Why Iron Man Never Built a Vibranium Suit Explained (FATAL WEAKNESS) 

Vibranium has one fatal flaw. It can be turned off and rendered useless. This is explained in Dr. Doom's comic... You're welcome.

Im going to be upset if Tony in the comics lose his new Mysterium suit. On par with vibranium and adamantium but it also contains some special powers like bypass spidey senses and resistances to magic.

Looking at Iron Man 3 where he created suits for any sort of occasions, I wouldn't be surprised if one those suits between 50 and 85 was actually a Vibranium suit. "Just in case"

Shuri actually explains to agents ross that vibranium is highly volatile at high speeds and considering that the mark 50 can fly at mach 10 is a death sentence Thank u for putting this reason in 😊

Tony did ask, Black Panther was jealous of his Iron Man suit and said no.😂

he used vibranium in the mk 30 and 33 on the retractable daggers. He also thinks of every possible outcome so how repairable to suit would be is a huge factor aswell as how he would stop it if someone stole it. a vibranium suit would be great and we might see some suits in armor wars with vibranium used in weapons but he wanted nanotech because of how quickly he could suit up.

Why am I sitting and listening to a hypothetical reason for a fictional character to have not made an make-believe and impossible armoured suit with a made-up version of a metal. WHY?

Thor Tony and Vision didn't damage the vibranium components of Ultron's body. They melted the regular steel alloys underneath it causing his body to weaken. The vibranium remained in tact

The fact he made an additional 30 suit in the 5 year shows he wanted to improve those suits would of been different not just improvements and i cant believe he wouldn't make a vibranium suit even if he never had plans to use it

Shoulda made Uru armor!! I bet he has..

A vibranium suit would be a major liability if a hostile entity were able to steal it. Tony has had his tech stolen in the past, and would know a suit of vibranium would be very difficult for him to defeat if it ever got into the wrong hands. It is important to never make something you yourself cannot unmake should the need arise.

I think Tony was smart enough to figure out a way around the problems you mentioned here with Vibranium. I won't be surprised if Dr. Doom shows up in a suit made of Vibranium or Adamantium.

He should’ve got some from Wakanda after Infinity War 😂

*In short if he did use Vibranium it would be hard to come across, harder to forge with, and will have a lot of gaps like his Mk.46 it would also be harder to fit more features as some parts are seen to be flexed, bent, stretched* There is said to be 2 types of Vibranium, Wakandian and Antarctic, one has the ability to absorb and deflect all types of damage inflicted while the other has the ability to dissolve any metal Captain America’s shield is forged with the mix of Wakandian and special alloy other materials like Adamantium and Uru masters other aspects such as magical traits and sharpness, Vibranium is said to be rare and hard to forge seeing that the suits used nanotech to cover any gaps

When Iron Man 2 came out, I described Tony's suit as a fighter jet where Rhodies suit was the AC130 gunship. All that aside, I would have loved to see a short/miniseries of Tony, Shuri, and Bruce just getting into Science Shenanigans. Especially after what Tony said to Bruce in the first Avengers movie.

It would be better if he had a Vibranium suit like black panther and his nano tech on top of it white having no drawback on losing versatility and movement

Can you make a video about giant man and how he died in the Deadpool Wolverine movie

they should make a episode on WHAT IF where tony focuses more on durability and uses Vibranium

The exterior might have been cheaper and less durable materials but the interiors could have been Vibranium. Like how the cage of a car is made from way stronger steel than the iron/aluminium that makes up the rest.

Also Tony and Stark Industries are very Litigious in the comics when protecting the Ironman IP. So much so that many of Tony's villains were put out of commission through Lawsuits. So we would also respect the IP of Wakanda and their ownership of Vibranium.

It’s funny that when the Void was open, it had an Avengers VR game that mixed the Iron Man suit with the Black Panther suit. Even though it was just a game, Marvel, from that standpoint, showed how a Vibranium Mark XXX suit would function. 539

Vibranium Weave Stealth Suit would be the best option if he were to make a suit type with it. Functionally exact to the Black Panther series of suits, it would be inherently superior for missions where you mustn't be heard, but armed with quiet, lower yield versions of the standard weaponry that he's already used to having. The main thing about a stealth mission is you aren't supposed to actually get into any kind of combat where your targets have a chance to defend and any fights you do get in are dealt with quietly and quickly enough to where nobody else is alerted. If you've gotten yourself into a situation where you'd need Vibranium Plate, you've already failed the stealth mission.

Correction: Brute force does *NOT* break down Vibranium. When you said Thanos had enough of it to break cap’s shield that was incorrect. Thanos’ sword is made out of URU which is the only other metal other than Vibranium in the 616 universe that is known to damage Vibranium. As a content creator who reviews marvel continuity like this it doesn’t make sense that you’d say something before doing research into what you’re talking about, Vibranium absorbs kinetic energy which makes it indestructible to brute force. You’d need a material just as strong or stronger than Vibranium to break down Vibranium.

Another possibility, Vibranium armor would be too overpowered and the writers knew that

These problems should be pretty easy to solve. 1. The problem of having no vibranium or limited vibranium is super easy to fix. Tony Stark being Tony Stark means he should be able to find a way to turn energy into matter. If he perfects this, using his near infinite source of energy from his Arc Reactor or if I heard correctly from the 1st film actually infinite source of energy, he could convert this energy into vibranium. 2. Though it can be disabled with sonic attacks this is actually super easy to solve. He could use a layer of an adamantite alloy nanobots that reflects sound which he should be able to find. If he can't he could create a layer of adamantite nanobots on top, then a sound insulative layer under that, then vibranium+adamantite nanobots under. This would make it impossible if he uses the sound reflection or really hard to disable the vibranium if he uses the sound insulation. 3. Though it can be broken with enough force, you could fix this pretty easily to. If Tony Stark is able to turn energy into matter, he should already be able to turn kinetic energy into electric energy in a small space. If he does that then the vibranium should have technically infinite capacity to store kinetic energy because since it is nanobots, he could take the kinetic energy from the nanobots and turn it into other energy which he could use to power his weapons more. Essentially, the harder you hit Tony, the harder he hits back. 4. According to the official handbook of MCU(I found this online from some probably not trustworthy source on reddit) the melting point of Vibranium is 3000C. The melting point of adamantium is basically infinite so we don't need to talk about that. What if we add a layer of aerogel or a better insulative material between the adamantium and vibranium. If there is some sound insulation material then it would be placed next to the adamantium. Carbon based aerogel melts at 2500C but Tony's aerogel probably is better. It would insulate the vibranium so that you don't need to worry about them melting the vibranium or them melting tony stark. I imagine Tony has invented some insane insulation considering the attacks he has taken and not been incinerated so just use that. Now Tony has a suit made of vibranium that is super strong. Also with a nanobot reserve he can make specialized physical weapons that could maybe even shoot energy beams or explode. Also act as a shield against attacks? Like if he was attacked the nanobots could rush to the predicted point of impact or predicted point in the path to impact to shield tony. Likely not gonna happen considering his insane suit. Please tell me if anything is wrong. Also if he wants to have a stronger punch, he could turn electric energy into kinetic energy and direct the kinetic energy to power his punches instead of using jets.

0:48 Canonically Captain America's shield is made of a Vibranium Adamantium alloy infused with magic.

In the book The Wakanda Files, it was stated that Tony bought vibranium from Wakanda which was what his mark 50-85 armors were based on

Key word Manipulate. Not "Figured out time travel. That's step one. How to manipulate that travel in time was step two. In case some one is about to type up "IT TOOK HIM 5 YEARS TO TIME TRAVEL NOT DAYS!"

Its the simple questions like this that we think about until we find something of significance

Ultrons head was literally in Spider-Man

Dude I love your videos on your channel about start wars. Finding this was amazing.

Your forgeting one clear key difining fact that has been center stage to Starks character since the first comic, 'He doesnt like to share', The biggest re-used plot point in Iron man is his tech getting stolen and/or misused, 1st film Stain sells his weapons and steals his tech, 2nd Film Hammer - Wiplash & Rodes steal/misuse his tech, 3rd Film Killian wants starks improved Extremis, so it's clear that after Age of Ultron when his creation turns on him he choses to never create something he cannot destroy and thus see's a vibranium suit as a potential new Ultron.

What if we went a little Terminator 3 in focus. Where the outside of nanotech vibranium to only serve as better armor or turn into melee weaponry. But under that is the more plated style of armor. Could do this or the opposite, where it's other metals on the outside, but a vibranium suit.

This explanation, and the theories, both sound very interesting.

I could be wrong, but I think Iron Man is worth $100 billion.

Did you know that Iron Man suits already have vibranium in them the Silver Centurion and Blue Steel

I mean If he wanted the best of both world he could just ripped off Terminator 3 and did a combo of hard plates of vibranium and then the non vibranium nano bots from his other suit, so he get protection from the plates and versatility of gadgets with the nano bots

Wise , good job

Tony's PTSD is probably why

An Angel's hug bravo bravo you're explanation is soooo perfect and da video was fun too #newsubearned

it was a good call to not make a suit purely out of vibranium, but he could have implemented it in a non-essential manner

The starwars guy has a marvel channel, LET'S FUCKING GO

Vibranium being able to be disabled wouldn’t really be a problem if his latest nanotechnology suit was lined with vibranium. That way, even if it was disabled, he would still have his original suit’s durability, just without the vibranium reinforcements. Adding vibranium wouldn’t really have any drawbacks if he used it like this.

That would've been awesome.

FYI, Tony (after his dad) is the one who discovered/created vibranium in Iron Man 2

A full vibranium suit could also be physically tasking for Stark since he’s a normal human. Only superhumans are shown wearing full vibranium suits

He would have made a Vibranium suite out of curiosity alone.

It is possible that the suit he used in infinity war is actually vibranium because it is so durable or otherwise he would not have suddenly made such an upgrade with the nanobot and able to fight thanos for a prolonged battle in the movie

He could have created one, but just for moments like snapping with infinity gauntlet or some defense for his family in bad times, because i think this suit could withstand that infinity gauntlet, i would like to see alle the additional 30 suits which he created between infinity war and Endgame :D

Clearly Tony should've gotten the super strong ceramic from the Saucer Lips in Wakanda.😉

If I were the Black Panther...🤔... my suit would be similar to Tony's Endo Sim suit. It would in essence be like a liquid vibranium Venom. I can increase the size of the armor to a Hulkbuster size just like Tony did in the comics. I wouldn't even need an arc reactor because the suit can absorb and store its own kinetic energy. I can easily negate Sonic attacks by just emitting an alternate frequency to cancel out incoming sound based attacks. Wakanda's energy Shield technology would make me damn near untouchable to bladed attacks. So I would have the strength of the Hulk. I could replicate the versatility, abilities and protection of any Iron Man suit. I would have Spider-Man/Venom abilities and because of my nanites I could make Wolverine claws, duplicate any handheld weapon even a captain America shield. I can even use a portion of the suits Mass to create 1 or more avatars (Vision) with the exact same abilities that the suit grants me. #Wakanda4Ever🙅🏿‍♂️

If Shuri could create a synthetic heart shaped urb, Tony could definitely create it along with likely creating his own vibranium from scratch. But it's comics, nothing has to make sense.

simple answer, between civil war and infinity war tony didn't know the location of Wakanda only Captain America knew, also in civil war there's no definitive answer if Tony knew the black panther suit was made of vibranium. Iron man was already using nano tech that could shape his suit for many weapons and speeds he needs where vibranium would only make his suit stronger. Nano Tech was more valuable to his suit

The strength in his sattalites. And Edith. Like Hulkbuster. Speed and mobility was for quick, more spontaneous actions.

I theorize if he used magic, for the process of making, a Vibranium IronMan Suit, then it might be possible to reshape its form. Plus to add I theorize with the use of magic, it might be possible to lessen the weight, of the thick, heavy Vibranium metal. I imagine this way it could be possible, for the magically fused Vibranium suit, to be both strongly durable, and flexible. In addition I imagine it might be possible, for the suit to have a sleeker form to it, and have extra features that include magic protection.

He had one for a couple episodes in earth’s mightiest heroes when the avengers get scattered through the 9 realms and gets trapped on ndivilir

What about something similar to the T-X from Terminator? A Vibranium suit with a nanomachine layer. The nanomachines could form weapons, energy shields, and other defenses, covering Vibranium's weaknesses, while the Vibranium armor offers a strong core defense.

OR maybe because Since Tony is Constantly Making new Suits If he put vibranium in one of them hed have to put them in any future suits . since the entire point of making new suits is to make them better not adding vibranium in them wouldnt live up to that . Its probably because tony knew that while making one vibranium suit would be not that costly for him , but him proceeding to use vibranium in his suits would become very costly over time

I can picture a nanotech suit composed of a vibranium/adamantium alloy...

I think he knew about viburnum he just wanted to see if he could top it himself , or surpass it 🤷‍♂️

I think he could make an Iron Man Model Prime suit like in the comics out of Vibranium but that is just my opinion.

Thanos sword was probably made of Uru, the only metal in the MCU at that point that was strong enough to break Vibranium. He probably forced the dwarfes of nidavellir to create it while they also created the gauntlet.

Tony fixed Captain America's shield after Civil War and gave it back. So yes he can shape vibranium.

Tony didn't replicate the power of the tesseract. He created artificial vibrainium when he created the triangle power source for his chest arch reactor.

The White wolf got a arm made from it.

I think it would be really cool if in his later versions of his suits, he used vibranium

According to black panther 2 wakanda never opened up or agreed to international trade vibranium plus Tony has always feared his own genius he acknowledged the fact that there are lines that should not be crossed when it comes to power

I think Tony did build a vibranum armour but ot for himself, (The Rescue armour). He would have used vibranum to keep her safe and her suit doesn't seem to be nanites

Access is the primary reason. TChalla couldn’t say yes even if he wanted to - but he probably wouldn’t. No trust. I find it hard to believe Tony couldn’t come up with a solution for the potential durability issue. Much of that is solved in Caps shield.

The rarity could have a work around. Stark could have analyzed the years of data and reenforce the areas sustaining the most damage.

I wonder if Tony or ta'chala made a suit from the metal the dwarfs used to make thors hammer or storm breaker 🧐🤔

yk, youd think all this then also think wait, why not a layered suit, one vibranium inner layer thats not too thin, but thin, and one layer of nano tech ontop

Tldr this would have been pointless especially now that comic tony has a suit made of mysterium. That metal just by existing can bypass the spider sense resist magic, and is too strong for even capitán marvel to break.

Everyone also needs to remember where Vibranium came from. It came from a asteroid or comet, I don't remember which. So that would mean that it WILL run out, hence why it is so expensive.

MCU: If there is ever a break in continuity, just blame it on the multiverse.

Interesting theories

So...this might not be canon anymore but i remember a marvel avengers movie from the early 2k. In it an alien force with armor and ships attacked earth. No one at all could damage these ships. No one except the hulk. I believe the excuse was that vibranium was extremely weak and loses its properties when hit by extreme radiation.

i feel like when he fought thanos his suit was comparable yes weaker but comparable to vibranium considering thanos broke caps shield in half and the suit survived that times like 50

ULTRONS head was found it the shipping container in Spider-Man homecoming when Peter got stuck in the city clean up storage

it could be that he didnt think it was worth it when he was already onto nano tech

You lost me at "Tony wasn't smart enough" @2:27

I still don't get how nanobot projectiles could hurt anyone without fuel for the propulsion & detonation just taking away vast resources from the suit. When Thanos was just tearing off pieces of his armor, like his whole helmet, nanobots had to reroute from his leg. Those nanobots arent limitless & eventually Iron man would eventually be left with the bare minimum, if you could call it that

Thanos breaking the shield with his sword is a whole nother conversation lol im convinced that his sword was made from some celestial cause im sorry thanos isnt that strong on his own

Because making it out of adamantium would have been better, however Marvel did not have the rights to it, so Tony didn't either. Also, Captain America's shield being vibranium in the MCU really pss me off.

On paper it makes sense that he didn't. The American supply of vibranium was very small, most of it tied up in Captain Americas shield. The Wakandans were also restrictive of its use outside Wakandas borders and any recovered from Ultrons theft would have been returned in good faith. Stark would have to go through a process to acquire any vibranium he used to keep it on the up-and-up and maintain relations with Wakanda, they would also probably have stipulated that it not be used for offensive technologies. He probably also benefitted from other forms of Wakanda technology such as energy shields and nanites as a part of a technology bargain or concession. Long story short, the Wakandans controlled the supply of vibranium, their vibranium was unique to their geography and as such, it could be identified and returned to their supply if liberated from illegal trade.

If Tony was using a Vibranium suit of armor, he might have taken less damage from the snapping incident

Bro M50 had some vibramium in it

Nano level bonding would be very strong , Took thanos too damage it.

it's possible he could use carbotanium, something more malleable than adamantium and the Russians knew how to make it.. so I'm sure Tony could have found the smelting process should he really want to. It.. 'was' radioactive but he could make shielding for that with trace amounts.

if you've got a hulk buster suit or more in orbit you can called down, you don't need durability so much

"I am Vibranium man" doesn't have the same ring to it

Ultrons head was in Spider-Man homecoming when he got locked in the facility

Someone would steal it from him.

Iron Man vs. Batman, with their best gear, who wins ?

Tony's suit in End game was made with vibranium and nanotech

Technically the "new element" Tony discovered in Iron Man 2 was Vibranium actually, so he could create it without need for Wakanda.

Put simply I think it was impractical to make a suit out of vibranium as it would have prevented certain technologies such as nano technology from reaching their maximum potential due to the limitations of the metal.

Ultron never got the chance to make his body from vibrainiom. Vision is ,that's the body Ultron was going to be his until it was use for Vision. Ultron body was titanium

Missed opportunity Tony not making an adamantium suit in fall of X smfh

He did used, watch Avengers 2 again, Tony did bought some vivranium from Klaue