Editing Cyclops (Marvel Comics) (section)

===Skills===
Cyclops seems to possess an uncanny sense of geometry, in this sense used to describe his observation of objects around himself and the angles found between surfaces of these objects. Cyclops has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to cause his optic blasts to ricochet and/or reflect off those objects in a trajectory to his liking. This is commonly called a "banked shot" when applied to this talent. Cyclops has been observed causing beams to reflect from over a dozen surfaces in the course of one blast, and still hit his intended target accurately. It is his sense of superhumanly enhanced spatial awareness that allows him to perform these feats as well.<ref name="Uncanny X-Men #144"/><ref name="Uncanny X-Men #124"/> On two occasions Cyclops has been fast enough to blindly predict the position of [[Quicksilver (comics)|Quicksilver]] and [[Northstar (Marvel Comics)|Northstar]] who were moving at superhuman speeds with enough accuracy to hit them with his optic blast.<ref>''The Uncanny X-Men'' #45</ref><ref>''The Uncanny X-Men'' #121</ref> Cyclops is an expert pilot of fixed-wing aircraft, a skill he appears to have inherited from his father. It has also been implied that his geometric sense improves his abilities in the air. Cyclops has spent most of his superhero career as the leader of either the X-Men or X-Factor and has developed exceptional leadership skills. According to [[Nick Fury]]'s files, Scott's abilities are at their best during tense situations. Fury notes that the less time Cyclops has to think about a decision, the better that decision is.<ref>''"Secret War TPB" Appendix''</ref> Even when vacationing in the Savage Land, while others enjoy watching two dinosaurs fight, Scott analyzes their strength and calculates how to defeat them by himself.<ref>''The Uncanny X-Men'' #495 (April 1988).</ref> Even [[Sebastian Shaw (comics)|Sebastian Shaw]] has acknowledged Cyclops's skill in taking advantage of the single flaw in the Hellfire Club's defense to reverse a dire situation for the X-Men.<ref>''The Uncanny X-Men'' #134</ref>  When the other X-Men were hypnotized into thinking Cyclops was the Dark Phoenix and started hunting him down, he thwarted Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Storm in quick succession before fleeing to the [[Danger Room]] and creating a jungle environment in which to hide from his fellow X-Men, allowing him to outwit and defeat [[Kitty Pryde|Shadowcat]], Wolverine, Colossus, Storm, and Rogue, all while suffering from broken ribs.<ref>''The Uncanny X-Men #175''</ref> In ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #150, Cyclops organizes the X-Men to defeat Magneto at a time when the team is denied their mutant powers. Cyclops also has extensive training in martial arts and unarmed combat, including black belts in [[Judo]]<ref>''The Uncanny X-Men'' #121 (May 1979)</ref> and [[Hapkido]]. While not a telepath himself, Cyclops has trained himself in various psychic defenses after his relationships with Jean Grey and Emma Frost. As a result, when he was possessed by a fragment of the Void – the seemingly unstoppable evil side of the [[Sentry (Robert Reynolds)|Sentry]] – Cyclops was able to use this training to seal the Void in an inescapable prison within his own mind when even Emma Frost had only been able to stop the same Void fragment by turning into her diamond form where she had no telepathic abilities.<ref>''The Uncanny X-Men'' #519</ref>

During the "[[Riot at Xavier's]]" storyline, Cyclops faces off against [[Quentin Quire]]'s [[Omega Gang]] and can be observed doing a cartwheel while firing his optic blast at [[Phaser (comics)|Radian]]'s leg.<ref>''New X-Men #137''</ref> In a fight with the Horseman of Apocalypse named War, Cyclops executes an acrobatic flip off a statue in the graveyard and while inverted in mid-air fires his optic blast into the mouth of the robotic mount.<ref>''X-Factor #25''</ref>