Durability vs Durability

Started by abhilegend14 pages

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW


*Insert Karnak knocking surfer out with a brick to the head*

Originally posted by Blue Area Vet
You people are CRAZY. Surfer is far more durable. Do you understand the forces he not only withstands, but wades through in the rigors of space? He ****ing lives there, eat, breaths, sleeps and shits.....oh wait, he's so ****ing durable he doesn't need to do any of that stuff! Surfer, easily.

So do Green Lanterns.

They must be more durable than Superman too, right?

Originally posted by deathslash
batman was amped on venom and it was nighttime (so Clark wasn't at the peak of his power). I know it still doesn't explain how he got a bloody lip from a single punch, but I just thought that you should know the context behind it.

Either way, no selling a punch from she hulk several decades ago vs getting a bloody lip from an amped batman at night isn't how we should go about determining how durable these two are. We should take their highest and lowest end showings to see who has a better track record. Personally, I think that surfer's energy resistance is above superman's and superman's physical resistance is above surfer's.

Disagree with physical resistance. What are you basing this off of?

Okay well "survives the rigors of space" can mean a lot of things. The various types of radiations and stuff you are exposed to in space both Superman and Surfer can easily withstand. They both have flown for long periods in space before.

Surfer is also tough enough to fight inside a black hole though, and in the cores of stars and all that. Both are tough, but Surfer's body seems much harder to damage overall.

Superman got killed by DD and Thanos killed by Thanos

Originally posted by Surtur
Okay well "survives the rigors of space" can mean a lot of things. The various types of radiations and stuff you are exposed to in space both Superman and Surfer can easily withstand. They both have flown for long periods in space before.

Surfer is also tough enough to fight inside a black hole though, and in the cores of stars and all that. Both are tough, but Surfer's body seems much harder to damage overall.


Superman was able to go through multiple black holes while weakened. One black hole was much larger than Earth itself.

Surfer has a poor record against black holes.

Is this really a thread?

Supes. More powerful. More durable.

^^^well, more durable, yes.

More power, Silver Surfer

More durable, Superman

Originally posted by carver9
Disagree with physical resistance. What are you basing this off of?
doomsday, zod, darkseid, etc. I've seen Clark wade through physical damage based attack far more often than I've seen surfer do it. Granted, I have not read a very large amount of surfer related material and my opinion can change if you can make a solid enough argument.

Originally posted by deathslash
doomsday, zod, darkseid, etc. I've seen Clark wade through physical damage based attack far more often than I've seen surfer do it.

Same. This opinion isnt just lip service.

Originally posted by deathslash
doomsday, zod, darkseid, etc. I've seen Clark wade through physical damage based attack far more often than I've seen surfer do it. Granted, I have not read a very large amount of surfer related material and my opinion can change if you can make a solid enough argument.

Doomsday physically damaged him though.

Zod broke his arm.

Which fight with Darkseid?

Originally posted by riv6672
Same. This opinion isnt just lip service.

Did you see any of those fights? Doomsday damaged him, Zod broke his arm and I'm trying to figure out which Darkseid fight he is talking about.

OP said it includes damage soak.

So even if they were hurt, Clark kept on ticking.

Originally posted by carver9
Did you see any of those fights? Doomsday damaged him, Zod broke his arm and I'm trying to figure out which Darkseid fight he is talking about.

I've seen the fights.
I know we disagree on this point, but to me Superman's durability doesnt mean he wont get hurt. It means he'll get hurt where others would get ripped apart.

Moreover, even if he DOES get hurt....Superman kinda also has that whole 'I must protect them, no matter what!' mindset going on.

Surfer has it too, of course, being a hero, but he's not placed in as many situations as Superman.

Originally posted by riv6672
I've seen the fights.
I know we disagree on this point, but to me Superman's durability doesnt mean he wont get hurt. It means he'll get hurt where others would get ripped apart.

So you can picture Zod breaking Surfer arm? What are you basing this off of?

Panther arm barring Surfer.

Imagine if a Low Meta tier guy did that to Surfer.

If ANYBODY argues it is a low showing for Surfer - on what are THEY basing it on? What other showings of Surfer's arms/ligaments etc do they have?

Originally posted by DarkSaint85
Panther arm barring Surfer.

Imagine if a Low Meta tier guy did that to Surfer.

If ANYBODY argues it is a low showing for Surfer - on what are THEY basing it on? What other showings of Surfer's arms/ligaments etc do they have?

you're playing a dangerous game my friend. If you keep this up, I'm going to have to save your quotes for the next time that someone says panther didn't really beat him.

My quotes are the best!

But its a valid point....for it to be PIS, we must have showings of his toughness to balance it out, no?

For example, DeathstroKe stabbing Flash is PIS...because we've seen so many examples of Flash and his uber reactions.