Lacking intelligence? Quite sure thats false, also as stated they havent even reached a testing phase meaning they arent at their peak. If there was no difference between them and a normal high end then they wouldnt be near high end.
His body didnt give put, he literally stood up and charged a punch and rammed it into Hood’s mouth (

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Ok after going back through the chapters I got scans and ill give them if needed.
The doctor stated that it shouldn’t be safe to use the NHE as they havent been through the testing stage, but they should probably be strong enough at the moment to fight Mirko. This proves that they were indeed not as strong as their primes and inferior to hood but is comparable. Not only that but Endeavor literally beat a NHE without taking any damage and he was looking casual with it. So that argument is out of the window. They are comparable, not equal and bakugo taking a shot from them refutes nothing.
Bakugo’s full power explosions simply cause stress to him, they dont scale to his durability at all.