Grrl Power #971 – Riprap Punch!
These action pages don’t always leave a lot to talk about. Vehemence tries to punch Ren, Ren hits first, blows are exchanged, V gets knocked through a cliff. Okay, that’s a little more interesting.
I’ve called Ren’s power super adrenaline, and that’s basically what it is, but in some ways he almost kind of works like a Barbarian from Diablo 3, where the longer a fight goes on, the more access to amazing powers he has. Yeah, in a lot of ways, he’s actually very similar to Vehemence, though Veemy gets stronger from any violence happening in his vicinity. Ren has to be much more of an active participant, and it’s not like he develops the ability to talk with fish or anything. I mean he gets progressively stronger, tougher, faster and heals faster. When he first discovered his powers, his “Rage Meter” topped out at Ten. When he sparred with Max, he was nearing Fifty. Right now he’s pushing Sixty, Sixty-Five. His training has expanded his pool, but he’s constantly spending that pool when he moves fast, heals, etc.
So to answer Sydney’s question, he’ll definitely hit his cap before Vehemence does. Another five years of training? The two of them might actually be able to fight each other to a standstill. Except, as we saw in his first appearance, Vehemence can start basically making up powers when he has a massive amount of energy to throw around. It’s like a mage with the ability to cast any spell he’s ever seen, but if he hasn’t studied it, the mana cost is multiplied 10 times. And in Vehemence’s case, he’s got phat mojo to drop. So Ren by himself wouldn’t be able to beat Veemy in straight fight, but he’ll eventually be a significant addition to the team’s punch factor.
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The only thing that’s going to keep Arianna from dying of an aneurism when she hears they didn’t Pay Per View this is how spectacularly bad it’s about to go. I’m guessing Max is about to learn an lesson about limits and hubris.
Well, that’s a lesson that’s long overdue! That kind of extreme self-confidence tends to bite you the moment you least expect it. And as Qui-Gon told us: ‘There’s always a bigger fish!’ Max just hasn’t met it yet.
by her own comments she did, its just that said bigger fish is dead (or supposedly dead, you know how things are in comics)
Halo trying to hit a moving target while flying.
The light hook probably won’t be that effective if he can over power it.
Lots of combat fails soon. ;)
She’s hit moving targets while flying before. On Alar (Alari Prime?). And she did phenomenally well…. and that was before she had the featherfall ability. :)
As for Ren’s code name – it is in the last panel – “Chud”. (If only to have Arianna find out what it means belatedly and see her squirm trying to put a spin on it.)
As for the fight, this is most interesting. Ren’s “super-adrenaline” seems to go up just as Kevin becomes more vehement.
that is a sound effect there, like Batman’s pow and bop.
Wait, are you getting confused with a Chad or maybe a Chav?
Have never heard of ‘chud’ other than as a sound effect (or maybe some obscure movie)
C.H.U.D
Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller
A mid 80’s horror film, cult classic
Gotta be honest, this level of super strength and resilience isn’t what I usually imagine when I hear “Super Adrenaline”. Like, I was under the impression that Ren was a speedster, not a fucking brute.
If you push in fast-time, you can apply more force/second than in regular time, making it look like super strength.
Plus, overclocking must very like require more resilience so that you don’t damage yourself by said overclocking.
Had a thought for Ren: “Hype”. Like getting hyped up, as a synonym for building adrenaline.