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Emma Frost

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Powers and abilities

Emma Frost is a mutant psion capable of accessing enormous telepathic abilities. Later, she gains a secondary mutation which allows her to transform to an organic diamond form with enhanced strength and durability at the cost of her telepathy.

Since her introduction, Frost has displayed the telepathic standards of broadcasting and receiving thoughts, mind-control, altering perceptions and memories, projection of offensive blasts of psionic energy causing mental pain or unconsciousness, astral projection, mind switching, brain engram modification, mental sedation of unconscious victims, induction of mental pain by touch. Frost is also very adept at performing 'psychic surgery': the utilization of pin-pointed psionic energy to exert absolute control over individual brain functions such that the physical form can be manipulated (i.e., injuries healed, disabilities repaired, the nervous system, etc), a sub-skill of telepathy unusual for even the most powerful of telepaths, but one that Emma is keen to utilize whenever the occasion benefits her. Frost's abilities rival that of Charles Xavier, her incredible power and conniving ways are evident in her first appearance whereby she manages to capture and sedate him.

Frost has been cited as a "World-class telepath"and a "Psi of the Highest Order" capable of extraordinary telepathic feats.Exodus ranks her among the five strongest known telepaths, including himself, Xavier, Jean, and Mister Sinister. When matched with telepaths with more raw telepathic power than hers, such as Rachel, Emma has proven herself stronger by way of skill and experience alone.

During the massacre of over 16 million mutants in Genosha, Frost developed a secondary mutation: the ability to transform herself into a perfectly smooth, flexible, translucent diamond form.^[69] Her abilities have been inconsistent in this form. Although initially only her skin turns into diamond, she was shattered by a diamond bullet, indicating that her entire body turns into organic diamond. Frost is nearly impervious to all forms of physical damage and can use her indestructible body to support incredible amounts of weight, though different writers have shown varying accounts of her strength. Her diamond form also has a physical flaw, which, if exploited, can and has caused her to shatter. Though the exact location of the flaw in her diamond body has not been stated outright, several clues point to it being located in her face, an ironic reference to her famed vanity.

Frost's full range of abilities between her diamond state and regular form have also been inconsistent; however, recent occurrences reflect Morrison's initial depiction of her powers: that Frost cannot access her psychic powers in diamond form and vice versa. Also, Emma does not fatigue and has no need for water or food while she stays in her diamond form. Her diamond form makes her "impervious to cold" and resistant to heat. Depictions have also stated that Emma has at least some degree of telepathic immunity while in diamond form, though this ability has been depicted inconsistently as well^.

Throughout the years, it has been hinted that Frost is also a latent telekinetic. To save herself from Trevor Fitzroy, Jean's displaced psyche was able to use Frost's brain to generate a strong telekinetic force field and fly while it inhabited the White Queen's body.During the Onslaught Saga, Frost unwittingly levitated several kitchen utensils while having a bad dream. When the mutant known as Synch "synched" with Frost's powers, he was able to use them to levitate several objects and individuals in the room. This phenomenon is then referred to as telekinesis and credited to Frost's psi powers.

Frost has a genius intellect and is a superb businesswoman with college degrees in multiple fields, and is a highly capable planner. She is an electronics expert and is highly skilled at inventing devices that amplify, block, or engage psionic energy, as well as exploiting flaws in most electronic equipment. Emma has designed an array of devices some of which are the Mutivac; a mutant locater capable of monitoring the psionic levels of mutants, the Hallucinator used to induce hypnotic hallucinations to brain wash others, a gun-like device that enabled her to exchange minds with another individual and the mechanism which enhanced and enabled her Hellfire Cohort Mastermind to project his illusions directly into the mind of the Phoenix.