User blog comment:Kevo411/Nen Battle Poll - Gon vs Meruem/@comment-14902757-20141101055431/@comment-24768103-20141103033209

I don't exactly understand Hero's response, but I do agree with FF's for the most part. These were all very lengthy, and it really shows how much thought you put into this, but I'll just summarize it into what I think matters the most. Because at this point, I'm sure you're pretty tired of reading long explanations.

So I think the key factor here is their methods of attack. Gon could, and would kill Meruem if Meruem was standing still. However, this clearly wouldn't be the case. Gon's "Rock" is a crazy powerful attack, but it's also one of the most risky in the series, as it drops his Nen guard to the rest of his body. And no matter how buff Adult Gon is, any attack from Meruem is taking him out when he has no Nen guard. It also, as far as I'm concerned, boosts his punching power about a hundredfold. So if it took him several "Rock"s to kill Pitou, there's no way he could kill Meruem without using it. So there goes the option of beating Meruem without having to lower his guard. And to top it off, he has to charge up the punch. The king could easily just take him out during the charge time. Personally I have no clue how Gon ever hit someone with Rock in the first place, but that's another story. So yeah. That's my viewpoint. Charge time is what would doom Gon in this scenario.