(Pro) Goku Vs (Con) The Hulk

This argument will not make use of the fact that both Hulk and Goku have gone through a long evolution. We will not send SSJ4 Goku against a sleeping Bruce Banner, for then this debate would be useless.What makes sense is to pit the strongest Hulk against a Goku with access to all of his powers and forms. As would befit Goku's character, who loves a good challenge more than anything else.This can also not be a death battle. Goku only kills evil beings, but Hulk has been judged as innocent by Ghost Rider, Spirit of Vengeance, even while waging war on planet Earth. [1] This means Hulk is not innately evil. Besides, within Hulk resides the innocent soul of Bruce Banner, and Goku has repeatedly spared opponents until he had found a way to save entrapped good people inside them. Hulk, on the other hand, will not kill unless attacked and enraged. Both, however, love sparring battles. Hulk as a desire to prove he is the strongest there is. A battle is thus very likely, if both meet on friendly terms. Hulk will not admit a tie. If both opponents are evenly matched, he will just walk away, but that would be a forfeiture in terms of this battle.I will, for all purposes of this debate, grant Goku all powers and forms, but no exterior help. He may use his basic equipment and I will even grant him access to the Dragonballs.The strongest Hulk there is is called "Green Scar" by the people of planet Sakaar, or "The Worldbreaker", and Hulk has been shown to be able to assume this form in certain instances spontaneously, much like Goku can power up to a different form:This form is sentient and controlled, has access to the genius mind of Bruce Banner and is physically charged to the max."This incarnation has extremely high durability, shrugging off attacks that have hurt his other incarnations. He has had training in combat arms, including broadswords, spears, and battle shields, and is a capable leader and strategist. Another source of the Green Scar's strength in comparison to other versions was his lack of inner conflict, if not alliance, with Bruce Banner. [...] Green Scar's base level of strength was dramatically increased. While in a calm emotional state, he is the strongest primary incarnation. [...] the Hulk proved to be resistant to the Professor's psionic effects.[...] At this level, he started to release huge amounts of gamma energy from within his body, devastating New York, and causing quakes across North America. It would have taken but a couple of footsteps from the Hulk to completely destroy the eastern seaboard. If he had not let himself be stopped, then he definitely would [...] have completely destroyed the Earth. [...] The Hulk lived up to his "Worldbreaker" title by destroying a world [...] in the Dark Dimension."[2]Hulks physical power is potentially LIMITLESS, growing exponentially with his also LIMITLESS rage. "In fact, upon actually measuring his power level, the omnipotent Beyonder stated outright that the Hulk's potential strength is intrinsically limitless, with "no finite element inside" [...] Additionally, as the foundation of his phenomenal strength, his rage is also described as being limitless."[2]The Hulk has punched holes into the very fabric of reality, across dimensions [2], which means Goku cannot even hide in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Hulk's enormous jumping power makes him equal to Goku's power of flight. Hulk could easily jump up to God's palace in pursuit of Goku and tear the chamber down.The Hulk has exceptional healing abilities, as he can form body matter from radiation almost instantly, just like his transformation into the Hulk. In one instance, "all of his skin and most of his muscle mass were extracted from his body. He regained his mass and completely healed within seconds". [2]The Hulk also doesn't tire in his rage, he is virtually relentless: "In an enraged state, the Hulk is capable of exerting himself at peak physical capacity for several days before fatigue begins to affect him."[2]Meanwhile, in the Dragon Ball Universe:The God of Destruction Beerus has the potential to destroy the solar system: "But Whis does say at one point in the movie that if Beers is angered, then the entire solar system (taiyou-kei in Japanese) will be wiped out in no time flat." [3]Akira Toriyama, the inventor of Dragon Ball, has personally stated: "I suppose if Beerus’ strength is a 10, [Super Saiyan] God would be right about 6." [4]This gives us a first-hand idea of Goku's absolute power-level for energy attacks.Goku can, however, not access this power all the time: "The only way for Goku to achieve this form is to harness the power of six pure-hearted Saiyans." [5]This would be cheating in terms of this battle, though. Goku's other forms are much weaker in terms of Ki energy."In Dragon Ball GT, Goku [...] lifts half a city while in his Super Saiyan 4 state, though it leaves him panting doing so." [6]This gives us an example of Goku's physical strength limits and his stamina. Overall, there is a lot of panting and sweating going on in Dragonball Z and GT. Goku's great power is quickly exerted.How about his mystical power? Goku can collect the Dragonballs, and they can grant him a wish. Not "any" wish, though: "Shenron can bestow any wish as long as it does not exceed the power of his creator" [7].The creators of the Dragonballs are Namekkian aliens, and while they are powerful, they aren't nearly anywhere as powerful as Goku. So, what the Dragonballs can do to Hulk, Goku could achieve himself. We can thus leave the Dragonballs out of the picture.Hulk's body also resists most transformations, so turning him into a frog for example won't really work. Dark magic powers Hulk up, and he has been reported to dispel or absorb mystic energies. But that's not really relevant, as the creator of the Dragonballs is Dende, a young Namekkian with not too much of power.So, now we know what our combatants can dish out.Let's see what Hulk can take [8]. He was able to withstand a blast of Galactus during the "Secret War", which was during one of his weaker forms. We have learnt that Green Scar Hulk can shrug off attacks that hurt Hulk before. Just how much damage Galactus can deal is seen here: "Galactus has destroyed three star systems in wiping out the Wave" [9].If Hulk can take a blast from Galactus, Goku's strongest attacks have nothing on him.If we look at the evidence, Goku's attacks cannot harm Hulk. Goku may be faster, but he has a tendency to run out of energy really fast, while Hulk will only get annoyed with every attack, making him even stronger. Once Goku has tired, Hulk will finally catch up with him and defeat him.Goku's attacks and other techniques require Ki, and that fades with his exhaustion, to a point where he will just fall unconscious.Goku might want to win by using either borrowed energy, with some variation of his Spirit Bomb [10], but this attack needs time to build up and Goku must be in his base form: without friends to keep Hulk distracted, Hulk would tackle Goku during the preparations and finish the match.Goku could instant-transmit Hulk somewhere, but even this power has a limitation: "the user cannot travel to an area they have never been to unless they can detect someone familiar to them to use as a homing beacon." [11]So, Goku can actually NOT drop Hulk off in a black hole or something. He could strand Hulk somewhere and then abandon the fight, but I would consider that a retreat, and thus forfeiture of the battle. And even if not: The entire "Green Scar" saga was the result of Hulk being dropped off on an alien planet. Eventually, he returned to Earth and almost took the planet apart in his search for vengeance. So, no matter where Goku would take Hulk, it would not mean Hulk's defeat, only a delay of the battle. Only this time, Hulk would be seriously angered, making him even harder to overcome.Basically, the fight will take the same course it took between Beerus and Goku [12]: Goku will eventually run out of power and either declare himself beaten or will be knocked out.Hulk's strength and creative uses thereof, like his "thunderclap" that creates a shock wave by him clapping his hands, combined with his resilience and regeneration, will be more than a sufficient match for Goku. It is thus evident that Hulk has a very real chance to beat Goku, while Goku's powers are basically useless against the emerald giant.Since Hulk also has no weakness against Goku's further equipment like his magical staff, and Hulk has on occasion broken allegedly indestructible objects, we can assume that Goku virtually has nothing on his hands to defeat Hulk.[1]: http://arousinggrammardotcom.files.wordpress.com...[2]: http://marvel.wikia.com...[3]: http://www.kanzenshuu.com...[4]: http://www.kanzenshuu.com...[5]: http://www.comicvine.com...[6]: http://dragonball.wikia.com...[7]: http://dragonball.wikia.com...[8]: http://static.comicvine.com...[9]: http://marvel.wikia.com...[10]: http://dragonball.wikia.com...[11]: http://dragonball.wikia.com...[12]: http://dragonball.wikia.com...