Psychic Shield
As a side effect of his healing factor, Deadpool's (Marvel) brain cells are perpetually dying and regenerating in equilibrium, rendering him nearly invulnerable to psychic and telepathic powers.
Power/Ability to:	Be immune to all psychic or empathic powers

The power to be immune or highly resistant to all psychic penetration. A psychic equivalent to Invulnerability. Opposite power to Mental Shield Penetration Not to be confused with Psychic Shadow.

Also Called

• Empathic Immunity
• Mental Shield
• Mental Shielding
• Mind Block
• Mind Blocking
• Occlumency
• Perspicuity
• Psychic Invulnerability
• Telepathic Invulnerability
• Telepathic Immunity

Capabilities

The user can erect, expand, or deactivate a psychic shield, which will protect against any or all mental intrusion. This includes defense against psychic or empathic powers, hypnosis, as well as illusions and deception. Mind readers only “hear” static, while mind controllers are incapable of manipulating those shielded.

Applications

• See through mental illusions and deception.
• Resistance to mental intrusion.
• Protect others similarly.

Techniques

• "Anamnesis": to resist or withstand memory manipulation
• "Compulsion Immunity": to withstand abilities that compel the user to perform an action
• "Empathic Shield": to resist or withstand emotion manipulation
• "Psionic Shield": to protect oneself or others from psychic penetration
• "Seduction Immunity": to withstand seductive love, lust and sex-based abilities

Associations

• Imperceptibility
• Mental Manipulation
• Psychic Shadow
• Reflective Immutability
• Psychic version of Tracking Evasion

Limitations

• Can often still be affected by psionic powers, unless psionic shield is very strong
• High-level telepaths may be able to bypass the shield.
• User may still be able to receive a telepath's projected thoughts.
• May not always work only when telepaths' thoughts are projected.
• Shield may have to be consciously activated.
• Shield Penetration may be able to penetrate the shield.
• Doesn't work against physical abilities.

Known Users

Gallery

Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) unsuccessfully attempts to read Angel's mind.

Due to his split personality, Moon Knight (Marvel Comics) is resistant to psychic powers and attacks.

Gene's (Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops) mental shielding is so powerful that not even his psychic henchman, Ursula, can read his mind.

The darkness in Fanoxean's (The Young Guardians) mind is so great that it renders him immune to all forms of telepathic assault.

Not only he block telepathic abilities, Rene (Heroes) can focus to make others immune too when he's around.

Daphne Powell (No Ordinary Family)

JJ Powell (No Ordinary Family) can resist her sister's "Telepathic Push" due to his brain functioning more powerful.

Magneto (Marvel) has trained himself extensively to resist telepathy, and the effect is enhanced by his helmet.

Thanks to his strong will, Batman (DC) is resistant to mind control.

Solid Snake (Metal Gear) was able to block out Psycho Mantis' mind-reading ability.

Bella Cullen (Twilight Saga) projects her psychic shield to block psychic attacks.

Severus Snape, Occlumens (Harry Potter).

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