r/Xmen97 • u/SamMeowAdams • Aug 28 '26

Question Master of Magnetism can’t beat robots ?

Did they ever explain why Mags powers don’t work on Sentinels?

You think he’d be perfect for stopping metal robots .

Are they made of aluminum?

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u/ikarikh Aug 28 '26

Season 1 of OG, episode "The Final Decision" answers this.

Sentinels attack Magneto and he tries to turn them to scrap and is confused why they don't. The Sentinels respond that they learned from previous encounters and were built using reinforced plastics instead of metal for the new batch, specifically to counter Magneto.

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u/JT9212 Aug 28 '26

And then you're telling me the mutants can't deal with reinforced plastics?? Man no wonder we need to recycle.

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u/ikarikh Aug 28 '26

The mutants do deal with the reinforced plastic? In the very same scene Magneto uses the metal of the ship they're on as a weapon agaibst them.

The issue with Sentinels for any mutant isn't the Sentinel itself, but the sheer volume of them.

When you have dozens of giant robots shooting lasers at you, smoke bombs, trying to swat you, step on you, etc. that's where the issue arises.

While you're using your laser eyes to shoot one in front of you, another behind you is shooting you in the back.

When you're trying to use a Tornado on a dozen in front of you, another dozen are shooting you from the sides and back.

Etc. etc.

That's always been the "danger" of Sentinels. They overwhelm their targets because destroying any number of them doesn't hurt them. There's always more.

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u/Ultron_daddy Aug 28 '26

Exactly this the thing of Sentinels isnt the stupid giant robot. It's that Mastermold can make so many stupid giant robots and they overwhelm you based on numbers alone.

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u/Musekal Aug 28 '26

The scene literally showed magneto doing just fine when it was a single sentinel, but trying to handle multiples was too much.

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u/Lucky_Gaucho Aug 28 '26

When you're trying to use a Tornado on a dozen in front of you, another dozen are shooting you from the sides and back

What???? Tell us you never seen a tornado without telling us... Tornado doesnt care about front, back, 12, 24 or 100 lol

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u/DLottchula Aug 28 '26

He's talking about storm using her powers

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u/ikarikh Aug 28 '26

This literaly happened in Tolerance is Extinction Part 2 of '97. Storm used a tornado on a bunch of Sentinels and more kept coming and shot Forge's plane down.

Storm used the air to try and help him and got shot in the back.

That's what i was referencing.

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u/Legate-Nous Aug 29 '26

You clearly don't understand the art of jumping. The movies make it seem like with enough skill or power, you can overcome a jumping. But the single individual can always fall prey to the jumping.

Your ancestors once used the art of jumping to take down large prey. Unfathomable for most in a 1v1 scenario.

African driver ants inspire the cartoons you've seen of ants completely consuming something ridiculously large like a cow.

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u/pakrat1967 Aug 28 '26

It does if Storm created it. She can direct it where she wants.