@comicstooge: Alright before I get started, I would just like to point out one thing. I have never gotten a hold of the inFAMOUS comics, so this debate will only be game Cole feats unless I happen to run into the comics, which I find unlikely. Also, could you edit the OP? It's spelled MacGrath not McGrath, common mistake though, no worries :)
Powers:
Cole MacGrath was granted extraordinary superpowers in the form of electrokinesis, but not limited to just that. He also has napalm abilities, the ability to slightly alter the gravity, drain the life from his foes, and even partially slow down time. Since this is Evil MacGrath, he won't be in possession of his ice abilities, which he possesses in his Good karma counterpart.
I'll keep it short and sweet with powers just for the sake of this post.
Cole's able to manipulate electricity into quite a few different forms.
Lightning Bolts
Grenades
Ionic Abilities
Rockets
Shields
Pure Electricity formed into blades
Shockwaves
Ability to glide, and quite a bit more, which I will continue to show you.
This shows Cole's abilities in inFAMOUS 2, since I thought showing an individual clip for every single one of his powers is unnecessary, I hope this will suffice for you. I understand Cage's durability to electricity is great, but from the feats you've shown it only shows him resisting electricity pulsing through his body, so there's a possibility attacks like grenades or rockets can hurt him, since they lay with impact as well. For instance, Cole can not be hurt by electricity, yet if the player shoots one of Cole's rocket/grenades too close to Cole, he will be damaged.
This is Precision, an ability where Cole can slow down time very slightly, and better focus himself in hitting the opponent. Giving Cole an advantage of being able to hit Cage if he needs it, but their speed both seems to be mediocre at best so they shouldn't have trouble hitting each other.
Apologies for the horrible quality, but this is the Polarity Wall. An electric generated shield Cole uses to defend himself from incoming fire. It's capable of soaking most type of gunfire (I don't believe it could soak RPG blasts, but that's due to the explosion) and even Kessler's electricity streams. He can also attack while using this shield.
I'll elaborate more on his powers as the debate continues, hopefully I've covered enough so far. I also don't know if there's any statements that explain how much volts Cage can handle, but I believe Cole stated one of his electric streams held "20,000 volts" behind it.
Strength:
Cole's not very strong in comparison to Luke, I mean take away his powers and he's just a regular bike courier. However with his powers unlocked, I believe he had peak human strength and possibly higher. Cage is without a doubt much stronger than Cole, but lifting strength is irrelevant in terms of a fight. Only real strength feat that I can remember is this:
Cole is no martial artist, he's only used hand to hand combat in the first inFAMOUS game, and in Street Fighter X Tekken, but in both games he used pretty standard attacks. He has an ability in the game PlayStation Allstars known as the "Giga Punch", where he engulfs his fist in flame, and punches his opponent with enough force to knock them to their knees. I won't rely on feats from Allstars, I just thought you wouldn't mind me using this attack, since it is not present in his games.
He does the punch right at the beginning of the video. However hand to hand will probably not come into play for this fight, Cole loves fighting with range and that's just what he'll do.
Agility:
The Electric Man is quite agile himself, being a highly skilled parkourist and all. He scaled Alden's Tower which was a huge tower made of garbage and debris, not to mention he jumped off it too. Yeah, Cole doesn't take fall damage by the way.
Cole learned to parkour even before he had his powers, and he only got better. Seriously, you can scale pretty well everything in inFAMOUS games.
Durability:
MacGrath's got pretty good durability himself, now Luke blows him out of the water no doubt, but, still worth mentioning what he's got. First off, even before his dormant powers were unlocked, Zeke stated Cole got run over by a freight truck and recovered in just a couple of days.
Cole handled being squeezed by the Beast pretty well, however he fell unconscious after he had used too much power (by the way, this was beginning of inFAMOUS 2 Cole) Now people argue that Cole was only being held by the Beast in this scene, which is false for two reasons:
Reason 1. If you do not hit the button prompts to attack while John (The Beast) is squeezing you, you will see blood start to trickle around the screen, a sign throughout the game for the player to know that Cole is taking damage.
Reason 2. At the end of the game, John states he was trying to kill Cole in their first fight. I mean if I was a giant trying to kill somebody, I would be squeezing them, not holding them so they have a better shot at hurting me.
Like I stated he doesn't take fall damage, and he can regenerate from bullet wounds (not severe wounds like losing limbs or ect)
Here Cole gets hit in the head by a military chopper while he is on a speeding car, and he isn't even phased by this.
I think this should be enough for my opener, I'll elaborate more on the powers while our debate continues, don't worry about that. I didn't bother to mention anything about speed because quite frankly Cole isn't that fast (he couldn't catch up to a speeding car while he was on foot), not to mention he can slow down time to his advantage, however I don't see Cage being too quick for MacGrath.
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