Love and Attention. This particular weakness of Homelander might not kill him but is definitely enough to subdue him. Homelander is a character who deeply craves love and adoration from people around him and the people of this world.
For the DC superhero, it's Kryptonite, the radioactive rock from his home world, but for Homelander, it's something less substantial. It's more of a concept -- one that's used to great effect against him in the Season 2 finale: Homelander is backed into a corner when the people's love for him is placed in jeopardy.
Biological. Blunt Force/Limited Durability: Homelander can be wounded and killed by someone who is as strong as or stronger than him, such as in the case of Black Noir.
Despite the two being identical, the fight goes in favor of Black Noir. Even after losing an arm in Homelander's initial attack, Noir is able to overpower him and emerge victorious, even if so terribly wounded that Butcher can finally take him out.
The Homelander's powers and sense of entitlement have led him to exhibit extreme megalomania, causing him to commit crimes against innocent people, including acts of rape and mass murder, out of the idea that he can do anything he wants because of who he is.
Homelander's Stan Edgar Fear Nearly Cost Him the Soldier Boy Fight. This blatant rejection from his father figure also made the leader of The Seven much weaker when he faced off against Butcher and Soldier Boy – Homelander's real father. Homelander did a great job of hiding his feelings from Stan Edgar.
Stillwell milk has traces of Compound V in it. Homelander became addicted to it and that is why he is obsessed with milk, because that is how he got his “high” on. Also MM would get super powers by drinking the same milk maybe by mistake or neccessity.
In the television series, Black Noir is depicted as a normal man imbued with Compound V. As a result, he gained superhuman strength, a regenerative healing factor and "silent ninja" aesthetic, with his only weakness being his tree nut allergy, in reference to both Superman's weakness to kryptonite and his actor Nathan ...
While there's no denying the depravity of Homelander, Butcher is the darker character - mostly because he's shown to fully understand how evil his choices actually are, and yet continue regardless.
In a fight in the comics between Thanos and Homelander, there are few advantages The Boys' Supe would have. Yes, Homelander can fly, but his powers, including heat vision, super strength, and durability, wouldn't be a problem for Thanos.
In Dear Becky, set twelve years after Butcher's death, Hughie is sent Butcher's diary by an unknown individual, leading him to confront his past actions and killing Butcher.
After his most recent dalliance with Homelander, Soldier Boy is captured by CIA black ops agent Billy Butcher and brutally tortured and murdered by him for information on Homelander's recent activities.
Homelander's invulnerability is so extreme that it's likely he's only felt pain a handful of times in his life, but one of them was at the hands of the Lamplighter.
Biological. Blunt Force/Limited Durability: Despite being more powerful than Homelander, Black Noir is not immortal. After his fight against Homelander at the White House, Black Noir was extremely weakened.
In the comics, Black Noir is a long-time member of the Seven, almost always shown in silhouette with his face obscured. His powers include super strength and supposed skills as a pilot. He is stronger than even Homelander; Mother's Milk states he can "[...] bench a dozen Mack trucks".
Although this version of Soldier Boy is dead, the actual character is still alive after his Gen V cameo, as the version seen in Gen V isn't real. Gen V saw the opportunity to kill one of The Boys' most powerful supes and took it, even if it doesn't mean a whole lot for the future of the franchise.
Black Noir, the clone of Homelander, is the only character to canonically beat Homelander in a fight, making him the one Supe who can do the impossible.
Since he hates himself, Soldier Boy cannot help but despise Homelander for being "a disappointment" just like him, which explains why he refuses to join forces with him.
Starlight is based of a pair of DC female superheroes: Her appearance, especially her original costume, is based on Mary Marvel, where as her abilities are based on Stargirl.
Noir's animated animal pals get him to face his Soldier Boy fears by re-creating the event that made him so completely terrified of Soldier Boy in the first place, a day when Soldier Boy beat him up after he stood up to him, as well as the nearly fatal attack Soldier Boy made on Noir the day he led Payback in ...
The brain damage he suffered at the hands of the powerful Solder Boy impacted his ability to talk, but his understanding of language is intact. His emotions are a different story, however. The trauma of his experience has rendered Black Noir an undisputed psychopath.
Teddy is Madelyn Stillwell's infant son, and throughout the course of the series, she breastfeeds her child in her private time. At one point, Homelander sees this, which brings him great jealousy, indicating he wants to be nurtured by a mother figure instead of sexual desire.
When he reached the bedroom, he saw the blanket he really used in his childhood locked in a lab. Triggering some painful memories, Homelander became angry and asked who put the blanket there, leaving right after that ("The Innocents").
A few days after the party, Becca met with Homelander in a private room where he raped her. After that night, Becca was troubled on how to handle the situation. After January 24th, 2012, she went to Vought for help and confirmed she was pregnant with Homelander's child.
