User blog comment:Appelmonkey/Maui (Moana) vs. Hercules (Hercules)/@comment-4392864-20171210002733

I think I see what's happening here You need a Hero!

It's fun watching Demigods duke it out! Someone pass the popcorn! Thank you!.

Maui has done a lot of stuff, but give Herc some credit here, because, if the Disney TV Cartoon series is cannon with the movie, the son of Zeus helped a lot of heroes, long before he himself became famous.

Now, all I've seen of Moana is the odd clip here and there, and it has been years since I've seen Hercules - need to check those out of the library, or watch them on Netflix, or something, but here's my take on this.

If Maui is to use his powers to their full potential, he needs his hook, or else he can't transform, and he did show that he was a little out of practice with using it - see the song Shiny for what I'm talking about here - but even without those, he's still pretty damn tough.

Herc, well, let's face it, all he has going for him is his strength, but he has proven to be pretty smart, comes up with good plans on his feet, and is pretty tough himself.

Now, let me have a chat with two of these guy's foes, Hades and Tamatoa.

Hades: You Are Wearing His Merchandise!

Tamatoa: He's having trouble with his look. Ow! Get the hook! Get it?

(One brief fight later)

Okay - I'm going to give this to Herc. Even without god-like strength, like with his fight with the cyclops, he has proven to be a good fighter, and doesn't need any fancy tricks to win his fights, like Maui does. Still, Maui is a tricky one, and won't go down easily.