Aquaman runs the X-Men Telepath Gauntlet

VS

RULES-

• Start 30ft apart
• Random Encounter
• Telepathy Only
• Post Crisis -> Rebirth feats
• Win by Death or KO

MATCH-

R1- Morals On

R2- Bloodlusted

R3- All Powers Allowed. Aquaman gets his TP boosting trident.

THE GAUNTLET-

1. Madelynn Pryor
2. Betsy Braddock
3. 5-in-1 Stepford Cuckoos
4. Exodus
5. Mr. Sinister
6. Rachel Summers
7. Emma Frost
8. Cassandra Nova
9. Professor X
10. Jean Grey

R1: Stops at Exodus

R2: Still stops at Exodus

R3: Could potentially clear if he can multitask blocking TP and attacking. If not, stops at Sinister or Rachel.

I need to see feats for Aquaman's TP. The only scan I've seen of him fighting telepathically was when him and Martian Manhunter lost to Despero.

R1 & R2 Stop and The Rachel Summers or Emma Frost - They have enough Power/Skill in TP

R3 Make it to Rachel or than Jean - All Aquaman powers On mean he can body everyone in Stats combined with his Telepathy to defend his mind. The combo of TK / flight / range + TP -I do not see him beating

Round 1 - Could stop at the Stepford Cuckoos. Their hive mind and number are hard to deal with and they can trap him before he gets serious and unleashes his full power

Round 2 - Stops at Exodus or Mister Sinister\

Round 3 - Will stop at Cassandra Nova is his best possible outcome. Her mind is toxic and he will get into trouble by trying to fight her mind. She can phase and has a superb healing factor and durability so his body attacks will not defeat her

Stops at Exodus (Could stop before that in the TP only rounds)

Stops at Betsy in the first two rounds. She's just an better overall telepath. Having actual psychic fights and not to mention having a instant win with her psi blade

I don't know about the third round since that Trident seems like a plot device so he could possibly clear here with it

@ashrym

thought you’d like this and I’m feeling lazy

For R1 and R2, could stop at Betsy or the 5-in-1, but definitely stops at Exodus

For R3, stops at Exodus

I too would like to see more of Aquaman feats. I know of some feats of power from him but not of telepathic combat. As it stands I cans see him stopping at Betsy who is one of the experts of telepathic combat and has a coup d grace in the form of her psychic knife

I'm still backed up on other threads I plan on responding to, lol.

Aquaman's best feats are blocking, resisting, or booting other telepaths out of his mind. He has a lot of power but his skill is the part that's inconsistent. Examples against other telepaths / psionic beings would be the Shark, the Valgos, Kordax, Chimera (Creature King), Maxima, Warhead, The Voidsong Monarch (that was a casual dismisal of power), the Conclave of the Twelve from Thierna Na Oge, the living planet Tethys, and casually giving Zum (white martian) a seizure off the top of my head.

Most of my arguments involving Aquaman include his resistance and other powers where he resists and attacks. An example of attacking physically while defending against a powerful telepath would Warhead or Kordax. His typical feats showing power get into several planetary+ with a few much higher high ends.

If we use Kordax as an example, Kordax was able to casually telepathically dominate the inhabitants of 2 cities for months. Aquaman was shown to be more powerful as their battles sent psychic shockwaves across the planet and risked killing everything ever evolved from the sea. Rebirth Aquaman armed with his trident easily defeated Kordax in a telepathic battle by using a psychic headbutt that knocked Kordax into a realm of pure thought where he also summoned creatures that feed off psychic energy.

Easily knocking a telepath with planetary feats into a higher plane of existence goes a long way in this gauntlet. What holds Aquaman back in these discussions is he rarely uses his telepathic power like that. It's out of character despite the level of power he does show, and some writers have him capable of sold skill while others do not.

@ashrym: appreciate you