Could a sniper kill Magneto?

[WolfThomas]

Also, can someone tell me- if captain america's shield is indestructible, how did they make it into a shield?

It's a vibranium and steel alloy, the guy who designed it kept incredibly poor notes so stuff like the temperatures and the ore ratios were lost and it could never be replicated. But the two metals they used were able to be melted down and mixed before cooling into it's permanent shape. It's not completely indestructible, just practically. The Beyonder (a vast cosmic being) managed to crack it and more recently it was shattered by a magic hammer nin Fear Itself.

 

[Brawndo]

He survived a nuke.

Based on the current lore, he can not be killed.

This is why I don't like comic books, they tend to become absolutely ridiculous. You have stuff like Wolverine being thrown into the sun and Magneto altering the entire world's magnetic field. What I liked about First Class was that while the mutants were clearly powerful, they still had limitations and could be killed or stopped by humans.

 

[Darks63]

This reminds of the episode of the x-men cartoon where they send sentinals made of platic against magneto they came close but he still was able to win by using the metal around him to defend himself

 

[Burst6]

How about a poison gas grenade launcher. Get him in a tight corridor, put on a gas mask, and fire. Sure he can deflect the grenades, but if they hit against something the whole place will be filled with poison.

 

[Maximum_Power_Cheese_Supreme]

He survived a nuke.

Based on the current lore, he can not be killed.

This is why I don't like comic books, they tend to become absolutely ridiculous. You have stuff like Wolverine being thrown into the sun and Magneto altering the entire world's magnetic field. What I liked about First Class was that while the mutants were clearly powerful, they still had limitations and could be killed or stopped by humans.

That's the thing isn't. "You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. And I won't kill you because you're just too much fun." Mind you, when they finally DO decide to kill a character it never is as good as the times that they've always managed to avoid dying.

 

[MrFluffy-X]

No, Magneto can "feel" metal.

Exactly he can sence mental so no.

But that window

 

[Teddy Roosevelt]

Bullets are not made of magnetic materials. Lead and Copper will not be affected by Magneto's powers.

Therefore, yes. Unless you had a steel-core round, he could do nothing about it, and snipers don't usually use armor-piercing rounds (steel or tungsten core rounds).

 

[Maximum_Power_Cheese_Supreme]

He has an electromagnetic field around him, so yes, he can "feel" or sense metals within that radius. That said, bullets (typical ones, anyway) are lead. Non-ferrous, as in, non-magnetic. Any gun would realistically take him down.


That said, it's known that he controls/feels all metal, not just ferrous ones, so who knows?

The real question is whether magnetic force travels faster or behind the speed of the bullet?

 

[linkzeldi]

Okay here's the thing, what material other than metal would function as a bullet?

Unless you can answer that, I doubt a sniper could kill Magneto.

 

[Kurokami]

This thought came to me when I was watching X-Men First Class yesterday. In the movies you always see Magneto stopping bullets or missiles when he is aware that people are shooting at him. But what if Magneto was just casually walking down the street to his favorite cafe when a sniper takes an accurate shot at him from 2km away? Could he still stop a bullet he wasn't aware of?

Magneto has always struck me as the well prepared type, I'm sure he would have some sort of defense up constantly and subconsciously as well as some sort of larger field around him so that he could feel the presence of any sort of metal, though that wouldn't help when a bullet is approaching too quickly, I don't think.

I'll just conclude it with Magneto's the shit.

 

[nklshaz]

I think the Ghosts from Starcraft 2 could do it. Screw the sniper rifles, they could just drop a damn nuke

 

[Paragon Fury]

It would probably just be easier to make a list of things hazardous to Magneto's health. Like say:

Old Age

The Hulk

Food that is Hard to Chew

Jean Grey

Being in a small room with Galacta

An angry X-23

I think I'll let someone else continue.

I think the Ghosts from Starcraft 2 could do it. Screw the sniper rifles, they could just drop a damn nuke

The Ghosts could just use their Tele/Psi powers to kill him. Hell, if we're talking about any of the named Ghosts/Spectres, most of them could just think Magneto out of existence, particularly Kerrigan.

 

[enriel]

Magneto's big thing is the magnetism. Otherwise, he's not really all that beefy. So long as you're not wearing any magnetic materials, I really don't see why you couldn't take him head on. Sniping just seems like overkill. Ceramic knife, or hell, even a good hunk of obsidian, and just stab the guy.

 

[Asickorphan]

MAC blast? wait that's metal I guess you win

 

[OrokuSaki]

Yes. If Magneto is caught off-guard then a bullet can kill him. Like how Wolverine cut his head off in New X-Men by Grant Morrison, he isn't IMMUNE to bullets, just capable of manipulating them.

 

[trophykiller]

Even if he can sense metal, it doesn't matter. The bullet's travelling faster than the speed of sound. Maybe if he knows it's coming, he can put up a barrier of some sort, but if he doesn't, no way. His power is metal manipulation, not crazy levels of super speed.

If you honestly think he'd be quick enough, you need to learn a thing or two about ballistics. He wouldn't even hear the shot until after he's been hit.

 

[trophykiller]

Okay here's the thing, what material other than metal would function as a bullet?

Unless you can answer that, I doubt a sniper could kill Magneto.

Wood. Used in prison riots, and hurts enough to shatter bones. If one were to replace the softer woods they use with, say, hickory or oak, it *might* do the trick. However, it would likely not have the stopping power needed for a "one hit, one kill", so I would suggest having men armed with polymer guns, Wood projectiles, plastic shell casings, kevlar uniforms, the like.

 

[Cedric Wilson]

hand held mass driver that fires a golfball?

 

[The Lugz]

Okay here's the thing, what material other than metal would function as a bullet?

Unless you can answer that, I doubt a sniper could kill Magneto.

any high density ceramic, bone bullets, quartz bullets, pretty-much any crystal ( presuming it's tough enough to be fired in the first place )

most types of rock,
or any non magnetic metal ( of which there are quite a few )

Tin
Lead-*
Chrome
Zinc
Copper
Calcium

*
( this is what bullets are actually made from, mostly... but i will grant they can contain some traces of magnetic materials, so whatever )

again, this really asks the question is magneto's magnetic ability actually magnetic, or just magic
there are certainly things you could fire at him that are not magnetic, of this there is no doubt
but since he can control lead and metals that do not seem to contain high quantity's of iron, Cobalt or nickel - yes i mean alloys too.
including wolverine's Unobtainium skeleton**

( the metals considered magnetic for the purpose of moving them with magnetic fields )
it really calls into question exactly what his super-mutation is

i would say, yes you could kill magneto with a bullet of x-substance that contains 0 metal if you had to
but then again, if he had those powers he could make himself a metal nano-shell and deflect bullets of all kinds
but the op stipulates 'when his defences are down' so the answer is yes, really.
with a magnetic bullet? depends if his ability to sense magnetic objects is passive or active, and we don't know that ( or i don't anyway )

**
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtainium
see science fiction

cause i know i just made a wolverine fan die of rabid foaming
for getting his sci-fi accurate

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

Everything is magnetic to some degree, so if we assume tthat he is able to create a field strong enough, he could stop every thing one could throw or fire at him.

Commander Shepard would have to disagree with that.

Hahaha made my evening, but let my rephrase, anything material we could throw or fire at him..

Alright, I'll give you that one sense one of the componants in that is superheated iron.

So how about sonic weaponry?
I doubt he could bend soundwaves to his own accord, thus he becomes really annoyed to the point of a massive migrane and can't think properly when THE THANIX CANNON COMES IN!