Originally posted by Stoic
What do you base this off of? Thanos has never been portrayed as the, I'm going to pick up a mountain for LULZ, and likely never will. This does not mean that he is incapable of doing this. How strong would he be if he is able to punch the Surfer into a casket? What about Beta Ray Bill? You have to come up with something more than the ROE to make a claim that Despero is stronger than Thanos. If durability is any sign of his strength, Thanos is stronger than Despero. Do you see Despero staying awake after being hit by a Cosmic Cube? How about taking a beating from Odin, and refusing to stay down? Do you believe that Despero would survive the assault that Odin put on Thanos? What about Tyrant, a Galactus level threat? Or Omega who is even more powerful than Galactus?People feed in to h1a8's nonsense about blunt force durability versus energy durability. They both have physical effects. Kinetic energy, is still energy, and honestly, having the ability to survive the explosion of a star the size that Thanos survived, is more than anything that Despero has shown to dish. Is that too much space cheese in terms of feats for you? If so let's also move away from the ROE feat. After all, we can always go back to his combat feats against an elite Sky Father and above characters. Thanos was hit in the face, by the Magus. the Magus had the Infinity Gauntlet on. Is that blunt force durability, or energy durability? he was also weaker when he took that hit than he was at the end of that very arc (having absorbed his doppelganger and all). What type of feat is that? I mean the Magus IG feat.
energy projection has burning and matter manipulation properties that blunt forces don't have. That's why they are different. Looking at Thanos ENTIRE history, he has ALWAYS been affected by high herald level physical force. Not even once was he shown to no sell a high herald physical attack. Durability, especially of the energy projection kind, isn't a gauge of strength. Strength is measured by force, nothing more.
superman is stronger than Thanos. This is a fact. Thus Despero is automatically stronger than Thanos, by a large amount. btw, superman can physically beat the shit out of anyone Thanos beat physically. Magus held back. He was trying to get Thanos to admit something. I see any high herald taking those shots just the same.
And what strength feats does Magus have with the IG? Thanos had the IG on and got his ass beat badly (durability = strength)