Originally posted by Silent Master
That and the Destroyer being shown as more powerful when animated by Thor = proof that the person animating it doesn't effect the Destroyer's power.
Thor being shown more powerful? That's a lie. Thor didn't nothing in Destroyer to show himself more powerful than the random joe animating it. I'll prove it here:
Random Joe animating Destroyer easily sliced Mjolnir in half with a single hand blast.
Now Destroyer animated by Thor can't even decapitate Garm, the guardian of Hel.
Unless you think Garm is far more durable than Mjolnir.
Then we have Thor blasting a bunch of fodder type stuff, Giants, rocks, skeletons, etc. Nothing significant. Hell Hela blocks his beams well.
Also Thor constantly references that he has the power of the destroyer (as per writer's intentions).
"For the Destroyer is beyond death." "No one is is mightier than the Destroyer!"
See here:
and Thor throws away the hammer and says "What need have I for a mere hammer...when the energies within my frame are powerful enough to divide even worlds in twain?!" This implies that Thor's own power (Mjolnir) is nothing compared to the Destroyer's power. So Thor adding Mjolnir is a downgrade to the destroyer's power.