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We know very little about Odin's power, but do you think he could have beaten Thanos if he had still been in the picture during IW?

Assume Odin is well rested, and Thanos doesn't have any gems. Standard equipment is fine though.

There's not any on screen feats of his fighting is there? But I think he could

If Odin can teleport Thor from Asgard to Earth I'm not sure why he can't teleport Thanos into the sun.

Originally posted by steverules_2
There's not any on screen feats of his fighting is there? I don't think so, but the fact that Odin's power is what kept Hela contained for all those years implies that he was more powerful than her.

Well, at his prime at least, it's implied that Odin defeated fully-powered Surtur and reduced him to the state that we see him in at the beginning of Ragnarok. That being said, Odin towards the end of his life clearly wasn't at that level any longer, as he implied he couldn't even keep Hela contained anymore IIRC before he died.

That also being said, he might very well have some kind of dark magic teleport hax or something he could do. Hard to say though. But I personally think there was a reason Thanos only started his IG quest in earnest after a number of big players, like Ego (who himself had plans for galactic conquest and would likely wreck 2014 no-stones Thanos and his army if they were foolish enough to try and invade his planet) and the Ancient One (Wong still mentions at the end of Dr Strange that the Ancient One's presence kept a lot of powerful enemies from attacking Earth, and that news of her demise would spread and embolden them) had been taken off the board and the Asgardian ranks, including Odin, and their home had been decimated by the events of Ragnarok.

Odin was a liar. Thor is not stronger than Odin. Odin was able to trap Hela for thousands of years using his power. Odin was able to enchant Mjolnir and casually take away Thor's power.

Odin wins.

Originally posted by TheVaultDweller
Well, at his prime at least, it's implied that Odin defeated fully-powered Surtur and reduced him to the state that we see him in at the beginning of Ragnarok. That being said, Odin towards the end of his life clearly wasn't at that level any longer, as he implied he couldn't even keep Hela contained anymore IIRC before he died.

That also being said, he might very well have some kind of dark magic teleport hax or something he could do. Hard to say though. But I personally think there was a reason Thanos only started his IG quest in earnest after a number of big players, like Ego (who himself had plans for galactic conquest and would likely wreck 2014 no-stones Thanos and his army if they were foolish enough to try and invade his planet) and the Ancient One (Wong still mentions at the end of Dr Strange that the Ancient One's presence kept a lot of powerful enemies from attacking Earth, and that news of her demise would spread and embolden them) had been taken off the board and the Asgardian ranks, including Odin, and their home had been decimated by the events of Ragnarok.

This is fiction. Lets not pretend this stuff really happened and Thanos existed and actually thought of this stuff. Writers most likely didnt think of the stuff you are saying when they wrote the script. The only thing that exists is what they were thinking when they wrote the script.

Odin wins.

Thanos carves Odin up.

Odin pretty much effortlessly, if he was really stronger than Surtur.

Odin wins...

Originally posted by h1a8
This is fiction. Lets not pretend this stuff really happened and Thanos existed and actually thought of this stuff. Writers most likely didnt think of the stuff you are saying when they wrote the script. The only thing that exists is what they were thinking when they wrote the script.

The irony and hypocrisy in your posts never fail to amuse me. You tell other people not to assume things by trying to force your personal assumption of what the case is on others. Except, unlike you, I have actually referenced specific things from the actual films in support of my argument.

And FYI, if you think that they don't plan things long in advance in the MCU, then you have not been paying attention at all. Which would explain a lot, I suppose. I mean having these things connect over a long period, and having continuity among films and an ongoing narrative established, is literally the entire point of a shared universe.

Odin has zero screen feats that would suggest he could do anything to Thanos, he does worse than Hulk did

Originally posted by relentless1
Odin has zero screen feats that would suggest he could do anything to Thanos, he does worse than Hulk did

He enchanted Mjolnir where even Hulk couldn't budge it
He casually took away Thor's power

Off screen, he trapped Hela for thousands of years using his own power.
Off screen, he defeated Surtur.

Originally posted by TheVaultDweller
The irony and hypocrisy in your posts never fail to amuse me. You tell other people not to assume things by trying to force your personal assumption of what the case is on others. Except, unlike you, I have actually referenced specific things from the actual films in support of my argument.

And FYI, if you think that they don't plan things long in advance in the MCU, then you have not been paying attention at all. Which would explain a lot, I suppose. I mean having these things connect over a long period, and having continuity among films and an ongoing narrative established, is literally the entire point of a shared universe.

I also recall Eitri shouting at Thor about how Asgard failed to protect them from Thanos, so it's hardly conjecture that Asgard prior to it's fall managed to keep other forces throughout the universe in check.

I don't think Odin wanted to go back to Asgard, though.

"I'm on a different path now."

Originally posted by LordGod
I don't think Odin wanted to go back to Asgard, though.

"I'm on a different path now." That was a long period of time though. Hell he even made himself tired travelling to the frost giants realm to save Thor and the warriors 3 etc.

Originally posted by Surtur
We know he *could* have gotten him back he just didn't. When the situation was truly dire he did sent Thor to earth using "dark power". "Dark energy"

Presumably similar to what Heimdall did during IW, when he used "dark magic" to send Hulk to earth-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN9ykgplyZc&t=0m6s

Odin would shitstomp a no-stones Thanos with his powers.

I'd even argue that Odin could defeat a Thanos wielding a few gems, as the Titan 7 had Thanos beaten until Starlord threw a hissy fit.

Thanos ragestomps weak Odin who has no feats or contextto anything impressive we even heard about. Thanos would beat both he and Hela at the same time.

Originally posted by quanchi112
Thanos ragestomps weak Odin who has no feats or contextto anything impressive we even heard about. Thanos would beat both he and Hela at the same time. Forget Odin, how in the hell would Thanos beat Hela without any gems?

They would actually stomp him. He needed to rely on the stones to overpower Captain Marvel, and he needed his ships to bombard the field when Scarlet Witch was handing him his ass. Thanos without the stones is woefully lacking.

If Scarlet Witch could literally stomp him, what trouble would someone like Hela have lmao.

Yeah claiming Hela cant take a guy that both CM and SW can take is laughable.

There's a reason why Thanos avoided Asgard despite having the 'largest army in the galaxy', it's because Odin would have kicked his ass in.

^And that's not shitting on Thanos, he's extremely powerful in his own right, it's a testiment to Odin's true power.

It's kind of funny IMO. Purely via screen feats, he doesn't have that much to go on. But via dialogue and implied power, he is easily one of the most powerful characters in the MCU.

Odin conveniently died in Ragnarok so he wouldn't show up in Endgame and anally rape Thanos.