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Psylocke
Betsy Braddock
A mutant whose psychic energy is expressed as a focused blade, making her a case of tightly-scoped rather than broad telekinesis.
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Commonly believed Psylocke's psychic blade means she is a top-tier telekinetic.
Actually Her power is tightly scoped rather than broad — psychic energy condensed into a focused blade, trading scale for precision.
The feat ledger
Condensed psychic energy into a focused blade, trading broad force for extreme precision
Reads and shields minds at the level of the X-Men's front-line telepaths
The psychic knife, focused psionic energy that disables a mind on contact
After the power shift, telekinesis becomes her primary rather than secondary ability
Forms a telekinetic katana able to cut what a physical blade cannot
Projects illusions into a target's perception directly
Lifts and restrains several opponents at once
Her powers swapping with Betsy Braddock's is a continuity event, not a power description
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- Earth-616 — The main Marvel Comics continuity
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