#atticus moore

https://archiveofourown.org/works/68556651

6160 Atti is still a teacher, but instead of joining the X-Men all the other stuff that happened in 616, he instead stayed in Australia and has lived there for basically his entire life. He's living somewhere out in the mountains of NSW probably in some small surfer town.

Atticus' X-Gene grants him advanced durability, strength and speed. While a traditional set of powers, the amount of power granted by his mutation is inexplicably linked to his mental and emotional state. At Atticus' standard emotional levels, he only has above average durability (similarly to Rogue or other empowered individuals) and has only above average strength for someone of his age.

However, should Atticus feel extremely confident or any other form of intense emotion, he becomes invulnerable to most forms of damage, is around as strong as other known super-powered individuals like the Hulk or the Juggernaut, and if pushed to a certain point becomes immune to forms on non-physical interaction, such as psychic interference or magic. As a downside, Atticus is unable to tell the difference between friendly and unfriendly sources, meaning that past a certain point he is unable to be included in psychic relays important for inter-team communication and is unable to receive important medical care in crisis situations. Due to their nature, the effects of reality changing events in unknown, though one can assume they would effect him normally. Atticus' invulnerability notably does not include any kind of regeneration, damage inflicted before any invulnerability is activated can be permanent. This means that in some circumstances knocking Atticus unconscious may be necessary for medical operations.

Rare occasions (such as being under the effects of mind control or other emotional manipulation tactics) where these attributes are pushed beyond the limits observed when he is under full control of his mental faculties. Witnesses observed that pushing his body past those limits caused large amounts of physical pain, and Atticus reported mental pain in the aftermath, it is currently unknown if these limits can be pushed past without causing great physical pain, seemingly as a survival response.

Atticus Moore

Vanguard

400 Health

A hybrid Vanguard/DPS in the vein of The Thing and Hulk. Designed to be played initially as a DPS with short range and fast movement, Atticus has a unique mechanic named “Confidence”. Taking damage and landing his basic attack builds Confidence up to 100%, which builds additional bonus health as it increases. At 100% Atticus enters a special form, granting him invincibility to CC, a bonus 200 bonus health, and augments his basic attack and all of his special moves. Also grants his abilities the potential to cancel into each other, creating a high-survivability brawler. Confidence drains by using abilities and by dying.

Basic Attack: A 3-hit short jab combo. Deal 20 damage per hit. Every hit builds Confidence by 5%. At full Confidence it becomes a quick-hitting 5 hit combo that deals 50 per hit but drains confidence by 5% per attack and reaches further forward. 

Special Moves

Quick Step: Atticus dashes forwards or backwards 1m. Good for avoiding attacks, CC and getting into cover. At 100% Confidence, Atticus is invincible while dashing, and punches forward, knocking back anyone in the way, stunning them and dealing damage. Drains 10% Confidence.

Invincible Skin: Atticus takes a deep breath, becoming invulnerable to damage for a second. If hit, he counters with a quick clothesline, which deals large amounts of damage and moves him forward. At 100% the damage is increased, and also he receives bonus health. Drains 25% confidence.

Brutal Swing: Atticus dashes forward and grabs a target, spinning them around and throwing them into the air, stunning them and dealing a small amount of damage. At 100% confidence, Atticus instead slams his target into the ground, dealing several quick hits in succession before tossing them away. This attack executes enemies on low health. Drains 50% Confidence.

Ultimate

Speed Bag: Atticus dashes towards an enemy, dealing multiple high damage hits. If there is another enemy nearby, Atticus will repeat this process up to four times. At 100% confidence, Atticus will pull them together, then deal a final large hit that deals heavy damage to every enemy caught in the attack.

Team Ups

Like he isn't a professional, but he gets forced to take a hand to hand combat class and naturally picks up the form of a boxer. And even once he leaves the New Mutants, he just sticks with it as exercise.