I feel like teleportation is under-rated, especially combined with stealth (aka Nightcrawler). Unless a character can fly: grab, teleport somewhere high, let go, and teleport to safety.
Professor X and Cyclops are both under-rated at this stage. Cyclops is one of the most experienced fighters in superhuman combat in the MCU and knows the personnel on the X-Men backwards. Seems like he’d be a tougher draw than folks give him credit for.
Professor X is allegedly the most powerful telepath on the planet. Jean is tough draw for him, because she is both telepathic, telekinetic, and as experienced as Scott. Any other telepath should be a quick out.
I was really surprised in the Magneto vs Jean Grey fight. This is Jean Grey without Phoenix powers, right? And Magneto has that helmet her psi-powers don’t work on him. She’s not the best at telekinesis from what I remember.
This was the roughest one yet! Gambit Rogue n Jubilee all had such tough fights to vote on. Though Charles once again gets the easy vote against. Emma just goes diamond n Charles is a normal dude with a fish bowl on his head.
Oh yay another round of this! (A side note though Kelly, the poll for the Rogue v. Magik fight is mislabeled and the Storm vs. Cyclops poll is missing. I didn't notice any other issues though)
It might have been my joke about the battle possibly taking place in space?
We definitely Banshee flying in space in some old Jim Lee/Claremont stuff -- and he flies based on his sonic power, right? So I guess it DOES work in space? IDK
I'd kinda love to see a few of these played out in an actual comic book because they're such a coin toss! It'd be fun to see them each Erin a "round". But ultimately so much of it comes down to who plays fair and honorable and who is more willing to play dirty. 😁 My money is on the cheaters!
War! War! War! Love it! Rogue vs Magik was the toughest for me and was surprised it's not a closer looking outcome! I went with Magik so I'm obviously not alone there. I'm ALWAYS going to vote for Psylocke because love conquers all and I am IN LOVE! With my new found appreciation for all things Jubilee she's definitely getting my vote! Good to see some tighter matches in there this time though poor old Cyclops is getting battered! Haha! Oh and my vote for Magneto is clearly not gonna save him! Ha!
The way I like to imagine these playing out that definitely influences some of my outcomes, is that it's basically the dark phoenix trial by combat rules, where the two players are dropped into two sides of the blue area of the moon, don't know exactly what they're up against, and just have to figure things out and try to survive whatever's coming.
Also, did anybody else vote professor x over the white queen because I almost feel like he's the more ruthless character lol
What's really crazy to me is that a decade ago (maybe more?) -- I feel like almost universally fans all would have said that Xavier is more powerful and Emma more ruthless...and now...has that completely reversed?
Oh this one was crazy! I did take a few homer picks, but this one was full of hard matchups! The slightest mistake from either side would’ve 100% altered the outcome in most of these.
Wow! Some tough matchups in this round. I continue with my fallback plan of (a) pick the female, because women are better, and (b) pick the one I know more about.
I was JUST thinking about Domino vs Longshot! That's amazing! I watched Deadpool 2 for the first time this week and i love Zazie Beetz so much and it was cool to watch her as Domino. I gave Longshot the edge because of surviving Mojoworld so long, but it looks like that was not the popular pick
I feel like teleportation is under-rated, especially combined with stealth (aka Nightcrawler). Unless a character can fly: grab, teleport somewhere high, let go, and teleport to safety.
Professor X and Cyclops are both under-rated at this stage. Cyclops is one of the most experienced fighters in superhuman combat in the MCU and knows the personnel on the X-Men backwards. Seems like he’d be a tougher draw than folks give him credit for.
Professor X is allegedly the most powerful telepath on the planet. Jean is tough draw for him, because she is both telepathic, telekinetic, and as experienced as Scott. Any other telepath should be a quick out.
I was really surprised in the Magneto vs Jean Grey fight. This is Jean Grey without Phoenix powers, right? And Magneto has that helmet her psi-powers don’t work on him. She’s not the best at telekinesis from what I remember.
I don’t know. I think she’d get destroyed.
Yeah, I think it's weirdly similar to the Emma/Professor X fight in the way that some perceptions have flipped.
I voted Magneto too.
I’m with you for this exact reason! Add in Magneto’s lack of compunction around killing and he’s the winner baby
This was the roughest one yet! Gambit Rogue n Jubilee all had such tough fights to vote on. Though Charles once again gets the easy vote against. Emma just goes diamond n Charles is a normal dude with a fish bowl on his head.
The Xavier one is a great point!
LOL
Storm over Cyke, obvi.
I added the missed poll back in -- also if you previously voted for Rogue v Magik/Mystique -- try again as the poll has been corrected. Thanks, guys!
Oh yay another round of this! (A side note though Kelly, the poll for the Rogue v. Magik fight is mislabeled and the Storm vs. Cyclops poll is missing. I didn't notice any other issues though)
Shit. Sorry, guys.
I guess I REALLY didn't want Rogue and Magik to fight. lol
Corrected (and Cyke v Storm added) - though if any of you voted in Rogue vs Mystique -- those votes were deleted when I corrected the poll.
Somehow I seem to have deleted my own comment!? 🤷♂️ we still need those results! Haha!
Love these comments. My only head scratcher is why the Banshee vs Lilandra is so close! Y’all know he has super powers right?
It might have been my joke about the battle possibly taking place in space?
We definitely Banshee flying in space in some old Jim Lee/Claremont stuff -- and he flies based on his sonic power, right? So I guess it DOES work in space? IDK
The only comment I have is that despite the clear paper advantage, y'all are REALLY underestimating Dazzler, lol.
I'd kinda love to see a few of these played out in an actual comic book because they're such a coin toss! It'd be fun to see them each Erin a "round". But ultimately so much of it comes down to who plays fair and honorable and who is more willing to play dirty. 😁 My money is on the cheaters!
*WIN not "Erin" ... * autocorrect* sighs ...
War! War! War! Love it! Rogue vs Magik was the toughest for me and was surprised it's not a closer looking outcome! I went with Magik so I'm obviously not alone there. I'm ALWAYS going to vote for Psylocke because love conquers all and I am IN LOVE! With my new found appreciation for all things Jubilee she's definitely getting my vote! Good to see some tighter matches in there this time though poor old Cyclops is getting battered! Haha! Oh and my vote for Magneto is clearly not gonna save him! Ha!
The way I like to imagine these playing out that definitely influences some of my outcomes, is that it's basically the dark phoenix trial by combat rules, where the two players are dropped into two sides of the blue area of the moon, don't know exactly what they're up against, and just have to figure things out and try to survive whatever's coming.
Also, did anybody else vote professor x over the white queen because I almost feel like he's the more ruthless character lol
What's really crazy to me is that a decade ago (maybe more?) -- I feel like almost universally fans all would have said that Xavier is more powerful and Emma more ruthless...and now...has that completely reversed?
I voted Professor X too… things don't change that easy in my mind. I love Emma but Xavier for the win here.
Oh this one was crazy! I did take a few homer picks, but this one was full of hard matchups! The slightest mistake from either side would’ve 100% altered the outcome in most of these.
Most. Not all. I think Colossus is def fucked lol
Wow! Some tough matchups in this round. I continue with my fallback plan of (a) pick the female, because women are better, and (b) pick the one I know more about.
I was JUST thinking about Domino vs Longshot! That's amazing! I watched Deadpool 2 for the first time this week and i love Zazie Beetz so much and it was cool to watch her as Domino. I gave Longshot the edge because of surviving Mojoworld so long, but it looks like that was not the popular pick
Beetz is so awesome as Domino. <3
Looks like there wasn’t a way to vote for Storm v Cyclops, but totally Storm
I missed it - and just added it back in.
Also the Rogue poll was wrong and I had to correct it, so existing votes were deleted when I modified it.
Storm obviously
I added the missed poll back in -- also if you previously voted for Rogue v Magik/Mystique -- try again as the poll has been corrected. Thanks, guys!