Naturally we were bound to see this one fly around the forums but I'm quite intrigued by the prevailing take on it.
Of course, we have no real way of knowing who would win in a fight. We have lore feats for both of them, but nothing solid enough to truly know. Yet the overwhelming consensus seems to be that Rhulk would stomp Oryx, but with very little explanation actually as to why. I want to know why people think Rhulk would destroy Oryx.
Sure Rhulk was behind the hive all along, but that doesn't necessarily make him more powerful than them. Savathun proved that. Xita's fear of him would indicate to me that he must be quite powerful but Oryx too amassed great power in his time.
The other thing people fall back on is Rhulk's one feat of raw power in the lore, tearing the rib from the Leviathan. People act like this is a massive deal, but I'm sceptical that it's as glorious as people say. The Leviathan may have been keeping watch over the worms, but there's no indication that it was what imprisoned them. Nor is there anything to suggest that the Leviathan was some great powerhouse in a fight. On the contrary, we see many examples of it avoiding fights even when they're important. So I'm hesitant to suggest it's some sort of super powerful beast. The other thing I take issue with is Rhulk's version of events, describing the removal as taking a 'mere infinitesimal amount of time', a subjective phrase if I've ever heard one. Especially because Rhulk seems to feel insecure in his position, he just strikes me as the kind of guy to twist the truth in a way that makes him look better. Once again though Xita is his saving grace because she seems to think it was a big deal as well.
Regardless Oryx had a number of comparable feats to this anyway.
Any thoughts on this match up or my take on it? I think it really could probably go either way, but would slightly give Rhulk the edge because he was a capable killer long before the Darkness blessed him with power.
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7 RepliesPower structure. Guardians are vastly more powerful now then when we fought Oryx. Going by that factural measure alone shows the massive power disparity between Orxy and Rhulk. Not only is Rhulk the sole reason for why the Hive are the way they are, Rhulk is also incredibly power as Mara Sov tried to warn us about the dark power within the Pyramid. No, Oryx is powerful to a degree, but when compared to Rhulk? Oryx pales in comparison.