Every Omega Level X-Men Villain, Ranked

There are several powerful Omega-level mutants in Marvel Comics, and while most of them are heroes, there are also some big-time Omega-level villains in X-Men comics. Marvel ranks mutants based on their powers, how they compare to others with the same powers, and whether there is a limit to their powers. To be an Omega-level mutant, a character has to be the best of the best for their specific power and have no limitations known to anyone concerning their power levels. This distinction makes these specific mutants some of the most powerful heroes and villains in all of Marvel Comics.

Here is a look at the powerful Omega-level villains in Marvel Comics.

7) Monarch

Monarch is Jamie Braddock Jr., the sibling of Brian Braddock (Captain Avalon) and Betsy Braddock (Captain Britain). While he is the lesser-known of the Braddock siblings, Monarch is the only Omega-level mutant of the three. He possesses reality-warping powers, and while he has served as the heroic king of Avalon in recent years, he is best known for his criminal past.

According to the U.S. government, he is a “Severe Threat,” and he is more powerful since the Krakoa era than he was before, and no longer has limitations to his powers. He can split his timeline into several different ones, and he has complete control of all the realities he creates. He can also create people, places, and things at will, and can even give them powers or take powers away from others.

6) Stryfe

Stryfe is Nathan Summers, the mutant clone of Cable. His origin saw him created in case Cable had died as a child, but when Cable survived, the clone was discarded and left unwanted. As a result, Apocalypse took in Stryfe and raised him to become a future vessel. While Cable is an Alpha-level mutant, his clone is an Omega-level mutant.

Stryfe has all of Cable’s mutant abilities and is an Omega-level telekinetic. Stryfe has immense telepathic and telekinetic abilities, and the reason they were superior was because Cable had to devote much os his powers to keep the Techo-Organic Virus in his body at bay, while Stryfe didn’t suffer those restrictions.

5) Vulcan

Cyclops and Havoc are Alpha-level mutants, but their brother Vulcan is an Omega-level mutant. Gabriel Summers was one of the new X-Men that Professor X put together to save the original team from Krakoa, but they seemingly all died in the rescue mission, forcing Xavier to erase them from everyone’s memories and try again with new mutants.

This led Gabriel to want revenge, and his powers increased as time went on. However, what turned him into an Omega-level mutant was when M-Day wiped out most mutants’ powers, and he was exposed to the burst of energy that powered him up. His powers include controlling, manipulating, and projecting all forms of energy without limitations.

4) Exodus

Exodus is one of the oldest mutants in Marvel Comics, initially a 12th-century nobleman whom Apocalypse picked out to become his champion. Apocalypse awakened his mutant powers and enhanced them, only for Exodus to betray him and end up entombed for thousands of years. Magneto then rescued him years later, and he became part of his villainous Acolytes.

He is one of the most powerful mutants alive, regardless of powers, and is an Omega-level mutant who is also a Psionic of Highest Order. His main mutant power is Faith Empowerment, which enhances the abilities of everyone around him who has faith in him. He is also an Omega-level teleninetic and a High-Order telepath.

3) Tarn

Tarn the Uncaring is an Arakkii mutant who was one of the most powerful new mutants introduced during the Krakoa era. He was a hybrid who was born during Annihilation’s forced breeding of the Daemons and the Okkaran mutants. As for his powers, Tarn is an Omega-level mutant who is also a sorcerer who can manipulate the genes of other mutants.

His official power level was an Amenthian Omega-level mutant/daemon with the power to manipulate DNA with his mind. He can depower, empower, and even give new powers to mutants. He can also reverse aging and even disfigure enemies with just a thought. However, while he is an Omega-level mutant, his superiority complex is what eventually doomed him, as he died only two years after Marvel introduced him.

2) Proteus

On Krokoa, Proteus was widely considered one of the most powerful mutants alive, and he was part of The Five, the group of mutants who carried out the resurrection protocols. However, his inability to control his powers and his troubled origin story made him a villain more often than not in the pages of The X-Men.

Proteus is Moira MacTaggert’s son, and like his mother, he is a mutant with the ability to warp reality. He is an Omega-level mutant who can manipulate reality with just his thoughts, but it is limited only to the area around himself. That said, he is also a psionic being composed of energy and can expand his influence into multiple areas of the Earth, into different dimensions, and onto other planes of existence.

1) Cassandra Nova

Cassandra Nova is Professor Charles Xavier’s twin sister, a person he killed while they were still in the womb. However, even when discarded at birth, she miraculously reformed and returned to life, growing into a vengeful and angry mutant. While Professor Xavier is not an Omega-level mutant because his telepathy is limited and he needs to use Cerebro to expand his reach, his twin is an Omega-level mutant.

That is because her powers are different. She has the same powers as Xavier, as well as the ones he could have had and could have ever received. Novan can manipulate the DNA of others and break it down at the molecular level. She can also evolve genetic traits in other mutants, often with disastrous effects. As a telepath, she has overpowered Professor X, Rachel Summers, and Emma Frost.

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