@nickzambuto: No one stated that a thunder clap would do more damage than a punch, what has been stated is that thunder claps have been sufficient enough to harm [not one shot] Red Hulk, Extremis and Hulkbuster Tony, Hercules, Thing and Hyperion, and that they're generally unavoidable. A thunderclap includes both sound and a shock wave. Sound itself doesn't have any physical properties, it's a frequency, and what Jashro showed is that it would hurt characters like Hyperion because he has a degree of superhuman hearing and is more sensitive to sound. It's the same reason why Black Canaries scream injured Supergirl despite not sending her flying back or leveling the entire area like a thunder clap does, it's a secondary affect of the thunderclap. This part of the thunder clap, I agree may not hurt Raiden since he can probably block his auditory senses and negate frequencies.
The primary effect is the actual shock wave which would send him flying regardless of his ability to hear, a shock wave is actual energy that has physical properties hence why it's capable of leveling towns and several city blocks. Rulk's ability to hear didn't send him flying into the Lincoln Memorial, the fact that he can be physically affected did. It's no different that getting punched, it's a physical attack. And since Raiden isn't as strong or as durable as any of the characters listed above, even if he did survive an initial thunder clap [which is highly unlikely] it's going to f*ck him up to the point where he won't be able to continue.
@PsychoJack said:
As much as I like Raiden, the Hulk wins. Hell he had a tough time beating a nanomachine-enhanced Armstrong who was probably a 20-40 tonner.
Armstrong, even though he was a cartoon character was probably a multi class 100 tonnor since Raiden himself could toss Ray's which weighed several hundred tons. Unless they were a new prototype which weighed significantly less.
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