User blog:Monkey Doctor 33/Duel of Super-Gladiators! Angron (Warhammer 40,000) vs Korg, the Kronan (Comics)

Gladiators. In real life, we know them as badass half-naked warriors who fight each other to the death for the sake of entertainment. Of course, nobody does such a thing anymore (legally), but it's an entirely different story in other worlds. In fiction, gladiators are even greater badasses whose entire life is devoted to fighting and seeking the strongest foes for the battles of their lives! Well, that ain't the most accurate stuff, but they're super-awesome fighters overall, right? Today, we are about to witness a fight between two epic gladiators who don't get the best of spotlights in their universes! On the left-hand side, we have the Primarch of the World Eaters, Angron! Do not mistake him for a meager Space Marine, for he is to the Space Marines what they are to regular humans. On the right-hand side, we have one of the Hulk's Warbound and a Stone Man of Saturn, Korg! Even though he mostly played the role of supporting character, Korg is actually more than a match for some of Marvel's prominent powerhouses! Without further ado, let's jump right to the battle! Angron, the fearsome Red Angel and the most brutal of the Emperor's Primarchs who became the first traitor of his kin to turn to Chaos! VS Korg, the strongest member of the Hulk's Warbound and a mighty Kronan who has battled the heroes of Earth, starting from Thor himself! In this battle between superhuman gladiators... Who is Deadliest?

Angron


"Listen to your blue-clad wretches yelling of courage and honor, courage and honor, courage and honor. Do you even know the meaning of those words? Courage is fighting the kingdom that enslaves you, no matter that their armies overshadow yours by ten thousand to one. You know nothing of courage. Honor is resisting a tyrant when all others suckle and grow fat on the hypocrisy he feeds them. You know nothing of honor."

- Angron

Angron, also known as the Red Angel, is the Primarch of the World Eaters Traitor Legion. He was indeed one of the twenty Primarchs the Emperor of Mankind created, yet he is undoubtedly the most unstable one. Like his brothers, his creation was meant for greatness until the Primarchs were hurtled through space by the Ruinous Powers into different worlds. For Angron, it was Nuceria. There, Angron was enslaved and became a gladiator who soon rose through the ranks. After being sick of the tyranny he witnessed, he led a slave rebellion that lasted until his father found him.

Angron was robbed of his chance to die a glorious death with his brothers and sisters-in-arms and resented him even under his servitude. His rage and bloodthirsty nature, courtesy of the implants known as the Butcher's Nails, made him infamous among the Emperor's children and he even came to blows with his 'allies' in an attempt to suppress his misguided acts. His hatred of the Emperor meant that he was an easy recruit for Warmaster Horus to gain, making him the first participant of his heretical rebellion. Though Horus was defeated, Angron was freed from his mortal torment after he had become a Daemon Prince, now ruling over his own worlds in the Eye of Terror. Angron's reappearance in the material world has been mercifully rare, but he is far from the hands of death, still.

Korg


"The only know hate, Greenskin. Bring them back some hope."

- Korg

Korg is a Kronan warrior and a member of the Hulk's Warbound. Before the events that united him with the Green Giant, Korg was part of an invasion force his race sent to Earth. On Earth, he and his brethren, including his brother, encountered the first manifestation of Thor within years since his exile. They were soundly defeated and escaped, only to be sucked into a portal that led them all to Sakaar. Korg became a gladiator there and was put into the same team as the Hulk who was inadvertently exiled there by the Illuminati.

After a string of battles, Korg joined the Hulk in his quest to overthrow the Red King and later, take vengeance upon the Illuminati who his king suspected to be responsible for Sakaar's destruction. After discovering the true culprit of the event, Korg and the Warbound remained on Earth and embarked on many adventures not just as the Hulk's allies but rightful heroes of their own.

Angron
Super Strength= Primarchs are made to be the strongest transhumans of all, and Angron rates as one of the strongest among the Primarchs. The difference of power between him and his brothers might not be all that distant, but his aggression and upbringing boost his strength to the point that he can slowly overwhelm Primarchs. Rogal Dorn, Loyalist Primarch of the Imperial Fists, regard him as quite a low threat that he can easily beat, but Angron is a threat level of his own.

Angron's strength is so fearsome that he managed to defeat Leman Russ, Primarch of the Space Wolves, leaving him bleeding and battered. Leman Russ in many ways is similar to Angron, and you can regard him as what Angron could have been if he didn't become such a crapsack. He's a strong Primarch who survived getting KO'd by the Emperor himself physically and fought a Traitor Primarch for five straight days before ending it with a simple laugh. He was holding back in battling Angron but he got beat anyway.

In another showcase of trumping his brothers, he defeated Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the Ultramarines. Roboute is strong enough to casually kill Chaos Space Marines with punches and body a Daemon Primarch (Magnus the Red, to be exact) way bigger than him through the friggin' surface of the Moon. If anything truly sets the level of his strength, it is his feat of stopping the stomp of a Warhound Titan with his bare hands. Warhound Titans are the smallest of their kind, but they stand at 14 meters and weigh 410 tons. Impressive, right? Yeah, but it's more impressive if Angron did not strain his body to the point that his shoulders, spine, and bones cracked.

Don't even wonder what he does to mere humans, for he can crush and pulverize the skulls of men and women alike with terrifying ease. To regular Space Marines like Kharn (before he becomes the monster he is right now, he's basically a souped-up Space Marine), he can outright brutalize them. For your information, the unarmored Kharn got his arm broken after Angron had slammed him into a wall. Jeez. He also dug himself 170 meters up through hundreds of tons of rubble from collapsed towers. Super Durability= In addition to his naturally high durability, Angron's protection is bolstered by the exquisite Armor of Mars: an artificer armor tailored to the needs of the Primarch. Regular artificer armors are stronger than regular power armors that can easily take grenades and lightning strikes without damage. Its durability rivals those of the Terminator Armor, which is capable of taking attacks meant to destroy tank armor.

Angron's natural durability also scales from regular Space Marines who can easily survive atmospheric re-entry with hardly any discomfort, but what about he himself? For once, he survived getting a bunch of towers falling on him and tanked all the damage his fellow Primarchs can dish out to him which resulted in a lot of scars. He relies more upon his pain tolerance, though, so he likes it more when he gets the damage on to him. Super Mobility= Angron's surprising speed is perhaps one of the scariest things his foes can never expect. Regular Space Marines can process information within microseconds, move so fast the human brain can't comprehend them, and follow and react to bullets. Angron, as a Primarch, is way faster than them and even Space Marines perceive his movements as a blur! Nothing much can be said about his mobility since all that can be said is that he's very fast even by superhuman standards, but he's not on par on the likes of Flash or even Quicksilver. If bullets even appear frozen to him (at least to his brother whom he can scale from), then Angron is no one whose speed must be underestimated. Healing Factor= Like his children and Space Marines in general, Angron possesses a decent amount of healing factor that allows him to instantly recover minor wounds and shrug off damage as fatal as lost limbs. The problem is, Angron has never shown any feats of healing and his wounds are more pronounced as he becomes more unhinged, in fact. He doesn't heal as fast as Wolverine (but he actually heals nearly as fast), but he is going to be very relentless and enduring against even the most ravaging attack. Gorefather and Gorechild= None of Angron's primary weapons are as devastating as Gorefather and Gorechild. These twin axes are even stronger than Angron's past axes, Widowmaker and Brazentooth, which are powerful in their own rights. They are also more potent than their regular incarnations which can split Orks to pieces and make their way through Space Marine armor. Both of them are made of the teeth of mica-dragons and have shafts made of adamantium. No one knows what mica-dragons are, but so far, these boys have literally plowed through ranks of Astartes with ease and penetrate ceramite power armor while also rending them apart. As a reference, Space Marine armor is durable enough to take a lightning strike with no damage and take fire from the APC-puncturing Heavy Bolter without breaking.

Chainaxes are durable, but they are not indestructible by all means. They were ruined after Angron had used them to dig his way out of hundreds of tons of rubble. Nevertheless, it's not an easy task to destroy these weapons. They are fast dealers of death in Angron's hands but contrary to popular belief, the Gorechild that he uses does not steal souls. The upgraded Gorechild that Kharn the Betrayer uses is the one that steals souls while Angron's is just a heavy damage dealer. Spite Furnace= That's definitely not the Spite Furnace, but it's the closest picture one can get to identify Angron's master-crafted plasma pistol. Nothing else is specifically known about it other than the fact that it is rarely used by the Primarch, but its power can be scaled to its normal counterparts. Master-crafted weapons are stronger than their regular variations, and plasma pistols are already strong, to begin with. They may be sidearms, but even a misfire or malfunction explosion from this thing can turn a grown man into charred remains. Armored Space Marines aren't safe from this, too. Plasma pistols are hard to reload and have short range, but that won't be a case for Angron since he's gonna discard it anyway. Its power, however, is phenomenal as it blasts projectiles with temperature rivaling little suns. Hurts against organic targets, but what about inorganic ones? Who knows? Its operation is unknown, but it's most likely semi-automatic.

Korg
Super Strength= Korg's Kronan physiology is probably hardly unique to him, but it grants him immense superhuman strength that is said to match the Hulk in his earlier years. Indeed, his strength easily reaches Class 100 and he has more than a few showings to tell the readers that he's not just a Thing knock-off. He cannot match the likes of the Sentry or an enraged Hulk, but his stone body is sufficient enough to give them trouble. Korg's strength grows as oxygen levels rise, and from his time on Earth, he's already grown to be much stronger than he was back on Sakaar. Super Durability= Korg's durability is his best and only form of protection. He has no shields to back him up here, but his stone skin itself is enough to defend him against nearly all forms of trauma. His dense body means that he can easily take energy blasts, falling from great heights, and physical injuries without much discomfort. Korg can still feel pain if the attack even makes him feel the first place. Bullets and lasers literally have no effect on him and don't even think an angry World War Hulk can bust out his face with a single punch. His durability is so versatile that perhaps blunt force is the best way of completely killing him. But then, blunt force is also his best type of resistance. Enhanced Mobility= Korg is definitely not a fast mover, but he moves faster than normal humans. His bulky body does not hinder his movement at all and he is fast enough to intercept bullets and swat down missiles. He doesn't have a lot of speed feats, but from his showings, he could intercept the punch of angry World War Hulk in time and catch another version of the Jade Giant off-guard. Energy Axe= Korg never really has any dedicated weapons like Angron, recently he has used an energy axe in the pages of Weapon H for his quest as the Protector of Weirdworld. It may not look like it, but it actually glows with bluish energy when in-use. At the very least, it can be assumed that the axe has some magical property that makes it glow, but who knows? This axe is a suitable weapon for Korg to utilize, having been sized up to his large build. It can be wielded with both a single hand or two hands. Its properties unless its unnatural glow are unknown, but the axe is strong enough to cleave through Skrullduggers which are mutated giant Skrulls who can take punches from Class 100 powerhouses with minimal damage and gang up to wound the hell out of Minotaur, the contender of Thor.
 * Held up a building with Hercules.
 * Held up an entire mountain with Sakaar Hulk for several seconds before he destroys it.
 * Easily uprooted a tree.
 * Intercepted an angry Sakaar Hulk's punch before he could continue pounding on Sakaar Silver Surfer.
 * Matched Weapon H's strength in a muscle lock. As a reference, Weapon H could smash the crap out of the Minotaur, a villain whose strength Thor compared to the Hulk, right after he dealt the first blows and punch away the Immortal Hulk.
 * Threw a rock at a small space ship to destroy it. He succeeded.
 * Busted through concrete walls.
 * Climbed a dome by putting his fingers through it.
 * Easily knocked out Wonder Man. Wonder Man is a classic Marvel powerhouse who, despite his many defeats, has consistently ranked himself as one of the few beings who can fight Thor toe-to-toe. He also lifted 50,000 tons once and survived getting beaten into the core of a planet by Gladiator of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard.
 * Punched through Hiroim the Shamed who survived energy blasts that dissolved humans.
 * His skin cannot be broken by giant bugs.
 * His birth took place inside a volcano and he was literally born from lava.
 * Wasn't fazed and didn't flinch when he stood near Sentry's giant energy blast which turned World War Hulk back to Bruce Banner.
 * A blast that disintegrated Sakaarans failed to do anything notable to Korg.
 * Took an oil tanker thrown at him without damage.
 * Survived this explosion.
 * Survived getting smashed in the face by the Mjolnir at the cost of his chin.
 * Endured a prolonged battle with Savage Hulk.
 * His body did not break when the Hulk used him as a club to destroy his brothers who are just as strong as Korg himself.
 * Took an enraged two-handed punch from World War Hulk that was meant to kill Miek. In the same form, he did this.
 * Took a punch to the face from Wonder Man.
 * Silver Surfer slammed his board to Korg, sending him flying away. He was fine afterwards. Sakaar Silver Surfer was beating the hell out of the Warbound, so this one's quite a legit feat.

X-Factors
Angron= Korg=
 * 1) Experience
 * 2) Brutality
 * 3) Combat Skills
 * 4) Mental Health
 * 1) As the Primarch he is, Angron is well over 1,000 years old and as someone who's lived in the Warhammer 40K universe, he's no slouch at all. To be fair, he never participated in Abaddon's 13th Black Crusade and he didn't get to frequently show up in the current timeline. In fact, he only appeared twice lately and never fought the likes of Necrons, T'au, or the Tyranids (Orks he fought, though). To compensate for his foes' lack of variety, they who he faced were among the strongest beings in the material universe. As an infant, he slaughtered a band of Eldar warriors (mind you, they have energy weapons) who tried to kill him after he had just landed on his planet. Before the Emperor took him, he had already fought thousands of other warriors like him and led his fellow gladiators in a bloody rebellion 'til his ascension. As a Primarch, both loyalist and traitor, he's led his World Eaters on purges across many worlds and came to blows with other Space Marine Chapters. In these skirmishes prior to his ascension to daemonhood, he fought three of his Primarch brothers and such battles could be considered victories for him. He fought with his own Space Marines, as well, and Lorgar (one of his brothers he fought) who actually became his ally and the one who made him a daemon. He didn't fight the Emperor or the Beast, but he sure did slaughter a crap ton of superhumans and Imperial forces. Oh and yes, he also fought with other daemons after his ascendancy.
 * 2) Angron is the most savage Primarch among the Emperor's children and he just spares no mercy to his enemies. Nope. Unless one has a good reason to confront him, expect him to beat the crap out of his own folks. Just ask Kharn the Betrayer. Lucky that guy has plot armor. His Butcher's Nails implants boost his ferocity to levels only attainable to those of daemons and oh hell, all the things he has done. Is he fully unreasonable, though? Nope. He spared those who fought well when he was merely a gladiator on his planet and as mentioned before, Lorgar.
 * 3) Angron's mind is clouded by near-unstoppable rage that luckily doesn't hamper his fighting skills which were refined in his training and battles that number thousands in varying scales on Nuceria. Among the Primarchs, he was rated as one of the most combat-capable Sons of the Emperor and the best in CQC, barring Horus (who's just on another whole new level) and Sanguinus (who is also on another level, just a step below Horus) and that is something since the Primarchs are designed to basically be the best humans ever aside from the Emperor. He could break through entire ranks of Ultramarines and take on numerous enemies with only his melee weapons as well as engaging on single targets with equal or greater strength. He is best in utilizing his axe in-conjunction with his physicality.
 * 4) Angron's Butcher's Nails implants were slowly killing him physically and mentally and only by becoming a daemon could he be free of such torment. Discounting the psychic Primarchs, Angron is the craziest and most maniacal Primarch in the universe. His insanity, however, has no such effect on his battle-prowess. That, is if you also discount the fact that Angron has difficulties in making strategic decisions in real time. Indeed, all Angron does most of the time is to charge at the foe and let the blood flow. This is the reason why Angron didn't know that he only physically won against Leman Russ; Russ got what he wanted and that's a victory for him, and Angron wasn't aware that Russ' Wolves have already surrounded him after their battle. He can fight, but he sucks at looking at the bigger picture.
 * 1) Thanks to the writers' retcon, Korg debuted earlier in the comics as one of the first foes Thor faced in the 60s. After he had crashed on to Sakaar, he teamed up with the Hulk and the Warbound in their effort to overthrow the Red King and later, avenge the destruction of Sakaar and death of Queen Caiera by going to Earth and beating the crap out of their heroes. He's battled the likes of the Thing and Wonder Man, and later when he settled on the planet, the Leader, the eldritch forces of Chaos King, and embarked on adventures in Weirdworld until Weapon H tagged along with Man-Thing and Black Widow against Morgan le Fay.
 * 2) Korg may be a heroic figure but he is not beyond killing. He knows when to kill and when not to kill. That also doesn't mean that he always holds back in confrontations and fights alike. Aside from that, Korg has the usual kill-if-needed perspective instead of the bloodthirsty affliction his opponent suffers from.
 * 3) Korg had the unfortunate experience of charging head-on against Thor in his first time on Earth. Luckily, he had the experience of training as a gladiator on Sakaar and improved his combat skills significantly. When Hulk first arrived without realizing his loss of strength, Korg managed to restrain and defeat him using his skills while their strengths were similar. He is an adept combatant who can use combat moves he learned against stronger enemies, such as when he temporarily put Chaos War Abomination (who's monstrous strength is even beyond Green Scar Hulk) in a headlock.
 * 4) Korg is sane, alright. He isn't crazy, he can think well mid-battle and is willing to fight unclean, and he's cool-headed enough to plan out his next strikes. The only mental problem I can think of is his fear of Thor. Problem is, he's not fighting Thor in this battle.