It's widely known that Avengers: Infinity War is going to be a ridiculously massive royal rumble of Marvel superheroes mashed together – and unsurprisingly the way the film will deal with its enormous cast is to break them up into teams.

Here's who's likely to be in each team before the massive Wakanda reunion where the final third of the movie will take place.

1. Strange, Stark, Wong, Banner, Spider-Man

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There's been plenty of footage of Doctor Strange, Wong, Iron Man and Bruce Banner palling around in New York City after the latter apparently crashes through the roof of the Sanctum Sanctorum.

Spider-Man has also been shown in the company of Stark and Strange, so we're guessing he's part of what we're calling the 'East Coast Avengers'. They've got that flying ring thing to sort out, after all.

2. Rocket, Groot, Thor

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As of Thor: Ragnarok, the MCU has been posing the question, 'What is a thunder god without his hammer?' While he managed without it for a while, it appears that he'll be heading off with some new Guardians of the Galaxy friends in search of a replacement.

3. Gamora, Drax, Star Lord, Mantis

<p>Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Nebula (Karen Gillan), Groot (Vin Diesel), Drax (Dave Bautista), Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and Mantis (Pom Klementieff) will be meeting the Avengers for the first time in <em data-redactor-tag=\em\">Infinity War</em>. With <em data-redactor-tag=\"em\"><a href=\"http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/guardians-of-the-galaxy/feature/a829022/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-trailer-cast-release-date/\">Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3</a><span class=\"redactor-invisible-space\"></span></em> scheduled for Marvel Phase Four (and a load of other spin-offs teased by director James Gunn)pinterest
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While Thor, Rocket and Groot are off on Thor's Weapon Quest, the rest of Guardians will form another group. Rumour has it that Drax is on a revenge mission against Thanos, who killed his wife and kid. Which sounds fair enough.

4. Captain America, Black Widow, War Machine, T'Challa, M'Baku, Bucky, Okoye, Falcon, Hulk

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Something's afoot in Black Panther's kingdom. Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has confirmed that the final act of the film will be set in Wakanda, so the characters will inevitably all be heading that way.

But there's been a focus on a team of Avengers, including Bucky (who is already in the country), Cap and other characters who sided with him in Captain America: Civil War, as well as locals like Okoye and T'Challa.

War Machine – who was very much Team Stark – is also joining them, and it looks as though Wakandan tech might be assisting him after Vision accidentally shot him out of the sky.

5. Vision, Scarlet Witch

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Romance is brewing between these two. In the trailer we see the mind stone being ripped out of Vision's bonce by a certain Corvus Glaive (one of Thanos's henchmen), so it looks like Infinity War won't be a walk in the park for the synthezoid.

But at least he gets a snog from Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) at some point. We reckon they'll be trying to get some alone time before having to join the fray.

6. Shuri, Scarlet Witch, Banner

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The latest pictures posted by Entertainment Weekly give us our first glimpse of everyone's new favourite character, Shuri, talking to Scarlet Witch and Bruce Banner.

Is this just a shot from later in the film when everyone has gathered together, or is some sort of super-science-meets-super-powers team-up in the offing?

Avengers: Infinity War is at UK cinemas from April 26.

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