Everyone keeps talking about Faora's speed. Granted, she runs very fast. She could easily close the distance to get in close to Thor, provided he just stays on the ground. But then people talk about her combat speed and completely ignore the fact that she gets tagged repeatedly in combat by humans. They get hits in when she closes the distance, especially when she's facing multiple opponents. They get hits in, they just accomplish nothing with them. She also takes hits from ranged attackers, especially when they have numbers. But they're also using conventional Earth weaponry. Thor is not.
Could she dodge those hits? Maybe. But we can only go with what's demonstrated. And what's demonstrated is that she doesn't. So any attempt to say that she would/could is pure speculation. She doesn't.
Thor manages to hit multiple enemies, which are flying and attempting to actively avoid his attack, when he's trying to bottleneck the invasion in NYC. Most of them get destroyed. The large worm thing takes serious damage. We don't know if it was destroyed, because we don't see it after it reenters the portal. But it still took some serious damage, regardless. And it wasn't even a concentrated blast. He was taking out multiple other enemies with the same attack. It's plausible that a concentrated attack would have obliterated it completely. Yes, that last sentence was speculative.
So it seems that not only can his ranged attack put out some serious damage, but Faora would at least have great difficulty or perhaps simply an inability to dodge it. Faora, however, has nothing remotely comparable to his lightning attack.
Thor can also manage his tornado attack that he used against The Destroyer.
Thor can fly.
Also: Faora can't fly.
Ranged Advantage: Thor.
Having seen Thor 1, 2 and Avengers, it seems obvious that Thor can take some serious beatings. Other than when facing Clark, Faora only faces conventional Earth weaponry, which has not been demonstrated to be a problem for Thor.
Thor managed to crush the arm of Tony's armor with one hand, simply by squeezing hard. Tony's suit is certainly not conventional weaponry, and the Kryptonian's face nothing like it. So it's difficult to use as a comparison. Still, the blasts from Tony and the blasts from The Destroyer are of little concern to Thor. He also takes a serious assault from Malekith and continues, largely undaunted. He takes a beating from Kurse and continues on. You see the trend.
Faora doesn't take nearly the super powered pummeling that Thor has demonstrated he can take.
Toughness/Resilience Advantage: Thor.
Sheer running speed? Faora clearly demonstrates that. Of course, simply running fast is of limited help in a fight.
Foot Speed Advantage: Faora.
I'm not seeing the argument about smashing dirt. Do you have any idea the output of a nuclear weapon? And they barely make much a crater. Besides, Thor was using an AOE attack, releasing his lightning. It's not obvious that he was simply trying to damage the ground, and it would be pointless anyway. That argument doesn't hold water. He does manage to smash ice sheets. Cars and planes are collateral damage in his fights, as are hillsides. Farora's own strength feats are in close proximity to Thor's. But when you take his lightning attacks into account, she only has a fraction of his damage output. And he has demonstrated that he can channel it directly through his hammer. So he can use it in close range or at a distance.
Tony's armor specifically absorbs much of the lightning attack, and it still takes damage from the remainder. The Kryptonian armor was never shown to have that capability. So we can't assume that it does. The reasonable assumption is that it will be damaged. And his lightning hits large areas and/or multiple targets. Even if he hits her in the chest, her helmet would likely still suffer damage from the blast. And the helmet was shown to not be nearly as resilient as the rest of the armor.
Discussing Faora's knife is pointless. Loki's weapon is Asgardian. Faora's weapon is Kryptonian. Faora's knife may be no more effective than my knife would be, or it might be just as effective as Loki's. We don't know. Also, Faora was prone to simply punching and kicking more than actually using her blade. So the fight may be over before it even becomes an issue. Any comment about the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of her knife is simply speculation. We don't know.
Final breakdown:
Toughness/Resilience: Thor.
Combat Skill: Thor has the experience and Faora has the training. We can call this a tie.
Running Speed: Faora.
Combat Speed/Reflexes: Both are able to avoid attacks, handle multiple attackers easily and parry assaults. We can can call this a tie.
Raw Strength: More or less equal. We can call this a tie.
Damage Output: Thor takes this one.
Flight: Thor.
Ranged Attack: Thor.
Area Attack: Thor.
Tornado Attack: Thor.
All Thor has to manage is 2-3 hits at most, so that her armor is compromised, if she hasn't already been ko'ed. Once the armor is compromised, the fight is over.
Faora took close combat hits from humans. She also took multiple ranged hits from humans. Thor can hit multiple moving, actively dodging targets at range. He can also fly. He clearly has the ranged advantage. There's no reason to believe Faora would be capable of avoiding that assault and certainly not completely. Thor's charged attacks can hit the area, not just one point of impact. So he can manage that even in close combat. He can easily get a few hits in. That's not even a question. Faora has not been shown to have the decisive damage output. Thor can take hits and keep on going.
Even if you want to push and say that Faora has a speed advantage when it comes to reflexes, it's a marginal advantage. Even if she were able to get two hits in for every one of Thor's, it won't matter. She'll keep pummeling, while he tears apart her armor. Then the fight is over.
Thor.
I'm not saying he'll walk away completely unscathed. But he will be the one who walks away.
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