Originally posted by TheVaultDwellerOr snap his neck by squeezing.
Aquaman has better blunt force durability feats, and by quite a margin IMO, such as taking hits from Superman and the Karathen (whose limbs easily smashed through multiple large pillars with individual swings, even underwater). Arthur could simply outlast Luke.
Yeah, but Luke's durability is weird because not all of him is equally durable. For example, I would argue that his piercing durability is disproportionately high relative to his blunt force durability, because of the fact that, while he is superhumanly tough throughout, his skin layer is still the toughest layer.
Originally posted by TheVaultDweller
Yeah, but Luke's durability is weird because not all of him is equally durable. For example, I would argue that his piercing durability is disproportionately high relative to his blunt force durability, because of the fact that, while he is superhumanly tough throughout, his skin layer is still the toughest layer.
Yeah, even though it was pre-upgrade remember what the shotgun did?
Was it a 10 count? I was just watched the scene and without bracing that grenade launcher had enough force to send Arthur flying into the wall panel and destroy it.
But while he did lay there, it seemed like dramatic effect. Because he simply said "ow" with a smile on his face and hopped up without a scratch as soon as the Mantas got that "yeah we did it!" Look on their faces.
If anything I'd say he wasnt prepared for the heat and the impact. He wouldn't even have moved if he had braced his legs imo.
Originally posted by Surtur
Yeah, even though it was pre-upgrade remember what the shotgun did?
Yeah, but I don't really consider that particular showing really valid anymore, considering he's taken much harder hits to the same area since then without even being KO'd, never mind seriously hurt, on top of the canonical power upgrade.
A better example would be a guy like Bushmaster being able to cause internal damage to him with enough repeated hits, without actually managing to break his external skin layer at any point, seeing as that happened post 2nd dip. And that skin layer is also what protects Luke from a lot of the more exotic things he can tank, such as fire, acid, tasers etc.
Originally posted by TheVaultDweller
Yeah, but I don't really consider that particular showing really valid anymore, considering he's taken much harder hits to the same area since then without even being KO'd, never mind seriously hurt, on top of the canonical power upgrade.A better example would be a guy like Bushmaster being able to cause internal damage to him with enough repeated hits, without actually managing to break his external skin layer at any point, seeing as that happened post 2nd dip. And that skin layer is also what protects Luke from a lot of the more exotic things he can tank, such as fire, acid, tasers etc.
To be fair, most regular humans behave the same way. You can cause severe internal damage to a person's torso with blunt trauma without ever breaking their skin.
Originally posted by KingD19
Was it a 10 count? I was just watched the scene and without bracing that grenade launcher had enough force to send Arthur flying into the wall panel and destroy it.But while he did lay there, it seemed like dramatic effect. Because he simply said "ow" with a smile on his face and hopped up without a scratch as soon as the Mantas got that "yeah we did it!" Look on their faces.
If anything I'd say he wasnt prepared for the heat and the impact. He wouldn't even have moved if he had braced his legs imo.
I rewatched the scene and counted. It's actually closer to 20 seconds before we first see his fingers twitch, and another 5 or so seconds after that before he says "Ow".
So yeah, he might have been smiling, but in an official match he would have already lost.