Thanos has probably made sure that he could endure eventualities like the opposition listed in this thread.
Has done so through standard strategic planning and alterations to himself.
At the same time, approaching level 5, there is only so much he can do in opposition to that much experience, or power, or intelligence, or combinations of these assets.
Case in point: Thanos
At some point, Thanos himself was at these lower levels, and managed to survive, triumph and improve, while battling greater enemies.
Originally posted by One Big Mob
Firelord lost to Spider-Man.
But Squirrel Girl can't beat Thanos if she can't withstand Wolverine in h2h. Either one loss brings her down many tiers and she loses to Thanos or that one loss was pis. You can't have it both ways.So they were already in the story and part of the fight? He doesn't summon characters. He makes things that possibly can happen, happen. Ghost Rider came with Order. Blade was apparently in a taxi trunk in the city. Captain America and Thor were in the vicinity when something big happened both times. He basically pulled a "please notice me". And he didn't even do shiny eyes when Ghost Rider appeared anyway.
And what was reiterated twice was that if Longshot pushes his luck too hard, it doesn't work. Which he almost maxed out on stopping a helicarrier from killing him. A Thanos blast is much more powerful and faster. An aoe is much more unavoidable. The whole tier is centered around people that can't hurt Thanos. Anything he could possibly do to defeat Thanos outright would be pushing his luck too hard
Without SG, what can Longshot do to Thanos?
Excellent post!
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Excellent poll results KMC! 👆
Nice, relatively even distribution of opinions on this...
I'm actually kinda shocked to see that I'm the only one who thinks the Low Heralds stop him, but I do fully agree with the majority that if he somehow gets past the Low Heralds, he stops for sure at the Mid Heralds (my thinking was Thanos steamrolls the Low and Mid Meta's, encounters resistance against the High Meta's [sustaining a little lasting damage in the process], and falls after a brutal battle to the Low Heralds; Doom and Drax prove decisive IMHO)...
Originally posted by TheLordofMurder
Excellent poll results KMC! 👆Nice, relatively even distribution of opinions on this...
I'm actually kinda shocked to see that I'm the only one who thinks the Low Heralds stop him, but I do fully agree with the majority that if he somehow gets past the Low Heralds, he stops for sure at the Mid Heralds (my thinking was Thanos steamrolls the Low and Mid Meta's, encounters resistance against the High Meta's [sustaining a little lasting damage in the process], and falls after a brutal battle to the Low Heralds; Doom and Drax prove decisive IMHO)...
Look at Glorian, for sure not mid herald, debatable if he's even low herald. But give him enough power and he's a planetary level (minimum) reality warper. Or Freedom Ring (yes I know it's a stupid name). He has a sliver of the Cosmic Cube and can warp reality in a 30 ft radius. Imagine him "bubbling" Thanos in the warp that made it so his powers don't work or are reduced, then having him gangbanged by the entire low herald or high meta tier? Or Aquarian. His null field is so stupidly broken it stopped a being capable of devouring universes.
Either of these guys on their own would get wrecked by Thanos, but with the backup of an entire Tier? I don't know. It's not looking good for Thanos.
Originally posted by deathslash
Thanos stops at 1. Luke cage, iron fist, and wolverine are all in the low meta tier. This'll be a massacre.
I know right?
Not only will Wolverine win, but he'll do it with a really creepy smile on his face. That is Thanos with the IG. You see normal Thanos would explode just by getting within a certain distance of Wolverine.
Originally posted by zopzop
We have to be careful with threads like this. There are members of certain tiers with totally broken powers. On their own they'd be no match for Thanos, but combined with the ENTIRE TIER, they can probably take out a skyfather.Look at Glorian, for sure not mid herald, debatable if he's even low herald. But give him enough power and he's a planetary level (minimum) reality warper. Or Freedom Ring (yes I know it's a stupid name). He has a sliver of the Cosmic Cube and can warp reality in a 30 ft radius. Imagine him "bubbling" Thanos in the warp that made it so his powers don't work or are reduced, then having him gangbanged by the entire low herald or high meta tier? Or Aquarian. His null field is so stupidly broken it stopped a being capable of devouring universes.
Either of these guys on their own would get wrecked by Thanos, but with the backup of an entire Tier? I don't know. It's not looking good for Thanos.
Excellent, excellent, point zopzop! 👆
This is the very thing you have to stop and think hard about before picking a winner in this kind of gauntlet; which leads to very good debate and a good flowing of knowledge...
This thread has already been enriched by info about one of these broken characters (Longshot) already; which lead to excellent debate...
Anyway, given what you know of the characters as per the tierings here at KMC, where would you vote Thanos stops zopzop?
The way I see it, I fully acknowledge that some of these characters are haxed enough to actually have a chance to bring down Thanos...
But, atleast among the lesser tiers (and given the fact that there is no prep here), most of the characters simply dont have the durability to do anything but get one shotted by Thanos...
Imagine the Low Meta's attempting to rush Thanos and him letting out a big AoE; most of the tier is dead right then and there...there isnt much left to distract Thanos so that a hax character could work his/her/its voodoo on him.
I believe the same would apply against the Mid Meta's; as soon as the bell sounds characters are going to start dying...virtually every attack Thanos makes will result in a death or (more often than not) a character being incapacitated.
But thats just my opinion...
So once again, which tier do you think stops Thanos zopzop? 🙂
Originally posted by Insane Titan
Due the tier characters actually fight as a unit or just random as hell?
There is no prep, so yeah, they are attacking randomly until they have a chance to organize...
And IMHO, the tiers wont have time to organize until atleast the High Meta's; its at this point that a significant number of characters show up that either have the raw durability or ability to mitigate/avoid damage long enough to form an organized resistance..
Time is a big reason why I think the Low Heralds win...
They have a character (Doom) that is charismatic, smart, and ruthless enough to put a plan together on the fly to stop Thanos...
They have lots of characters with enough durability or ability to mitigate/avoid damage to keep their numbers up long enough to coordinate an attack...
They have lots of offensive options, they have damage sponges (DoS Doomsday; remember these are the tierings as per KMC), they got Thanos's silver bullet (Drax)...
They have it all (powerful telepaths like Xavier)...and they have the advantage of facing a Thanos that would have had to face 3 tiers of characters before facing them...Thanos wont be fresh.