In the video game landscape, the personification of strength is attributed to the most powerful characters that have existed. While iconic characters like Mario and Sonic are ever present and popular, they don’t exactly scream powerful. The Sony console brand is the apex competitor in the market, and has been so for the last 24 years. What Sony lacks, however, is a permanent mascot. At one point it had seemed Crash Bandicoot would take that mantle, but with the popularity of franchises like God of War taking off, Kratos might fit the bill.
What makes Kratos so popular are his godlike abilities. He mixes this with style that makes his attacks so glorious to watch. The original God of War trilogy showcased thi�❀�s stylistic action to great effect. Although it was amazing to watch, the attacks packed a wallop. Kratos faced enemies like minotaurs, centaurs, and cyclops, all these being regular foes for him to combat.
To up the ante, the following games showed us Kratos battling the Greek Gods themselves. One might have thought he would face some difficulties in bringing down Olympus but Kratos steamrolled throu🌠gh the opposition and caused chaos all over Greece by the time he was done. He has these powers in abundance, and they allow him to finish off any enemy that might be in his way. For Kratos to dispatch his foes, he does make use of a number of weapons and magic. Then there are those powers that he possesses inherent to his nature.
Here are 25 things that make Kratos too powerful.
25 Kratos' Inherent Rage ꦆ 𒅌
It is this rage that drives Kratos forward in all of his quests. His anger over Ares’ betrayal in the original God of War was what drove him to conquer Pandora’s Temple. His rage over the Gods’ betrayal of not taking away his nightmares kickstarted God of War II and resulted in his ending of all of Olympus in God of War III.
Making Kratos angry is the worst mistake his foes could make as once he taps into this rage there is only his mission in his sights. This results in cataclysmic collateral damage as evidenced by the entire world being in ruin by the end of God of War III.
24 ♑ The Blades Of Athena/Exile/Chaos
The trademark weapon of Kratos always makes an appearance in whatever game he is a part of. 2018’s God of War 🧔ultimately featured Kratos’ favored blades as they were too iconic not to be featured.
The blades are synonymous with Kratos’ personality.
Whether it is the Blades of Chaos, Blades of Athena, or Blades of Exile, they burn bright and fierce 𒁏when wielded by Kratos and using these blades is a guaranteed win f🧜or the demigod. Although the chains emblazoned along his arms are meant to signify Kratos’ imprisonment, they are tied to the very blades that have spelled the end of thousands of enemies. He has a variety of movements with these, which look gorgeous in-game.
23 Lonꦡgevity And Experience
Kratos has lived for hundreds of years by the time of God of War II. His new stat🤡us as the God of War ensured he had achieved true immortality. Even before that he had decad🌟es’ worth of experience that made him a skilled general for Sparta.
This experience, coupled with longevity, allows Kratos to be at 🥂his best both in combat and in intellectual situations. There might not be any puzzle he can’t solve or any physical threat he can’t des🧸troy thanks to about centuries’ worth of experience in dealing with all kinds of trials and tribulations. It is also the reason why we never see him facing difficulties in seemingly impossible situations because he’s seen it all.
22 🌸 ♌ Super Strength
Being the son of Zeus would mean instant Super Strength, and Kratos is a supreme level one at that. His feats of strength are stuff of legend. He was able to withstand attacks from gargantuan tit🦹ans and even overpower them. The King of the Gods always came up short when locking horns with Kratos as he never had an answer to his son’s brute strength.
In fact, Kratos ended Zeus by repeatedly clobbering his face.
For someone to des꧑troy the most 🌸powerful God using only his bare hands indicates insane levels of strength. He could also contend with multiple beings at once due to them falling short to Kratos’ pure power.
21 Escaping The Underworld 𒐪Every Time
In each of the original God of War games, Kratos somehow would find himself in the Underworld. It was something of a mandatory requirement for each game to feature this realm and it only added to Kratos’ impressive feats as the Spartan would escape the Underworld each and every time. In God of War III, Kratos himself openly boasts t🅷o Hades that his ates have never been able to hold him.
True to his word, he escaped even on that occasion by end📖ing the life of the God of the Underworld. This effectiv𝓰ely gives him Respawning abilities as if a foe might be successful in finishing off Kratos, the Spartan would inevitably escape the Underworld and return to fight.
20 ﷽ His Immense Will ♚
Although Kratos was shown to be a sad individual who had no control over꧅ the guilt he carried over the demons of his past, he has enormous amounts of willpower. His rag༒e acts as the fuel for this will, and Kratos carries this with him in his missions.
Ultimately, it was this that enabled Kratos to finally forgive himself.
Deep down, he had it in him to forgive his past sins (pretty rich of him when considering he had ganked innocents left and right) and Zeus’ most powerful attack against Kratos–where he had Kratos relive all his guiltiest actions–proved ineffective. His will allowed him to escape the darkness of his soul and continue his path to redemption in 2018’s God of War.
19 The Ad𝔍vanced Durability ♎
Going hand in hand with his Super Strength is Kratos’ durability. It’s a wonder Kratos had no idea he was the son of a God seeing as how he had been able withstand forces the levels of Gods and Tit🧸ans without going splat. He can fight hordes of enemies at once due to his durability sustaining his body and allowing his strength to take advantage. Kratos has withstood blows from Zeus with no scratches left to show signs of defeat.
Most impressively, he survܫived being impaled by the Blade of Olympus–a weapon that brought about the end of the Titanomachy–and lived for several years after that with no long-term effects.
18 The Power Of Hope ꧒
At the end of God of War III, it turned out the reason why Kratos had been able to do away with the Gods without Pandora’s Box’s powers was because he had had the main power of hope within him since opening the box in the original God of War.
This allowed him to withstand the final tactic Zeus had.
Throwing Kratos deep into his psyche to break the Spartan’s spirits proved fruiღtless after Kratos tapped into the power of hope. This power was finally released to the survivors of the ruin from the Gods’ demise and is implied to have led to the reconstruction of the world we know today.
17 Taking Powers To New Heig⭕hts
Between the events of God of War II and God of War III, Kratos had access to the powers of a God. Too bad we never got to see the extent of these abilities or play as Kratos whileಌ he made use of these powers. Had the option been there, we could have had the opportunity to be a megasized God of War laying waste to an entire city.
In the original God of War, the powers of a God were on 𝕴display after opening Pandora’s box, but these were ༺only a fragment of Kratos’ full potential. Like the other Gods, he too would have had reality changing powers.
16 ൩ Expert Archery 🔥Skills
One of Kratos’ lesser touted skills is his expert marksmanship. Of course, there are no guns in his timeline but had there been any there would be no doubt that Kratos would have made an excellent gunslinger or even a sniper. Every time we’ve seen Kratos hold a bow and an arrow (or arrows considering he never runs out of them) he’s always landed right 📖on target.
In 2005’s God of War, Kratos had been bestowed wi💙th Zeus’♌ thunderbolts by the King of the Gods, and he used this power to wrest Pandora’s Box from Ares’ grasp in the climax. Later games had him take charge of bows, which he used with expert precision.