The Avengers and the X-Men know each other well, and several mutants have even temporarily joined the Avengers team. The two Marvel superhero teams share the values of helping each other and defending the weakest, as well as extraordinary powers. While the Avengers have immense strengths, there are nevertheless certain areas where mutants are far superior to their colleagues. Here are 5!
#1 The X-Men place education at the heart of their action
Professor Charles Xavier has made it his life's project: to gather, educate, teach, and guide the young generation of mutants. At his specialized school, where desperate parents send their offspring with powers to get rid of them, the telepath offers advice and a stable living environment. The X-Men, having grown up immersed in their director's dream, have in turn taught new students to master their gifts and fight. Rogue, Kate Pryde, and Emma Frost have student groups. There is an Avengers Academy, but it is nowhere near as impactful.
#2 They can combine their powers
Mutants are very strong independently of one another thanks to gifts such as telepathy, mastery of the elements, or a virtually unstoppable body. Professor X and Magneto also discovered that they can combine their powers, in pairs or groups, thanks to a phenomenon called Mutant Circuit. It was on Krakoa that they developed research on this subject, and where they mastered this technique, during the second era of the X-Men. Mutants often team up in pairs or trios to accomplish missions too complicated for a single hero. The Avengers certainly work as a team, but they have more difficulty putting aside their personal interests to agree.
#3 They understood how time travel works
Time travel has long been understood and mastered by the X-Men. Several mutants have come from the future or the past, carrying peaceful or warlike messages, and then become full members of the team. Cable, Hope Summers, and Shatterstar are just a few of the superheroes who have crossed space to reach Earth-616. Kang the Conqueror and Thanos forced the Avengers to play with timelines, but it's not something they're very good at, due to lack of practice.
#4 They Don't Want Us Interfering in Their Business
Remember the Sokovia Accords, the government treaty aimed at listing all superhuman beings in order to control and regulate them more easily? Well, that's exactly what the X-Men want to escape. While the Avengers are often called upon to answer to authorities like SHIELD or the United Nations, sometimes going against what they believe is right, mutants maintain their independence. They manage their missions autonomously and respond to their own specific needs.
#5 They Are Resilient
Mutants have come close to extinction several times, but they continue to rise from the ashes. They have survived oppression on Genosha, the collapse of Krakoa, cosmic threats like the Phoenix Force, and formidable enemies. Yet, every time they are feared to die out, this minority, oppressed on all sides, regroups and continues its sovereign mission: to fight against tyranny and protect the weak. Unlike the Avengers, the X-Men must fight for survival, much more than for a purely heroic mission. Even their enemies can join them when it comes to preserving their people.
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