Powerful enough to make Thanos look like your high school bully.
And I’m not exaggerating, despite both Hela and Thanos being Galactic Warlords, they operate on completely different scales.
Just look at their age difference. While Thanos is around 1,000 years old, Hela is older than all of the Asgardians who currently exist. And keep in mind most Asgardians can live up to 5,000 years.
She single-handedly wiped out the entire Valkyrie force, which is utterly mindblowing. Taking down even one Valkyrie is an incredibly difficult task (something Loki couldn’t accomplish).
And remember, Loki went toe to toe with Thor himself.
What makes this feat all the more spectacular is that the Valkyrie who defeated Loki was barely sober.
Even when Thor unlocked his true powers, Odinson stood zero chance against Hela’s awesome might.
And we’ve seen how destructive Thor’s lightning can be.
Oh yeah, did I forget to mention how after being imprisoned for thousands of years and facing untold ordeals, Hela still managed to destroy Mjölnir like it was a piece of glass?
This was the same hammer that could tank the Sokovian explosion at point-blank range.
This city-busting explosion knocked out Thor and cracked Vibranium!
Despite all the ordeals Mjölnir went through, it survived without a single scratch.
Even Odin couldn’t permanently stop Hela, and he instead used a form of dark magic to imprison her.
But despite Hela living in a much harsher environment, she ended up outlasting Odin anyways.
How Powerful is Hela?
T.L.D.R.
Hela is the reason Odin conquered the Nine Realms, and she’s also the indirect cause for Asgard’s destruction.
So here’s the answer to “How Powerful is Hela?”
Hella Powerful.
Edit:
So I see that this answer already has over 75 comments, and a lot of these comments seem to be discussing whether Hela could beat Thanos in a fight. So here’s my stand on the debate.
This is what happened when Thanos met Mjolnir.
This is what happened when Hela encountered Mjolnir.
So yeah, no competition there.
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