Originally posted by The Silent Hero
Why do people keep touting The Destroyer battle as a feat for Thor? It was seriously unimpressive. A couple of ray beams and that's it. Hell Sif put a spear through it which disabled it temporarily.Iron Man has better feats.
Thor didn't even kill the Destroyer of his own power, he just reflected it's blast back at it.
Ironman would not have defeated the Destroyer Armor.
Asgardian weapons have proven to be highly effective. Sif's spear as far as anyone can be concerned simply forced its way through the bands that hold the armor together. Hence it twisting its way around to blast her off its back.
Thor's feat of taking it down was a combination of creating a powerful hurricane that lifted his opponent off the ground to allow him a straight target, and using Mjolnir to absorb the Destroyer's beam as he flew down and released/forced the energy straight back into the armor's visor.
Ironman could not repeat such a feat.
People compare the speed at which Thor took down the Destroyer with the threat the Destroyer itself represented. And that is a mistake.
Thor will defeat the Mandarin without too much trouble.
Whilst flying in the air and focusing concentrated lightning bolts straight through Killian.
A ground pound feat will result in Killian flying into the air which will allow Thor to continue his his assault.
Ironman can't replicate Thor's feats against the Destroyer. And Thor did defeat it with his own power.