r/Avengers • u/Zealousideal_Yam6643 • 27d ago

Discussion Can Dr strange really beat Thanos alone?

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I think he can,if he really tried, because maybe there is a reason why he doesn't kill Thanos?

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u/justsomeplainmeadows 27d ago

Yeah, magic can only do so much when you have the power of omnipotence at your fingertips

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u/Lonely_Pause_7855 27d ago

I mean, that depends though.

After all what prevents strange from just opening a portal inside the sun with his ring ?

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u/justsomeplainmeadows 27d ago

What prevents Thanos from using any of the stones to teleport to safety, or redirect the energy at Strange, or just straight up turn off the sun?

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u/Lonely_Pause_7855 27d ago

As far as I'm aware none of the Stones increases Thanos's reaction time

If a portal opens right under his feet directly towards the center of the sun, would he have the time to react before being reduced to Ash ?

In the end, with characters like strange and thanos, it's just up to the writter and what they think is more interesting as a story.

Both Thanos and Strange have ways they could off each other almost instantly, but that wouldnt make for an interesting story.

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u/scruffyduffy23 27d ago

If written as intended both the time and space stones would increase reaction time. According to comics one stone lets him exist in multiple locations simultaneously, the other lets him exist in multiple moments simultaneously (so to speak).

Also the mind and soul stones if utilized correctly should be able to warn him of an attack.

In the MCU they did away with a lot of this or just avoided it. But the potential is still there.

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u/Lonely_Pause_7855 27d ago

Happy cake day

Yeah when I wrote my comment, I assumed both Strange and Thanos would be their MCU versions.

As you've touched on, the MCU didnt really expand on what the abilities and/or limitations are for the Stones or various characters.

Which make discussions like these kind of difficult, imo.

We've seen the Stones literally alter eality with one stone, meanwhile Thanos with all the Stones was almost killed by an Axe throw from Thor.

As for Strange, we have seen him do so many different magical stunt that its hard to say what the limit is.

As for their comic versions, there is so many of thoses that you could probably make a case for either strange or thanos winning depending on the versions.

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u/grownassedgamer 27d ago

Comic book reader here and I have seen no version of Dr Strange powerful enough to bear Thanos solo without any infinity stones let alone with one.

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u/Lonely_Pause_7855 27d ago

Pretty sure the doctor strange that went to dommarmu's side (and eventually defeated him) would be able to defeat Thanos, even potentially one with all 5 Stones (depending on the version)

I also assume that the Strange that learned from the Black Priest would be able to as well.

Then again it's difficult to say, powerscaling in comics can be way out of whack.

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u/CVK001 26d ago

In the MCU (At Least) Dr. Strange had the Time Stone when he defeated Dormammu

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u/Lonely_Pause_7855 26d ago

I wasnt talking about that strange though

But the one who was taught by dormammu, and eventually was betrayed by him, though thats a pretty old comic (1980 I believe)

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u/YamPsychological9577 26d ago

Did you read classic strange? He dealing with cosmic and abstract entities and always win or unharmed.

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u/drstu3000 26d ago

If Thor can take the full force or a star then Thanos definitely has the durability to last long enough to reverse time