Originally posted by abhilegend
He was around for more than 3 YEARS IIRC around the same time Jean has been a phoenix. Enough time to gauge his level and it was planetary at best.You've to prove that.
Nate's destructive capacity is around planet level going by feats; even pre-Shaman Nate could destroy the moon with a single attack.
Taken from X-Man #45
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Shaman should be planet level at least, especially since he fought Qabiri who is a planet-buster IIRC.
However, Shaman and Vulcan still win in spite of the firepower/speed difference. Why? Nate's H4X.
First, Nate can enter the planck length which grants him a sort of temporal super-speed. It allows him exist outside/in-between moments in time. It could also be interpreted as functioning similarly to a time-stop (which is something Nate can also do in a localized area, see Cable v1 #30). What's even better is that Nate can drag others with him into it. For instance, he dragged Mimic with him in Dark X-Men #3. He can likely drag Vulcan with him in there, and they can proceed to go to town on team two.
Secondly, Nate can exist as a disembodied consciousness even if his body is destroyed. (He possessed Norman as well.) He can make himself a new body if his original is destroyed through the use of psi-contsructs. He can also bring others back to life through this method, Maddie for instance. I believe Nate also used this method to bring Gwen Stacy back for a while. So, if Vulcan is killed before they can enter the planck length Nate can possibly bring him back.
Thirdly, defeat via ring-out. Shaman Nate can teleport himself and others into different realities/universes.
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Heck, pre-Shaman Nate can even time travel in the 1996 X-Man Annual. He chased Sugarman into the Age of Apocalyse time-line, after Sugarman used Nate's powers to open a portal there somehow.