They Could Be Flashier
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For some of the most powerful beings to control their elements in the world, the Nuva aren't really acting like it this year. The Phantoka did have some nice moments, like Kopaka pummelling Mutran with ice or Pohatu conjuring boulders out of nowhere, but even those weren't half as powerful as what we saw the Nuva do back in 2002 and 2003.
One of my first thoughts after we learned about the Phantoka half of this year was Lewa and Kopaka teaming up to conjure a raging blizzard, or all three flying in a circle to make a cyclone of rocks and ice. Lewa, like Hahli last year, is surrounded by his element – he could beat up the Makuta with wind blasts and cyclones and some creativity, knock off the Makuta's Shadow Matoran eyes, blow the leeches away from everyone when they attack...
Or maybe he could do something like Iron Man's repulsor blasts (or whatever their proper name is) and use a concentrated blast of air to throw someone backwards.
And it's not like Kopaka and Pohatu don't have similar amounts of power either. In MoL, Kopaka knocked three Rahkshi out of the air with a wave of his sword and then froze a lake solid in an instant. He can't do the latter two thousand feet or so off the ground, but he and Pohatu could encase the Makuta in ice and stone and make them fall out of the air... That wouldn't last long, since they could just use Fragmentation and Disintegration to free themselves, but it could buy the Nuva time or keep the Makuta distracted if they did it repeatedly.
I would love to see Kopaka just swing his arm through the air and have a dozen spikes of ice fly outward from him... Pohatu could do that too.
The Mistika have a couple good moments too, but their battles with the Makuta left me wanting a lot more. Into the spoiler tags!
But still, there's much to be desired. Onua captured by Bitil(s)? Even when he's immobilized, telepathically make the earth explode under them, create a sinkhole, bury his captors, break Bitil's concentration and thus his control over Onua, and then fly away.
Gali confronted by Gorast? I have this great image of Gali leaping into the air, water flying up with her, then using streams of water to batter Gorast and finally burying her under a tidal wave. All the while she'd use her Nynrah blaster to make a shield against any of Gorast's attacks...
And Tahu against Krika should have been easy. Even while Krika is freezing him slowly, he should be able to call up his own Fire power and warm himself, then actually make it so that he's heating the are as Krika is cooling it, and finally unleash a firestorm against him and wrap Krika in white-hot fires. Cold might be his greatest weakness, but he's a Toa Nuva.
And then there's the problem of their Kanohi Nuva. If what I've heard is correct, their ability to switch masks is impeded by the forces that guard Karda Nui. I have mixed emotions on this. I love the idea, since Karda Nui is supposed to be well-protected against outsiders, but at the same time it cripples one of the Nuva's greatest assets – and they need all the power they can get this year. If they could just summon their Hau when they each need it, half their problems would be solved.
(To ward off comments that might still happen even with this warning: this is an observation and a list of imaginations more than it is a complaint. Treat it as that.)
Oh, would anyone else mind reviewing Learn to Fly? It's really not that long...
~ Soundwave
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