Power Ranking The Characters In Infinity War

[HammerDown]

Here is the full list of characters in IW.

Black Panther ------- Falcon ------- Mantis ----------------- Star-Lord
Black Widow -------- Gamora ------ Nebula ---------------- Thanos
Captain America ---- Groot -------- Okoye ----------------- Thor
Corvus Glaive ------- Heimdall ----- Proxima Midnight ---- Vision
Cull Obsidian -------- Hulk --------- Rocket ---------------- War Machine
Doctor Strange ------ Iron Man ---- Scarlet Witch --------- Winter Soldier
Drax ----------------- Loki ---------- Shuri ------------------ Wong
Ebony Maw ---------- M’Baku ------ Spider-Man

I thought it would be fun to compile a list of the most powerful characters and arrange them in a "Top 20 / 10 or 5" of your choosing.
It's important to take into account certain aspects while figuring out your own list. For example:

- Each character feats, not only in IW but also in the past movies they can and should be used to measure each character's level.
- "Different versions of the characters." Iron Man has now the Bleeding Edge armour, Iron Spider, Black Panther's new suit, Thor with Stormbreaker...
- How they would fair against each other. A fair "1 x 1". Take into consideration that a lot of the fights/feats in IW where preceded from sneak attacks.

 

[HammerDown]

I went ahead and compiled my own list.
Top 10

1. Thanos
2. Ebony Maw
3. Doctor Strange
4. Thor
5. Hulk
6. Scarlet Witch
7. Vision
8. Cull Obsidian
9. Iron Man
10. Black Panther

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

Thor
Thanos
Scarlet Witch
Doctor Strange
Iron Man
Mantis
Captain America
Black Panther
Cull Obsidian
Spider-Man
Gamora
Hulk
Ebony Maw
Wong
Black Widow
Okoye
Proxima Midnight
Nebula
Star-Lord
Corvus Glaive
Vision
War Machine
Groot
Winter Soldier
Rocket
Falcon
M’Baku
Drax
Shuri
Loki
Heimdall


As individuals, this is how i'd rank their power levels as shown in IW.

 

[BigThor]

I went ahead and compiled my own list.
Top 10

1. Thanos
2. Ebony Maw
3. Doctor Strange
4. Thor
5. Hulk
6. Scarlet Witch
7. Vision
8. Cull Obsidian
9. Iron Man
10. Black Panther

Lol Doctor Strange and Ebony maw above Thor.

 

[Jaiden Edo]

He might be talking about Pre-Stormbreaker Thor.

 

[BigThor]

He might be talking about Pre-Stormbreaker Thor.

Even then....are they? I know Maw "restrained" Thor on the ship but he was already weakened and heavily injured.

One lightning bolt and they're both dead and lightning is much faster than either of them could react.

 

[Bonecrasher]

Infinity Gauntlet Thanos
Thor strongest most powerful Avenger
Thanos
Scarlet Witch
Doctor Strange

 

[HammerDown]

Lol Doctor Strange and Ebony maw above Thor.

My reasoning is simple.
I do think Doctor Strange with the Time Stone is more powerful than Thor. He is a sorcerer and that's not really the type of threat Thor usually faces... Loki is also one, but DS is a hole other level of sorcery and add to that the Time Stone and it makes him very powerful. The reason why Ebony Maw is superior to DS is because in IW he proved to be so and logically if he is more powerful than DS then he would rank higher.

Thor with Stormbreaker is insanely powerful too. I just think he is not quite on the same page as the others. Sure Thor has incredible durability and fire power but he also fights in a specific way which i don't think really meshes well with other type of threats.

Also Thor with Stormbreaker sneak attacked a Infinity Gauntlet fully powered Thanos and almost took him out. If it was a fair 1 x 1 fight i don't think he would have had that much of a chance, neither would anyone else to be honest... The Stormbreaker feat is undoubtably a major one.

 

[jolldan]

1. Thanos - With all infinity stones
2. Thor - With Stormbreaker
3. Dr. Strange
4. Scarlett Witch
5. Iron Man - Bleeding Edge Armour


My top 5

 

[BigThor]

8

My reasoning is simple.
I do think Doctor Strange with the Time Stone is more powerful than Thor. He is a sorcerer and that's not really the type of threat Thor usually faces... Loki is also one, but DS is a hole other level of sorcery and add to that the Time Stone and it makes him very powerful. The reason why Ebony Maw is superior to DS is because in IW he proved to be so and logically if he is more powerful than DS then he would rank higher.

Thor with Stormbreaker is insanely powerful too. I just think he is not quite on the same page as the others. Sure Thor has incredible durability and fire power but he also fights in a specific way which i don't think really meshes well with other type of threats.

Also Thor with Stormbreaker sneak attacked a Infinity Gauntlet fully powered Thanos and almost took him out. If it was a fair 1 x 1 fight i don't think he would have had that much of a chance, neither would anyone else to be honest... The Stormbreaker feat is undoubtably a major one.

Technically it wasn't a sneak attack Thanos was facing his direction when Thor blasted him with lightning. Also Thanos recovered from that attack, stood up refocused, and shot a beam made up of a 6 infinity stones (including the Time Stone) and was overpowered.

Doctor Strange himself, Iron Man, and every other character on Titan hit Thanos with several blind side attacks and it wasn't nearly as effective as Thor's. Also as I said earlier Maw beat Strange by reacting faster than his hand gestures and as seen in Ragnarok Thor can summon lightning without any gestures and lightning is WAY faster than Strange can react.

I agree that Strange is more versatile and has a wider array of attacks, but his low durability, hand gestures, and low actual damage output makes him more visually appealing than potent. Also he didn't even get to use the Time Stone for combat in Infinity War, he was too dang slow to with those hand gestures.

Ebony Maw get's smashed, the dude died from being ejected from space and couldn't even protect himself from shrapnel.

 

[HammerDown]

8

Technically it wasn't a sneak attack Thanos was facing his direction when Thor blasted him with lightning. Also Thanos recovered from that attack, stood up refocused, and shot a beam made up of a 6 infinity stones (including the Time Stone) and was overpowered.

Doctor Strange himself, Iron Man, and every other character on Titan hit Thanos with several blind side attacks and it wasn't nearly as effective as Thor's. Also as I said earlier Maw beat Strange by reacting faster than his hand gestures and as seen in Ragnarok Thor can summon lightning without any gestures and lightning is WAY faster than Strange can react.

I agree that Strange is more versatile and has a wider array of attacks, but his low durability, hand gestures, and low actual damage output makes him more visually appealing than potent. Also he didn't even get to use the Time Stone for combat in Infinity War, he was too dang slow to with those hand gestures.

Ebony Maw get's smashed, the dude died from being ejected from space and couldn't even protect himself from shrapnel.

It was a sneak attack from Thor. He came out of nowhere when Thanos had just acquired the final stone and Thor delivered arguably his most powerful attack, from the distance and with a super powered weapon against a unprepared Thanos who had to react in a rushed manner. Sure Thanos faced him and used a blast from the fully assembled gauntlet to try and deal with the Stormbreaker throw but he simply couldn't. But one could argue that Thanos choose the wrong tactic against Thor and in a fair 1 x 1 fight where both characters go at it, then Thanos could have used a ton of different abilities instead of fighting "fire with fire" as almost a last resource mechanism. Thanos was caught of guard.

Well Doctor Strange was fighting much more fairly "1 x 1" and he was coping well with massive attacks from Thanos. He easily defended against a full blast of the Power Stone and redirected that specific attack towards Thanos, rendered a black hole attack from the Space Stone completely harmless, he had the magic trick of making as many doubles of him and he was holding Thanos into place until he used the Power Stone to over power that specific trick... The Thanos got the hold of DS only by using several stones in the gauntlet to bring DS to him. And DS did all of this without once using the Time Stone.

Doctor Strange delivered/received and countered massive attacks from Thanos. Thor "only" delivered his most powerful attack towards Thanos out of nowhere.

After watching IW closely and the Ebony Maw vs Doctor Strange battle it's clear that EM is much more skilled and his style of fighting is not what DS normally deals with. Taking into account what we see from DS on Titan against Thanos i would say that those feats do indeed compensate DS abilities in another bout versus EM. Still i give the edge to EM.

Ebony Maw just took a little shrapnel to the face so what? He wasn't even breaking a sweat at that point, he was dealing with that fight almost as a playground thing. Also everyone get's tagged at some point. And EM died because of a sneak attack in space. Again it wasn't a fair 1 x 1.

 

[BigThor]

It was a sneak attack from Thor. He came out of nowhere when Thanos had just acquired the final stone and Thor delivered arguably his most powerful attack, from the distance and with a super powered weapon against a unprepared Thanos who had to react in a rushed manner. Sure Thanos faced him and used a blast from the fully assembled gauntlet to try and deal with the Stormbreaker throw but he simply couldn't. But one could argue that Thanos choose the wrong tactic against Thor and in a fair 1 x 1 fight where both characters go at it, then Thanos could have used a ton of different abilities instead of fighting "fire with fire" as almost a last resource mechanism. Thanos was caught of guard.

Well Doctor Strange was fighting much more fairly "1 x 1" and he was coping well with massive attacks from Thanos. He easily defended against a full blast of the Power Stone and redirected that specific attack towards Thanos, rendered a black hole attack from the Space Stone completely harmless, he had the magic trick of making as many doubles of him and he was holding Thanos into place until he used the Power Stone to over power that specific trick... The Thanos got the hold of DS only by using several stones in the gauntlet to bring DS to him. And DS did all of this without once using the Time Stone.

Doctor Strange delivered/received and countered massive attacks from Thanos. Thor "only" delivered his most powerful attack towards Thanos out of nowhere.

After watching IW closely and the Ebony Maw vs Doctor Strange battle it's clear that EM is much more skilled and his style of fighting is not what DS normally deals with. Taking into account what we see from DS on Titan against Thanos i would say that those feats do indeed compensate DS abilities in another bout versus EM. Still i give the edge to EM.

Ebony Maw just took a little shrapnel to the face so what? He wasn't even breaking a sweat at that point, he was dealing with that fight almost as a playground thing. Also everyone get's tagged at some point. And EM died because of a sneak attack in space. Again it wasn't a fair 1 x 1.

Strange didn't do any damage to Thanos though is the point you're missing. He blocked and countered but that's it, he did less damage to Thanos than Spider-Man and Star Lord. You're also forgetting the Doctor Strange ganged up on Thanos with several other heroes for most of the Titan battle, yeah he fought him one on one eventually but let's not act like he fought completely fair the majority of time. Ganging up on someone is just as unfair as a sneak attack, probably even worse.

Ebony Maw died and was hurt from low level things is the point I'm making, he WILL get hit if he fights Thor and that one hit is all it would take.

 

[jolldan]

1. Thanos - With all infinity stones
2. Thor - With Stormbreaker
3. Dr. Strange
4. Scarlett Witch
5. Iron Man - Bleeding Edge Armour


My top 5

Debating swapping Iron Man & Strange's places around. Loved Strange in the movie but after thinking about it more and more his power set made him a bit of a glass cannon. Meaning if Thanos were to land a blow I think Strange would have been done.

Iron Man takes him head on, straight up just blocks a blast from the power stone (from memory his suit took no damage from that) and even managed to draw blood from Thanos if only a drop.

Overall straight up attacks they can throw at Thanos id say Strange probably has the edge but I think in terms of a balance of attacking and defensive power I would go Tony.

 

[HammerDown]

Strange didn't do any damage to Thanos though is the point you're missing. He blocked and countered but that's it, he did less damage to Thanos than Spider-Man and Star Lord. You're also forgetting the Doctor Strange ganged up on Thanos with several other heroes for most of the Titan battle, yeah he fought him one on one eventually but let's not act like he fought completely fair the majority of time. Ganging up on someone is just as unfair as a sneak attack, probably even worse.

Ebont died and was hurt from low level things is the point I'm making, he WILL get hit if he fights Thor and that one hit is all it would take.

At least Doctor Strange and Thanos where both exchanging attacks fairly. It's not like Doctor Strange unloaded his most powerful attack on a unsuspecting Thanos. They we're going toe to toe. If Doctor Strange had done that i am sure Thanos would have felt it. Doctor Strange was able to conjure a trick to hold Thanos in place and he could only free from that with the use of the Power Stone. That's no easy feat.

Also Thor's first massive lighting attack barely do much against Thanos. Well it pushed and throwed him back having Thanos answer immediately with something... It was the power of Stormbreaker a weapon built to kill Thanos combined with Thor's own massive power and some element of surprise that inflicted that massive damage.

So what DS did "less damage that Star Lord or Spider-Man"? That's a loaded statement. DS did unimaginable things to Thanos and his attacks that no-one else could even think about doing. Also Doctor Strange did "gang up on Thanos" in the beginning because he was following a plan delineated by the team... but after that he was going fairly 1 x 1 and Thor with Stormbreaker never really did that imo, he snuck up on Thanos and striked with everything he had... Thanos maybe thought he could take that attack but he likely didn't take into consideration the power of Stormbreaker, where it came from and what i was made to do.

Thor has been hurt by "low level things" too. Sure Thor has a much higher soaking ability but Ebony Maw compensates with his skill, speed and total control of his surroundings with little effort.

Oh and a Thanos vs Thor doesn't work the same as a Thanos vs Doctor Strange. They are very different characters and one has to take that into consideration. Some characters and their fighting style, power set... are wildly different and just because one fairs well against the other doesn't necessarily mean that the same can be said to everyone else. Some characters can me more effective against others.

 

[BigThor]

At least Doctor Strange and Thanos where both exchanging attacks fairly. It's not like Doctor Strange unloaded his most powerful attack on a unsuspecting Thanos. They we're going toe to toe. If Doctor Strange had done that i am sure Thanos would have felt it. Doctor Strange was able to conjure a trick to hold Thanos in place and he could only free from that with the use of the Power Stone. That's no easy feat.

Also Thor's first massive lighting attack barely do much against Thanos. Well it pushed and throwed him back having Thanos answer immediately with something... It was the power of Stormbreaker a weapon built to kill Thanos combined with Thor's own massive power and some element of surprise that inflicted that massive damage.

So what DS did "less damage that Star Lord or Spider-Man"? That's a loaded statement. DS did unimaginable things to Thanos and his attacks that no-one else could even think about doing. Also Doctor Strange did "gang up on Thanos" in the beginning because he was following a plan delineated by the team... but after that he was going fairly 1 x 1 and Thor with Stormbreaker never really did that imo, he snuck up on Thanos and striked with everything he had... Thanos maybe thought he could take that attack but he likely didn't take into consideration the power of Stormbreaker, where it came from and what i was made to do.

Thor has been hurt by "low level things" too. Sure Thor has a much higher soaking ability but Ebony Maw compensates with his skill, speed and total control of his surroundings with little effort.

Oh and a Thanos vs Thor doesn't work the same as a Thanos vs Doctor Strange. They are very different characters and one has to take that into consideration. Some characters and their fighting style, power set... are wildly different and just because one fairs well against the other doesn't necessarily mean that the same can be said to everyone else. Some characters can me more effective against others.

Let's match them up in the MCU Fight threads, lol it'll be a stomp for Thor btw.

What were those low level things Thor was hurt by btw, the Power Stone? A city exploding? The Reality Stone? Asgardian knives? Kurse's punches? Hela's blades? Lmao

 

[HammerDown]

Let's match them up in the MCU Fight threads, lol it'll be a stomp for Thor btw.

What were those low level things Thor was hurt by btw, the Power Stone? A city exploding? The Reality Stone? Asgardian knives? Kurse's punches? Hela's blades? Lmao

Dude you can "lol" and "lmao" all you want.

It's interesting how you dismiss a ton of spiked pavement spikes thrown at a character a "low level" type of thing. He easily lifted a car to use it as a cover and one of those sharp spikes just got through and cut him in the face. Big deal. At that moment he was still toying with Iron Man, Doctor Strange and Wong. When he got serious he man handled Doctor Strange and Wong with ease. You use that one little moment to throw shade onto a character that was shown to be very powerful and in total control of his abilities.

 

[BigThor]

Dude you can "lol" and "lmao" all you want.

It's interesting how you dismiss a ton of spiked pavement spikes thrown at a character a "low level" type of thing. He easily lifted a car to use it as a cover and one of those sharp spikes just got through and cut him in the face. Big deal. At that moment he was still toying with Iron Man, Doctor Strange and Wong. When he got serious he man handled Doctor Strange and Wong with ease. You use that one little moment to throw shade onto a character that was shown to be very powerful and in total control of his abilities.

I meant low level in terms of his power, you would think shrapnel would be nothing to a person of Ebony's level.

He's a glass cannon pretty much, he can do a lot of giving but not a lot of taking.

 

[BigThor]

Don't get me wrong Maw and Strange were badass in the film, I was very impressed with both other than Maw's durability.

But their only hope against tanks like Thor, Thanos, Hela, and Hulk would be to remove them from the battle field.

 

[HammerDown]

I meant low level in terms of his power, you would think shrapnel would be nothing to a person of Ebony's level.

He's a glass cannon pretty much, he can do a lot of giving but not a lot of taking.

It's a bit more than regular shrapnel. They we're cement spikes or something of the kind. He still lifted a car and cut through another flying at him with the utmost of ease.

I do agree that he is somewhat of a "glass cannon" but one that can run circles agains most of his opponents and very powerful characters such as Doctor Strange who is also a "glass cannon" but he is a formidable opponent capable of doing some insane stuff.

Don't get me wrong Maw and Strange were badass in the film, I was very impressed with both other than Maw's durability.

But their only hope against tanks like Thor, Thanos, Hela, and Hulk would be to remove them from the battle field.

I concede that EM and DS durability isn't great. One is still a human and the other is a decrepit alien.

The thing with these type of glass cannons is that they can deliver all sort of insane different attacks that most aren't something that one can just bash and get away with it unless you are a Infinity Stone powered character of sorts or you are one of their type.

 

[BigThor]

It's a bit more than regular shrapnel. They we're cement spikes or something of the kind. He still lifted a car and cut through another flying at him with the utmost of ease.

I do agree that he is somewhat of a "glass cannon" but one that can run circles agains most of his opponents and very powerful characters such as Doctor Strange who is also a "glass cannon" but he is a formidable opponent capable of doing some insane stuff.


I concede that EM and DS durability isn't great. One is still a human and the other is a decrepit alien.

The thing with these type of glass cannons is that they can deliver all sort of insane different attacks that most aren't something that one can just bash and get away with it unless you are a Infinity Stone powered character of sorts or you are one of their type.

Very true, I'm just saying you're playing a dangerous game when facing opponents who could KILL you with one shot while you don't really have anything that could put them down.

 

[Captain Marvel]

This is the order I'd put it in:

1. Thanos
2. Thor
3. Ebony Maw
4. Cull Obsidian
5. Hulk
6. Scarlet Witch
7. Iron Man
8. Doctor Strange
9. Proxima Midnight
10. Corvus Glaive
11. Vision
12. War Machine
13. Loki
14. Heimdall
15. Drax
16. Gamora
17. Nebula
18. Groot
19. Wong
20. Spider-Man
21. Captain America
22. Winter Soldier
23. Black Panther
24. Mantis
25. Star-Lord
26. Rocket
27. Falcon
28. Black Widow
29. Okoye
30. M’Baku
31. Shuri

 

[BigThor]

My list

1. Thanos
2. Thor
3. Doctor Strange
4. Hulk
5. Ebony Maw
6. Scarlett Witch
7. Vision
8. Cull Obsidian
9. Wong
10. Iron Man
11. War Machine
12. Heimdall
13. Loki
14. Corvus Glaive
15. Drax
16. Spider-Man
17. Gamora
18. Nebula
19. Proxima Midnight
20. Star-Lord
21. Black Panther
22. Captain America
23. Bucky
24. Teen Groot
25. Mantis
26. Falcon
27. Rocket
28. M'Baku
29. Okoye
30. Black Widow
31. Shuri

 

[Thör-El]

Factoring in feats from other films I'd say it goes:

1. Thanos with the completed Gauntlet
2. Thor with Stormbreaker
3. Thanos with the Power Gem
4. Thor (post-Ragnarok)
5. Doctor Strange
6. Hulk
7. Scarlet Witch
8. Vision
9. Ebony Maw
10. Bleeding Edge Iron Man
11. Bruce in the Hulkbuster
12. Cull Obsidian
13. Loki
14. War Machine
15. Heimdall
16. Wong
17. Gamora
18. Drax
19. Corvus Glaive
20. Black Panther
21. Captain America
22. Nebula
23. Star-Lord
24. Proxima Midnight
25. Spider-Man
26. Teen Groot
27. Bucky
28. Falcon
29. Black Widow
30. Rocket
31. M'Baku
32. Okoye
33. Shuri (with her sonic gauntlets)
34. Mantis

If we're talking purely about performance in Infinity War then Vision (backstabbed immediately), Loki (no feats besides failing to stab Thanos) and Heimdall (dying when the film starts) all fall down the list.

Pre-Stormbreaker Thor lost to Thanos off-screen which makes him seem weaker than he was in Ragnarok. For all we know though Thanos used the power gem/it was a hell of a fight and/or Thor was handicapped not being able to use his lightning inside the spaceship full of refugees. And Thor did get some insane new durability/strength feats on the way to getting his new hammer.

 

[Yowza]

NERF is a new acronym sweeping the web. I learned it from people reviewing the Black Order's depiction in Infinity War.

Pretty soon people will realize on some of these Power Ranking threads that certain characters success primarily relies on the common criminals being nerfed issue after issue.

Batman and Captain America despite their skillset would not be able to get from issue to issue winning fights against legions of gunmen constantly shooting at them while avoiding being shot.

 

[HBarnill]

Thor
Thanos
Scarlet Witch
Doctor Strange
Iron Man
Mantis
Captain America
Black Panther
Cull Obsidian
Spider-Man
Gamora
Hulk
Ebony Maw
Wong
Black Widow
Okoye
Proxima Midnight
Nebula
Star-Lord
Corvus Glaive
Vision
War Machine
Groot
Winter Soldier
Rocket
Falcon
M’Baku
Drax
Shuri
Loki
Heimdall


As individuals, this is how i'd rank their power levels as shown in IW.

Power levels? What is this? Dragon Ball?