Apocalypse [En Sabah Nur] Respect Thread
His abilities, in a nutshell, from Captain America's own words:
"A shapeshifter with control over his body's molecular structure, Apocalypse can give himself virtually any super-power"
Handbook entry:
Since I don't have all the scans ready, I will be uploading sections over the course of the following days. Please refrain from posting until it's finished and enjoy 🙂
Let's begin...
Apoc, having lived so long, has been different gods in different countries throughout history:
Physicals/'brick' powerset
Given the plethora of powers, we have to start somewhere. I figured the 'Hulk' subset would be a good one. More of these can be found in the shapeshifting/fighs sections, but I've highlighted a few.
Strength
Restrains Hulk:
https://i.ibb.co/Ryb4Jqf/RCO032.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/QKCSx39/RCO035.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/54fcgDc/RCO008.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/c8bHxYL/RCO009.jpg
Restrains Jane Thor and slaps away Odinson:
https://ibb.co/L92WckX
https://ibb.co/313fVNZ
https://i.ibb.co/nB8D9Rm/RCO017.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/s3gr07Y/RCO018.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/MM3jV0p/RCO019.jpg
Almost breaks Thor's spine with a backhand:
https://ibb.co/8XMTkcF
His headbutt throws shockwaves for hundreds of miles and Thor's spine wouldn't withstand another:
https://ibb.co/KxRbBwx
Catches and throws back Thor's own axe, impaling him.
https://ibb.co/vHtkch5
Restrains Ikaris [and pierces him with shapeshifting]
https://ibb.co/vqNVQzH
One-shots Archangel:
https://ibb.co/74PHbDk
https://ibb.co/4dP1jT3
https://ibb.co/XtYPgG2
One-shots an amped Frenzy [also some nice lines]:
https://ibb.co/8DzYDCJ
https://ibb.co/9vTPn1W
Speed
An absurdly weakened Apocalypse is still too fast for Quicksilver [I included the entire scene, where he beats a team of X-Men in under 60 seconds, even while in that state]:
https://ibb.co/XChXN3n
https://ibb.co/BVLxb9Y
https://ibb.co/cc0LLyw
https://ibb.co/bWwYMDh
https://ibb.co/RTdqsPj
https://ibb.co/KWWmHQf
https://ibb.co/DQspvHn
https://ibb.co/kH1D0B6
Shapeshifts out of Ikaris' 'heat vision'
https://ibb.co/j6Y1XV5
[Weakened] Apoc bullet timing:
https://ibb.co/cgQKxRd
Easily moves around all of the X-Men's attacks, shapeshifting and teleporting out of the way of Cyclops's beams/Iceman's attacks:
https://ibb.co/mq468Vw
https://ibb.co/X7C8zZ1
https://ibb.co/dWMsty2
https://ibb.co/5s8hFvk
Durability
Tanks High Evolutionary while literally laughing:
https://ibb.co/pWHtQWF
Tanks Exodus' attack without missing a beat:
https://ibb.co/Nm3w0Y6
Tanks all-out Cable's attack:
https://ibb.co/QctwVLL
https://ibb.co/k52Vr1F
Is just a bit cut by Jarnbjorn, but instantly regenerates. Thor calls the Celestial Armor nigh-indestructible.
https://ibb.co/KxRbBwx
https://ibb.co/TRZ1pPP
Thanks Cyclops' full power optic beams:
https://ibb.co/rkdjvBD
No-sells All-Out Iceman and one shots him. Easily palms Cyclops' blast.
https://ibb.co/ChjSR9m
https://ibb.co/vQGDTQk
Versatility
We'll start with his more infamous one, his..
ShapeShifting
"I control my body - re-arrange and restructure its molecules as it suits me"
https://ibb.co/9vTPn1W
Beats his greatest disciple as a Vampire, as he shapeshifts his hand into a machine gun and then to swords:
https://ibb.co/B6qPyFs
https://ibb.co/YQ84TdV
https://ibb.co/qgKSHYx
Impales and decapitates Dracula
https://ibb.co/6mVwHtK
https://ibb.co/1LXDXp4
Hentai:
https://ibb.co/sW7hgXV
Projectiles:
https://ibb.co/R0bd492
https://ibb.co/bKffXNJ
Wings:
https://ibb.co/LgMVxMk
Shields:
https://ibb.co/74PHbDk
Claws, grappling hooks, rockets:
https://ibb.co/WkH1Q5R
Inspector Gadget:
https://ibb.co/4dP1jT3
https://ibb.co/vmJK2Wt
Shows off his shapeshifting in combat against beings having his DNA [granting them instant regeneration]
https://ibb.co/YTx8B5m
https://ibb.co/x6sZ9bT
https://ibb.co/C1nCBhv
Uses shapeshifting, blasts, regeneration combos:
https://ibb.co/S6yMfJD
https://ibb.co/vZvkjdN
https://ibb.co/L8z38Tt
Shapeshifts to avoid Ikaris' eye beams:
https://ibb.co/j6Y1XV5
Shapeshifts into a chinese friend of Namor:
https://ibb.co/c8j1xyX
Shapeshifts into an egyptian:
https://ibb.co/2Zn6TTT
https://ibb.co/ys9n0M9
He even has super-breath:
https://ibb.co/tZLZLYR
https://ibb.co/Tc7dZ42
Teleportation
Teleports around to evade attacks:
https://ibb.co/5s8hFvk
Teleports himself and others around the Earth:
https://ibb.co/cD4v21H
https://ibb.co/bFXsxxc
Teleports himself to High Evolutionary's base above the Earth:
https://ibb.co/KwQ021k
Forcefully teleports High Evolutionary back to Earth:
https://ibb.co/WkH1Q5R
Teleports Hulk halfway across the world from the X-Men mansion while he's not even there.
https://ibb.co/Q9JMRm7
https://ibb.co/QpcGfwN
https://ibb.co/sHRJXZn
https://ibb.co/x7f9rth
Psionics & other
TKs a man's skeleton out of his body:
https://ibb.co/rQFf33R
Snaps his fingers and explodes two people:
https://ibb.co/L5tXDLH
Throws Jean's full psionic might out of his mind:
https://ibb.co/vvVWYQx
Reads Ozymandias' mind on everything that's happened instantly:
https://ibb.co/9bR2JRD
Can make himself invisible to the mortal eye:
https://ibb.co/tKThxft
High Evolutionary's invisibility means nothing to him:
https://ibb.co/WkH1Q5R
Energy
His eye-beams down Thor:
https://ibb.co/cr7CCSL
Easily matches Havok:
https://ibb.co/L126c1P
Makes a forcefield around Caliban and flungs him away:
https://ibb.co/LgMVxMk
Encases Exodus helplessly in an energy shield:
https://ibb.co/Nm3w0Y6
https://ibb.co/tLh3Df8
Techno Organic Virus, adaptability and healing
Adapts to Sinister's virus specifically targeting him, on the spot:
https://ibb.co/kGkBr00
https://ibb.co/P9tWyqj
Apocalypse's molecular adaptability overrides the Sinister's techno-virus, as Sinister admits he'd die if he were to face him:
https://ibb.co/gjJxRKX
The techno organic virus died when trying to consume a very weakened Apocalypse:
https://ibb.co/D7Gbjfw
https://ibb.co/XtxHdWR
https://ibb.co/98GRrqw
https://ibb.co/4mxYnbQ
Heals Angel with tech derived from his own malleable cells:
https://ibb.co/tCXDRqj
And, probably the most ignored part of his powerset...
He has the techno-organic virus in his blood, allowing him technopathy and to rewrite anything with it:
https://ibb.co/4Kb5K75
https://ibb.co/C55vsCk
https://ibb.co/1X8s13Y
https://ibb.co/RYhd4Ts
He is effectively immortal and as long as a single drop of blood remains, he can be regenerated.
https://ibb.co/RYhd4Ts
He has infected Nate with it:
https://ibb.co/NLDxydH
Has used technopathy on Harbinger [Avengers-level threat]
https://ibb.co/2F53hVj
https://ibb.co/gvMQ38p
Notable fights
vs Thor
https://ibb.co/JHSYMCt
https://ibb.co/8XMTkcF
https://ibb.co/cr7CCSL
https://ibb.co/KxRbBwx
https://ibb.co/sq1t06W
vs Thor and Jane Thor
https://ibb.co/L92WckX
https://ibb.co/313fVNZ
https://ibb.co/q1Dwt6Q
https://ibb.co/HnkMz8Y
https://ibb.co/GCzwrTh
https://ibb.co/1JZH0XR
https://ibb.co/KLz5ksm
vs Loki
https://ibb.co/SXhZfgW
https://ibb.co/7gYrCgT
https://ibb.co/Tmks0JV
vs Exodus
https://ibb.co/Nm3w0Y6
https://ibb.co/tLh3Df8
vs Cable
https://ibb.co/7zQ0Bjh
https://ibb.co/tYSYRcG
https://ibb.co/470hNQG
https://ibb.co/LCX3VzD
https://ibb.co/Y2jzNSq
https://ibb.co/r4kQRcx
https://ibb.co/QctwVLL
https://ibb.co/k52Vr1F
vs High Evolutionary
https://ibb.co/KwQ021k
https://ibb.co/pWHtQWF
https://ibb.co/g799w1j
https://ibb.co/847r8Xp
https://ibb.co/WkH1Q5R
vs Ikaris
https://ibb.co/6t0M01F
https://ibb.co/j6Y1XV5
https://ibb.co/vqNVQzH
https://ibb.co/WG49WJr
Aaaand, I'm done 🙂
vs Ikaris
https://ibb.co/6t0M01F
https://ibb.co/j6Y1XV5
https://ibb.co/vqNVQzH
https://ibb.co/WG49WJr
The New Eternals: Apocalypse Now
One important detail here - Ikaris was specifically said to be the Prime Eternal at the time, in the same issue:
More information on the Prime Eternal status can be found in One Angry Scot's thread:
👆
Might as well make some updates...
Psionics and power
Telepathy to read minds and communicate:
Jubilee:
https://ibb.co/z8V3Cmw
https://ibb.co/25b5bPN
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Psylocke:
https://ibb.co/NNDjmx0
https://ibb.co/tLxBQZ5
[also good blasting feat against a covenant of mages]
Gambit:
Kicks Rachel out of his mind and says he wouldn't have gotten in if he wasn't already gravely injured:
Resists an Elder God's control:
Telekinesis:
https://ibb.co/x5S4XNM
https://ibb.co/6RfmkKc
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[while near death]
Physicals
See Stilt's above post:
- he treats Exodus like fodder
- overpowers Colossus
- takes Wolverine's claws through his head and then overpowers him; continues fighting after Nightcrawler teleports his eyes away
One-shots Gambit:
https://ibb.co/7QYLxM2
https://ibb.co/CPS0HcH
https://ibb.co/MkZXqDq
He's so strong, even near-death Polaris can't hold him down and needs Magneto:
https://ibb.co/d057HgD
https://ibb.co/MgBBX2B
https://ibb.co/g7mc4VL
https://ibb.co/WvKxmLc
Shapeshifting
Shapeshifting and instant healing:
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Other
He's been doing magic rituals across all of existence and has studied magic for centuries.
He is called "the magician of mutantkind":
Even in ancient times, his tech could create a statis for the body:
https://ibb.co/bPBSVDf
https://ibb.co/QfSQZM9
Punks Vulcan and shows off some mutant magic to summon Kaorak, a living island:
Until next time... 🙂
