A statement about having the power of a neutron bomb is interesting, although it could be potential hyperbole.
There is nothing to suggest that it is an exaggeration. The person making the statement is knowledgeable about the subject he is talking about and is using the statement to provide information about the matter in question.
The cast weren't upgraded to 8-A until the Soldier Boy calculation was used after all.
Because the neutron bomb statement did not exist before.
Have you ever heard the saying that cockroaches survive nuclear blasts? Made by people who hate them, and implies they're far more uniquely durable than they are. It's a hyperbole about how difficult it is to get rid of them.
Butcher doesn’t just hate them—he’s actively trying to kill them. Also, this isn’t exactly the same thing, because Butcher’s statements is more specific. If he had said “nuclear bomb” instead of “H-bomb,” the situation would have been the same, but he used the term “H-bomb” instead of a more general term like “nuclear bomb.” And the fact that Butcher was former soldier, works for the CIA, and has long been looking for ways to kill Homelander lends credibility and validity to his statement.
Furthermore, when this statement is considered alongside the statement that Homelander has been shot with every kind of weapon and none of them have worked, we can conclude that they are at least above non-nuclear weapons.
This places them above 11 tons, which is 8-B. In my message above, I explained where the 11 tons came from.
Additionally, the fact that Homelander can tank an High 8-C explosion (3 Ton) without taking damage further supports this scaling.
Then there is the statements made by the head of the company that created Homelander that the Supes possess the power of a neutron bomb.
We had accepted 800 tons as the value for a neutron bomb.
In addition, there is a character in the verse who can create storms.
This has been calculated as 8-B. And since Homelander is the most powerful and strongest super in the world, he should scales above her.
I know the calculation hasn’t been accepted yet, but the reason I’m sharing it here now is that it might catch a CGM’s attention and be evulated.
the outlier argument seems a little idk, unreasonable ig?
The difference really isn't that big and the Homelander dura feat is him straight up no-selling the explosion. So clearly he's meant to be far more durable than that and while the gap IS somewhat big that's also partially because almost nobody in the verse is on Homelanders level so feats from there are expected to be limited. It's similar to how Saitamas highest value used to barely tier 5 for no selling those attacks and he ended up tier 3 when actually fighting an equal
I agree
