Suggested by Sergey Kharekisyan
For the sake of this match, this battle is of a *typical* Grey and Jedi knight. No heroes or super-powered beings. Just a straight up normal version of eac hrespective warrior.
Who would win?
Suggested by Sergey Kharekisyan
For the sake of this match, this battle is of a *typical* Grey and Jedi knight. No heroes or super-powered beings. Just a straight up normal version of eac hrespective warrior.
Who would win?




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November 5, 2009
#1
i have to give it the grey knight here not only has better training, armour, weapons(which include nemesis force weapons and storm bolters) then a regular marine they have impressive psychic powers of there own, these are the marines that our sent in to face the very worst chaos have to offer fighting demon princes and sorcerer’s of unimaginable power added to the fact that there are not many of them so they are fielded in much smaller squads meaning each warrior has to be worth several normal marines.
so against a jedi knight its a curbstomp im not even sure a regular jedi knight could beat a normal space marine
November 5, 2009
#2
Please stop putting fights like this up all it does is give the 40k fanboys something to brag about. The Jedi are much more interesting but 40k wins against almost anything(aparently) so it probably wins here too.
November 5, 2009
#3
Dammit tim,don’t be a hater…no one likes a hater…unless it’s a master chief fanboy hater…
You have to admit, the grey knight looks way better, and they are both interesting, i personally respect both, as both are outnumbered in their respective universe and thus have to be badass to the max
November 5, 2009
#4
well, as the jedi are unarmoured as such, i think that they would be able to circle a grey knight quite effectivly, however, most jedi, i am guessing, lack genetic augmentation of the highest grade.
the jedi have the force, admittedly, but the grey knights are used to facing far more powerful psychic forces than jedi.
the knight has considerable psychic powers himself usually, and in groups terminators can be devastating, but as we are talking about an average knight…
the grey knight has perhaps the most advanced power armour in the imperium, bar very little. the lightsaber might peirce it, but i dont know.
now i know that phrik metal can block lightsabers, and i know that cortosis is similar, but as neither of these exist in the imperium, the grey knights weapons might not parry the saber.
most likely though, the grey knight just melts the jedis brain in he skull
November 5, 2009
#5
One of those matches that depends on the individual rather than the archetype. Grey Knights specialise in fighting the possessed and Psychics. A Jedi is only arguably psychc, and is much more in tune with close combat skills than they are the force, at least to begin with. Storm Bolters won’t be much use, so it will come down to combat.
Normal Grey Knight, sono aura of kickassery that comes with the terminator armour, Iron halo or other such devices save… I’d say the lightsaber could carve quite handily through the armour.
It comes down to individual skill. Both combatants are capable of dealing handily with the other…
I’m going to vote Grey knight out of loyalty, and to annoy tim, but honestly it could go either way.
November 5, 2009
#6
if the grey knights armour and weapons has enough enhancement to parry a saber, the grey knight wins. if not, then its equal ground, almost.
November 5, 2009
#7
Grey Knight has this. Better equipment and training than your standard Space Marine and are capable of defeating much more powerful and opponents. Such as these guys:
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/1952/800pxhteras.jpg
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7249/bloodthirster.jpg
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/7924/gwbloodthirsterua4.jpg
Even a powerful Jedi like Obi-Wan would be screwed in a battle vs a standard Grey Knight.
(And please Admin…no more emo/anime 19 yr old Marines pictures.
Use one like this http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4339/lightoftheemperor.jpg)
November 5, 2009
#8
I’m gonna go with the Jedi Knight simply because I don’t like Warhammer.
November 5, 2009
#9
This is a great match ?
I mean who ever put this match up really either wanted to get back at starwars for beating the imperium or just does’t know how to throw a party.
Grey knights win
No need for me to explain. But, if you want ME to, then theres not much of a point in every one else’s comments.
November 5, 2009
#10
I vote for the Grey Knight. Standard Jedi aren’t all that impressive. Although, the precognitive reflexes might help in striking that lucky blow. But still, the Grey Knight is a space marine, as such has way faster reflexes then even the jedi’s Force Attuned reflexes.
November 5, 2009
#11
Doesn’t really matter….A grey Knight would make the Jedi’s head explode with psyker powers.
November 5, 2009
#12
The Gray Knight has this in my mind; you don’t fuck with someone with a storm bolter, you don’t fuck with a space marine, and you don’t with someone with physic powers. If your opponent fills all three…
November 5, 2009
#13
anyone who has played battlefront 2 will know what i mean:
the jedi temple: fun, but easy
i just used the sharpshooter, without sniping.
(jedi runs up to i dunno, i dunno obliterates the jedis head with a sniper round)
see? its so easy, a politician could pull it off
November 5, 2009
#14
Correct me if I’m wrong but can’t regular space marines cross rooms in the blink of an eye and crush men with their pinkies like potato ship? And the Grey Knight is much better then they are so couldn’t the Gret Knight end this with a quick dash and a swift boot to the head or chest? I don’t even think it needs its transforming blade thingy.
November 5, 2009
#15
This lightsaber is something to be careful about….. If eh gets in a rhythm, as they often do, I don’t think the Grey knight could stop it. His psychic powers would be out, as having a sword going through your chest would be enough pain to stop that…. Nevermind if it’s pure light, and hot enough to cut through rock without melting it….
November 5, 2009
#16
The grey knight will easily over power any jedi.
The grey knights are even stronger than space marines and they have fought off hoard of enemies that dwarf any thing any jedi has fought.
November 5, 2009
#17
The grey knight will easily over power any jedi.
The grey knights are even stronger than space marines and they have fought hoards of enemies that dwarf any thing any jedi has fought.
November 5, 2009
#18
Did a bit of fact digging today and remembered that Maul Vs Logan had established that adamantium (the metal that makes up a SM’s armor) has been shown to be quite hard for a lightsaber to cut through a comparion of dense metals that have resisted lightsabers and adamantium. This mean that it will be very hard for the jedi to simply slice through a Grey Knight, while a Jedi typical armor presents all of the resistance of a watermellon. Grey Knight wins.
November 5, 2009
#19
wait a second, basic Space Marines are equipped with adamantium armor?
Then that would make Samus’s armor like adamantiumX10 since she stomps a basic marine…
November 5, 2009
#20
wh40k ships have adamantium hulls not space marine armour its primarily made of ceramite
“Ceramite conducts almost no heat, making it especially heat-resistant and effective against energy-based weapons” – lexicanum
this added to the fact that a grey knight can easily match speed and reflexis with a jedi means as soon as the jedi swings its lightsabre out him he could take hold of their wrist and tear their arm off like an angry wookie
November 5, 2009
#21
Whoops made a mistake….. oh well, the still armor presents a formidable front that a Jedi just can’t slice through, besides, I’d like to see a Jedi defend against a storm bolter, when they usually face weapons that fire single shots.
November 5, 2009
#22
“wh40k ships have adamantium hulls not space marine armour its primarily made of ceramite”
Adamantium is used in conjunction with ceramite and plasteel in Terminator armor.
November 5, 2009
#23
Grey Knights are much bigger, stronger, and quicker, but the Jedi might be able to make up for their speed disadvantage(possibly) using precognition gained from the Force. As for armor, I would be inclined to say that Ceramite could resist a lightsaber, but not for very long.
Overall, I have to say that the Grey Knight would win probably 70-80 times out of a hundred. That they could probably tank the Jedi’s attacks, for a while at least, puts them at a decisive advantage, since the Jedi would need to do this flawlessly in order to win, without sustaining a single serious hit.
November 5, 2009
#24
@ Kenny C
Actually the lightsaber is a beam of plasma contained by a force containment feild. Since one of the few weapons that can melt terminator armour is the plasma gun this makes the Grey Knights armour almost useless. However due to its many wards and psychic reasonance the perception of any enemy is dulled. Also the grey knight could take multiple hits from a lightsaber but if the jedi was so much as nicked by the nemesis force weapon the grey knight could channel their power directly into the body and mind of the jedi, utterly destroying them.
November 5, 2009
#25
I agree with Ahem. I believe Power Armor could resist several blows from a Lightsaber. Its wielder would have to use a great deal of strength to actually penetrate the armor and damage the Marine inside.
November 6, 2009
#26
This whole thread os filled with bullshit…how the hell do you know this “Ceramite” armor can take repeated blows from a lightsaber? I mean seriously? Where is all this magical information coming from?
November 6, 2009
#27
I have been trying to figure out the same thing. Two words people: Force Grip…not even to kill but rather incapacitate. Anyone ever have an organ in their body slowly pressed upon, not fun. No one here has brought up the Force…the Grey Knight has no chance against a basic Jedi who is even somewhat intune with the powers of the Force.
November 6, 2009
#28
Even if the J knight (I like that name) gets up face to face he/she can’t match the speed that a Grey Knight would have. Any-way the Grey Knights start out at age 6 or 7 and would live to be 100+ and still could lift car with there bare hands, and yes, jedi start young too but it depends on the race of jedi on how long they would live
if someone can see bad facts in what I put up PLEASE correct it!
November 6, 2009
#29
Speed isn’t an issue with the Force…how can you people ignore that simple fact.
November 6, 2009
#30
@ Spellca
the grip would work to the extent of how strong they are. A kid just starting out would only move rocks intil they get better and better, they would need to use as much force it would take as much force to hold a…well I don’t know how much a space-marine would weigh but I know they are very very heavy.
Yoda might kill…might
November 6, 2009
#31
“the Grey Knight has no chance against a basic Jedi who is even somewhat intune with the powers of the Force.”
Funny. The slow crippled Grievous, who has no Force powers whatsoever, certainly put up a good fight against Jedi Master Obi-Wan, who was obviously very well intune with the Force. Grevious nearly killed him. Late Grievous was nowhere near the abilities of a standard Marine, let alone a Grey Knight.
November 6, 2009
#32
Grey Knight wins this: Strong, fast, and a big-ass gun
any body read the Grey Knights book series
lots of proof on how Grey Knights kick butt!
November 6, 2009
#33
for the people who keep stating the force would help defeat the grey knight should remember that they are trained to fight the worste kind of demons and many of these have psychic powers well in advance of an ordinary jedi
November 6, 2009
#34
It depends on the skill of a Jedi Knight, not all of them are goners for the Grey Knights.
Anyway the Grey Knight looks like an EMO
November 6, 2009
#35
Yes, Must be a 4chan pretty marine parody.
November 6, 2009
#36
Ok, I seeing as how someone used the evidence I brought forth in the Adamantium vs. Lightsaber from Maul vs. Wolvie as grounds for a Lightsaber being unable to cut through ceramite, I feel the need to interject.
1) I said Marvel Adamantium would block a Lighsaber blow, not Warhammer 40k adamantium.
2) Warhammer 40,000 Adamantium is NO WHERE near the caliber of Marvel Adamantium. 616 Adamantium is unbreakable, even to a severly pissed off Hulk or even Thor, the God of thunder. It’s not just really really really strong, it’s flat out indesctrubtible to anyone that doesn’t have the ability to actually affect the atoms inside, like Magneto.. Adamantium is breakable in Warhammer 40k, it’s used in starship hulls and Terminator Armor, but it really really really tough, but it doesn’t take the punishment that Marvel Adamantium does. Furthermore, compare Adamantium: http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Adamantium
To Durasteel: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Durasteel, something Lightsaber’s can penetrate with relative ease. While I believe Adamantium is significantly stronger then Durasteel, we’re talking about a basic space marine here, meaing his armor is mostly ceramite: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ceramite
Bottom line, Lightsaber’s can cut through ALMOST anything. The only materials that it can’t cut through either have special properties that block a Lightsaber’s energy arc, or have special properties that make it all but indestructible, like Mandalorian Iron. Ceramite is tough, but it can be pierced, especially with Power Weapons which cleave Ceramite like butter, when you consider the similarities between a Power Weapon: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Power_weapon and a Light Saber: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lightsaber
And I must point out that the Wiki description of a Lightsaber is wrong, it doesn’t utilize plasma, but rather a closed circuit of pure energy arcing out and back into the hilt. Basically, a Power Weapon is a Lightsaber blade wrapped around a pre-existing blade. Considering all of this, I have no doubt that a Lightsaber would effortlessly cleave a Grey Knight’s power armor like butter, and Terminator armor a little bit more difficultly, but still very doable.
3) Precog only goes so far. Sure you might be able to see what’s coming, but what if what you see coming is a fist being flung at you so fast that by the time your precog picks it up, it’s already smashed your skull in? Besides, Grey Knights have umpteen billion wards to protect them from exactly this. It’s possible that the Force wouldn’t even be viably offesnive in this fight, leaving the Jedi to his skill with a Lightsaber. Since this is a standard Jedi, not Mace Windu or Luke or anything, I have my doubts.
4) The Nemesis Halberd would be fully capable of blocking a Lightsaber blade, but only the actual tip. Meaning that if that Jedi even considers attempting to block the blow, he’ll be crushed by the sheer force. Plus, if you spray enough fire at a Jedi, they can’t block all of them. See the Battle of Geonosis. Besides, those were lasers that bounce back, not psychically imbued grenades-bullets that would likely explode on contact with the light saber and knock it out of their hand.
Like I said, Grey Knight wins.
November 6, 2009
#37
“Anyway the Grey Knight looks like an EMO”
must be all that blood…
November 6, 2009
#38
emo’s cut themselves grey knights cut everyone else
November 6, 2009
#39
“emo’s cut themselves grey knights cut everyone else”
i’m pretty sure i read somewhere that they actually belive in inflicting self pain…whipping and such
November 6, 2009
#40
“I’m gonna go with the Jedi Knight simply because I don’t like Warhammer.”
and I’m going to go with warhammer because I dont like you.
November 6, 2009
#41
I spent half an hour doing research and typing a bigass L-W style post and it doesn’t show up?
*goes into a corner and cries*
November 6, 2009
#42
Um, skrunks….This is a grey Knight…He doesn’t use Bog standared ceramite. He uses aegis armour. Aegis is superior to normal ceramite armour.
Although, If this was a Space marine vs Jedi…The Marine would still win.
November 6, 2009
#43
so with the overwhelming advantage the grey knight has i nominate him for the FP award
November 6, 2009
#44
Hey, Skrunks, I think your post showed up.
November 7, 2009
#45
@ Skrunks lol
That sucks !
November 7, 2009
#46
oh, its because he had too many links I think, it happened to others too.
November 7, 2009
#47
“Hey, Skrunks, I think your post showed up”
That it did! Woohoo!
“He uses aegis armour. Aegis is superior to normal ceramite armour.”
Not in terms of Durability, as far as I know:
“The suits of power and Terminator armour worn by the Grey Knights are incredibly well crafted lattice of psychoconductive filaments and amulets*7; anointed and inscribed with prayers and wards, ritually consecrated and psychically charged. Working in tandem with the Grey Knights’ formidable psychic powers, the Aegis armour protects the wearers from the effects of the Immaterium and the Daemons it spawns. The armor’s ritual blessings and psychic resonance also serve to confound the perception of any enemy, resulting in an effect called the Shrouding. The psychically charged nature of the armour allows its mere presence to induce intense terror and pain in any nearby daemons and warp spawn, also loosening their grip on the material realm.”
Quoted from Aegis Armor – Grey Knights Equipment: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Grey_Knights#Aegis_Armour
However, if anti-psychic mechanics are assumed to affect Jedi, then the Jedi would have no way of using any force powers on the Grey Knight at all. He’d be butchered! His Force enhanced reflexes would be totally nill and he wouldn’t see any of the Grey Knights attacks coming. Man, this fight just became so lopsided.
I don’t see how the Jedi could win at all, even if his saber could cut through the armor like butter.
November 7, 2009
#48
Wow, so a Jedi’s saber can make contact/duel with power swords and such(according to Skrunks)…
If so,who would win in a swordfight between the grey knight and jedi…not forgetting the Force both weild…
November 7, 2009
#49
Ouch, nice description on the armor.
Jedi dies in 4 seconds… lack of pre-recognition equals instant death.
November 7, 2009
#50
“I’m gonna go with the Jedi Knight simply because I don’t like Warhammer.”
I’m going to disagree with you because I don’t like you.
Is there a difference between WH mind powers etc and star wars ones. Just because thye both seem similar to one another doesnt mean they can be affected by the same weakness
November 7, 2009
#51
Wait…Powerswords rend reality. So, After it came into contact with the lightsabre, wouldn’t it go through it, shorting out the Lightsabre and into the jedi unfortunate enough to be behind it?
November 7, 2009
#52
Unless the imf of the lightsaber is strong enough to stop the blade…
When you say rend reality, do you mean like slice holes through reality? That usually either takes deamonic weaponry or huge amounts of godlike power,e.g. Abbadon and Khorne
November 7, 2009
#53
a power sword does not cut through reality instead matter so its reaction with a lightsabre is unknown it could either cut through the energy field sustaining the blade and deactivity it momentarily, reflect off it(which i believe is the most likely) or the lightsabre cuts through the power sword
the only imperial weapons i know that can cut through reality are vortex missles, vortex grenades and the soulspear of the souldrinkers
November 7, 2009
#54
“When activated the blade of the weapon becomes sheathed in a field of energy which disrupts solid matter, allowing the weapon to easily tear through armour”
Powerweapon.
“When cutting through dense material, the immense electromagnetic field generated by the arc causes resistance rather than letting solid matter enter and interrupt the arc. This gives the blade a feeling of being solid when immersed in dense material. Rarely, some solid materials can actually pass through the electromagnetic field and short out the arc”
Lightsabre.
So, While the Sabre becomes solid after the first contact between the two weapons, the Powersword/halberd will use disrupt the lightsabre circuit, causing a short out, thus making the Sabre useless until the Jedi can fix it.
November 7, 2009
#55
“So, While the Sabre becomes solid after the first contact between the two weapons, the Powersword/halberd will use disrupt the lightsabre circuit, causing a short out, thus making the Sabre useless until the Jedi can fix it.”
I disagree. That immense Electromagnetic Current is what stops Lightsabers from penetrating energy shields. The two energy fields simply repel each other. The same would likely occur with a Power weapon. It disrupts matter, honestly, the word disrupt means disturb, I am disrupting the matter in my keyboard by typing these keys, it’s not an automatic ‘rend reality’ simply because it says ‘disrupts matter’. Plus, the Lightsaber blade ISN’T matter. It would be more likely for the Lightsaber to cut the power weapon in half rather then the other way around. Besides, it’s all moot. Jedi looses, badly. Few beings are better equipped to take down a Jedi then a Grey Knight.
November 7, 2009
#56
Eh…It’s a force weapon for the grey Knight.
November 7, 2009
#57
@Space marine
FUCK…YOU…
It’s Saturday morning, I have got the major munchies, I can’t think worth shit, and I am tired as hell…FUCK YOU AND YOUR WARHAMMER BULLSHIT
November 7, 2009
#58
@ Baron If ya really that angry about Warhammer, I suggest leaving FP since Warhammer owns so much here
November 7, 2009
#59
“It’s Saturday morning, I have got the major munchies, I can’t think worth shit, and I am tired as hell…FUCK YOU AND YOUR WARHAMMER BULLSHIT”
Aw, is Baron having school problems?
November 7, 2009
#60
““It’s Saturday morning, I have got the major munchies, I can’t think worth shit, and I am tired as hell…FUCK YOU AND YOUR WARHAMMER BULLSHIT”
Someone is a tad grumpy…..I remember high school….oh the days of American education imprinted in my mind……those were the days….
- the pondering fool
November 7, 2009
#61
It’s not a matter of Warhammer owning “here” (as if skill made any difference) as much as it is that Warhammer just happened to be created at a higher power level in certain aspects that Star Wars. If Lucas created storm troopers with the natural ability to run at the speed of sound and be equipped with matter rending weapons along with adamantium armor, than they would curbstomp even space marines…
But then Star Wars would pretty much suck.
The simple fact bares no reflection on the thought or creativity put into it or any other factors that might cause one to prefer the other.
Yet at the same time, Warhammer being powerful doesn’t mean it has any less creativity put into it.
To be honest, this particular match-up was pretty silly. We have a champion among humans with extreme biological upgrades and crazy weapons, on top of wearing an anti-magic suit of armor.
At least the Jedi in question should have been likewise elite, among elite.
November 7, 2009
#62
At least it’s not as bad as WH 40k vechicles vs Star Wars vechicles…. thats counts for something.
November 7, 2009
#63
@Diana
School can go fuck itself for all I care…I’m just getting annoyed of people either presenting biased “facts” or just complete bullshit altogether for Warhammer
November 7, 2009
#64
*Middle finger @ Baron for 1 whole minute*
Don’t vent here dumbshit.
November 7, 2009
#65
Fine…but as long as your hatred for my infernal checkered pants remains, I shall hate Warhammer…
November 8, 2009
#66
@Baron
Well, perhaps try not to fly-by on this thread if you are irritated over the inevitable fact of this match.
November 8, 2009
#67
Yeah…I guess…I’m in a better mood today (I was irritable for some reason the last time I posted) but the Jedi gets turned into Swiss cheese lol
November 30, 2009
#68
Eh, might be a bit late(sorry for bumping if so), but there’s really one thing i want to throw in here.
Warp powers. Theese alone obliterate the Jedi before he knows shit. The Force might be powerful, but a regular Jedi is going to use a few seconds at best to do anything even relating to harm with it when the target is this particular bastion of badassery. A normal GK, on the other hand, could have used the Immaterium-fuelled psychic powers at his command to quite literally rip the Jedi limb from limb in a nanosecond if he got the aiming right.
And i’m pretty sure(not totally) that the GKs constantly makes use of a power that numbs the mind and body of the opponent in battle. I don’t know to what degree, but this would make the already slim chances of the Jedi pummel through the floor.
BTW, i don’t think a lightsaber would cut cleanly through the armor either. It is merely a lot of energy amassed in the blade, which power armor is said to have some resistance through. It would still cut through quickly, but I would guess wielder would need to keep his saber in contact with the armor for 1 or 2 seconds. There’s no way he gets that much time.
I really did nothing than state AGAIN that it’s a curbstomp of epic proportions, but at least i got my points out, so I won’t be a arguing asshole tonight. Wee!
November 30, 2009
#69
“BTW, i don’t think a lightsaber would cut cleanly through the armor either. It is merely a lot of energy amassed in the blade, which power armor is said to have some resistance through. It would still cut through quickly, but I would guess wielder would need to keep his saber in contact with the armor for 1 or 2 seconds. There’s no way he gets that much time.”
Consider Qui-Gon cutting through the door in Episode 1. Not the Blast Door, just the first door. It take less then a second to stab through, but much longer to actually cut the door. I think it would be a similar situation with the aegis armor. Slashes would be rather ineffective due to the thickness of the armor, unless like you said, 1 or 2 seconds was allocated. However, a well placed stab would be effective methinks.
But still, Grey Knight for the Factpile award. The Jedi Knight’s only chance is if the Grey Knight suddenly suffered from existence failure.
November 30, 2009
#70
The superhuman abilities and amazing equipment of the Grey Knight does give him an incredible edge, and the psychic abilities do make them resistant to most Jedi advantages. I can see them winning in a straight out fight, though speed might be deter an automatic win for the Grey Knight.
I would not say Jedi would be easy to take down with psychic powers though, generic Jedi have been fighting telepathic Sith for over a millenia. They know how to fight on those terms. Regardless, taking a Grey Knight unaware would probably be the Jedi’s only option (through force induced camouflage rather than mind trick).
December 1, 2009
#71
@Skrunks: That’s what i mean, the cutting/slashing. I didn’t even mention stabs due to the fact that a stab is a straightforward attack that leaves you horrendously exposed to someone as good at countering such moronic behaviour. That would make the jedi a really good target for the storm bolter, the farher-reaching Nemesis Force Halberd, or a plain psychic attack. Not an option at all.
@Corran_Star: Eh, speed would deter a walkover? A GK is FASTER than a jedi. And the Lucas samurai would lose the Warp vs Force duel too. The Immaterium is vastly more powerful(as far as i know), and even if this is not the case, a standard GK is extremely potent with this energy, far more than the jedi is with his puny, obviously heretic Force. In short, the GK wins at all fronts, including even battle tactics. I would NOT like to be in the Jedi’s shoes.
December 1, 2009
#72
@Whacko
All the previous comments here have declared GKs faster than Jedi for the sole reason that they are Grey Knights. Not much of a comparison.
Jedi are faster than simple good reflexes. They are capable of accelerating their bodies beyond normal human limits. This is shown in a few different sources.
In Shadows of the Empire, Luke moves faster than Guri who previously took out the entire SoroSuub council in 9 seconds while unarmed. That makes her pretty fast. Luke bests her while he is only apprentice strength (he is only considered to have knight status when he goes to Endor to confront Vader). A knight would perform better.
Qui-gon and Obi-wan show themselves moving fast enough to blur, perhaps breaking the human eye illusion of movement and creating afterimages. This occurs in the opening scene of Episode I. Once again Obi-wan is a padawan at this time.
Kyle Katarn also uses this power in the Jedi Knight series. You can read more on it here:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Force_speed
I’d like to see what feats the GKs have accomplished, rather than just being faster than humans. I’m also not sure the Warp inheritly is better than the force. The psychic powers come from the alternate dimension of the Warp but the Force composes the very dimension (physical world) in which the Jedi resides. What makes a GK’s psychic powers superior to a Jedi’s?
December 2, 2009
#73
A Grey Knight is a Space Marine, that’s why. Space marines are genetically modified humans altered to become superhuman in all respects. A Marine in full armor is capapable of rushing through a room and punch a hole in any man, far faster than the opponent can react. And Grey Knights are even better warriors than other marines, and i understand this as moving at least a bit faster. When something is stronger in 40K it’s usually stronger in every single respect. If nothing else, their dizzying powers slow down an enemy at least a bit, and this is further enchanching the GK. They are equal to Jedi, or faster. And i believe faster.
The Force is something of our own world. The warp, however, is a really messed up “copy” of the real universe, fuelled by emotions. This Immaterium is able to create sentinent beings from these emotions, and as such the Chaos Gods and Daemons excists within, created by things like anger, desperation, hope, pleasure. And EVERYTHING in here is made up by energy that can be drained and used. Of course, no one are powerful enough to use even a tenth of it, but the amount of energy is practically limitless, and very, very dangerous. Limitless can be said about the force too, but it is not as naturally devastating as the Warp.
This might be wrong, but if nothing else their skills are clear. Where a normal Jedi needs a few secs of concentration to do the really dangerous stuff, a GK will simply blow your head with a glance. They are quite simply capapable of greater feats with their powers, so the strenght of these two different powers matters not if the users are on a different level.
December 2, 2009
#74
@Whacko
“A Grey Knight is a Space Marine, that’s why. [. . .] A Marine in full armor is capapable of rushing through a room and punch a hole in any man, far faster than the opponent can react.”
By your account, a marine can punch a hole in the god Emperor before he can react. Yes, I agree they are incredibly fast, but not faster than everyone. Yes, you do have the advantage of the elite of marines pitted against but a Knight not a Master, but Jedi can also cross a room faster than a normal person can react, much less visually comprehend. Perhaps GKs are faster, I just want to make it clear and solid.
“The warp, however, is a really messed up “copy” of the real universe, fuelled by emotions.”
I agree it is a very messed up copy, and yes, it is much more destructive in nature. This might be a bogus philosophical tangent that is looking too much into the situation, but… if the Warp is a copy of the physical world, it owes its existence to the material plane in an ontological causal relationship. It requires the substance of the physical world to exist itself. If the the substance of the physical world is the Force then the Warp draws its existence from the Force. Probably a huge stretch, but an interesting train of thought. Also, while the Force does not appear to be sentient, it somehow yet has an overarching Will, a single unwavering flow. Chaos gods are dependent creatures, unorganized, separate and not all sovereign. I’d much rather judge the strength of the Force vs. the Warp simply by the application by their respective agents.
That leads us directly into your next paragraph. Jedi do need preparation for serious stuff, but that’s REALLY serious stuff. A proper Jedi feels the force as a second (or even first) nature and shouldn’t need preparation for basic force powers such as Force Speed. In the Luke vs. Guri example (someone can correct me if I’m wrong), time seemed to slow around Luke after Guri had begun her strike on him. He was able to start his Force Speed, maneuver around Guri, and remove her from combat before she even finished it.
“a GK will simply blow your head with a glance.”
I’m sure a GK can do this, but does your average GK actually do this? Sure a Jedi could pull an enemy’s eyeballs out of their sockets with a glance, or crush the space inside someone’s chest cavity into a ball, but your average Jedi doesn’t do that. (Interesting note, Mace Windu does that last one to Grievous.)
You say GKs are capable of greater feats so if an average GK fought a Jedi, the GK would win. By greater feats, it kinda sounds more like you’re comparing the types of feats, tricks, and cunning that the heroes possess. I suppose this is difficult because different people will attribute more or less of those moves or techniques to a generic warrior. While it is not the case that a generic Jedi Knight will be stronger than any specific example of Padawans, a small group of them hurled a Star Destroyer into Hyperspace from the surface below. This occurred in the Jedi Academy trilogy, during the attack on Yavin 4. Apprentices took a megaton+ vessel, dimensionally shifted it from subspace, and hurled it 3 months away (on sublight drive). It was more than one, and it hasn’t been done since, but Jedis have their great feats too. The greatest feats GKs have performed vs. the greatest feats Jedi have done may work, but it’s not completely representative of what generic warriors are capable of. Still, the grey area of being generic kinda makes this tough. Anyway, I’ve spoken enough, I’d like to hear what you think on the matter.
December 2, 2009
#75
“I’m sure a GK can do this, but does your average GK actually do this? Sure a Jedi could pull an enemy’s eyeballs out of their sockets with a glance, or crush the space inside someone’s chest cavity into a ball, but your average Jedi doesn’t do that.”
that is fundamental difference in their ideology a grey knight will kill his opponent the first moment he can it his first instinct, it is what he bred and trained to do, where a jedi will kill as a last option.
December 2, 2009
#76
An average Jedi can not compete with an average Grey Knight. Superior physical and mental abilities will give the Grey Knight the win fairly quickly I believe. I doubt even a Jedi at Obi Wan’s skill level could take GN. We’ve seen his abilities in the films and they are not that impressive.
December 2, 2009
#77
@Corran_Star: Seeing as i really don’t have a whole lot left to say on speed, i’ll let this one lie for now. If i find an example i’ll post it, as i am still sure the GK will prove faster than the Jedi. But let’s discuss the rest of it.
Interesting idea, but “the Warp is a copy of the Force” seems a bit too unlikely. Still, even if we suppose for a moment that this is correct, so what? Being born from something does not make you inferior to that, or neccesarily equal. As the Warp gets lots of energy from belief and emotions, it might still prevail, especially considering that the Chaos Gods constantly try to increase the influx of energy. And the are succsessful. Then again, since the power in this duel is depending on the duelists, this does not matter too much. Again, i will personally give this to the Warp. (yes, i’m a big 40K fan, but i try to be as objective as possible, and the Warp is badass!)
A normal Grey Knight is actually capapable of blowing heads with glances. They are the most elite organization in the entire Imperium barring the Adeptus Custodes, and they are all potent psykers. The good thing with GKs is that the majority of their fluff depicts a random battle brother in action(most of what i’ve read anyway) and they are often perfectly fine with turning a man inside out in a second. They almost never need to charge up an ability before using it either.
As a testament to their power, consider this. The Imperiums population numbers in the quadrillions(considering that the Guard alone has trillions upon trillions of well fit fighting men), and out of these quadrillion+ people, only 3000 are GKs. You gotta be pretty elite to begin with, and then you get gear to assist using psyker powers more safely, and all of the implants, training for a few centuries, and such. Those men who come out can take on scores of daemons alone, whereas a normal man would stand less than no chance of even getting to grips with a daemon. 100 of these men were capapable of banishing 12 of the greatest Bloodthirsters there is, along with their leader, the absolutely sick-ass Angron, Daemon Primach of the World Eater Traitor Marine Legion.
A single Jedi simply cannot win. One of those thirsters would destroy the entire Jedi Temple on his own.
December 2, 2009
#78
If the generic GK does invert people willy-nilly on the battle field, then I can see him beating a generic Jedi. You re right, it’s not in a Jedi’s nature to do something off the bat.
December 2, 2009
#79
Then we have finally decided this, or what? GK for the winner of this matchup?
December 8, 2009
#80
Things thing is pretty much dead, but i’d Like to nominate the Grey Knight for th FP award.
December 8, 2009
#81
+1 Nom for the grey Knight
December 8, 2009
#82
Grey Knight FTW.
December 8, 2009
#83
The Gray Knight recieves the canes’ nomination.
December 9, 2009
#84
A GK’s killing intent and utter lack of hesitation would greatly compound his advantages.
+1 vote for the Imperium’s finest
December 9, 2009
#85
Grey Knight for the win
December 10, 2009
#86
Grey Knight for FP award.
December 13, 2009
#87
Okay Admin, ready to give the GK his well deserved reward?
January 22, 2010
#88
jedi are very peacful but il take the greay knight why he is just more cooler and awersomer hehe
February 16, 2010
#89
Why do people keep going on about grey knights being psykers?? i know every grey knight is supposed to be one but this is a STANDARD grey knight, and strictly speakin only justicars and above can cast any shit at all.. as for the anti-psker capabilities of the knights, i dont think its the same etherium we’r talkin about here.. midichlorians ain the same as warp sensitivity.. otherwise we’d have sith daemons popping outta possesed jedi before u can say fuck
March 9, 2010
#90
Dont really about grey knights but as far as armor goes they are equal grey knights arnor is as good as clothings it will just be determine by skills
March 9, 2010
#91
but mac not unless the grey knights armor is made of cortosis then that jedi is screwed. ive never played warhammer but these grey knights sound pretty badass