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Count_Babula
05/09/21 8:58:21 PM
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dude can take on the best Hulk, Thor, etc can give

yet Gamora, Nebula, Loki can kill him with a knife if they get a clean hit?

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g0ldie
05/09/21 8:59:45 PM
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blunt vs stab/slashing damage, basically

plus their knives likely have cosmic or magic properties to them.

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Darmik
05/09/21 9:00:49 PM
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I think any of the Avengers (outside of raged out Hulk) would die if stabbed in the right spot.

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Phantom_Nook
05/09/21 9:01:44 PM
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The only time we see him get stabbed was in an illusion.
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Nukazie
05/09/21 9:05:49 PM
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and exhausted iron man chose to use a stabbing knife/sword as a last resort just to let thanos live longer

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Unit7
05/09/21 9:12:55 PM
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Thanos geared for blunt, cut and magic resists. He completely neglected pierce damage.

just like how in GOT Night King maxed out fire resist but forgot pierce. Same with the Mountain too. Maxed the fuck out of Cut but not pierce.
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2SweetforTurtle
05/09/21 9:25:05 PM
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Loki and Gamora have super strength and access to alien/asgardian weaponry which is obviously more durable than your standard materials on Earth. It should be no surprise that they could theoretically hurt Thanos if given the right circumstances. Thanos could tank hits from Hulk (as well as those two obviously) but if Hulk was swinging an axe like the one he had in Ragnarok, he couldve decapitated Thanos.

Its not an inconsistency.

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pauIie
05/09/21 9:36:53 PM
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Phantom_Nook posted...
The only time we see him get stabbed was in an illusion.
Thor probably would have killed him with the new weapon if Thanos didn't have the gauntlet

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Fony
05/09/21 9:37:48 PM
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this never happens

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jumi
05/09/21 10:48:21 PM
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Unit7 posted...
Thanos geared for blunt, cut and magic resists. He completely neglected pierce damage.

just like how in GOT Night King maxed out fire resist but forgot pierce. Same with the Mountain too. Maxed the fuck out of Cut but not pierce.

The Mountain forgot poison resistance.

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sktgamer_13dude
05/09/21 10:49:49 PM
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pauIie posted...

Thor probably would have killed him with the new weapon if Thanos didn't have the gauntlet

Or if he went for the head
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LordFarquad1312
05/09/21 10:50:02 PM
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pauIie posted...
Thor probably would have killed him with the new weapon if Thanos didn't have the gauntlet
Or if he aimed for the head

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pauIie
05/09/21 10:53:59 PM
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sktgamer_13dude posted...
Or if he went for the head

LordFarquad1312 posted...
Or if he aimed for the head
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Kloe_Rinz
05/09/21 10:57:36 PM
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I think Thor could kill Thanos 1v1 with no stones involved or the axe
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2SweetforTurtle
05/09/21 11:26:33 PM
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pauIie posted...
Thor probably would have killed him with the new weapon if Thanos didn't have the gauntlet

Thors new weapon cut straight through Thanos trying to blast him with a fully loaded gauntlet. Literally the only way Thanos wins that fight is by snapping Thor away, which he didnt even think of in the time it took Thor to defeat him. Thanos literally barely survived only because of Thors decision to let him live so that he could talk shit to his face. Its Thors hubris that ultimately caused the Avengers to lose.

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2SweetforTurtle
05/09/21 11:28:17 PM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
I think Thor could kill Thanos 1v1 with no stones involved or the axe

No stones and no axe/hammer and I think Thor likely wins, but its hard to tell. We never saw their original fight so its hard to know if Thanos used the power stone or not.

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pauIie
05/09/21 11:31:14 PM
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2SweetforTurtle posted...
Thors new weapon cut straight through Thanos trying to blast him with a fully loaded gauntlet. Literally the only way Thanos wins that fight is by snapping Thor away, which he didnt even think of in the time it took Thor to defeat him. Thanos literally barely survived only because of Thors decision to let him live so that he could talk shit to his face. Its Thors hubris that ultimately caused the Avengers to lose.
yep.

i was just reminding the person i quoted that thanos has actually been stabbed. they said only the illusion of him was stabbed.

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Count_Babula
05/10/21 1:25:48 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
I think Thor could kill Thanos 1v1 with no stones involved or the axe

No he couldn't

2SweetforTurtle posted...
Thors new weapon cut straight through Thanos trying to blast him with a fully loaded gauntlet. Literally the only way Thanos wins that fight is by snapping Thor away, which he didnt even think of in the time it took Thor to defeat him. Thanos literally barely survived only because of Thors decision to let him live so that he could talk shit to his face. Its Thors hubris that ultimately caused the Avengers to lose.

this is just 100% bad writing

Thanos could have done an infinite number of things with the gauntlet to stop Thor. Turn him into mush, stop time, etc

yet all he did was shoot a weak ass blast that Thor's hammer was tanking

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Kami_no_Kami
05/10/21 1:34:00 AM
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Remember that time normal-human-with-robot-arms Doctor Octopus got punched in the face by can-lift-cars-and-stop-moving-trains Spider-Man and didnt immediately die or get knocked out?

Capeshit, man.
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jumi
05/10/21 5:10:10 AM
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2SweetforTurtle posted...
Thors new weapon cut straight through Thanos trying to blast him with a fully loaded gauntlet. Literally the only way Thanos wins that fight is by snapping Thor away, which he didnt even think of in the time it took Thor to defeat him. Thanos literally barely survived only because of Thors decision to let him live so that he could talk shit to his face. Its Thors hubris that ultimately caused the Avengers to lose.

14 billion universes Dr. Strange saw and in not one of them did Thor go for the head.

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008Zulu
05/10/21 5:16:40 AM
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jumi posted...
The Mountain forgot poison resistance.
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archedsoul
05/10/21 5:59:14 AM
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1. Thanos was going easy on everybody in IW.
2. Stormbreaker was extremely powerful

The other stabs wouldn't have done anything.


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Kloe_Rinz
05/10/21 6:12:24 AM
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2SweetforTurtle posted...
No stones and no axe/hammer and I think Thor likely wins, but its hard to tell. We never saw their original fight so its hard to know if Thanos used the power stone or not.
Im pretty sure that thor not holding back places above Hulk in physical strength/combat. plus he has lightning that, at the very least, can knock Thanos around a bit
although with thanos's weapon and armour maybe hes still better
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GeneralSecura92
05/10/21 6:20:56 AM
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Kami_no_Kami posted...
Remember that time normal-human-with-robot-arms Doctor Octopus got punched in the face by can-lift-cars-and-stop-moving-trains Spider-Man and didnt immediately die or get knocked out?

Capeshit, man.
Spider-Man always holds back so he doesn't accidentally kill people with his punches.
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Drpooplol
05/10/21 7:22:15 AM
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GeneralSecura92 posted...
Spider-Man always holds back so he doesn't accidentally kill people with his punches.
You don't think he would hold back a little less in case of Dr. O?

Cape shit, man

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Fony
05/10/21 8:01:07 AM
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Are you people really stepping over your dicks to explain something that never happened in the MCU?


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Count_Babula
05/10/21 12:52:29 PM
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Fony posted...
Are you people really stepping over your dicks to explain something that never happened in the MCU?

what the hell are you talking about? @Fony

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lolife67
05/10/21 12:57:09 PM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
Im pretty sure that thor not holding back places above Hulk in physical strength/combat. plus he has lightning that, at the very least, can knock Thanos around a bit
although with thanos's weapon and armour maybe hes still better
Physically Thor is below Hulk as we see in Ragnarock. With his energy powers, he's above him but still not on Thanos' level. Thanos picked Hulk apart in a few hits and we've seen Hulk take more punishment than that from Thor and still be up.
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littlebro07
05/10/21 1:00:18 PM
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2SweetforTurtle posted...
No stones and no axe/hammer and I think Thor likely wins, but its hard to tell. We never saw their original fight so its hard to know if Thanos used the power stone or not.

Guessing Thor also had to hold back during that fight so his lightning wouldnt damage the ship his entire homeworld population was on

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Murphiroth
05/10/21 1:19:12 PM
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In Thor's defense for the "go for the head" thing, soldiers and cops are trained to aim for center mass because it's more reliable than a headshot that might miss, and I fully believe that the Asgardian warrior with millenia of experience probably has the same instincts.

Now he definitely partially did it to make Thanos hurt because of his personal grudge, but even without that I feel like he would have aimed for center mass. Would have been hilarious if in some of Strange's futures he did go for the head and missed.
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LightHawKnight
05/10/21 1:23:00 PM
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Murphiroth posted...
In Thor's defense for the "go for the head" thing, soldiers and cops are trained to aim for center mass because it's more reliable than a headshot that might miss, and I fully believe that the Asgardian warrior with millenia of experience probably has the same instincts.

Now he definitely partially did it to make Thanos hurt because of his personal grudge, but even without that I feel like he would have aimed for center mass. Would have been hilarious if in some of Strange's futures he did go for the head and missed.

Eh that makes sense for ranged weapons. I dont think that applies much for melee weapons.

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Murphiroth
05/10/21 1:30:56 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
Eh that makes sense for ranged weapons. I dont think that applies much for melee weapons.

I think it applies when you throw said melee weapon turning it into a ranged weapon.
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BlakPeppa
05/10/21 1:32:47 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
Eh that makes sense for ranged weapons. I dont think that applies much for melee weapons.

Well he did THROW the axe. Lol

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LightHawKnight
05/10/21 1:36:26 PM
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Murphiroth posted...
I think it applies when you throw said melee weapon turning it into a ranged weapon.

True, my bad.

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2SweetforTurtle
05/10/21 11:51:53 PM
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jumi posted...
14 billion universes Dr. Strange saw and in not one of them did Thor go for the head.

Thats actually hilarious to think about. Perhaps there were millions of variables but the one constant is Thors ego? Hilarious.

Count_Babula posted...
No he couldn't

this is just 100% bad writing

Thanos could have done an infinite number of things with the gauntlet to stop Thor. Turn him into mush, stop time, etc

yet all he did was shoot a weak ass blast that Thor's hammer was tanking

It definitely wasnt a weak ass blast, but yeah when writing something as powerful as the Gauntlet youre bound to have to rely on writing excuses for why something as simple as Thanos not snapping immediately occur.

Remember, there were several obvious things that the Avengers could have done to eliminate Thanos on Titan (Strange using the Time Stone for literally anything at all couldve resulted in them easily winning), and ultimately they wouldve won if not for Star Lord getting in Thanos face to showboat (the same plot device used again at the end for Thor).

They had to rely on BS writing to get to the point where Thanos wins.

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project_night
05/11/21 12:06:26 AM
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I wondered, is there a reason base Thanos didn't have energy powers in the MCU? He was mostly just super strong and durable, which is kind of lame.
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