Quicksilver (Marvel Comics)

## Summary

**Pietro Maximoff**, also known as **Quicksilver**, is a genetically altered human by the High Evolutionary, disguised as a mutant. He is the brother of Scarlet Witch.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** **8-A**

**Name:** Pietro Maximoff, Quicksilver

**Origin:** Marvel Comics

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** Early 30s physically

**Classification:** Genetically Altered Human (Disguised as Mutant by High Evolutionary)

**Powers and Abilities:** Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Acrobatics, Martial Arts, Accelerated Development, Hacking, Weapon Mastery, Regeneration (Low), Intangibility, Water Running, Self-Perception Manipulation, Minor Sound Manipulation, Durability Negation (with molecular acceleration/destabilisation), Vibration Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Limited Time Travel and Flight. Resistance to Toxins, Precognition and Limited Heat Manipulation

**Attack Potency:** **Multi-City Block Level** (Comparable to Captain America. Defeated Black Panther. Destroyed Ultron Captain America. Caused rifts in the ground while running when possessed by Chthon. Boiled large amounts of water while running. Caused shockwaves by running at 1500 m/s). Molecular acceleration/destabilisation ignores conventional durability

**Speed:** **FTL** before power-up (Could run faster than radio waves. Outran the Ringmaster's hypnosis. Grabbed Captain America's shield in a split microsecond. Humiliated the Living Laser with ease). **Massively FTL** with **Massively FTL+** reaction speed after power-up (Perceived events around him in a picosecond). **Infinite** by removing mental barriers (After they were removed by Scarlet Witch and Synapse, he ran so fast that he became unstuck from time itself)

**Lifting Strength:** **Class 1** (Pried open the metal panel of a robot)

**Striking Strength:** **Multi-City Block Level**

**Durability:** **Multi-City Block Level** (Withstood a hit from Luminous, who was much faster than him)

**Stamina:** Superhuman (Metabolism is more than 15 times that of a normal human's, preventing lactic acid build-up and allowing long-distance physical activity along with increased threshold for fatigue)

**Range:** Standard melee range

**Standard Equipment:** Friction resistant suit. Specialised goggles and hearing aid to help him see and hear while running

**Intelligence:** Gifted (After being trained in martial arts by Captain America, Quicksilver was later able to successfully counter his style. Processing speeds allow him to master skills very quickly, like becoming a sculptor in just a day, learning how to play a sonata in seconds, and read multiple books quickly. Reprogrammed security systems and analysed people's microexpressions. Because Quicksilver has a high speed of perception, telepaths often have difficulty using their abilities against him)

**Weaknesses:** Struggles with episodes of mental illness, severe depression and mental breakdowns, causing him to ruin relationships through force and manipulation. Arrogance can leave him prone to attack (such as when he paused to gloat over the Ultron drone he defeated) and some movement patterns are predictable. Seems incapable of running in the dark

**Notable Attacks/Techniques:**

* **Molecular Acceleration/Destabilisation:** Through the course of his life as a mutant, his super-speed has granted him numerous abilities. One of the very peculiar ones was being able to vibrate his molecular structure at high speeds. Different writers used it for different purposes that were often absurd or completely ignored it to avoid obscurity. He has demonstrated the full effect which enables him to destabilize atomic matter by accelerating the target object's molecule structure, often causing it to fall apart or explode usually by touching it. It is unknown if he can do this from a distance like his nephew Thomas Shepherd.
* **Cyclone:** Quicksilver runs around his opponent in a circle of radius 10 feet to create a cyclone powerful enough to lift a grown man off his feet.
* **Flight:** Quicksilver can achieve movement through the air by flapping his arms at a high velocity.
* **Restricted Time Travel:** Quicksilver can travel forward or backward in time for a few hours during each visit.
* **Intangibility:** Pietro also can use molecular destabilization to walk through solid objects.

**Note:** Quicksilver cannot normally break his limits, even under stressful circumstances, which is why he needed help from Scarlet Witch and Synapse.