Originally posted by FrothByte
The 2nd time Loki got hit, he lost the quick draw. Agreed. Did it knock him out? Did it even make him groggy? No. In fact, none of IM's attacks nor Hawkeye's arrows nor even Thor's blows ever knocked out Loki or even got him winded. Only Hulk got him to stay down, and IM doesn't have the kind of power that Hulk has.Also, Loki fought Thor in armed combat and held his own, showing that he strength comparable to Thor. Sure he's not as strong as Thor, but simply being able to lock weapons with Thor and not fold under Thor's strength shows that he has strength near Thor's own.
When IM fought Thor, he was at 475%. He won't be super charged in this match. When IM fought Thor, his helmet got dented with a headbutt whereas Thor didn't even get a bruise. In fact, despite IM's best efforts, he was unable to put a mark on Thor. Loki stabbed Thor and hurt him. What do you think his knives will do to Tony?
Fact is, Loki has proven that he can take whatever IM dishes out. Same can't be said for IM. The one and only time he took on an asgardian he had the benefit of being at 475% and yet his armor was still getting trashed.
Did it blow him back? Did it force him to cry out? Yes to both. What I'm saying is that Iron Man fighting Loki has never been more then 3 used repulsar beams and that is nowhere near covering the weapons at Iron Mans disposal. Iron Mans 3 repulsar beams (each showing effect) Could the arrow take out a tank? I doubt it... Iron Man rockets can though.
A holding back Thor that tried to reason with his brother, when Loki stabbed Thor and Thor realised Loki had to be stopped the hard way, and decided to take the fight seriously Loki ran with all his speed because he couldn't do anything to stop Thor.
Are we going to compare the durabillity of Thor and Loki because that is like comparing Steel to Wood. I'll happily point it out again, Thor got shot in the face with a repulsar beam at 475% and it didn't affect him. Loki got shot by normal Iron Man and was thrown back. Loki got beaten down and couldn't move by the Hulk, Thor toke the same beating and could still move without problems actually. Their showing against the Iron Man armor varies greatly to say the least. And what would the knife do? Loki was never shown having a great accuracy with throwing around his knifes. So what you purpose is that Iron Man lands and engages in h2h with Loki? Allowing Loki to get up after he has been knocked down by the repulsar beam.
Except the two standoffs they had... I also disagree on Iron Man not having the means to put Loki down, as mentioned previously (on a couple of occasions) what is Loki going to do about the laser shown in Iron Man 2?