a bit.

Originally posted by Galan007
Frank is armed with only dual machetes, similar to this.

He will be facing the standard Zombies/Walkers from TWD. Frank's task here is simple: slay as many Zombies as possible.

There will be 10 waves:
Wave 1 = 1 Zombie
Wave 2 = 2 Zombies
Wave 3 = 4 Zombies
Wave 4 = 8 Zombies
Wave 5 = 16 Zombies
Wave 6 = 32 Zombies
Wave 7 = 64 Zombies
Wave 8 = 128 Zombies (IF he clears this level, he gets Riot Gear in the following waves)
Wave 9 = 256 Zombies
Wave 10 = 512 Zombies

Assume that Frank is fully recuperated at the start of each new wave. IF he clears this gauntlet, he gets his wife and kid back.

The setting for this Gorefest is The Prison from TWD:

The red arrow is meant to represent where the Zombie horde will spawn at the start of each new wave (and yes, they WILL have Frank's scent immediately.) Frank can move to any part of The Prison and its grounds, but he cannot move beyond the outermost layer of fencing.

How does he do?

Good thread, but... Frank does NOT want his wife and kids back. The mere thought of them seeing what he's become scares him shitless. He burned them to death the moment they were resurrected.

Castle really is a psycho. He loses on purpose.

Originally posted by ColossusGrundy
Normal human vs HUNDREDS of zombies with fatigue on?

He maybe gets past wave 7, but those machetes are gonna feel like they weigh 50 lbs each after a bit.

Correction, comic street level character vs hundreds of zombies. I'm not liking the zombies chances.

Im going with Frank to clear as well, though moreso using his brains and tactics over simply diving into a horder of them slashing away. If hes in the middle of nowhere, and zombies are all around him, no he wont beat them all, but thats not the case here, he has an envrionment to work with, and hes very tactically sound, especially against near mindless zombies. Punisher, using his abilities, mentally and physically, to the fullest, is a true force to be reckoned with.

Exactly, the fight area is rather large and can easily provide dozens if not hundreds of ways to split up/bottle neck the zombies.

Frank isn't a normal human by any stretch of imagination.

Originally posted by DTM
Im going with Frank to clear as well, though moreso using his brains and tactics over simply diving into a horder of them slashing away. If hes in the middle of nowhere, and zombies are all around him, no he wont beat them all, but thats not the case here, he has an envrionment to work with, and hes very tactically sound, especially against near mindless zombies. Punisher, using his abilities, mentally and physically, to the fullest, is a true force to be reckoned with.

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Especially with a little general knowledge of the prison grounds he can seal some off, isolate a group of them, murk some of em (again), move to another sector, repeat until he finishes that wave then start over at the original point for the next wave. All he would have to do is make sure he doesn't get cornered without a escape route. Stick and move.

Punisher wins this. He has stamina feats that will allow him to take on even the last wave and not die of exhaustion.

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
Good thread, but... Frank does NOT want his wife and kids back. The mere thought of them seeing what he's become scares him shitless. He burned them to death the moment they were resurrected.

Castle really is a psycho. He loses on purpose.

Originally posted by Silent Master
Correction, comic street level character vs hundreds of zombies. I'm not liking the zombies chances.

No correction.

There is no evidence of any super-powered boost to keep him from just plain running out of juice. He becomes a zombie buffet.

No super-powered boost needed, the battleground itself provides dozens if not hundreds of ways to sperate and bottleneck the zombies so that Frank can take his time killing them.

Stamina isn't going to be an issue.

Zombies spawn in 1 location... Prisons are designed for easy lock down. He closes the nearest door first and moves on to the others. He comes back when prison is secure and lets them walk through a door 1-2 at a time. When he gets tired he closes of the section and rests a bit before resuming swinging the good old chop chop's

Street levelers/"peak" humans in comic books shit on realism and what's possible for a normal human. Hell, even action heroes in movies do the same thing.

I see him having a problem with Wave 8.

If they are closing in on him from all corners that is. If he wins it he can clear it with the riot armor.

But Wave 8 all it takes is a scratch from the zombies around him. And the bodies will be piling up around his ratio of influence. He can't escape once the bodies reach 50 or so. then the zombies climb and start falling on him.

If Frank can traverse the prison, dodging and avoid zombies into corners and killing them. He clears the gauntlet.

But if each round has a circle of influence he is in trouble at Wave 8.

Originally posted by the ninjak
I see him having a problem with Wave 8.

If they are closing in on him from all corners that is. If he wins it he can clear it with the riot armor.

But Wave 8 all it takes is a scratch from the zombies around him. And the bodies will be piling up around his ratio of influence. He can't escape once the bodies reach 50 or so. then the zombies climb and start falling on him.

If Frank can traverse the prison, dodging and avoid zombies into corners and killing them. He clears the gauntlet.

But if each round has a circle of influence he is in trouble at Wave 8.

A scratch won't end it.