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A brand new and revamped discussion thread for anything Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul! In my opinion there are many things that should be discussed (Profile creation, discussion, as well as just talking about the shows) so why not create a place to talk about those topics here. Hopefully this up to Pollos Standards 😅


Notable Links/Threads To Follow:
Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul (Verse Page)
Walter White Match Up Thread
 
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One of my favorite shows, nice. Not really interested in its powerscaling though, with Walt being 10-A for an untrained cancer patient.

I get liking the shows > powerscaling as I like the shows far more and I think both are masterfully crafted.

I am interested in making profiles for characters for characters not yet to seemingly have one as well as make some team profiles for them. Characters including Todd, Jack, etc
 
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Guessing inverse square law, even being like 10 inches from an explosion reduces how much of it you take drastically
Very true, it drastically reduces the amount of it you take from the explosion. Not saying it’s completely realistic that Walt’s only injury was a slightly bloody nose after leaving the building but I agree it adds some sense to it.
 






Also is there any reason why Gus and the Cousins don’t have bulletproof listed as equipment? I know the Cousins have a durability feat listed on their profile that they tank bullets with the vest, but don’t have the vest listed as optional equipment.

I believe Saul also mentioned having a bulletproof suit at one point and Hank obviously needs it listed as optional equipment. There might be more examples of this with others like Mike or Jack but these are the main examples of the vests that I remember being used.
 
How doesn’t Walter have Street lvl dura from tanking a punch from Mike?
Walter was still essentially one-shotted my Mike, being completely on the floor and barely able to move afterwards, and it left a bad bruise on him. Walter did pretty much the exact opposite of tanking the strike
 
Walter was still essentially one-shotted my Mike, being completely on the floor and barely able to move afterwards, and it left a bad bruise on him. Walter did pretty much the exact opposite of tanking the strike
What about the mercury explosion? Or the metal towel dispenser?

There are a lot of outliers in this show I’m guessing.
 
yes, such as jesse being fine after falling two stories headfirst onto concrete, and taking a full-on beating from tuco in season 2 (which includes jesse getting thrown through a door so hard it breaks), walter smashing jesse through his shelf, and being completely fine after various car crashes including ones which hospitalize hank, saul easily smashing through windows.

even though the calculated value for the fulminated mercury explosion probably cannot be applied to walter’s durability, it was still shown to be enough to knock tuco to the ground while walter was closer to the explosion and relatively unharmed.
 
Walter was still essentially one-shotted my Mike, being completely on the floor and barely able to move afterwards, and it left a bad bruise on him. Walter did pretty much the exact opposite of tanking the strike
walter nearly got up after mike punched him, mike kicked him in the stomach while he was down
 
I personally do agree with 9-C Breaking Bad, but I don't think Walter scales to characters like Mike & Tuco, who can pretty easily throw the 2 around and sevearly injure both of them easily
 
as i mentioned above, walter and jesse both have showings which would allow them to downscale from tuco. only time he really ****** one of them up was when he bludgeoned jesse with the cash bag, which tuco doesnt technically physically scale to since he attacked jesse with an object
 

Breaking Bad battle if people in this thread want to join
 
The Hector Samalanca bomb would get way higher results if we count how it pulverized 2 people. Pulverizing all the bones of an average human landed at 918918.85 joules iirc.
 
Guessing inverse square law, even being like 10 inches from an explosion reduces how much of it you take drastically
Looking back at this, inverse square law would result in Walter taking Street level+/Wall level energy from the explosion. I don't think it could've occured any more than 2 meters away from him.
 

The Cousins have a new match against the man that killed their cousin
 
How doesn’t Walter have Street lvl dura from tanking a punch from Mike?
Because Walter got bodied by the punch and Mike clearly wasn't putting his all into harming him. Walter wouldn't even downscale

as i mentioned above, walter and jesse both have showings which would allow them to downscale from tuco. only time he really ****** one of them up was when he bludgeoned jesse with the cash bag, which tuco doesnt technically physically scale to since he attacked jesse with an object

Not at all. Jesse was hospitalized by Tuco's beating, and regarding the second case in "Grilled", while Tuco did knock him around, he clearly wasn't trying to kill or severely harm Jesse there since he was trying to force an answer out of Walter regarding what Hector saw him and Jesse do

yes, such as jesse being fine after falling two stories headfirst onto concrete

This is some crazy wank because I recently rewatched the scene and....he definitely didn't fall head first onto concrete
Seriously, why are people saying he did? Man clearly fell on anything but his head. That fall ain't Street level at all. It's actually a relatively small fall

walter smashing jesse through his shelf

The shelf he smashed him into during their third battle most certainly would not warrant Street level. Ask some calc members if you really want confirmation

being completely fine after various car crashes including ones which hospitalize hank

A. A lot of normal ass people who would be considered as 10-B by VSBW standards can survive car crashes. Not all of them are 9-C in terms of the harm someone can take from one
B. The car crash that Walt survived wasn't anything crazy that would back up a 9-C rating for a character. It's not like the car was tossed into the air and spun around or anything
C. Hank was hospitalized because he was LITERALLY TAKING THE BRUNT OF THE CRASH'S DAMAGE. That's another thing to remember about car crashes. Where a passenger is and how the car crashes or gets hit can be the difference between being completely fine, a few scratches, being hospitalized, or flat out death. To say Walt should be 9-C for surviving this is disingenuous. Hank was closer to where the car struck, so of course Walter would be fine, this is pretty clear

saul easily smashing through windows

One of them was a small ass window and another was a telephone box's pane of glass he needed to break with two kicks. Not exactly the strongest window breaking feats on the market here


walter nearly got up after mike punched him, mike kicked him in the stomach while he was down

The first punch had Walter absolutely winded and Mike wasn't even going all out LMAO. Are we really acting like Mike was putting his full force hits into putting Walter in his place? Let's be real here, come on


Street level for people like Lalo and Mike is pretty understandable, but for guys like Walt, Jesse, and Saul, I can't see it as anything but wank, as well as a major overestimation of the combative abilities of the last three characters

Yes, this is a fictional franchise, that isn't lost on me. But the intention of the portrayals and plot make it clear that Walter isn't some Street level fighter. I guarantee you most forum users would beat the shit out of Walter in a 1v1 and I am so deadass about that 😭 😭 😭
 
but for guys like Walt, Jesse, and Saul, I can't see it as anything but wank, as well as a major overestimation of the combative abilities of the last three characters
What about the whole deal with the metal towel dispenser. Especially since it would apparently break an average human’s hand.
 
What about the whole deal with the metal towel dispenser. Especially since it would apparently break an average human’s hand.


The dispenser is overhyped TBH. First thing worth noting is that it took multiple blows to dent it the way he did, and the dents weren’t even that noticeable, they were pretty small. Not really Street level material. The second thing worth noting is that it’s doubtable if the intention of the scene was that Walter was punching a something that would break a human hand

Even if we assume the second part was the intention, Walt has a billion anti-feats against that
 
deleted my account. the breaking bad downplay bros will never accept that vince has jumped the shark
 
the breaking bad downplay bros will never accept that vince has jumped the shark

The only character who does anything crazy (relative to the verse) is Lalo, and he peaks at 9-C 😭

9-C isn't even a rating seen throughout most of the verse. The arguments for Walt and Jesse scaling or even downscaling are destroyed by context. Their own "feats" that people argue are 9-C are all blown out of proportion (again, idk why people think Jesse fell headfirst off the ledge. Even if he did, that doesn't make it 9-C)

There's no downplay, the show just ain't cracked. I love the Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul verse a ton, it just isn't really focused on good feats and combat. If anything, people kinda overhype these characters in VS threads. Walter really shouldn't have as many victories as he does currently, prep time or not
 
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walt shrugged off closer proximity to the same explosion which knocked tuco to the ground, he was able to resist burning the skin off his wrist with a wire hot enough to melt nylon which is 220 degrees celcius
 
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