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The X-Men have one of the toughest jobs in the Marvel Universe. Not only do they have to battle deadly foes but also strive against human racism, disrupting multiple attempts to destroy the mutant race. The team is made up of the most powerful and respected mutants in the world, a veritable who’s who of the Marvel Universe’s greatest heroes.
The team has a lot on their plate and handles it very well but that doesn’t mean everything is perfect. Some of the villains the X-Men fight, beyond being powerful and deadly, are some of the scariest around, able to freeze even the stoutest heart with dread.
10 Sabretooth Is One Of The Most Ferocious Mutants On Earth
Sabretooth is mostly known for fighting Wolverine but he’s also clashed with the X-Men on multiple occasions. Sabretooth has made a name for himself doing terrible things to Wolverine and his battles against the rest of the X-Men are no different. He’s done a lot of damage to the team and used their altruism against them, making them believe he was reformed before attacking from within.
Sabretooth isn’t a world ender, but what makes him so terrifying is that he’s both unpredictable and liable to do anything to slate his blood lust. No one knows what he’s going to do when he shows up but everyone knows one thing- there will be blood.
9 Mystique’s Multi-Faceted Threat Means Anything Can Happen When She Attacks
Mystique is one of the X-Men’s deadliest enemies, using her years of experience in black ops and her shapeshifting powers to attack the group. Mystique doesn’t really seem that scary, as her powers and abilities aren’t the most destructive but much like Sabretooth, her threat isn’t in what she does but in how she’ll do it.
Mystique has been alive for a very long time and is a master of many different forms of combat, proficient with all manner of weapons and explosives, and just all-around dangerous. She’ll do whatever it takes to win and this inspires trepidation in the team.
8 The Sentinels Are A Powerful Threat To All Mutants
The X-Men have been facing the Sentinels since nearly the beginning of their existence. First created by Bolivar Trask for the US government, the mutant-hunting robots have been through many iterations over the years, but one thing is for sure- they’re all dangerous. Armed to the teeth and perfectly designed to combat mutants, they are a symbol of humanity’s hatred of mutantkind.
It’s that hatred that makes the Sentinels so scary- they represent the extinction of the mutant race and humanity’s extremely active role in bringing it about. Any time the Sentinels show up, every X-Men knows the stakes and it freezes their blood.
7 Magneto Can End Civilization Any Time He Wants
Magneto has always been the X-Men’s ideological opposite, his goals the flip side to Xavier’s dream- instead of co-existing with humans, Magneto desires the same thing the worst of humanity does: the subjugation and destruction of the human race. Magneto is one of the most powerful beings on the face of the Earth and can pretty much end civilization whenever he feels like it.
Even when he works with the team, there’s always the fear that Magneto will snap and decide to try to destroy humanity again; in fact, every time he’s been an ally to the team, that’s exactly what happens- Magneto snaps, proving their fears correct.
6 Apocalypse’s Brutality And Power Make Him A Frightening Foe
Apocalypse has long been one of the X-Men’s most dangerous foes and even working with the group as he has been lately, his presence is still a frightful one. Apocalypse is one of the most powerful mutants ever born on Earth and has been trying to ensure only the strongest survive for millennia. His single-minded pursuit of evolution’s most brutal tenets combined with his powers make a frightening foe.
Apocalypse’s victory is almost assured- in many futures and alternate worlds, he rules all with an iron fist, destroying the weak and deifying strength. This is yet another reason why he is so scary- the X-Men know that his victory is just about inevitable.
5 The Brood Desire Nothing More Than To Devour All In Their Path
The Brood are one of the scariest alien species in the universe. They don’t conquer like the Kree or the Skrull; they devour, using the beings they come across as nests to lay their eggs in. Throughout the cosmos, even the most advanced alien species fear the Brood, as they can overrun and devour everything in their path quickly.
The X-Men have battled the Brood on many occasions, keeping them from taking over the Earth and the rest of the universe. They’re always fearful of the aliens; they know the consequences of failure against them.
4 Belasco Is The Demonic Lord Of Limbo
The X-Men don’t often deal with mystical threats but when they do, they’re a doozy. At the top of that list is Belasco, the lord of Limbo. Master of an army of demons, Belasco is also a frightfully powerful sorcerer, able to stand against the most powerful of magic users. While he’s been defeated by Magik before, his threat and the legion of demons he’s controls inspire dread.
Whenever Belasco rears his ugly head, the X-Men never know what to expect and even with Magik’s help, things can get pretty dangerous. There are few things more terrifying than Belasco at the head of his demonic army.
3 The Phoenix Force And The X-Men Have A Complicated History
The X-Men have more experience with the Phoenix Force than just about any other beings in the Marvel Universe and they know enough to be afraid of it. Calling the Phoenix Force a villain is a bit of a stretch but when it shows up, things always seem to go wrong- someone goes Dark Phoenix and it costs lives. The power of the Phoenix Force and whoever it possesses can be very dangerous and the X-Men have no illusion about it.
The X-Men’s fear and respect for the Phoenix come from years of having to deal with it and it’s one of the threats that’s scared even the most powerful X-Men.
2 The Phalanx Desire Nothing More Than Complete And Total Domination
The X-Men have faced down many threats from space but none are more frightening than the techno-organic menace of the Phalanx. Living inside of black holes, the Phalanx only come out to devour new races and make them a part of them, adding their knowledge and technology to their collective. The X-Men have been able to defeat them several times but they always come back.
The Phalanx are a threat beyond nearly any other in the universe. Their civilization uses energy at a universal level and their computer is powered by energies unknowable to just about all. The X-Men’s fear for them knows no bounds.
1 Humanity Is The X-Men’s Scariest Foe
The X-Men have battled all manner of enemies over the years but one foe scares them more than any other- humanity. The X-Men’s greatest antagonist isn’t a supervillain, an alien species, a demonic lord, or a universal force of death and rebirth- it’s humanity’s racism. Humanity has done everything it can to make life for mutants more difficult, creating technology of all kinds to destroy mutants.
The X-Men have been able to beat just about every enemy they’ve fought and had a respite from their threat but humanity and the terrors of its racism are something that will always dog them, a fear that will never leave mutants’ minds.
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