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Do you have any idea how much of a temporal cluster**** that is? Not to mention given what Amazo did with the Worlogog, it might not be possible to depower him. Not unless LT steps in.
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If Amazo don't see the gems, the gems would be the highest power bare the LT itself. It would do a temporal cluster****, yeah, but better that than die, right? :P
That entire group is negated by this following line of yours.
The machines are given a year of prep. As soon as Reed's tech and database are compromised, everything that Reed has hidden - including these and his Galactus Buster - will be revealed. Guess who the machines will target once they discover this? I'd wager the machines can take these items and still manipulate Reed's security in a normal state as if nothing was taken. As soon as the fight starts, the machines would nullify every meta human on Earth. Those databases of metas are going to be exceptionally useful for Brainiac to target for nullification as he hits the trigger.
As for the IG, I gonna make wild guess (not really) and say Reed, IM, and Doom have files on that particular item. The machines will get their hands on that as well or target it for nullification at the start of the fight.
using feats from a tv show to make a judgement that would occur in a comic book isnt valid by the rules I dont think, and more to the point Grundy didnt "beat the crap out of" Amazo, nor did he "defeats Amazo by absorbing its powers".
as for this scenario: T1 takes this given they have a years worth of prep & being able to recruit/hijack any other tech they need.