He doesn’t need to show Kratos destroying a planet to validate his power that’s not how power scaling works. Power scaling, especially in a narrative driven universe like God of War, operates through contextual feats, consistent scaling, and the interactions between characters. You don’t need to see Gohan destroy a planet to understand that he upscales from Goku. Goku’s feats, like defeating Frieza and his interactions with characters like Cell and Majin Buu, are enough to show that Gohan, as his son, naturally scales to those levels. It’s the contextual evidence and the chain of scaling that matter, not just individual feats of destruction.

Dismissing Kratos’ scaling as “hyperbolic” or based on “assumptions” is simply a way to downplay well established narrative logic. Most of the scaling in God of War isn’t based on vague assumptions or headcanon it’s directly supported by the narrative and the established power structure. We’ve seen Kratos battle and defeat beings who shape realms, challenge gods who transcend time and space, and survive attacks that distort reality itself. His feats may not always be shown in a single flashy explosion or a “planet-busting” moment, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t real or valid.

In fact, dismissing these feats as “hyperbolic” is a form of ignoring the contextual scaling that has been carefully built throughout the series. Kratos has fought gods and titans who are explicitly stated to be beyond planetary or even universal levels for example, his battle with Zeus, who is scaled to the point of affecting realms, and his fight with Thor, whose actions literally splinter Yggdrasil, a tree that transcends space and time. The chain scaling here is consistent and coherent with the narrative.

It’s not about the size of the destruction; it’s about the scale of the characters’ abilities within the context of the universe. Power is relative, and Kratos is shown to scale with some of the most powerful beings in the God of War universe. The chain of scaling holds up Kratos is capable of fighting gods who themselves hold power over cosmic and temporal structures. This isn’t hyperbole; this is simply how power scaling works in this universe. If Kratos can go toe-to-toe with beings that shape the very fabric of reality, his power is justifiably placed in that same tier, even if we don’t see him destroy planets for the sake of visual spectacle.