Originally posted by zopzop
Gorath was beaten and bound up by a nameless shaman working for Crom. This is stated in his official bio from Marvel. Galan007 even posted it.*sigh* of course you never actually read the damn issue did ya? Beaten and bound? Shuma killed the shaman with ease and the magical energy from Crom came from the Iron Bound Books and imprisoned Shuma within the mountain. Was that a battle? No. Was Shuma even harmed? No. It's amazing that you put so much into this instance considering you want to place so much emphasis on how powerful Zom is after Dormammu put him in chains and he got trapped in a vase.
Gorath's "all powerful" lieutenant was beaten and absorbed by Strange.
You yourself are pointing out the massive PIS with Strange forcing Arioch to merge with himself. Either you pretend to be an idiot or you just really are a massive dolt.
Gorath was beaten and then killed by Strange in his own realm where he is supposedly omnipotent.
All demons/Gods are supposedly omnipotent within their realms, that is until someone with a higher degree of omnipotence invades. But again, Strange/Arioch became Shuma's equal and it was Shuma's energy that defeated it, not Strange's energy. Strange/Arioch was almost consumed by Shuma's energy and almost became Shuma-Gorath later, had he not released Shuma's energy that was about to corrupt him. So it was Shuma-Gorath that killed Shuma-Gorath.
I believe Strange handed Gorath his ass again off panel recently too.
Strange had to lead the battle to Stonehenge to use its mystic energies in order to create a portal that would send Shuma back home. Strange was almost killed by a severely weakened and hungry Shuma-Gorath just trying to activate a portal. I see you love to mention low showings to try and suit your argument. Doesn't work, homeslice. Or shall we say that Galactus is a weak POS because Strange managed to KO a starving one by using the Images of Ikkon?
Strange never beat Zom.
Strange was about to be killed by Shuma within the Ancient One's mind so mentioning that Zom was about to kill Strange doesn't help your argument at all.
Strange was even stalemating Zom before the Ancient One imbued him with some magic power, yet you want to make it seem like a guy who can't even kill a regular Doctor Strange is a match for Eternity? Your logic fails.
It's even suggested many times that Shuma-Gorath was Strange's greatest foe yet, and Shuma premiered far after Zom already shat himself and was sent packing.