Batmannerism
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The House Party Protocol should take this.
By feats Iron Man suits are actually way more impressive than Wakandan tech.
Durability:
- Killmonger has a vibranium weave Black Panther suit (tough but apparently vulnerable to grenades and rhino charges) but he's the only one. His army have some vibranium weave clothing but are far more exposed (e.g. no helmets).
- Iron Man suits have superior durability feats like shrugging off gunfire, tank shells, mid air collisions with fighter jets, hits from Thor etc. They were weak to extreme heat from Extremis soldiers but that's not really relevant here.
Strength/Firepower:
Mobility:
- Killmonger has low level superhuman strength and vibranium claws. His army is mostly human melee fighters, although a few have vibranium spears that can shoot down gunships.
- The Iron Man suits have missiles that can destroy tanks, lasers that can cut through heavy armour, guns that can fire a dozen bullets at once all targeted at weak points etc plus if they end up in close quarters their strength advantage is huge.
Tactics:
- Killmonger's army was mostly infantry and rhinos plus a couple of (featless) gunships.
- Every Iron Man suit can fly, some with speeds comparable to fighter jets.
- We saw in Black Panther and Infinity War that Wakandan armies just tend to charge in and engage in hand to hand. It probably wasn't the writer's intention but they seem inferior to modern western militaries.
- We saw in Iron Man 3 that when Jarvis controls the suits, he exploits flight and ranged attacks to take on enemies that favour melee.
For all its wonderful tech the House party army didn't fare very well against a handful of opponents , against an army armed with vibranium weapons and force field cloaks I don't fancy their chances.
What makes the Iron Man armour formidable is the person piloting it - which is why Tony is such a tough opponent while suited up. Without a skilled operator I don't rate the suits' chances against skilled fighters, especially in close quarters - on that note, Vibranium weapons cut through Iron Man suits- which is how Steve disabled Tony in CW.
At the end of IM 3 it wasn't the House Party suits that defeated Killian, it was Extremis Pepper.



