Why the damage cap for Thor Rag's special 3

I apologize if this has been discussed before, but I recently pulled a 6 star Thor Ragnarock and as many of you know his special 3 seems somewhat useless unless he is dupped. I guess my question is 2 part:
1 - Is there a benefit to the special 3 that I am missing (primarily if the champ is undupped)
2 - Was there ever a reason stated for the special 3 to have the damage cap. To the best of my knowledge, he is the only champ that has this mechanic. He doesn't seem like a good enough champ to have those kind of drawbacks put in place.

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BigPoppaCBONE

I apologize if this has been discussed before, but I recently pulled a 6 star Thor Ragnarock and as many of you know his special 3 seems somewhat useless unless he is dupped. I guess my question is 2 part:
1 - Is there a benefit to the special 3 that I am missing (primarily if the champ is undupped)
2 - Was there ever a reason stated for the special 3 to have the damage cap. To the best of my knowledge, he is the only champ that has this mechanic. He doesn't seem like a good enough champ to have those kind of drawbacks put in place.

I think it was because boosted on defense with his fast power gain and you're spaz beating him, not baiting specials, and not watching the count and you're too stupid to hurry up and knock him down. You could eat a massive L3 and die. *shrug*

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Magrailothos

At the time, he was one of the few champs who could throw back-to-back SP3s easily. Now, in the game alongside champs like Dr Doom and Namor, it seems pretty unnecessary.

His Power Gain ability is overlooked and underrated; especially with Proxima on the team.

If he's not Awakened, his SP3 only inflicts a Shock by itself. With his Sig, he starts placing lots of Shocks, plus Armour breaks, Stuns and bursts of Direct damage.

Awakened, with Hulk/Ghulk alongside, he starts to throw around some pretty decent damage during that phase.

Daddrieda

His shocks decrease AAR. I think it was 15% per shocks?

GMAX77

All in all, he comes across as being very reliant on his awakening. Typically even champs like Star Lord and Scarlet witch which need to be awakened have access to their specials unawakened. Thanks for the insight and feedback though! Maybe he'll get a future tune-up and we'll get an adjustment to bring him at least close to the current meta.