Can she maintain a shield through sustained fire? How would that type of shield react to Peter's webbing? Rather than a purely offensive weapon, webbing could potentially disorient sight, stick onto shields, etc.
She maintained a shield against Cyclops' full-powered blast for about 14 seconds before dispersing his blast. She also maintained her shield against tons of water pressure for roughly 45 seconds WHILE doing about 5 other things at the same time. I'm pretty confident that she could react to Deadshot and hold up a shield against his bullets long enough for Xavier to take over his mind (which would take literally 1 second). And same goes for Spider-Man's webbings.
Two things:
1. With a character like Martian Manhunter, for example, a powerful telepath feels uncomfortable immediately reading an opponent's mind (at least the New 52 version) for the simple reason of invading one's privacy. Obviously, my team is your enemy, but do you know for a fact that it would be in character for Charles to immediately read someone's mind?
2. And if he is and does so in the seconds you say he'll do so, would he have enough time to react right away to Floyd barrage.
In any combat situation, Martian Manhunter has not hesitated to read his opponent's minds...same goes for any other telepath, including Charles. Also, in the X-Men films, Charles has never shown ANY inclination against reading other's thoughts. So to your answer your question, no, he wouldn't be uncomfortable doing so and would be willing to do so immediately.
Again, your logic for Deadshot immediately targeting and shooting the two normal humans in the back is quite flawed. He is up against 23 opponents, 21 of which are physically threatening and imposing. There is absolutely no logic that he would immediately target Charles & Jean. Without even having line of sight, Charles was able to freeze Mystique before she could even pull out her gun (again, I can't find the clip but this happens in DoFP on the White House lawn at the end of the film). Because Deadshot is quicker on the draw than Mystique, even if he were able to raise his gun and fire a few shots before being shut down (and this scenario is unlikely to happen), those shots would most certainly be directed at the giants and Deathstrike. Since Xavier would be in their minds from the start, he would see this coming and shut down Deadshot and the rest of your team in any of the many ways I already explained before he could get a shot off, however.
I didn't target Jean and Charles because of knowledge that would be in this scenario, non-existent but rather because if Floyd started to barrage your team with a rain of bullets, those two would seemingly be vulnerable because Deathstrike and Frost Giants(?) can take them. Which then, of course, leaves those two vulnerable. My question to you is can Jean and Charles (If they are vulnerable to gunfire) get behind your team or venture to the back before the second that it would take Floyd, a quick draw and talented marksman, to pull out a gun and let it rain?
Of course Jean and Xavier would be vulnerable to bullets, but as I already said many times, there is no reason he would target them first. Even if Deadshot's strategy is "shoot everyone", again, unless Charles is targeted for the first bullet, Deadshot would be shut down immediately the moment he raised his gun. This literally comes down to thought vs. action. Sure, maybe it would take a couple of seconds for Jean and Charles to get back and for Deathstrike and the giants to start charging. But if you're assuming Deadshot would immediately open fire the moment everyone spawned, then I can also assume Charles would shut down your entire team the moment everyone spawned. Speed of thought > speed of action.
For sure, but again at a starting of 20 ft. before anyone can think/do any bullrushing, Deadshot, an assassin who relies heavily on guns would draw and fire. If it doesn't bug the Frost Giants and Deathstrike (which it won't for Deathstrike but I need to know from you whether or not it will affect Frost Giants) than like my plan outlined Spidey deals with large hoards and Deadshot continues to let it rain on the rest of your team (Jean and Charles). A perfect example of why I targeted these two at the beginning for you.
Ties in to what I just said. With equalized speed, Charles can think and shut down your team before Deadshot can start firing and hit Charles.
Just a couple examples of Spidey's creativity with webbing:
Great examples of Spidey being creative and versatile with his webbing. However, as I already mentioned, here are the problems:
1) In your first example against Lizard, Peter is in an enclosed tunnel that allows him to be acrobatic and use the ceiling/walls to jump off. In our arena, an open desert, he does not have anything to jump off of except the combatants themselves. This severely limits his agility.
2) In the airport battle, again, Peter is relying on the plane and Ant-Man's size to swing off of. There is nothing similar to that in our arena for him to do that with.
3) In the video with the bank robbers, he used the ceiling and a desk to his advantage.
There are no ceilings, walls, or random objects in our arena to allow Peter to be as agile and acrobatic as he normally is. Therefore, this severely limits how creative he can be.
I think you're over analyzing. Far from stupid, but not one to over-assess anything, why wouldn't Floyd just keep firing among distorted and armored humans alike, and a lady with claws? He's most likely the "weakest" here, so he has no reason to try to be physical or analytical unless he absolutely HAS to. If the Frost Giants really were in the front line to guard Jean and Charles, would he not have to work around them so that Floyd is in his line of vision? Certainly if Charles or Jean don't get with an initial blast of fire and acts on someone other than Floyd, he could easily use his eye, to find an opening at Charles and Jean? Again this is assuming your plan and line of defense could form before Floyd just starts quick-firing at everyone. My advantage in this situation is that if one person on your team acts up than I got someone who's got his back because of our skill from long0range and weapons at our arsenal. For example in a scenario where Charles dies first, and Jean attacks Floyd, Spidey's got his back and vice versa.
I'm feeling like a broken record at this point in regards to debating your strategy, but I'll just clarify something: Charles does not require line of sight in order to use their powers. Also, a man with a gun is much more of an immediate threat than the rest of your team, all of which are primarily melee fighters. Deadshot would be dealt with first and foremost by Charles, and he can be dealt with before he even starts firing.
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