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if we go by best showings, dc wins. hal's ring could literally scan them (he'd know they are mutants) and just shut off the x-genes in them. he's done far more complicated feats in the past. i don't think their tk would be enough to get in done either. too much raw power on the other side, and speed. full on tp assault could do it if they worked together. tough call if they fight in character. you pretty much have to believe they mindrape ftw or dc wins.
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well, among other things he has had the ring find and repair the pain receptors in hammond's head. he's transmuted people in the past (from water back to human for example), and phased energy inside people. it would be simple to have the ring scan one of them down to the molecular level (that has happened numerous times in the past, right down to the dna levels that would be needed) then in a way similar to what he did with hammond, just turn off the x-gene. i mean he's affected everything from the atomic structure of a star, to scanning and destroying nano-tech living in his own body to changing his own body into a robot. lol his ring has even genetically devolved beings on a couple occasions. there is no logical reason he couldn't attack the x-gene in the exact same way ss did. /shrug
if we look at some of hal's better feats, it's tough finding heralds who can completely match them, and that includes guys like superman. that ring is a bigger plot device than thor's hammer by a long shot.
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meh, i'm not saying he would do it in a comic, but there is more than enough evidence to support his being able to do it. he may well have depowered someone in the past. i just don't recall it. he's turned an alien human at some point if a recall my bz using hal correctly so logically he should be able to do it without any real problems. i get that without seeing it it's a tougher sell though.
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Good post. Iono i just dont see it being that easy especially going by averages. High end only sure, averages no.
Could it be done? Sure, Sinister was able to gene manip Nate on the fly..he couldn't replicate that trick on Cable (his askani training prevented it) so maybe Hal could do it. I just don't see it as a go to tactic.