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[4.14] Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)
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A-power: Psychic Slash/Psychic Hammer/Hammer Legend--powerful psychic blade
attack (mental damage)
B-power: Psychic Bolts/Psychic Spikes/Legend Bolts--throws psychic bolts
(mental damage); higher levels stun enemies
X-power: Psychic Defense/Psychic Armor/Psychic Wall--reduces damage from
mental attacks; Armor and Wall cover teammates as well; Wall increases
teammates' Focus score
Y-power: Psychic Onslaught--psychic blades strike down your enemies
Skills:
- Blade Master: Increases damage and range of psychic blade attacks
- Critical Strike: Increases chance of a critical hit for a melee attack
- Mutant Mastery: Increases maximum mutant energy
- Psionic Strike/Psionic Fury: Adds mental damage to melee attacks
- Toughness: Increases maximum health
When acquired: You'll help her fight Sentinels during the NYC riots; she'll
be available after that series of missions.
Recommended AI level: Normal
Recommended AI power: Psychic Bolts
Psylocke doesn't show up until the game is about 75% finished. You can only
use her during the last four missions; however, she's a very useful X-Man
to have around. Psychic Slash in conjunction with Blade Master is an attack
on par with Wolverine's Brutal Slash. Blade Master also affects Psychic
Bolts, which makes that easily the most powerful "scattershot" ranged
attack in the game.
Betsy's best power is Psychic Bolts; with maximized Blade Master, each bolt
dishes out serious damage and, at Spikes and Legend levels, stuns the
enemy--making for easy combos. Psychic Defense looks attractive, but
protection from mental damage only is not as good as the all-purpose
protection of Storm or Jean. The Focus bonus is nice, but not especially
useful when your teammates already have Focus scores of 50+ and energy
packs are lying around like candy at Halloween.
You'll want to maximize Psychic Bolts and Blade Master and buy Psychic
Onslaught. Since Blade Master is the only must-have skill, you should be
able to buy several levels of both Psychic Slash and Psychic Defense. You
may want a level of Mutant Mastery, but you can ignore the other skills.
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