Asgardians vs. the MCU

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FrothByte
Hela has been able to convince Loki and Thor to join her cause. They decide to conquer the 9 realms starting with Earth. The three Odinspawn siblings arrive on Earth together with Sif, Valkyrie, the Warriors 3, Skure and the Destroyer. All of them are in standard gear and at full power (Thor has Mjolnir, Loki has Gungir). Heimdall stayed behind to operate the bifrost.

Earth sends every single earth-bound MCU hero to fight the Asgardians. Dr. Strange uses the time-gem to go back in time and save deceased heroes from dying (like the Ancient One and Quicksilver, etc.) so they can join the fight... but this leaves the time-gem out of power and cannot be used in the fight itself. The GoTG were also vacationing on Earth when this happened and get involved in the fight against the Asgardians.

Only earth-bound heroes and anti-heroes join in the fight (plus the GoTG), no villains or extra-terrestrial/extra-dimensional beings. The MCU heroes are all armed in standard gear.

Dr. Strange and the Ancient one can use portals to teleport people around but the Asgardians can also ask Heimdall to teleport them around.

Can the combined might of the MCU's Earth heroes stop the Asgardian strike team?

Scoobless
Hela is practically invincible .... while on Asgard. We have no durability feats for her anywhere else to judge what would be needed to kill her.

Destroyer could be a problem. Luckily it's not the comic book destoyer which is, again, practically invincible. Thor managed to bust it up, so a combo of MCU heavy hitters (Hulk, Vision, Iron Man) should be able to replicate said feat.

Doc Strange and the Ancient one would cause no end of problems for the Asgardians.

The rest of Team Asgard are just foot soldiers, should't be a problem for most basic superheroes.

TheVaultDweller
If Quicksilver manages to get his hands on an Asgardian sword, some of them are in for a short visit. Because he can generate enough force while running to plow through a dozen Ultron bots and shatter them to pieces, without missing a beat. So, that kind of momentum behind an Asgardian blade would do some damage. Now, Thor and Hela have both shown the ability to soak up stab wounds and keep fighting, but people like the Warriors Three and Sif have not.

Arachnid1
Originally posted by Scoobless
Hela is practically invincible .... while on Asgard. We have no durability feats for her anywhere else to judge what would be needed to kill her.

Destroyer could be a problem. Luckily it's not the comic book destoyer which is, again, practically invincible. Thor managed to bust it up, so a combo of MCU heavy hitters (Hulk, Vision, Iron Man) should be able to replicate said feat.

Doc Strange and the Ancient one would cause no end of problems for the Asgardians.

The rest of Team Asgard are just foot soldiers, should't be a problem for most basic superheroes. I was under the impression that Hela got her powers from Asgards existence, not necessarily her being there. She did wage wars all through the cosmos after all.

ShadowFyre
Yeah but Asgards foot soldiers are physically stronger than Cap.

Josh_Alexander
MCU team wins.

As someone said before, Hela's feats arent the same as on Asgard. So her feats shouldnt be considered for this thread.

FrothByte
Hela's strength is derived from Asgard, she doesn't need to be on Asgard.

FrothByte
Originally posted by TheVaultDweller
If Quicksilver manages to get his hands on an Asgardian sword, some of them are in for a short visit. Because he can generate enough force while running to plow through a dozen Ultron bots and shatter them to pieces, without missing a beat. So, that kind of momentum behind an Asgardian blade would do some damage. Now, Thor and Hela have both shown the ability to soak up stab wounds and keep fighting, but people like the Warriors Three and Sif have not.

IIRC, Black Widow had no issues manhandling an Ultronbot either.

Adam Grimes
Originally posted by ShadowFyre
Yeah but Asgards foot soldiers are physically stronger than Cap. Are they?

TheVaultDweller
Originally posted by FrothByte
IIRC, Black Widow had no issues manhandling an Ultronbot either.

Are you trying to compare Black Widow using her gear (guns, electrical batons and, at one point, Cap's shield) to take Ultron bots down one at a time to Pietro literally smashing groups of them to bits with individual charges? Unless there is some instance where she physically manhandles an actual Ultron bot and smashes it to bits with nothing but her bare hands that I missed.

Josh_Alexander
Originally posted by FrothByte
Hela's strength is derived from Asgard, she doesn't need to be on Asgard.

No, that's the very reason why Thor didn't want the portal to be opened. On Asgard Hela gets way way way stronger than outside Asgard.

ShadowFyre
Her best strength feat is outside of Asgard though

John Murdoch
I think this battle boils down to if Hulk and the "street-level" MCU'ers (Cap, T'Challa, Bucky, Falcon, Spider, etc.) can hold off the Hela, Thor, and the Destroyer long enough for Strange, Tony, Ancient One, Rocket, Ant-Man, and Vision can cook some kind of techno-magical strategy to stop the Asgardians. Otherwise, QS doing what Vault said above (grabbing an Asgardian sword to try to mince up the crew) is the best bet if he can run around and keep clear of stuff like Hela's sword-spamming and Thor's AoE attacks till an opening appears.

Team Asgard has a simpler approach, and it's why I give them the win: Hela sends boatloads of flying swords at everyone, Destroyer blasts people, and Thor goes in for his electric shield powered beatdowns.

So Asgard has a straightforward impale/incinerate/beat up everyone to death strategy, while hax is the way to go for MCU, specifically Vision and QS.

Can Iron Man, Falcon, and War Machine do anything from the skies (Jericho missile bombardment, for example)? Could Ant-Man do anything to the Asgardians or the Destroyer by hopping into an ear or something?

Actually, one of the best battle plans for Team MCU is have Strange or AO get a portal open to the Bifrost and send whoever through to take down Heimdall, if possible.

Josh_Alexander
Originally posted by ShadowFyre
Her best strength feat is outside of Asgard though

Destroying Mjolnir one handed is impressive, but ain't her best feat.

Still, you could only argue that she is very strong outside Asgard, you can't really say how fast/durable/magical she is outside her home.

FrothByte
Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
No, that's the very reason why Thor didn't want the portal to be opened. On Asgard Hela gets way way way stronger than outside Asgard.

Hela was imprisoned and away from Asgard for thousands and thousands of years and yet she was still strong enough to crush Mjolnir. I'm pretty sure after gaining full strength in Asgard, a few weeks on Earth won't make such a dent in her strength level.

In any case, debating whether Hela is as strong or not won't go anywhere since we have no feats to compare. So assume that she's as strong as she was in the movies (which only makes sense otherwise she'd never be able to conquer other realms away from Asgard).

Josh_Alexander
Originally posted by FrothByte
Hela was imprisoned and away from Asgard for thousands and thousands of years and yet she was still strong enough to crush Mjolnir. I'm pretty sure after gaining full strength in Asgard, a few weeks on Earth won't make such a dent in her strength level.

In any case, debating whether Hela is as strong or not won't go anywhere since we have no feats to compare. So assume that she's as strong as she was in the movies (which only makes sense otherwise she'd never be able to conquer other realms away from Asgard).

Yeah but you don't really know how Hela gets affected by Asgard.

For instance, on Asgard we saw Hela summoning unending amounds of daggers. Damn it, even against Surtur, Hela was able to summon ENORMOUS knives like if they were butterflies.

Now, Asgard is a magical place, it's possible that Asgard is like a battery that feeds Hela's magic.

Now, she was exiled, doesn't mean she was full powered or all powerful in her exile.

Again, you can't really use Hela's feats in this match, since the fight aint taking place on Asgard.

FrothByte
Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
Yeah but you don't really know how Hela gets affected by Asgard.

For instance, on Asgard we saw Hela summoning unending amounds of daggers. Damn it, even against Surtur, Hela was able to summon ENORMOUS knives like if they were butterflies.

Now, Asgard is a magical place, it's possible that Asgard is like a battery that feeds Hela's magic.

Now, she was exiled, doesn't mean she was full powered or all powerful in her exile.

Again, you can't really use Hela's feats in this match, since the fight aint taking place on Asgard.

Yet there was never any proof that she was weakened outside Asgard. So you can't say that we can't use her feats. It would be completely illogical to assume that Hela is powerless outside Asgard.

Josh_Alexander
Originally posted by FrothByte
Yet there was never any proof that she was weakened outside Asgard. So you can't say that we can't use her feats. It would be completely illogical to assume that Hela is powerless outside Asgard.

...............Maybe because we never saw her outside
Asgard............

1. Odin himself said that she got her power from Asgard.
2. Thor himself told Loki not to open the portal to Asgard.
3. Hela herself claimed she felt better when she was on Asgard.

The movie was way clear to point out that Hela on Asgard>>>>>>Normal Hela.

So again, the only feats viable here is Hela outside Asgard.

Arachnid1
She conquered the cosmos with Odin, so it's safe to say she's powerful outside of Asgard. Just because her power comes from it, doesn't mean she needs to be in it. There's nothing to suggest that. Her claiming to feel better could easily be interpreted as her meaning it felt good to be back home after being trapped in another dimension for a couple thousand years. That's definitely what I took it as.

Josh_Alexander
Originally posted by Arachnid1
She conquered the cosmos with Odin, so it's safe to say she's powerful outside of Asgard. Just because her power comes from it, doesn't mean she needs to be in it. There's nothing to suggest that. Her claiming to feel better could easily be interpreted as her meaning it felt good to be back home after being trapped in another dimension for a couple thousand years. That's definitely what I took it as.

I never said Hela wasn't powerful. Am saying you can't use Hela's feats on Asgard in this fight because the fight ain't happening on Asgard.

Again, the movie was way clear to point out that Hela on Asgard>>>>Hela anywhere else.

John Murdoch
Well, let's entertain both scenarios:

- Hela gets her super knifey powers (as it should be in this thread), then see my above response. Team is gonna have to utilize QS and Vision, as well as use the more exotic powers of Strange, AO, and Ant-Man or they'll all get impaled quickly. QS can run around for quite some time, but it's an unknown if he can ever finish the fight against Team Asgard if he's the last man standing for Team MCU.
- Hela doesn't get her super knifey powers, Team MCU's case gets much stronger, as now guys like Tony, Falcon, Vision, and Rhodey can go into the air and spam air strike after air strike on Hela. See again my above response for hax attacks on the other members of Team Asgard.

Silent Master
Even outside of Asgard she was strong enough to crush Mjolnir with one hand and the flashback valkyrie fight where she weapon spammed wasn't on Asgard. so why the pointless arguing over whether or not being on Asgard gives her a boost?

FrothByte
I realized that I mentioned in OP that all the Asgardians are at full power. So no sense in debating whether Hela is weakened or not. She's at full power for this fight.

Josh_Alexander
Originally posted by Silent Master
Even outside of Asgard she was strong enough to crush Mjolnir with one hand and the flashback valkyrie fight where she weapon spammed wasn't on Asgard. so why the pointless arguing over whether or not being on Asgard gives her a boost?

I believe the battle of the Valkyries took place on Asgard.

Originally posted by FrothByte
I realized that I mentioned in OP that all the Asgardians are at full power. So no sense in debating whether Hela is weakened or not. She's at full power for this fight.

Okay.

Hela could solo them all, we don't even know if she can be killed. However i think the Ancient One would just imprison Hela in a Mirror Dimension.

So.....I'd say that the Avengers can win. Once Hela is contained, the others would fall fast.

Silent Master
The battle didn't take place on Asgard. Odin sent the valkyries to stop Hela from escaping her prison.

Josh_Alexander
Originally posted by Silent Master
The battle didn't take place on Asgard. Odin sent the valkyries to stop Hela from escaping her prison.

And she was defeated by the Valkeries right?

FrothByte
Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
And she was defeated by the Valkeries right?

She killed all the Valkyries save one. Don't think that constitutes a defeat.

Silent Master
Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
And she was defeated by the Valkeries right?

No; she skilled them, so Odin had to go and fight her.

Juk3n
Asgard is simply the source of her power. If Asgard exists she ia powerful.
OBVIOUSLY she doesn't need to be ON Asgard to be unstoppable. After all, she was the vanguard in the conquering of all the other realms, she wasnt ON ASGARD fighting them, was she?

And Thor didnt want Loki to open the bifrost because, as evidenced by the major plot point in Avengers and Thor, no one can travel between realms under their own power. Thor simply didnt want the bifrost open at all, not because hela is more powerful on asgard, but because no one can get there without the bifrost and he was protecting Asgard from her.

Josh_Alexander
Originally posted by Juk3n
Asgard is simply the source of her power. If Asgard exists she ia powerful.
OBVIOUSLY she doesn't need to be ON Asgard to be unstoppable. After all, she was the vanguard in the conquering of all the other realms, she wasnt ON ASGARD fighting them, was she?

And Thor didnt want Loki to open the bifrost because, as evidenced by the major plot point in Avengers and Thor, no one can travel between realms under their own power. Thor simply didnt want the bifrost open at all, not because hela is more powerful on asgard, but because no one can get there without the bifrost and he was protecting Asgard from her.

Arguably the closer you are to the source of power, the more powerful you are.

Am well aware of Hela's conquest, as i said before, i never said she wasn't powerful outside Asgard. But on Asgard she get more powerful, the movie was way clear with that.

Originally posted by FrothByte
She killed all the Valkyries save one. Don't think that constitutes a defeat.

Originally posted by Silent Master
No; she skilled them, so Odin had to go and fight her.

Where in the movie did it said that Odin had to fight Hela? I don't remember such a scene.

Either way, we are not going to keep discussing this, the OP has stated that Hela is just as powerful as on Asgard in this thread.

Silent Master
I can't find a clip of the scene, I know this is a wiki and thus not 100% reliable. but it's all I have right now.

http://marvelcinematicuniverse.wikia.com/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Valkyrie#cite_ref-TR_0-0

Josh_Alexander
Originally posted by Silent Master
I can't find a clip of the scene, I know this is a wiki and thus not 100% reliable. but it's all I have right now.

http://marvelcinematicuniverse.wikia.com/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Valkyrie#cite_ref-TR_0-0

I see. Okay then.

The problem SM is that we don't have proof of how powerful Hela was in Hel in comparison to Asgard. We saw Hela launching titanic necroswords in Asgard.

Again, her power comes from Asgard and we know that Hemidall told Thor that Hela's power increased everyday, so again, Hela on Asgard isn't the same as Hela anywhere else.

A shame there are no movie clips of T. Ragnarok to bring further evidence.

Silent Master
She launched the weapon spam in Hel against the Valkyries.

Josh_Alexander
Originally posted by Silent Master
She launched the weapon spam in Hel against the Valkyries.

She also launched weapons against Thor and Loki when in the portal. She also crushed Mjolnir on earth.

Yet we saw Hela taking a massive lightning on Asgard and survive, doesn't mean the samething can happen somewhere else.

Again, we don't really know how Hela's powers are affected by Asgard, we just know they do per Thor Ragnarok.

Silent Master
The powers she showed while off Asgard are more than enough, so why argue something that isn't going to make a difference?

Josh_Alexander
Originally posted by Silent Master
The powers she showed while off Asgard are more than enough, so why argue something that isn't going to make a difference?

I was just clarifying the point.

I still think the Avengers would win though.

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