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Top 10 Greatest X-Men Enemies


Evil Mutants killer robots and the
juggernaut bitch
I’m uh-huh welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top 10 greatest x-men enemies
we’re excluding characters like
Sabretooth who are more closely
associated with a specific x-man rather
than the team as a whole
tell me something Jimmy you even know
how to kill me I’m gonna cut your
goddamn head off number 10
William Stryker Senator Kelly this is
Colonel William Stryker how do you do
his department has been dealing with the
mutant phenomenon since before my time
unlike most x-men enemies Stryker
doesn’t possess any powers instead he’s
a natural leader with a dangerous amount
of charisma and a deep-rooted hatred of
mutants I like to have one final talk
about the house at Xavier built and the
machine called cerebro Stryker terrific
actions include murdering his wife after
giving birth to a mutant while also
attempting to take his own and his
infant son’s life Oh God William this is
your son what have you done no child my
son is dead beside the rest of you
seeing the event is a sign from God
Stryker became a religious fanatic
encouraging hate crimes against mutants
this all culminated when he kidnapped
Xavier in an attempt to commit genocide
against mutants a storyline used in the
second x-men film number nine the
Hellfire Club jealous Shaw of you and
your cheap tricks
never would you two geniuses think for a
second operating in the shadows do you
know of the dark ambitions and goals of
this secret society comprised of rich
and influential individuals who aim to
gain more power by any means necessary
you told about our little arrangement no
one
he’s telling the truth good
disinterested in peace or equality the
Hellfire Club has manipulated both
humans and mutants across the world for
hundreds of years it’s constantly
changing membership has included many of
the most powerful figures in the Marvel
Universe including the nefarious
Sebastian Shaw I don’t ask for favors
colonel I express my expectations so let
me say it again I expect you’ll
reconsider
duping the public into believing he’s
just an ordinary human businessman Shaw
is actually a powerful mutant with the
ability to absorb energy and turn it
into raw power
you see Sebastian a new queen is more
powerful than the rest of the inner
circle combined and I control number
eight the shadow king a literal
manifestation of the dark side of
humanity that feeds off hatred the
Shadow King has existed in the astral
plane since the dawn of man one of the
few entities that can go toe-to-toe with
Charles Xavier in a battle of the minds
he is even responsible for crushing the
spine of the recently healed Professor X
now that I am back from the Living Dead
to which your precious of lesser
condemned me I shall need some
assistance
and fire to enter the physical world
Shadow King often possesses powerful and
dangerous hosts most famously fellow
psychic mutant and Nazi sympathiser am
al Farouq the shadow kings twisted goals
are very simple rule the world and fill
it with darkness and hatred
number seven the juggernaut
after years of mental and physical abuse
at the hands of his father Cain Marko
found an enemy in his stepbrother
Charles Xavier who quickly won the
fatherly love and admiration that Kane
had sought his whole life when Kane was
granted immense power from an ancient
gem becoming the juggernaut he saw his
opportunity for revenge this
long-standing hatred paired with his
abilities make him a very difficult foe
to defeat
unstoppable when moving and with
strength comparable to that of the Hulk
the only way to best the juggernaut is
controlling his mind which is a tough
task considering that his helmet blocks
any form of telekinesis I’m trying to
attack his mind but I can’t get through
his helmet protects his mind from probes
number 6 mystique with the ability to
alter her appearance at will and look
like anyone she chooses mystique has one
of the coolest powers around however
it’s not just her shape-shifting that
makes mystique such a tough and enduring
character known to change her allegiance
as often as her appearance she has a
number of other talents including being
a master of stealth and hand-to-hand
combat as well as being a skilled
assassin she’s also one of the most
intelligent foes in the x-men’s rogues
gallery and is a master of infiltration
and manipulation what’s the matter baby
you don’t think I look pretty like this
number five the Phoenix
a member of the x-men since the very
first issue Jean Grey has always been an
extremely powerful telepath that power
was increased exponentially when Jean
merged with one of the oldest and
strongest beings in the universe the
Phoenix force which together with her
became the Phoenix the Phoenix had
difficulty controlling its new human
emotions and sensations and so was
easily corrupted by the Hellfire Club
becoming Dark Phoenix a being with even
greater power and an insatiable thirst
for destruction
you can me do to gain new power through
this body I felt the thrill of that evil
now I first the more battling one of
their own proved to be one of the most
difficult and emotionally taxing events
for the x-men
number four mr. sinister enjoy your
revenge more I know I once a powerful
human devoid of morals Nathaniel Essex
was given vast and terrifying power by
experimenting on his own DNA with the
help of apocalypse to become mr.
sinister who are you what do you want
with us
my name is sinister mr. su
obsessed with the horrifying science of
eugenics sinister has manipulated
generations of mutants in his attempts
to create the perfect mutant and has
fixated on the x-men’s leader Cyclops
genetic material the master bloodline a
feasible race of mutants who will be my
slaves
however sinister rarely gets his hands
dirty to accomplish his horrifying goals
in the name of science with no regard
for human or mutant life mr. sinister
has caused to the death of countless
individuals killed off again and again
mr. sinister has been resurrected on
multiple occasions number three the
Sentinels what makes the Sentinels so
special is the ability to target the
mutant x-gene a genetic guidance system
that can lock on to a mark a half a mile
away and won’t trigger unless it’s
identified at the target three stories
tall equipped with lasers extreme
strength and the ability to detect
mutant DNA the Sentinels were created by
humans for one reason
eliminating mutants while a single
Sentinel is dangerous together they are
almost unstoppable with master mold
being a walking Sentinel Factory
in an alternate future the advanced and
practically indestructible Sentinel
Nimrod helped eliminate mutants for good
indeed Days of Future past storyline
killing mutants without bias or judgment
these giant unfeeling robots represent
the worst prejudices and fears in
humanity and are a direct manifestation
of the hatred the x-men receive from
those they seek to protect
number two apocalypse not only his
apocalypse the first mutant ever having
lived for 5000 years he is perhaps the
most powerful to have ever lived having
stopped aging during his youth in
ancient Egypt apocalypse spent thousands
of years manipulating wars and being
worshipped as a God before ever even
encountering the x-men almost limitless
in power and virtually indestructible
apocalypse seeks to control the entire
world and reshape it in his image he
often proves too powerful for the x-men
to defeat alone and they often need to
put aside differences with old enemies
to even stand a chance against this
formidable foe centuries of time to stop
me when will you learn it cannot be go
before we unmask our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
number one Magneto so much for being a
survivor what really sets the master of
magnetism apart aren’t his impressive
powers but his driving goal and
motivation to protect his people at all
costs a survivor of the Holocaust
Magneto is no stranger to persecution
and was once best friends with Professor
X in their quest to end hostility and
hatred exacting upon mutants you know I
can deflect it you’re always telling me
I should push myself if you know you can
deflect it then you’re not challenging
yourself
however prepares core philosophies on
humanity tore them apart while Xavier
Zechs men protect those that hate them
magneto and his Brotherhood of mutants
featuring a number of incredibly
powerful enemies in their own right
fight their human oppressors and the
x-men seeking to dominate them
do you agree with our list who’s your
favorite x-men villain here and fight me
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