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[4.6] Emma Frost
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A-power: Confuse/Command/Legend Command--confuses enemies so they are no
longer able to fight; Command and Legend Command convert enemies to allies
and add to their stats; the confusion/conversion effect is time-limited
B-power: Fear/Terror/Legend Terror--causes enemies to flee in terror and
reduces their stats; Terror and Legend Terror also cause mental damage; the
fear effect is time-limited
X-power: Psychic Shell/Diamond Shell/Impervious Shell--encases Emma in a
diamond-hard substance that reduces physical damage, beam damage and pain
Y-power: Psychic Bedlam--causes psychic (mental) damage to all enemies
within 50 feet and paralyzes nearby enemies with fear
Skills:
- Critical Strike: Increases chance of a critical hit for a melee attack
- Hardness: Reflects physical damage back at foes
- Mutant Mastery: Increases maximum mutant energy
- Psionic Strike/Fury: Adds mental damage to melee attacks
- Shell Might: Increases lifting strength and damage of melee attacks
when in Shell Form
- Toughness: Increases maximum health
When acquired: Emma comes to help free Illyana from the Astral Plane, and
is first available during the GRSO attack on X-Mansion in Interlude #5.
Recommended AI level: Normal
Recommended AI power: Fear
Emma Frost can be a very good character, but only under human control. The
key to getting the most from the White Queen's powers is to maximize her
melee ability using her Shell form in conjunction with Hardness, Psionic
Strike and Shell Might. Her offensive powers are OK for crowd control, but
they are not as much use to you when leaving Emma under AI control.
Psychic Shell is as powerful a defense as Colossus' Steel Skin. Maximize it
and also max out Hardness, Shell Might, Psionic Strike/Fury and Critical
Strike. Split Emma's stat points up equally between Focus and Strike with
the occasional point put into Agility or Body (her Shell will protect her
from a lot of damage) and she becomes a great melee fighter. In order to
get the most out of her attacks, you have to keep her Shell form in use at
all times; and that requires human control. You don't want Emma using her
Confuse or Fear powers on your opponents while you're trying to hit combos.
The only effect is you will hit a lot fewer combos since all your enemies
are either running away or fighting on your side.
Level up either one of Emma's offensive powers. Fear is good because it
eventually begins causing damage along with the fear effects. Buy her
Xtreme power. Don't worry about Toughness or Mutant Mastery unless you just
have some spare points. Play as Emma and keep her Shell up and just hammer
away at your opponents. If you get mobbed, use Confuse or Fear to break up
the crowd and take them down one-by-one.
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