Originally posted by Naija boy
A character who can kill heralds without even touching them isn't herald level.
This statement is false. First, considering that heralds are considering by the flexibility of their powerset, you could feasibly have many heralds who can use unstoppable kills against other heralds and they wouldn't be above heralds. Second, considering that heralds have a certain cap of physical resistance that we can assume, that would make killing an herald impressive, even planet busting attacks -heck, make it star busting- wouldn't necessarily kill certain heralds. Third, we'd have to go through average feats: Hal could one-hit kill Surfer or Thor with his Krona buster blast and nobody started throwing sh_t saying that Hal was trans/skyfather level, this also considering Hal has incredible flexibility when compared to Hulk. Bottomline: Any argument that tries to bump Hulk above heralds just using his physical powers is faulty in several level.
WHICH, isn't to say that in certain conditions Hulk would absolutely triumph most of the people of his tier, the problem is that posters are acting as if this was something new, when this has always been the case. Hulk's physical potential, increasing strength and healing factor have always been the reasons for him to be considered an herald level.
Keep in mind that I'm discussing about the tiers as they were argued and discussed back when they were created and not about particular perceptions of such tiers which may have spawned more recently. All things considered, maybe current Hulk would indeed be bumped up from its past status considering his feats, but he was still -back then, when he busted a platenoid twice the size of Earth in his weakest incarnation- a "measly" low-herald -the same level than the absolutely indestructible Juggernaut, the highest you could get by just getting physical power-, which allows a fair amount of growth without throwing the whole tiers out of proportion.
This is my opinion as a Hulk fan who has enjoyed enough debates including the character, trying to give some continuity to his history in this forum.
Now you can continue throwing sh_t at each other 😮