How Powerful Scarlet Witch Really Is In Each MCU Movie

It appears as though Wanda’s abilities will receive a significant reality-bending upgrade, confirming that she is a force to be reckoned with.

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Here’s how powerful Scarlet Witch is in every MCU movie. Proven to possess one of the widest and mightiest power sets within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Wanda has already established herself as one of the franchise’s most formidable supporting players. With an upcoming star turn in WandaVision, it appears as though these abilities will receive a significant reality-bending upgrade, confirming that Wanda is a force to be reckoned with. But how powerful has she been in each film so far, and how have her powers developed?

Prior to her first major appearance in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Wanda lost her home and parents, prompting her to become a HYDRA guinea pig, as revealed in her first appearance at the end of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. And then to compound the tragedy of her origin, she lost her brother as well. After joining the Avengers, in Civil War Wanda’s public mistake in Lagos made her something of a scapegoat, culminating in her being sent to the Raft. With the disbanding of the Avengers, Wanda looked to start a more private life with Vision, but he too is cruelly taken away from her, this time by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War.

In each film, from The Winter Soldier onwards, Wanda’s powers change as she navigates each traumatic episode and that should mean her next appearance is different again. But how powerful is the MCU’s Scarlet Witch and what fans can expect her to unleash in the upcoming Disney+ spinoff?

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Originating from the Mind Stone, Wanda’s abilities are reminiscent of the Infinity Stone itself, with the MCU’s writers giving her psionic powers like telepathy and telekinesis (a notable departure from her comic book counterpart). Largely motivated by her anger towards Tony Stark, whose weaponry contributed to the loss of her parents, Wanda’s illusion-making abilities are put on display in the film’s opening sequence as she forces Tony to confront a simulacrum of his greatest fear: the fall of the Avengers at the hands of intergalactic forces and the end of the world. After she and her brother join Ultron, Stark’s failed attempt at peaceful artificial intelligence, Wanda’s mind-altering power is a great asset to him, rendering Captain America, Black Widow, and even Thor helpless and trapped within their own personal nightmares.

However, when the twins are informed of Ultron’s true masterplan (involving the destruction of their home country) Wanda is seen using her abilities to override the Mind Stone’s control over Dr. Helen Cho, an impressive feat in itself. Once the twin’s heel-turn and eventual collaboration with the Avengers, Wanda’s considerable skills are further put to the test, with her telepathy helping to safely remove the Sokovian citizens out of harm’s way and her telekinesis proving destructive against Ultron’s robotic army and, later, his own vibranium body. When Pietro’s psionic link to Wanda is severed with his death, she unleashes a huge surge of energy, displaying a direct correlation between her empathy and power output.

Captain America: Civil War

Left without a family, Wanda chooses to start a new life with the Avengers, presumably with the intention of atoning for her role in Ultron’s violence against humanity. Curiously, her mind control is hardly present going forward in the series (possibly to keep her from being considered too overly powered), however, her telekinesis appears to have received a major upgrade capable of extracting poisonous gas from an entire building, creating force fields, and even enabling her brief periods of flight.

Sadly, after Wanda fails to contain Crossbones’ explosives in her attempt to save Captain America and her attempt to safely redirect the explosion with her telekinesis ends up killing hundreds, the considerable collateral damage calls the whole enterprise into question. Clearly shaken by the incident and the public’s negative reception of her, Wanda is confined to the Avengers compound with Vision. But when Steve calls on her to aid him in his protection of Bucky, Wanda makes the choice to escape.

Spurred on by a new sense of purpose, Wanda easily overpowers Vision with her abilities, rendering him helpless through her interference with the Mind Stone embedded in his forehead, and causing him to fall several stories below ground. The brilliant display of power is considerable and Wanda goes on to play a major part in the climactic airport battle, hurling cars and levitating enormous objects throughout. At one point in the confrontation, Wanda admonishes Hawkeye for “pulling [his] punches” with Black Widow – an interesting comment from someone who earlier in the film seemed so terrified of her own potential. But perhaps this sentiment ties into Wanda’s own recent and ominous self-discovery: the greatest realization of one’s power comes at the cost of losing the connections that ground them – an idea that she will understand even more fully in her next appearances.

Avengers: Infinity War & Endgame

After being broken out of the Raft by Steve Rogers, Wanda joins his faction of the Avengers and goes on the run. Although little is known of the time between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, the next time Wanda is seen, she is in a sweet relationship with an evolving Vision. When the couple is attacked by Thanos’ children Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight, Wanda’s control over her powers is significant. Now able to fly telekinetically with seeming ease and firing off rapid energy bolts, she is more than a match for her attackers, able to fend them off before help can arrive.

Later in the film, it is revealed that, due to her shared connection to the Mind Stone, Wanda is the only person able to destroy the gem empowering her android partner, but the team plans to remove it in Wakanda, hoping to spare him. In the face of Thanos’ forces overpowering the Wakandan Army and the Earth-bound Avengers, Wanda joins the battle, taking down enormous warships and disposing of Proxima Midnight. As Thanos appears, Wanda is convinced by Vision to destroy the stone (and kill him) and she tearfully agrees, managing to shatter the Mind Stone with one hand and hold the Mad Titan (now possessing the other five Infinity Stones) back with the other.

Like all of the blipped heroes, Wanda makes a brief return in Avengers: Endgame after the core team reversed Thanos’ Snap. But unlike every other character who has taken on Thanos throughout the series, Wanda has the distinction of not only holding her own with him but almost defeating him. Channeling rage and emotion in ways not-yet-seen, Wanda smashes the Mad Titan with telekinetic attacks and forcibly levitates him, painfully removing his armor and breaking his bladed weapon with ease. It is only Thanos’ desperate call for his ships to fire upon his own troops that enables his hurried escape from the Scarlet Witch.

WandaVision

With Thanos “taking everything” from her and leading her to the deepest feelings of isolation she has ever faced, Wanda may well continue tapping into new facets of her powers as she moves forward in the MCU. Since Wanda’s powers in the comics are tied into magic and reality-bending, it appears that WandaVision will be leaning into that history. With Kathryn Hahn’s “nosey neighbor” character a probable incarnation of Wanda’s magical mentor Agatha Harkness and the clever House of M wine bottle Easter egg, eager Marvel fans may soon witness changes to the status quo threatening to alter the franchise forever. As Wanda is often as unpredictable as she is unstoppable, all bets are off.

Even before establishing her comics-accurate connection to the mystical arts, Wanda has set herself apart as arguably the most powerful hero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a sentiment echoed by Kevin Feige, himself. Capable of controlling minds, busting vibranium, destroying Infinity Stones, and taking on Thanos – to say nothing of her resiliency even in the direst of circumstances – her strength is undeniable. Now, armed with experience and the lessons from another great loss, WandaVision will see Wanda truly coming into her own, ascending to the promise of her ever-evolving power set.

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