Board Thread:FAQs/@comment-26395021-20150519000208/@comment-4820209-20150519180436

Even if you don't know how to use the push and pull function, the shockwave's "kinetic pulse" range is 4.5 meters. Not to mention, Nora doesn't have that advantage. Her strike only affects the immediate area; not a massive radius. Also, a Spartan's MJOLNIR armor is meant to withstand something stronger than a blunt object. Going past this, a Spartan could also easily block the strike with their bare hands (As Cal-141 showed, it's very possible to catch something of the Gravity Hammer's caliber out of the air, mid strike), before striking with the hammer while Nora's unable to hit. Magnhild's just an oversized sledgehammer, in this case. :P