Originally posted by Prep-Man
He didn't do anything, because it wouldn't work in the first place. Why do you think Darkseid wanted to have a promethean giant in the first place? He already admitted his power greater than him. So, it's not that hard to believe that Gedirath was much more powerful.
Nah, that's a cop out. Promethian Giants are more powerful because of their scale, and as a result, scale based strength, that's a given. However, Darkseid was not attempting to kill Gedirath, he was scheming to use him as a pawn against Orion and Earth, which he actually DID. Darkseid could likely use his superior intellect to form a plan to kill the Giant if need be. He already thought up a means to outfit the damn thing with a mind control device. It's not like Darkseid flew up to it and tried to slug it out. Of course he'd get his ass kicked, it's f*ckin' huge. However, if Darkseid snuck up on it and planted an anti-matter bomb rather than that mind control device we're talking dead giant.
Just step back from the conventional splash page battles and think tactically.
Did he state this, or is this just your reasoning for why he decided to use it as a pawn in part of a scheme rather than to face it directly in combat?
Also, immortal does not equal invulnerable. Dismemberment and lobotomization don't have to result in death. Disabling an opponent still counts as a forum victory, so moving the goal post to a shorter distance would still result in Apocalypse winning.
Also, Apocolypse has employed mind control on his Horseman and Dark Riders before, and Darkseid proved not only that a Promethian God's mind is susceptible, but could be subjugated via tech,
Just saying.
So was this mind control device the greatest feat of New God technology, or simply a clever use of something that 80% of supervillainy uses regularly in one form or another? Because there's a wide range of New God/Apokoliptian tech, and not all of it is comic's cremé de la cremé. Every device isn't Father Box or Worlogog league equipment.