Originally posted by Stoic
So Mera is a challenge to Superman now? Bullshit. You keep bringing up Superman jobbing to Mera like it's supposed to mean something, when all that it means is that he was holding back.
EDIT
I'm referring to her taking on the Justice League when she was trying to free Atlantis.
Originally posted by Philosophía
Nothing to warrant that. Sin is talking up, as usual.She's Aquaman-ish physically, with advanced hydrokinesis.
She fought Wonder Woman h2h evenly in Blackest Night, and also as a Red Lantern vs Violet Lantern.
As far as powers-combat, her highest showing is this:
https://imgur.com/a/fI3NmOr this:
https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11121/111219076/6531517-7201087986-RCO01.jpgShe can make water-shields to tank baby nukes:
https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11121/111219076/5834279-2729030029-D0OfJ51GppBYkIM78Kdn-Ck3-XisHZBSClo1r34KoETDBSkxBmthkXck66SfF546CendIeLTlkq5-dl7-7TNE923hsnTxI4MjLox1qvhJ9aDsfdJ17oUpNbJXVeh3EkkXJP3%3Ds1600
https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11121/111219076/5834280-3630218578-q1NM3lK9BEv1t1XzoFnGjcY6PbsEvWOCYx2G3xMwrNKDzMxvn3LybIAiYdygIHfwHCvxCiWuUhz-yCpfw1yT3n-a3-5CIWGODt2P82eIR3o6FX1NjrvTe6Wi9NpUH-0GsVXH%3Ds1600
https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11121/111219076/5834281-4974022405-ITdMSESKCxn_qQPoarhAb8lIaKTSLAdEe4bgNoaJ3zVUlV_KiTH6R57D1BdmyfmtlHRcAN6RQJeghx_iRHEgyTQyGaXJzR0oK6aTI8QWbSSiRf15ffiyFYOBj6qoCKiRWgYV%3Ds1600Held up/created city-sized waves/the ocean and stuff:
https://imgur.com/a/SFe9Z
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https://imgur.com/a/AvKxi
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https://imgur.com/YrpXXs0She's not getting into a power feat-war with Storm anytime soon, but if she leaps hard enough she could probably one-shot her [https://imgur.com/wBjRW1r], and if she thinks fast enough, she could manipulate Storm's internals for the win. The same goes in return, minus the physicals.
As Zop said, it's probably a quick draw. She dehydrated Flash instantly as he was running towards her, for what it's worth, in the JL scans. There's also this:
https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11121/111219076/6531515-8358578902-RCO00.jpg
I got ya. I don't know much about current Mera, but that is pretty impressive.
Originally posted by Philosophía
Given some of the people in high-meta right now [Aquaman, Iron Man, Mandarin, Mimic,Psylocke, Sinister], there's a good argument she should be there, since they're at her level, or higher. You might find a few at the lower-end of the low-herald who can approximate her power-level, so she's somewhere between high-meta and low herald [the same as those I mentioned above].Tried to, but didn't work, and I was too lazy to upload the scans myself.
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Originally posted by -Pr-
I think that there's a very secure argument to be made that ever since Johns got a hold of her with Blackest Night, Mera has been in the low herald tier at the very least. Mid herald and high meta are both arguments you can make, sure, but I'd personally put her in LH.
Originally posted by Sin I AM
That list is outdated...but i see your argument
Psylocke taking Magneto out recently is a good example. Mera and Storm do it. Iron Man does it. It can sometimes make the rankings a little murky.
Of course, someone needing to "cut loose" or have "circumstances" in their favor could be a dividing line, ultimately, between the tiers. Some on the current list could probably be moved up though.
Originally posted by zopzop
He never jobbed to Mera. She never beat him and he was never in danger at any point. The impressive thing about that showing is that Mera's water constructs are strong enough to hold CL100 beings like Superman and Wonder Woman for a minute or two. This may not seem like much but considering how WW has destroyed GL constructs like they were made of glass, it's damn impressive.EDIT
I'm referring to her taking on the Justice League when she was trying to free Atlantis.
So if Superman went all out how well would she do? I understand that she can give legit Cl100's pause, but I feel as if she being upsold here as if she were in their league. What about Storm's past feats? I know how powerful Mera is. Without her Arthur would have never defeated Corum Rath recently, and he was beast, but again what about how powerful Storm has recently become? What about how powerful she was, even before getting her hands on Stormcaster?
Originally posted by Stoic
So if Superman went all out how well would she do?
I understand that she can give legit Cl100's pause, but I feel as if she being upsold here as if she were in their league.
If we want to say she's being upsold, then there should be lower showings of hers which gives this theory credence.
After all, Batman doesn't go around tanking blows from class 100s on the regular - he has many many showings of him being hurt by ordinary muggers and clowns etc.
So if Mera is out of her weight class here, what low showings does she have?
I'm not sure how powerful Mera is with the Trident (Haven't caught up since her JL introduction) or Storm is with Stormcaster since she got it back, but Mera vs. Storm without weapons is Storm's fight too lose.
Mera has a little momentum but the Wind-rider has been doing this since the Claremont era. Storm has too many feats under her belt both in terms of ridiculous power and precision usage. She's everything Mera is, with far superior potential power (And now with potential godhood after the recent Black Panther arc) but with human level stats. She's the clear favorite imo unless this gets in close.
Mera taking on the JL as well as she did is imo very impressive and far beyond the capabilities I'd have assigned her before, and is probably greater than anything I can think of Storm doing off the top of my head (Without some form of amp or above natural levels of power), but, to quote Lex Luthor "You think I'm scared of you because you beat up the JL? That happens once a week!"
I have no doubt Storm would replicate that and do even better. Storm isn't just a female. She's a female of color. That's like a double buff.
Also lol at this thread convo.
