Editing Nate Grey (section)

==Powers and abilities==
Originally designed so his powers would eventually kill him, Nate was an [[mutant (Marvel Comics)#Omega-level mutants|Omega-level mutant]]<ref name="DarkX2"/> who had the ability to tap into the enormous psychic resources of the astral plane in order to manipulate matter and energy at vast scales until his powers were burnt out by the Omega Machine.<ref>''New Mutants'' (vol. 3) #27</ref> The Omega Machine, designed by Dark Beast, greatly diminished Nate's once incredible psychic powers including [[telepathy]], [[precognition]], and [[telekinesis]].

He could use his telepathy to read and control multiple minds at once and even read residual thought imprints left on objects touched by people ([[Psychometry (paranormal)|psychometry]]), communicate with others by broadcasting his thoughts, create illusions by altering the perceptions of others, fire psionic blasts that could scramble an opponent's thought processes (causing the victim either intense pain, or rendering them unconscious), project his mind into the [[astral plane]] and even pull the astral projections of other telepaths into the physical world, and sense dimensional rifts or anomalies. He once even used the photoelectric transmission of a Shi'ar hologram to psionically connect his mind with that of [[Lilandra Neramani|Lilandra]] over an unknown interstellar distance.<ref>''X-Man'' #62</ref>

His telekinesis was so powerful that he could move massive objects with his mind, fire blasts of psychokinetic energy that could shatter steel, create mental barriers that could stop most attacks, levitate his body, and fly at supersonic speeds. He was powerful enough to single handedly defeat Tundra of the [[Great Beasts]] and was even able to psionically isolate the planet's gravitational pull on the two other Great Beasts, Tolomaq and Somon.<ref>''X-Man'' #40</ref> He also crushed the whole city of [[Quito|San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador]] while asleep in [[Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires, Argentina]]; the cities are over 2600 miles apart.<ref>''X-Man'' #67</ref>

His control over his telekinesis was so acute that he was able to create holograms by mentally manipulating water, molecules and dust to refract light, bend security lasers to avoid detection, and even move the atoms of a wall around his form so that he passed through the wall like a ghost. He was also able to use his telekinesis to bend the Earth's magnetic field and create [[electromagnetic pulse]]s. His telekinesis extended to at least a molecular level, and he could imbue himself with super human physical attributes by focusing his telekinesis inwards.

After his brief return from his dimensional travels that equipped him with a special genetic dampener that would eventually prevent his powers from killing him, Nate displayed further abilities, which included the power to view and traverse higher planes of existence, to reconstitute his body from astral energy in a similar manner as Onslaught and to transform his physical body back into astral energy. Though not a real teleporter, he then could traverse alternate realities by breaking the barriers between universes and once 'teleported' multiple people all over an alternate version of New York into another dimension.<ref name="X-Man #66"/> Since he was able to connect any point in one dimension with any point in the dimension he was in at the moment, he could theoretically also use this to cross vast interstellar distances by traveling back and forth.

An alternate version of [[Jean Grey]], "Queen Jean" described Nate Grey as the ultimate telekinetic with the statement: "It is what all Nate Greys have been on every earth".<ref name="X-Man #68"/>

Upon examination by [[Moira MacTaggert]], she suggested his psionic powers rivaled that of a [[Phoenix Force (comics)|Phoenix Force]]-imbued [[Jean Grey]].<ref>''X-Man'' #12, ''Excalibur'' #95</ref> In another instance, he was measured as having a psionic energy output matching that of the [[Dark Phoenix]].<ref>''Cable'' #29</ref> He was even described by Norman Osborn as powerful enough to go toe-to-toe with the Sentry.

However, Nate lost most of his powers after using nearly all of his strength and willpower to open a portal to [[Sugar Man (Marvel Comics)|Sugar Man]]'s home reality, a process that gave him acute nerve damage, which effectively burnt out his power set. Although at first the only ability he had was some residual telekinesis, which has had been defined by himself as an extension of his physical strength and therefore limited to masses equivalent to what he can lift or manipulate physically.<ref name="New Mutants Vol 3 #38">''New Mutants'' (vol. 3) #38</ref> He has also shown the power to produce small but powerful telekinetic blasts and demonstrated some residual telepathy that enabled him to deliberately scan and perceive his immediate vicinity for sentient beings; along with assist his teammate [[Cypher (comics)|Cypher]] in entering his own mind.<ref>''New Mutants'' (vol. 3) #46</ref> He is also able to levitate himself over short-distances.<ref name="New Mutants Vol 3 #38"/>

Recently, Nate was able to use a Life Seed to restore his powers. However, this process overruled his X-shaped genetic tattoo. Because of this Nate was slowly being killed once again by the level of his powers. He can capture and humiliate [[Apocalypse (character)|Apocalypse]]; turn off [[Kitty Pryde]]'s powers; control Omega-level mutants like [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]] and [[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Storm]], turning them into his Horsemen of Salvation; telepathically communicate with everyone on Earth; wipe out all [[Place of worship|places of worship]] on Earth with a thought; overpower [[Legion (Marvel Comics)|Legion]] in Legion's own mind and take over his body; and create a new reality where everyone is a mutant, and then transport people to that reality against their will. Legion claims that Nate is so powerful that he belongs to a level above Omega.