BASE
Magneto with his own power, across both eras of the Fox films (Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender).
PEAK
Magneto empowered by Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalypse. The boost comes from outside, so it counts only at PEAK.
Attributes
BASE PEAK · scale 1.0 to 10.0Scale: 1 Minimal 2 Low 3 Limited 4 Moderate 5 Solid 6 Above average 7 High 8 Very high 9 Exceptional 10 Top What each score means
Strength & Destructive Power
Physical Strength2.0Low2.0LowA human body. His power is magnetism, scored elsewhere.Destructive Power8.6Exceptional9.5Exceptional+BASE: a stadium, a submarine, a bridge and a fleet's missiles. PEAK: destruction on a planetary scale.What these components measure →5.35.75Speed & Reaction
Reaction & Perception6.5Above average+6.5Above average+Stops bullets and turns police guns around. Quick, but not superhuman.Combat Movement Speed5.0Solid5.0SolidHe can fly, but shows no combat speed.What these components measure →5.755.75Durability & Regeneration
Bodily Durability2.0Low2.0LowA human body: a plastic gun or a stronger mutant can stop him. The helmet protects his mind, not his body.Regeneration2.0Low2.0LowNo healing is shown.What these components measure →2.02.0Range & Control
Range8.5Very high+9.5Exceptional+BASE: missiles out at sea and a stadium carried across a city. PEAK: the whole planet, still below cosmic scale.Precision & Control9.0Exceptional8.0Very highBASE: pulls iron out of blood and drives a coin through a skull. PEAK: destroys without choosing targets, so it drops.What these components measure →8.758.75Special Abilities
Potential of Abilities8.5Very high+9.5Exceptional+Any metal, flight, shields and control of machines. PEAK works on a planetary scale.Reliability & Limitations7.0High7.0HighWithout metal around him he is helpless. At PEAK the power is borrowed from Apocalypse.What these components measure →7.758.25Versatility & Tactics
Versatility8.5Very high+8.8ExceptionalAttack, defence, flight and taking over machines. PEAK adds even more scale.Tactical Adaptation & Decisions7.5High+6.5Above average+BASE: a strategist, but a fanatic. PEAK: grief and anger drive his decisions, so it drops.What these components measure →8.07.65SPI vs Audience
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One profile for the Fox X-Men continuity: Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender play the same character, so both count. SPI scores the character in a continuity, not the actor. The boost from Apocalypse is an outside source of power, so it counts only at PEAK. His helmet protects his mind, not his body.
Key screen evidence cited
Evidence grade: A direct, B supported inference, C uncertain.
- X2 (2003): Pulls the iron out of a guard's blood and escapes from his plastic cell.
- X-Men: First Class (2011): Lifts a submarine out of the sea, then stops the fleet's missiles and turns them around.
- X-Men: First Class (2011): Drives a coin through Shaw's head.
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014): Carries a stadium across the city to the White House, takes over the Sentinels and flies.
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006): Moves the Golden Gate Bridge.
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006): Flips the trucks of an armoured convoy.
- X-Men (2000): Turns the police's own guns on them and throws their cars around.
- X-Men: Apocalypse (2016): After his daughter's death, the factory explodes around him in his grief.
- X-Men: Apocalypse (2016): Empowered by Apocalypse, uses his power on a planetary scale and tears cities apart around the world.
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The SPI score describes the breadth of a demonstrated on-screen attribute profile. It is not a win probability and does not predict the result of any specific matchup.