Originally posted by CPT Space Bomb
If that were the case Thor wouldn't have almost killed him at the end. His physical stats didn't seem to get better every time he got a stone at all, just the abilities he had.
Yeah I agree. If Thanos was using the stones he whole time he fought, then Thanos without the stones would certainly not worthy of the hype he was given in GOTG1 -most powerful being in the Galaxy.