Why is Kratos so physically strong?
As a passionate gamer and content creator who analyzes the God of War games, I can confidently say Kratos‘ extreme physical strength comes from multiple factors working together to make him a demigod warrior without equal.
His Divine Godly Heritage
Being the son of Zeus, the God of Thunder and most powerful Greek god, gives Kratos divine strength surpassing any mortal. In God of War lore, demigods can exhibit varying levels of superhuman abilities based on their divine parentage – and Zeus‘ offspring would naturally inherit great physical power.
Looking at real-world mythological tales, demigods like Hercules performed outrageous feats of strength like holding up the sky for Atlas thanks to being Zeus‘ son. So Kratos likely has comparable birthright power. As a fellow demigod able to battle deities, his strength should reasonably approach divine levels.
Accumulated Blessings and Magic From Other Gods
In addition, Kratos explicitly gains strength and abilities from other gods over his long history of warfare against mythological figures. Defeating the previous God of War Ares allowed him to inherit the title and some associated power. After killing the massive Titan Atlas, Kratos took on his ability to wield incredible strength to carry heavy burdens.
Most impactfully, opening Pandora‘s Box to fight Ares imbued Kratos with powerful magic and physical enhancements from the gods to make him capable of deicide against Olympians. Time and again, victories over other mighty beings allow Kratos to boost his own capabilities.
Estimating Kratos‘ Final Strength Level
Just how strong does all this cumulative divine strength make Kratos? Well, by the end of his Greek saga, he can overpower the Titan Cronos, lift and throw enormous temples, and trade blows with Zeus himself.
To quantify this strength, one striking endgame feat is resisting the full might of the Titan Atlas crushing down on him between two fingers. Estimates put this force at nearly 2 million metric tons! Even demigods get power scaling far beyond anything human.
Decades of Furious Focused Combat Training
On top of his natural gifts, Kratos has simply become an unparalleled combatant through brutal experience spanning centuries. Beginning as a Spartan warrior, then losing his family and becoming single-mindedly obsessed with revenge against the gods, his life is basically non-stop back-to-back battles against mythic foes.
Imagine committing to weeks of strength training, martial practice, and fighting ever-stronger monsters for over a hundred years! Kratos has essentially endured the most extreme military training imaginable for Greek heroes. And his determination to get vengeance for his slain wife and child keeps him focused as sharp as a blade.
Interesting Comparison to Real-World Strongmen
To compare, the world record for the Atlas Stone Lift is lifting a 360 kg (794 lb) stone onto a platform. Strongmen train for years specifically to perform these feats of immense strength. Yet Kratos would find such a weight trivial after literal centuries of combat training and tests of might against the likes of cyclopes, minotaurs and more. His workouts make real-world strongmen seem like casual fitness enthusiasts!
The Spartan Rage
Finally, when pushed to the edge in battle, Kratos can enter the Spartan Rage – sending his strength soaring even higher. This fury-fueled power boost ignores injuries and fatigue to let him go toe-to-toe with beings who should be far beyond him like Zeus.
It‘s essentially a super-charged berserker mode that fits perfectly with Kratos‘ unquenchable rage. The extra muscle likely comes from adrenaline along with the magic he absorbed from Pandora‘s Box. But it puts Kratos‘ physical might on a whole other level compared to his normal form.
Comparing the Spartan Rage‘s Power Multiplication
When looking at real-world examples, hysterical strength from a sudden shot of adrenaline has enabled otherwise average people to lift extremely heavy objects they couldn‘t normally budge. There are stories of mothers lifting vehicles to save trapped children with up to a 6x burst of temporary power!
Given he‘s already a superhuman demigod, we can expect Kratos‘ amp from the Spartan Rage to be even more insane. A 10-20x multiplication to let him trade blows with entities who should logically overpower him makes sense. No wonder he can brutally rip apart gods while in this state!
So in summary, through Kratos‘ divine parentage granting demigod-like strength, the additional magic and boons from multiple gods over years of warring against mythic figures, non-stop combat training focused narrowly on getting revenge against Olympus spanning decades, and the burst of power from the Spartan Rage – Kratos has become a truly unmatched juggernaut. His strength has rocketed far beyond human limits to godly levels; capable of overpowering figures that should dominate him through brute force alone. When you combine extreme talent along with endless fury-fueled motivation and single-minded dedication, it leads to the creation of a warrior the likes of which legends are based around. A man who can kill gods with his bare hands.
