Talisman Vs Fantomex
I think Fantomex was my favorite thing to come out of Morrison's run on the X-Men. Sad I gotta take him out! But I am glad about one thing. While reading his Wiki I learned hes due to show back up soon in the Wolverine One-Shot coming out of the Dark Reign: List event. Cool!
Powers:
Talisman
* She has the ability to tap into mystical forces and to manipulate them for a variety of effects, including levitation, astral projection, exorcism, matter manipulation, the ability to see prophetic visions, telepathy, teleportation over vast distances, opening inter-dimensional portals, animating the undead, generating wind blasts and lightning, summoning air spirits, calling forth spirit animals, creating magical shields of light, and generating blasts of magical energy.
* In addition to her own powers she also has her father's medicine bag (Shaman from Alpha Flight) which contains a pocket dimension known as the Void. From this she can pull anything she needs (according to wiki).
Fantomex
* Fantomex has an external nervous system referred to as E.V.A.
* If E.V.A. experiences pain when she is not within Fantomex, he will feel it as well. When E.V.A. is separated from his body, Fantomex feels no pain and seems able to ignore most injuries.
* Fantomex is linked to E.V.A. via telepathy. He can see through E.V.A.'s point of view and can take control of her movement. However, this requires concentration on the part of Fantomex.
* He can expertly read the body language of others and is a master at misdirection. This also allows him to create telepathic illusions that can fool some of the most powerful telepaths, including Professor X and Jean Grey.
* His mask incorporates telepathy-blocking ceramics.
* He possesses enhanced strength, speed, agility, reflexes, endurance, durability, and healing abilities. NOTE He has to go into a trance to heal quickly. Hes no Wolverine.
No blowing smoke here. Fantomex is by no means a pushover, but neither is Talisman. Fortunately, I think Talisman has more going for her and has enough of an edge to pull off the win.
Prep time will do nothing for either combatant. They wont know anything about one another.
Location wont do much either, though Talisman will more likely be able to find info on it, but I still dont think itll help her much.
So comes the battle. How does Talisman handle Fantomexs array of abilities:
Illusions
I think Fantomexs biggest weapon here are his illusions. Theyre powerful and telepathy cant break them, however, theres no mention of Magic. Also, Im not sure what Fantomexs illusions are made of but most are alterations of light, and Talisman can alter light as well, meaning she should be able to undo the illusions with relative ease. I doubt theyre mental since Xavier couldnt penetrate them and Fantomex isnt anywhere near Xavier level
not to mention Jean on the verge of Phoenix level telepathy.
Guns
Magical shields should do just fine against these, his most commonly used offensive maneuver.
E.V.A.
Eh, hard to really specify this one, it really depends on how the battle plays out. However, its pretty much just another character that can be hurt like anyone else. I think her lightening abilities should be enough to do a lot of damage to a nervous system.
So she can handle what Fantomex has to offer. When he first showed up in X-Men he had a lot of bullet holes in him, so he cant dodge those
which puts a limit on his quickness and agility and all that. Lightning is much quicker than bullets so Talismans lightening should be able to tag him fairly easily and take him out.
Add this to magical bursts of energy, creating wind spirits, animating matter (such as the adamantium walls) and such should be enough to put Fantomex down.
Winner Talisman
