Magneto (Marvel Comics)

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The thing none of you will ever understand is that there are no sides. There are no heroes or villains. There’s just what I want and how I’ll get it.

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Summary

Max Eisenhardt, better known as Magneto, is one of the most powerful mutants in the world and a recurring foe of the X-Men. After suffering from multiple tragedies throughout his life, he became determined to end humanity's oppression of mutants by upending the human-led governments of the world.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 9-A physically, 5-B with powers, higher by stealing the power of planetary objects

Name: Magneto, Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, Max Eisenhardt

Origin: Marvel Comics

Gender: Male

Age: 82-83 years old

Classification: Human Mutant

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Magnetism Manipulation and Electricity Manipulation (Magneto is an Omega Level Mutant with power over the Electromagnetic spectrum. Generates a planetary EMP.), Expert Martial Artist, Matter Manipulation (Magneto draws power from the Earth's Magnetic field and manipulates every molecule and atom in Colossus's body. Magneto manipulates iron at the atomic level.), Energy Manipulation and Projection (Magneto stalemates Doctor Doom in a blast struggle. Together, while he is dying, Magneto and Storm blast Uranos enough to make him bleed.), Energy Absorption (Magneto draws power from the Earth's magnetic field and manipulates every molecule and atom in Colossus's body. Magneto siphons energy from the earth to boost his power. Magneto absorbs energy that Storm provides to boost his own power and stay alive, it's also mentioned that this process involves sharing life-force.), Extrasensory Perception (Capable of perceiving energy and phenomenon across the Electromagnetic spectrum), Blood Manipulation, limited Power Nullification, and limited Biological Manipulation (Magneto overpowers Hercules by manipulating his blood. Magneto freezes Sam, Storm and Bishop in place by gripping the iron fiber in their blood and Storm mentions they can't activate their abilities, but Bishop's still works because it's passive. Magneto uses blood manipulation to induce seizures and strokes. Despite not having a heart, Magneto uses his blood control to keep himself alive. Can also use his helmet which blocks psychic powers to keep psychics from accessing their powers.), Flight (Magneto flies at high speeds into space.), Forcefield Creation (Magneto shields from Cyclops, Colossus, and Wolverine. Magneto shields himself from both Thor and She-Hulk. Magneto has shielded himself from a mental and physical attack from the Phoenix.), Technology Manipulation (Reconstructs and holds together the Dreaming Celestial, acting as it's nervous system.), Limited Gravity Manipulation (Magneto reverses gravity.), Invisibility (Magneto cloaks himself in magnetic energy, rendering him completely invisible and undetectable, even from those who can sense energy.), Statistics Amplification (His power can be amplified by absorbing energy from others or planetary objects. Magneto can also amp his physical strength with a magnetic field. Can increase his range with meditation.), Attack Reflection (His willpower is so strong he could deflect Karma's psychic powers. Magneto sends Banshee's scream back at him.), Temperature Manipulation (Capable of redirecting heat), Non-Physical Interaction (Could manipulate and dissipate the Breakworld bullet despite it being intangible.), Radiation Manipulation, limited Sound Manipulation (Sends Banshee's attack back at him.), Light Manipulation (Is capable of manipulating photons and turning Dazzler's power back on her.), Resistances to Telepathy and Mind Manipulation (Magneto manages to fight on par with Xavier on the astral plane. Magneto senses Charles Xavier in his mind and evades psychic inquiry from Hope and Charles. Magneto has shielded himself from a mental and physical attack from the Phoenix. His helmet is also resistant to psychic powers and he can create a new one if he has the metal to.), Magnetism Manipulation and Electricity Manipulation, Temperature Manipulation (Capable of redirecting heat)

Attack Potency: Small Building level physically (Punched Cable. Beat the Red Skull to death with his bare hands. Can easily destroy furniture with his blows and fight against entire armored convoys, even breaking part of their helmets), Planet level with powers (Shown to be comparable to a held-back Thor & Hercules by way of tossing them or tossing objects at them. Blasted and harmed Red Hulk with metal), many of his attacks are reliant on Lifting Strength, higher by stealing the power of planetary objects (Siphoned energy from the sun and channeled more power from every planet within reach, growing stronger by the second, allowing him to match Bleeding Edge Iron Man)

Speed: Relativistic+ combat speed and reactions (Repeatedly fought evenly against the X-Men, himself and them gaining the upper hand against each other several times; The X-Men include the likes of Cyclops, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Rogue, Beast, Nightcrawler, Psylocke, etc. Kept up with Namor, Havok, Red Hulk, Doctor Doom, a held-back Hercules & Thor, and a Hulk on this level). Up to Massively FTL flight speed (Seized control of revolutionary magnetic rays that could travel from Earth to a planet in another galaxy and used them to return from said planet to Earth in less than a day. This situational feat shows he can control magnetic rays faster than himself and use them to fly at comparable speeds to them) and Massively FTL attack speed (Covered his body with the metal from the satellites around that allowed Iron Man to quickly siphon some of Jupiter's magnetic field and himself stole the same kind of power from the sun, then channeled more power from every planet within reach and grew stronger by the second)

Lifting Strength: At least Class 1 (Lifted a massive portion of a broken wall to kill Red Skull. Can snap necks with his bare hands. Held his own against several peak-bodied mutants, with one of them commenting Magneto being "all muscle"), Class T with magnetic telekinesis (He was able to lift an entire mountain with his magnetism due to it containing iron ore)

Striking Strength: Small Building level (Comparable to other mutants, beat Red Skull to death with his bare hands without using his powers. Once smashed through a table with no effort at all), Planet level by stealing the power of planetary objects (Traded blows with Bleeding Edge Iron Man)

Durability: Small Building level physically, Planet level with his force fields (Can withstand hits from She-Hulk and Thor), higher by stealing the power of planetary objects (Took hits from Bleeding Edge Iron Man)

Stamina: Superhuman. Even in old age he is capable of holding his own against an entire convoy of soldiers and handily defeat them without fail, and is quite nimble despite his looks. Several more muscular mutants even once noted him to be made of pure muscle and still couldn't knock him out with their strongest hits

Range: Standard Melee Range, Planetary with abilities, Multiple Light-Years via Meditation

Standard Equipment: His armor, including (in some incarnations) his helmet which helps block telepathic attacks

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius, capable of creating advanced technology and is a master geneticist, has built space stations, robots, advanced weaponry, genetically engineered super-powered creatures, and many other things, he is also a master combat strategist and tactician capable of ruling his own nation, and he can easily hold his own against multiple highly-trained soldiers with nothing but his bare hands

Weaknesses: Manipulating energies instead of magnetism can take a toll on his body, When severely injured, his body is unable to withstand the strain of manipulating great amounts of magnetic forces. He is unable to manipulate vibranium

Notes:

• Before making any changes to this page, please read and follow the Power-scaling Rules for Marvel and DC Comics
• Marvel Comics: Magneto's stats consistency is a blog that covers Magneto's showings across his career.
  • As listed in the blog, there are solid individual cases where Magneto would scale to Quicksilver's speed, just as there are other occasions where Quicksilver blitzes him or Magneto makes use of cheap tactics to tag Quicksilver. This alone makes dubious at best if they should scale, and the sheer amount of characters slower than Quicksilver who scale to Magneto in speed make abundantly clear how Magneto is in their level instead.

Feats:

• Destroyed a Siberian town (7-B).

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