We could in theory compare Wanda to Jean Grey from the X-Men films, specifically 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand and 2019's Dark Phoenix (both of which included Jean Grey at the height of her abilities). WebThe Scarlet Witch flourished as an Avenger, despite her domineering and over-protective brother. As a result, her powers are the strongest they have ever been. WebScarlet Witch is so powerful in WandaVision because she is THE Scarlet Witch, meaning she has Chaos Magic. It's an emotional process that has nothing to do with technological assistance or wizardry. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Olsen also won Best Breakthrough Performance at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, as well as several more! She is the younger sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, perhaps the most influential designers in the fashion role. While Quicksilver was given lightning speed,Wanda received telekinetic and telepathic powers. If he's not, he will be soon - and even then, Wanda is still more powerful than the Ancient One ever was. Her abilities shocked Okoye (Danai Gurira) when Wanda was able to destroy the Black Order's massive vehicles during the Battle of Wakanda. That's an awful lot of power to wield for any one Avenger, even one with as much proven raw power as Wanda. The comic book version of Scarlet Witch evolved beyond "hex magic"; when she became mentally unbalanced in the comics, Wanda was able to forge a complete, alternate reality in the House of M event story. But Thor was the most powerful of the Avengers because, in the past, the only other time one of our heroes came close to stopping Thanos was when Thor attacked him in Wakanda. So, it was clear that even without the Darkhold, Scarlet Witch WebScarlet Witch's most important aspect in this fight is that she has the ability to defeat Superman. Scarlet Witch is (probably) more powerful than Strange when it comes to just raw abilities. Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver hate them with a fiery hate, But they love each other. WebIn the United States, it is the highest respect given in military and naval commendations. Monica even claims Wanda could have torn up Thanos had he not "ordered the blitz," which raises other questions about how they know this stuff. WebTomira has more reliable win conditions, and while both can one shot each other, shigaraki has more consistent speed feats and is more likely to finish it before she can use her powers, and before anyone says that Wandas powers work on the speed of thought or something like that, thats not nearly as impressive as you think. STRANGE: SAVED MAGIC. Wanda's powers are at a scary, all-time high, which is inspiring even more Woo/Darcy/Rambeau-esque discussions around Wanda's powers compared to the rest of the MCU. But, what happens when you compare them to each other? Strange and Scarlet Witch have shown countless times to be two of the most powerful Avengers members on the superpowered team. Since Wanda so frequently relies on her magical powers in battle, her impressive hand-to-hand combat skills may come as a surprise. For Wanda, all it took was three words. We see Thor's new weapon in action inInfinity War, and in the words of Eitri the Dwarf King, Stormbreaker the battle-ax is a weapon worthy of a king. Or a god, as the weapon is more powerful than Mjolnir because it can channel lightning even greater than the Mjolnir. Of course, Scarlet Witch recovers, but it's a nice touch in the film that gives us a pause from all those action and fight scenes. But the one character you perk up when she appears is Scarlet Witch, and that's because she's mesmerizing. Because of this, Wanda was able to channel his energy and bring him back to life. Little did she know, her children were created using two scattered soul fragments that once belonged to the satanic Mephisto. One of the biggest differences between Doctor Strange and Scarlet Witch is the origin of their powers. These superhuman abilities include being able to warp reality using Chaos Magic. Scarlet Witch became aware of America Chavez, a supernatural being with the ability to travel across time in the multiverse. He also writes about a wide range of his interests from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, House of the Dragon, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, AEW, and Cobra Kai. It's not easy to take down a Titan, let alone a Titan whose sole thing was warfare. She then is the most powerful Marvel character at this juncture. Shes proved countless times to be a valuable member but shes also proved to be a very dangerous addition. WebAbout Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise With those kinds of powers, Wanda could do some serious -- and untraceable -- damage. Avengers: Age of Ultron showcasedWanda's telepathy while Civil War revealed her use of telekinesis. Now he sticks primarily to movies and TV, and spends way too much time looking at analytics. The tragedy is she's unable to learn how to control what she knows because she has never had an authority figure or a mentor who could teach her how to use her superpowers. Power doesn't have to mean raw strength, but the tremendous demonstration of one's own ability. Having to destroy the Mind Stone so that Thanos wouldn't go after it, in the process she has to kill Vision, thereby making her alone and vulnerable like the time when her brother died. WebScarlet witch is powerful but she is still human, she cant survive in space and or will go poof if she gets too close to the sun. Follow all of Inverse's WandaVision coverage at our WandaVision hub. In the WandaVision series finale, Agatha Harkness subtly confirms Scarlet Witch is the strongest sorcerer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, saying that she could With all these superheroes on board, it's hard to lose sight of them. The thing that gives Strange a slight edge over Wanda is his amazing control. That's not a knock against the X-Men films. After all, Wanda will never win a bench press content against Thor, Hulk, or even Captain Marvel. News on all your favorite celebs, reality TV, and movies. We learn how she can control inanimate objects, how to control and contain battles, as well as how to use her mind control and her power of suggestion. Scarlet Witchs true abilities lie in her magical powers, as she is an incredibly gifted magical being with powers that can alter reality when she is at her strongest. Kevin Feige: Marvel TV is the Anti-'Lost' for One Revolutionary Reason, Elizabeth Olsen Hints the MCU May Have Future 'House of M' Plans, 'Guardians of the Galaxy 3's High Evolutionary Is the Team's Biggest Threat For One Counterintuitive Reason. Unlike Strange, Wanda has superhuman abilities written into her DNA thanks to years of genetic experimentation via the High Evolutionary. What, is the costume from H&M? Since his power isnt genetically ingrained, he can always step away and concentrate for a moment -- something Wanda isnt always able to do. As Whedon puts it, Im interested because theres familial issues with that kind of resentment. She's also searching for how to identify with humanity with so much raw power coursing through her body. Shes a complicated character, but these series, (such as Scarlet Witch and Uncanny Avengers) are helping to flesh out her character a bit more. Scarlet Witch has done some impressive things since coming on the Marvel scene in 1964. I remember that I liked (Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch) very much and I thought it would be fun to have villains who arent really bad deep down. This makes them more interesting, more complex, characters. Scarlet Witchs powers are complicated, especially with all the retconning Marvels been doing lately. In the movie,Wanda uses her telekinesis to restrainan explosion from Crossbones, and casts him into the air. No one else came close. Scarlet Witch, aka Wanda Maximoff, is one of the most powerful characters in all of the Marvel Comics Universe. Thor's strength, and most importantly his endurance, were demonstrated in moments like Avengers: Infinity War. In this way, she was able to temporarily merge her consciousness with Ultron's. But who is stronger? Her parents died when she was 10, and she only had her brother. In Nivadellir, Thor held open the forge and withstood the power of a star. Now, this could merely be Marvel's head honcho savvily hyping up Scarlet Witch in anticipation ofher starring role, alongside Vision, in Disney+'s upcoming WandaVision TV series (just like how Feige heralded Carol Danvers' powers to make her seem extra special to coincide with Captain Marvel's release). Within the Sanctum Sanctorum live some of Stranges most coveted artifacts, including his famous Cloak of Levitation and the Eye of Agamotto. We already had a reluctant hero with Spider-Man so I thought it would be fun to create a pair of reluctant villains. without acknowledging both played different sports in different eras. While wanting to desperately reunite with her sons, she planned to kill Chavez and steal her powers. They're almost like I can feel and see what they feel and see - so it's not just me manipulating them. Scarlet Witch, aka Wanda Maximoff, is one of the most powerful characters in all of the Marvel Comics Universe. She has telekinetic powers, which allows her to mentally move, levitate and manipulate objects. She also has telepathy which allows her to read minds, among other things. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Thor lost Mjolnir in Thor: Ragnarok, but at the end of the film, it seems he doesn't need it because he has remained powerful without any sort of aids. Marvel Comics villain Chthon could turn out to be the main antagonist in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. She has telekinetic powers, which allows her to mentally move,levitate and manipulate objects. There's no one answer, and it'll be hard to try, but remember that all of this is subjective, as well as something that should not be taken seriously. And now we have a woman who can get inside your head and move objects, and a boy that can move faster than anything, and a robot [Ultron] who can self-replicate and is out of his mind. Unlike Thor, Black Widow's expertise lies not in strength, but tactics. So when a foe of hers is hit with her energy, she can use her telekinesis to inflict further damage. You can see how powerful Mjolnir is, and how much Thor needs it, because that's what he uses to defend himself or fight someone, which is why the hammer is on full display in MCU's The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, and Avengers: Age of Ultron. Hurray! But what I love about her is that in so many superhero films, emotions are kind of negated a bit, but for her everything that someone else could feel like their weakest moments, she physically goes through that same experience with them, which is pretty cool. Let's begin by comparing Wanda to the so-called "Strongest Avenger" (or so he thinks), Thor. Now that we're at the end of our list, it's clear that Scarlet Witch is strong, but pitting her against Thor causes a lot of controversies. One of the strongest elements in the universe. She attended New York University's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts. They are the force behind some of the best superhero franchises in comic book history,and created the characters Thor, X-Men, Hulk, Iron Man, and Fantastic Four. As we said above, what makes Scarlet Witch so dangerous is that she's the only superhero with the ability to destroy an Infinity Stone. Scarlet Witch is said to be the most powerful avenger to date. While our hot, muscular, more experienced Thor is older and has more training, were talking about power here. Scarlet Witch is just a kid currently (teens). Ultron is pure evil and is impenetrable. The mysterious Ancient One trained him for years, teaching him about all different kinds of magic, including white magic, black magic, elemental magic, and catastrophe magic. Even more powerful, she can project her own thoughts onto others so she knows what they are thinking in advance of what they are planning to do. In the House of M series, Wandas brother Quicksilver encourages her to create a reality where mutants are the dominant species and the Maximoffs run the world. Anyone who trains under Captain America is going to know how to fight -- Wanda included. That's all she gets for defeating Ultron? She's very good at what she does, perhaps the best in the world. Then she and her brother become allies to the Avengers, and here's why she's so cool. We're just having fun! She may just be finding the strength within her to harness her powers in the best way, but she will become the most powerful superhero ever if she can get her hands on one of the Infinity Stones, which would make her literally invincible. During the "Avengers vs. X-Men"comic event, Scarlet Witch showed that the all-powerful Phoenix doesnt always win. About Wakanda. The sorceress specialises in altering reality and is one of the coolest mutants. When he began practicing magic instead of medicine, Strange put the same intense dedication he had for surgery into his sorcerer training. Well, Olsen herself explained them best. The powerful Eye of Agamotto can do some of this, but it still demands an extreme amount of concentration from Strange. Becoming The Scarlet Witch means accepting the full extent of her power along with its innate ability to do evil, which Wanda welcomes with arms wide open. With Chaos Magic, Scarlet Witch is more powerful than both Thor and Captain Marvel. In neither the MCU or comics is Captain Marvel superior to Scarlet Witch or Thor. In the movies, Captain Marvels attacks only slightly staggered Thanos, while Wandas psionic powers nearly killed Thanos and ONE lightning bolt from Infinity War Thor ragdolled him. Unfortunately, there's no way to truly analyze this pairing. It's hard to say, but it might still be Wanda. The Age of Ultron changed the origin story, withWanda and her brother hailing from Eastern Europe. Light and dark, evil and good: these traits together make for great superheroes. In the X-Men franchise, the twins are fathered by Magneto. Stranges solo career makes him a little more capable of handling the scary, creepy, and strange riff-raff of mystical society. Directing Award for Best Drama at the Sundance Film Festival. As for the hammer, Odin also casts a powerful enchantment on it, which reads, Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.. But she doesn't think her character is mentally insane or troubled, or needs to be locked in a straitjacket. Until Wanda can confront Jean Grey on the same screen, consider this completely unknown. Wanda also has mental manipulation, which she used to combat the Avengers before she became their most powerful ally. But the truth is that the debate of Thor vs.Wanda has no real answer. In addition, she's on a personal journey where she needs to become less human in order to become a very powerful being. We also see him flying as fast as Superman when using the hammer. With the hammer, his natural strength, his agility, his ability to control the weather and channel electric energy and his capability of flying at extreme speeds make him invulnerable. Wanda and her brother start off as evil, buteventually, they become heroes that serve the greater good. Wanda isn't just creating an illusion. Odin then banished Thor to earth. All in all, Scarlet Witch comes out of Captain America: Civil War as one of the most powerful of the Avengers, and easily one of the most fascinating. Doctor Strange might be able to accomplish something similar, but we dont think it would be half as easy as it was for Wanda. Then in Avengers: Endgame, Wanda came close to killing Thanos - that is, until he forced his ship to execute an aerial bombardment on the Avengers compound. He becomes what he used to be, a Norse god. Hes encountered dozens of different demons, witches, sorcerers, and monsters. It was the success of Marcy that led her to be cast in more movies, and which ultimately paved her way later in life in 2014 to land in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. In the WandaVision series finale, Agatha Harkness confirms Scarlet Witch is more powerful than the Sorcerer Supreme - and here's how and why that is. That classical training would prove well when it was time for her to act. The strength within, for example, taps into Wanda's loss of her brother and her mourning process. . The House of M event is probably the Her mental manipulation alone allowed her to reverse the effects of the Mind Stone, one of the most powerful objectsin existence. She was able to create life during her time in Westview, recreating Vision and creating Fear manipulation is so evasive that she can weaken even someone as powerful as Thor. This statement was met with tremendous enthusiasm from those in attendance! In the Marvel Universe, magic is one of the most powerful forces at work. When you can bend reality to your will, is anyone you love ever really gone? She had an uncredited cameo in Captain America: Winter Soldier, but she followed that with a starring role in Avengers: Age of Ultron, which she played Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff. In the comics, he has more powers that lend additional credibility to his claim as the strongest member of the Avengers team. Not only does she defeat both Namor and Magik (both of whomthe Phoenix had possessed) she also takes down a Cyclops version of the Dark Phoenix. Like Stranges mentor, the Ancient One, Strange wont contract any diseases or visibly age. Strange Is More Powerful), SCARLET WITCH: HAS (PRACTICALLY) LIMITLESS POWERS, REVIEW: The Human Target #12 is a Thrilling Conclusion, REVIEW: Image Comics' Saga #62 Trades Sci-Fi Action to Study Grief, Marvel Officially Dissolves Spider-Man and Mary Jane's Romantic Relationship. In House of M, an emotionally broken Scarlet Witch uses her reality warping abilities to wipe out the vast majority of mutants on earth. WebThe world is a scary place, and people succumb to the emotion known as fear easily, they lose their ability to think clearly, and that is why hysteria caused by uncontrolled fear is such a relevant theme, not only in literature, but in our own lives today, in current Show More How Does Thomas Putnam Use Mass Hysteria In The Crucible In an interview with CinemaBlend, Olsen explained that her character, Scarlet Witch, has two abilities. Since hes Sorcerer Supreme, when something mystical is going on, Strange is always on it. Thor's worthy strength didn't leave him immune to Wanda's powers, which shows in a delicate way how much Wanda can outrank even the strongest Avenger. Of course, Scarlet Witch has lost the Sokovian accent she had since her introduction to the MCU and Olsen recently offered an explanation as to why. Is Wanda stronger than Thor? Depending on how they end up playing it (it could mean that she and her power would be the deciding factor in some huge, big event in some capacity - probably Secret Wars), that would suggest she is the most powerful individual the show has introduced. Dr. And her power exceeds that of the Sorcerer Supreme. Thor could beat Wanda in an arm wrestling contest, but Thor is still susceptible to Wanda's mind powers. Both Carol and Wanda demonstrated their own advantages over Thanos, an alien warlord from Titan and a member of a race of species who are off-shoots of the Eternals. 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