Doctor strange traded the time stone for iron mans life in infinity war because Doctor Strange knew the only possible way for them to win was if Iron man lived up to that moment to sacrifice his life by snapping his fingers. Since Iron Man would die after one use he had to go straight to the mass dustificationI think it's something like that, the hulk almost can't take the pain right after simply wearing the gauntlet(maybe while trying to bring Nat back), Tony probably didn't have much time from the moment he gets the stones.I thought the same thing, wasn't necessary in my opinion. "I think the gauntlet would kill him eventually with or without the snap so he was making sure his time with it counted. They seemed to be winning they just needed to take out Thanny boyMostly because RDJ wanted out "before it's embarrassing. Everyone was confused as to why Doctor Strange traded the stone for iron mans life. Everyone was confused as to why Doctor Strange traded the stone for iron mans life. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. So when doctor strange (in the snapping scene) pointed his finger up he meant this was the 1 only possible way for them to win. Iron man probably realised now why Doctor Strange traded the time stone for his life, he realised he had to live up to this moment to sacrifice himself and that this was the only way for them to win. All appropriate thoughts discussions and memes related to Endgame and Infinity War are welcome.Press J to jump to the feed. Also after killing thanos it would take time to kill everything else and during that time more good guys would die.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castLet everything out on this Sub! Couldn't he have just fought with the gauntlet like Thanos did in Infinity War?I guess, why not just use the power stone or whatever to blast Thanos awaySo Tony is the only human,aside from hulk who can satisfy everyone with his snap, u see in order to snap yr fingers there has to be a big click noise so yr grandma can hear it.Probably but then his army would still be around and they would still have to deal with them.Doctor strange told them there was only one way out of around 4 million possible ways that they could win. That’s why he had to snap his fingers.Yeah I remember that but my question was why the full on vaporization when he could have just used the stone to blast Thanos.Maybe if you have all six stones you have to use them all at once, can't just use one to kill Thanos or something. Doctor strange traded the time stone for iron mans life in infinity war because Doctor Strange knew the only possible way for them to win was if Iron man lived up to that moment to sacrifice his life by snapping his fingers. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcutsCookies help us deliver our Services.