User blog comment:Kevo411/Nen Battle Poll - Gon vs Meruem/@comment-5780397-20141023201658/@comment-5780397-20141023213240

As I said, I think Neferpito is close to Meruem in terms of strength. Netero's palm attack did not even put a scratch on him (in the manga Neferpito is male, if I'm not mistaken, but anyway) and he had not even activated Terpsichora yet. Perhaps Meruem is more durable, but a healthy dose of Rock would have the same effect it had on Pitou, though it might require more blows. Anyway, we have no indications in either sense, so we will never know. I am still convinced that pre-Rose Meruem would lose, although he might put up an excellent fight. He lost against Netero because Meruem's body made his ability close to useless, but it would have worked on less durable foes, even stronger than him, so we cannot use him to reach a conclusion (I think).