Top 10 Worst MCU Villains 

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Killian going "I AM THE MANDERIN!" and getting knocked by Pepper via pipe will never stop being funny.

The problem with Karli is that she tried to come off like some "holding all the cards" bad guy but she didn't have the charisma to pull it off so she just comes off like a whiny college hipster with a God Complex.

Taskmaster deserves the number 1 spot on this list. Forget the gender swap, the character was not Taskmaster whatsoever. The ability copying and suit would not make up for the character and story as a whole.

I personally have never agreed with the hate for Corey Stoll as Yellowjacket. I thought he did a great job and even managed to be intimidating at several points.

With terrible villains, it just shows you how much Robert Downey Jr carried the Iron Man movies

Taskmaster didn't deserve to be treated like this. They butchered him, man.

Taskmaster was the most disappointing one to me. I've seen shows that have him being cool and confident in his abilities, having photographic memory. Black Widow straight up made Taskmaster a project, practically a robot, and no photographic memory, it was just videos of fights literally drilled into Antonia.

They wasted taskmaster in Black Widow. The villain could have been so much more

I hope they might bring Tony Master (Real Taskmaster) just like they did with Mandarin.

Loki: “I want to rule Asguard.” Ultron: “I want humanity’s extinction.” Thanos: “I want a balanced Universe.” Ivan: *“I want my börd.”*

I personally liked Abomination mostly due to Hulk being my second favorite Marvel hero

The Deviants in Eternals were also very bland villains. Especially the one played by Bill Skarsgard.

It's been a while since I saw Iron Man 2, but I remember liking Mickey Rourke as the villain, and I honestly think of him as being one of the better MCU villains, especially compared to other early MCU ones.

I was afraid Ghost was going to be on this list, I'm so glad she wasn't. She has so much potential and her powers looked so cool along with her costume.

Most of these villains suffer from just about the worst thing possible in modern film: mediocrity. It’s almost worse to be a mediocre character than it is to be a terrible character, as people will embrace truly terrible films and characters, but if you’re only okay, then people will remember it worse than it actually was

Karli was a victim of the MCU's thing of, "Uh oh, the bad guy is making some really valid points, so let's have them do something villainous to make sure viewers know they're still the bad guy." See also: Killmonger

I feel bad for Mickey Rourke he's such a good actor, he was just handed of bad script

I was really hoping for a "UMvC3" kind of Taskmaster down the line. She gave The Wolverine Deadpool vibes with how few times she talked

Malekith felt like the most forgettable of the entire MCU. Like I just forgot that he exists.

Ronan.. bad? What are you guys smoking?

I'm honestly surprised that Kaecilius didn't make in since he was REEEEALLY boring villain for Doctor Strange's first movie, not to mention that Gargantos was a severely nerfed version of his comic book counterpart Shuma-Gorath in second Doctor Strange movie. However I do agree on Malekith being at the top because I completely forgot that guy even existed. At least Killian had that meme death to make him at least that much memorable.

Taskmaster by far was the biggest disappointment in the MCU

There have been some great villains too; Thanos, Loki, Bucky, Red Skull, Hela, Wilson Fisk, Bullseye, Zemo, Ultron and Killmonger.

When it comes to the alien villain YON-ROGG; I honestly think since he isn’t dead, than it still might be possible to try to expand on the character, and maybe even see the character go through a sort of mental, and to add moral transformation.

So you are saying.. Ronan is bad cuz he is too "serious" character for a "comedy" movie The Guardians of the Galaxy??? *B R U H*

Oh yeah taskmaster for sure

Agree with all, but I think Yellowjacket was alright for the “small” scale Ant-Man movie. Taskmaster and the Mandarin pissed me off the most. I think Iron Man 3 was the worst Phase 2 movie. Also so many great actors wasted like Guy Pearce and Jude Law.

I liked Ronan, he was just like he was in the comics, a fanatic.

Personally I loved the Abomination. We get to see Blonksy's slow transformation from a relatively stable soldier to a fight-hungry maniac, and the brilliant part is that it's not a transformation, it's bringing out the inner ugliness of him. He's a great foil to the Hulk.

"10. Taskmaster": The way he was handled really kind of triggered my inner fanboy. He's a chatty villain like you said and is really intimidating especially in the 2018 Spider-Man game when he appeared as a side boss. The Black Widow film on the other hand.......it just felt like the writers didn't even KNOW the history of this character or how to handle him which makes the twist all the more disappointing than shocking, that's not a good look. "#9. Karli Morgenthau": ......Yeah, I would say that its probably the point of her being unlikable but I'd be exaggerating....but what did we expect???? "#8: The Abomination": It didn't trigger me as much as Taskmaster did......but I definitely saw why people really had issues with him. But don't worry, he will appear in She-Hulk: Attorney At Law so who knows if he'll pull a redemption card. "#7: The Hand": Can't comment on that cause I haven't gotten to Daredevil Season 2 or The Defenders yet (I will eventually don't worry). "#6: Whiplash": Not even Mickey Rourke could make the film's villain a bit more....well let's say a bit more likable. "#5: Ronan The Accuser": What????? How???? Lee Pace was kind of A highlight (not THE highlight), but calling him boring is a bit of an over-exaggeration don't ya think???? "#4: Yellowjacket" Again, how????? He's like a reverse Lex Luthor (or just Marvel's answer to him), and even if the film kept focusing on Scott, Hank, and Hope, you kind of feel scared and concerned for how far he'll go to get what he wants any time he comes on screen. He shouldn't be on here. "#3: Yon-Rogg": Say what you want about Captain Marvel but Jude Law really isn't that bad at playing a villain. Just saying. "#2: Aldrich Killain": I mean, you could just assume Trevor Slattery as The Mandarin is Marvel's acknowledgement of his racist origins (hence why the Shang-Chi film decides to tell a different origin story that ISN'T racist towards Asians), but you're not wrong on the execution part, man that really sucked. "#1: Malekith:" Had a feeling he'd be on here. I mean, didn't Christopher Eccleston say Marvel cut a lot of stuff that REALLY sounded important???? It's not surprising cause this really WASTED him. Plus, the way he's characterized really didn't help either and kind of is one of the reasons why The Dark World still gets hate and is sometimes still said to be one of the WORST MCU films.

Marvel: more about the hero's DC: more about the villains That's what I've always believed.

I’m surprised that all the villains in the *Eternals* didn’t need up on this list.

I strongly feel that Karli, Taskmaster and Yonn-Rogg are the worst villains and should e higher up on the list.

Taskmaster was the most wasted potential and probably the easiest to adapt to live action. Could have been hiding in the shadows. Training the next mercenaries at his school. Maybe she was one of his students and she just took his name. They overcomplicated this twist for the sake of manufactured drama. What a waste.

Best way to describe MCU Taskmaster: a terrible Winter Soldier copy with none of the interesting backstory that Bucky had.

I was at a convention, where Christopher Eccelston was a guest. I attended his panel. I heard him mention Maleketh with sheer disdain.

Ronan the accuser is considered pure evil, so he SHOULD be taken seriously.

“Karli’s actions are despicable” Weird…almost like she’s a villain.

I honestly liked Whiplash. His character wasn't shallow really. He was an animal lover, loyal to his father, watched him and his father suffer their entire lives because of Tony's father so he wanted revenge to be at peace, he was also extremely smart and for me he was the best part of the movie. I think the rest of the movie storyline is what fell flat.

20 years ago, superhero movies were made as one-offs No post-credit scenes, no sequel baits or even announcements of cinematic universes without even thinking through Back there, they were concerned about the present instead of the future, so directors could give their movies an identity of their own, and villains were allowed to shine, without being overshadowed by a bigger villain that was yet to come

I hope Taskmaster gets a proper adaptation like the Mandarin.

When it comes to the M.C.U. movie version of the villain WHIPLASH; I think that the best way to fix that is if a mad scientist of H.Y.D.R.A. decides to create a clone of him, this way a new form of him gets introduced, and not only that it might be possible to reinvent the aspect of the villain.

Taskmaster was done Dirty, the same way Mar Vell was done Dirty in Captain Marvel!

890: My first thought is the Mandarin in Iron Man 3. Disappointing but funny. The actor’s return in Shang-Chi got more funny

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I actually knew Yon-Rogg and Supreme Intelligence were going to be the villains in Captain Marvel right at the beginning.

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I really didn’t mind Yellow Jacket. The guy was so despicable that it kind of worked

They took taskmaster one of the COOLEST mcu villains and turned them into a tried sob story

They did Taskmaster dirty

They did Taskmaster super dirty. Although I've only seen one other Taskmaster being the animated series The Ultimate Spiderman's Taskmaster. It had to be one of my favourite Marvel villains. TAS Taskmaster was an actual villain who had an actual motive of being bad and not a good person being forced to be bad (Black Widow version). TAS Taskmaster actually has powers that enable him to mimic his opponent's skills, along with photographic memory, whereas the Black widow version was just someone using a suit that does the mimicking and moving your body for you. The Black Widow Taskmaster suit I didn't really like, it was bulky, the hood wasn't even a hood, the colour scheme could have been done with more white and black and it just didn't look menacing. TAS Taskmaster his identity was unknown and when he's not wearing the suit he will disguise as someone else and actually use those face masks things they used in Black Widow, but that Taskmaster just always remains in their suit and they have no personality, no talking just forced to eliminate their targets whereas TAS the taskmaster was quite funny ish and good evil lines. TAS Taskmaster felt more like a big recurring villain such as the green goblin / Dr. Octavius / Kingpin which he was and his evil goals felt really the end of the world. Whereas this Taskmaster was probably the only time we see them and it wasn't even an evil person just someone pulling the strings. The only good thing I liked about this Taskmaster was that he already had a shield, bow and arrow, and claws representing the Avengers' abilities he had mimicked and kept onto them and used for future fights. Whereas the TAS Taskmaster can only mimic an ability for a certain amount of time, which is quite balanced and understandable, or else he will be unstoppable.

Malekith was the worst villain in the entire MCU. But I only watch the dark world is because of Loki.

With some notable exceptions, Marvel has really struggled in creating memorable villains. The bigger shame, though, is that they get such incredible talents to play so many lackluster villains.

I agree, Malekith is the worst MCU villain to date no character development what so ever. These villains wouldn’t be bad if they were given better dialogue

I love they put "taskmaster" in the thumbnail. I was so done when I saw it the first time because I was expecting some xmen origins' deadpool again. But even worst: another bad deadpool but with gender swap 🙄 Also Drakov was a big cliche with the daughter and vengeance

Dishonorable Mention: *The Alpha Deviant - Eternals -He's barely in it and he barely gets any character.

Taskmaster was the BIGGEST villain let down i have ever experienced in a Marvel's movie 0/10.

The fact that Darren from the first Ant-man is here and he would return as modok in quantumania and is still a wasted villain says it all

Weirdly Ronan is one of my favourite villains in the MCU. He is undeniably a bit generic but Lee Pace just makes him so genuinely intimidating.

i liked Mickey Rourke in IM2 ..it's the writers who i blame for him being one of the worse villains...what were thinking having him use the whips without a suit?...then he gets penned to that Fence and heals up pretty damn quick where in real life he would've mostly like ended up like that one Salamanca twin.. but of course i know not the real world but giving him a suit would've made far more sense though of course it would've turned the villain into what alot of these villains are, evil counterparts with pretty much the dsmrnlrgrltt

Ronan was supposed to be serious. It’s the perfect foil for the hilarious heroes, the Guardians of the Galaxy.

HOW I IMAGINE IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH M.C.U. VILLAIN TASKMASTER: Now I imagine a scenario in which TaskMaster aka (Antonia Dreykov) she gets killed by someone who is better than her, and that person decides to become the new TaskMaster after killing her.

The MCU has a problem with writing boring villains. Since they're not the central figure of the story, a lot of their motivation gets stripped away in favor of a two-dimensional, simplistic vision of what real evil looks like, in order to fit the movie runtime. But if they don't provide any form of character development to the hero, something that shakes their previous worldview, they don't serve much more purpose than to be a spangley punching bag. Villains are supposed to challenge the protagonist in more ways than just physical combat. They hold up a mirror to them, showing their flaws and issues, and confront them over their frailties and contradictions. Sometimes they are sympathetic, and sometimes they represent something antithetical to the hero's story arc, but the Disney MCU seems to be content to just leave some of them as flat and dull to make room for bigger budget CGI fights.

Of course, Malekith had to be no. 1 on the list. I'm still mad at the waste of potential here. Christopher Eccleston was the right actor for the role, and you could've had a charismatic, cunning villain to rival Loki. Which was probably the issue, that's what they didn't want. Instead we got MCU Darth Vader. :/

Some villains are awful due to a lousy performance by the actor. Some times they’re awful because of the writing And then there’s those times when they’re awful because of both

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Ghost definitely deserves the thumbnail

I feel like Sonny Birch from Ant-Man and the Wasp should have been on here.

in my opinion the hulk vs abomination fight wasnt underwhelming in the slightest and really showed off the greater test of hulks true strength and bruce's trust in his alter ego. that entire move gets some unfair hate in my opinion. I loved that portrayal of the hulk.

You think these villains are bad, you haven't seen some villains in the DCEU like Lex Luthor, or the Joker

I'd throw Kaecilius from the first Doctor Strange up there as well.

Taskmaster could’ve been and should’ve been such a brilliant villain! And taken more seriously in my opinion they destroyed the character

There's no room in the MCU for individuality Just ask Edgar Wright

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The Mandarim is just Ridiculous.

Believe it or not, Shang-Chi made me love Trevor Slattery

How did none of the shitty villains from Eternals make it on this list?

lets be honest here the only reason kro isn't number one is because everyone forgot him even watch mojo

You forgot Deviants in Eternals.

Ronan should have been a killer Instead of having Thanos berate and belittle him, they should have had Nebula trying to secure the mission by herself and failing. Then getting another chance to go after Peter Quill, but Peter Quill gets help to fight her off from rocket and Groot so they can collect the bounty on Peter. Nebula going back to lick her wounds, she then gets replaced when Thanos calls in Ronan to finish the job, which caused Gamora to go turncoat. Gamora reaches Peter, Rocket and Groot first, trying to warn them that Ronan is after the Power Stone. Peter tries to pick her up, she rejects him, Rocket tells her to fuck off, couple of I Am Groots here and there. Resulting in all of them arguing and *ALMOST* fighting each other, but Ronan lands before the Guardians fight and Ronan single handedly destroys them. Like, without breaking a sweat. He doesnt hurt Gamora, since shes Thanos' daughter and favorite. But he knocks her out, then beats Peter, Rocket and Groot by himself. But before he can kill them and take the Orb, Yonda hits Ronan with a space pod and Ronan fights the rest of the Ravagers while The Guardians are being arrested. Ronan offs a couple Ravagers, but seeing the Nova Force Police, he is disgusted and decides to regroup since he is one of the most notorious Kree War Mongers after Yondu taunts Ronan of the incoming Nova Force. Then the movie will pretty much go as it did from here. They only needed to make Ronan seem like a BIGGER threat than he was. He came off like a whiney, callous and useless hired hand rather than the all powerful War Mongerer that hes supposed to be. Showing him destroy the Guardians single handedly before they became a team would show how much power he has. Having Thanos bring him in personally and all the faith in them is a stark contrast to the way he sees him in the movie. With the Guardians having trouble defeating him until they realize they have to work as a team, and it makes everything more impactful. Gamora leaving and betraying Thanos. Nebulas feelings of being a screw up. Groots sacrifice to save his team mates. And Ronans betrayal of Thanos would also hit harder. It would be a huge WTF moment that shows how powerful the stones are, if they could make Ronan betray Thanos and threaten him personally once he takes the Stone.

Taskmaster definitely. I get changing somethings about a character, but besides copying abilities, it was almost everything about Taskmaster changed. I’m surprised Kro from The Eternals was not on this list (I’m not even sure they ever said his name in the film, I only know it from surrounding merch).

Tbh i really liked yellowjacket. He looked cool and was weirdly creepy. Example is when he was talking to cassie

Taskmaster was the biggest middle finger to anyone who loves the character

I disagree with Ronan on this list. I thought he was pretty cool, and Lee Pace had the right attitude when playing him. Mslekith at least looked cool, but yeah.... Other than that it's a pretty good list. These clips also reminded me how... unsympathetic Brie Larson is as Captain Marvel. I vastly prefer Teyonah Parris in pretty much the same role. Maybe we could have an underwhelming hero list next? ; )

Taskmaster needed more screentime to build the character, not just 10 minutes of screentime

Love the background music

Now when it comes to the villain YELLOWJACKET; The main YellowJacket who was (Darren Cross) is dead, but that doesn’t mean someone else can’t take up the mantle, maybe someone who genuinely admired, and respected (Darren Cross).

Yeah I wasn't hating taskmaster I just thought that they could have done more hence the underwhelming. But I did like the idea of her being initially mind control and stuff I just think that afterwards she should have still carried on with her villainous ways although you did actually feel sorry for her which is something that we never see in the actual thing. Not very sympathetic villain more so a true villain which is nice but not in every case

Yon-Rogg is the 2nd villain I'VE seen Jude Law play. He was Pitch Black in Rise Of The Guardians.

All of them had good potential but they decided not to give them any focus

I always saw Black Widow as a female-empowerment-movie dressed as a superhero movie rather than a direct adaptation from the source material and in that context, that version of taskmaster made perfect sense to me. Also people tend to forget that the MCU is not the same universe presented in the comics and I personally, as a fan of the comics myself, prefer to be surprised sometimes than get the full fan-service-package.

I would have said ultron if it wasn’t for his spectacular performance In marvel’s what if…? In the tv show in Disney plus so I have to say now the mandarín because of iron man 3 where you can’t even tell who he is supposed to be

Yeah Ronan and Abomination don't belong on this list. Ronan was a perfect contrast to the Guardians' personalities, and Abomination just wasn't that bad... especially not deserving to be placed higher than Taskmaster.

I like Karli and Vanko. I think how Karli operates made sense, simply because she had depth but being misguided really made that. And Vanko kinda felt like he could've been Zemo before Zemo. He was wonderfully cerebral but not given enough. Also Corey Stoll would make a killer Lex Luthor

Say what You like, but I think many of these villains are TOTALLY AWESOME: Yon-Rogg, Ivan Antonovich Vanko/Whiplash, the Abomination, Aldrich Killian/The Mandarin and the YellowJacket!!!!!! And I also think Malekith the Accursed and Ronan the Accuser are pretty cool.

The issue with MCU's villain problem is because there are just too many movies. It makes it difficult to make a villain that's interesting and still be relevant in the later films. They are just throw away characters in the individual films. Very sad. Which makes Dr. Strange 2 that much more interesting.

Sadly, this was a thing everyone glosses over in the MCU.

Why was Aldrich Kilian on this list. Like he is such a good villain. His super power is awesome, he is super smart and powerful,and the actor was so good for the character and his plan to make super-humans from energy is so cool

Taskmaster also doesn’t use tech to mimic fighting styles he does that all natural.