Re: Best 5 vs Mereum
I mean this topic is fun to think about but I too honestly believe that there're no combination of nen users/strategies that can take down Meruem. He is simply too strong.
As mentioned before, there is no single nen user that can inflict any type of serious damage on Meruem. It is evident that even Netero's Zero barely scratched the guy. So strength based Nen users such as Uvogin and Phinks are out of the picture.
Second of all, Mereum is extremely fast, almost matching the speed that of Netero's Kanon fists.
So there you have Meruem with extreme defense, sheer attack power, and speed. I guess the only other way to go is through some type of special Nen ability.
Super Gon is probably the closest of a threat to Meruem, but I don't think that means he could beat Meruem. The only battle we see of Meruem vs Netero, and the whole time Meruem looked at it as a handicapped game, he never had the intention to kill Netero. Someone mentioned earlier that Super Gon pretty much one-hit Pitou, but so can Meruem - remember when he tore his own arm off, and Pufu kept asking Meruem to heal, otherwise he wished to die? Meruem said "Come here, I'll grant your wish with one clean hit.". So yeah, what I'm trying to say is that we have never seen Meruem tried at all, so it's difficult to assess his full power (even at pre-rose).
Knuckle's ability seems suiting, but how long would it take in order to completely deplete Mereum's aura? I'm guessing forever? At least not long enough before Mereum kills every single person in the combat. And even if you do, I'm guessing even without Nen, Meruem is still strong with his sheer physical strength.
Mel's invisibility is great, but it needs to work with someone. Le'ts say Kurapika's judgement chain, this seems feasible (even though lame), but even though I doubt Kurapika's nen capacity is strong enough to overpass Mereum's existence (in the Nen world, you can bend the rule, but can't break it, i.e.: you can make a very very sharp blade, but not a blade that can cut through ANYTHING), but let's say if Kurapika's chain does work on Mereum and that assuming if Mereum truly dies if his heart explodes, all he had to do is simply follow Kurapika's order, then he's still alive. (but with Mereum's attitude he'd probably NOT follow the order and die, lol)
Chrollo's book is great, at least teleport will be somewhat helpful to help dodge attacks or escape, but not for a long while because Meruem will soon find out Chrollo is annoying and just kill him off.
I can't think of anyone else at the moment, it's been too long since hiatus...
All in all, I do think Meruem (1.0 or 2.0) is invincible, he is probably the best villain in my list - because despite the cliche of being the extreme power being that he his, he's showed development in his personality, his intelligence and sense of pride, and of course most importantly the development with Komugi. I think I liked HxH so much more just how this whole Meruem character and the entire arc played out, so again hats off to Togashi!
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