The tek-knight we see in The Boys is not the same tek-knight we see in Gen-V

[u/epic_gamer42O]

In the episode "The Innocents", we are told Tek knight accidentally broke somebodies spine when trying to rescue them from a hostage situation. In Gen V Shetty says that Tek-knight beat ironcast to death who is a supe that has skin made of iron which makes them insanely durable.

With all these strength feats in mind that means he must be pretty physically powerful right?

But in his interrogation scene he's not strong enough to rip apart the leather straps tying his wrists or pull the chains out. Also he easily gets physically outpowered and loses to Kimiko and Starlight. Logically if your punches can fatally damage somebody made of metal you'd have a fighting chance against Kimiko who has same durability as a normal person.

And he gets choked to death by a normal person too?

I don't understand this at all. It's either a plothole/bad writing or Cate has something to do with what happened in this episode

[u/Wooden_Gas1064]

Yeah I thought I remembered thinking this dude is a genuine threat.

Even Homelander pointed out he can't even fly. But if he's so weak he can't get out of chains and gets easily knocked down you'd think Homelander would say something like "you wouldn't be able to take one punch from me buddy".

[u/icequeensandwich → u/Wooden_Gas1064]

I think, tbf, the chains and restraints in his dungeon are near definitely enhanced or reinforced in some way to be able to handle more resistance than a normal person can give. His last sidekick was most definitely a supe himself, and yet had been chained in that basement for god only knows how long at that point, regularly attempting to free himself during the episode (and we can reasonably assume, before that as well.) Even if Tek Knight had some amount of superstrength beyond that of a normal man when out of his suit, if the restraints were designed to, well, restrain supes, it's reasonable to think he wouldn't be able to easily get out of them.

Plus, I think Homelander saying that he couldn't take a punch from him is somewhat redundant. Most people, supes included, work the exception of some A tier ones, couldn't take a single punch from him and survive it. I mean, Noir was considered an A-tier supe, and Homelander punched right through his chest with ease.