TextBook Nerds Face Off

[Ss3micah]

Three Textbook Nerds suddenly and randomly gain powers from some random bored God and each power is based on there passions



Astrology Nerd (Astro):
Astro gains the power of Spatial Manipulation which he can use for three specific applications.

1. Self-Levitation: He can float in and through the air but his movements are Linear and lacks flexibility and maneuverability and he can float as high as 10m of the ground and while levitating, his movement speed becomes 2x faster. The drawback to this is that he can only stay levitated for 5 mins, after which he'll need a minutes cool down time before he can levitate again.
2. Teleportation: He can utilize thought based teleportation which activates and executes at infinite speeds (zero seconds) but his range his limited to a 1km radius and he can only teleport once every 5 seconds. He can do a 5 second charge to Teleport Anywhere within a 10Km, but won't be able to utilize any of his Teleportation for 25 secs afterwards.
3. BFR Wormhole: He can create an instant-win high gravitation wormhole, that will pull in the and consume the entire battle area and warp everything except himself into the far reaches of the vacuum of space, however this takes a full minute to create and during this time he his completely still and unable to move and also the moment he attempts this the other competitors will pick up on it as well as this ability creates non harmful spatial distortions throughout the battle area which leads to his current location.

His equipment is a spatial sword, that can generate spatial energy sword slicing waves that can and will phase and cut through any solid object. The travel speed of these sword slicing waves are are also 2x faster than Astro's movement speed and the range of these sword attacks can reach up to Tens of Meters. The drawback is after 100 uses, the sword will break.


Historian Nerd (Story):
Story gains the power of Time Manipulation which he can use for three specific applications.

1. Time acceleration: He can accelerate time on himself to be able to increase his movement, combat and reaction speed by 2x, however this increase only last 10 secs after which is a 5 second cooldown period before he can use this ability again.
2. Time Deceleration: He can decelerate time all around the battle area and decrease the movement and combat speed of the opposition by 2x, however this deceleration only last 10 secs after which is a 5 second cooldown period before he can use this ability again.
3. Time Stop: He can stop time for around the battle area for 10 secs, during stopped time he can move but is unable to interact with his opponents. After time has resumed, their is a 5 second cooldown period before he can use this ability again.

Note: Only one ability may be activated at a time and each ability can be activated consecutively to each other but the cooldown period needed for ability reactivation will only pass when no ability is used. Each ability is also thought based.

His equipment is an AK-47, which has a bullet travel speed of 700 m/s and has a range of Hundreds of Meters. Each bullet that comes in contact with an opponent, will completely freeze that opponents movements in time for a period of 5 seconds. The drawback is that the weapon only comes with 200 bullets.


Geologist Nerd (Geo):
Geo gains the power of Matter Manipulation which he can use for three specific applications.

1. Gaseous Matter Manipulation: Can manipulate gaseous matter to manifest and utilize Fire and Plasma attacks. Fire Attacks takes 5 seconds to manifest and can travel at 2x faster than movement speed and has Tens of Meters of Range and Plasma attacks take 15 seconds to manifest and can travel at 3x faster than movement speed and has Hundreds of Meters of Range. Can be used without limit but must be deactivated to use other abilities and must wait the aforementioned time period before being able to use the ability again.
2. Solid Matter Transmutation: Can manipulate the solid matter of anything he touches, changing it into anything he wants as long as it's solid in nature and structure. The Transmutation is instant and only works on Non-Living Things.
3. Molecular Disruption: Can vibrate his own molecules to be able to completely phase through any and all solid objects and can also be used to completely disrupt and break apart the links between the molecules of anything he touches including opponents. Can only stay phased for 15 seconds and needs a 5 second cooldown before reactivation.

His Equipment is 25 Instant Kill Matter Destruction Bombs and the Range of the Bomb increases the lesser he has: 1Km with more than 12 bombs, 2Km with 12-7 Bombs, 3Km with 6-4 Bombs and 5Km with 3 or less Bombs. The Explosion of each nuke lasts for a minute. The travel speed of the Explosion of Each Bomb is 1.5x faster than the users movement speed and destroys all matter on contact and the explosion will not affect the user.


Statistics of All Characters

Attack Potency: Street Level
Speed: Baseline Supersonic (377.3 m/s)
Lifting Strength: Peak Human Level
Striking Strength: Street Level
Durability: Street Level
Stamina: High
Range: Standard Melee Range
Intelligence: Gifted

Battle Area: United States of America (9.834 million km²)


Rules:
Exiting the Battle Area is an instant lose
Win by Incap or Death
All characters are thinking strategically and tactfully
Starting distance: Each character are in three separate directions 1km from the Capitol Hill
Each character has a radar they can use to see each others current location once per 2 mins
Each character has prior knowledge of each others abilities BUT not their equipment


Which Nerd Takes The Win:

Astro :

Story:

Geo:

 

[Ss3micah]

I wonder if I placed WAY too much details into this for a Fun and Games Thread
I'm gonna be severely impressed if anyone can think of a clear winner with how specifically tuned I made this
I made sure to account for every possibility and variable that could turn towards any outcome
And a personal congratulations to anyone who can figure out who the winner is
Good Luck to You all who can find out who wins

 

[Orange]

Time dude wins for multiple reasons
If everyone tries to attack, he can just stop time and attack with himself, he can use declaration to slow down his opponents or their attacks, and use acceleration to speed up his own.

 

[Ss3micah]

Time dude wins for multiple reasons

Really Now

If everyone tries to attack, he can just stop time and attack with himself

True he can stop time to avoid attacks but as I stated before in the OP, while time is stopped he can't interact with his opponents

, he can use declaration to slow down his opponents or their attacks,

He's only slowing them down by 2x and besides, Astro can make up for this by Levitating as during levitation he can move at 2x speeds and as for Geo, he can just enter phase mode to avoid attacks

Then there is also the time limit . Time can only stay decelerated for 10 seconds at a time while Astro can stay levitated for up to 5 mins and Geo can phase up to 15 so they can more than wait it out especially since they both have knowledge of the ability

and use acceleration to speed up his own.

He can't stack his Abilities on top of each other and even if he did increase his speed, Astro could do the same for far longer with levitation and Geo could enter phase mode and wait him out

 

[Ss3micah]

Also you failed to mention how Story would kill em

 

[Orange]

Really Now

True he can stop time to avoid attacks but as I stated before in the OP, while time is stopped he can't interact with his opponents

He's only slowing them down by 2x and besides, Astro can make up for this by Levitating as during levitation he can move at 2x speeds and as for Geo, he can just enter phase mode to avoid attacks

Then there is also the time limit . Time can only stay decelerated for 10 seconds at a time while Astro can stay levitated for up to 5 mins and Geo can phase up to 15 so they can more than wait it out especially since they both have knowledge of the ability

He can't stack his Abilities on top of each other and even if he did increase his speed, Astro could do the same for far longer with levitation and Geo could enter phase mode and wait him out

I-
Strategy change
He stops time to evade attacks, or uses declaration to slow his his opponent [after the cool down finishes] or use acceleration to speed up his own attacks, thus even if he doesn't attack, he would just continue evading

 

[Orange]

Also you failed to mention how Story would kill em

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Genocide is the way

 

[Ss3micah]

I-
Strategy change
He stops time to evade attacks, or uses declaration to slow his his opponent [after the cool down finishes] or use acceleration to speed up his own attacks, thus even if he doesn't attack, he would just continue evading

True he can continue dodging with great proficiency giving he can up his speed, lower the others or just stop time

But at some point he's gonna have to try to win you know

 

[Ss3micah]

....
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Genocide is the way

His option to win lies in his equipment
His AK-47 has a travel speed of 700 m/s which is above 2x his and the others normal travel speed and the AK itself surpasses Street level Durability

He'd need to get of a head shot in order to win but be careful not to exhaust his rounds first

 

[Orange]

True he can continue dodging with great proficiency giving he can up his speed, lower the others or just stop time

But at some point he's gonna have to try to win you know

Yes, but here is the catch, his abilities are ann,thus it would be the best for the others to either team up with or against him.
If someone teams up with him, they can easily win against the other, then time dude would only have one to deal, increasing his chances of winning
But if they teamed up against him, he can just continue doing what he did till he tiers them off and finishes them

 

[Ss3micah]

His option to win lies in his equipment
His AK-47 has a travel speed of 700 m/s which is above 2x his and the others normal travel speed and the AK itself surpasses Street level Durability

He'd need to get of a head shot in order to win but be careful not to exhaust his rounds first

The others aren't aware of his weapon but they still have means of avoiding it

Astro with thought based teleportation
And Geo with Phasing/or he could react fast enough and catch the bullets and transmute them into marshmallows

 

[Orange]

His option to win lies in his equipment
His AK-47 has a travel speed of 700 m/s which is above 2x his and the others normal travel speed and the AK itself surpasses Street level Durability

He'd need to get of a head shot in order to win but be careful not to exhaust his rounds first

He can either use declaration to slow down his opponents and shoot Ak, or stop time and shoot ak [I know he can't extract with them, but he can just stop time, get close to them and fire his shoots at point blank range] or accelerate his shoots so it will be hard for them to evade

 

[Ss3micah]

Yes, but here is the catch, his abilities are ann,thus it would be the best for the others to either team up with or against him.
If someone teams up with him, they can easily win against the other, then time dude would only have one to deal, increasing his chances of winning
But if they teamed up against him, he can just continue doing what he did till he tiers them off and finishes them

The others can win on their own

Astro could go for BFR wormhole or use Spatial Slicing
Geo could for Fire/plasma attacks, Molecular Dura Neg or Matter Nuke

 

[Orange]

Or he can time stop and evade,or declaration and evade, or time stop and ak thier heads

The others can win on their own

Astro could go for BFR wormhole or use Spatial Slicing
Geo could for Fire/plasma attacks, Molecular Dura Neg or Matter Nuke

 

[Ss3micah]

He can either use declaration to slow down his opponents and shoot Ak, or stop time and shoot ak [I know he can't extract with them, but he can just stop time, get close to them and fire his shoots at point blank range] or accelerate his shoots so it will be hard for them to evade

Now your thinking Nara-chan

I admit that seems plausible
Time accelerating or decelerating would most likely put the gun at 4x normal travel speed

But your forgetting two things
1. 1km starting distance, he'd have to choose one to go after first as he can't after both at once
2. Both are aware of his Abilities so if they can react fast enough Astro could teleport and Geo could Geo could use one of his Nukes to create a 1km radius explosive shield around himself

 

[Orange]

1K is plenty, the bullet would be capeable of easily overcoming such distance in 2 seconds at most, but he can accelerate his bullets at two times the speed, so they would have 1400m/s, so one second is enough, they would be barely react to one. Much less 50. He has 200 bullets which is plenty, he can also just make his opponent slower. But remember if the bullets touches them, they will get paralysed, they will be paralysed enough so his ability would recharge, while they are paralysed, he can stop time and shot them at point blank range, this they would have to deal with it, but they can't. While they are paralysed, it's game over. Knowing his abilities is better, because they would form three basic strategies to confront these abilities, all he has to do is create three counter strategies to counter them, if he starts with time stop, he wins, if he speeds up his bullets he wins, if he slows them down, he wins

 

[Ss3micah]

Or he can time stop and evade,or declaration and evade, or time stop and ak thier heads

For Astro, he's gonna need to try and stop him as if he gets off his wormhole, it will suck in and warp the hole battle area into space (in other words insta win)

For Geo, giving his plasma attacks move at 3x speed, he should be able to counter with Accel or Decel or Stop but Geo can spam unlimitedly
So the moment Story exhaust all his Abilities, Geo can range snipe with plasma attacks providing Story doesn't react fast enough

 

[Orange]

Tho he can't interact with them, but he can do plenty, stop time and block or throw sands into their eyes, he can accelerate anything in his range right? He just needs to decel the movement of air molecules when they get inhaled, shocking them, or decel the movement of light rays, thus they would see the world in Slow motion but their bodies can't react.
He can also stop the movement of molecules in air by time stop, thus stopping their supply their oxygen supply

 

[Ss3micah]

1K is plenty, the bullet would be capeable of easily overcoming such distance in 2 seconds at most, but he can accelerate his bullets at two times the speed, so they would have 1400m/s, so one second is enough, they would be barely react to one. Much less 50. He has 200 bullets which is plenty, he can also just make his opponent slower. But remember if the bullets touches them, they will get paralysed, they will be paralysed enough so his ability would recharge, while they are paralysed, he can stop time and shot them at point blank range, this they would have to deal with it, but they can't. While they are paralysed, it's game over. Knowing his abilities is better, because they would form three basic strategies to confront these abilities, all he has to do is create three counter strategies to counter them, if he starts with time stop, he wins, if he speeds up his bullets he wins, if he slows them down, he wins

Nice Try I'll admit but here is my counter argument

What your saying COULD and most likely WOULD work out except for one thing. TIME STOP
The other two already know of this ability and have already prepared counter measures against it, even if they don't know what weapon he has or what it can do

At their travel speed, they both are aware that it would only take around 2 seconds to cover a 1km distance, which Story could easily do with Time Accel or Time Stop. Because both of them are aware that Story could Time Stop the moment the battle starts and then just use his radar to figure out their positions and run other to them while having seconds to spare.

If Story goes for Accel/Decel they are essentially dealing with a Bullet that moves 1400 m/s and have less than a second to react
If time stop they can assume that something is gonn be point blank range infront of them ready to strike them as soon as time starts

In Astro case he's immediately is gonna go for teleportation which only takes a thought to use and zero seconds to activate and execute, barely dodging the bullet by the skin of his teeth in either situation and then Story won't know where he is giving he lost his location and the radar won't work for another two minutes

In Geo case, He'll immediately go for Phasing to which is also thought based and phase through any potential harm and then to get some distance and breathing space, he could use 1km radius matter nuke to clear the area and since his own nuke doesn't affect him he can either hide in his own nuked space or use it as a cover/distraction to run outside and away undetected

 

[Ss3micah]

Tho he can't interact with them, but he can do plenty, stop time and block or throw sands into their eyes

That is of course IF they don't go for teleport or phasing right of the bat

, he can accelerate anything in his range right?

Nope, just himself and his weapon

He just needs to decel the movement of air molecules when they get inhaled, shocking them, or decel the movement of light rays, thus they would see the world in Slow motion but their bodies can't react.

Not sure how you figured this?
The Decel would affect the speed of their bodies like movement and breathing but it wouldn't affect their reaction speed nor the speed of the activation of their abilities

He can also stop the movement of molecules in air by time stop, thus stopping their supply their oxygen supply

They themselves are stopped in time so that won't happen at all

 

[Orange]

Why wouldn't it, the brain is a part of their body, unless the brain is in another dimension, it would get effected too. Tho he can use it right after the bat, making the time of the activation of their technique slower, thus giving him enough time to react and form a plan. Or use accel to make the duration of his abilities cooldown to happen faster

That is of course IF they don't go for teleport or phasing right of the bat

Nope, just himself and his weapon

Not sure how you figured this?
The Decel would affect the speed of their bodies like movement and breathing but it wouldn't affect their reaction speed nor the speed of the activation of their abilities

They themselves are stopped in time so that won't happen at all

 

[Orange]

Nice Try I'll admit but here is my counter argument

What your saying COULD and most likely WOULD work out except for one thing. TIME STOP
The other two already know of this ability and have already prepared counter measures against it, even if they don't know what weapon he has or what it can do

At their travel speed, they both are aware that it would only take around 2 seconds to cover a 1km distance, which Story could easily do with Time Accel or Time Stop. Because both of them are aware that Story could Time Stop the moment the battle starts and then just use his radar to figure out their positions and run other to them while having seconds to spare.

If Story goes for Accel/Decel they are essentially dealing with a Bullet that moves 1400 m/s and have less than a second to react
If time stop they can assume that something is gonn be point blank range infront of them ready to strike them as soon as time starts

In Astro case he's immediately is gonna go for teleportation which only takes a thought to use and zero seconds to activate and execute, barely dodging the bullet by the skin of his teeth in either situation and then Story won't know where he is giving he lost his location and the radar won't work for another two minutes

In Geo case, He'll immediately go for Phasing to which is also thought based and phase through any potential harm and then to get some distance and breathing space, he could use 1km radius matter nuke to clear the area and since his own nuke doesn't affect him he can either hide in his own nuked space or use it as a cover/distraction to run outside and away undetected

Though based is good, he can just wait until the one with teleportation to appear, stop time, and either shoot him, throw sand at his eyes or to run away, after time stop is finished the teleportation guy needs a away to counter it, but he won't, the moment time stops deactivates, he can use accel to make his bullets faster, thus killing him easily.
As for the one with phasing, he can fake it, basically he would shoot bullets, stop time, catch the bullets to stop them from hitting or change their direction, the phasing guy would phase, but it would just be a fake, once phasing stops, he can shoot at him again either by accel, decel or time stop

 

[Ss3micah]

Why wouldn't it, the brain is a part of their body, unless the brain is in another dimension, it would get effected too.

What your suggestion RARELY ever happens. What your talking about is slowing down their perception of time rather than time itself.

Tho he can use it right after the bat, making the time of the activation of their technique slower

How would activation time be slower if it only takes zero seconds?

, thus giving him enough time to react and form a plan. Or use accel to make the duration of his abilities cooldown to happen faster

He can't use his abilities to affect the cooldown but nice try though

 

[Ss3micah]

Though based is good, he can just wait until the one with teleportation to appear

He's not gonna appear right in front of him cause he knows he won't be able to teleport for some time and he could stop time again so fat chance of that happening

stop time, and either shoot him, throw sand at his eyes or to run away, after time stop is finished the teleportation guy needs a away to counter it, but he won't, the moment time stops deactivates, he can use accel to make his bullets faster, thus killing him easily.

What your saying would work and would happen if he was stupid enough to teleport directly in front of the guy despite full well knowing he can't use his teleportation for another 5 seconds

As for the one with phasing, he can fake it, basically he would shoot bullets, stop time, catch the bullets to stop them from hitting or change their direction, the phasing guy would phase, but it would just be a fake, once phasing stops, he can shoot at him again either by accel, decel or time stop

Phasing still remains active for 15 seconds
He can simply phase into and move under ground or use nuke to ward him off

 

[Orange]

You are correct but, Story shoots his bullets, one teleports, and the other phases
1- why we would assume he would teleport as his first thing to do, where would he teleport, why would he use such great move as his first move, this shooting bullets would give him a reason to teleport, but here is the catch. Story stops time and shoots bullet from five different angles, the teleport guy needs to find a way to espace, but he is in stopped time, thus after time continues, he would be lucky to teleport away, but in any way he chooses would have a bullet waiting for him, the five initial bullets only make his choices of places less, but not zero, thus making him a bit more predictable. And remember, he has cool down, thus he teleports, saves himself, cool down and die by accel bullets. Or take the bullets and die
2- the phasing stays for 15 seconds, thus he can start with it, but story would use his abilities to make him busy, andbuse his phasing, all he needs is 15 seconds, he can buy the time by just running away from him, once it's finished, decel + 40 bullets, boom he wins

 

[Orange]

What your suggestion RARELY ever happens. What your talking about is slowing down their perception of time rather than time itself.

How would activation time be slower if it only takes zero seconds?

He can't use his abilities to affect the cooldown but nice try though

1- Thie Brain would prices the information let's just say, 5 seconds [I know it needs less time] by either accl time, the body wouldn't be able to handle the amount of information that gets processed at an abnormal speeds, or use decel to make the duration with information travels to the brain longer thus the body wouldn't have any information to even react accordingly

 

[Ss3micah]

You are correct but, Story shoots his bullets, one teleports, and the other phases

Mm-hmm

1- why we would assume he would teleport as his first thing to do

Because he knows:
That story has a radar he can use to figure out his location
That it only takes about 2 secs for Story to run 1km and that time frame becomes less with Accel/Decel
That story can stop time and be point blank in his face with an attack in less than a split second

Knowing all these things
Astro know that speed favours Story and he'll abuse it and the radar to his advantage first chance he gets

That being the case Teleport is gonna be his first action 90% of the time
The other 10% is unless he's being stupid

, where would he teleport

Anywhere within a Km radius, at least with that he could wars of story for 2 mins since he wouldn't be able to re uses his radar for that amount of time

would he use such great move as his first move

Because he knows it's his only speed and evasion edge and Story is fast AF with Time Hax and had a radar which he'll use to get his location

this shooting bullets would give him a reason to teleport

Astro isn't aware of his Weapon, just his Abilities. But knowing he can cover 1km in 2-3 secs plus Time Stop is enough reason to teleport from the get go to avoid any potential harm

here is the catch. Story stops time and shoots bullet from five different angles, the teleport guy needs to find a way to espace, but he is in stopped time, thus after time continues, he would be lucky to teleport away, but in any way he chooses would have a bullet waiting for him, the five initial bullets only make his choices of places less, but not zero, thus making him a bit more predictable.

His teleportation range is 1km radius. Even if Story does shoot in 5,10,15 or 50 different directions from his current location, they bullets would all spread out and never hit Astro because Story has no way knowing where he'll jump to and the radar won't be able to tell him until another 2 mins have passed

And remember, he has cool down, thus he teleports, saves himself, cool down and die by accel bullets. Or take the bullets and die

If by SOME CHANCE he teleports in the line of direction if a bullet and even then he can survive if it's non fatal

2- the phasing stays for 15 seconds, thus he can start with it, but story would use his abilities to make him busy, andbuse his phasing, all he needs is 15 seconds, he can buy the time by just running away from him, once it's finished, decel + 40 bullets, boom he wins

If uses his 15secs to switch into plasma
He can range strike at Story with 3x speed
Even if Story has 4x speed with Accel/Decel, he can at least use it to create a barrier to keep Story away from him so bullets wouldn't get through

Or if anything, just go for Matter Nuke and force story to take cover

And that's assuming Story hasn't exhausted all his Abilities and are now on cool down

 

[Ss3micah]

1- Thie Brain would prices the information let's just say, 5 seconds [I know it needs less time] by either accl time, the body wouldn't be able to handle the amount of information that gets processed at an abnormal speeds, or use decel to make the duration with information travels to the brain longer thus the body wouldn't have any information to even react accordingly

Unfortunately not
Whenever time is slowed down or stopped, all things compensate for each other

Otherwise people would die during time stop via organs not moving and breathing

 

[Orange]

Unfortunately not
Whenever time is slowed down or stopped, all things compensate for each other

Otherwise people would die during time stop via organs not moving and breathing

Sadly indeed, but it doesn't matter that much kk

 

[Orange]

Mm-hmm

Because he knows:
That story has a radar he can use to figure out his location
That it only takes about 2 secs for Story to run 1km and that time frame becomes less with Accel/Decel
That story can stop time and be point blank in his face with an attack in less than a split second

Knowing all these things
Astro know that speed favours Story and he'll abuse it and the radar to his advantage first chance he gets

That being the case Teleport is gonna be his first action 90% of the time
The other 10% is unless he's being stupid


Anywhere within a Km radius, at least with that he could wars of story for 2 mins since he wouldn't be able to re uses his radar for that amount of time

Because he knows it's his only speed and evasion edge and Story is fast AF with Time Hax and had a radar which he'll use to get his location

Astro isn't aware of his Weapon, just his Abilities. But knowing he can cover 1km in 2-3 secs plus Time Stop is enough reason to teleport from the get go to avoid any potential harm

His teleportation range is 1km radius. Even if Story does shoot in 5,10,15 or 50 different directions from his current location, they bullets would all spread out and never hit Astro because Story has no way knowing where he'll jump to and the radar won't be able to tell him until another 2 mins have passed

If by SOME CHANCE he teleports in the line of direction if a bullet and even then he can survive if it's non fatal

If uses his 15secs to switch into plasma
He can range strike at Story with 3x speed
Even if Story has 4x speed with Accel/Decel, he can at least use it to create a barrier to keep Story away from him so bullets wouldn't get through

Or if anything, just go for Matter Nuke and force story to take cover

And that's assuming Story hasn't exhausted all his Abilities and are now on cool down

1- he wouldn't teleport for three reasons. 1- He knows if he teleported, he won't use it for 5 seconds, a big draw back, thus he would try saving it for later, 2- if he teleports and arrived, he gets time stopped, thus he needs to teleport when time stop is finished and it's during it's cool down. 3- using a move like that at first is stupid, where would he teleport? To the air? To somewhere in 1KM radius so he just gets time stopped? His best thing to do is to teleport after the bullets gets fired, but let's say it's his first thing to do, he teleports somewhere, cool he us getting deccel+ 50 bullets, he doesn't have enough time to react, or accel + 70 bullets, he can't do shit. Or 100 bullet + time stop, 100 point blank range bullets, after time stop over, either use accel, or decel, dead.
2- matter dude is the worst, he can turn into plasma, after it he can just nuke it.
Thus matter dude, time dude, space dude

 

[Ss3micah]

1- he wouldn't teleport for three reasons.

Enlighten me

1- He knows if he teleported, he won't use it for 5 seconds, a big draw back, thus he would try saving it for later,

He also knows that if he doesn't use it he could risk potential harm and he's also aware of Story abilities and cooldown lag so it's not spammable
And he also knows that Story can track his location with Radar

Knowing the possibility exist
That Story minght decide to go after him first
And also might decide to decide to use the radar and know exactly where he is
And might decide to Accel/Decel over and attack

Is more than enough reason to be cautious by teleporting from the get go and maintaining distance and hiding your location

Than to risk it all and wait and see what happens and hope and pray that Story doesn't go for speed blitz combinations

And being the case that they all had prep, knowledge of each other abilities and gifted intelligence. It's more than likely he'll play cautious than risky and go for Teleportation right away

The 5 second cooldown also wouldn't be an issue as he knows story would have to deal with his own cool down as well plus Radar Recharge

2- if he teleports and arrived, he gets time stopped, thus he needs to teleport when time stop is finished and it's during it's cool down.

Except story wouldn't know where to find him cause he's already used the radar prior
So even if Story Time Stop after he jumped, he'd be searching blindly and after time resumes he would have to wait out the cooldown, and Astro could use the opportunity to warp over and potentially finish him off before his cooldown elapses as the cool down only stars when no abilities are in use

So essentially
He uses radar and finds Astro location and uses Accel and rushes over, Astro warps away

He uses time stop consecutively and searches blindly for him finding nothing

Astral warps back after time stop and uses Levitation to give himself 2x speed to counter Story last option of Decel

After 5 seconds Decel stops and now Story is gonna have to wait out 15 secs of cooldown before he can use his Abilities while Astroy has Levitation with 2x speed edge and Range Spatial Sword Slice that also travels at 2x Speed

And even if Story is somehow successful in waiting in out
Astro can just warp back outta range and it would've only been like 45secs so the radar still wouldn't work

3- using a move like that at first is stupid,

It's even more stupid to assume your opponent won't go for their optimal strategy first and nor using your only counter on the get go

where would he teleport?

A building
An underground facility
A hotel
That bar in Vegas
The presidents underground bunker
In a lake
In a Trash can

Anywhere he knows Story won't be able to Scoop him out and is least likely to try and shoot at

To the air? To somewhere in 1KM radius so he just gets time stopped?

Doesn't matter. Story wouldn't know where to find him and would exhaust his time stop. Unless what your proposing is that Story can search every inch of a 1km wide radius FROM ASTRAL CENTER POINT in 10 secs

His best thing to do is to teleport after the bullets gets fired

He doesn't know about the gun, none of them are aware of each other's weapons

He's only aware of the Abilities and the Time Hax plus his speed is a deadly combination that he knows his teleportation is his only counter to

So why would save it for later?

, but let's say it's his first thing to do, he teleports somewhere, cool he us getting deccel+ 50 bullets, he doesn't have enough time to react, or accel + 70 bullets, he can't do shit. Or 100 bullet + time stop, 100 point blank range bullets, after time stop over, either use accel, or decel, dead.

All this is assuming the Radar is active at all times which it isn't. It's a one use 1 second notification indicator of his current location thing and then down for 2 mins.

Meaning if Astro jumps after he uses his radar, he won't know nor be able to tell where the hell is until the radar recharges and Astro will have plenty of time to wait out his 5 sec cooldown plus plan better for his assault

2- matter dude is the worst, he can turn into plasma, after it he can just nuke it.
Thus matter dude, time dude, space dude

He doesn't turn into plasma
He can just utilize it omnidirectionally and complete versatility

Meaning he can use it to cover his body, shield himself, release plasma in omnidirectional manner to keep Story away and his bullets from doing anything

Or if that falls just use matter Nuke to send Story running and since the explosion itself last for a minute, he can sit safely in the explosion thinking of a plan or using it as cover to run of somewhere within or outside the 1km radius of the explosion