Talk:Thanos VS Darkseid/@comment-97641-20181214203159

Darkseid's victory appears to depend on his two most iconic and OP tools; The Antil-Life Equation (mind control) & Omega Effect/Beams (disintegration).

Magical items like the Metron Emblem and cosmic energies like the Speed Force were both able to resist the Anti-Life Equation: so the Mind Stone alone should be able to block Darkseid's mind control attempts. Thanos does have some degree of mind control resistance and 'willpower', so even without the IG it is maybe possible for Thanos to resist the A-LE.

Since nonmagical characters like Superman and Doomsday have survived the Omega Beams, and characters like Imperiex have overshadowed Darkseid in power, it would make sense that Thanos (especially with the Power Stone) would be invincible enough to at least survive a hit from the Omega Beams.

And while Darkseid has shown some reality warping abilities; it's not as extreme as Mr. Mxyzptlk (a reality warper confirmed to be '2 tiers of infinity' in power) and so it is likely that the Reality Stone can at least match Darkseid's reality warping. Mr. Mxyzptlk (and Emperor Joker who has 99% of Mr. Mxyzptlk's power) dominated Darkseid multiple times.

I know both Darkseid and Thanos fairly well, and yet I see that Darkseid under the best case scenario (assuming plot armor, cheating, prep-time, buffing/nerfing is not a factor and the battlefield is a neutral location; like Earth) can only match Thanos' powers and abilities. I think Thanos will win or stalemate with Darkseid 99% of the time.

The only scenario where Darkseid might win is if he somehow managed to get Thanos to a dimension where the IG will not work; and that tactic can be countered as Thanos has dimensional gadgets other than his IG that allow him to return to a neutral battlefield to regain control of the IG.

As for stealing the IG; Darkseid was confirmed in a crossover to be unable to use the IG (due to being a DC character, as the IG only works with Marvel characters). Also: Thanos' Space, Time and Mind Stones can both predict and counter characters attempting to teleport, outflank, ambush, outrun or outsmart him.

And as for the whole 'Thanos is only universal, Darkseid true form is multiversal' argument; Thanos has defeated multiversal gods and Darkseid's true form was still defeated by Superman, who isn't even magical.