Cyclops (leader, strategist and projectile expert) The guys been shown to shoot the center out of a penny before, and various other feats... add to that his recent possible "upgrade"... There's a reason cyclops is the leader of the xmen...
Thing (durable powerhouse)
Iron Man (all around fighter, technology expert) He had hack into just about anything in the world... has a healing factor.. is very strong.. and is arguably the 2nd or 3rd strongest member of the every avengers roster he's been on.
Invisible Woman (energy manipulator) Stated by Reed Richards as the strongest member of FF4. A team that battles cosmic threats. Her shields held back a full on blast by a Thor Clone
Wonder Woman (skilled fighter) She's like superman lite...
The thing is probably the "weakest" member of the team, and that doesn't mean squat. They clear the list.
They can't pass. I think they stop at 6 or 7. If they manage to get to SS they get fried. as UniOmni said, they Cycs blasts are nothing to him, he can take shots from thing all day. WW doesn't have enough diversity, Tony is just not powerful enough (even with upgrades) and IW would be hard pressed to stop a full on surfer attack. Even is she survives for a little while, the planet would be destroyed.
Originally posted by rotiart
Does anyone realize that emma mentioned to cyclops that he had a mental block probably due to the trauma of when he was a child, that restrains his power?In a recent xmen comic. I think issue 190, cyclops was blasting bishop, which in turn released the energy against a sentinel. The sentinel said that it should have been able to stand up to 7 seconds of cyclops full blast before being damaged... but this mentally controlled cyclops blasted off the robots body part with one blast...
I'd say xmen are opening up the doors on making cyclops a more powerful character...
that and the end of the other recent xmen comic where it appears that cyclops is standing there, not wearing his visor, and isn't going crazy with his blasts. (he mentions something about not having claws. i forget the issue i have it at home)