Summary

Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde is a fictional character and superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980) and was co-created by writer-artist John Byrne and Chris Claremont.

A mutant, Pryde possesses a "phasing" ability that allows her and objects or people with which she is in contact to become intangible. This power also disrupts any electrical field she passes through, and lets her simulate levitation.

Storm christened Kitty with her first code name, Sprite. Professor X had also suggested the codename Ariel, which Kitty adopted for a short time prior to adopting the codename Shadowcat. Pryde was the youngest person invited to join the team of mutant superheroes the X-Men.

During her early years, she was portrayed as a "kid sister" to many older members of the X-Men, filling the role of literary foil to the more established characters. In the years since her introduction, she has aged and matured, and has become a main character on her own.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 9-B

Name: Katherine "Kitty" Anne Pryde, Shadowcat, Sprite

Origin: Marvel Comics

Gender: Female

Classification: Human Mutant

Age: Late teens to early 20s

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Intangibility, Air Walking, Status Effect Inducement (Can disrupt an object or person's electrical system), High Resistance to Telepathy (When she's in a phased state), Durability Negation, Expert Martial Artist and Hand-to-Hand Combatant

Attack Potency: Wall level+ (Can damage Emma Frost), phasing through objects ignores conventional durability

Speed: Hypersonic combat speed and reactions (Comparable to Spider-Man)

Lifting Strength: Peak Human (Threw a big spike)

Striking Strength: Wall level+

Durability: Wall level+, phasing through attacks makes her harder to kill.

Stamina: Peak Human

Range: Standard Melee Range

Standard Equipment: Nothing notable

Intelligence: Genius-level Computer Expert: Shadowcat was an expert in the field of computer science, demonstrating genius-level aptitude for programming, modifying, and diagnosing almost any computer system: even those of unfamiliar human and extraterrestrial origin. She used her skills in many high-stress combat situations to great effect, and in combination with her mutant ability to disrupt electrical systems she was a formidable foe for any enemy relying on advanced technology. Can fluently speak Japanese, Russian, Shi'ar, Skrull, and German.

Weaknesses: Is not immune to mystical attacks while phased, is vulnerable when out of her phased state, unable to breathe when phasing through solid objects

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

• Phasing: Shadowcat possesses the ability to pass through solid matter by passing her atoms through the spaces between the atoms of the object through which she is moving. In this way she and the object through which she is passing can temporarily merge without interacting, and both are unharmed when Shadowcat finishes passing through the object. This process is called "phasing." When Shadowcat is phasing, she is, for all intents and purposes, intangible.

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