Scarlet Witch Powers & Fight Scenes | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
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all powers and fight scenes of Wanda Maximoff aka The Scarlet Witch took from the Marvel movie “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”
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Maybe all of you have already realized this, but in MoM not a single one could defeat Wanda/Scarlet Witch, not even Wong or Strange after using the Darkhold, the movie ended because she snapped out of the Darkhold’s control thanks to 836 Wanda and her sons. No one defeated her, she just surrendered. It’s a nice detail to see how OP she really is.
Exactly and I think no one could have
If strange was knew all the spells maybe Dr strange would defeat wanda
@@lan2documentarychannel989 Im sorry but no.
Only Supreme Doctor Strange from What If can beat Wanda.
@@tundesmith6484 yeah idek if he could beat her either.
i like how the MCU showcases her powers when she’s a villain. after age of ultron, her powers sort of just diminished to “throwing red energy” and sometimes telekinesis. but in age of ultron, wandavision, and multiverse of madness, she starts using her mind manipulation and other scarier powers again. like while she was an avenger, she was holding back her true strength.
yeah, she was holding back her powers because she was afraid to end up hurting the people she cares about.
been a while, but if i recall it was mentioned in age of ultron.
Well I think after what happened in the beginning of civil war, I think she was done going all out on her powers.
Imagine her using her mind manipulation on thanos. All she has to say to thanos is "run"
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And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
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And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
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And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.»
(Gospel - Matthew - Chapter: 1...
Her grief unleashes the scarlet witch. Powerful chaos magic
You know what I always loved about Wanda's powers, her hand movements, it's not just some swinging her hands around or like she's throwing a ball or thrusting her hands out, she moves them accordingly and precisely, actually focusing on conjuring up something instead of wildly throwing out blasts.
I also love her hands
And it's not even cgi Lizzie does it perfectly by herself❤️
Yesss
I have a serious question, can she shoot chaos magic out her feet? 🤔 it would be interesting if she could.
@@Esther-nc7ud very
To think she’s even more powerful than what they actually gave us in this film
Yea but yk like most people (usually heroes) they have to tone them down to actually give us a movie. There's so much that everyone in this movie could've did 😩
Crazy!!!
@@Tae200. !!!
Bro can you tell me movie name
Thats true calami thomas
Wanda's powers and fight scenes got a lot more terrifying in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Watching this is like having a nightmare while you're still awake
Lmao
Yes for kids …
@@zolalnasirfam8456 stay mad
yes and especillay being possed by a villain
It’s crazy to think that she’s not even at her full powers yet in this movie, besides the fact that she’s the scarlet witch, shes a known “Nexus” being, and do you know what that means? Means she can CONTROL AND MANIPULATE every and any forms of energy there is.
That is factually incorrect, that's not what Nexus beings are.
@@marioellisjr7860 that's actually one of the nexus being abilities.
@@Vincesjones yes along with being able to tamper with the stability of the sacred timeline if I recall. Correct me if im wrong tho
@@marioellisjr7860 Well, I guess she was the only Wanda of all universe to use the true dark-hold. Whereas other Universe were using copies, hence she was transformed into the Scarlet Witch. Other version of her didn't become Scarlet Witch, and thus she is a Nexus being like America Chavaz.
Omnipotent is more correct, she's above nexus
This just shows that Wanda's powers can defeat a lot of strong beings she slayed this movie
Shit wanda could be almost everybody if not everybody
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@@ChinoDBOmusic No she cant
@@badasscedar3945 she easily could…
@@ChinoDBOmusic Nah she couldnt
Doctor Strange - my magical damage isn't working 🥲
America Chavez - my physical damage isn't working 😭
Professor X - my mental damage isn't working ☹️
Billy and tommy - hold my 'emotional damage' 😎
Lmao
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IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE!
Powers:
Chaos magic
Magic energy manipulation
Reality control
Flight
Power generation
Force field
Spells and dark magic
Telekinesis
Telepathy
Energy absorption
Dream walking
in hex she literally have all infinity stones power
+teleportation
Probability manipulation
Self-healing. Isn't dream walking part of dark magic???
Elemental magic
It’s interesting to consider what Vision would think if he saw her now. He has such high morals, and Wanda’s actions go against all of his values. But at the same time, he just loves her so unconditionally … I’d like to think he’d forgive her. Perhaps when (not if, WHEN) they reunite, they’ll have a talk about it. Wanda will certainly need to do a lot to redeem herself after this, but i believe she can do it because she’s always had a good heart deep down. While the Darkhold doesn’t completely absolve her because it wasn’t full-on brainwashing like Bucky went through, it still brought out the worst in her by amplifying her anger. Vision will most likely understand that. I wonder if they’ll go the amnesia route from the comics; Wanda’s head injuries from the mountain collapsing on her will cause her to forget Vision and all her pain, but he will relentlessly go after her and try to make her remember. Considering how his memories were suppressed and then restored by Hex Vision, it’d be an interesting role reversal for them, with Vision now being the active pursuer trying to mend their relationship.
Wanda and vision are both dead
@@Biggy733 Vision is alive as White Vision, with his memories intact. And we never saw a body so we don’t know if Wanda is dead or not. I doubt the rocks that formed the temple of the Scarlet Witch could kill the Scarlet Witch, let alone rocks in general. But that’s why I mentioned the amnesia storyline; she might get some amnesia-inducing head injuries from being buried under the rubble.
@@12classics39 yesss i can't wait when she comes back, I'm so ready to cry💀
@@Biggy733 Nah they aren't lol. If you have watched WandaVision you would know that the white vision is still alive with all the memories. And Wanda isn't dead either. No way a powerful being like her just dies that quickly. Plus they never showed us a body.
@@salwahashim8917 Wanda got crushed
in 7:35 I think Wanda's facial expression here is like "Is this the right thing?" or like "Am I doing anything wrong?" Her expression felt like she's somehow questioning her doings or maybe regretting her doings. I just like that small detail that brings the character more likeable
Holy shit, nice spot
I think that expression was due to finding out Dr. Strange's presence and approaching
@@jessylsalas she already did that expression be
fore strange arrival
I love replaying her fight with Rambeau! Such an amazing fight between them. I only wish it was longer with different powers used
Same
I don’t know why, but the scene that gives me GOOSEBUMPS is when she is dream-walking and fighting the Illuminati…and while fighting Cpt. Marvel, that little “mmmmmmm” of effort???? Wow!!!! Chills every time !!! Such enormous and frightening power AND skill!!! #teamWanda
@Morpheus Enchanted omg YES!!!! I could not have said it better!!!! even thinking about it?? just bravo!!!! she's been my favorite since I was a kid. I am right there with you!!!!
I think that "Hmmmm" is her absorbing her powers like "hmmm that's a lot powers to take in".
What most people forget is that she became the scarlet witch before she took the dark hold and Agatha’s powers and Agatha even said ‘it is your destiny to destroy the world.’
We all know that Doctor Strange can't defeat her even if he use the dark hold that the other strange uses, yet she only gave up, she only destroy all those darkholds, but I know that she's still alive.
Bro can you tell me movie name?
@@fazlayrabbi3941 Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness
I think Doctor Strange can defeat her now, cause strange had a third eye which i think it can help in any battles.
@@lyd4335 no? Doctor strange killed the other strange with 3 eyes and wanda destroys him anyday
@@jupitersystems5770 no lol they buffed wanda and they nerfed strange.
now I understand how Wanda won Captain Marvel... she is such a battle genius.. you could see Wanda later was sucking her power.. and then unleashed it back to captain marvel... so basically captain marvel was blown away by her own power and what's scary is.. at that moment not much power left in captain marvel's body, which made her fail to be protected from the hit of that statue. Wanda is crazily smart.
so thats why she got crushed i just thought it was bullshit
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@@twigpig6382 one thing this movie lacked was to clearly explain some scenes that might not make sense to people
the dream of getting her children back her both persistent and incredibly smart
The spirit inside the book made all these.
Such good character development and the actress that played wanda knocked it outa the park
Not to mention this is her first time up against any sorcery and she mastered and manipulated the entire mirror dimension in a way not even the ancient one could
they should have showed more of her reality warping powers or teleportation just like they did in wandavision.
@Morpheus Enchanted Yup they went back to her energy blasts and telekinesis except for the dream walking sequence 😭
Right? Like why couldn't she turn Kamar taij into a Disney land? Because of plot Armor I guess
Right i dont understand, she is a magic user not a tk user. They make her some sort of jean grey😭
@@12100pogi ya she only used energy blast and telekinesis but still she was the most powerful in mom
Can you explain reality warping I don’t understand how that power works
Omg I was ballllling crying in the movie and so was my husband. We lost our baby girl and didn't realize this movie would have sooo much grief for lost kids. I understand wanting to crack worlds apart to get your child BUT you have to do the right thing and they would want you to. Hurts but you gotta do the right thing.
The sound of her using her powers is so satisfying!
She needs her own game !
Everybody knows that in MOM, nobody beats her. Yet, this isn’t her most powerful form yet. The level of OP is indescribable
The darkhold surely did teach her how to make a great, dramatic entrance
Rewatching Age of Ultron after seeing MoM, yeah, Wanda was nerfed.
That was the WHOLE point.
not really a nerf, rather just her still learning her powers and being limited through control. The Darkhold is ultimately what gave her access to broaden her powers by letting them out via new spells and abilities.
She was being reasonable
nerfed at first but over time it was getting more and more powerful with each passing movie
critical thinking skills…
Steve Rogers: She’s a kid
Wanda:
The fact she was crushing vibranium😭
Yep, Chaos magic penetrates and affects vibranium, which is why she was one of the few people that posed a threat to Ultron in the comics
Ik
Lets remember that Endgame Wanda snapped Thanos' Uru sword, which is stronger than Vibranium.
@@samikobayashi3468 She did it to Ultron who was Vibranium
She did it to Ultron also she literally bent him up also Thanos sword is stronger than Vibranium and she took some of it off
Besides her raw power she's also smart. She's always been quick witted. During her fight with agatha, she used the vanishing/teleportation spell agatha used. She quickly, memorized the runes she just saw in a very short time. She's like doctor strange but honestly strange was really nerfed to let wanda shine. I still think he can deal with wanda it's just that the writer mafe her too powerful.
sexist
It was stated in WV that she is more powerful
@@jupitersystems5770 whatever makes you happy. 🙂
wanda has the power , strange has the knowledge. that’s how it’s always been😂she’s more powerful than him , and always will be. he did get nerded tho bc he could have used many more spells but still , those would have done nothing to stop the scarlet witch
She didn't have to memorize the runes, that's the whole deal with her powers, as Agatha explained. A normal witch like Agatha had to learn spells, to do incantations, while Wanda can simply will her powers to do what she wants. She didn't need to memorize those runes, she just had to will her magic into making them.
1:37 That's a shot right there
2:24 for those who say that Wanda doesn't have self-healing capability
WHO THE FUCK SAY THAT ??
An overlooked detail is how the leader of S.W.O.R.D knew Wanda could bring vision back to life?
I guess they used context clues after the endgame battle with the feats of the infinity gauntlet as they cataloged she got her powers via the mind stone.
The mind stone chose to imbue Wanda (natural born witch) with Chaos magic.
So in theory she can do anything she puts her mind to.
Which is stated in the comics. The Scarlet Witchs' limiation is only her imagination.
i like it when she is scarlet witch. No one could topple her. Just like Jean Grey when she becomes phoenix.
They're on the same level. Both very powerful. And both dead too. 😅
Good video, I love it
3:16 I really love the edition of this scene. It's pure Raimi.
Love this movie. Thank you for sharing this
The thing is she became the Villain but really of anyones to blame it’s the other heroes she lost and continues to lose everything and everyone she loves and they’ve never done much to help her deal with it:
After Pietro’s death Cap America and Hawkeye became substitute brothers/dad like figures - both decided to leave her to have their own happiness.
Black widow became like a sister and close friend (died)
White Vision got all his memories restored and didn’t think she needs help.
After Westview Dr Strange was made aware and only decided to reach out when he realised he was way out powered by demons and witchcraft. She’s is rightfully annoyed at him and she’s right he’s a hypocrite he gave up the time stone which made her have to watch Vision die again. He gave the time stone to save Tony (who was responsible for her parents death) if he had have disappeared with the time stone and he came to stop her destroying the mind stone he rage would have put her powers on overdrive like when Pietro died and probably would have killed Thanos. Even in Endgame she was the only one who actually scared him.
Im seeing alot of problems here. Wanda is not the center of the universe. The events of infinity war and endgame happened and the heros did what they did best, defeat the threat and protect the defenseless. It wasn't black widows choice to die but it needed to happen so they could fulfill their duty.
Dr strange saw many different outcomes of the war with only one true way to win which was giving up the time stone.
Tony has unintentionally killed her parents, but that was because he didnt know about the damage those weapons were doing. Wanda knows his true intentions and knows he wants to be better. He seeks redemption and if wanda cant handle that then she cant have redemption
Cap and Hawkeye were already broken and deserved happiness. They had their own lives to live and wanda wasnt in it.
Each hero also had they're own demons to fight so of course they were alway occupied, but if wanda rook the rime and actually spoke to one of them im pretty sure theyd listen especially tony.
All in all. Wanda can put blame alot of things. I honestly i feel for her, but the heros are the last ones to blame. they didnt leave her because they hate her or didn't care about her, they're gone for other reasons out of their control.
jean grey the dark phoenix would tear her apart
She wouldn’t tho 😭
@@angelo9019yes. In the comics, wanda didn't win a single encounter with the (full) phoenix force
@boooster101 but this isnt a comic not to mention they retcon some of the characters in the movie
wanda could make it so that she doesnt exist in a second but, okay..
@@boooster101 comics
I love power... especially crazy witches or wizards.... so... she was fun for me 😅
My favorite power is telekinesis and reality warping
People can't break the mental power of wonda...thats why she is invincible...it's do or die for her 😊
1:56 o som de sussurros de bruxas, combinou perfeitamente!! Eu gosto muito disso. E gosto que eles colocaram isso no filme.
And the whole movie she was just being reasonable 😜
I love her jump scare at 6:50
simply the best ever!! Queen. 😍🔥
6:43 that’s how witch supposed to looks like
I love her acting using her powers! it's so in
Best character in the MCU, queen.
She definitely solved that problem with there being "too many Wizards"
8:04 Jesus she was enjoying that! 😱
What the Eff have I missed... I now have to see this movie.. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! This chick is more powerful than Thor, Thanos, & Strange... T O G E T H E R!!!
People who hate Scarlet witch she was reading the darkhold Because she has nothing left and Agatha Told Wanda she was in the book of the darkhold she just Wanted To understand her power That's why she was reading it and she has been through so much While she was reading the Darkhold She heard her kids voice were actually real NOT MAGIC that's why she Finally thought she could have love again but she was corrupted by the darkhold to kill and murder She is not a villain I don't care what you say She was an orphan and a experiment by hydra In the past she never had that emotional love that everyone gave her do you expect her to love others people easily? she been in hell in the past no family and she was a experiment by hydra and a orphan and she killed her husband twice so she just broken So no she is not a villain Besides Everyone Doesn't even like her in her Universe that's why she wanted to go to another universe So she can have peace and love with her family So stop saying she's Evil Don't blame her for what she done
This is what I want!
I would love to see more of her telekinetic attacks
Even if you’re just a casual marvel fan that just watches spider man, you gotta agree that the scarlet witch is the most powerful avenger
True. Wanda and angry hulk 😂
Wanda is easily one of the coolest Marvel characters.
I love the way when scarlet like was next to him like in his head and made him drop his shield that was frikin amazing mom scarlet purrr
Nice film..and editing
3:05 top notch reflexes
Who else would’ve helped Wanda with whatever she needed ✋🏽
"So it may not be a demon that you face. It may be... the Scarlet Witch."
I haven't seen the movie yet, but this makes me think of a young Flemeth from the Dragon Age series. In a good way lmao
To be honest, Wanda is really terrifying in the movie
so powerful mcu woman in the world
amazing
Scarlet witch is indeed the most powerful superhero
Wondering if Wanda and Dark Phoenix collided. That would be an awesome battle!
Phoenix force is the embodiment of all psionic energy that has or will exist in the multiverse as it also predates darkness itself as it’s one of the cosmic entities that came with the Big Bang. I love the scarlet witch but she falls in comparison to the Phoenix Force
@@jjack3186 Thank you for the deep Lore of Dark Phoenix!, Im just an average fan for the both universe. But I really like Dark Phoenix too! As Jean Grey as the host of it. I guess same as Wanda as She was possessed by the Demon Chthon which he believes that she could be a host later on.
@@jjack3186 as powerful as the Phoenix is, Wanda defeated the Phoenix multiple times in the comics…
@@jjack3186 But lets also remember that with Wanda being the Earth 616 Nexus being, the only real way to kill her off would be to destroy Earth 616 and even if the Phoenix did that, that'd be like destroying apart of the Phoenix itself, which would hurt it a lot. Plus, its been said that the Infinity Stones also have Big Bang energy and Wanda withstood a direct energy release from the Mind Stone when she was in Hydra, which possibly suggests that she can withstand Big Bang energy.
@@crabulous113 when you say defeated the phoenix if you mean the phoenix five that is very different then the actual phoenix force or jean with the phoenix.....and aganist some of them she needed help like aganist cyclops
5:41 definitely a Carrie homage
The way scarlet came through that frikin glass I was like tf she's my favorite slay
Craazy how powerful Wanda was in this movie! It'd be really fun to see other MCU characters get the same OP treatment at one point or another, especially ones that have been kept weak for plot purposes like Vision.
If I have Wanda's power of chaos and the dark power of Darkhold in the evil book, I can become a more terrifying person than Wanda, and then call myself "Crimson Devil" and build my own dark empire, rule all demons and monsters, and become the ruler of darkness.
same
🤓
🤓
corny
Dangg i came up with the Crimson Wizard for myself😂😂😂😂 Seems like someone is in competetion for the tittle
Even before the darkhold she had already beat thanos, reality warped a town, and created vision and her kids. She’s so powerful lol her chaos magic. Bc strange used the darkhold and wasn’t even as strong as Wanda lol
Love her ❤
One thing I noticed is that on top of her fingers getting black when she uses dark magic, she always lowers only her ring fingers on both hands.
I was born a dark fairy but I choose to use my powers for good guys
Did Wanda has ability to control weather like Storm X Men? She could summon black cloud to attack kamar taj
She did. THAT PART.
Not really, that's not weather that was straight up black smoke
In the comics, she can. For example, In Scarlet Witch Vol 2 #5, she can influence the weather, shown by her creating rain. And in WandaVision, she manipulated the weather within the Hex (slightly different context, though, as she had nearly total control of reality within the Hex since she created it). It was thanks to her witch training, in large part due to Agatha tutoring her.
However, even if she didn’t have specific abilities for weather manipulation, reality manipulation would allow her to create the conditions for virtually any type of weather anyways.
she's literally a witch, of course she can manipulate the weather.
@@Icantfeelyousugah did you see wandavision? She made rain in her house and wind
😂😂😊😊😊😊 Awesome
Just from me to Wanda: please have mercy dear goddess....... whatever you desire with all your heart just please have mercy on us all......
What if Scarlet Witch was the next Sorceress Supreme🧙🦸🤔
Then no one can stop her
Wait a minute, 4:57 is Kerrigan from SC2 when she defeats the dominion
Nice
I love scarlet witch she's awesome
Also the next villian we want is with the strongest power and mind!
Doctor strange multiverse of madness ALL scenes doctor strange fights powers magic please
8:18 I just noticed they were watching Snow White 😂
nice
Doctor strange in the multiverse of madness ALL scenes strange fights powers magic please
What’s sad is that while Stephen is a hypocrite, at least he never tried to hurt children. At least, not in the way she has. I sympathize with Wanda, I do and she has every right to want happiness. But what did America ever do to her?
i guess that’s what finally makes her the villain. america hasn’t done anything but her purpose of wanting her is for selfish intent lol
She is too old to be considered a child
that beautiful
From 1:00 to 1:50 is literally my lord in total war decimating while my army watches from the back bored out of their minds.
I don’t know why I found the actions of Captain Carter were quite slower than Captain America
It looks dumbed 😂
if cap was there
one hit of Mjlonir would have killed her
@@progamerzmemer8093 the mjolinir hit that bare did anything to thanos. Yeah right sure
@@Tenshikichi1 this was clear in the movie
@@progamerzmemer8093 She went through the mirror dimension and her body all mess up still instantly recovered. You think the hammer can do anything to her?
@@khaisiang1806 idk not much into this
Technically Wanda I mean the Scarlet Witch could of won every fight she had they just nerfed her otherwise it’s not fair
Im falling inlove😍
Increíble
My favorite Marvel character!!
She deserves better😭😭
ok super😎😎👍
Retrospectively Wanda is so OP and peak in this movie.
The only thing I liked about the movie was the fact that they went all out and embraced the Scarlet Witch and I love that and I kinda love her now bc of how OP she is.. but the rest of the movie was not so great.. The script and the story and partially the acting and SOME of the graphics weren't marvels best work
Honsetly, I don't even care who she killed, I'm on her side lol
Please do MCU Hulk powers & fight scenes compilation, from 2008 till 2022.
Why is the CGI worse then old movies
Edit: for the backgrounds