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Omegas have become a big part of the mutant side of Marvel, and the X-Men have fielded some of the best. Looking at the history of the team, numerous Omegas have been able to pull of some amazing feats of power, some of them becoming legendary. These X-Men are all Omegas, their greatest feats proving just how powerful they really are.
10) Forge
Forge is a technopath, and can create anything he imagines. He does this regardless of whether he knows anything about what he’s creating; so, for example, he can make a faster than light drive, as long as he has the materials, without understanding the physics of the whole thing. Forge helped create Cerebro and many other pieces of technology the X-Men often use, but his greatest invention came from the story “Ghost Boxes”, where he was able to create a machine that would allow him to move through the multiverse, as well as letting him spy on another worlds. It doesn’t get remembered very often, but it’s still impressive.
9) Professor X
Professor X’s relationship with the X-Men has changed, but one thing that is the same is that he’s one of the most powerful mutants on Earth. Xavier was introduced to readers as the most powerful telepath on the planet, and has since been able to use his powers to pull off some amazing feats. However, his greatest feat is one that he often doesn’t get enough credit for — the memory copying for Krakoan resurrection. He was downloading the memories of every mutant whose mind he could touch, and would do a full memory download of all them on a regular basis. While he was doing this, he was able to live his life normally, and use his powers for other things. It’s extremely impressive, showing just how powerful he actually is.
8) Iceman
Iceman had a long road to being an Omega. He started out as the funny snowman of the team, but his powers kept getting better, to the point that he used to have to wear an inhibitor belt in his X-Factor days to keep his power level down. However, the big change came when Emma Frost sent her mind into his body, pushing him subconsciously to use his powers in better ways. After Emma left his mind, his powers kept getting greater, to the extent that he could create living ice constructs. However, his greatest feat will always be freezing the fires of Hell. It’s an insane feat, and is the one that always gets brought up when people talk about how powerful he is.
7) Hope Summers
Hope Summers was the first mutant born after M-Day (we’d find out that her father was Jean Grey, who had gone back in time to make sure Hope existed and used the Phoenix to impregnate her mother). Hope has numerous powers, but only one of those is Omega level: her power manipulation ability. She’s able to increase and refine the powers of those around her, and her greatest feat with this ability is easily Krakoan resurrection. She was able to enhance the powers of the other members of the Five — Proteus, Egg, Tempus, and Elixir — allowing them to resurrect mutants. After a while, she was the one doing the memory transplantation as well, showing how well she could use powers that weren’t her own. She resurrected millions of mutants in the White Hot Room.
6) Quentin Quire
Quentin Quire is an Omega level telepath, and has been proving how powerful he is from the start. He’s been dogwalking extremely powerful opponents since he showed up in New X-Men, and has pulled off some pretty cool things over the years. Looking at his feats, there’s two of them that are the most impressive. His body became psionic energy after “Riot at Xavier’s” and he was able to recreate his physical form more than once. That’s pretty impressive, and could be his greatest feat, but there’s another one that doesn’t get the credit iT deserves: he’s been able to beat Xavier in psychic combat more than once. Very few have been able to beat the X-Men’s founder in psi-combat, which is a huge feather in his cap.
