None of which would really matter since Hercules is too ******* good at dodging things.
You realize that Thor actually succeeded in killing Kratos, right? Literally killed him then brought him back to life. Kratos himself admitted that Thor's attacks hit as heavy as he'd ever felt and that he was fortunate their battle didn't reach a conclusion.
You do also realize that the first fight is a complete non-factor because both parties were holding back massively? The whole "heavy as any as I have felt" thing was made from the PoV of a massively-holding-back Kratos with no Blades of Chaos on him, which at best would put Thor at like, Poseidon level at best, not only that, it's also about the blows Kratos has actually taken and lived to tell the tale, which again, includes the Brother Kings Poseidon and Hades before Kratos amps himself with Hades' soul.
Then you should prolly start with actually reading the profiles at hand because Hercules, while lacking hax, has significant resistance to most of Kratos's equipment and has more than enough might to match him every step of the way. Anything strong enough to harm Hercules will in tandem, harm Kratos as well.
And then lost. Not to mention Kratos even had the Blades of Chaos this time around, which are even stronger than Leviathan and Mjolnir, and is still considered fodder compared to other Greek weaponry like the Blade of Artemis.
Both of them were fortunate, in large part due to the fact that Thor is close enough in strength that a moment's carelessness could result in, well, the above and the fact that Kratos was going out of his way to hold back during the fight. The next time they meet, Thor is going all out and wants to kill Kratos outright and a more serious Kratos soundly beats him in combat while still trying not to kill him.
When did this "amp" happen?
Tbf the weapons power also depend on The user heavily
The weapon's power depends massively on the user's power level. The weapon is only gonna be as strong as the user itself. However, some weapons are massively stronger than others even with Kratos amping them, like the Blade of Artemis, Spear of Destiny, BoO, etc.
Kratos doesn't use the Blades of Chaos in GOW2 and GOW3, he uses the Blades of Athena throughout EoG GOW1-Ghost of Sparta-GOW2 and then the Blades of Exile throughout GOW3, Blades of Athena were upgraded by Athena herself to the Blades of Exile after the Styx corroded them to irreparability.
Those were the Blades of Exile, which are specifically upgraded versions of the Blades of Chaos. Like, there's many weapons stated to be superior to the Blades of Chaos (the Blade of Artemis, Blade of Olympus, hell even the Spear of Destiny).
Correction: Blades of Athena. Completely different blade sets.
I am ngl i always forget blades of exile and athena exist
Blades of Exile is the upgraded form of Blades of Athena.
He didn't amp himself using Mjolnir, that's just Thor being angry and going Rage Mode, the only weapons that amplify strength in God of War lore are the Blades of Chaos, and even that is a two-way street. Everything else is just insanely strong or made of highly impeccable craftsmanship by the hands of either Hephaestus, Athena or Zeus that just so happen to be incredibly good power filters for the gods to filter their powers through to use more efficiently. Case in point? Blade of Olympus.
Hell, I will point out another example of weapons just being way stronger than what Kratos amping them will give him to the point where he can just pick a stronger weapon instead without any fuss.
Kratos was deadass mad when he clobbered Hercules' face in. Even then it took him 19 blows with the Cestuses to do so, and even then Hercules was easily able to put Kratos on the ropes dozens of times. This is ignoring the fact that Kratos wanted nothing to do with Hercules and the latter was the only other person that Kratos had called "brother".
9:26 About 10 was required actually, kratos just went overkill
Still, thor would likely go to that conclusion if wants to end the fight, atleast he would call hercules "the toughest fight he has had".
It still wouldn't save Thor in the long run, he still got mid-diffed by a super-serious-but-not-going-all-out Ragnarok Kratos.
Oh fair but past that it's moreso a endurance feat If anything imo, no irl human would survive having that face
Kind of does once you consider that this is Hades Soul Amped Kratos using the Nemean Cestus to further enhance his own blows, it's the only thing that Hercules actually calls a challenge once you rip those off of him. Not to mention Kratos is straight up going all-out here.
Well thor wil go all-out aswell to get MAXIMUM ENJOYMENT, btw your forgetting that thor is fat bro.
And? Those hits weren't from a holding-back Kratos. Those hits were from a fully-mad, enraged and full-power Kratos with the physical amps of the Titans (Before anyone uses the River Styx argument, I'll just tell you right now that Kratos literally beat the shit out of a superbly-amped Hades from the millions of souls that just died due to Poseidon's flood plus the Underworld empowerment bullshit, Hades on his own was solo'ing Titans by the dozen and putting up an even better performance than Poseidon was), his own God powers into the mix (Because of which the Blade of Olympus is a useless hunk of metal now that only serves to channel Kratos's own magical power and won't light up or function at all without him physically touching it, because he took all of his godly powers back from it), Hades soul amp, and the Boots of Hermes.
Thor might be fat, but Hercules is a literal hunk of muscle that towers over even the mighty Greek Kratos who himself is taller than his Norse self (7ft 8in). In the Special Features, Hercules is straight up stated to be 12ft tall and 4000 lbs.
And thor is slightly shorter. (Not really)
Ik it's impresive just pointed out less than 19 hits would be needed to **** up hercules face
Boots of Hermes amplify all aspects of speed, otherwise Kratos wouldn't be using it to light enemies on fire or uppercut them into the horizon, it's just that Kratos on his own is fast enough to not even consider using the boots as much as Hermes does, though then again, Hermes is a lazy piece of shit.Ik it's impresive just pointed out less than 19 hits would be needed to **** up hercules face
Also don't The boots of hermes Only amp travel speed
Thor IIRC was figured to be 2.414 meters as per this (Some mad idiot managed to rip out the game files and do comparisons that way, granted some of the characters are a bit undersized like Hercules being 3.341 meters, literally a foot shorter than his actual official statement size, but I guess the errors are too negligible to make heads or tails out of).
Wtf it's That size difference between baldur ans greek kratos,
Greek Kratos is a ******* gigant. Hercules only puts the nail on the coffin in that regard.Wtf it's That size difference between baldur ans greek kratos,
Where was this shown or stated?
