Without a villain in the story, the story will certainly be boring. Marvel world has continuously kept its reputation by giving the story the most powerful and feared villains they can find to keep viewers on the edge of their seats. So who is the strongest of them all?
Check out the 14 most powerful villains in the Marvel universe who have succeeded in leaving a lasting impression on the minds of the fans of Marvel.
14. The Enchantress
The enchantress has speed, strength, and stamina but she does not like physical battles and only fights when she has to. The creature is very manipulative and as the name suggests, she uses magic and illusion to defeat her enemies. She achieves enchantment of opponent through a kiss, which also cures her injuries. She is a super villain that is very hard to defeat as she is very elusive, and a master of seduction. However she has a weakness, her power diminishes with a prolonged absence from Asgard. This is because her spells derive their power from Asgardian sources.
13. Bullseye

Bullseye thrives on killing and is the most feared assassin in the marvel universe. He is very resourceful and can turn anything from poker cards and even a tooth into a deadly killing weapon. Bullseye is known for his talent and as a result is on the kingpin’s payroll as an assassin He is also a fine martial artist with agility and speed of an athlete. His reflexes are almost superhuman. His disturbed mind and potential for evil could be seen from an early age where he tried killing his father by setting their apartment on fire.
12. Kingpin
The kingpin is a notorious criminal mastermind with resources that make him untouchable by law or by politicians. He hires the most dangerous villains in marvel universe which make him a force to reckon with. He first appeared in amazing spider man. Kingpin has no superhuman abilities but he has a great fighting strength and superb fighting skills. Most of his body mass is pure muscles enabling him to inflict pain when he fights. His famous move is the bear hug which allows him to crush his victims. He rules with an iron fist in the United States controlling organized crime. Let us hope that one day he gets a super power, which will definitely give viewers good entertainment and Spiderman will have a hard time stopping him.
11. Red Skull
He is Captain America’s archenemy and his mission is to make his people rulers of the world. Red skull is simply an inventive genius with no superhuman abilities. He is a good marksman. Malice drives his whole being; he has no form of goodness and is only driven by his passion for ruling. His most famous invention is the dust of death, a powder which kills his victims immediately if it gets in contact with their skin. The dust causes the skin of the victims head to tighten causing hair loss and red discoloration of the skin. The victim’s final appearance resembles that of a skull.
10. Modok
This super villain was designed as a super intelligent being for computing. Things turned the wrong way when he grew ambitious and murdered his creators. His superior intelligence is his most powerful weapon; he can amass and save large files of information in a short time. This gives him a fearful problem-solving ability. He also has the ability to control people and generate force fields which help him survive minor explosions. Modok wears a headband that enables him to focus his mental power into a powerful beam. His head grew too big for his body as a result of mutation, necessitating the use of an exoskeleton and a special chair. He also has a personal army at his disposal.
9. Mephisto
Mephisto first appeared in marvels publication in 1968, he is also known as a satan or Lucifer. He rules a fiery dimension known as Hades. He is immortal and has superhuman abilities. Mephisto is somehow underappreciated as his abilities are not very clearly defined. Some of his known powers include the shape and size shifting, projecting illusions, time alteration, and memory manipulation. He is highly resistant to injury as he is fueled by evil doings in the human realm. He forms pacts and acquires souls when the victim gives him their permission often not willingly.
8. Mystique
Mystic has an ability to shapeshift by psionically shifting the atoms of her body to duplicate anything including color, clothing, voice and even fingerprints. This means that she cannot age, get injured and even drugs and poisons have no effect on her. Mystique is highly skilled in combat, a good actor, marksman and a master strategist. Mystique received power enhancement when she was exposed to powerful radiation, giving her ability to grow wings, have night vision and even moving her body organs to avoid injury. She is known for meddling with S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in her fight for her race. One of her wonderful powers is her ability to blend into the background.
7. Ultron
Ultron is dedicated to wiping out humanity, including his father. Ultron is an artificial intelligent machine and its body is made of indestructible adamantium. It has the advantage of upgrading and changing bodies. His abilities change with every upgrade of the body. His abilities range from mind control, and to programming himself into other machines, thus gaining control over them. He can control hundreds or even thousands of these machines at the same time. Ultron prefers to work alone and is the ideal villain as the superheroes can never truly beat it.
6. Green Goblin
The Green Goblin is also ranked among the Spiderman’s greatest enemy. He might have started without super powers in his first appearances, but in later appearances, he possesses superhuman abilities due to Goblin formula. He has speed, a fast healing rate, and endurance in battle. He also has enhanced intelligence, but this came with a price, his sanity, which can be temporarily regained by the use of chemically treated dermal patches. When at his best, the Green Goblin is a cunning businessman and a powerful strategist. He is very gifted in the physical sciences which explains his array of bizarre equipment he has.
5. Magneto
He is a super villain that has the potential to be good, but he always succumbs to his inner rage going a step too far. He can destroy even the most powerful superhero with his ability to control ferrous and non-ferrous elements. His main mission is for the mutants to rule the human race as the mutants are superior. He also has the ability to turn invisible and rearrange matter making him X-men’s biggest villain. He is able to resist most telepathic attacks because of the latent telepathic power of his own, which is enhanced by the advanced technology wired in his helmet. It is awesome how he can assemble a perfect machine within seconds by using his powers.
4. Loki
Loki has a reputation of being a trouble maker, but that’s just his nature as he is the God of lies and mischief. He never takes part in the actual fights or outcomes of his deceptions but prefers to watch from the sidelines. He is among the most powerful sorcerers in marvel world. His sorcery enables him to have many abilities like hypnosis, telepathy, teleportation and even shapeshifting. Loki can reattach his severed limbs in battle, including his own head.
3. Doctor doom
Dr. Doom’s source of power is very disturbing as he sacrificed his wife to demons in exchange for power. The demons ripped her apart and made him a special armor out of her skin. Dr. Doom is always prepared for anything; he even has a time machine that he uses to mess up the past. Doom’s unique ability is that he can exchange minds with others. By teaching himself mystical arts, he can invoke the mystical entities for help. He believes that he is the smartest man in the marvel universe and he would go to any lengths to prove his dominance. Let us just say he never accepts defeat.
2. Galactus
Galactus is a marvel villain who devours planets. Galactus appeared in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. He has vast knowledge and possesses unlimited cosmic power. He can teleport himself and other objects. This makes it very hard to defeat him in hand combat. He has been defeated many times, but he always gets restored to full power. Many debates have arisen on who’s more powerful Galactus and Thanos.
1. Thanos
Thanos first appeared in Iron Man, he is a master strategist and equipped with advanced knowledge in technology and some mystical knowledge unknown to this world. He possesses superhuman strength, endurance in battle as his skin is nearly indestructible. He can survive heat, extreme cold, electric surges, toxins, aging and even disease. Perhaps the main reason for Thanos getting the number one spot is that he has a curse that made him immortal hence he cannot die. He is also a master of telepathy and telekinesis. His mind and hands can project a sonic blast of energy, causing major harm to his enemies.
The question of who is the strongest has been debated time and again as everybody has their own opinions. There is no specific criterion that has been set aside to help organize this list of the 14 most powerful villains in the marvel universe. It is just a matter of perception and research.
Let us know your opinions on this topic in the comments below!
Wrong Enchantress, the pic is from the one in DC XD
We can even see Ragman in the background, that’s Enchantress when she was in Shadowpact.
Thanks for bringing it to our attention. It’s fixed.
Depends on how you define power I guess. For instance, comparing a crime boss like Kingpin to say, the Dark Phoenix who wiped out an entire sentient race by devouring their sun. Or Cyclops evil brother Vulcan who frequently slaps around entire teams of heroes compared to a guy who shoots good. Not exactly apples and apples.
Magneto? Carnage? Dormammu? The Shadow King? Before even dipping into the raft of cosmic level antagonists who would consider some of these villains about as much a threat as sunburn.
Perhaps the title could have been a little more subjective. Such as the Coolest villains in the Marvel Universe?
The List is Ridiculous.. not to be harsh, but did the writer read enough sources ? For instance.. Mystique is Walking the line of anti hero and villain.. and her motives are somwhow can be categorized as B- class villain.
Galactus is fearsome.. but not a villain in my opinions.. coz he does what he does out of necessity..
Bullseye, Modok, Enchantress, Green Goblin? Oh God please.. they havent make a headlines in years in comics..
I wonder why u didnt include beings like apocalpyse, Kang the Conqueror, Shuma Gorath, Korbac, Dark Phoenix.. Dormammu, Mikaboshi, God Butcher..
The list above should not be called Most powerful and fearsome but cool villain and villain that can make an interesting plot or story
This should be titled “14 of the most influential villains in the Marvel Universe” not powerful. Power wise only Thanos and Galactus belong.
where is Apocalypes
No Galactus is the most powerful in this fourteen not thanos. Thanos is powerful because of the infinity gauntlet.
Read the marvel legacy comic thanos issue #15/#16 thanos rip off galactus head with a single blast without the infinity gauntlet. Then he made galactus skull to be his throne
how is green goblin more powerful than ultron spider-man beats his a** all the time were ultron d*ck the whole avenger team( Hulk,Thor,Iornman, Captian america,captain marvel,spider-man,Ant-manand the sidekicks like falcon and wasp
So you say Thanos is the bigest / strongest Villan in the game and Galactus is number 2 XD
This cant be because Galactus killed Thanos and wahts with Doc.Doom who just became a god Slayer in 2015 after he absorbed the Beyonders. Imean Doc.Doom is the most power full Villain ever
accept for the Death her self.
When did Galactus kill Thanos? Oh wait, never! When did Thanos kill Galactus, only TWICE!
this list is so bad
Oh boy, oh boy… I HAVE to correct this..
Yes Thanos is #1 if you count the Infinity Gauntlet with all 6 Infinity Stones/Gems, but ANY MARVEL CHARACTER in possession of all 6 Infinity Stones/Gems will also be the strongest character in Marvel and #1 on this list. No Marvel Character originated with those items, they had to go out and seek them to boost their abilities so counting it as if it’s a part of them makes no sense whatsoever. Here’s how the list should be (in my opinion of course)
.10) Magneto
.9) Loki
.8) Ultron
.7) Dr. Doom
.6) Apocalypse
.5) Adam Warlock (Evil Parallel Universe)
.4) Thanos (No Infitiy Gauntlet & 6 S/G)
.3) Kang the Conqueror
.2) Dormammu
.1) Galactus
..And these are my Top *10 Marvel Super Villain [BIG BOSSES..
Imo 14 Characters on this list is way to much. Most of the villains aren’t even boss like and do not belong on this list. I included only boss villains that it takes team work and MULTIPLE Heroes just to beat ONE villain, now that’s a “Boss Villain”.
Uhh not every marvel villain or hero can use all 6 stones
No Onslaught?!?! Weak…..
Exactly!!!
I don’t think so, Thanos is really a most powerful character in MCU
Ultron is made of vibranium
Ultron is made of vibranium, adamantium is what wolverine’s claws were made from
You must not that big of marvel fans because the list is very weak you put green goblin on this list over venom , come on guys this is a weak list do your research
Thanos is the strongest
How this list should be (the list is very up for debate near the start re-order them if you want)
14.void (counting void as a villain despite sentry being a good guy)
13.Annihilus (using his annihilation wave)
12.thanos (infinity gauntlet)
11.the inbetweener
10.chaos king
9.dark Phoenix
8.molecule man
7.the marquis of death
6.dormammu
5.thanos (heart of the universe)
4.the beyonder
3.the beyonder (race)
2.god king doom
1.protege (basically a cheat character)
Honourable mentions
Pre retcon dr strange
Akhenaten (heart of the universe)
I think its Thanos Because the new movie named infinity war the thanos have all six stones in her hand and he will with all avengers and win
how is green goblin more powerful than ultron spider-man beats his a** all the time were ultron d*ck the whole avenger team( Hulk,Thor,Iornman, Captian america,captain marvel,spider-man,Ant-manand the sidekicks like falcon and wasp
Dormammu?????????????
You forgot about Amatsu-Mikaboshi who literally destroyed 99% of the multiverse
My list is
14.Sandman
13.Juggernaut
12.hyperion
11.Carnage
10.Dormamu
9.Cyttorak
8.onslaught
7.thanos
6.Abraxxas
5.Magus
4.Destroyer
3.molecule man
2.apocalypse
1.Galactus the end
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Wow, this is super dumb, you did not research at all, only ones that make sense were thanos, saten as 8 call him, and Galactus, everyone has it wrong, Which is disappointing, the closest one is Aye LMAO, BEANS, and RUSSEL FELICANO, To be people here’s the top two marvel characters, because everything else is up to debate,
2- The chaos king, who almost Devoured the entire Marvel mutiverse and made death leave the mutiverse for a bit, she obviously came back when he was defeated by being trapped in a pocket universe which was then disconnected from the rest of the mutiverse.
1- Oblivion, who is all, and wants to restore the mutiverse to its beginning state, which was oblivion, he’s the whole of the living tribunal, enterity, and the chaos king, who were oblivion’s halfs, thought there never was a comic where he was a main villain, mainly a background villain, in the end of the comic for the chaos king, you see oblivion walking down a path, doing the classic villain speech on why their so high and mighty, and then you see him holding a sphere with the chaos king in his weaker state, saying how he almost succeeded, though he never will since he was only half, half of oblivion. And oblivion trumps all, oblivion is all, and something like that, I think it’s clearly obvious why he made number one on this list, I didn’t do the top 14 because the marvel mutiverse is Huge, and there will always have a character forgotten, or a character with a state, or something that someone forgot, or someone thinks one character is actually better than the other, honestly its stressful, since thanos made 1 on the original comment, I say what he would actually be on this list, in my honest opinion, with the Gauntlet, 14-10, because frankly, it only effects IT’S UNIVERSE, and will only work in that universe, though with it, he can take on almost anybody in person, so who would win in the fight he would be in top three in his universe, though in reality he’s actually pretty bad. At least compared to other villains which I put as my standard. if there’s a character worth mentioning please let me know.