Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-85.180.143.168-20150702014633/@comment-26601629-20150804175437

Mgc26133 wrote: Everyone showed some physical strength demonstration at one point. Jackson lifted a pickup, Derek lifted a blackhoe, Peter jammed his fist into concrete wall and smashed it into pieces just to "make a point", Scott punched a guy across the room, Malia raised a tree, etc.

These are super strong creatures. In s3 Malia said she broke the lock, and she can be pretty strong if she concentrates. So while she can punch like a human (like she did to Stiles in the same episode), she can also punch like a she-Hercules. And I believe this goes for all were-creatures; such as the lacrosse training scene in season 4 where Scott refused to use wolf powers because it felt like cheating, whereas in season 1 he was ripping the nets. The punch that threw Peter across the room wasn't Scott's first one in that fight. But he concentrated, wanted, and thus became stronger.

So I don't think we've seen the strength limit of any of these creatures yet. It seems to depend mostly on how bad one wants to do something.. More want, more power.. Here's the thing. of all the feats you mentioned, 3 stand out.

Jackson Lifts a pickup - can't remember this scene, but it'd be in the 1 ton level

Derek Lifts a blackhoe - several tons

Malia lifting a tree one handed, dwarfs all of the others.

Yes they can be strong if they concentrate.

Ok let me put it this way, Derek can lift a blackhoe, malia can lift a tree, both of these feats require several tons of force.

Now if you punched with an equivalent level of force, you'd completely demolish a small building, so let me ask you this, can derek with a single punch destroy an entire building?, can MAlia do this?

Of course they cant, werewolves on teen wolf are street level fighters, and the stronger ones are wall level at best, hence the feat of both derek and peter damaging a wall of concrete.

and wall level fighters cannot perform feats like lifting several tons. When they do, it is considered an outlier.

It's like Malia can lift a tree weighing several tons but is intimidated by someone damaging a concrete pillar, a feat that is only a few hundred KG worth of force.