
Summary
Accidentally dosed with a Cauldron formula, Shatterbird manifested her power explosively, killing thousands and making her way to America from the United Arab Emirates, where she joined the Slaughterhouse Nine, a team of highly dangerous supervillains and an S-class threat.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 10-B, 9-C with handgun. Varies, 9-B, up to 8-C, likely far higher with her power
Name: Shatterbird
Origin: Parahumans
Age: Unknown
Gender: Female
Classification: Parahuman (Shaker/Mover)
Powers and Abilities: Enhanced Senses (She can "hear sand"), Sand Manipulation, Sound Manipulation (Through high-frequency sounds, she can control silica materials such as glass and sand, with greater precision and control depending on the range), Flight (Can manipulate the glass of her costume to fly), Resistance to Disease, Pain Manipulation (Bonesaw's augmentations made the members of the Nine virtually immune to disease.[1] Another one of Bonesaw's augmentations is an automatic injection pump that can dose them with painkillers and antibiotics[2]), Mind Manipulation (All of the Slaughterhouse Nine except Cherish were given safeguards to dispel mental changes[3]) and Telepathy (Bonesaw outfitted the Nine with artificial neurons that could not be sensed by Cherish[4])
Attack Potency: Human level, Street level with handgun. Varies, Wall level (Nearly penetrated Hookwolf's metal form[5]), up to Building level+ (Shot a cone of glass two and a half stories tall into the air until it was just a speck), likely far higher with her power
Speed: Peak Human (Dodged attacks from Hookwolf[6]) with at least Peak Human flight speed (Quickly flew to the top of a four story building[7]). Subsonic attack speed with her power (Shot a giant cone of glass into the sky before Hookwolf could meaningfully react)
Lifting Strength: Average Human, Class M, likely far higher with her power (Lifted and launched a cone of glass two and a half stories tall)
Striking Strength: Human level
Durability: Human level, Wall level with subdermal mesh (Defiant failed to cut through Bonesaw's mesh). Varies, up to at most Large Building level+ with her power (Made glass barriers that blocked the majority of Purity's attack, who was comparable to Legend[8])
Stamina: Athletic
Range: Standard Melee Range, Tens of Meters with handgun; Varies, up to Kilometers, likely higher with her power (Her power causes glass to resonate at a particular frequency, which will generate the same resonation in other pieces of glass, increasing her range to the point where she can affect all the glass in a city[9])
Standard Equipment: Her costume, which incorporates glass, and a hidden handgun
Intelligence: Considering herself a scholar, Shatterbird is a skilled combatant who can make deadly use of her abilities, using them to overwhelm and cut down opponents with ease
Weaknesses: Shatterbird is arrogant and her powers are reliant on the sound frequencies she generates, so it can be cut off by soundproofing. Her power is subject to the Manton Effect, and she can thus not affect the inside of a living being's body. As her power relies on the frequencies it generates, she is particularly vulnerable to soundproofing and other powers that manipulate frequencies.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Silica Manipulation: Shatterbird's power is using high-frequency sounds to manipulate siliceous compounds, primarily glass and sand. Larger pieces of glass help transmit the frequency, with smaller pieces allowing for more delicate movements. Her fine control over these things allows her a large amount of versatility during combat. She can litter the ground with glass to deny traction,[10] create barriers to shield herself and prevent enemies from reaching her,[11][12] sweep enemies off their feet and knock them over,[13][14] and embed glass into non-glass things to control them.[15]
Notable Matchups
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