Since some of the other members of this wiki have been making their hot takes, I'll make some of mine
By this point it's a hot take, but GoW has some easy Tier 2 to Tier 1 scaling
Low-level characters & matches are a lot more interesting and entertaining than high-level matches. I personally enjoy more grounded & realistic stories rather than stories that have galaxy or universe-busting characters, and I think that powerscaling characters Tier 6 & below is a lot more interesting & fun
Homelander is more powerful than most people give him credit for, but he's not at all above Tier 8. The most you could argue for is 8-A, but he's definetly not nuke level
The MCU high-tiers could demolish the DCEU high-tiers
(The MCU is faster as well)
Your average human could beat an average dog in a fight & 100 humans could 100% take down a sliverback gorilla
Until "The Week Before" was released, a majority of the FNAF verse was only Athlete - Street level
Walter White >= Light Yagami in intelligence
A xenomorph could beat the Indominous Rex in a fight
Mike Ehrmantraut could beat TV Show Dexter in a fight