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1.) I don't intend on pursuing this point that much further given that it has already been discussed in great detail, I was just pointing out that while his inner essence typically operates on a Low-1A level, it should at its maximum potential vary up to 1A+1. I agree with 1-A+ inner essence base Thor. However, it seems that I'm in the minority here, hence the concessions in the profile for the sake of moving the revisions along.
2. I'm not so sure about Set and Chthon really being the strongest. Taking different strategies to escape Atum doesn't necessarily mean that they're stronger or weaker, while it was outright stated that none of the other Elder Gods could challenge Kemur before Atum came along. Narratively that would include Set and Chthon--not that they aren't powerful, and they might have their own statements, but they essentially got power-crept by Ewing.
3. All Elder Gods are the same type of being, yes, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're all the same power level. By that logic all regular gods are the same power level, but what we actually see is tremendous variance. Among Asgardians, for example, you can find Spider-Man tier warriors as well as low outerversal super-deities, and the same is true for any of the other pantheons.
4. It's possible that Set, Chthon, Gaea, and Oshtur are theoretically comparable to the Utgard Gods, but it would be better to have something on-screen showing that for sure.
5. In terms of the Nyx stuff... right now, full-power Nyx upon reclaiming all of the Night Shards is accepted on the wiki as High 1-A. The Nyx that Loki thought was too evenly matched with Thor to be an interesting challenge was at her previous full power in Antarctica thanks to two endless nights, with Hercules remarking that she'd surpassed her previous levels. Severely weakened Nyx completely stomped regular skyfather-level Zeus, effortlessly snapping his neck, and as she regained the Night Shards her power increased exponentially. Contextually, it makes far more sense for Hercules to be referring to Nyx's previous peak of power the last time he saw her, after she'd regained all three Night Shards, rather than what she'd been millennia earlier. Reborn Zeus seems to be on a completely different realm of power than his original form, as both Loki and WoG outright refer to him as a greater danger than this amped Nyx, who narratively is far beyond regular Zeus.
Regular Zeus < Severely weakened Nyx << 1 Night Shard Nyx << 2 Night Shards Nyx << Full Power Nyx < Amped Antarctica Nyx < Amped Dark Cold Room Nyx < Reborn Zeus < Immortal Thor. However, Thor stomping Zeus who was stated to be a greater danger than amped Nyx is somewhat contradicted by Loki regarding amped Nyx and Thor to be evenly matched, hence the "possibly High 1-A" rather than a solid rating. Additionally, neither Thor nor Reborn Zeus scale to Nyx once she speaks to Hercules and realizes she can expand infinitely in the Dark Cold Room/Land Without Suns/Shadow Kingdom (which are all different names for the same place). That would be the strongest Nyx ever seen and isn't particularly relevant for the scaling here.
Of course, that's moot if Nyx isn't High 1-A, but that's not a conversation for this thread.
2.) At the end of the day it doesn't really matter who is or is not the strongest as they are roughly comparable.
3.) From what we have been shown throughout Marvel Comics history, The Elder Gods did not have a society in the way that The Olympians or Asgaridans did (Utgard is the only exception; however, one can't consider a group of 5 individuals a society), they have all been shown to be cosmically powerful beings with different domains. At the moment, we have yet to see a fodder tier Elder God. While it is not impossible that such a thing exists, it has not been shown. The "weak" Elder Gods were likely devoured by their more powerful siblings or later by The Demogorge if they managed to survive that.
4.) The feat of Gaea's essence being enough for Hercules to temporarily match Chaos King, who had grown so powerful that Multi-Death stopped representing her concept and was in hiding and had also devoured almost all of Multi-Eternity, shows that the major Elder Gods all have feats at the same level as the Utgard Gods. There are also some things with Chthon that back this up such as when he nearly killed Eternity while possessing Quicksilver, given that Eternity mentions this while in Overspace, it may have been his Multi-Eternity form. Chthon is also said to have the power to kill the entirety of The Celestial race. And the artifacts of Gaea, Oshtur, Set, and Chthon form The Four Cornerstones of Creation. All in all the top tier Elder Gods are pretty consistently matched with each other. What we do know is that NONE of The Elder Gods are above The Demogorge and all gods and Elder Gods fear his power. There are some exceptions such as Set when empowered by the age of reptiles was able to fight the Demogorge one on one for eons before being defeated and banished again or Chthon with prep time developing a spell to create his own Demogorge; however, on their own at their base level all of them are below and susceptible to the power of the Demogorge.
Most importantly:
5.) The problem with The Nyx scaling is it doesn't accurately represent how she is depicted. Before getting to that though, Thor does not even have a mechanism for reaching High-1A in the first place. His half Elder God nature caps at 1A+ and he has fought and significantly struggled with 1A+ Elder Gods. There is no possible way for Thor to have a Meta-Qualitative superiority without exceptionally strong logical evidence of such given the magnitude of the tier and its extremely strict requirements. Similarly, there is also no mechanism that that would have augmented Zeus to High-1A either. But neither of those things even matter as the feat regarding Nyx and amped Zeus does not involve the High-1A form of Nyx in the first place. Nyx has many forms: Her regularly seen form inside the universe as a member of various pantheons (typically as a member of the Greek Pantheon), her true form that embodies the darkness that contains The Tiger God and surrounds the fire of The Phoenix Force (we have actually never been shown this form and have only seen elusions and references of its existence throughout the work of Al-Ewing), and finally there is her ascended form having entered The House of Ideas. The problem with her page is that it calls her true nature as the darkness surrounding The Phoenix Force her "full power" key and her state post Zeus defeat her "weakened" key when this is not at all accurate. Her second key represents her true form while the first key is not her "weakened" key but how she is depicted as an in universe entity as a member of the various godly pantheons. She has been part of many pantheons, The Greeks gave her most notable name "Nyx" and while with the Norse pantheon she went by "Nott" and has been part of many others. This is the form that Thor fought, not her uber powerful true form. When in universe, Nyx has been consistently portrayed as vastly superior to sky fathers and while weakened could easily kill Zeus, a skyfather, and tear at the fabric of 616-Eternity itself. During Immortal Thor, we are again shown this in universe manifestation of Nyx that had become more powerful than she was prior to her banishment from The greek Pantheon. Short of being empowered by TOAA itself, the number of things in Marvel that could possibly get Thor to High-1A doesn't even need a full hand to count and as shown is entirely unreasonable in the first place since the Nyx that Thor is stated to be comparable to is not the True Form version.
Her accurate forms are as follows:
The following keys represent different states of Nyx's In Universe Depictions:
Zeus < Weakened In Universe Nyx (This represents Nyx's state post banishment from The Greek Pantheon. This is the state she is in after escaping banishment throughout Avengers No Road Home) <<< Base In Universe Nyx (Before and after being encountered by The Greek Pantheon) [This is in universe form Nyx's natural base power level and is equivalent to when she has all of her "Night Shards". Even when not having all of them, she was capable of "tearing the skin of the universe" {Earth-616 Eternity} ] < Immortal Thor #13 Nyx (It is implied that she caused a second "Endless Night" that increased her power past her base level) ~ Amped Immortal Thor #14 Zeus {While Loki and Word of God states that he is a greater threat than Nyx, this is not really supported by what is shown throughout Immortal Thor #14.) <<< Nyx as seen at the end of Immortal Thor #14 (Nyx is far more powerful than ever before having realized the nature of the realm she is in is perfect for her gaining total mastery and power over it. She states that she will fashion her own entire universe [likely equal to Earth-616 Eternity in scale] within it.)
True Form: The gulf between her in universe form and her true form is so unimaginably massive that it is practically impossible to convey in any form of language without simply repeating the VS Wiki definitions of Meta Qualitative transcendence. In this state she is the literal formless darkness that encompasses the light of the true form Phoenix Force and is the same darkness in which the Phoenix Force's opposite, The Tiger God, stalks it from.
The revised wording along with some additional scans that I suggested in my previous comment accurately reflect the level of Nyx that Thor is comparable to:
The Immortal All-Father key should be adjusted as follows:
Attack Potency: Varies according to the Allsleep. From at least Low Outerverse level (Stomped Gorr and Twilight Sword Mangog simultaneously. Oneshot Frost Giant Zarathos. Far superior to his base, who overpowered the totality of Yggdrasil's strength) likely Outerverse level (He is on roughly the same level as an in universe manifestation of Nyx who had fully recovered her strength and surpassed her previous peak of power. The first "Endless Night" restored her in universe form "back from dust and ash" (as seen in Avengers No Road Home) and a second Endless Night "restored [her] power" (as seen in Immortal Thor) such that she has surpassed the power that she had prior to being banished by Zeus when she was part of The Greek Pantheon to the degree that Hercules says: "The Night Queen is not recovering--she has recovered all her power and more! He overpowered a massively amped Reborn Zeus, who easily withstood an attack from Nyx that Thor and Hercules were weary to endure themselves and was stated by God of Stories Loki and WoG to be an even greater danger than Nyx. However, these later statements are not really supported by what is shown as Zeus considers her "A being of great power and great darkness" and even takes up the cause of night. Nyx is unimpressed with the fight between Thor and Zeus and sarcastically asks Zeus if he wants help. Upon realizing that The Land Without Suns is an ideal environment for her, she becomes far more powerful with Hercules stating: "What about it, loki? Ready to send us home? Because if not... Well, I think Nyx outranks you now.") up to Outerverse level+ (Reforged Mjolnir stronger than ever, so should be above his previous peak as All-Father. Broke out of Gaea's restraints and decapitated her while she was merciless and in the place of her power, with Gaea's power being capable of matching the Chaos King. [https://imgchest.com/p/ne7breb8vy5 Bloodlusted Thor single-handedly defeated the Elder Gods NRGL and Mejed, with Utgard Elder Gods being primordial concepts as above the Aesir as Aesir are above mortals, and regular gods being only stories and "shadow-play on a cave wall" compared to the Utgard Elder Gods. Jane Foster borrowing Thor's power cracked the Wheel of Fate wielded by Toranos, who was comparable to Utgard-Loki, and Thor was able to kill a weakened Toranos. Knocked down and bloodied Kemur, who "none could challenge" except Atum, with their confrontation "deciding the fates" of all other Elder Gods. Kemur is shown to have fought and implied to be superior to Utgard-Loki, who used Mistress Death and Eternity as puppets in his trials and created Utgard, a realm in the Mystery beyond "all charts, maps, rule, and theory" existing only in metaphor, "outside existence and no realm at all", that was where gods erased from existence by Oblivion went, representing The-Land-of-True-Things compared to the dream of reality, that transcended Multi-Eternity)