Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32194762-20170604192413

I originally posted this in the wrong section.

There is a chart that says the five calamities are a higher danger ranking than the Chimera Ants, which makes one think that there must be creatures on the Dark Continent capable of easily decimating the Chimera Ants. However, I feel people are missing out on a couple of things.

One, it's likely that she was referring to Chimera Ants in general, the 2mm sized ones capable of swarming and devouring massive creatures.

Two, The Queen Chimera Ant that started the hive was stated to be irregularly large. Multiple times she was stated to be a mutant of exceptional member derived from the species. It's likely that Chimera Ants on the Dark Continent don't survive long enough to get that big, and if they do they are eaten or killed.

Three, not only was this Queen an exception of her race, she gave birth to very exceptional children. She had eaten hundreds upon hundreds of humans as well as Nen users. That's why this breed of Ants is so powerful. Humans also have incredibly high nutritional value.

We should also take into consideration that a couple of Hunters that survived in the Dark Continent came back saying that it was very "man vs. Nature" there. They also could hardly handle themselves against the Royal Guards and the King himself (it's good to note that Netero actually survived the Dark Continent before his nen abilities fully hit their prime. He has only become more skilled with age. He himself could hardly handle Neferpitou (admitting that she very well may be more powerful than him) who is a league or two below the king himself) of which are significantly more powerful than the Queen.

So when she was referring to the Chimera Ants, I was under the impression that she was talking about the regular ones. Not the exception of their species. The manga will continue in June, so we shall see.

I feel that The Royal Guards and Meruem were lone exceptions brought about by incredibly beneficial circumstances from a very unique Chimera Ant Queen.

I feel that the Great Calamities are dangerous due to the fact that they are incredibly inhuman and likely attack with toxins. Not because they're more powerful than the irregular breed of Chimera Ants featured in the show. Here is a thread from Reddit that expressed the same opinion. https://www.reddit.com/r/HunterXHunter/comments/4pre1l/on_the_stated_threat_level_of_the_chimera_ants_in/

One of them puts down the translated version of the threat levels. The mission to kill the Queen may have been B-level. But that was before they know about the Chimera Ants using nen, The Royal Guards and Meruem. Another thing to note is that the Chimera Ants became less aggressive towards humanity the more conscious and aware they became. Beyond Netero stated that the Dark Continent wasn't about fighting, it was about surviving against harsh weather conditions and diseases. So it's not a list that indicates which is more powerful or dangerous if provoked, but instead which is more of a threat. A disease from the DC could potentially be way more of a threat to humanity than the Chimera Ants because it's not about a display of power, it's about finding a possible cure or medication to prevent it. Kind of like cancer vs a nuke. A nuke is way more powerful, but they are restricted and controlled. Where as cancer is almost impossible to cure and is impossible to control. Thoughts? 