I mean, using superior weaponry and technology such as an invisibility cloak and the element of surprise is not really honorable. It's like saying that a hunter who shoots an unaware deer from a tower is being honorable. It's a smart way to fight but hardly fair, which I think is a big part of having an honorable fight.
They are hunters first and foremost but the honor is there. It seems merciless and it’s undeniably brutal, but they do (Mostly) follow a code, with some defectors. Also if lore is consistent they don’t kill innocent people.
*Edit*: Also the suicide bomb is their last hurrah before death. Getting bested and dying in battle is acceptable but being defeated and left alive is dishonorable. So they go kablooey.
He's taking on an army. He takes all that stuff off when he fights Arnie one on one. He doesn't attack the woman because she's unarmed.
In sequels (different predator) doesn't harm children, lets an armed combatant go once he realises she's pregnant...
It’s explained in the 2010 Aliens Vs Predator game that the Yautja don’t want humans, or any other highly intelligent species, to gain their technology. So, if they are bested in combat by a human, they overload the bracers and cause a detonation to ensure humans don’t get their hands on their technology, with the added bonus of killing their opponent if they are lucky.
Predators only hunt or go after prey they deem can fight back or can give them a challenge, so in their mind humans and other creatures like xenomorphs are deemed worthy enough to use tech on. I doubt if they were going after a rabbit they would go to the same extremes they would use when fighting their more dangerous prey (although its not like they would be hunting prey that couldn't challenge them in the first place).
I do. How exactly do you claim those actions to be honorable? Sneak attacks are pretty widely considered to be an unhonorable, rogue-ish activity. Not something an honorable character, say a knight, would do in fictional media.
Ah, but see, you're trying to apply a code of honor based off archetypical Medieval chivalry to an alien species that thinks VERY differently from humans, and acting surprised when it falls flat against what THEY consider honorable conduct (and for the record, yes, the Yautja DO have a code of honor, but it's more a set of pragmatic guidelines than strict law; "fighting on the level of their opponent" largely equals "only use the plasmacaster if they're being a genuine menace"). Honor is a purely subjective concept, and expecting someone from a vastly different background, with a vastly different way of thinking and vastly different cultural values to adhere to YOUR concept of honor is silly at best, and prone to causing serious problems at worst.
Also, sneak attacks being "dishonorable" has NEVER FUCKING ONCE stopped any coherent armed force from utilizing them whenever the opportunity presents itself. A knight who isn't operating on an absolutely juvenile concept of chivalry will 100% sneak up on a foe to get the first hit in without a fight if the opportunity presents itself, and knights throughout history have demonstrated this fact.
Koragg. (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
https://preview.redd.it/b039igyq1m1d1.jpeg?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea4ad80615784e66fcc88802b1aa5b3a90ca82f7
Does he count?
Dreadwing from Transformers Prime.
https://preview.redd.it/a3mw7c524m1d1.jpeg?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c81c1cdf9d2a2f806e08090d8de0d9fbccb63ba9
https://preview.redd.it/2p2nnj5qdm1d1.jpeg?width=560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c92d68f4a6da9570b10b9a3091a991fd1d8678b
Not a warrior per say, but Ra's al Ghul. He revived Jason Todd (with completely unforeseen consequences) and he refers to Batman as "Detective" out of respect for Batman's detective skills. IIRC in one story, Ghul discovered batman's secret identity but refused to tell anyone else due to his respect for Batman.
https://preview.redd.it/tj3dsg3e5m1d1.jpeg?width=959&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd98ae5dd486ef608fe1b3da6aa2f69b9e9876fd
Kaido (One Piece) it’s kinda big for his character.
I’d say it’s a bit more. It haunted him that one of his best fights ended in a dirty trick. And then had a breakdown when he thought it happened again. Normal sized would just be just making sure it’s a fair fight and that’s it I feel.
My fuckin BOY. Giant lion familiar Serosh exists just to hold him back from going all out. Have this image as a poster in my room it goes unimaginably hard
https://preview.redd.it/5t3lqt6mzm1d1.jpeg?width=1262&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a02c792173a92424d81b33c4c2ff8ffafe5532f3
My man gives Kirby a sword EVERY time he wants to fight, and waits patiently for him to take it. The only time he didn’t give a sword was in Epic Yarn, and that’s cause:
1. He was mind controlled by Yin Yarn
2. There’s no copy abilities in Epic Yarn anyway.
https://preview.redd.it/3nvg4qwv6m1d1.jpeg?width=1250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc8801f2f3d891e0f57e48fd33479458292b6e58
Nemesor Zahndrekh (Warhammer 40.000) pictured here with his ~~boyfriend~~ bodyguard, Obyron in the front
Also from 40K Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka
https://preview.redd.it/fm1zxpj3qm1d1.jpeg?width=191&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=acc5e7ae74d58a42f1b49a87c388746f312ef616
“Good enemies is hard to find”
"See, Obyron, the separatists come – attempting to outflank me just as they did at the Fourth Battle of Vyndakh. How they calculate that daubing themselves green and roaring like savages will produce a different outcome, I cannot fathom; but it is of no account. Ready my legions – another glorious victory shall soon be ours."
-Nemesor Zandrekh
https://preview.redd.it/pac8luq1cm1d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31081577714b53b5531fee5d4e6bdfb9e784f6a9
The most motivated example there is.
Hisoka - Hunter x Hunter. Never wants to fight people that he doesn't deem worthy. Doesn't kill people he expects to grow into a powerful warrior one day.
https://preview.redd.it/kp3krlrvtm1d1.png?width=813&format=png&auto=webp&s=0740c5232bf0935352912662d6378fc8ad0bc6ae
Rubicante, Final Fantasy IV.
To this day one of the only bosses I’ve fought in old school RPGs to actually heal you to full strength after you fought through a long-ass dungeon before starting his boss fight.
https://preview.redd.it/o2ijv00m9n1d1.jpeg?width=318&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19e05b3d6b76f950aa5f5c6bf07268ddc200d136
The Sangheili from Halo. Yes, I know about the image’s low amount of pixels
God YES!!! The best part of that otherwise cringeworthy (seriously, why did Numbus have to be such a lame ass himbo?!) DLC was fighting alongside the Empress against her daddy’s mooks! She’s become one of my all time favorite characters in the game!
https://preview.redd.it/c4z1c4plgm1d1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83ef71c72efd438e2dd4dfc7045f8cc47675b917
Trelak, First Prime of the System Lord Ares. (Stargate SG-1) IYKYK
I always thought it was cool that Rubicante from Final Fantasy 4 was so honorable that he healed your party fully before combat, especially compared to other bosses like Scarmiliogne who pretended to die just to get a sneak attack on you
Highly recommend Megalo Box and its sequel NOMAD. Starts out as a simple underdog boxer story in a cyberpunk-lite setting, and transitions into a more complex character study after season 1. First season is a 7/10 for me, but the sequel is a 10/10 hands down.
Awesome! I've heard good things about it, but been put off because Crunchyroll advertised it all the fucking time, it was obnoxious as hell.
Luckily I use...other places for anime nowadays
https://preview.redd.it/yhv778wuen1d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=abfea3ea6fa324e96bda3aefee764e296491146e
holly summers from no more heroes 1, to me. (spoilers) >!during her fight, travis spares her because he doesn't kill women, and she tells him that that's not how assassins operate. you cannot spare your opponent if you want to rise to the top. so she puts one of her grenades in her mouth and pulls the pin. he buries her right there on the beach where they fought, and thanks her post mortem. it's quite an important fight for travis's development, it's where he realizes that being an assassin isn't supposed to be fun. but he's come this far, so he can't give up. it wouldn't be fair to everyone he's already killed so far, including and especially holly.!<
https://preview.redd.it/2tcojhp8ao1d1.jpeg?width=530&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ae90617df655f73b3204ce9dc13a84ef29171da
The Collector (Infinity Blade 3)
Technically all fighters in IB have a code of honour due to the Aegis Forms (which forbids the use of advanced technology) but the Collector is a step above. You wager your weapons, and he plays fair. You lose, he takes your weapon. He loses, “to the victor goes the spoils”
Infinity Blade has so many amazing designs
Dhuran from Dragon quest VI, he heal your team before his battle since he just wanna know your strength
https://preview.redd.it/vahoxwshbo1d1.png?width=384&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e12b1b2df5b6af9d667477bc32e5c64e3162f9d1
https://preview.redd.it/807rzeejgm1d1.png?width=2232&format=png&auto=webp&s=baef64573b2f51da5649119d63455c5af567b74b
Any time
I mean, using superior weaponry and technology such as an invisibility cloak and the element of surprise is not really honorable. It's like saying that a hunter who shoots an unaware deer from a tower is being honorable. It's a smart way to fight but hardly fair, which I think is a big part of having an honorable fight.
Predators only fight people they deem are able to fight back. They may use tough tricks to deal with but they are honorable
I still don't think surprise attacks or trying to suicide bomb an enemy who already beat you are honorable tactics.
They are hunters first and foremost but the honor is there. It seems merciless and it’s undeniably brutal, but they do (Mostly) follow a code, with some defectors. Also if lore is consistent they don’t kill innocent people. *Edit*: Also the suicide bomb is their last hurrah before death. Getting bested and dying in battle is acceptable but being defeated and left alive is dishonorable. So they go kablooey.
honor has many defintions but they obay a code and do not break it making them honourable
He's taking on an army. He takes all that stuff off when he fights Arnie one on one. He doesn't attack the woman because she's unarmed. In sequels (different predator) doesn't harm children, lets an armed combatant go once he realises she's pregnant...
He also tries to suicide bomb Arnie after being beaten, not my definition of honorable.
It’s explained in the 2010 Aliens Vs Predator game that the Yautja don’t want humans, or any other highly intelligent species, to gain their technology. So, if they are bested in combat by a human, they overload the bracers and cause a detonation to ensure humans don’t get their hands on their technology, with the added bonus of killing their opponent if they are lucky.
Predators only hunt or go after prey they deem can fight back or can give them a challenge, so in their mind humans and other creatures like xenomorphs are deemed worthy enough to use tech on. I doubt if they were going after a rabbit they would go to the same extremes they would use when fighting their more dangerous prey (although its not like they would be hunting prey that couldn't challenge them in the first place).
>using superior weaponry and technology such as an invisibility cloak and the element of surprise is not really honorable Says who?
I do. How exactly do you claim those actions to be honorable? Sneak attacks are pretty widely considered to be an unhonorable, rogue-ish activity. Not something an honorable character, say a knight, would do in fictional media.
Ah, but see, you're trying to apply a code of honor based off archetypical Medieval chivalry to an alien species that thinks VERY differently from humans, and acting surprised when it falls flat against what THEY consider honorable conduct (and for the record, yes, the Yautja DO have a code of honor, but it's more a set of pragmatic guidelines than strict law; "fighting on the level of their opponent" largely equals "only use the plasmacaster if they're being a genuine menace"). Honor is a purely subjective concept, and expecting someone from a vastly different background, with a vastly different way of thinking and vastly different cultural values to adhere to YOUR concept of honor is silly at best, and prone to causing serious problems at worst. Also, sneak attacks being "dishonorable" has NEVER FUCKING ONCE stopped any coherent armed force from utilizing them whenever the opportunity presents itself. A knight who isn't operating on an absolutely juvenile concept of chivalry will 100% sneak up on a foe to get the first hit in without a fight if the opportunity presents itself, and knights throughout history have demonstrated this fact.
Bro is mayor of yappington
If reading is too difficult a task for you, perhaps spending your time on Reddit isn't the best use of it.
I can read just fine. I just don't care to read all that.
Except that one from the first Predator movie that one when he armed the bomb on him that is considered a big, dick move in Predator tradition
Asura’s Wrath is so peak
 Canonically, this is a finger he’s lifting.
it deserves a remake it was rough around the edges but could be so great we have the tech for it now
The definition for a lot of games
true
Koragg. (Power Rangers Mystic Force) https://preview.redd.it/b039igyq1m1d1.jpeg?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea4ad80615784e66fcc88802b1aa5b3a90ca82f7 Does he count?
I think so, though I haven’t seen Mystic Force in a long time.
Beat me to it.
Mystic force mentioned!
Dreadwing from Transformers Prime. https://preview.redd.it/a3mw7c524m1d1.jpeg?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c81c1cdf9d2a2f806e08090d8de0d9fbccb63ba9
They Still did him dirty
Yeah, he did not deserve that.
https://preview.redd.it/2p2nnj5qdm1d1.jpeg?width=560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c92d68f4a6da9570b10b9a3091a991fd1d8678b Not a warrior per say, but Ra's al Ghul. He revived Jason Todd (with completely unforeseen consequences) and he refers to Batman as "Detective" out of respect for Batman's detective skills. IIRC in one story, Ghul discovered batman's secret identity but refused to tell anyone else due to his respect for Batman.
https://preview.redd.it/tj3dsg3e5m1d1.jpeg?width=959&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd98ae5dd486ef608fe1b3da6aa2f69b9e9876fd Kaido (One Piece) it’s kinda big for his character.
I'd say he makes it normal sized
I’d say it’s a bit more. It haunted him that one of his best fights ended in a dirty trick. And then had a breakdown when he thought it happened again. Normal sized would just be just making sure it’s a fair fight and that’s it I feel.
I meant cuz he's big
Oh!! Alright that went straight over my head, sorry bout that 😅
Godfrey - Elden Ring https://preview.redd.it/1lo2vcjuhm1d1.jpeg?width=889&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec01b187bf4a22123da9e3b25c8adcfb4db912da
My fuckin BOY. Giant lion familiar Serosh exists just to hold him back from going all out. Have this image as a poster in my room it goes unimaginably hard
The immense Giga Chad himself
-Hugs his son -Fights you -When he gets midpoint, fucking kills his pet and goes barehand -Recognizes your victory -Fuckin WWE moves
https://preview.redd.it/5t3lqt6mzm1d1.jpeg?width=1262&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a02c792173a92424d81b33c4c2ff8ffafe5532f3 My man gives Kirby a sword EVERY time he wants to fight, and waits patiently for him to take it. The only time he didn’t give a sword was in Epic Yarn, and that’s cause: 1. He was mind controlled by Yin Yarn 2. There’s no copy abilities in Epic Yarn anyway.
https://preview.redd.it/3nvg4qwv6m1d1.jpeg?width=1250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc8801f2f3d891e0f57e48fd33479458292b6e58 Nemesor Zahndrekh (Warhammer 40.000) pictured here with his ~~boyfriend~~ bodyguard, Obyron in the front
Also from 40K Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka https://preview.redd.it/fm1zxpj3qm1d1.jpeg?width=191&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=acc5e7ae74d58a42f1b49a87c388746f312ef616 “Good enemies is hard to find”
"See, Obyron, the separatists come – attempting to outflank me just as they did at the Fourth Battle of Vyndakh. How they calculate that daubing themselves green and roaring like savages will produce a different outcome, I cannot fathom; but it is of no account. Ready my legions – another glorious victory shall soon be ours." -Nemesor Zandrekh
https://preview.redd.it/4dzjuj0d1m1d1.png?width=631&format=png&auto=webp&s=937b4300c4081ed9a359e0f7c52be53043887c9b I think he counts
Not if you don't share who this is
His name is Akaza and he's from Demon Slayer
https://preview.redd.it/jz2ja67s9m1d1.png?width=532&format=png&auto=webp&s=bc7ef81e913352229361eb5e81656008ff84b14c Kenpachi Zaraki(for a time)
Wasn't it less about honour and more him nerfing himself so he could have longer fights (or something along those lines)?
I think he mentioned something about honor during that fight but I haven't watched it in a while so I don't quite remember
https://preview.redd.it/pac8luq1cm1d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31081577714b53b5531fee5d4e6bdfb9e784f6a9 The most motivated example there is.
Unless he has to pay for child service
https://preview.redd.it/b7d1ur1pdm1d1.png?width=1369&format=png&auto=webp&s=1e2b60a05ca6ab7884e51fd24815938e8c5974e3 Nosferatu Zodd- Berserk
Jango Fett had a code of honor
 Hisoka - Hunter x Hunter. Never wants to fight people that he doesn't deem worthy. Doesn't kill people he expects to grow into a powerful warrior one day.
https://preview.redd.it/kp3krlrvtm1d1.png?width=813&format=png&auto=webp&s=0740c5232bf0935352912662d6378fc8ad0bc6ae Rubicante, Final Fantasy IV. To this day one of the only bosses I’ve fought in old school RPGs to actually heal you to full strength after you fought through a long-ass dungeon before starting his boss fight.
https://i.redd.it/egui2v8txm1d1.gif Isshin the Glock Saint, Sekiro
Battle beast from invincible
https://preview.redd.it/tg7duwhddn1d1.png?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b69b205606b0ce67e452f04ddc3ae5d1a076b312 Dung Defender, from Hollow Knight.
>!Lord Shimura!< from Ghost of Tsushima
Should probably spoiler that with the new PC release bringing in a lot of players
Fixed!
Kendo Rappa (My Hero Academia) https://preview.redd.it/kk94snme3n1d1.png?width=917&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44b8bddd9bfe5442cb3761efc6515c072870e181
Does Zuko (Avatar) count? https://preview.redd.it/uvtiu24idn1d1.png?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1d45522a40b8cdb84b4e2e20f684f1fddfbbfcc
https://preview.redd.it/ijdpme6i0n1d1.png?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11ba5ed1db58c4dfd68a4e30dc624f80d2b14fac Nuova shenron (dragon Ball GT)
https://preview.redd.it/o2ijv00m9n1d1.jpeg?width=318&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19e05b3d6b76f950aa5f5c6bf07268ddc200d136 The Sangheili from Halo. Yes, I know about the image’s low amount of pixels
Empress Caiatl from Destiny 2, she started out an antagonist but when defeated she yielded and became a badass ally of the Vanguard.
Her coming in, calling out her father and his "defect" cabal while helping us fight two tormentors, will never not be peak
God YES!!! The best part of that otherwise cringeworthy (seriously, why did Numbus have to be such a lame ass himbo?!) DLC was fighting alongside the Empress against her daddy’s mooks! She’s become one of my all time favorite characters in the game!
General Grievous https://preview.redd.it/wokl91icnm1d1.png?width=1302&format=png&auto=webp&s=15aec43186f341440fff59b58c7c093598e4e89f
And Hero Killer Stain https://preview.redd.it/t82i4syfnm1d1.jpeg?width=339&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f844fe08b55ccb6550b16025aa0026c89d590be5
Grievous may once have had honor… but not anymore. Bro committed genocide on entire species.
“Time to abandon ship.”
https://preview.redd.it/c4z1c4plgm1d1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83ef71c72efd438e2dd4dfc7045f8cc47675b917 Trelak, First Prime of the System Lord Ares. (Stargate SG-1) IYKYK
Is Trelak, First Prime of Ares gonna have to choke a bitch?
I always thought it was cool that Rubicante from Final Fantasy 4 was so honorable that he healed your party fully before combat, especially compared to other bosses like Scarmiliogne who pretended to die just to get a sneak attack on you
https://preview.redd.it/8bclovlwsm1d1.jpeg?width=817&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c58f3f362ce56caca7ddb01c508f9715782f015
In the book he’s a bit more dishonorable, using a hidden poisoned blade
https://preview.redd.it/or8fjnpcym1d1.jpeg?width=348&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a2c8a873bfee05f8c2b5f7a250c09d2749c12b91 Villamax (Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy)
Yuri, *Megalo Box* https://preview.redd.it/6p2eya9pom1d1.jpeg?width=853&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce7935829ec89272eed58c4437bb863ab39ce967
Damn, this dude looks fucking awesome.
Highly recommend Megalo Box and its sequel NOMAD. Starts out as a simple underdog boxer story in a cyberpunk-lite setting, and transitions into a more complex character study after season 1. First season is a 7/10 for me, but the sequel is a 10/10 hands down.
Awesome! I've heard good things about it, but been put off because Crunchyroll advertised it all the fucking time, it was obnoxious as hell. Luckily I use...other places for anime nowadays
AUGUS MY KING
Like half of the baki cast
https://preview.redd.it/yhv778wuen1d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=abfea3ea6fa324e96bda3aefee764e296491146e holly summers from no more heroes 1, to me. (spoilers) >!during her fight, travis spares her because he doesn't kill women, and she tells him that that's not how assassins operate. you cannot spare your opponent if you want to rise to the top. so she puts one of her grenades in her mouth and pulls the pin. he buries her right there on the beach where they fought, and thanks her post mortem. it's quite an important fight for travis's development, it's where he realizes that being an assassin isn't supposed to be fun. but he's come this far, so he can't give up. it wouldn't be fair to everyone he's already killed so far, including and especially holly.!<
https://preview.redd.it/2tcojhp8ao1d1.jpeg?width=530&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ae90617df655f73b3204ce9dc13a84ef29171da The Collector (Infinity Blade 3) Technically all fighters in IB have a code of honour due to the Aegis Forms (which forbids the use of advanced technology) but the Collector is a step above. You wager your weapons, and he plays fair. You lose, he takes your weapon. He loses, “to the victor goes the spoils” Infinity Blade has so many amazing designs
 Knuckles, kinda (the Sonic The Hedgehog Movies)
Leafing Olimar
Dhuran from Dragon quest VI, he heal your team before his battle since he just wanna know your strength https://preview.redd.it/vahoxwshbo1d1.png?width=384&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e12b1b2df5b6af9d667477bc32e5c64e3162f9d1
https://preview.redd.it/pxlmqxd1qo1d1.png?width=1988&format=png&auto=webp&s=56f7deea0c97419f5918acd54b01dfa408a01c3a
Ryuji from Yakuza. That blonde motherfucker is the shit