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[4.12] Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
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A-power: Teleport Leap/Teleport Strike/Legend Strike--teleport ahead for a 
distance; if an enemy is ahead, teleport behind him and strike

B-power: Teleport Flurry/Teleport Frenzy/Legend Frenzy--teleport around an 
area, hitting multiple enemies (or one or two enemies multiple times) and 
end back at start position

X-power: Shadow Blend/Shadow Arts/Shadow Mastery--reduces damage (all 
types) and increases Agility

Y-power: Blindside Blitz--Unrelenting teleport attack frenzy

Skills:
 - Acrobatics: Increases Nightcrawler's Agility and allows a double jump
 - Critical Strike: Increases chance of a critical hit for a melee attack,
   also increases critical chance when using teleport attacks
 - Leap of Faith: Gives a chance that Nightcrawler will use his Teleport
   Leap to rescue teammates from death if they are about to die; this only
   works if the computer AI is controlling Nightcrawler
 - Mutant Mastery: Increases maximum mutant energy
 - Sucker Punch: Adds to the chance of scoring a critical hit when making
   a teleport attack
 - Toughness: Increases maximum health

When acquired: You'll meet Kurt during the second interlude at X-Mansion.

Recommended AI level: Normal
Recommended AI power: Teleport Flurry

Nightcrawler is the one X-Man who almost has to be controlled by the game's 
artificial intelligence. His most useful skill is Leap of Faith, which 
doesn't work when Kurt is controlled by a player. It's OK to just let the 
AI control Nightcrawler, with Teleport Flurry set as his AI power; just let 
him jump around the room attacking your opponents. You will also want a few 
levels of Teleport Leap, as this ability comes in handy in a few instances.

Shadow Blend has the highest damage reduction of any personal shield in the 
game (-80 damage, all types, at Shadow Mastery 3). It also raises 
Nightcrawler's Agility. However, if you use Teleport Leap or Flurry often, 
which you should, Kurt isn't going to be hit anyway. Save the points from 
this and buy some Toughness instead.

Kurt's Flurry/Frenzy power should be maxed out and take Teleport Leap to 
level 4 or 5 so you can teleport other X-Men; don't bother buying the 
Teleport Strike levels. Max level Sucker Punch and Critical Strike as they 
stack; this will allow Nightcrawler to hit lots of criticals (triple 
damage) when using Flurry (or Leap as an attack).

Because Flurry is so expensive, you want to have a high Focus stat and 
probably max out Mutant Mastery. Buy levels of Acrobatics instead of 
spending stat points on Agility. Don't put too many points into Strike, as 
it doesn't affect his teleport attacks. Keep his Body score up to help 
maintain health. Definitely buy Leap of Faith to maximum level.

Keep Flurry as Nightcrawler's AI power, let the AI control him and just 
spam the L button in combat. Kurt will be teleporting in-and-out all over 
the battlefield, doing a lot of damage while taking almost nothing in 
return.