someone please explain the 5 levels of X:Men to me...

[Priscilla Z]

Spiked asian guy -alpha
Jean Gray - Omega

[ronnie s]

1. gay
2. more gay
3. even gayer
4. extremely gay
5. flaming

[lululucy]

there's no fucking way gambit is a level 2. he can also manipulate energy...making him a potential 5.

[Mr. I]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-Level_Mutant

[emi-loo42]

From wiki...

Prior to being a revealed character he had the ability to control all forms of kinetic energy allowing him to charge anything, but his inability to control it caused him to go to Sinister. Later he went back to Sinister and had his powers increased again, until he burned them out after fighting the New Son.

His power's true potential, though permanently excised now, is to control all manner of kinetic energy, allowing him to fire energy blasts, defy gravity and effectively exist as energy, thus making him an Omega at this power level.

[djresteep]

well, apokolypse called his horsemen alpha mutants. I dont understand the logic to this, alphas seem to be just below omegas.

They are definately more powerful than the average mutant.

as far as power levels go in the movie... I have no idea. Some have power levels that can vary. Rogue, for instance, COULD be a level 5 if she absorbed enough power from enough mutants, although, perhaps only temporary, and, since a level 5 would be analogous to an Omega mutant, Iceman would be a level 5 as well.

[Gundown64]

i just spent WAYYY too long reading the history of all the omega level mutants. way too long. i feel like such a dork and i wasted that much brain space.

[sharyar21]

X-Man is the fucking sweetest X-Men.

[j0hn6oo]

According to that Wikipedia link, there's speculation that Magento is a possible Omega?

That answers my question, then.

[Ole Garc? a Sonne]

Kay. I was just referring to the homosexual Gambit that speaks French and lights cards on fire.