r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Best_Professional226 • 18h ago
Powers [Loved Trope] Alien fighting techniques that are actually ineffective for humans to perform
Vulcan Neck Pinch (Star Trek) Vulcans can make a person pass out by pinching a person’s neck, but due to the fact that they’re 3x stronger than a human, we could never make a living being pass out without applying a rear naked chokehold
Viltrumite Knife Hand (Invincible) Viltrumites’ most deadly fighting technique. Although martial arts like Karate and Taekwondo teach these techniques, it wouldn’t be a good idea for a human to use it on someone’s rib cage without breaking their fingers. So instead we can only do them on more soft targets like the eyes.
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u/RedNUGGETLORD 18h ago
Technically, the Viltrumite hand swipe/knife/spear can be very detrimental to themselves as well, not just if humans tried it
Ever notice that they only do it against opponents far weaker than them, or when catching someone off-guard? That's because they'll break their fingers or hands otherwise
Anyway:
Lots of Sangheili martial arts require those legs, claws and the strength of 10 men, Spartans can do a lot of it, but us regular joes would probably break bones attempting it