Perfect X-Team - 7 members

[Harpsikord]

Got two of 'em-

Rachel Grey-Summers, the chief ideal of the X-Men's dream gone wrong, sees the current reality beginning to unravel and devolve into what would eventually become some sort of facsimile of the reality that she came from, the Days of Future Past. As a result of this she goes into deep cover, and ultimately works with other non X-Men leaders of the mutant community to create the Mutant underground, and recruits her own X-Men team in order to battle extremism from all sides and prevent her future from ever becoming a reality.

Rachel Summers / Revenant - Team telepath, leader, and one of the powerhouses of the entire underground.
Bobby Drake / Iceman - Elementalist.
Tabitha Smith / Bombshell - Explosives expert.
Samuel Guthrie / Cannonball - Field leader and indestructible force.
Clarice Ferguson / Blink - Team teleporter. This is AoA Blink, and she operates as Rachel's foil, coming from a background entirely parallel from Rachel's own.
James Proudstar / Warparth - Team tracker/feral/tank.
Angel Salvadore / Firefly - Flight specialist and recon. Repowered by Mothervine. Made less gross and more usable by giving her acidic blasts via her hands and potentially fire breath.

And:

An X-Men team that is regarded more as heroes than as mutants and could, in theory, go toe to toe with classic Avengers foes as well as classic X-Men Foes that has been formed by Jean Grey as a way of establishing the X-Men as more of a premier superhero team within the Marvel universe. They are a more proactive force to issues within the super community, but that's not to say that they won't go up against Magneto or the Hellfire Club.

Jean Grey - Team co-leader and resident telepath.
Ororo Munroe / Storm - Elementalist and team co-leader, field leader.
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler - team teleporter.
Monet st Croix / Prestige - Team tank/secondary telepath.
Alexander Summers / Havok - Solar absorption/redistribution
Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch - Reality manipulation and magical expertise.
Laura Kinney / X-23 - Feral team member.

[Nazrel]

Got two of 'em-

Rachel Grey-Summers, the chief ideal of the X-Men's dream gone wrong, sees the current reality beginning to unravel and devolve into what would eventually become some sort of facsimile of the reality that she came from, the Days of Future Past. As a result of this she goes into deep cover, and ultimately works with other non X-Men leaders of the mutant community to create the Mutant underground, and recruits her own X-Men team in order to battle extremism from all sides and prevent her future from ever becoming a reality.

Rachel Summers / Revenant - Team telepath, leader, and one of the powerhouses of the entire underground.
Bobby Drake / Iceman - Elementalist.
Tabitha Smith / Bombshell - Explosives expert.
Samuel Guthrie / Cannonball - Field leader and indestructible force.
Clarice Ferguson / Blink - Team teleporter. This is AoA Blink, and she operates as Rachel's foil, coming from a background entirely parallel from Rachel's own.
James Proudstar / Warparth - Team tracker/feral/tank.
Angel Salvadore / Firefly - Flight specialist and recon. Repowered by Mothervine. Made less gross and more usable by giving her acidic blasts via her hands and potentially fire breath.

And:

An X-Men team that is regarded more as heroes than as mutants and could, in theory, go toe to toe with classic Avengers foes as well as classic X-Men Foes that has been formed by Jean Grey as a way of establishing the X-Men as more of a premier superhero team within the Marvel universe. They are a more proactive force to issues within the super community, but that's not to say that they won't go up against Magneto or the Hellfire Club.

Jean Grey - Team co-leader and resident telepath.
Ororo Munroe / Storm - Elementalist and team co-leader, field leader.
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler - team teleporter.
Monet st Croix / Prestige - Team tank/secondary telepath.
Alexander Summers / Havok - Solar absorption/redistribution
Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch - Reality manipulation and magical expertise.
Laura Kinney / X-23 - Feral team member.

Not feral (at least not when written anything resembling in character.)

[Harpsikord]

Not feral (at least not when written anything resembling in character.)

I mean that as in the archetype. The Wolverine, Wolfsbane, etc.

[Nazrel]

I mean that as in the archetype. The Wolverine, Wolfsbane, etc.

Do you mean power classification type?

Her character archetype would be more The Ninja, The Professional, The Tactician.

[Harpsikord]

Do you mean power classification type?

Her character archetype would be more The Ninja, The Professional, The Tactician.

Yes and I feel like I made that plenty clear :P

[plasmaintights]

Legion
Havok
Storm
Warpath
Rogue
Psylocke
X-23

[mozzle]

Three Couples, plus the soul of the X-Men.

Cyclops
Emma Frost

Kitty Pryde
Magik

Wolverine
Psylocke

Nightcrawler

[danielsan52]

This is only six , but...
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[9th.]

Sunspot (Leader)
Monet
Iceman
Pixie
Jubilee
Prodigy
X-23

[Heroine Addict]

Xtraordinary X-men
Emma Frost
Polaris
Dazzler
Moonstar
Magik
Monet
Surge

The bad girls club, life's a bitch, and so are they. X 'em, and you'll regret it.

[MYCMTSC]

So, I decided to expand my last post.



Uncanny X-Men: Cyclops, Storm, Rachel, Iceman, Magik, Beast, and Monet

This team would be sanctioned, through SHEILD/ US gov, to be the first responders to all super-powered incidents involving mutants in North America. It is a move that is initially unpopular with the general public, which is why the team would revive their PR campaign from the Utopia years. Cyclops would be the field leader, but Storm would be the public face of the team. As part of the bargain with SHEILD, Cyclops worked out a deal to get the president to push for pro-mutant legislation.

Some initial stories with the Purifiers, Madelyne Pryor (with Rachel, Phoenix, and a trip to the White Hot Room), a new mutant with his own soulsword, some classic villains, and the build up of a new team calling themselves the Upstarts who mean to start a bloody revolution. Things come to a head with the announcement that congress will be voting on the Mutant Equality Act, where supporters and protesters have gathered to cause a potential powder keg.

Some character stuff I would like to see: initially Rachel and Magik would be at odds with each other but become very good friends, Monet trolling Rachel by hitting on Cyclops who is, naturally, completely unaware of what's happening, some resolution between Beast and Cyclops, the girls take Iceman to a gay club where they immediately steal the spotlight, Storm being more like the assertive, competent leader she is.

This looks freaking incredible and Monet looks amazing!!!!

I think my choices are:

1) Jean
2) Bishop
3) Jubilee
4) Magik
5) Monet
6) Rictor
7) Prodigy

(W) Bryan Edward Hill
(A) Russell Dauterman (he will never not be my first pick)

I like the idea of Jean being the sole "A-List"-er not because she's my favorite (Rogue, Logan, and Storm all outrank her for me) she has the recognizability, the heart, the mythos, and I think has a certain freshness to her after a lengthy absence.

I really want to see something a little less tried and true without having to be volatile (Mike Carey 2.0/Bunncanny X-Men). I also chose this team for its diversity because I think the best way for the X-Men to break out of the pack is to embrace its role representing the disenfranchised in a more literal way. I think these powersets and personalities will also complement each other quite well and they all have the potential for comedy as well as drama.

[Cyyyke]

Cyclops
Jean Grey or Emma Frost
Wolverine
Archangel
Magik
Colossus
Rogue

[Tycon]

Disaster relief, big ideas, governments, ghettos, forests, deserts, poles and tropics, this team is the Outback era multiplied by the Byrne/Claremont World Tour era, with a modern and sexy slant. The real X-Men ala The Authority that Gillen's Extinction team was supposed to be. The Hellfire Club, refocused as a collection of the world's military industrial and corporate elite, are the main antagonists, as manifest in their dealings in polluting factories, companies deforesting the tropics, AI surveillance and data mining, false flag military operations, etc.


Storm- ala X-Treme era, badass leader, with a big picture, nature-focused vision and an elite splinter team that operates all over the globe apart from the school. Tired of playing nice, she assembles an edgy team of mostly younger mutants to help shift the balance in the confluence of environmental devastation and social upheaval gripping the world. Her team is fighting to have a world worth protecting, feared and hated be damned. Human and mutants, working together, can do a lot better. Political, powerful, revolutionary, and heartfelt in a way only Ororo can.

Sunspot- ala recent Avengers run, badass co-leader, financing and bringing the business acumen and science/tech support angle from AIM(which employs Trinary, Prodigy, Cypher, Triage, Hijack, Sage, and Forge, among many others) and connections from his time in the Hellfire Club. In addition to leading his own sub-team in AIM, he is starting a relationship with fellow young, rich, powerhouse mutant ...

Monet-elevated back to her original status as a genius and powerful telepath from her Gen X intro, Monet will be the premiere telepath of this crew, in addition to speedster, flying tank. Her collaborations with Sunspot and his AIM is more than just an intellectual connection, though. Moving past ages of torment and bitterness, in this new relationship has she rediscovered her youthful ambition and zest for life? Her ambassadorial and high society connections come into play as well.

Shatterstar- teleporter and melee fighter, 'Star is happy to be thrown into wild adventures in this team, fighting for his adopted world with his lover Julio beside him.

Rictor- investigating at a greater scale and breaking new ground with this team, Julio is also focused and motivated, and exploring a deeper understanding of his connection to the earth and its possible applications in his powers.

Flourish- leaving her parents home in Mexico to play on the world's stage with her mentor Storm, Marisol is the newbie but her sharp wit and novel perspective gives the team plenty to think about, and her ability to stimulate plant and fungal life forms are creating a whole new world of possibilities for the team.

Wolverine or Namor- the grizzled veteran of the team, and counterpoint to the youthful zeal of the rest of the team. Either way you get someone who's been around the block a lot longer than everyone else, and seen the worst in mankind. They keep things in perspective for Ororo as her idealism and ambition grows, while also becoming a nurturing influence for the rest of the team(and bringing the heat in a battle). Namor of course brings his Atlantean heritage/perspective and resources to the table, which I would love to play with(far more than what happened in Red), but I love a good Logan too, and he has an interesting perspective with having experience as a test subject and agent of the military industrial complex, so either works.

I really miss Flourish, I hope Pak brings her back on whatever title he's writing next that has X-characters involved.

[K7P5V]

I believe this is the perfect X-Team (IMHO):

[Harpsikord]

I believe this is the perfect x-team.

This is six but replace Rachel with Jean and then add Dazzler or Boom Boom or someone like that and I'd agree.



Same for this. Add Rogue and a non-Guggenheim Kitty, replace Jubes with someone more tolerable...