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@namebk: If you look at the back, you can slide and stab on the inside through the shoulder areas quite easily. She could have slid the dagger inside and cut him.

Perhaps she did stab and slash him, but this being a PG-13 movie, they didn't want to show blood fly out of the main hero. I'll try and take closer looks later, but the only stab she might have got was from behind him maybe. Everything else just left markings from what I can see.

I'll accept that she could have pierced the armor from the back, but her spears and slashes didn't seem to go through. So she'll still have a real hard time cutting a fully armored up Thanos.

But I just realized this fight takes place in Asgard where she can summon mountain sized spears and hurl them at Mach speeds (traveling from the bridge to the mountains in a second). So she should win handily.

But when he goes visits Odin, he's missing an eye and the slash on his stomach looks present, but it's a marking. When they show his back, we don't see anything, it made me wonder where she stabbed him since we can't see it. Later when she hurls spears at him, one hits his chest (he does break the top) and later it just shows a marking on his chest.

These are scenes I did look at but can't confirm they went through. No blood is present and you can't see through the armor at any point.

Sorry if I sound cynical, I'm open to her piercing his armor. I have no favoritism for Thanos or Hela.

I have compared the strikes she did and images of Thor later with his armor marked, but not pierced or slashed through. Do you have some images to share? If so, please do. I'm open to learning.

I won't to point out that Hela spears couldn't pierce Thor's armor, I doubt they'll pierce Thanos armor.

On paper Spider-man should win but he just won't, specially if they're in character.

@captainsweatpan: they don't have any resistance to people that can absorb and zap out their energy.

They're fighting a magic based character that can steal ki, and the character started of weak but pretty much zapped then dry and they even nearly died.

Goku even got scared and wanted to retreat with Vegeta, but so much energy was taken, Goku couldn't teleport and escape.

They pretty much died and got revived by a namekian boy.

I think you should find a better place to ask this question than a comic book board.

There has to be animal behavior boards with professional trainers on there.

@captainsweatpan: you should read the latest chapters of the Manga. He and Vegeta have some pretty severe limitations.

@miekskywalker: yeah, but it's not very sentient. Not like Thor's Hammer or axe. Like if Thor was in the air and then just deflected and smacked the swallow very far away, he could have storm breaker thrown and attack Thanos at different times.

He also doesn't need his axe to summon and project lighting. So the axe attacking on its own and Thor charging and striking Thanos could wear him down or get Thor a critical hit at some point.

There's a lot more versatility that Thor could do to make the fight 50/50, but he doesn't which is his own downfall.

@percybender:

Thanos might have better stats, but Thor has things Thanos can't do. He can throw, summon and command his weapon as well as fire projectiles out of it. Thanos swallow can't do that. Thor can also fly, for whatever reason he didn't use it much in EG. But he can move in three dimensions while Thanos is limited to two.

So Thanos might be stronger and more durable, Thor has a much better and moreover versatile weapon and better mobility.

I'd still give the edge to Thanos in character. But strategically Thor could use his flight and hammer better. Why wouldn't he just pull himself and Thanos into the air or fly high into the air, crack the ground and cause Thanos to fall beneath it, etc.

On paper, if Thor fought more smarter he does stand a chance against Thanos. But in character he's been shown to try and fight Thanos at his own best game and that's usually his downfall. Fighting Thanos fight, not making Thanos fight his.