Hawkeye was at his best in Avengers: Age Of Ultron.

I rewatched the movie not long ago for the first time since 2015 and only now am I realizing how much he shined during the movie. He single-handily beat wanda and quicksilver, two people the avengers as a whole were having problems with. Wanda was mentally picking them apart only to get hard countered by a quick thinking Hawkeye. Quicksilver's super speed was annoying so he countered him by firing a stray bullet to distract him from the glass he was standing on and trap him.

This one is most interesting because he's literally a regular human being going up against these infinity stone powered individuals and still winning. His patience and strategic skills were key factors in his victory over them.

He helped the avengers stay low after they wrecked the streets of Johannesburg. He gave a key pep talk to Wanda during the battle of sokovia that led to her being a member of the team. That talk he had with Laura about the team possibly not needing him possibly foreshadowed them losing without him in infinity war.

Say what you want about Whedon but he properly scripted what is possibly the best version of the character we'll ever see in the MCU. Any conversations about Hawkeye being useless deserved to be silenced after this movie.

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