Prep war, both have 1yrs prep-time. No HOTI or other ULTIMATE device. IGs can only work on the scale demonstrated against the mad Celestials, no Galactus IG.
Scenario, The CoR have wiped all versions of Doom in the omni-verse, they have taken out Franklin, the mad Celestials and even 616 Reed and Valeria. Their appetite for 'correcting' the omniverse is only growing, they see it as their duty to make EVERYTHING right, and as such they have targeted "The Mad Titan" as their next task.
Thanos has been watching the curious omniversal disappearances of Dooms and has slowly pieced together the existence of an omniversal body. In doing so, he has sought to gather to himself some items of power and to ready himself for whatever chaotic threat is on the horizon. He learns of The Council Of Reeds once they wipe out 616 Reed and his family. He realises that they will inevitably be targeting him as he is a known universal annoyance and so now he is preparing for them as best he can.
One year of silence on both sides, passes... The Reeds decide to take the offensive, attacking from their hidden dimensional hideout.
A year is too much, anything can happen, both sides can get their hands on crazy weapons and so on.
This being said, one Reed is already smarter, and in a certain way more dangerous, than Thanos. So a council of Reeds - who are much more ruthless than 616 Reed - should take this.
__________________ The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
too many plot device weapons are a potential here. I lean heavily towards the council of reeds but like I said hard to tell when it's all going to come down to a single plot device weapon. I just think the council has a higher probability of coming up with multiple effective weapons and countermeasures to anything Thanos comes up with. A single reed is generally more intelligent, at least in terms of creativity...
__________________ The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
He can just as well bring a slingshot. We are talking about the Council of Reeds here.
Each one is at least as dangerous as Thanos.
__________________ The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
And? oh forgot youre one of the idiots that doesnt give Thanos a chance in any thread.
Thanos has entire star fleets at his command and thats with out any prep.
Yeah thats why they all acted like bumbling idiots when weaker alternate reality Celestials showed up, hell they even led the Celestials straight too them, plus they all needed a ultimate Nullifiers each to take on a alt reality Galactus.
COR, way too much brain power for Thanos to overcome.
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I don't know why some of you are going on about being right and winning. Rob and Impediment were in on this gag because I PMed them. Silent and Rao PMed me and figured I changed the post. I highly doubt anybody thought Quan made the post, but simply played along just for the lulz.
The Council of Reeds encompasses many different versions of Reed -- each with their own unique ability/mutation. Against their combined might, Thanos would unlikely prove victorious. Then again, he's come out on top before when the odds weren't exactly in his favor. This one could go either way. I will say this though: Reed (the 616 version in particular) is certainly not less intelligent than Thanos.
Where intellectual feats are concerned, Reed is FAR beyond Thanos.
The Alien Entity used Reed's mind as the blueprints to create the entirety of Marvel creation from scratch. Hell, Reed himself used the UN to destroy and recreate the entire multiverse during the Abraxas affair (and using the UN without killing yourself in the process requires FULL knowledge of your target.)
In short: Reed, on at least 2 occasions, has proven that he possesses no less than a multiversally significant intellect. Thanos ain't got shit on that.
It's just like using feats to determine superiority and throwing out actual comparisons when two guys are in the same story. You still don't grasp how to compare characters if you want to argue feat based after all these years.