Practically everyone knows the story of Peter Parker from Marvel's Earth-616. Peter was a high school student who gained the proportionate strength/toughness, speed, agility, and wall crawling ability of a spider after getting bit by a radioactive spider. After refusing to stop a criminal who ended up murdering his uncle, Peter learnt that with great power there must also come great responsibility. He then swore to use his super powers to fight crime and became the superhero: Spider-Man.
Many years later during "The Other: Evolve or Die" storyline, Peter found out he was dying for mysterious circumstances. That's when Morlun engaged Spider-Man in a rematch. Peter put up a valiant fight, but eventually perished against the Devourer of Totems. Afterwards, Spider-Man was confronted by a powerful Spider Totem known as The Other. The Other informed Peter that although his human side had died, he could return to life on the condition that he embrace his spider side. Peter agreed, and emerged from the cocoon completely healed of his prior wounds along with enhanced powers. And so, Peter Parker was reborn stronger than ever.
This amp was subsequently maintained all the way throughout the "Civil War" storyline (when Tony Stark gave Spider-Man the Iron Spider armor) as well as the "Back in Black" storyline until the conclusion of the "One More Day" storyline.
My focus here was to bring you a quick overview of Spider-Man's superhuman capabilities as well as his versatile Iron Spider armor.
Peter should be more than fast enough to keep up with the Guyver especially due to his precognitive advantage from his heightened Spider-Sense and mobility from his web swinging/Iron Spider armor. Spidey also wields immense overall strength since his morals are off as well as endurance/stamina to last against the Guvyer. His quick thinking also means he can use the environment plus his miscellaneous powers including night vision and versatile organic webbing to his advantage.
All of that in combination with his impressive Iron Spider armor and combat experience means that the Guyver will be facing an enormous challenge to overcome.
Here's my personal favorite Guyver song for you to hopefully enjoy while reading my opener:
The Creators, an alliance of multiple alien species, used a technology called bio-booster armor. The armor itself was biological and its primary function was to enhance the host's biology so they could survive harsh environments and perform better both mentally and physically. This wasn't exactly the case for humans. The Creators were shocked by the first bio-boosted human who was frighteningly powerful and immune to their telepathy. They called him Guyver which in their language meant out of control. After the Guyver was stopped the Creators feared the Earth and fled, leaving some of their technology and creations behind. Millennia later three G-units were recovered from an ancient ship and soon found their hosts, changing the course of history.
It's important to note that all Guyver units possess the same power, the only difference between them being the fighting skills of the respective hosts. For this reason I'll be using feats from Guyvers 0, 1, 2, 3, and possibly Valcuria. Skill will also be irrelevant as this Guyver will be controlled by the murderous symbiote and not the host.
The Guyver has a fairly long list of powers, organs, and mechanical parts. I'll do my best to cover them all.
Control Medal: The control medal is like the Guyver's brain. Even minor damage to it can be a serious problem for the host. The medal controls all the Guyver's weapons, senses, and other functions. It also contains the host's memories and genetic code. It is unfortunately a big glowing spot on the armor's forehead...
Bio-enhancement: This is the main function of the armor and it does more than make the host stronger and faster. Regardless of whatever body conditioning they've done the armor increases their muscle and bone density to peak levels. It also changes their internal organs, relocating some and making pretty much all of them better. The heart and lungs are replaced completely with more efficient bio-mechanical organs which gives the host more efficient blood flow and respiration. Even without the armor the Guyver's host is more than human. Now on to the important stuff.
Regeneration: The Guyver might not heal as quickly as characters like Wolverine or Deadpool who are famous for their healing factors, but it can still regenerate a huge gash in its chest in less than a minute and grow back entire limbs. Not only are wounds that would normally be fatal only a hindrance, but when Guyver 1's host died after having his control medal ripped out the medal grew a perfect clone of him hours later using some cells that were still stuck to it. He also lost his hand once and it grew into an imperfect but still fully formed clone.
Gravity Orb: The Guyver has an orb at its waist that lets it channel gravitational power through the body. This makes the Guyver much stronger and faster by using gravity to enhance its strength. It can also fly and use the Pressure Cannon.
Vibration Globes: The two orbs at the Guyver's mouth can create intense sound waves for an attack called the Sonic Buster. If it's done just right it can tear anything into molecules.
Hyper Sensors: More orbs! Yay! The two orbs on either side of the Guyver's head give it something very similar to the Spider-Sense. They can sense electromagnetic fields around the Guyver and let it react to threats outside of it's line of sight or even invisible attackers/attacks.
Head Beam: Just above the control medal on the forehead is yet another freaking orb which fires an omnidirectional heat beam. According to Guyver 2 it uses excess body heat which the Guyver has a lot of. It's great for protecting the control medal.
High-Frequency Swords: The extending blades on the Guyver's forearms can vibrate at such a high frequency that they can cut through any matter. The only thing that can stop them is something vibrating at the same high frequency like the blades of some Zoanoids. The blades are somewhat brittle, though. They've been easily melted by acid or blown apart by direct explosions before.
Mega Smasher: This is clearly stated multiple times to be the Guyver's most powerful attack. Hidden behind the Guyver's chest plates are two jiggly jelly orbs, but don't laugh. These are actually cannons that call on massive energy from another dimension to blow anything away. The only way anyone has ever survived a mega smasher is by putting up a force field that absorbs most of the damage or by reflecting it back at the Guyver. The downsides are that it takes a moment to fire and is a huge energy drain.
Spider-Man is a challenging opponent, but I think he'd be a better match for a hyper Zoanoid than a Guyver. He's fighting a creature that's hardwired to fight and kill and has plenty of weapons. The Guyver is definitely fast enough to keep up with him and can match his physical strength. The Guyver will have an advantage at range with his wide arsenal of deadly attacks and it can keep Peter at bay with his blades. There are many ways for Peter to die in this fight and the only way he can put down the Guyver is with a direct punch to the control medal, something he won't get the chance to do. He'll hold out for awhile with his agility and clever use of his webbing but it won't save him.
As tough as the Guyver is, Spider-Man has conquered greater odds while outclassed as a testament to his sheer combat experience.
With his quick thinking and resourcefulness, Peter will efficiently outfight the Guyver by primarily exploiting his control medal which you acknowledge is his Achilles' heel. Outside of his sheer striking power which should at least match if not surpass the Guyver's own strength, Peter also has the means to critically damage the control medal with his robust mystical stingers and waldoes. The venomous stingers and waldoes will essentially counter the Guyver's reach with high-frequency swords and offer the element of surprise for Spidey to cunningly exploit in cqc. Spider-Man also has the sheer stamina/endurance for a prolonged fight and the durability to last against the Guyver's physical strength and weapons.
While their raw speed appears comparable, The Guyver's long range weapons like his head beam, vibration globes, and mega smasher are essentially countered by Spider-Man's precognitive and agility advantage. Due to the Spider-Sense's early warning, Peter can accordingly telegraph and evade the ranged attacks without even necessarily being faster. So it will be a challenge for the Guyver to even cleanly tag the maneuverable Spider-Man. And with his sheer willpower, nothing short of death will stop Peter from fighting.
There is also the factor of Peter's organic webbing which will be very useful in this fight due to their versatility, range, and respectable speed. Such uses include intercepting the Guyver's long range attacks like a shield and slowing down the Guyver through jamming his orbs/body with web spam for incapacitation. His webbing can also be utilized in more underhanded ways such as ricochet shots and environmental uses which I can elaborate on in my next post.
Essentially, there are many ways for Peter to keep up and tactically exploit the Guyver's weak point rather than simply trying to overpower the Guyver in a straightforward brawl.
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