Originally posted by Juntai
Where do you put Darkseid? Orion is built to fight Darkseid. Darkseid as a teenager at a fraction of his power is stronger than gods.That said, Orion's average is below that a little. But when he gets angry and his face cracks like Darkseid and channels the astro force, that's where he jumps to.
The Astro Force is stronger than the Alpha and Omega Forces[Darkseid and Highfather], its limit is Orion.
Darkseid has never been clearly defined. Scaling wise is tough because many will immediately compare him to Superman based on their battles. Until recently, he or an Avatar of his fought Wonder Woman, and she actually did better than I expected her to do. I have rated Darkseid from past showings as being between High Herald to Abstract level. He was actually meant to be a Galactus level entity, which would place him a notch above Elite Sky Father. Darkseid is and has been all over the place historically.
Thor had a feat that he also contained a bomb that would've destroyed a huge portion of space years ago before all of the changes that his character underwent. He challenged Celestials, hurt the Chaos King, etc.
The Surfer nearly lost his mind and made Galactus take note that he rivalled his power levels.
The Hulk is backed by the Gamma Force making him a dynamic power the likes that the Beyonder was unable to fully measure him, and thus said that he had no finite level.
Do these levels only apply to Orion?
Let's take a look at Cosmic King Thor. He took hits from a universe destroyer, but people still lowball him, or attempt to make it seem as if the Black Winter was weak. Even an amplified out the ass Galactus was scrutinized and claimed to be weak without scaling him to the Black Winter and Cosmic King Thor. It's as if people just brushed those hard facts off.
My point is that High Heralds can be written to do what Orion has done, and I don't feel as if I'm lowballing him by believing that he belongs in that tier.