Lich King vs. Diablo

But why would Blizzard use Arthas' father as the main speaker of the ghostly host, it seems more than a coincidence, I highly doubt there is no consience or fear left in the LK if Blizzard use thoughts of the past as if the LK were plagued.

Well Diablo takes the form of fears, thats what he is. If his opponent is fearless then Diablo would technically would not be able to be percieved by the LK.

Also note the power levels, where Azeroth, the scourge and all those who have fought have only been fighting for what? hundreds if not thousands of years....the burning hells and the high heavens fight across "both time and space, infringing upon the very fabric of reality itself" "The great conflict burned hotter and longer than any of the stars in the sky" , taking this into account Diablo and his brothers are ancient beyond the Lich King, perhaps even more so than those that created him (Eredar).

Hells armies that foughtacross time and space as stated and who have fought for countless eons beyond most Azerothians and perhaps even the LK could imagine. The three brothers, Diablo, Mephisto and Baal slaughtered an entire third of hells armies when they were supposedly going to be exiled. This information is from the Diablo manuel, Diablo being the strongest of the three lords of hell will certainly be no push over for the LK.

Blizzard also used Arthas father as narrator of the Wrath of the Lich King cinematic. To use his father rather than someone else is psychologically satisfying and adds a lot more power to the punch. To be frank, it could be defined as a marketing choice to use his father. Not even Highlord Bolvar Fordragon could add more drama to it all. Remember that Arthas father was his first significant victim and the two being related makes it so much bigger.

The Diablo heroes saw Diablo in his physical form. What makes the Lich King not?

Where did the age thing come from? How is that relevant? And how is how many they slayed relevant? And how did that answer my question?

Originally posted by Phantom Miria
[b]Blizzard also used Arthas father as narrator of the Wrath of the Lich King cinematic. To use his father rather than someone else is psychologically satisfying and adds a lot more power to the punch. To be frank, it could be defined as a marketing choice to use his father. Not even Highlord Bolvar Fordragon could add more drama to it all. Remember that Arthas father was his first significant victim and the two being related makes it so much bigger.

The Diablo heroes saw Diablo in his physical form. What makes the Lich King not?

Where did the age thing come from? How is that relevant? And how is how many they slayed relevant? And how did that answer my question? [/B]

I ask the creator of the thread, is this Diablo at his strongest, Diablo in physical manifestation after being destroyed? are the feats found in books of either characters allowed?

Hm fair enough, I have no further argument and its unimportant since its difficult to be clear now what Diablo this is.

I assumed this was the strongest form of both of them. Therefore I did not think we were using the weaker diablo who had possessed a human form. Its likely that the normal physical form is a ret-con as thats what the books are created to do, bridge the gaps in the story between. Some fans also speculate that this form is supposedly the one chosen by blizzard to be frightening, obviously it is impossible to have the character of a game change depending on what the player fears. Regardless of all that, the books outline that is what diablo is.

Its massively relevent. Diablo is far more ancient then the LK could ever know and has battled on even terms with his armies across a battlefield also unimaginable by those of Azeroth and for a length of time that would be impossible for Azerothian standards yet Diablo and his armies not only stand against it but sometimes take hold and push to the very heart of heaven and heaven often push to the hell forge at the heart of hell. my point is that the LK hides in his tiny little stronghold (In comparison to heaven and hell) and his tiny armies and he holds his forces back against a smaller foe than Diablo and his brothers face.

Its obvious the LK is always holding back his armies as he has not sent them all out against Azeroth, the weakling is pushed back by gases from the forsaken and a few men with enchanted weapons while Diablo and his brothers wipe out a third of their own enormous legions that have fought longer than stars have been in the sky. Thats billions of years worth of armies who are more experianced in battle and arguably more powerful as well than the typical troop on Azeroth a third of which destroyed by diablo. Thats an incredible gauge of power considering the LK against weaker forces is hiding up in his frosty stronghold. I have seen nothing of the LK to think he could destroy a third of his own meager armies or of his opponents.

Originally posted by Burning thought
Its massively relevent. Diablo is far more ancient then the LK could ever know and has battled on even terms with his armies across a battlefield also unimaginable by those of Azeroth and for a length of time that would be impossible for Azerothian standards yet Diablo and his armies not only stand against it but sometimes take hold and push to the very heart of heaven and heaven often push to the hell forge at the heart of hell. my point is that the LK hides in his tiny little stronghold (In comparison to heaven and hell) and his tiny armies and he holds his forces back against a smaller foe than Diablo and his brothers face

How is that relevant?

Because first it would make Diablo immensly endurant, no physical weapon by the LK would even harm him if he can take on the whole of hell and after being defeated, had destroyed an entire third of them. Immensly strong/powerful to be able to defeat so many forces and would deem him likely to be immune to almost all powers the LK has that are worth doing as the forces of hell obviouls use weapons of the soul, ice, fire etc if you have played Diablo?

Also based on implied knowledge, Diablo and his brothers would be resistant or at least untouchable by powers over time, space, dimension etc as the angels of the high heavens, especially the leaders could freeze time on a planetary or at least a country wide scale and erase the memories of everyone on it, they could also imprison opponents in the void yet despite all these powers over time, reality and minds they never used them on the three prime evils and even had to honour a pact with the weakest of the three, just food for thought since it is not a direct feat.

Considering his soul is likely going ot be the thing LK will want to attack, its important to note also that it took a shard from the worldstone, a monumental crystal of both demon and angelic power implanted in the head of Diablo to contain his soul, and even then his physical form had to be conquered for this to even work. This ofc I am speaking of the weaker diablo, the enormously powerful one in hell must have been immune to soul disruption considering its lilkely that one out of the entire legions of hell would have control over souls as they do eat souls.

The three brothers alone defeated a third of an army that would swallow Azeroth and their battle is against soldiers such as angels such as Tyrael, not skeletons, footman or minor entities. The Lich King could not hope to stand against the smallest fraction of what Diablo destroyed.