Quote Originally Posted by Psyren View Post
He's not alone though. Even without any Stones he has his fanatical Children - and Ebony Maw at least seems to be on par with if not superior to Stephen Strange, who magically manhandled Loki with ease. And he's just one of them - Cull, Proxima, Corvus etc are as strong as Asgardians if not stronger. This also helps to explain why he was confident enough to hand stones around to other villains, he knew he'd have no trouble getting them back. Hela would be pretty outmatched I'd say.
He does, but only Ebony Maw is worth considering, as all the rest die quite rapidly to an insane storm of blades. Consider the fight against the Valkyries. Arguably, the one surviving Valkyrie is roughly on par with Thor. The two don't seriously duke it out, but they seem to consider each other at least rough equals. Hela solos a few dozen of them at once.

While she does prefer to solve problems with a *lot* of stabbing and weapon conjuration, that's clearly not the limits of Hela's capabilities. She's got the magical mass resurrection spell on tap when needed, and she's quite familiar with magical items and even infinity stones, as shown by her tour of Odin's vault. Magic isn't a showstopper for her the way it might be for others that rely solely on brawn.

Being able to catch and destroy Thor's hammer is also a pretty significant feat that may be as much magic as it is force. She also tanks Thors lightning without effort. She can probably go head to head with Ebony Maw and not break a sweat. The MCU wiki actually lists her as immortal so long as Asgard exists.

It does seem likely that she's utterly connected to Asgard, and destroying it is clearly game over for her. That's definitely one of the reasons the stones can swing things. That said, she does prioritize the Eternal Flame over even an Infinity Stone, so it may be at least an equally powerful magical artifact(and more suited to her abilities). Given her access to one stone and the Eternal flame, she can probably take Thanos, Ebony Maw, the entire army....even with a stone or two, depending on which one and the exact nature of the fight.