How Powerful Is Artakha Compared To The Great Beings

[Dorkpool]

We know that Artakha is powerful, and that Great Beings are powerful. We also know that another powerful being, Tren Krom, was killed by a Great Being.

So how powerful and intelligent is Artakha compared to the Great Beings?

[Pomegranate]

There is no way to know, cause Artakha never exhibited any "power" for us to measure, and neither did any Great Beings.

 

I would have to say that logically, Artakha can't possibly be smarter than the beings who created him. He might be more powerful just on the virtue of being mostly mechanical, which would be a great advantage if the GBs are mostly organic.

 

The only thing we can do is speculate about it, cause there's no way to support anyone's claims and ideas with actual evidence. They're both builders? I'd be more interested in finding out who is the better creator, Artakha or the GBs. Could Artakha have made/planned the MU if he had the need/resources, if their places were reversesed?

[Adventurer]

Why can't he be more intelligent than those that made him? :s

 

That being said I imagine he'd be on a lesser power level, however given his speciality - innovation and creation is the same as that of the Great Beings typically he could possibly be viewed as a "lite" Great Being, or perhaps even an improved one. I'd tend to believe the former is more likely however - but the mask of creation could be powerful enough to give him some sort f edge in that respect (remember the Ignikas power was dangerous even to the Great Beings and the mask of creation would have comparable capabilities and power levels).

[Banana Gunz]

The Great Beings would blink and Artahka would turn to dust.

 

Just kidding!   To be honest, I'm not sure. Considering Artahka was made by the Great Beings, they should know how to shut him down/overpower him. I don't believe the Great Beings really had any particular powers, but their minds were so powerful they would know how to take care of things very easily.

 

But, like was said, we don't know exactly either of their powers so there's no exact way of telling, but I doubt the Great Beings would create something they have no idea how to stop (never mind, been there, done that  ).

[Toa Smoke Monster]

I would say that the Great Beings would be stronger, but that would just be my personal opinion. I say this because I don't think the GBs would make too many beings or objects that had more power than them. (With the Ignika being an exception.) But as others have stated, we don't know the full extent of either of their powers, so it really hard to say who is stronger overall.

[bonesiii]

It's just not a matter of how powerful the Great Beings are, it's more about what powers (or really tech) they may or may not have, and their ingenuity in using it (situational nature of "who would win"s). Plus, the Mask of Creation makes Artakha about as powerful as he imagined, if he can make tech to do what he wants. (And the Great Beings may essentially be similary, albeit through more conventional means.)

[V-N]

Artakha fought Karzahni for possession of the mask of creation. He of course won; though we don't know by how much. Karzahni proved to be fallible, so if he was able to give Artakha actual competition, then I would say Artakha isn't that powerful- perhaps on the level of Makuta, or probably a bit above. Teridax didn't seem to have trouble dispatching Karzahni (though he was mentally ill at the time).

 

Also, the raid on Artakha's island by Kojol was successful enough to breach the fortress. Kojol himself went in and retrieved the Avohkii. Now, the Brotherhood of Makuta had surprise going for them, and we don't have any evidence that Artakha fought personally, but I assume that if he had the power to stop the raid, he would have done so. You would also think he would have done more to stop Teridax if he was that powerful.

 

Though the above displays some of the limits of Artakha's power (albeit with holes in some of the argument), we still don't know all the abilities of Great Beings. However, Velika easily killed Tren Krom, who in turn easily man-handled Mutran, a Makuta- a being I just speculated is just a little less powerful than Artakha. By that logic, a Great Being should be able to take down Artakha.

 

Intelligence is hard to discern, but the Great Beings have been shown to be very mortal in that regard. I don't see reason why Artakha couldn't stand up to them.

Edited August 8, 2014 by V-N

[fishers64]

That's like saying what would happen if EP and the Ignika had a face off. 

 

 

I would put a vote for Artakha, simply because he has a legion of highly inventive Matoran to help him out.