Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

* Base
* With Infinity Gauntlet
* Alternate 2014
* Alternate 2014 (With Infinity Gauntlet)

## Summary

**Thanos** was a genocidal warlord from Titan, whose main objective was to bring stability to the universe by wiping out half of all life at every level, as he believed its massive population would inevitably use up the universe's entire supply of resources and condemn this. To complete his goal, Thanos set about hunting down all the Infinity Stones, being confident that the combined power of the Stones would achieve his goal. Thanos forged alliances with Loki and Ronan the Accuser in order to track down some of the Stones. However, both alliances cost Thanos much of his resources, including the Mind Stone and the loyalty of Gamora and Nebula. Fed up with his subordinates' ongoing failures, Thanos made the decision to seek and procure the Stones himself, and he began by forcing Eitri to create the Infinity Gauntlet for him, so that he would be able to wield the power of the Stones safely. Afterwards, Thanos engaged in a ferocious crusade in order to obtain the Infinity Stones. During his mission, both he and his Black Order invaded multiple planets and slaughtered thousands to gain the Stones, including Thor and the Asgardians. This quest even forced Thanos to sacrifice Gamora, in order to obtain the Soul Stone. Thanos soon found himself challenged by the alliances of the entire universe's greatest heroes, which included the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy. However, despite facing off against the powerful combined opposition and wrath of these heroes, Thanos still ultimately triumphed as he completed the Infinity Gauntlet, using it to finally complete his goal through the Snap, which resulted in half of all life in the universe being wiped out with a mere snap of his fingers. Following his Snap, Thanos had ensured this could never be reversed by reducing all of the Infinity Stones to atoms, resulting in the Avengers tracking him down on Planet 0259-S, where Thor executed him with Stormbreaker. For 5 years, the universe lived on with the devastating ramifications of his actions.

In 2023, the Avengers resurrected the victims of the Snap after traveling through time to collect the Infinity Stones, while they came across an alternate version of Thanos and his forces, who was determined to destroy the universe and recreate it after learning of his original self's demise. With great personal sacrifice, they finally ended his reign once and for all.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** At least **5-C**, **higher** with Double-Edged Sword. **Varies** for Infinity Stones, up to **5-A** individually, up to **3-A** for all six collectively

**Name:** Thanos, Dark Lord, Mad Titan

**Origin:** Marvel Cinematic Universe

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** 1 000 years old

**Classification:** Titan, Warlord

**Powers and Abilities:**

* Base
* Using Infinity Gauntlet
**Superhuman Physical Characteristics**, **Self-Sustenance** (Type 1; Can survive the vacuum of space), **Longevity**, **Regeneration** (Mid-Low), **Enhanced Senses**, **Master Combatant**, **Weapon Mastery**, **Genius Intelligence**, **Weapon Control** (for Double-Edged Sword). **Resistance** to **Radiation** (Can survive the vacuum of space and endure the power surge from the Infinity Stones, which emit gamma radiation), **Extreme Temperatures**, **Madness Manipulation** (Type 2; Can wield Stormbreaker), **Sleep Manipulation** (Mantis was unable to put Thanos to sleep), **Extreme Pain Tolerance**

**Reality Warping** (With the Reality Stone, he can make reality to whatever the user wants, Capable of warping Titan), **Energy Manipulation** and **Projection**, **Transmutation** (Turned the blast from Star-Lord's gun into bubbles. Turned the debris from the destroyed pillar into bats. Turned Gamora's blade into bubbles), **Power Nullification** (Nullified the Mirror Dimension), **Vibration Manipulation** (Created a shockwave which covered Titan's moon), **Attack Reflection**, **Biological Manipulation** (Deformed Mantis), **Earth Manipulation** (Generated a pillar of earth to trap Black Widow), **Air Manipulation**, **Time Manipulation** (Reversed time so he could collect the Mind Stone), **Healing** (Via Time Manipulation), **Spatial Manipulation**, **Animal Manipulation** (Shown here), **Fire Manipulation** and **Absorption** (Absorbed the fire from Iron Man's missiles), **Forcefield Creation**, **Illusion Creation** (Created an illusion of himself on Knowhere to fool the Guardians of the Galaxy), **Portal Creation** and **Teleportation** (Shown many times), **Black Hole Creation** (Turned the remnants of the Mirror Dimension into a black hole), Can turn others **Intangible** (Made the Hulkbuster intangible), **Fusionism** (Fused the Hulkbuster into a rock), **Petrification** (Turned Drax into stone), **Invisibility** (Made himself invisible to fool the Guardians of the Galaxy), **Telekinesis** (Threw War Machine. Threw meteors off the surface of Titan's moon. Used telekinesis to hold Loki in place), **Deconstruction** and **Matter Manipulation** (After he snapped his fingers, half of all life in the universe was turned into dust. Atomised the Infinity Stones. Threatened to shred the universe to atoms), has access to all powers of the six Infinity Stones (Only displayed the ones above)

**Attack Potency:** At least **Moon Level** (Can trade blows with those who can harm him. Stronger than Post-Awakening Thor and heavily wounded him. Overpowered and knocked out Hulk. Overpowered Captain Marvel while near-death. Completely overwhelmed Mark 50 Iron Man. His younger self simultaneously fought Post-Decimation Thor, Mark 85 Iron Man and Captain America. Easily ripped the Mind Stone out of Vision. One-shot Doctor Strange's Tao Mandala. Far superior to all his subordinates, including Cull Obsidian and Ebony Maw. Considered by Korath to be the most powerful being in the universe, which Ronan indirectly agreed with, making Thanos superior to Captain Marvel), **higher** with Double-Edged Sword (Broke Captain America's Vibranium Shield). **Varies** for Infinity Stones (Can be controlled by the Infinity Gauntlet), up to **Large Planet Level** individually (Destroyed the surface of a planet in seconds. Destroyed the surface of Titan's moon), up to **Universe Level** for all six collectively (Threatened to tear down the universe to its last atom and recreate it)

**Speed:** **FTL** combat and reaction speed (Kept up with Thor, Captain Marvel, Mark 85 Iron Man and Captain America with Mjølnir. Blitzed Hulk. Casually blocked Iron Man's repulsor beam. Reacted to Captain Marvel's photon blast while severely injured. Dodged Mjølnir in point-blank range. Outpaced Captain Marvel's top flight speed). **Varies**, up to **Relativistic** attack speed via Power Stone (Can hit characters like Star-Lord before they can react. Moved across a planet in seconds). **Massively Hypersonic+** attack speed via Space Stone (Threw meteors at this speed)

**Lifting Strength:** At least **Class P** (Overpowered Hulk. Stronger than Post-Awakening Thor and Captain Marvel. Slowly overpowered Post-Decimation Thor and nearly shoved Stormbreaker into his chest)

**Striking Strength:** At least **Moon Level** (Easily drew blood from Awakened Thor and Hulk), **higher** with Double-Edged Sword

**Durability:** At least **Moon Level** (Endured the power surge from snapping the Infinity Gauntlet, which was stated to be of ridiculously cosmic proportions never seen before, while mortally wounded from Stormbreaker. Later survived the power surge from atomising the Infinity Stones, though it nearly killed him and took away his life essence, but could still withstand attacks from Captain Marvel and Hulkbuster 2.0 afterwards. Took numerous attacks from Scarlet Witch. Endured a lightning blast from Awakened Thor. Withstood multiple attacks from Mark 50 Iron Man and Captain America with Mjølnir. Tanked attacks from Hulk and Captain Marvel. Described as being effectively invincible. Held the Power Stone with his bare hand), **higher** with armour and Forcefield Creation (Blocked an energy blast from Scarlet Witch)

**Stamina:** Superhuman (Fought against Thor, Captain America and Iron Man, as well as many heroes during the Battle on Titan, without exhaustion. Kept fighting after numerous brutal attacks from Scarlet Witch)

**Range:** Extended Melee Range. Tens of Meters by throwing Double-Edged Sword. Several Hundred Meters with Mind Stone. At least Tens of Kilometres, likely far higher with Time Stone. Thousands of Kilometres with Telekinesis. Up to Planetary with Power Stone. Interplanetary with Reality Stone. Multiversal+ for Portal Creation and completed Infinity Gauntlet

**Standard Equipment:**

* **The Infinity Gauntlet:** Thanos used a powerful gauntlet forged from Uru, melted by the full force of a neutron star, by Eitri, under the strict command and supervision of Thanos himself under threat of death. With it, Thanos can collectively harness the power of all six Infinity Stones without being physically overwhelmed, and efficiently channel and command their power without risk of misdirection or backfiring.
	+ **Power Stone:** Directly linked with, and representing all Power in the universe, the Power Stone grants Thanos the ability to control unrivalled levels of cosmic power, allowing him to effortlessly tear apart the surface of planets and moons, as well as destroy his enemies with powerful blasts of cosmic energies.
	+ **Space Stone:** Directly linked with, and representing all Space in the universe, the Space Stone grants Thanos direct control over the fabric of Space itself, allowing him to telekinetically throw pieces of Titan's moon, levitate, and fold space to create portals so that he may instantaneously traverse across the universe.
	+ **Reality Stone:** Directly linked with, and representing Reality itself, the Reality Stone grants Thanos the ability to mould and reshape the fabric of reality as he sees fit, allowing him to effortlessly transmute anything and anyone in his vicinity, create tangible illusions, and reform the entire landscape in which he is in.
	+ **Soul Stone:** Directly linked with, and representing the souls of all sentient beings in the Universe, the Soul Stone grants Thanos the power to manipulate the souls of his victims, allowing him to end the lives of his victims with but a snap of his fingers. When further empowered by the Five Other Stones combined, this ability can be performed on a universal scale.
	+ **Time Stone:** Directly linked with, and representing all Time in the Universe, the Time Stone grants Thanos direct control over the fabric of Time itself, allowing him to halt, revert, and accelerate its flow, as well as generate endless time loops.
	+ **Mind Stone:** Directly linked with, and representing the minds of all sentient beings in the universe, the Mind Stone grants Thanos the capability to influence and control the minds of his enemies.
* **Double-Edged Sword:** Thanos used a large double-bladed sword in his earlier days as a warlord, wielding it in his conquest across the universe. It is durable enough to withstand breaking Captain America's Vibranium Shield. He stopped using it sometime before the Assault on the *Statesman*. His alternate 2014 self wielded it in the Battle of Earth.
* **Armour:** Thanos wore a durable set of armour during his conquest as an intergalactic warlord. He disposed of it after obtaining the Space Stone. He later regathered it to use it as a scarecrow for his farm.

**Intelligence:** Extraordinary Genius (Cunning and ruthless with intellect sharpened by centuries of experience. Brilliant strategist, commanding vast armies that have devastated countless worlds and destroyed empires across the galaxy, which earned him renown as one of the most fearsome warlords in the universe. Highly skilled combatant, who outmanoeuvred heroes such as Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Captain America, Captain Marvel, and many others, during their confrontations. Could quickly and intuitively learn and master how to wield the Infinity Stones. Found a way to time travel from 2014 to 2023 after obtaining Pym Particles, reverse-engineering and mass-producing them alongside Ebony Maw. Master manipulator and incredibly charismatic. Stated to be more intelligent than anyone else in Avengers: Infinity War, which would include Doctor Strange, Tony Stark and Shuri)

**Weaknesses:** Must be able to move his hand to activate the Infinity Stones. Excessive usage of Infinity Stones had a toll on his body, as left arm has been permanently damaged following the Snap