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The 15 Most Powerful MCU Heroes (Who Don't Have Any Powers)
While it is nice to be able to fly or shoot energy beams from your hands, there are plenty of MCU heroes without powers to speak of. The Hulk may be super strong, but can he shoot a bow and arrow? Mantis may have empathic abilities, but can she create her own suit of flying armor? Thor may be able to shoot lightning at his enemies, but could he infiltrate an enemy base as a super-spy would?
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes with different advantages and drawbacks. Here are the most powerful Marvel Cinematic Universe heroes who manage to get by - whether an "outsider" or a member of the Avengers - without powers.
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- Captain America: Civil War
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Who Is He: Tony Stark is a genius/billionaire/playboy/philanthropist who creates suits of armor that make him a superhero. You know who this guy is... he's a pretty popular dude.
What Is His Specialty: Outside of funding the Avengers, Stark's specialty lies in the genius-level intellect that drives him to create ever-improving suits of armor. He's pretty deadly when utilizing his impressive technology.
His Strongest Moment: While there are plenty to choose from, saving the whole of reality from Thanos at the end of Avengers: Endgame - and sacrificing his life in the process - probably best fits the bill here.
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- Avengers: Age of Ultron
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Who Is She: Natasha Romanoff is as talented as super-spies come in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A master of manipulation, interrogation, and hand-to-hand combat, Romanoff is not to be taken lightly.
What Is Her Specialty: Being sarcastic, cool, and deadly even though she's just a regular human in a world filled with superheroes and aliens.
Her Strongest Moment: Though it's tempting to say it's one of her many well-choreographed fight scenes, in this case it has to be her sacrifice for the Soul Stone in the second act of Avengers: Endgame.
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- Captain America: Civil War
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Who Is He: James Rhodes is an Air Force officer and the best friend of Tony Stark. Thanks to the War Machine armor, Rhodey is pretty much a second-rate Iron Man, but he's cool with it.
What Is His Specialty: Being Tony Stark's best friend has its advantages, as Rhodey has become an expert at piloting his buddy's armor suits. He's also good at giving Stark a hard time, which is a positive as well.
His Strongest Moment: Teaming with Stark to take down all the Hammer drones at the end of Iron Man 2 was a heroic sight to behold.
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Who Is He: Scott Lang is a former crook who became a superhero after swiping the Ant-Man suit from Hank Pym. He is a great dad; he's still working on being a great superhero.
What Is His Specialty: Lang uses the Ant-Man suit to shrink down to the size of an insect or blow up to the size of a small building. It makes fighting him pretty tough.
His Strongest Moment: Using Pym Particles to become "Giant-Man" for the first time during the airport skirmish in Captain America: Civil War is definitely the choice here.
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- The Avengers
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Who Is He: Clint Barton is just your average S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who's an expert marksman with a bow and arrow. At home with super-spies and superheroes, Barton is essentially the "everyman" member of the Avengers. He even has a family!
What Is His Specialty: Though he may be skilled in many forms of martial arts - he did some serious damage with a katana in Avengers: Endgame - everyone knows him as the archer guy.
His Strongest Moment: Barton was instrumental in keeping Iron Man's Infinity Gauntlet away from Thanos's alien horde in the final act of Avengers: Endgame as he kept the Infinity Stones safe before handing them off to T'Challa.
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- Guardians of the Galaxy
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Who Is He: A genetically enhanced raccoon with a massive intellect and a feisty attitude. His best friend is a tree.
What Is His Specialty: Creating powerful and wild gadgets during his time with the Guardians of the Galaxy.
His Strongest Moment: Teaming with the Winter Soldier to take down dozens of Chitauri soldiers in Wakanda during the third act of Avengers: Infinity War.
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