How does the LK go from being able to resist and defy Yogg-Saron, a literal Old God and still become the top dog of Northrend to getting punked by Sylvanas with the greatest of ease simply because she draws power from some mysterious entity who is somehow far above even that?
Does this not reek of terrible writing to anyone else? There just happened to be some entity chained up in the Shadowlands that puts the Old Gods to shame, the primary threat to Azeroth since pretty much forever.
I don’t buy the notion that Arthas was somehow vastly more powerful than Bolvar as the LK, I Just don’t see it. The LK is supposed to be horrifically powerful no matter what.
Thanks, I hate it.
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agreed as it seems like with the majority of people on the forums, they took one of their most powerhouse characters that’s been an icon since wacraft 3: TFT and pretty much embarrassed him and ended his story out of no where for no reason, i don’t think sylvannas even showed any signs of being powered up outside her regular banshee powers (which the lich king gave him)
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Arthas was more powerful than Bolvar, largely due to Frostmourne. Not a great explanation, but it ultimately makes sense.
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Yeah, just a dues ex power up.
I mean, they confirmed he wasn’t as strong. Doesn’t have Frostmourne. Lost a bunch of souls. Weaker/lesser control of the Scourge than Arthas had because of the transition to the position.
sylvanas is getting her power from the maw i think, and the maw has been sucking up all the anima leaving the other realms starved. the lich king draws from maldraxxus which is one of the starved realms in the shadowlands
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1.) Sylvanas grew in power as souls were feed to the Maw.
2.) Bolvar has been focusing his powers on holding the Scourge back. So he was more defense over offense.
3.) Bolvar is not Arthas, who actively set the Scourge out on the world as offense.
4.) Bolvar is not Arthas, who was way cooler and more skilled.
5.) Lich King is a title and Bolvar is far weaker than Lich King Arthas.
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Arthas was instantly defeated when Frostmourne was broken.
That should give you a hint of how much of a factor the sword was to his power.
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uther almost killed arthas when he knocked the sword out of his hand, but the sword magicked its way back into his hand.
If Frostmourne was so insanely powerful why didn’t Bolvar reforge it and wield it himself?
Because his goal was never to amass power.
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Yeah I’m going to have to agree with the others who said it was the sword. All the crown does is give you command of the scourge which is powerful sure, but if someone gets the drop on you alone or can defeat your minions with no Frostmourne and no armor you’re just a warrior with a fancy hat.
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Cause the players killed yogg
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Yeah sylvanas won bolvar is weaker and i think she could have beat arthas i am only made they mad it a complete cutbstomp
Bolvar is a fancy hatrack compared to Arthas with frostmourne. Now that the crown has been destroyed it looks like death knights are getting an interesting character to be more present going forward.
I don’t know Bolvar’s story very good but compared to Arthas; 1 he clearly used the crown to restrain it’s purpose, 2. Helm is a creation of necro power and guess what, Sylvanas seems to have allied with one, if not the One death entity with a Lot of Death power.
Half of the Lich’s power is nullified by that, as you can see when he tries to smash her.
Not to mention Sylvanas is a badarse personality, Bolvar is proly tired at this point.
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I’m really not sure what the problem with this is. The Old Gods were already power-crept by the Titans, Void Lords and Burning Legion. It’s not really surprising there are multiple things stronger than them.
They’re basically just big shouty meat seeds.
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Guess the Deathlord who wields frostmourne then is more of a match for Sylvanas.
Hopefully DK’s can reforge it back to its orignal form with the Forge in Shadowlands.
Arthas had Frostmourne, a sword so powerful id argue it rivaled the helm of domination in power. Arthas had both, Bolvar has just the Helm. Id estimate Bolvar was only around 60% as powerful as Arthas was.
Frostmourne helps, but most of his power actually comes from the souls he consumes.
As he devoured more and more souls, he only grew in power as the individual undead under his control gave him “much needed nourishment”. Thus, his powers began growing at an exponential rate; a fact that the dreadlords were well aware of.
Illidan’s spell had caused this crack to worsen and now the Lich King’s powers were rapidly seeping out like blood from an open wound
Arthas was losing power as well — his powers came directly from the Frozen Throne, through his blade Frostmourne
Key things to point out is that Frostmourne acted as a conduit for the souls trapped in the Frozen Throne, and Arthas could tap into that power. When the two of them merged, that raw power would go straight into Arthas instead (Ner’zhul was a disembodied spirit and couldn’t physically contain the souls).
Keeping all that in mind I very much doubt Bolvar has been actively consuming souls to increase his power.
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