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Some Avengers are just built different. They’ve lived through the wars, and have the scars to prove it. They are the heroes that everyone rallies around, the warriors who can take on all comers. They don’t break or bend, they stand firm, their physical and mental toughness making them unbeatable titans. These are the ten toughest Avengers, and their sheer hardiness have made them amazing members of the group.
10) The Vision
The Vision is all about dependability. The android Avenger was created by Ultron to destroy the team, but has since become one of the most stalwart members of the group. The Vision is physically tough, his phasing powers allowing him to either walk through any damage or increase his mass to a ridiculous extent to allow him to tank blows, and has mastered using these skills in combat. He’s super strong and his solar lasers are devastatingly powerful, making him one of the team’s heaviest hitters. While the Vision has broken mentally in the past — his mental toughness is all the more impressive when you realize he’s still basically a child in a lot of ways — he always fights his way back, proving that he’s more than just circuits. The Vision is one of those heroes who everyone looks up to and trusts, and they know that he will always be there, ready for action.
9) Wonder Man
Wonder Man is low key one of the Avengers’ greatest powerhouses. Simon Williams chose to be given ionic energy powers from the Masters of Evil to save his corrupt brother Eric from his own actions, helping battle the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes until he decided to help them, losing his life in the process. However, his ionic powers meant that he was basically invincible, and he returned to life. He can take tremendous amounts of damage in combat, and is superlatively strong, but that’s not all that makes him impressive. His life has been terrible for him, constantly betrayed by his brother, dying, being reborn and feeling like a pawn in the lives of others (especially Scarlet Witch), even realizing the problems of the Avengers and trying to fix them from within and without. However, he’s always gotten back in the fight and proved that even as a pacifist, he’s a capable hero even without punching. He’s a rock for the team, a favorite of long time Avengers fans.
8) Red Hulk
The Red Hulk joined the Avengers after the defeat of Norman Osborn’s Dark Avengers, helping battle against the Hood when he got the Infinity Gauntlet, and helping in Avengers vs. X-Men. He was put on the team because of how tough everyone knew he was. He had run through nearly every major hero in the Marvel Universe at this point, and everyone knew that he was General Thunderbolt Ross, one of the Hulk’s most obsessed foes. Ross has always been a man who is carved out of stone, having more than earned his rank in battle. He’s smart, at times vicious, and never stops. It doesn’t matter what you put in front of him, he will keep bashing his head into it until it falls. That’s just the kind of person he is, and his gamma powers took that to another level. He believes in his mission and his country, and will survive anything thrown at him until he accomplishes his goals.
7) Wolverine
Wolverine is the best there is at what he does, and what he does is survive. Wolverine’s healing factor and adamantium skeleton make him almost indestructible, and his style of fighting is built around being able to take tremendous damage; this is a man who chooses to take on the Hulk and has been rather successful. However, that’s not all that’s tough about him. Wolverine has been put through some of the most terrible things you can imagine, having seen, done, and had done to him the stuff of most people’s nightmares. His greatest enemies seem to take a special pleasure in tormenting him and the events of his life hasn’t been easy. He’s constantly fighting the beast inside him, but that doesn’t stop him from jumping into difficult situations to save the world or his friends. He’s as tough as his bones, and that’s saying something.
6) Captain America
Captain America is one of Marvel’s greats, and his toughness has always been a huge reason why. Young Steve Rogers went through some hard things, and never stopped, finally being chosen to become Captain America. Since then, he’s been able to get through everything in front of him, from Hitler and Red Skull to the greatest evils in the entire Marvel Universe. Cap never breaks, physically or mentally. He is all of the strength of the United States, a man who is the embodiment of freedom. It doesn’t matter what he’s gone though, he’s always ready for more. He has seen the worst evils, and this served to make him even tougher than he was before. That’s how he rolls; the stronger and worse the enemy, the tougher he is.
