Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-39718735-20200531230734/@comment-38952966-20200608022914

I sort of share your distaste of contextless battles, especially in Jojo since Stands are a reflection of their users and hence intrinsically tied to then in some way.

However, for the sake of a "who's stronger?" battle, we have to try and make it as contextless as possible so as to not give either side a massive advantage or disadvantage. In Jojo especially, almost any Stand can defeat any other Stand if the situation is right (Star Platinum got beat by a fucking rat), which makes versus battles hard. Hence, we make it as controlled as possible. If we want to know who's stronger, the scenario has to be plain.

In general, I think both GER and Made in Heaven are both overestimated by the fans. GER is not all-powerful, it clearly has some limits (even though we don't know exactly what those limits are). Made in Heaven, a Stand that Pucci spent years trying to obtain, was defeated by Weather Report, which is just a normal (if quite powerful) Stand. Star Platinum probably could've beaten it if it had gotten the timing right, though it couldn't do that without Anasui's help.

Since we don't have much information, I tend to give the advantage to GER, as I feel it's more thematically deserving of being "the strongest".