Joining the ranks of the MCU’s deadliest villains in Thor: Love and Thunder is Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), but there’s a question of how just close he’ll be to the power of Hela (Cate Blanchett) and Thanos (Josh Brolin). To some, it would seem that no villain can top the Goddess of Death or the Mad Titan in terms of how they could challenge Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, but there's more to it than that. In fact, the MCU's Gorr the God Butcher could be quite formidable indeed, especially given how Thor is suiting up to fight him in Thor: Love and Thunder.
Hela did wipe out most of the Asgardians with ease and effortlessly destroy Thor’s prized hammer with her bare hand. Even a team-up of Hulk, Thor, Loki, and Valkyrie couldn’t bring her down. Thor had to go as far as letting his ancestral home get destroyed by Surtur just to finish her off in Thor: Ragnarok. And as for Thanos, he trashed the Avengers and erased half of the universe. Even an unprecedented gathering of MCU heroes couldn’t stop him without resorting to another snap with the Infinity Gauntlet.
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Gorr the God Butcher's powers are likewise very impressive, which makes sense given that his prey of choice are high-powered immortals. What sets Gorr the God Butcher apart from the likes of Hela and Thanos, however, is the unique bond he has with his sentient blade, All-Black the Necrosword. This may not make him definitively more powerful than Hela and Thanos, but it does make him an especially dangerous foe. Here's what Thor is up against in the fight against Gorr the God Butcher in Thor: Love and Thunder.
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