Character "X" having 10 different ways of smashing an object as opposed to character "Y" having 1 way of doing it doesn't mean that character X has the advantage. Especially considering the fact that character Y's way of doing it is just as efficient as anything character X can do.
In comics, I agree. Superman makes excellent use of his powerset, typically better than, say, Thor, who tends to do a lot of brawling and pummeling, or Surfer, who zips about blasting.
But my understanding is, in the forum, we grant that any character will use his/her powerset to fullest potential. So given what Superman can do with his (closed) powerset, imagine what the other three could accomplish with their open powersets. As is, they often have to be dumbed down so writers can consistently (more/less) fashion effective stories.
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To take ur use of character X and Y but put it in a different light,
Characters Xs versatility gives him defensive options that character Y doesnt have( forcefields and such in addition to durability). Not only that, but character X versatility also gives him ways to take out the character Y without forcefully smashing it (energy absorption as opposed to blasts) or at least soften the object up and make it easier to smash. This is considerably more efficient than character Ys method of simply attempting to smash character X who in addition to being extremely durable has extra defences.
Hence versatility is a big advantage in this scenario.
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What does versatility matter when, apparently, Surfer is so much more powerful than Superman that he just blasts him and 1 shots him or punches him and he explodes.
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Not really. It actually makes his task alot easier and his opponents task alot harder. Its actually like "I can do this to accomplish my task or combine this and this and accomplish my task in half the time while making ur task twice as hard"
Character "Y" just does it using his one way but it will take far longer to take down X than vice versa because of Xs versatility.
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Last edited by Naija boy on Oct 30th, 2009 at 08:04 PM
I cant believe that people are actually saying that superman is as powerful as a guy that blowed up a planet just by powering up and destroyed a universe.
How Hal, who rely on a set charge, can be as powerful as the rest of these 3, makes no sense to me. There's a guy who's known and fought alongside him for 20 years or so, and there's a god with insane absorbing abilities.
In fact, the ring's limits seems to be just a big a weakness for Hal, as the kryptonite thing for Superman.
I did fail on that post, not universe but galaxy. He also consumed an entire sun. Took punches from tenebris and aegis. Physically dominated abraxas. Followed a beam of light that was going light speed to its destination. Hell, the list goes on; Silver surfer and Thor is the most powerful, next is Superman, than Orion.
No exploting weakness makes this much more closer of a fight.
However I do want to say T1 wins because Thor doesnt have Odinforce anymore and we havent see him in action for the last few issues. I want to see Hal beat Supes but will prob loose.
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