Who is the strongest?
Obviously, strength is a pretty important attribute when it comes to a superhero, but in the case of the Avengers, bigger muscles don’t always equate to more strength. Take a look at the fight between Hulk and Thor in the first Avengers movie. Hulk was clearly more muscular, but Thor is the god of thunder, and generally you don’t want to mess with a god… unless you are the Hulk (right, Loki?).
So instead of breaking it down by pure strength, we have to take powers and effectiveness into account, and when it comes down to it, you can easily argue that Scarlet Witch and Vision are the strongest Avengers in the MCU. If you haven’t seen Civil War yet, there are going to be a couple of small spoilery moments below.
As we all know, Vision has one of the infinity gems right in the center of his head, so if he chose to, he could seriously mess up anyone he fights. When you add in the fact that he can phase through walls and people, he becomes an unhittable opponent who can basically one-shot you with an infinity gem.
On the other hand, Scarlet Witch is the only Avenger whose powers extend beyond the physical realm. Not only can she manipulate matter with her awesome red powers, she can also manipulate minds. This makes her probably the single most terrifying Avenger on the squad. As we see in Civil War, she is able to lock Vision in a body bind spell and basically shove him through the planet about as far as she wanted to.
When you compare her skills to the pitiful lightning, web slinging, arrow shooting, and suit flying of the other Avengers, you can make a pretty convincing argument that she is by far the strongest Avenger on the team.
We can literally spend days and days talking about superhero fights to the death, so let’s move on to a different category in our “greatest” debate.
