In The Boys, we know that Homelander is just a bully who uses his powers and vast strength to intimidate everyone else in the setting, but he is still much stronger than the other supers despite being shown to be quite skinny and lacking muscle underneath his costume.
The Boys’ supers are able to get stronger through training and creative use of their powers.
Using Homelander’s accomplishments throughout the series of The Boys as a baseline, how powerful would Homelander become if he pushed himself to reach the peak of his potential? Starlight became able to absorb sunlight at the end of season 4, so could Homelander develop tactile telekinesis as an extension of his flight aspect?
How strong would he be?
How fast would he be on the ground?
Would he be able to extend the radius of his heat vision into a wide cone?
How far would he be able to see with microscopic and x-ray vision?
How fast would he be able to fly?
How high would this hypothetical peak Homelander be relative to the scenario compared to before?
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We don’t really have a baseline, so it’s hard to say. Even Invincible we’re told gets stronger as he trains, but it’s not really shown in an real terms other than being able to slug it out with stronger foes.
What I will say is that Homelander will NEVER go through training. Even if you could point to a spreadsheet and explain to him how training would make him stronger, he wouldn’t do it. Homelander is a coward who runs from a fight, he doesn’t push through to a higher level like a Saiyan.
It’s pretty consistent that nobody really trains or develops their powers beyond what they are. The closest we see is A-Train, and that stops being an issue once he stops having a heart condition. Starlight was kinda training last season, but that was mostly learning to fly?