Best Call of Duty Villains
Vladimir Makarov. A man, a single man who brought the world to the brink of WW3. Killed millions of innocents. Never afraid to get a gallon of fresh blood on his clothes. Perfect example of a cold hearted killer. Has forever loyal men, and a pack of combat experience. He managed to kill Soap and Yuri, hell, he was even at the second to last second at pulling the trigger on Price. Along with this feat, he traumatized General Shepard by nuking everyone single one of his soldiers. Makarov respectively also shows how easily one man could bring living hell upon the world. Anything that has a heart, is in Makarov's objective to kill. Ultimately the best example of a villain in general.
He is an amazing villain and is the main antagonist in the modern warfare series. He is not afraid of anything and is a complete badass.
It was either Makarov or Menendez. But if people could sympathize for Menendez, then that doesn't make him the most evil. Plus, when we control that Arab undercover dude who was with Menendez, you could get your hands dirty, kill the navy seal main character and live. If it was Makarov, you're dead either way, so is the navy seal dude. With Makarov, no matter who you are, you have a feeling he's gonna kill you. You can't sympathize with him. Menendez may have followers. If Makarov had followers, he'd kill them all. He'd kill every innocent, anyone. He would destroy the world if he had the opportunity. It took 3 modern warefare series (and "in-story" many years) to finally stop him using PRICE (the Chuck Norris of MW who never dies when he's supposed to). Menendez is just more interesting. But not the most evil.
Makarov is the main antagonist of the Modern Warfare series. He's the mastermind behind WW3 and terrorist extraordinaire. He orchestrated No Russian and ordered the detonation of the nuke in Call of Duty 4. Tens of thousands died because of the will of a single man. How many of our playable characters has he killed... just think about it. No one else did as much damage as he did. From his great voice actor to his awesome quotes. He was definitely the best Call of Duty villain. Makarov even went out in a cool fashion.
It was either Makarov or Menendez. But if people could sympathize for Menendez, then that doesn't make him the most evil. Plus, when we control that Arab undercover dude who was with Menendez, you could get your hands dirty, kill the navy seal main character and live. If it was Makarov, you're dead either way, so is the navy seal dude. With Makarov, no matter who you are, you have a feeling he's gonna kill you. You can't sympathize with him. Menendez may have followers. If Makarov had followers, he'd kill them all. He'd kill every innocent, anyone. He would destroy the world if he had the opportunity. It took 3 modern warefare series (and "in-story" many years) to finally stop him using PRICE (the Chuck Norris of MW who never dies when he's supposed to). Menendez is just more interesting. But not the most evil.
Killed Hudson. Killed Woods player determined. Killed Mason be tricking Woods into shooting Mason, player determined. Makes Farid kill Harper, player determined, Kills Admiral Briggs, player determined, starts a cold war, destroys or cripples the best carrier in the world, manages to hack into the American and Chinese drone system making them attack each other, befriends Noriega and that causes US forces to attack also to find Menendez there, has 2 billion followers, escapes out of a maximum high security prison, he is able to have an agent in the Navy to tell him all the secrets which is Salazar, Manipulates the Chinese chairman general to turn against us, manipulates Afghanistan leader to turn against us, and also due to his actions destroyed Los Angelos making it a wasteland because of the drone attackers. Who compares to him really come on.
Bruh, How? Like how is he less evil than Makarov? He had the most mature thinking skills than any Call Of Duty character. He nearly wiped out all the playable characters. He had 2 billion people following him. He had such power that he could attack the US and China at the same time. And the most important thing? You can't just imprison him. If you do so, he would release viruses and escape. That's how he killed Woods. If you think killing him will just do it, the Cordis Die would cause uproar. There was just no way you could stop him...UNTIL AND UNLESS Call Of Duty provided a way to stop it.
He wasn't an evil but a villain. He had a big heart and it was all for his sister, he was a real good guy and professional in his job and he knew what's he doing, something I don't understand is why did he wanted to annoy David? He was just a kid when woods killed Jossefina, even Hudson, Alex mason and the entire America were innocent! Makarov is a bloody bastard he deserves to be the first villain, but Menendez is very tough and powerful, he might tried to destroy the world but he had a reason, something I think Makarov didn't even think about it.
The reason he killed Roach and ghost was because he knew about the attack on the airport and he wanted to get rid of the evidence and men who knew about it.
Now I'm not a huge fan of how he was used in MW2. MW2 needed a little more if they were going to make Shepherd a bad guy and his reasons for betrayal just weren't good enough. That aside, he was still a pretty good villain. His betrayal of Task Force 141 on Estate Takedown is one of my favorite video game moments period. Price told Ghost and Roach not to trust Shepherd even if it was already too late.
He's one of the worst villains because he betray taskforce 141 and he killed Ghost and Roach. But he didn't do enough bad stuff to be at number three. All he did was really betray task force 141 and kill some of the most important people in MW2 but he didn't try to destroy the world or anything.
General Shepard was real bad if he would stay on the SAS's side for about 15 years and then kill hundreds of people in 3 missions that altogether lasted an hour and a half (average). He is villainous put HIM on dlc in ghosts.
The main antagonist of Black Ops and for good reason. His first crime was for not sending reinforcements for Reznov at Red Square in WWII. Reznov's men were massacred but he and Dimitri Petrenko survived. Years later Dragovich once again screwed Reznov and Dimitiri Petrenko by testing Project Nova on Reznov's men. Dimitri was one of many that died from this betrayal even after surviving WWII. Then years after that, he brainwashed Alex Mason to kill JFK. Maybe he succeeded?
When you kill him look at his eyes right before you drown him should be number 1 with kravchenko
I don't have much to say about Dragovich, but he made me wanna drown him.
He betrayed his own army for Nova 6 and brainwashed Alex Mason
Imran Zakhaev is one of my favorite antagonists in modern Warfare. Not much too say though considering that he was only in one game.
Makarov definitely was the the mos antisipating character in all of Call of Duty.
Just think of all the bad and evil stuff he did liek killing soap for no reason and yuri because yuri shot him in the arm and nearly even price but they say people who kill that way end that way and that is why I think makarov should be in the number one spot
He is arguably the best bad guy in the whole of the Call of Duty franchise.
Makarov took a few notes from this man. Zakheav's ideals of a return to Soviet ways eventually led to WWI even after he had died. He even launched two ballistic missiles at the east coast of the US. The casualties would have been over 41 million. Not to mention he survived an assasination attempt that cost him his left arm.
This guy rocks. Plus Makarov never would have became leader of the ultranationalists if he had not been shot on the bridge. Would shoot Rorke with a fragile before Rorke even knew what happened.
Come on, this guys the best, From the start we see him meet with menendez so we all thought this guy was pretty mysterious and cool. Then just a little later we see this guy all of a sudden barge into a party, shoot a hostage in the head, take, Chloe, shoot a guy in the face over the security feed, and if you aren't fast enough to catch him, you watch him fly away into the sunset. And if this wasn't bad enough when you find out that Salazar is a traitor he cuts Chloe's throat with a smile on his face. This guys more evil then makorov, he just didn't have the same resorces. In the end this guys a machine who will do anything to get his missions done
This guy is the ultimate killing machine. Menendez should be his minion. Not he be Menendezs minion.
He help raul menendez with his plots in black ops 2
I don't think this guy should be in the top ten. But he did get woods to kill mason
He was America's primary strategic rival in the year 2025
He was America's primary strategic rival in the year 2025.
How is he a villain?
Sure he was Dragovich's lackey, but he still played a big part in all of the bad acts that Dragovich carried out.
Extremely clever and helps Dragovich and faked his death to get off the list of wanted
He now helps Menendez with selling guns.
This man was a Nazi scientist who created Nova-6... Enough said.
He's actually a savage. He should be higher up in the list.
The scientist who brainwashed mason he needs a spot
Steiner, Dragovich, Clarke and Kravchenko are my top 4... THEY ALL MUST DIE
Some may not see him as a villain but I do. If everything throughout the zombies story line is taken into account, then he's a villain. He tried to kill both Maxis and Sam. All along he wanted to control the zombies and after completion of the Easter egg on Moon, he somewhat accomplished this goal. He's my favorite zombies character to play as because his quotes are just hilarious and he is crazy.
By the course of black ops 3, he actually became a good guy trying to stop the evil version of himself.
He should be # 2 because he created the zombies and wanted to make more zombies
The one who made Nazi Zombies an icon in Call of Duty famous
Kevin Spacey, nailed it! After losing his son in the North Korean conflict, he goes totally insane without showing it. Head of a PMC company that dominates the planet, he swears no loyalty to anyone but Atlas, and the world kneels before him!
To be honest, Kevin Spacey's portrayal of Irons is stunning, coupled with the amazing new motion capture and exo-features makes the advanced warfare campaign an intense and thought provoking experience.
He is like a philosopher with a knack for destruction of any democracy. I agree and disagree with what he says.
Until now nobody knew that Kevin Spacey was potraying Donald trump under the alias of Jonathan irons, is it just only me?
He executed a president on national T.V. with a Deagle. He was the leader of Saudi Arabia after seizing power along with OpFor. His actions were very believable and he's one of the more realistic villains in Call of Duty. Who keeps a nuke in their own palace?
This guy was so realistic and he killed a president on national T.V. so everyone would know that he did it. In my eyes he's more evil than his leader, Imran Zakaev
I love how captain price beats the living crap out of him and then shoots him dead! That is my all time favorite call of duty moment!
He's definitely the most realistic villain in the entire Call of Duty franchise.
Rorke survived falling into the flood with a helicopter falling on top of him when the terrorists shot the dam, survived the initial impact from the LOKI strike, survived the crashing of the train, survived getting shot through the chest, and was left for dead 100 meters underwater, and he still came out on top, brainwashing logan, plus he killed two ghosts and really screwed up the other 2. He was the first to brainwash anyone in the series, survived several events that should have been lethal, killed or incapacitated your team, and I think he is the first villain that hasn't been beaten by the series end.
Rorke can kill anybody with his bare hands. He's been brainwashed and now he's a machine who's only mission is to kill our heroes. He got shot through the chest and was subsequently plunged into the ocean, but he turned up alive and forced Logan, the main character, to join his side--which no other villain has been able to do. He's a guy who uses brute force and could take out any of the ghosts in a one-on-one fight--and for the record he succeeded in killing two ghosts, injuring two, and brainwashing another. Rorke's a boss who doesn't need anyone to help him.
Dude, he was a terrible villain. No sympathetic traits, terrible personality, bad actor (okay the other actors weren't that great either, but still), and is probably the most generic villain we've ever seen in a Call of Duty campaign. Oh, he's an ex ghost who got left behind on a mission and was brainwashed so now he wants revenge against the leader of the... Oh god, just saying that makes me feel like I'm reading a story for a Disney villain.
Overall, Rorke is the most bland villain I've ever seen in Call of Duty, and quite possibly one of the worst villains I've ever seen period.
This guy should be higher because he betray the ghost, killed two, broke Merriks ribs, and brainwashed logon into becoming a pawn in the federation. This guy is a tank because he's been hit in the head with a fire extinguisher, shot in the chest, drown, and got blown up in a train. But he still lived.
Although we don't see him much in Black Ops, he is a big reason why Steiner, Dragovich and Kravchenko recreated Nova 6, without him it may have not happened.
I actually liked this guy but he isn't that great of a villain.
Wish he was in BO 2, a very charismatic villain
He and Striner are truly the best
He is Imran Zakheav's son, but I have no idea why he wears a jogging suit.
He's a cliche. Irresponsible son of the big bad guy.
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, known as Fidel Castro (August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016), was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. Politically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he ...read more. We all know who he is in real life. He doesn't have a major role in Black Ops but he's still a villain and cracks this list.
In real life, the invaders of Cuba were the villains. Fidel Castro was a hero.
This guys is Friday days dad
Corvus destroyed the whole packed DNI group, for which Taylor, Diaz, Hall, Hendriks, Merrati, Kane includingthe protagonist died due to their anomal behaviour. BUT! It was the actual thrill of the game!
He was from black ops 3 and was the ai in the dni that the protagonists and antagonists had
The ultimate devil
This virus drived taylor and hendricks nad and caused the death of all blops 3 characters
Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 - April 30, 1945) was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and Führer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. As dictator of Nazi Germany, he initiated World War II in Europe with the invasion of Poland in September ...read more. Adolf Hitler would have made an amazing villain but he never physically appeared in a Call of Duty game. I'd probably vote for him if he did make physical appearances. My hopes are up for that in Call of Duty WW2.
This guy was real so he should be number one because he was real. And he had gas showers to kill people with. He cooked people in ovens. He also burnt people's skin off.
Can't believe they aren't already on the list! If he had modern weapons we would have nuked and taken over the world
He isn't a Call of Duty character because he never made a physical appearance.
He betrays his own Seals and is on Menendez's side. He, if you shot Menendez's on the mission Odysseus, will kill Chloe, if you killed De Falco, and is just generally a traitor. He will also injure Admiral Briggs if you don,t shoot him in the head or leg or arm... I don't understand that he is not higher on the list as betrayal is quite a heavy price to pay.
This guy nothing like a navy seal as what he was supposed to be a guy who pretends to be a navy seal but he fakes it petraeds his team mates.
You said that why dose the top tens to that
The typical Arab lapdog towards a bigger villain :(
Badass leader of the KVA who destroys Seattle and wins match of hand to hand combat against an exo suit. Also the reason Mitchell finds out about Itons.
This guy launched an attack on Geneva, and waged war on the Earth. Not even Makarov did something that crazy
Nearly destroyed THE EARTH! Not even Makarov could do that. Plus he is a dictator.
He might have been only seen for a minute just so he could be assassinated but what he was responsible for is what mattered. He orchestrated the massacre of Russian soldiers and civilians across Stalingrad. A typical Nazi bad guy.
Only seen for a second. Nah.
He works for Makarov, although he is ugly
Does anyone Notice he is American.