Taking IW Thor for a big win here for a few reasons:
1. MoS Zod was still becoming accustomed to his powers, even during the final fight with Supes.
2. Thor, even prior to IW, had the strongest strikes in the MCU using Mjolnir. SB Thor is a big step up from his previous power levels, flying through ships like a hot knife through butter and powering through the Infinity Gauntlet's 6-gem beam. A whack from Stormbreaker on Zod is going to ruin his day, if not kill him if it lands in Zod's head, neck, or chest.
3. Again, Thor's most consistent (inconsistent, if you look at it a certain way) power is durability throughout the MCU. No character save Captain Marvel if we count the black hole travel as a feat has something on the level of strength and durability as Thor's neutron star sequence of feats, and he has a plethora of other durability feats (punches from the Hulk, Kurse, and final form Ultron, Sokovia blowing up in his face, the Bifrost blowing up in his face, a power stone blast blowing up in his face and destroying the Asgardian ship at the beginning of IW). Can Zod hurt Thor? Yes. Can Zod do enough lasting damage to Thor? No, screen feats prove the opposite IMO.
So you have a flying bruiser vs a flying bruiser, one of which has more skill in hand-to-hand and melee fighting, has a weapon that can shoot lightning as well as overpower energy projection from the infinity stones and one-shot Thanos, has a passive lightning shield that encompasses his body, and has taken massive amounts of damage of differing types from multiple sources.
This would've been a close fight between Age of Ultron and prior Thor and Zod, but it's a nigh-guaranteed win from IW Thor.
Originally posted by John Murdoch
Taking IW Thor for a big win here for a few reasons:
1. MoS Zod was still becoming accustomed to his powers, even during the final fight with Supes.
2. Thor, even prior to IW, had the strongest strikes in the MCU using Mjolnir. SB Thor is a big step up from his previous power levels, flying through ships like a hot knife through butter and powering through the Infinity Gauntlet's 6-gem beam. A whack from Stormbreaker on Zod is going to ruin his day, if not kill him if it lands in Zod's head, neck, or chest.
3. Again, Thor's most consistent (inconsistent, if you look at it a certain way) power is durability throughout the MCU. No character save Captain Marvel if we count the black hole travel as a feat has something on the level of strength and durability as Thor's neutron star sequence of feats, and he has a plethora of other durability feats (punches from the Hulk, Kurse, and final form Ultron, Sokovia blowing up in his face, the Bifrost blowing up in his face, a power stone blast blowing up in his face and destroying the Asgardian ship at the beginning of IW). Can Zod hurt Thor? Yes. Can Zod do enough lasting damage to Thor? No, screen feats prove the opposite IMO.So you have a flying bruiser vs a flying bruiser, one of which has more skill in hand-to-hand and melee fighting, has a weapon that can shoot lightning as well as overpower energy projection from the infinity stones and one-shot Thanos, has a passive lightning shield that encompasses his body, and has taken massive amounts of damage of differing types from multiple sources.
This would've been a close fight between Age of Ultron and prior Thor and Zod, but it's a nigh-guaranteed win from IW Thor.
Zod is a lot faster and stronger than Thor. He hits Thor one good time and Thor is dropping the hammer. Zod is more mobile and is a lot quicker. Zod was getting pounded by Superman with 0 damage.