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World War Hulk is on the rampage. This time a different set of earth-based defenders, both hero and villain, will oppose him in a growing gauntlet - as soon as WWH starts to overwhelm his opponents, the next level steps in to help before they actually go down.

The difference here is, that when WWH reaches his limit then he also gets help - Thanos will step in to help him and the gauntlet continues (and it will get worse still...)

Restrictions: No teleporting, no BFR. No prep. Standard equipment only.

(Characters are not in any order of power, as this is a growing gauntlet).

Earth's defenders:

1) Black Panther
2) Gorgon
3) Sleepwalker
4) Hyperion (Classic Squadron Supreme)
5) Cable
6) Armory (Avengers Initiative - the one who destroyed Ultimo with a single blast)
7) Phoenix Jean Grey (at her Claremont/Byrne era regular level)
8) Ghost Rider
9) Holocaust
10) Dracula
11) Iceman
12) Freedom Ring
13) Exodus
14) Invisible Woman
15) Juggernaut
16) Bloodwraith with Ebony Blade
17) Magneto
18) The Wrecking Crew
19) Mister M
20) Spiral
21) Darkstar
22) Stepford Cuckoos x 5
23) Apocalypse
24) Classic Dr. Strange
25) Zemo with 2 x moonstones
26) Graviton (Thunderbolts level)
27) Shaman X-Man


At what level are they going down?
a] WWH alone? -
b] Thanos joins WWH to continue on? -
c] Thanos & WWH are reaching their limit, so WWH goes Worldbreaker and the fight continues? -
d] Same as but BFR and teleport restrictions are removed.

In that case I will answer...


a] WWH alone? - stops at 7 or 8 on his own.

b] Thanos joins WWH to continue on? - stops at 23.
They will do OK until 15 when Juggs can at least stalemate WWH on his own, with maybe Hyperion, Armory, or Holocaust backing up with some extra firepower. The rest of the defenders would be hitting Thanos hard - especially Ghost Rider, Phoenix, Iceman, Freedom Ring (if he can survive getting close enough) Mr. M, Magneto etc attacking physically, plus all-out mental assault from the Cuckoos & Phoenix, IW providing some protection or attacking, Darkstar blinding Thanos, Black Panther directing the attack etc. Thanos could protect himself against individual attacks but everything at once will be hard and demand too much concentration and power. Apocalypse will be the final straw - the duo need to call on Worldbreaker here.

c] Thanos & WWH are reaching their limit, so WWH goes Worldbreaker and the fight continues? - stops at 24-26.
Even Worldbreaker can't fight Strange, Zemo or Thunderbolts-level Graviton without PIS/CIS - he will end up floating in the air while everyone who doesn't want to fight Thanos takes a free shot.
And Thanos may well join him floating helplessly in the air.

d] Same as but BFR and teleport restrictions are removed.
Gone by 24-27. Worldbreaker will easily be BFR'd by any number of these guys, probably into the sun or a black hole where he dies. Thanos the same - he might be able to teleport back, but will he want to when he's getting smashed by the combined power of these guys?