Avengers: Infinity War
Just how powerful isStormbreaker , the new weapon Thor earn inAvengers : Infinity War ? The God of Thunder lose his famous power hammer , Mjolnir , in last year’sThor : Ragnarok . But he ’s now gained a weapon truly set for the King of Asgard - and new analysis suggest it may be even stronger than we realize .
The MCU ’s translation of Stormbreaker was forge bythe Dwarf King Eitri , perhaps the last of his people . According to Eitri , this is the strongest artillery the Dwarves ever made for Asgard , craft for kill Thanos himself . improbably , though , Stormbreaker proved capable of resisting the full might of all six Infinity Stones ; in the final battle ofAvengers : Infinity War , Thanos projected a beam plan of attack against Thor , one that flared with the color of all six Stone , but Stormbreaker did n’t even seem to be slacken by the clap .
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Thor may have been unsuccessful in his endeavor to kill Thanos , but that was because ofhis own desire for retaliation , not due to any inadequacy on Stormbreaker ’s part . This is unfeignedly a weapon that could kill the Titan , peradventure even with one reverse . Given that ’s the case , just how hefty is Stormbreaker really ?
Stormbreaker’s Powers in Avengers: Infinity War
All Dwarven weapons are forged from Uru . The MCU has n’t really divulge much about its version of this rare mineral , but in the strip Uru is only recover on Nidavellir . It ’s characterise by a alone capacity to store DOE , peculiarly magic ; that means orphic trance can be bound to Uru , which engross necromancy like a sponge . Mystical exploiter forge a symbiotic bond with an Uru weapon , and many of Asgard ’s not bad warriors use their own distinctive Uru blades , axes , and staff . The MCU ’s version of Uru does appear to be interchangeable to the comics , excuse the powers of Hofund and Gungir in theThortrilogy . This hints at why Stormbreaker may be so powerful inAvengers : Infinity War ; it can take in and manipulate muscularity more efficiently than anything else the dwarf have antecedently forged .
In the case of Stormbreaker , wielding it seems to enable Thor to manipulate the raw cosmic force of the universe itself . He is even able tosummon the Bifrost , creating wormholes that transport the God of Thunder instantaneously across the Realms . Stormbreaker is likely bonded to Thor ’s own power , crunch with his characteristic lightning , allow him to focus and heighten his own instinctive ability . Perhaps the most interesting detail , though , is that Thor was near - dead when Stormbreaker was forged , almost killed by exposure to Nidavellir ’s neutron superstar . Grasping Stormbreaker seems to have accelerate his already impressive innate healing divisor , mean Thor was defend fit within second of oblige the enchanted weapon .
The ultimate demonstration of Stormbreaker ’s power came during the final scenes ofAvengers : Infinity War . Thor threw the arm at Thanos , and the sore Titan assay to forfend it with all the might of the six Infinity Stones . He was unable to do so , and Stormbreaker struck true . That means it ’s potentially more powerful than all six Infinity Stones combined .
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Infinity War’s Stormbreaker Isn’t The Comics' Stormbreaker
retaliator : Infinity Warmay practice the name " Stormbreaker , " but that name is pretty much the only similarity between the MCU rendering and its ostensive laughable book brainchild . In the comic , Stormbreaker is rough equivalent to Mjolnir in power , enchanted by Odin as the weapon favored byBeta Ray Bill .
The Russos appear to have drawn inspiration from another Asgardian artillery in the comics , Jarnbjorn . This was a battle - ax produce by writer Jason Aaron back in 2013 , which in the end replaced Mjolnir as Thor Odinson ’s signature tune weapon . Where Mjolnir was fashion as a natural endowment for Thor , Jarnbjorn was created and enchanted for one specific purpose ; to give the boom God an ultimate weapon , one that could even slay Celestials . Thor himself place a stock fascination upon Jarnbjorn , blessing it with indestructibility . As a event , it ’s even been able to resist energy blasts from Apocalypse , beam that would have destroy any other Uru puppet .
The similarities between the MCU ’s Stormbreaker and the Jarnbjorn of the strip are clear ; both were designed for the specific purpose of toss off a cosmic threat , both seem able to reject even the most devastating energy - free-base attacks . But in resisting the might of the Infinity Stones , Stormbreaker has prove itself superior to anything seen in the comedian before . It really does seem to be the most brawny weapon in the intact MCU to date .
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