Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-1783334-20170516181147/@comment-27700324-20170721132027

Stryzzar wrote: And it only occurred in a crossover with Arrow's less sci-fi-y cousin shows. Even metahumans that show up on Arrow are really weak and nothing Team Arrow can't handle.

Because they keep everything grounded in Arrow, so lots of the more comic book elements all got normalized. Arrow does not like to delve with anything too fantastical. Anatoly can just get as strong as a normal steroid affected human while having Cybernetic parts. It is totally something they can handle as part of a season long story.