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If Worthy Captain America had Hulk's strength, would he have fared better against Thanos in the final battle?


Let's ignore the fact that Hulk was knocked out with only 11 strikes. If you're going to draw it out, forget about the fact that their battle lasted maybe 2 minutes.

The Hulk is the only member of the Avengers who has ever genuinely moved Thanos. Thanos was fully armoured, as witnessed during his battle with the Big Three at the end of Endgame. I don't care if Wanda snatched him up with her powers or not.

Thor and Thanos engaged in a strength-based combat. Thanos was only using one arm and holding Stormbreaker and Mjolnir, but Thor was using both arms and wielding both Stormbreaker and Mjolnir. Thor was still unable to gain any ground against him. (Moving the actual person is not the same as pushing his arm.)

Thanos was knocked back around 3 feet into a rock by Iron Man's jackhammers.

Spider-Man made Thanos flinch but didn’t truly move him.

Using the power of lightning Thor and Captain America were able to knock Thanos down and move him.

Again, Hulk is the only one that was actually able to manhandle Thanos.

With his initial hit, Hulk pulled Thanos into the air. This was Hulk launching a surprise attack on Thanos.

Remember that this isn't what the question is asking for:

(Yes, I know that’s Bucky Cap, that’s not the point.)

The question is asking for this:

But with the Hulk's power and speed.

So, as I already stated, Thanos has been fighting Captain America up to this point. He's used to fighting a small, frail creature who can be easily smacked. Suddenly, that fist is in excruciating pain. He can no longer simply push the human away, and the Human's strength is now comparable to his own.

Cap is now a considerably better fighter than Hulk has ever been in the MCU (and if we compare them in the comics, Cap is still the better fighter, but the gap isn't as huge).

Could Captain America have defeated Thanos?” becomes the question.


And, to be honest, I believe the answer is yes. Thanos was only able to regain control of the situation because he was able to disarm Captain America:


With Hulk's strength and speed, catching a blow from Cap wouldn't be easy, and more crucially, there's no way to disarm him at this point. When Cap has that strength boost, Thanos can't merely take away his power. So, if Thanos tries and succeeds in catching that right, he'll have to cope with a near-indestructible Vibranium shield being slammed into his head with the strength of the Hulk behind the strike.

If he is striked with the edge of the shield, Thanos is in a lot of pain because it just slashed through him.

Even if it's the face of the shield, he'll be thrown off.

Keeping the scene in prespective, Cap would be fighting Thanos to death before he could react to Sam's voice in his earpiece. Iron Man and Thor would be regaining consciousness and joining the fight while Cap's beating the shit out of Thanos.


After turning Thanos into wine, Dr. Strange and crew arrive just in time to discover a dead Thanos with Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man sitting alongside him breathlessly.

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