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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6507332" data-attributes="member: 6787650">&quot;Strong guy&quot; is defined by supernatural strength and sometimes durability. &quot;Defender&quot; is defined <a href="http://dnd4.wikia.com/wiki/Defender" target="_blank">here</a> as &quot;a character with the defender role primarily focuses enemy fire by making it difficult for enemies to move past, and punishing enemies who attack other party members.&quot; The two concepts could conceptually overlap, but although my knowledge of superhero comics is limited, it seems clear that the Hulk for one is not a Defender at all. He never (AFAIK) intercepts attackers headed for other characters; he just goes and smashes things. (Not always in combat--part of the &quot;strong guy&quot; role includes things like lifting fallen telephone poles off cars and smashing holes in walls. It's not purely a combat role.) If anything he sounds more like a Striker, since &quot;Strikers specialize in dealing high amounts of damage to a single target at a time,&quot; except that also misses 80% of the Hulk concept, which is everything related to the manner in which he does that damage: by smashing people's faces in with raw strength.The concepts &quot;strong guy&quot; and &quot;striker&quot; overlap a bit in the combat domain but they are quite distinct nonetheless. You must see this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6507332, member: 6787650"] "Strong guy" is defined by supernatural strength and sometimes durability. "Defender" is defined [URL="http://dnd4.wikia.com/wiki/Defender"]here[/URL] as "a character with the defender role primarily focuses enemy fire by making it difficult for enemies to move past, and punishing enemies who attack other party members." The two concepts could conceptually overlap, but although my knowledge of superhero comics is limited, it seems clear that the Hulk for one is not a Defender at all. He never (AFAIK) intercepts attackers headed for other characters; he just goes and smashes things. (Not always in combat--part of the "strong guy" role includes things like lifting fallen telephone poles off cars and smashing holes in walls. It's not purely a combat role.) If anything he sounds more like a Striker, since "Strikers specialize in dealing high amounts of damage to a single target at a time," except that also misses 80% of the Hulk concept, which is everything related to the [I]manner[/I] in which he does that damage: by smashing people's faces in with raw strength. The concepts "strong guy" and "striker" overlap a bit in the combat domain but they are quite distinct nonetheless. You must see this. [/QUOTE]

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