Micah Bell is the most dangerous enemy that Arthur Morgan meets in Red Dead Redemption 2, but he's certainly not the toughest, as he loses multiple fights to other members of Dutch's gang throughout the game. He is always the biggest talker and easily the biggest jerk in the Van der Linde gang's camp. However, when the time comes for him to actually back up his big words, he frequently fails to deliver.

Dutch's right hand is legitimately deadly with his guns, which the player will learn during Micah's violent escape from jail in RDR2. However, if he doesn't have a gun in his hand, he is much less impressive, especially when compared to the tough, seasoned fighters present in the Van der Linde gang, like Arthur and Charles. Micah may be a bully and a murderer, but he is not as tough as he would like to think he is, as his clashes with the rest of the gang reveal throughout Red Dead Redemption 2's story.

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Micah spends a lot of his time harassing other gang members when present at the camp, and there are a few instances where his victims fight back. Notably, his fights with Charles and Javier show that they're on different levels in terms of toughness. Both of them are harassed by Micah's racist comments, and they each step up to fight him in response. Charles grabs Micah by the collar and throws him a good few feet into the dirt, and Javier knocks him to the ground with a single punch. Javier is a friendly guy in RDR2, but he won't let someone like Micah disrespect him. After each of these fights, Micah has no response other than to wait for them to leave and throw bitter comments in their direction afterward.

Micah Loses Fights To Charles & Javier In Red Dead Redemption 2

In RDR 2, Micah can never win a fight without his guns.

Another instance of Micah's true weakness can be linked back to his bullying. Almost all of his interactions with others at camp include him being needlessly crude, or outright bullying someone. His favorite targets are the women and non-white members of the gang, fitting his racist and misogynistic personality. He'll even be cruel to four-year-old Jack, who the rest of the gang are quite kind to and protective over. However, he never antagonizes anyone who he views as a potential threat to him, hence why he tends to leave Dutch and Hosea alone. Likewise, until Arthur is diagnosed with tuberculosis in RDR2, Micah doesn't go too far in antagonizing him. After the diagnosis, Micah views Arthur as weak and therefore a target.

The biggest nail in the coffin for Micah's fake toughness is his final fight with Arthur. By the end of Red Dead Redemption 2, Arthur is in the final phases of tuberculosis and could potentially die at any minute. Despite that, he still rides onward to save the Marston family from Micah and confront the man in a fistfight or knife fight. And despite the fact that Micah is still healthy while Arthur is dying of a debilitating disease, if the player has high honor, Micah will lose their fight and only survive because Arthur no longer has the energy to pursue him further. Arthur's one of the toughest of Dutch's gang, but Micah's inability to defeat an emaciated, dying man proves how much of a pushover the latter is in physical combat.

Although undeniably lethal with his guns, Micah Bell really is quite pathetic when he can't just shoot whoever's in front of him. He may be a sadist, but he doesn't have the toughness to back up his cruelty without facing repercussions. It's this contrast against the tough but principled Arthur that makes him a despicably perfect antagonist in Red Dead Redemption 2.

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