Talk:Blast/@comment-105.105.27.11-20180109203822/@comment-104.48.209.62-20180114222730

The only reason I think 'Blast' is weaker than Saitama is because Bang describes Saitama as the strongest man he's ever seen. Being the third highest ranking hero, I'm pretty sure that Bang has probably met Blast and seen what he is capable of.

That said, I do agree that we still have no way of knowing how strong he truely is. Like @Dontae123000 said, Blast could have been weaker or possibly holding back when he fought Elder Centipede. In fact, I think he probably was holding back while fighting Elder Centipede because he didn't want Tatsumaki to get the impression that he's some immortal or indestructible being. If she saw him instantly kill such a powerful creature, she might have lost all of her motivations to grow stronger. Her competitive nature would be completely destroyed by seeing someone so powerful that she knew it would be impossible for her to grow stronger than him. She would develop an inferiority complex like her sister and lose quite a bit of her tenacity in battle, if she even decided to become a hero in the first place.