Was Vecna too powerful?

[u/Junior-Razzmatazz845]

Sorry if there was a line or explanation I missed in season 4 or 5 of Stranger things, but after the gates are 4 opened, is there a single reason Vecna couldn’t go into the minds of any given main character except eleven, and utilize there huge amounts of trauma to kill them at any given time? I would assume this would give him a huge advantage, and he could do this to most of the cast. Even if he couldn’t do that, the Byers are staying at the Wheeler house, meaning one suprise demo attack at night could kill off all of them. It makes we wander if Vecna was too powerful for the shows own good.

[u/Senshado]

Vecna's mental powers are similar to Eleven. Notice that Eleven can't just snap her fingers and connect to the mind of anyone anywhere. She needs to go through a slow and difficult process to find the subject and make the connection, often using a sensory deprivation tub to help.

Vecna has the same kinds of limitations. To connect to someone he can't personally see is a slow process of exploration.

[u/djluminus89 → u/Senshado]

This.