H. S. 6
Approaching the End
Originally posted by His Airness
I'll use this post to address you and Grey Fox post as a whole.So by your logic, Reed Richards, undoubtedly the most intelligent man in the Ultimate Marvel U was lying about a machine he made? You don't think the writer, you know to meant for Reed to know what he was talking about?
Sentry does engage in h2h combat in most of his fights. He may have a few other powers, but like Superman, Sentry just normally fights h2h. It's his character.
Ok, I'll concede to that point as it isn't worth debating about.
Yes, compared to the pinnacle of strength feats, and the hype we've received about Sentry, he should have had little trouble stopping the Carrier from falling.
I'll withhold further judgement until I see more from her.
I do not doubt that Reed thought it would have been able to hold some of the strongest meta-humans in his world. However, saying something and actually proving it are two different things. It's all speculation as to whether or not the machine would have been able to hold the likes of Thor, Hulk, etc., until we see some kind of proof.
Sentry routinely uses his other powers in fights. Super Adaptoid? Yes. Terrax? Yes. Xeniac? Yes. The Inhumans? Yes. Also keep in mind, we haven't seen Sentry go all-out very often. Fortunately, this is something we do not have to worry about in Vs. Forum fights, as the characters fight to the best of their ability.
What other "pinnacle of strength feats" and hype are you comparing the helicarrier feat to? Because it's pretty damn impressive to me.
This fight is really a non-fight anyway, seeing as how Ultimate Namor has next to no feats. He broke out of Reed's machine (which clearly hadn't yet been tested with another meta-human), and made a man of water. We don't know how strong he is, how fast he is--we can see he isn't all that durable, as he was getting pretty beat up when he was fighting the Fantastic Four. We don't know how his waterkinesis works--for all we know, Sentry could simply reverse the effects by drawing out whatever energy Namor uses to create them. He couldn't stand up to the holograms he was fighting, and he couldn't defeat the F4, having to rely on the threat to New York to end the fight. No doubt he's a badass, but he just doesn't have the feats to support wins against the Sentry.
Originally posted by grey fox
No , he was underestimating and ignorant of the power Namor had. Let's not forget the term 'strongest meta-human' is thrown around a HELL of a lot in the Ultimateverse.Reeds defintion could mean Ben ? Or Thor ? But then Doctor Doom aparently pwns Thor strengthwise as well.
Thus the confusion begins.
Let's just leave it at Hyperbole people , it solves SO many problems.
Indeed. It's now supposed that Doom is the "strongest" being in the Ult. Universe. When terms such as these are thrown around, it's best to accept them as hyperbole.