ThePerpetual said:
Would it? Does this mech have higher physical strength than Kratos? I remember him having fairly impressive feats in that regard.
TWe have no records on the thing's lifting strength, but it was able to do that punch-parry thing (
this trope) with the giant Hades, which confirms it can level a mountain and take that level of force without so much as a scratch. It is plenty strong enough to pick up and fly around with several hundred pounds at speeds faster than light.
The argument between the mech's lifting strength against Kratos' assumes that Kratos and the mech are in a shoving match where both are in a position that they can shove with maximum force, which qould lean in Kratos' favor.
This, however, is not the situation he would be in.
He would be trying to push a mech that has grabbed him and flown off back to earth.
The main problem is the complete and utter lack of a solid foundation.
It's kind of like this picture, except instead of trying to pull a giant robot off the ground while standing on a leverage point not built to handle that level of force concentrated on one area, he is trying to push a giant robot without a leverage point at all. All he has to support him is the air underneath his feet. It's why the idea of Chuck Norris pushing and pulling the earth instead of himself when doing a push-up is considered silly instead of serious. Required secondary powers are key.
While Kratos doesn't have Bulk's problem, having the required secondary power of making the ground beneath him just as strong, if not stronger than he is when lifting a massive object, I have yet to see an animesque moment where he dead-lifts a mountain-sized titan while levitating, and we don't automatically assume a character can do something without evidence. We call that the "Hasty Generalization" fallacy, also known around here as the "No-Limits" fallacy.
Meanwhile, Pit's mech is flying around using jet-thrusters, so he has plenty of lift to help him out. Flying through the air while holding something is a trait that we have seen time and time again in reality, fiction, and this game before (see every flying character holding a weapon or catching another falling character in the sky, including Pyrrhon and Dark Pit), so that's a go.
He has enough horse-power to combat a being that can shatter a mountain and equalize him, so lifting a human made of flesh and blood, magical or no, would be like using a crane to lift a paper-clip. It's more than enough.
In addition, durability =/= weight. I can pick up and throw a diamond despite being unable to bust it with my bare hands. An elevator is strong enough to lift Clark Kent up to his floor at the Daily Planet, despite being able to tank a supernova.
Kratos can tank a blow that can destroy an island, but that doesn't make him heavier. You need some sort of extra, secondary power to help you there. Superman does it using his flight and super strength. Kratos has strength, but without a leverage point with which to brace himself against, he could very definitely get knocked into the air by an uppercut from a strong enough foe, even if it hurts him less than it would Wile E. Coyote.
In a shoving match on the ground where Kratos is trying not to get bully-pushed into the dirt, the Ghost of Sparta wins because he can leverage himself in a way that his strength will save the day.
Unless Kratos can magically anchor himself to the ground like the Blob, he's going on a lightspeed trip once he gets into contact.
I'm not a mathematician. I just write down every impossible feat a character does and figures out when reality ensues and kills them in a battle against a more ridiculous foe.
