God tier · Cosmic
Trigon vs Zeus
The King of Olympus has always feared being overthrown. Tonight a demon comes to do it.
Tale of the tape
| DC | Universe | God of War |
|---|---|---|
| Cosmic | Tier | Cosmic |
| Demonic power that has conquered countless worlds and dimensions | Strength | Lightning that splits the sky and the power of the King of Olympus |
| Bound by mystic seals and his own daughter | Weakness | Paranoid fear that his own child will overthrow him |
| 2–2 | Record on Versus | 1–2 |
The Arena
Trigon opened a portal at the summit of Mount Olympus, and the marble halls of the gods began to burn. Zeus rose from his throne, lightning crackling in both hands, his white beard blowing in the fire-heated wind. He had faced Titans and his own murderous son. He had never faced anything like this.
“Who dares invade Olympus?” Zeus thundered. Trigon looked down at the King of the Gods with four burning eyes. “I am Trigon. I have conquered gods greater than you, old man, and fed their thrones to my fires.” Zeus raised his hand, and a bolt of lightning the size of a river came down from the sky.
It struck Trigon full in the chest. Trigon smiled.
Round One
Zeus called down lightning again and again, each bolt enough to destroy a city. Trigon walked through them, his skin scorched, his antlers glowing, and swatted Zeus off his throne with one enormous hand. The King of the Gods crashed through three marble columns and rose, bleeding golden ichor.
He grew to the size of a mountain, matching Trigon, and the two giants grappled at the summit of Olympus, shattering temples and statues beneath their feet. Zeus was strong, ancient and furious. But Trigon had fought and conquered for longer than Olympus had existed.
The other gods of Olympus watched from the ruins of their halls. None of them stepped forward to help.
The Turn
Trigon did what he does best. He reached into Zeus’s mind and found his deepest fear: the prophecy that a son would overthrow him. He showed Zeus the face of Kratos, ash-white and furious, standing over his broken body. He showed him every god of Olympus turning away, refusing to save him.
Zeus’s lightning faltered. His paranoia, the fear that had driven him to betray his own son, rose up and overwhelmed him. He looked around at the other gods, watching from the ruins, and saw only traitors. “You,” he shouted at them. “You brought this upon me!”
He turned his lightning on his own family. Trigon laughed, and the sound shook the foundations of Olympus.
The Finish
While Zeus raged at his own family, Trigon struck. He grabbed the King of the Gods by the throat, lifted him off the summit, and drove him down through the floor of his own throne room, through the mountain, until Zeus lay broken in a crater beneath Olympus, his lightning extinguished.
Trigon stood over him, enormous and burning. “Your fear did my work for me,” he said. “It always does.” He took Zeus’s throne and sat on it, his four eyes surveying the ruined halls of Olympus and the terrified gods within them.
Somewhere far below, in the depths of the underworld, an ash-covered Spartan felt the shift in the balance of power and opened his eyes. Trigon did not notice. He was too busy enjoying his new throne. That, as Zeus could have told him, is exactly how it always begins.
The verdict
Trigon wins
Zeus is the King of Olympus with lightning that destroys cities, but Trigon is a demon who has conquered countless dimensions, and his mind attack turns Zeus’s paranoia against his own family.
- CorruptionTrigon exploits Zeus’s fear of being overthrown.
- Power scaleTrigon has conquered gods across countless dimensions.
- Divided enemyZeus turns on his own family mid-fight.
How the rematch could go differently: A Zeus who kept his head and fought alongside the united gods of Olympus could drive Trigon back through his portal.
Who do you think wins?
Who would win in a fight between Trigon and Zeus?
Trigon wins. Zeus is the King of Olympus with lightning that destroys cities, but Trigon is a demon who has conquered countless dimensions, and his mind attack turns Zeus’s paranoia against his own family.