Originally posted by FrothByte
Just out of curiosity, are people thinking that Thanos could simply tank Thor's lightning?
Being fair, would that be an unreasonable assumption given that Hela did?
Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
Didnt he tank a full lightning strike from Stormbreaker without issue?
Lol no. That definitely gave him issues.
Originally posted by Darth Thor
Being fair, would that be an unreasonable assumption given that Hela did?Lol no. That definitely gave him issues.
Depends on your definition of 'issues'. If by issues you mean that he was immidiatly able to stand and ready to fight, then you are right.
Thor's lightning was but tickles to Thanos.
Originally posted by FrothByte
Hela has a ridiculous amount of regen capability. Something that Thanos does not.
Sure. But I think physically hes probably closer to her than he is to Thor or Hulk.
If hes half way between them then id say its 50/50. But then of course there is the Russos comments on top.
Originally posted by Darth Thor
Sure. But I think physically hes probably closer to her than he is to Thor or Hulk.If hes half way between them then id say its 50/50. But then of course there is the Russos comments on top.
Hela's durability never struck me as being any more than Thor's to be honest. After all, a regular Asgardian soldier had no problems impaling her with a spear (or was it a sword?). What made Hela extremely dangerous was the fact that she had ridiculous healing.
Thanos does indeed have a good chunk of durability, probably more than any other MCU character. We see Nebula's sword bounce off him easily. Yet let's not forget that IM was also able to make him bleed. Not a lot, yes, but let's not pretend that he can simply keep tanking every hit.
Now considering the destructive output of Thor's lightning, it would be a no limits fallacy to claim that Thanos can simply tank multiple blasts of that without at least feeling hurt.
As for the Russo's comments, it's vague and open for interpretation. For example, one can interpret that as simply Thanos being the better fighter in h2h combat, not when he's gimped in pure h2h while Thor is allowed his powerset (as he is here in this match). In the end, on screen feats still matter more.
Going by Thors journey in the film I think Russos give more stock to Thor with a Hammer than Thor with just lightning but no Uru weapon.
But then thats the problem with directors commentary. Whedon might say something different to Waititi and that different to the Russos.
And theres even more writers involved which is why h1a8 arguing writers intention is just utter nonsense. You have to put the whole canon together, and ON SCREEN feats only is actually a great forum rule.
Someone actually did an analysis of Thanos' fighting style in IW, and looked at which real world MA applies best to him: