mark was getting clobbered by fucking maulers 3 episodes ago now he’s able to beat a full grown soldier viltrumite that’s been conquering worlds for millennia just because he “stopped holding back”. Even Nolan who got hospitalized by the guardians while soloing them, only suffered a cut on his head fighting THREE viltrumites!!! Just makes them look weak in comparison. I feel like they shouldn’t even have any chance winning that battle at all, not alone surviving in better condition than against way weaker foes
Because when he’s against the maulers he’s holding back.
His dad is finally getting to him and teaching him how to fight like a Viltrumite.
He was also handling the Maulers just fine until Levy brought in 10x as many. It was a numbers game, and Mark was at the disadvantage