Earth vs the Orcish Horde

**Sagenod** · 2020-05-30, 07:47 PM

If Medivh were on Earth, the Dark Portal came about and the Orcish Horde invaded, how do you think we would fare?

I believe we'd lose pretty quick unless we developed an understanding of their magic and the capability to counter it. But who knows maybe nukes overpower magic abilities!

**kaelix1** · 2020-05-30, 07:51 PM

you mean right now? or medieval time?

If medieval times we lose really easy, modern time? probably they will win some fights at the start with a surprise attack, but once the surprise attack is done we stomp

**Calfredd** · 2020-05-30, 07:54 PM

Would probably be similar to the anime Gate.

**Varodoc** · 2020-05-30, 07:56 PM

It wouldn't be fair at all. It would end like this:

**Schattenlied** · 2020-05-30, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by Sagenod

If Medivh were on Earth, the Dark Portal came about and the Orcish Horde invaded, how do you think we would fare?

I believe we'd lose pretty quick unless we developed an understanding of their magic and the capability to counter it. But who knows maybe nukes overpower magic abilities!

They had relatively very few spell casters and most of them weren't all that powerful... Meanwhile we have plenty of what would, to them, seem like magic as well... And is plenty capable of completely anhilating them without contest.

We would win, hilariously easily... We would win hilariously easily using nothing but infantry small arms, not to mention armored fighting vehicles, tanks, attack helicopters, ground attack fixed-wing aircraft (BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT), and artillery...

If we located a concentration of their forces and dropped artillery or an airstrike on it, what few survivors remained would probably think that some angry god was responsible for their obliteration.

Not to mention snipers, with silenced weapons, taking out those orcs which are obviously spellcasters (Kill the one in the dress!) from a mile away, they wouldn't know who or what did it, at those ranges they wouldn't even hear the shot, they'd just see a gushing wound open up in them and they'd fall over dead... Again, angry god.

It would be no contest, at all. The sheer power of the weapons our militaries have available to them would trigger the primitive Orc's supersititions so effectively that they would likely flee back through the dark portal of their own volition long before we actually wiped them out.

**Raetary** · 2020-05-30, 08:03 PM

Considering our vastly advanced tech, we'd rip them to pieces.

**Stelio Kontos** · 2020-05-30, 08:09 PM

Modern Earth? Us, easily, hands down, no questions asked. Not even counting nukes.

Not just that, but once we had confirmed magic was real, we would start capturing their warlocks, sending them to as many research facilities as possible, dissect a few, poke and prod, and then we'd find a way to do the same if possible, then BOOM, 21st century weapons WITH magic on the side. Go through the portal, or open one of our own, and roflstomp Draenor into oblivion.

Forget depleted uranium shells, try fel-infused heavy caliber machine guns.

**Acherus01** · 2020-05-30, 08:11 PM

Not even a contest. The orcs got absolutely no defense against fire arms.

The number of civilian casualties on Earth side would be completely dependant ln where the portal opens up.

If it opens up in the middle of a large city, they would probably kill hundreds before the local police forces arrives and starts killing orcs. Granted, they wont be able to stop them alone, but they can definitely make the orcs bleed until the military, national guard or whatever else is available arrives.

If the portal opens up out in the wilds/forests/outback - they might be able to reach a small town or village of a few thousand(s) and wipe them out. If not - someone else is bound to see a large portal or weird greenskins and put it online for all to see, spurring the military into action.

If the portal opens up in a more environmentally hazardous area, like in the middle of the sahara - they would all die long before they see a single human to kill. Orcs were not smart enough to bring rations and water with them during their invasions. Instead choosing to rely on raiding the natives for supplies.

**Saichou** · 2020-05-30, 08:12 PM

Initially, I thought the horde would win quite easily, with warlocks and all.
But I guess we would be vastly superior in numbers. Still I'm inclined to believe that they would put up a fair fight.
Also it depends on where they would land and how involved the rest of the world would get.

**McNeil** · 2020-05-30, 08:13 PM

We'd just be dropping nukes at them. Only very few orcs are capable of causing mass destruction due to magic, and they aren't exactly immune to missles either.

Having the Scourge or the Burning Legion invade would be a different story. With the Scourge it depends on how much they spread the plague before launching an invasion, while the Burning legion should be a clear GG for earth if they are fully summoned to the world.

**Caerule** · 2020-05-30, 08:14 PM

Honestly they've had no chance since World War I.

**Jastall** · 2020-05-30, 08:17 PM

Don't even need nukes to stomp an army mostly made up of dudes with axes and some fairly archaic tanks that arrives from a single entry point and whose supply lines are essentially pillaging. We have missiles batteries, jet fighters, tanks, APCs, fleets galore, long ranged rifles, and more heavy ordnance than you can shake a stick at, on top of a communication apparatus the Orcs can only dream of. We can outshoot and outmaneuver them any day of the week.

Against medieval humans? Yeah, that's going to go the way of the 8 feet tall giants with access to powerful, if haphazard, gunpowder weapons, not the 5-6 feet tall humies with bows and lances.

**Selastan** · 2020-05-30, 08:18 PM