MCU: 15 Majorly Dumb Plot Holes You Never Noticed

7. Why Didn't Thanos Use The Outriders Sooner? - The Avengers

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Let's be honest - you are not a real supervillain unless you have an army of henchmen. Hela had an undead army. Ultron had drones. And in Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos had the Outriders.

Although viewers have gotten sick and tired of faceless armies in the MCU, the Outriders' numbers and ferocity is genuinely terrifying. The Wakandan people, who are armed to the teeth with the world's most advanced technology, struggled when facing hundreds of thousands of these four-armed monstrosities swarming into their cities.

They're so dangerous, you wonder why Thanos didn't use them sooner... No, seriously. Why didn't he use them sooner? During the events in The Avengers, Thanos sent the Chitauri aliens to lay waste to the Earth. The problem is that these soldiers... kinda suck. Why did he waste his time using such an incompetent army when he had far superior soldiers at his disposal?

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