What power-specific group will Bastion target next?

[Ryan W]

He's been taking out the teleporters left and right, so what group of mutants with similar powersets will Bastion target next? Whom makes the most sense to eliminate strategically?

I'd guess the telepaths: Long-range communication and team coordination are highly important when fighting a battle.

[Slant]

He will target every group except the clawed people, not thinking they're a threat.

But as X-Force has proved, he'll be wrong.

[worstblogever]

The most important X-powerset to the team!


Those who make coffee.

Watch out, Dr. Kavita Rao and Prodigy...

[Nachturne]

He's been taking out the teleporters left and right, so what group of mutants with similar powersets will Bastion target next? Whom makes the most sense to eliminate strategically?

I'd guess the telepaths: Long-range communication and team coordination are highly important when fighting a battle.

I can agree with telepaths. But I'm also going to go with flyers too. Or speedsters. Any type of transportive mutants.

[Nachturne]

The most important X-powerset to the team!


Those who make coffee.

Watch out, Dr. Kavita Rao and Prodigy...

You warm my soul <3

[Pixie_Solanas]

The most important X-powerset to the team!


Those who make coffee.

Watch out, Dr. Kavita Rao and Prodigy...

Now that Prodigy's been dumbed down, he can't even keep toilet paper supplies in order.

[worstblogever]

You warm my soul <3

Giggity.


Now that Prodigy's been dumbed down, he can't even keep toilet paper supplies in order.

Hope needs to restore his powers, so he can absorb the knowledge of how to do it from Pixie.

[jeansbff]

He's been taking out the teleporters left and right, so what group of mutants with similar powersets will Bastion target next? Whom makes the most sense to eliminate strategically?

I'd guess the telepaths: Long-range communication and team coordination are highly important when fighting a battle.

That would be my guess too. Maybe telekinetics next. Although psylocke and hellion are the only telekinetics in the group at the moment. The mutants with invulnerability like colossus. Lol, i was going to say rogue but then i remembered she just has the absorbing abilities now. Although rogue could cause a lot of trouble. She can absorb multiple abilities at once. Makes her a threat to bastion and possibly one of his next targets.

[ProfeZZor X]

I would be utterly shocked if Indra got off his purple ass and did anything to help out.

[jeansbff]

I can agree with telepaths. But I'm also going to go with flyers too. Or speedsters. Any type of transportive mutants.

Flyers is a good guess.

[worstblogever]

Flyers is a good guess.

Maybe not. Solicts say he's putting a whole big sphere over Utopia to lock folks in. That might limit their effectiveness.

But telepaths? You take out the telepaths, as Bishop demonstrated in Messiah CompleX, communications are effectively down. And that's always a solid military strategy.

[darknessatnoon]

Bastion doesn't care about telepaths.

[Ryan W]

He will target every group except the clawed people, not thinking they're a threat.

But as X-Force has proved, he'll be wrong.

Or perhaps Bastion will assess that those with stabby-stabby powers seem to be the X-Men's best assets lately?



Those who make coffee.


SENTIENT COFFEE MACHINE X NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!


I can agree with telepaths. But I'm also going to go with flyers too. Or speedsters. Any type of transportive mutants.

Flyers is pretty broad, but I agree with that. After telepaths and healers/transmutative properties flyers are highly important.


Now that Prodigy's been dumbed down, he can't even keep toilet paper supplies in order.

Well it used to be Onyxx's job. Scott had him put on yellow gloves and lemon pledge the shit out of everything just to keep him out of the way, with pieces of Marzipan as a reward for a job well done.

I think it's a deleted scene from Secret Invasion: X-Men.

[ohsnapulon5000]

Shapeshifters or Phasers perhaps? Those recon workers are really quite underestimated.

[Ryan W]

Bastion doesn't care about telepaths.

Thanks for contributing!


Shapeshifters or Phasers perhaps? Those recon workers are really quite underestimated.

Kitty would be a good target. She and Cypher (the one with dreads, not the one with frowns) could easily infiltrate his operation.

[jeansbff]

I think rogues a good guess. If i were bastion rogue would be a real annoyance and her ability makes her unpredictable.

Can telepaths affect bastion? He is a machine after all. Does he even have a mind to tamper with?

[worstblogever]

Whoever said healers... yeah. Elixir.


He was one of the characters that Nimrod had told the Purifiers to take out, along with Wallflower, with future knowledge. Well, Nimrod's remains were mixed with Bastion's head in X-Force (vol. 3) #1... so... anything he deemed a priority, so should Bastion.

Makes sense. It's a lot easier to overwhelm the X-Men once they stop getting up.

[Pixie_Solanas]

Flyers. What a terrible power. If you don't have wings, you shouldn't be flying.

This isn't DC.

[Ryan W]

Whoever said healers... yeah. Elixir.


He was one of the characters that Nimrod had told the Purifiers to take out, along with Wallflower, with future knowledge. Well, Nimrod's remains were mixed with Bastion's head in X-Force (vol. 3) #1... so... anything he deemed a priority, so should Bastion.

I never quite understood what made Wallflower such a high priority on the robot hit-list . . . But yeah, Elixir should WTFO.

[worstblogever]

I never quite understood what made Wallflower such a high priority on the robot hit-list . . . But yeah, Elixir should WTFO.

Wallflower could calm any human who lifted a finger towards mutants. Over time, she could have really expanded her range, in theory, and made it impossible for anything that wasn't a Sentinel to engage the X-Men on foot.

Plus, she could use her power to remove fear, and/or increase mutant adrenaline, in theory, increasing their battlefield performance.

I might not be a hardcore Laurie fan... but pheromone control at the highest levels is a pretty f'n badass power if written well.

[jeansbff]

Shapeshifters or Phasers perhaps? Those recon workers are really quite underestimated.

Well kitty is out of commission at the moment. With her current problems shes only a liability to the team. Shapeshifters...only one that comes to mind is mystique and i doubt she would get involved in this war, what with her being osborns puppet and everything.

[jeansbff]

Healers is a good bet too. Whoever said that of course.

[ohsnapulon5000]

Thanks for contributing!



Kitty would be a good target. She and Cypher (the one with dreads, not the one with frowns) could easily infiltrate his operation.

where the shit is Cipher anyhow? or is the answer in the question in this case?

[teddyeatsyourface]

teleporters = done

telepaths/comunnication = done

All that's left are the heavy hitters once they're down Bastion can invade Utopia.

[jeansbff]

teleporters = done

telepaths/comunnication = done

All that's left are the heavy hitters once they're down Bastion can invade Utopia.

The telepaths aren't down for the count yet. None of them will be easy to take down, especially emma and psylocke who have other powers to defend themselves from bastion and his minions.

[Psycwave]

Psychic entities who take on the properties of rock.

[teddyeatsyourface]

I think rogues a good guess. If i were bastion rogue would be a real annoyance and her ability makes her unpredictable.

Can telepaths affect bastion? He is a machine after all. Does he even have a mind to tamper with?No. If it were possible I'm sure Rogue would have done something like that to Bastion in the last issue. Maybe a mix of telepathy/techno mumbo jumbo can affect him? Like how the cuckoo's and danger messed with the earth's satellites in uncanny 522

[jeansbff]

No. If it were possible I'm sure Rogue would have done something like that to Bastion in the last issue. Maybe a mix of telepathy/techno mumbo jumbo can affect him? Like how the cuckoo's and danger messed with the earth's satellites in uncanny 522

Then again that was fraction who wrote that...

[darknessatnoon]

Since they're already going after blue-furred creatures, I'd say Beast is next.

[teddyeatsyourface]

Since they're already going after blue-furred creatures, I'd say Beast is next.
I don't mind. Mystique better watch herself though....Wait, is she blue-skinned or does she have blue fur?

[ohsnapulon5000]

I don't mind. Mystique better watch herself though....Wait, is she blue-skinned or does she have blue fur?

oh, she has blue fur in certain places...

[IN-A-SYNCH]

Bastion is playing chess and that Joke of a Leader named Cyclops is playing tic-tac-toe.

He knows Domino and Vanisher are in San Fran, he might go after them first.

[darknessatnoon]

I don't mind. Mystique better watch herself though....Wait, is she blue-skinned or does she have blue fur?

It's a moot point. Bastion cannot kill Mystique.

[ExodusCloak]

If I was Bastion I'd target the single pillar holding the island up.

[worstblogever]

If I was Bastion I'd target the single pillar holding the island up.

Gotta mow through all the Atlanteans living on it first. But yeah, pretty good idea, there.

[Ryan W]

Psychic entities who take on the properties of rock.

We're not that lucky.


Mystique better watch herself though....Wait, is she blue-skinned or does she have blue fur?

"Blue Fur" is one of her aliases.


If I was Bastion I'd target the single pillar holding the island up.

Too easy--Bastion seems like he's enjoying this takedown too much to just go the direct route right away. Besides, he's using strategery. After teleporters, healers, and telepaths are removed I can see him attacking Utopia balls out directly because it'd be harder for the X-Men to recover given those losses.

[ExodusCloak]

Gotta mow through all the Atlanteans living on it first. But yeah, pretty good idea, there.

Inverse Ninja law is on Bastions side though. The X-Men will then have to use Nightcrawler as a ballast.

[worstblogever]

Inverse Ninja law is on Bastions side though. The X-Men will then have to use Nightcrawler as a ballast.

Kurt would have wanted it that way. Part of his pirate fantasies, I'd bet.

[Starfish]

It's hard to tell what he'll do next. I assume he'll just roll a die.

[Nachturne]

Nut Crackers?

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs031.snc3/11842_102056423149261_100000347120120_52703_156376 7_n.jpg

(I'm going to be honest. This was just an excuse to see this picture again. LMAO!)

[Raptor]

With teleporters and cerebro/a (whichever they're using now), I'd want kitty and magneto down for the count. They can wreck machines.

[fortyseven]

With teleporters and cerebro/a (whichever they're using now), I'd want kitty and magneto down for the count. They can wreck machines.

Crap... I sure hope Madison Jefferies isn't next! He does seem like a very logical choice.

[Raptor]

Crap... I sure hope Madison Jefferies isn't next! He does seem like a very logical choice.

I forgot him, good call.

[The Lucky One]

Probability manipulators, knowing they're too unpredictable to be allowed to live. Domino and the Scarlet Witch will be vaporized from space. Longshot will decide to take a midnight stroll, so will be absent when a giant laser beam annihilates X-Factor headquarters. After accidentally stumbling on Bastion's headquarters, he'll be drawn to one particular rivet for reasons unknown. Pulling it out, a structural flaw will cause the entire building to collapse, crushing Bastion and all of his minions. Crossover done.

Really. I've read the advance copy and everything.

-D

[Raptor]

oh, she has blue fur in certain places...

I figure it'd be red naturally.

[Leapfrog]

Someone said phasers. After telepaths, they are the most deadly to him. In the right context, Loa alone could deal a lot more damage to the sentinals than someone like Wolverine or any of the bruisers.

[Ryan W]

Someone said phasers. After telepaths, they are the most deadly to him. In the right context, Loa alone could deal a lot more damage to the sentinals than someone like Wolverine or any of the bruisers.

This is weirdly true.

I suppose then the question becomes who is the biggest threat when it comes to tossing people? The only way Loa is effective enough to be important is when someone throws her.

Colossus, Warpath, Rockslide, and Psylocke are thus prime targets.

[M.I.Brooks]

Not a power set, but he's taking out X-Factor now.

[jeansbff]

The heavy hitters.

[M.I.Brooks]

The heavy hitters.

What does that term actually mean? The strong ones right?

[jeansbff]

What does that term actually mean? The strong ones right?

Yep. The ones who can deal the most damage with their powers. Examples are Colossus, Rogue and Psylocke, who can also be included as telekinesis can be considered as a heavy hitting power. A lot of heavy hitters like Colossus and Rogue will commonly have super strength and invulnerability though. Rogue of course has to absorb powers now to be a heavy hitter. But the fact that she can absorb multiple powers at once can also make her a heavy hitter. Confusing, lol.

[Leapfrog]

I suppose then the question becomes who is the biggest threat when it comes to tossing people? The only way Loa is effective enough to be important is when someone throws her.

She doesn't need to be thrown. She could just run on the ground, phase through their legs and just watch them fall. If she's lucky, they fall on each other.

Madison Jeffries would be good as well. Deconstruct them from afar and all the others need to do is find a buyer for scrap metal.

[M.I.Brooks]

Yep. The ones who can deal the most damage with their powers. Examples are Colossus, Rogue and Psylocke, who can also be included as telekinesis can be considered as a heavy hitting power. A lot of heavy hitters like Colossus and Rogue will commonly have super strength and invulnerability though. Rogue of course has to absorb powers now to be a heavy hitter. But the fact that she can absorb multiple powers at once can also make her a heavy hitter. Confusing, lol.

So basically M. She's all of those. I was thinking of her actually, when I asked the question.

Thank you for conferming that for me. :D

[jeansbff]

So basically M. She's all of those. I was thinking of her actually, when I asked the question.

Thank you for conferming that for me. :D

Exactly. M is a very good example. She would actually be very dangerous if she got even close to bastion or any other of his men.

[M.I.Brooks]

Exactly. M is a very good example. She would actually be very dangerous if she got even close to bastion or any other of his men.

I'd love to see that, but M's still pretty wrapped up with her father and everything.

But then again, Bastion is sending his men after X-Factor, so yeah.

Okay, cool. :tongue: