I am NOT your enemy. But if you force me to this, I swear I will destroy what's left of your mind.
Introduction
Arf, Exodus was a big lame character from the 90's who acted as the "voice" of Magneto after the latter was unable to function.
When Magneto died for real for like the 5th time, Exodus acted as the leader of his Acolytes and fought against Joseph (Magneto's clone...because of course that'd be a thing in the 90's) for leadership of the group.
After being wiped out by Holocaust, Exodus went into hiding for a while, trying and failing to feed on X-Man's telepathic energy. He'd appear now and then through the early 2000's and really not do much until he made a comeback after House of M, furiously trying to do stuff and beat people up. He's apparently apart of Magneto's New Brotherhood and was allowed to go on Krakoa as apart of the new mutant nation.
He also has some goofy stuff about him being a 12th century Templar or something, isn't really talked about these days.
He's a pretty strong character, so I figured I'd give his feats a shot.
Database
Stats and stuff on him. (Marvel Legacy- The 1990's Handbook)
Durability
A sonic attack from Siryn does nothing and bounces off him. (X-Force #25)
Scan 1/2- Crashes with AOA (Age of Apocalypse) Holocaust while being within space, fighting him evenly (X-Men #43)
Scan 1/2- Despite being stabbed by Wolverine, charged by Cannonball and attacked by Rogue (with Cannonball's powers) as well as being smashed to the ground, he seems unhurt and uses his powers rather quickly. (X-Men- Legacy #262)
Sersi sends him flying into a building and is buried in rubble, but he isn't really hurt. (Uncanny X-Men #307)
Takes a charge from Rogue while she had Kid Gladiator's powers. (X-Men- Legacy #261)
Takes a strike from Frenzy that smashes the earth below him. (X-Men- Legacy #262)
Takes a two handed blow from War Machine. (Avengers West Coast #101)
Takes a uppercut from Colossus. (X-Men #202)
Tanks a bullrush from War Machine. (Avengers West Coast #101)
Skill
Scan 1/2- Dodges around a mutant that moved as fast as lightning as described by himself (he was completely depowered at this time as well) (Black Knight- Exodus)
Overpowers the Black Knight with a knife. (Black Knight- Exodus)
Speed
Bullrushes AOA Holocaust from behind before he could react. (X-Men #43)
Dodges a blast from Havok. (X-Men #162)
Moves at speeds so fast that he basically vanishes in the air. (Uncanny X-Men #307)
Exodus after brawling extensively with the X-Men and telepathically duelling Rachel Grey is still strong enough to fly at mach 2. Should be stated that he can teleport as well (cross country considering he was capable of going from the X Mansion to Utopia in a single bound) but Rogue stole that off him (X-Men- Legacy #262)
Telekinesis
At low energy, Exodus can feed on the psychic powers of others to make him stronger. This power comes into play when he's stronger, but to a far lesser extent (X-Man #14)
Scan 1/2- Blasts and kills a bunch of fodder using a massive psychic bolt. Wanda states that only her father (Magneto) would be capable of such power. (X-Men #26)
Blocks Black Knight, Cyclops, and Storm with a barrier while holding Scarlet Witch, Jean Grey, Quicksilver and Crystal at the same time and subduing them with his telepathy. (Avengers #369)
Blocks devolution energy from High Evolutionary by creating a psychic barrier. (Heroes for Hire #16)
Blocks semi automatic gunfire from War Machine. (Avengers West Coast #101)
Breaks through Magneto's shields. (Uncanny X-Men #14)
Breaks through the hull of a SHIELD Helicarrier (X-Men Annual #1)
Scan 1/2- Counters Wolverine and Rogue trying to fight him, throws them into Rachel Grey (breaking her out of her attacking his mind and preventing him from using his telepathy) and then holds all of the X-Men with his powers. (X-Men- Legacy #262)
Crashes evenly with X-Man's telepathic powers, of which the impact causes quakes and massive energy bursts around the area. (X-Man #14)
Scan 1- Crashes with AOA Holocaust's energy projection. (X-Men #42)
Scan 2- The blast was huge and covered a good part of Avalon (which was a massive ship, almost the size of a city considering it covered millions of people when it was within Earth's orbit)
Deflects a strike from Frenzy and holds her in place with his powers. (X-Men- Legacy #261)
Dominates Nightcrawler and Angel while maintaining a telepathic disguise as Magneto. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1999)
Exodus was capable of completely repairing Xavier's brain using his powers after he had been shot in the head atom by atom but his own unconscious psychic defences won't let him (Exodus did eventually do this tho, just with help) (X-Men- Legacy #208)
Scan 1/2- Exodus with the assistance of a few supporters is able to send Joseph flying near the centre of the Earth from New Avalon, hurling him fast enough for him to burn up. This feat is a bit ambiguous considering even Joseph questions if he is actually being attacked or if he is just doing this himself. (Magneto #3)
His psychic bolts are capable of badly hurting people in astral forms, like Scanner. (Uncanny X-Men #315)
Hits Iceman and Havok with a massive blast. (X-Men #162)
Hits Wolverine with a blast so powerful it strips him to the bone, as well as deflecting Rogue (with Cannonball's powers) and Cannonball himself. (X-Men- Legacy #262)
Holds Colossus and a bunch of the Acolytes using his powers. (Uncanny X-Men #315)
Is easily able to overpower Crystal's elemental force. (Avengers West Coast #101)
Knocks down and one shots Sunspot, Cannonball, Cable, Siryn and Feral with a single telekinetic bolt. (X-Force #25)
Knocks down Rogue and Cable with a telekinetic blast (also note that cheeky mind read of both Rogue and Cable beforehand) (X-Men Annual #1))
One shots Fabian Cortez and teleports away using his powers. (Uncanny X-Men #304)
Overpowers Joseph's magnetic grip. (Magneto #3)
Rips and blasts back Rockside. (X-Men #202)
Sends multiple X-Men flying with a telekinetic wave. (X-Men- Legacy #262)
Sends Rogue flying with his powers. (Avengers #369)
Shatters a massive boulder as a noob who didn't even know about his powers. (Black Knight- Exodus)
Scan 1- Teleports and tags Cannonball with a blast. (X-Men- Legacy #261)
Scan 2- He was teleporting so fast that none of the X-Men could keep up with him and needed Rachel to edge out exactly where he'd be next.
Scan 1- Traps all of Genosha in a massive unbreakable energy shield. (Avengers #369)
Scan 2- War Machine tries to break through it, but fails and his suit is disabled in the process.
Scan 3- Exodus planned to pull the shield all the way in and essentially kill everyone apart from himself. Keep in mind he had this shield up while fighting with the X-Men and maintaining his telepathic grip on the population.
Uses his powers to increase Quicksliver's metabolic rate, killing his body at a fast rate. (Avengers #369)
Telepathy
Scan 1/2- Breaks into the minds of Aurora and Northstar, getting through SHIELD's psychic defences. Cable in particular states that such power would have to be world class. (X-Men Annual #1)
Scan 1/2- Controls a entire city, forcing them to live peacefully with mutants. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1999)
Controls Crystal, 90's Jean Grey, Quicksliver and Scarlet Witch using his telepathic powers (WHILE the barrier is up and running, mind you). Xavier also states that Exodus must be a psychic of the first (best) order considering he was able to hide his powers from him. (The Avengers #369)
Scan 1/2- Constructs and uses a modified Cerebro scanner (it works successfully, it's just that there aren't any mutants worldwide at the moment) (X-Men Annual #1))
Exodus is described as a psionic of the highest order available. (X-Man #14)
Scan 1/2- Is able to ambush X-Man without triggering his powers. (X-Man #14)
Blocks 90's Jean Grey out of his mind, knocking her down while he was fighting AOA Holocaust. (X-Men #43)
Manages to block out one of the Cuckoo's from entering his mind. (X-Men #163)
Manages to break into and control dozens of mutant Sleepers, who were so resistant to telepathy that even Psylocke was unable to get into them. (Uncanny X-Men #14)
Scan 1/2/3- Manages to fight Xavier in telepathic combat for a bit and dominate him with visions and guilt from his past (Xavier had been very recently brought back to life and wasn't 100% tho) (X-Men- Legacy #210)
Scan 4- The battle was so powerful that Emma Frost, another accomplished telepath, feels the feedback from their battle thousands of miles away and states it would be enough to fry the brain of anyone within a hundred yards.
Manages to interrupt and weaken Emma Frost's telepathy while doing other stuff (New X-Men #46)
One shots all of the New X-Men and Shadowcat using his mental powers. (X-Men #202)
One shots multiple trained SHIELD psychics with ease. (X-Men Annual #1)
One shots War Machine and shuts him down. (Avengers West Coast #101)
Scan 1/2- Overpowers Sersi trying to take him down with telepathy. (Black Knight-Exodus)
Rachel Grey is unable to protect anyone who is accessed with his telepathy. (X-Men- Legacy #261)
Stalemates with Emma Frost in telepathy. (X-Men #207)
Scan 1/2- Takes a telepathic blast from Xavier (through he was clearly staggered) (Avengers #369)
Scan 3- Xavier states that he managed to do this thanks to Jean shifting through his mind for weaknesses, as well as the fact that he was also maintaining the barrier and fighting the X-Men and West Coast Avengers at the same time- overextending his reach, showing that while powerful, he has his limits.
Uses his powers to unphase Shadowcat. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1999)
Scan 1/2- While Exodus was fighting Iceman and the rest of the X-Men, Rachel is fully focused on preventing him from using his telepathy, clearly being strained in the process as she fights him on multiple psychic planes. (X-Men- Legacy #262)
Conclusion
Exodus is likely one of the best telekinetic fighters that Marvel has, tbh. His range and ability to multitask is impressive.
The guy is also quite powerful in terms of telepathy, sparring with some of the best around and getting some good shots in. He doesn't focus on it but he'll use it in combat if he has the chance. The guy can hit people on multiple levels and he's clearly able to easily barrage through teams with weak or non existent telepathy defence.
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