Originally posted by Rage.Of.Olympus
[B]Yes he can and he has, twice. Thor's far superior skill is an equalizer to Hulk's strength. This is hilarious, it's not as if Thor wasn't holding back 90% of the fight and was still having Hulk eat dirt and totally dominating every time he decided to fight back.
When it takes almost all of Thors strength to match one of Hulk arms skill is only going to carry him so far. He can't dance around Hulk forever. As soon as Hulk gets hands on him it's pretty much all one way traffic and that's backed up by their two fights.
Mjolnir was destroyed but Thor had a very adequate stand-in, this fight was clearly intended to give us a classic Thor vs Hulk battle and once Hulk got angry he decisively overpowered Thor even with hammer in hand. Overall the fight more or less followed the script, back and forth with both getting good licks in, ambiguous ending but enough to know that an all out fight to the death would be epic and likely not a stomp on either side.
Yes it does because if Thor was serious, he'd have bashed Hulk's head in after the first opening hit.
Thor smacked Hulk multiple times with that hammer clearly just bashing Hulks head in does not work (and never has). His lightning punch packed a much bigger wallop and Hulk recovered in moments, Thor would've been BADLY rocked by a punch like that.
Lol what? Thor with Mjolnir is all but invincible. Kurse was the physically strongest Marvel character that isn't a Skyfather who could actually knock it away. As far as Hulk is concerned, he can't separate Thor if he didn't want to. Thor dropped his hammer when he fell but the only reason he didn't call it back to swing is because he set up Vision.Your examples are Kurse who's so damn strong he brushed off Thor's punches and Ultron who Thor set up.
In an open arena fight, where Thor can actually summon the hammer without tearing through a ship or wants to put Hulk down? It's in his hand. Instead of letting the Hulk hold the hammer while he tries to choke him out (Again to avoid hurting him), Thor immediately recalls the hammer and continues to bash Hulk with it.
Thor getting beat down is enough to make him drop Mjolnir unwillingly, sure he can call for it to return but not in the middle of being rocked by attacks, Thor had to mentally command Mjolnir he can't do that while having his brain scrambled. He dropped Mjolnir against even Iron Man for a while let's not pretend as if it rarely occurs, when fighting someone of somewhat comparable or greater power he can be stunned enough to drop it and openings can occur.
I think it's not by any logical examination. Being able to hit with an indestructible mallet that can be charged up to produce the greatest striking power in superhero movies is a huge bonus. Obviously post Ragnarok Thor is superior to pre but that's within his own development.Let's put it this way, Thor with Mjolnir in a serious mood (Thor 1 for example) would still beat Ragnarok Thor.
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree, post god mode Thor is clearly more powerful than in any other Thor showing. Even with the Jotunheim buster, had Thor aimed his god mode lightning punch against the ground in the same scene it absolutely would've had a similar effect on the environment.
It's nice seeing the Thor contingent rallying after his best performance against Hulk in years but even in a fight showcasing his skills and power Thor still could only stalemate Hulk and still got knocked out at the end of it all.