How strong would a person need to be to cut cleanly through steel plate?
The problem is that I would like to know how strong the creature I have in mind will end up being and if that would be too strong. I know that 15th century plate armor was very good against slashing weapons and that swords would be the last thing one would like to use against an armored opponent, which is why I'm having a hard time getting a clear idea of how much force it would require.
The Scenario: A Humanoid man-made life form enhanced by some of the most advanced magic to enhance it's strength for a short period of time is capable of slicing in half a soldier clad in full-body steel plate.
The creature is aproximately 8 ft tall, 425 pounds and is using a 2.5 meters long Zweihänder which weights about 7.5 kg total.
Skirting around the issue of the sword possibly breaking and how implausible it would seem to cut cleanly and instantly through steel plate in such a fashion, how strong would that creature have to be to achieve such a feat in comparison to a normal human? Or the strongest human, even.
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