User blog comment:Killermoves/Superhero Space War! Green Lantern vs X-O Manowar/@comment-3189283-20200115114353

Let’s see shall we

Offensive Powers

What he have here is a classic case of power vs versatility. Hal has a clear advantage in just what he can create, he’s only limited by his imagination and can apply his power in a number of creative ways. The constructions he can make are also pretty powerful especially the energy blast which has the capability of destroying planets. Aric meanwhile has way fewer options but he makes up for this by having them be way more powerful, doing universe level damage which is several leagues above the peak of Hal’s feats. Granted all his constructions probably don’t do that much damage but the point is he can reach that level. His Shanhara can also create a blade which can block and direct energy attacks which will be useful against Hal’s signature attack. Aric is also clearly much stronger than Hal so if it ends up in a physical fight he has the advantage there as well. Hal may have more versatility in how he uses the ring in combat but it just doesn’t compare to the raw power of Aric’s more limited arsenal.

Edge: X-O Manowar

Defensive Power

In terms of actual defensive ability I have the give the edge to Hal. Much like his offensive powers his defensive constructions are only limited by his imagination and this gives him way more options with which to defend himself with. Unlike with the offensive powers however it seems as if his defensive options are on a similar level powerwise to Shanhara’s protective properties and because of this the greater options he has to defend himself are a bigger advantage. However Shanhara does provide a better healing factor because of it’s passive healing and also gives him a load of other passive abilities because of it’s senses, granted none of which help to physically defend him but are useful nonetheless. Still I have to give the advantage to Hal because of the variety his ring gives him in terms of how he defends himself.

Edge: Green Lantern

Miscellaneous

Well Hal’s telepathy is going to be useless so let’s just ignore that. Speedwise Hal has the edge because as far as I’m aware hyperspace speed is faster than the speed of light. So that leaves Hal’s Matter Manipulation vs Aric’s Enemy Control. Matter Manipulation seems a bit broken if you ask me as is there anything to stop him merely turning Aric into dust and ending the battle instantly? Now to be fair I don’t think Hal would actually do that but he still has the ability to manipulate matter at his will which is exceptionally powerful. Aric’s enemy control seems pretty good but he’s not exactly going to be able to stick it onto Hal when he can move faster than him, can create big massive green shields to protect himself or I dunno use his matter manipulation to just turn it into something harmless.

Edge: Green Lantern

Weaknesses

And just when he was starting to get back into this fight Hal gets shot back down again with two massive weaknesses. Not being able to defend against or attack yellow objects wouldn’t be a problem if he wasn’t going against a guy wearing a suit that is mostly yellow. Hal is already struggling to match Aric in terms of raw power to begin with and having the damage he can do nullified is a massive problem and would force him to use large amounts of power just to do some damage. And this leads directly into his next weakness, the Ring does not have infinite power. Hal is going to be using up lots and lots of it’s stored power just to use attacks that can harm Aric and the ring will quickly be depleted meaning Hal will constantly have to stop and summon his green lantern to recharge it, leaving him vulnerable. Aric’s weaknesses are much less pronounced, sure Shanhara can be crippled by continuous powerful attacks but it’s built in resistance to the Ring’s constructs means that is not likely to happen and at any rate it will have time to recover when Hal inevitably runs out of power and needs to be recharged.

Edge: X-O Manowar

Final Verdict

So yeah after that edge it should be obvious that I’m voting in favour of Aric. Hal’s weaknesses are simply too debilitating for this match with the weakness against yellow making the Ring’s depleting energy supply even more pronounced. Even with that aside he simply isn’t operating on the same level as Aric in terms of attack power and that also nullifies the advantage he has defensively as Aric can hit harder than his constructs can take. To make matters worse Hal is noted to not even be all that creative which makes the Ring’s one big advantage over Shanhara not even that relevant as Hal doesn’t have the creativity to use it to it’s fullest. His only real saving grace is his matter manipulation but even then his lack of creativity limits the possibilities of that as well. I’ve barely talked about Aric himself in this closing paragraph because it’s not so much him winning this match as it is Hal losing it.

X-O Manowar: 4,000

Hal Jordan: 1,000