On Marvel.com, some mutants/inhumans have a bar extra on the power grid scale over the other in strength. If two mutants/inhumans fought with the same level of skill, but one of them is stronger than the other overall, how much does strength matter in the end?

It means a lot. If Cypher were to punch Namor and nothing happened then it would mean alot

@kgb725: I'm trying to compare Wolverine and Gambit's stats.

Marvel.com has:

Wolverine's intelligence as 2/7, strength 4/7, speed 3/7, durability 4/7, energy projection 1/7, and fighting skills as 4/7.

Gambit's intelligence as 3/7, strength 3/7, speed 3/7, durability 3/7, energy projection 5/7, and fighting skills 4/7.

In this case scenario, how much does Wolverine's strength matter now being a bar above Gambit's?

@ascended: it means that he can punch and strike harder which is a useful advantage. But I think wolverines fighting skill is way above a 4.

@jayc1324: They have nightcrawler's stats being vastly superior to both of their's.

In a real life fight strength and size mean a hell of a lot. In a comic book fight, where the characters have ridiculous levels of strength, realistically it would mean much less. A punch does two kinds of damage

1. The concussive force of having your head or body suddenly accelerated by the force of the punch.

2. The soft tissue damage of having flesh mashed into bone, or otherwise deformed by the blow.

Take two characters, say the Hulk and Namor, and have them both hit a punching bag as hard as they can. Now the Hulk is way stronger than Namor, but the absolute hardest you can hit something is hard enough to accelerate it to the speed of your punch instantly. It doesn't matter if the Hulk is 10 times stronger than Namor, or 10,000,000 times. If they are both moving the same speed and are both strong enough to accelerate whatever they are hitting, then they hit exactly as hard as one another. Realistically, against a human size and weight target, someone like Quicksilver would hit way harder than either of those guys. Faster punching speed is more relevant to the force applied than strength once you get into the higher levels. A Mack truck hitting you at 40 mph is going to do a lot less damage than a bowling ball at 400 mph.

@ascended: the Hulk, Nuff said

it means a lot really

prep time

It matters a lot.