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[MCU] Was Thor stronger than pre-gauntlet Thanos?

I was re-watching Infinity War these days, and I could not help but notice that when Thor and Rocket meet the dwarf Eitri,  he immedially demands explanations from Thor, because in his words *"You were supposed to protect us. Asgard was supposed to protect us.*

Multiple lore channels and reddit posters have stated the reason Thanos never gathered the stones before Infinity saga was because Odin was alive. 

Making a move on the stones would mean getting killed by Odin, thus.

The fact Thanos never went to Eitri's helm or made a move on the Stones prior to the Allfather's death points to Odin actually bring stronger than Thanos. There's no sound reason for Thanos to wait until the All-Father is dead, unless he knew Odin could defeat him.

In Ragnarok, Odin states Thor is stronger than himself. Right afterwards, Thor is able to tap into the Thorforce/Odinforce (whatever is the thing that actually turns his eyes blue and his godmode on) and lighting bolt the fuck out of Hela, who, in fact, is stronger or or the leven with  Odin.


Following this logic, and Eitri's statements, I gather that Thor was **more than a match** for Thanos, in his regular self.

However, by the time they fought, Thanos had the stones, hence why Thor lost in their first encounter (plus he had just fought a rebellion, a battle against Hela, getting stabbed and losing an eye).

Another reinforcement point to this theory is that once Thor gets Stormbreaker and instant acess to his Odinforce/Thorfoce, he not only can decimate Thanos army single-handedly, but could throw Stormbreaker so hard that it **beat the combined power of all infinity stones** and shunk into Thanos chest .

In lieu of the presented facts, what do y'all think? 

Makes sense? Or is Thanos simply OP & Marvell dummy thicc inconsistent?
gpt
Thor has never been stronger than Base Thanos. For one the notion that Thanos avoided Odin is largely unfounded. According to the Russos, Thanos waited to collect the stones, because he wanted to know the location of every one to gather them in one fell swoop. 

Additionally, Odin’s statement of Thor being stronger than he was is most likely figurative. Especially considering Odin was able to defeat Prime Surtur, who one shot Hela, a being that Thor’s most powerful lightning blast “did nothing” to. 

The Russo brothers stated Stormbreaker overpowered the power of the combined infinity stones because it was designed specifically to counter the power of the Gauntlet, not because it or Thor was more powerful than the stones. 

Not only that, but Thanos stomped Thor in Endgame. While many people blame this on Thor being out of shape, the Russos have stated that Thor was the strongest he had ever been at that point.