Kratos vs The Norse Pantheon

[Thane of Fife]

The key thing about Zeus though is that he isn't trained in combat. If Kratos can survive the lightning, it comes down to hand-to-hand and I don't see Zeus faring too well in that. The Norse gods, however, have proven to be quite fond of melee.

Also we aren't powering down the Norse gods to the level of the Greek gods. It's more of a power comparison assuming Kratos is more powerful than the Greek gods and where that puts him against the Norse gods.

Well, while Zeus generally doesn't seem to be that skilled in melee (though he did somehow defeat Kampe before he had his thunderbolts, as well as holding his own along with his fellows for 10 years against the titans), there's no reason why he should ever get there. Even if, somehow, Kratos survives mountain-charring thunderbolts,

[Typhon] cut straight off sections of the torrent-beds, and designed to crush the breast of Zeus which no iron can wound; the mass of rock came hurtling at Zeus, but Zeus blew a light puff from the edge of his lips, and that gentle breath turned the whirling rock aside with all its towering crags.

Zeus should be able to easily force him away.

I am, in principle, arguing that Zeus is more powerful than anyone in the Norse pantheon, and that if Kratos could defeat him, then no Norse deity really stands a chance (not in a direct fight, anyways).