Top tier Naaru vs old gods

Actually the Xel’naga specifically come from StarCraft’s “Void.”

Though naturally it’s not the same concept as WarCraft’s Void, its energies are associated with the Xel’naga (Amon especially), the zerg, the Dark Templar and the Tal’darim, while the energies of normal protoss psionics (and arguably humanity’s, albeit in a less developed state) are the inverse “counterpart” to the dark energies of the Void.

Kerrigan was a Xel’naga made of Light(and Ouros filled her with said Light before hand) and Amon mentioned the Light in reference to her despite tauntingly claiming she is not it’s champion.

The Xel’naga are also called the first things in existence just like the Light.

As you said the Void of Starcraft is not the same as the Shadow. Of course The Chronicle states that Light and Shadow are in a realm outside the physical plane.

I’m personally hoping that realm where Light and Void/Shadow formed is StarCraft’s Void and that the Xel’naga are the Light to the Void Lords/Voice in the Darkness(who calls himself the Heart of the Void)'s Shadow!

The Voice in the Darkness isn’t Amon/the Dark Voice(https://starcraft.fandom.com/wiki/Voice_in_the_Darkness_(entity)#cite_note-BPKindregan2010-2) so Blizzard can easily make him into a Void Lord serving as the Shadow to counteract the Xel’naga’s Light.

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Naaru are not fighters, they are hyperspecialized support characters. They have great buff abilities but the defensive stats of a murloc.

Illidan didn’t beat X’era because he’s a plot god, or because she was distracted, he beat her because he’s powerful and she’s a wind chime.

And that’s fine. A being can be important without being a beatstick. It adds texture to the universe if not everything is on the same sliding scale.

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That does fit into the argument that the wind chimes don’t hold a candle to the Old Gods.

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The Old God’s typically seem a fair bit stronger to me. Battling multiple Titan keepers, spawning multiple races, and corrupting the Emerald Dream. The Naaru, while strong, do not seem capable of such massive feats.

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We did fight a Naaru, M’uru, in the Sunwell raid and it is considered one of the harder raid bosses in WoW’s history.

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Well, when the Naaru go darkside they turn into “void gods” right? I’m not sure if a void god is as powerful as the OG, but it took the priest order hall to restrain Saraka (saara). So, I guess it depends on how high your esteem is for the priest order hall is to guess how powerful they are.

K’ara also would have wiped out the Draenei forces at Karabor in Warlords of Draenor, and when turned back to the Light side she wiped me out the Iron Horde instead.

You seem to be forgetting the Maghar unlock scenario, Narru have far more tricks up their chimes than it seems. I wouldn’t call being able to throw armies of people into long term stasis being defenseless.

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When good guys go bad, they always get a massive power boost.

Which evidence, please?

And no one got my reference. I"m sad.

At the least Xe’ra’s descendants:

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Bringer_of_the_Light#Stage_5:_A_Long_Way_Down
Of course Khadgar theorizes that if a descendant could activate Light’s Heart than her creator’s Tears could.
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Goddess_Watch_Over_You

Elune’s Tears activated Xe’ra/Light’s Heart:

https://wow.gamepedia.com/In_the_House_of_Light_and_Shadow

Illidan would have single handedly stopped the horde, and if he was present I highly doubt any demon hunters would fight against him.

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