Every MCU Movie Superhero Team Ranked Worst To Best

5. Thor, Rocket & Groot

Thor Rocket Groot
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Consider this for a moment: in an early draft of Infinity War, Thor, Rocket and Groot's mission to Nidavellir would have led to an even bigger sequence in which they were set to fight giant space snakes. Why in the name of Asgard's immortal souls did the Russos decide against that?!

In fact, why isn't that a film in itself...?

Still, the unlikely team-up of the Guardians' two most rogue elements - one of which basically shows absolutely apathy for getting involved in much up to this point and another who famously hates making friends - and the beautiful space pirate they adopt is wonderfully rewarding.

Their Thanos-killing weapon might ultimately fail, but their dynamic is glorious and their arrival in Wakanda is one of the biggest punch-the-air moments in the franchise.

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