Cornelius Xavier

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Overview: Due to his experiments, Cornelius's abilities undoubtedly make him a dangerous individual, enough to gain the interest of Alex Macgrath to have him work under Team Omni. Cornelius is a remarkably powerful fighter, having been brutally trained in armed and unarmed combat by the Rooters to master his various enhancements. With the power he wields, Cornelius easily destroyed dozens of formidable drones, and Numerical Squadron have openly praised his might. With his limiters removed, nobody in the Galaxy, including Alex, is thought to be able to oppose his power. Cornelius was hypothesised to be an incredible fighter if he could learn to use magic along with his previous abilities, Being a former member of the Rooters, Cornelius is regarded as completely monstrous in terms of power. While the true extent of his power is unknown, Servantis has noted that his peak combat abilities far exceed X's, making him the strongest member of the Vilgaxia Empire next to Vilgax. Even with his limiters in place, he is apparently still among the stronger Rooters, being considered stronger than VII, VIII, and possibly a match for IX. Even with his limiters in place, he has shown advanced hand-to-hand combat prowess, able to easily dodge and counter Alex's attacks. A special trait of Cornelius, is his ability to understand and communicate with animals, such as birds, who can be sent to travel far distances to scout and gather information. 
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Half Osmosian and Anodite Physiology: Due to being kidnapped and being experimented by Servantis and Aggregor, to become "The Ultimate Weapon". As a result, he inherited the abilities of those two species such as:
Energy Absorption: After absorbing energy, Cornelius can channel energy through his hands to manipulate technology, discharge it as energy blasts, or physically enhance his body to speed up cellular regeneration, increase his strength, or recover from injuries at an accelerated rate. However, the energy will dissipate over time or through excessive use, so he is required to recharge. However, if Cornelius absorbs energy, the energy will cause Cornelius to become mentally unstable. Storing energy for long periods of time will worsen his instability. This mainly occurs in Osmosians who absorb energy very often but cannot control it due to inexperience and lack of skill. Energy absorption can sometimes easily turn into an addiction. When Cornelius has recently absorbed energy, he develops black marks around his eyes. This is a side effect of absorbing energy. He can absorb the vast majority of types of energy, including magic, sounds, light, psionic, psychic,, etc, either environmental or directed towards him and he can project that energy from his body in different ways, whether in the form of concussive blasts, energy rays, explosions, fire, plasma, etc. In addition, he can release the energy in the same way he received it, but with more force. The nature of his powers makes it difficult to damage him with energy-based attacks, while also enabling him to work well with any energy-using teammates. Cornelius can also store the absorbed energy within his personal reserves, whereupon the energy increases his strength, speed, stamina and recuperative abilities, as well as affording him a measure of invulnerability. The upper limits of his ability to enhance his own physical abilities with absorbed energy is not exactly known, but is well into the level of being superhuman. He is learning to use his energy to temporarily increase his physical attributes. 
DNA Absorption: Similar to his ability to absorb energy, by absorbing the DNA, metabolism, and life force of other life forms, Cornelius can use it as nourishment to sustain his health and strength. Absorbing all of someone's energy will kill them. Cornelius can use the energy to acquire the creature's powers and undergoes mutation to accommodate the absorbed abilities. Despite complete access to any of these absorbed abilities at anytime, they aren't as strong as their pure forms, as noticed by Alex in his Diamondhead form who estimated that they are only about 1/10 their full power, as seen when he was able to catch and crush Cornelius crystals with his bare hands while the others shattered upon hitting him. This is the reason why Aggregor first turned P'andor, Andreas, Bivalvan, Ra'ad and Galapagus into pure energy before he absorbed their powers and abilities, so he could could use their power to their fullest extent. He also stated that when Osmosians absorb the life force of other beings, the new powers can only be used temporarily unless they were to drain all of that life form's energy. This ability can also be used to combine the DNA of two beings, which is what Servantis used Cornelius for. Cornelius was able to absorb some of Servantis' energy that brought out some past memories. Cornelius was able to carry the energy around on his hand and used it on Sam and Albright to bring up their past involvement with the Rooters. Cornelius then used this energy to his advantage as he was able to permanently lock out Servantis from the Amalgam Kids' minds. Cornelius can absorb the powers, energies, memories, knowledge, talents, personality, and physical abilities (whether superhuman or not) of another human being (or members of some sentient alien races) through physical contact of his skin with the skin of the other person. He is not limited to absorbing superhuman abilities: for example, he has absorbed the strength, agility, and sharp reflexes of an enhanced human. He can also absorb psionic abilities. In absorbing another person's memories Cornelius also gains the emotional responses connected to them. For the transfer of abilities to be accomplished, his skin must contact the skin of his victim. Cornelius can only absorb abilities and memories from living organic beings. He can possess the powers of several superhuman persons at once. No upper limit has yet been determined for the number of superhuman beings whose power he can maintain simultaneously, or for the amount of power that he can absorb. Cornelius can even absorb gross physical characteristics from a victim. His physical appearance does not change when she absorbs abilities and memories from a normal looking human being. The victim's abilities and memories are absorbed for a time sixty times longer than the period of time Cornelius was in physical contact with that person. Those touched are rendered unconscious by contact with him, though some beings, including Sanju and Mojo have resisted this effect. While for most of his life, his use of this power was involuntary, Cornelius has recently gained full control over it. This transfer is usually temporary, lasting for a period of time relative to how long contact is maintained, but the transfer may become permanent in certain cases. For example, he absorbed Captain Bang's powers permanently due to unknown reasons and he absorbed Sun maker's powers permanently when he absorbed the last of his life force by accident. Most often the process happens instantly when Cornelius touches someone, but in certain instances where a being has possessed an extraordinary level of power they are able to resist him, and he may only share part of their memories and power. His power is potentially lethal. His flirtation, Lily Stark, was in a comatose state for roughly a decade after his powers first manifested when they touched. She never fully awakened, and finally passed on instead of remaining on life support; however, Cornelius has never actually killed with his powers; even after some practice, he only sent victims into a permanent vegetative state. As Cornelius is absorbing the total psyche of a person, there is a risk of a personality overwhelming him and taking control of his body, including Ayame and Aizen who both proved to be the dominant personality. It has also been shown that even though Cornelius forgets the memories she has absorbed when a psyche returns to its body, 'echoes' of their personalities remain buried in his mind. Cornelius is able to absorb psyches and abilities of several beings at once, though the experience can be confusing and disorienting for him. Robotic beings are mostly immune to his power. Depending on the amount of organics left, he can usually affect cyborgs. He seems able to affect techno-organic beings. Powerful enough beings can withstand his touch and attempt to impose their own will on him or cause a feedback loop. Cornelius's power has grown over time. Initially he was unable to absorb the powers of Wonder Alien, a being a living ionic energy; however, in recent months he has been able to absorb him when previously he could not. Although he is capable of absorbing his powers, Steel Hide in metal form was able to make physical contact with him with no ill effects; however, Cornelius has shown the ability to absorb him while he was in metal form at various other times. 
Matter Absorption: Cornelius can absorb solid materials, coating himself in the substance which allows him to take on its properties. He will proportionally increase in physical strength and durability to whatever he absorbed. Cornelius is able to absorb multiple materials at once. He also has the ability to apply to other people a coating of whatever material he has absorbed at the time, temporarily. This ability has once been used productively when Cornelius was forced to synthesize a coating of Taydenite, thus incapacitating him. Cornelius can also absorb liquids and when he does he gains the properties of that liquid. If Cornelius absorbs mud, objects will pass through him without causing physical damage. He can even absorb bubblegum and fire. If Cornelius absorbs an elastic material, he can "sort of" stretch. Initially, he was supposed to create an outer shell with a small amount of material - he could use a quarter to coat a forearm arm with metal, but not his whole body. Then, once he began to form weapons and tools with the material, it became more of a transformation into the substance. Cornelius is able to absorb the materialistic properties of living beings such as To'kustars, Petrosapiens, Crystalsapiens, and Stone Creatures. Following his second mutation which causes him to lose the ability to revert to his normal form, he gradually begins learning how to use his absorbed matter in various new manners. He is able to use high levels of strength and durability as well as regenerative and shape-shifting abilities. After returning to normal, he retained his newfound powers due to him now having knowledge of being able to do so. Cornelius can repair objects of the current material he has absorbed either by turning it into a liquid form or releasing a liquid version of whatever material he has absorbed. He can partially merge with the actual matter and manipulate the substance's form. Both abilities were used when he repaired the rock ceiling of a mine, fused the seal of NRG'S suit, morphed it around NRG, and fused the arms together as makeshift handcuffs. He once used the metal he absorbed to create a helmet for Chun to prevent the Elena from controlling her. Cornelius can easily pick locks, using his powers to absorb the material of the lock, then form his finger into a key. Cornelius possesses the ability to bodily duplicate at will the physical properties of anything he touches or that touches him. This power extends to both animate and inanimate objects and certain forms of energy. The matter of Cornelius's body magically undergoes a material and physiological change so that his body actually becomes composed of the matter or energy with which he is making contact. While he is in this altered state, he still possesses his sentience despite the fact that his brain is now composed of the same material as the rest of him. Among the more ordinary materials he has been transformed into include steel, stone, wood and glass. More unusual have been his transformations into water, fire, snow, and silk. His most powerful transformations have been into energy-states such as cosmic, nuclear, thermal, or light. Cornelius has learned through practice to only absorb the properties of objects that he wishes to absorb. Originally, he could be tricked into absorbing the properties of objects that would render him relatively vulnerable. There appears to be no time limit to how long he can retain a given property. When he is rendered unconscious or in a coma, he retains the form which he last consciously assumed. There would also not appear to be a minimum amount of time he must retain one form before assuming another. He can even become more than one substance at once. Cornelius can also absorb specific properties relating to the form or mass of an object he touches. For example, he can assume the height of a skyscraper or the spikes of a mace. He can also assimilate mystic properties of objects or beings. He was able to mimic the properties of Thor's Hammer and the strength of Thor himself, and also the power of the Odin-Force as well as the powers of Golden Guardian. Cornelius can alter the molecular structure of his body, his clothes, and his whatever weapon he has to mimic the properties of any material he touches. This process also gives him enhanced strength, endurance, and in most cases, resistance to injury. If the object touched holds some form of energy, such as a battery or a blast furnace, Cornelius absorbs these properties as well. He also has limited shape-changing abilities when absorbing certain objects, such as forming hammer-like fists when touching a hammer or growing to enormous size when copying items of massive power or strength themselves. 
Mana Manipulation and Energy Control: Cornelius can create energy blasts, streams, waves and bolts, as well as energy force-fields, shields and barriers. His powers are mainly used like energy constructs, allowing him to make many different types of structures like, hammers, protective helmets, battering rams, beams to grab and throw enemies, stepping stones/platforms to carry her and others though air, safety nets, magic weapons: swords, blades, punches, etc. It also turns out Cornelius can also synchronize his hand to hand combat skills with his energy manipulation abilities. Cornelius has more mana-related powers: He can find any person he wants by detecting the traces of mana that he/she left or by being at one with the cosmic mana. He can distinguish Alex and Albedo by reading their auras. He can also draw in mana from everything around him. He also has a degree of enhanced strength and durability. He also has the abilities of telekinesis, teleportation, heat vision, clairvoyance, telepathy and healing herself and other living beings. He can also transform into an Anodite. In his Anodite form, his powers are greatly enhanced, giving him the abilities of flight and size alteration. In addition, his Anodite powers get stronger over time. 
Magic and Spells: He is seen using magic through casting magical, mystical spells, and reciting spoken incantations thus enabling him to use various magical powers and abilities. He can also fire magic blasts from his eyes. Cornelius claims that being self-taught in magic is not so easy as it looks. Trying to get into Yahwahtacsip he mistakes its name for "Wah Di Tah," saying that he knows how to read it but not pronounce it correctly. Cornelius can cast spells and recite spoken incantations. Cornelius is less knowledgeable than the average Felaryan mage, having been self-taught. He has learned to astral project through magic, like when he found Alex inside the Dreamscape. His spells seem to react to his emotional desires.
Accelerated Healing: Cornelius can heal at a faster rate than an average human; Cornelius's regenerative factor increases proportionally to the amount of energy he absorbs, reaching superhuman limits. The limit of its regeneration is not known but the more energy it absorbs, it could increase incredibly. 
Superhuman Strength: Cornelius's strength reaches incredibly high levels the more energy he absorbs, his limit of strength is linked to how much energy he can absorb. Cornelius possessed superhuman strength sufficient to lift approximately 40 tons, quite possibly higher given The Destroyer could destroy planetoids and rip apart stars barehanded. Following the timeskip, and experience as a bounty hunter, his strength was increased to the point of being able to lift 90 tons to 100 tons; however, upon after mastering his Anodite power, Cornelius possesses near limitless physical strength. Even after relinquishing that power, his body had spent so much time absorbing using that his natural level of strength was increased to the point that he could still lift well over 100 tons without it. Cornelius is able to channel his power for the purpose of increasing his physical strength to vast levels. While the full extent of his strength level is not known, he is listed well above the class 100 limit. It grants Cornelius sufficient strength and power to engage and even stalemate the likes of the Eon in combat. He has even stated that his best shot can destroy everything within 3 miles. He was even capable of going blow for blow with the likes of Aggregor himself in combat, and was even able, quite literally, to tear Aggregor insides out. 
Superhuman Speed: Cornelius's speed reaches incredibly high levels the more energy he absorbs, allowing him to run much faster than the best athletes. In spite of his great muscular bulk, Cornelius could run and move at speeds that were beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete, enabling him to run 61-65 mph. By channeling his power, Cornelius can grant himself the ability to run and move at speeds that are beyond the physical limits of the finest human athlete. While the upper limit of his running speed is not known, he can at least run several hundred miles an hour. He can move at speeds faster than light. 
Flight: Cornelius can use his power to propel himself through the air at tremendous speeds. He is fully capable of achieving faster than light velocities and can enter and traverse hyperspace, which he often does while traveling through space. However, moving as such speeds while in the atmosphere of a planet would cause devastation to the planet itself, so he travels much slower while within a planetary atmosphere; generally at supersonic speeds. 
Flight Speed: Cornelius was once capable of propelling himself through the air at tremendous speeds. He spent most of his time within space; however, and could achieve a maximum speed that was only slightly less than the Speed of Light which is 80%-99.65% light speed: 150,000 to 185,620 miles per second. While within the atmosphere of a planet, Cornelius flew at vastly slower speeds so as not to cause planetary and atmospheric damage. 
Superhuman Stamina: Cornelius has an incredibly higher stamina than a trained human, allowing him to fight for hours without getting tired while he can absorb energy. Stamina increases the more energy he absorbs. The overall efficiency of his musculature was increased as well. As a result, his body produced vastly less fatigue toxins than that of a human. He could exert himself at peak capacity for several days before fatigue began to impair him. 
Enhanced reflexes and Senses: All of Cornelius's senses and reflexes are increased as he absorbs energy. Cornelius's reflexes are similarly enhanced and are far superior to those of the finest human athlete.
Superhuman Agility: Cornelius's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are far beyond the physical limits of the finest human athlete. 
Superhuman Endurance: His powers reduce the need for sleep, food, drinking, body evacuations, and oxygen.
Self Sustenance: He could survive indefinitely within outer space unprotected. Requiring virtually no food, water, or oxygen. However, while he still doesn't need nearly as much sustenance as a normal human, he needs more than previously required. 
Near-Invulnerability: Lately he has demonstrated the ability to absorb most of the energy from the attacks that are launched, regardless of type, making him almost invulnerable to all attacks. His body was highly resistant to all forms of physical injury. He could withstand all the same physical rigors as his current form, though to a far greater degree. Cornelius's body is highly resistant to all forms of conventional physical injury. He can withstand high caliber bullets, falls from tremendous heights, exposure to extremes in both temperature and pressure, powerful energy blasts, acidic corrosives, and tremendous impact forces without sustaining injury. While employing the Nova Force, Cornelius can easily withstand the rigors of deep space indefinitely. He can withstand attacks from powerful beings such as Aggregor relatively unharmed. He was able to withstand, without any significant damage, the raw energy and power stored in the reservoir in Vilgax's ship, which contained power siphoned from the destroyed energy of entire planets. He was even capable of withstanding a massive omni-directional blast from an enraged Vilgax himself, at near point-blank range, which was so powerful that it encompassed and destroyed more than three entire solar systems. 
Psionic Resistance: Due to its ability to absorb psionic energy, Cornelius is highly resistant to any type of psychic influence, since his body begins to absorb it, causing it to lose power, speed and efficiency. Cornelius was even able to absorb psionic energy from Mind Brawler. 
Energy Conversion: Cornelius can also utilize the absorbed in energy in different ways, such as taking it and shifting it into other energy forms. Having done so once by converting ambient energy into psychic energy, using it to hurl a truck with his mind. Doing so again when he was thrown from a tall building and converted the kinetic energy from his descent into sound and light based energy to break his fall.
Concussive Blasts: He can re-channel the absorbed energy through his body for bio-kinetic concussive blasts or in the same form that was absorbed but with twice the force/power, including Natural Disaster's weather effects. This re-channeled energy is apparently able to damage beings normally immune to their own powers.
Energy Resistance: Eyeblast is controlled by a demon to use his powers at their full magnitude to attack Cornelius. Cornelius attempted to absorb the incredible blast for a short time before he reached his limit and was forced to expel the energy into the air in a blast that would have killed everyone in the area. Other durability feats include Cornelius preventing Team Omni's death at the hands of one of the most powerful beings in history, Vilgax, by absorbing a blast of an incredible amount of psionic energy aimed at killing them all. Plus taking and giving back two-fold a blast from the powerful mutant Mr. X.
Poison Resistance: Cornelius is also resistant to most poisons. 
Transformation: Cornelius is able to store the samples of DNA he has copied as dormant genes in his biology, and transform into various alien forms. When Cornelius was 17 years old, he absorbed the power of Alex's Omnitrix and became a mutant amalgamation of his aliens. Over time, Cornelius learned to control the mutation and was able to revert to human form, and is now able to summon these abilities at a moments notice. Now working alongside Team Omni, he is able to absorb any transformation Alex grants him, giving him new abilities at the cost of mental stability and risk of mutation.
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Skilled Combatant: Cornelius was trained by the rooters when he was a child. Cornelius has also had many years of armed and unarmed combat training has made him a devastating unarmed combatant thanks to hanging out with Team Omni. Cornelius has proven to be a brutal, yet accomplished combatant, able to overpower multiple opponents, including several Kyln guards and Sakaaran warriors with little effort. Cornelius was also capable of fighting equally with the highly trained and cybernetically enhanced Kree Korath the Pursuer, eventually managing to kill him. However, Cornelius was easily outmatched by Ronan the Accuser despite lasting better than most against the Kree General and despite engaging him with Alex, was swiftly beaten by Vilgax, who effortlessly knocked him out with a single blow before he overwhelmed Alex, too. Trained extensively by the Rooters and having years of fighting experience when carrying out their missions missions, Cornelius is highly proficient in both armed and hand-to-hand combat. Cornelius skills were so advanced that even Servantis himself held him at such high regard that he openly considered him the finest of the Plumber kids and the fiercest man in the Galaxy, with him being known to having constantly beat Martix, a very proficient fighter in her own right, in their spars. Hence, he quickly gained and maintained the upper hand over Alex, easily broke out from Four Arms and Swampfire's attempts to restrain him, and while holding back, as he was only attempting to reason with Matrix rather than kill her, easily held his own against and eventually defeated Matrix even after she disarmed him, an expert combatant in her own right, in their spars, only losing in their latest altercation due to being weakened and still holding his own before being pinned down. 
Sword Mastery: Cornelius is shown to be highly skilled in using his sword, with it being her primary method of combat, as he was able to easily amputate and overpower Four Arms, battle against Matrix wielding her batons during the Battle of Xandar, disarming her of one of her weapons, and cut down Servantis . While on a mission in a bounty with his Teammates, Cornelius used dual blades to swiftly cut several enemies who attempted to attack him. 
Knife Mastery: Cornelius is highly skilled in using knives, particularly his own dual knives, that he used to take down many Sakaaran soldiers and even land a strike on Vilgax and fight against the Titan alongside Alex using his Proto-tool, although only briefly. He can also skillfully throw his knives. 
Expert Marksman: Using the blaster, Cornelius was able to accurately shoot down Zylak's Omnicraft mid-flight. Cornelius can also accurately throw his dual knives, as he almost hit Vilgax if not for his servants. Cornelius is known to prefer using melee combat, especially swords, much more often, his training under the Rooters nevertheless allowed him to acquire a level of proficiency in using firearms. He displayed this skill when he effectively wielded a rifle while battling Ronan, and later turned a ship's turret into a hand-held weapon and accurately shot and swiftly destroyed the M-Ship Aggregor attacked him on. He is also an excellent knife-thrower, able to throw a knife with such accuracy from a great distance that he was able to avoid amputating Kevin's arm while still forcing him to drop the Orb. 
Master Assassin: Cornelius is an exceptional assassin, being so great that he was known for never having failed his missions while under the Rooters tutelage and even earning such fearful reputation that he was considered the "Rooter's ultimate lifeform" due to his work as an assassin. Matrix, herself an extensively trained assassin who was skilled enough to have come close to assassinating Aggregor, stated that Cornelius is the better assassin. 
Expert Pilot: Cornelius is a capable pilot, as shown when in an attempt to escape from Matrix and a group of Sakaarans on Knowhere, Cornelius was able to single-handedly command and fly a mining pod with relative ease. He managed to avoid being decisively shot down until he was eventually forced to escape to space, which shut down his pod and allowed Martix to shoot him down. 
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sorcerer Form: In his sorcerer form, his skin turns cyan blue, while his hair grows in length and glows a light blue and white glow with small horns on his forehead. As he has the ability to turn into a half Anodite, boosting his powers to a significant amount, but it's only 50%.
Anodite Form: In his Anodite form, Cornelius's body becomes a cyan blue construct of pure mana. His hair becomes a stream of glowing blue energy, which grows longer than normal, reaching his feet. Cornelius loses a majority of his externally visible facial features such as a nose or ear and does not wear any clothing in this form. In this form, his skin gives off a purple glow. His horns also grow longer. In his true forms, Cornelius is afforded a number of extraordinary powers; he can fly through outer space; learn to make discardable human 'bodies' to conceal his true form; manipulate the hair-like stream of energy that radiates from his head, solidifying it to use as tendrils to grasp or ensnare objects; grow gigantic in size; and he can even alter reality to a limited degree. He is technically biologically immortal, as he is able to manipulate his crafted body's age at will. 
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Ozmat Suit: After joining Team Omni, Cornelius acquired a uniform designed by his teammate Alex, with the main feature of replicating the tensile strength and flexibility of a Galvanic Mechamorph, allowing Cornelius to easily shift in-and-out of various shapes and sizes without worrying about damaging his outfit.
Cornelius's Menagerie: Cornelius carries numerous samples of DNA and Materials at hand, allowing him to transform into at quick notice. 
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Osmosian Weakness: His biggest weakness is his insatiable hunger for energy and becoming mentally unstable, though this is only a problem if he absorb energy and become this way. This trait is normally latent and becomes easier to control if he is mature and have experience with absorbing energy. Storing energy for long periods of time will worsen his instability. If an Osmosian is forcibly drained of the energy they have absorbed, it will restore their sanity but also present risks to their physical health if they do not have medical attention as the process will either leave them exhausted, famished or weakened to the point of unconsciousness due to them having been living off energy instead of eating and sleeping properly. If he is forcibly drained of the energy he have absorbed, it will restore his sanity but also present risks to his physical health if he do not have medical attention as the process will either leave him exhausted, famished or weakened to the point of unconsciousness due to him having been living off energy instead of eating and sleeping properly. Any powers he has absorbed from other life forms will eventually wear off and disappear. The more life force, metabolic energy, and DNA he absorb, the longer it takes for his absorbed power to dissipate. However, there is a workaround. Depending on how much DNA he absorbs, his own DNA will eventually overwrite the absorbed DNA in time, causing him to lose absorbed powers, unless he absorb all of that creature's DNA and energy to keep it from happening. He is unable to absorb energy from inertial impacts such as hitting walls. This does not mean he was incapable of absorbing kinetic energy. Kinetic effects such as an exploding card from Shockwave were able to be absorbed. It would seem that as of late he is learning to absorb inertial impact energy, which makes him almost invulnerable. It is unknown whether it is possible to increase this capacity in time with practice. Some types of energy are more difficult to absorb than others. Cornelius can overload himself by trying to absorb too much energy, although his upper limits are unknown, even to himself. When it is overloaded, it releases excess energy in an explosion around it until its body reaches an amount of energy that it can control. Although he can absorb psionic energy from explosions or telekinetic attacks, Cornelius is not completely immune to telepathic attacks, but his power sustains him and helps him reduce their speed and power significantly. He is partially vulnerable to non-energy weapon attacks, so if he were to be shot by a projectile weapon or hit with a crowbar, it could harm him. Because his ability is passive he cannot actively absorb or control the rate of the amount of energy he takes in, he must get it from an outside source. Though he's seemingly not as good at absorbing ambient energy at the same rate as he would direct energy, like Eyeblast's optic blasts or Natural Diseaster's lightning. Needing to rely on an at hand amount of power to fuel his abilities.
Automatic Absorption: Ironically, his own power is also his biggest weakness. Originally, Cornelius had little to no control of his power and automatically absorbed any kind of matter and energy around him. As a result, there has been in numerous occasions where his adversaries had successfully tricked him into absorb random materials that makes him weaker or non-solid; on at least one occasion, he was defeated when he was tricked into absorbing two unspecified elements that triggered an explosive reaction. He eventually learned how to absorb a specific material without absorbing other materials by simple touch, and was even capable of absorbing more than one material at once. However, as noticed by Copper Lee, there are limits by how much he can "ignore" matter around him and will still absorb it if there's too much of it surrounding him. 
Non-Solid Absorption: Though he can absorb almost all kinds of matter and energy, Cornlius has trouble in maintain a stable physical body if the material itself is not on solid state and will likely fuse and dissipate with the material (Ex: If he absorbs helium or other gases, he will float and decompose in atmosphere).
Narcotic Absorption: Cornelius will automatically take on the properties of narcotics he takes, giving him an even greater high. However while in the state he is highly vulnerable as any user would be. While in a narcotic state Cornelius can and has been reduced to powder and sold to junkies. Those who take Cornelius while he is in this state will temporarily gain his powers and absorb the properties of whatever they are touching at the time, which since they don't get all of Cornelius powers has proven fatal.
Limited Material: In order to absorb and make use of materials, Cornelius needs a sufficient supply in order to fully coat himself in armor and make use of it. If he has an insufficient amount of material, he can only partially cover parts of his body.
Magic: Though he can, and has, absorbed any kind of supernatural and cosmic energy, Cornelius is not immune to spells and can be affected by it if the magic user is experienced enough (if anything, his absorption powers only makes the effect worse.). Indeed, Machiavelli even managed to forge a sword that temporarily stripped him from his absorbing powers. 
Absorption Limit: Once Cornelius has 'discarded' an element that he has absorbed, he cannot manifest it again without contact with that material. This was a particular problem during a confrontation with Thor where he absorbed the mystic vortex Thor was using against him and was left trapped in another dimension until he was rescued. 
Anodite Weakness: He cannot track Ectonurites, as they have no mana, nor does his tracking work well with non-biological life forms (i.e. robots, androids, Galvanic Mechamorphs, etc.). His energy can also have trouble with technology and vice versa. For example, in an area riddled with technology he may struggle to divine the location of someone. A member of the Synthroid race also had a bracelet which neutralized most of his powers, except for his telepathy, and imprisoned him in human form. His raw mana attacks are useless against Geochelone Aerios. However, he was able to effectively use a spell on Alex when he was fighting him as Terraspin. Magic can also be used to similarly ward beings against mana attacks. He can be drained of their energy to the point of death or being rendered powerless. 
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