Originally posted by Digi
The hammer's energy soak is a bane for GLs. Hal's collective feats are better, but it's a bad matchup for him. Bill 8/10.Also, this, and variations of it, have been done dozens of times.
Originally posted by abhilegend
Bill rarely uses aggressive energy absorption. It usually is limited to absorbing energy fired at him. Pound for pound hal outclasses him unless we're giving bill thor's feats.
It's not even that. Bill is fully aware of the hammer's energy absorption and has used it to great affect. I wouldn't dare claim he could duplicate some of Thor's more esoteric hammer applications, but this isn't really a stretch. It's like #2 of what the hammers do on a regular basis after "smackin' stuff." I think Hal would have a harder-than-average time hurting Bill because of this, even if Bill only uses the absorption defensively; thus the advantage.