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This isn't a thread to post the best combinations of powers, but which powers fit what powers the most. I know Compounding steel is awesome; but what significantly improves Steelpushing is Feruchemical iron, not Feruchemical steel. I will update this post with other good combinations. It's mostly about taking a power and thinking "what does that thing lack? How can we make it better?" or "which power are similar so you get all the powers associated with that"? (Please restrain from mentioning Compoundings - let's assume that whenever someone points out Feruchemical power, it also could mean Compounding it, as it's upgrade of that power; but unless both powers of the metal are relevant, don't mention it) (The same goes with powers like Allomantic atium or Feruchemical gold or Feruchemical zinc or Feruchemical nicrosil- those that are universally awesome so unless you have a good reason why that power matches the rest, don't mention it) Allomantic iron/Allomantic steel and Feruchemical iron Crasher combo is the most obvious one. Bloodsealing and Awakening We don't know much about Bloodsealing, but from what we have seen of it, it can animate skeletons. I think Awakening would go along with it really well. Forger, Allomantic gold, Lightweaver The whole idea of that thread started with Allomantic gold and Soul Forgery. I mean, it could be a lot easier to create Essence Mark if you can burn gold and see your alternate selves; perhaps you could deduce what are important points in your history and that could be a great aid in creating your Essence Mark; I suspect that burning gold while being stamped would allow you to simultaneously be your Forged Self and remember your original self as gold shadow. (A WoB says the gold shadows would change when Stamped) Now, as Lightweavers deal with creating false versions of themselves and uncovering truths about themselves, both Soul Forgery and Augur go along with it pretty well. It could also allow to cut Stormlight cost for Lightweaving your appearance. I don't know how Forgery and Soulcasting would fit each other, as Soulcasting seems much easier to transform things and it's much more pernament. On the other hand, I doubt Soulcasting could Forge a wall into painting like Shai did in her cell. So there is that; also Lightweavers are about art and creation (and perhaps a little of scholar type, if Shallan is any indication) so it would go along with Forgery. I'd throw also Feruchemical Identity in the mix, but we don't really know how that works (yeah, even after BoM). Maybe Feruchemical Connection, too? Sensory Upgrade Pack aka Allomantic tin, Feruchemical tin, Heightenings Full sensory pack. Sand Mastery, Feruchemical bendalloy and Feruchemical iron Since Sand Mastery requires hydrenation (similarly how Awakening requires color), Feruchemical bendalloy is the perfect complementing power. Feruchemical iron since it's easier to lift oneself without weighting anything. Hemalurgy and Shardblade I mean, Hemalurgy is about ripping parts of Spiritweb and Sharblade is something which can cut the soul. If only there were some Shardscalpels... Instead of ripping out and shoving in parts of souls, you could cut out and implant. More ideas! Your turn! EDIT 1 (2016-07-18): Gravitation Surge and Feruchemical iron (by Yata) Storing or tapping weight while flying can lead to useful effects; we don't know whether more massive or bigger objects need more Stormlight, but we cover both situations: Volume Scaling: Exponential force by tapping weight linearly and Lashing linearly (F=ma) Mass Scaling: Reversing the trick - by storing a lot of weigh it's possible to exploit an extremely cheap Lashing to travel for a very long time (the Stormlight usage will be really, really low) Kandra and healing (Feruchemical gold or Stormlight) (by Drake Marshall) Kandra are very hard to kill, as they laugh off any damage (pain is only unpleasant to them) and can do with their bodies whatever they want. Combine that with the ability to heal those kinds of wounds which would be damaging to them (acid, Shardblades, probably fire or radiation) and they become truly immortal. Unless brain (or kandra's equivalent of such thing) is detroyed, of course. Lifesense, Allomantic bronze, Feruchemical duraluminium (inspired by the post of Drake Marshall) Investiture sensory pack. In case Lifesense works on Connection, there is Feruchemical duraluminium to strenghten it. (Nope - you can Lifesense things you're not Connected to. WoB from Krakow) Stormlight, Allomantic pewter, Feruchemical cadmium, probably Feruchemical gold (inspired by the post of Drake Marshall) Holding Stormlight requires not breathing... and that's a very easy thing to do if you have Feruchemical cadmium. Anyway, holding stormlight is very similar to Allomantic pewter, although Allomantic pewter is weaker at healing. So why not throw Feruchemical gold in the mix? That way it becomes very hard to kill such person and their physical abilities are very strong. Note: we can also throw in various Feruchemical abilities like steel, pewter and so on, but I don't see a point in overloading one entry. Elantrian, Stormlight, Heightenings, Feruchemical gold (inspired by the post of Drake Marshall) Agelessness + maximum healthiness pack. Extreme glowing aura XD Lightweaver, Allomantic copper, Feruchemical copper Lightweavers have two memories of an event: a normal memory and a Memory (if they made one). With Copper Compounding they could have more Memories of the same event to use more than once. Also, Allomantic copper would hide their Lightweaving from Investiture sensors, making them ultimate ninjas. Or they could just Lightweave themselves and not worry about any sensor detecting the illusion. + probably Sensory Upgrade Pack to augment the quality of memories EDIT 2 (2016-07-22): Surge of Abrasion, Feruchemical steel Moving very fast and controlling friction? That's, like, seriously overpowered. I mean, if you can turn off friction of your whole body, you will continue to move as long as you have enough Stormlight - all that matters is initial speed and with Feruchemical speed that can be very, very high. EDIT 3 (2016-08-25): Lightweaver, Allomantic zinc/Allomantic brass (by Drake Marshall) Lighweavers' actions seems to be centered around interaction with people, be it inspiring them, deceiving them or hiding from them. For all of these manipulation of emotions goes along well. Surge of Gravity and Allomantic steel/Allomantic iron (by Drake Marshall) While Lashing allows for more freedom (as you don't need anchors), Steelpushing/Ironpulling allows for far more maneuvrability and quick at that. I also suspect that the Lurcher technique of Pulling projectiles to their protected chest would be well augmented by creating a Reverse Lashing on that plate. Elantrian, Feruchemical zinc, Feruchemical copper, Feruchemical steel (inspired by Ari) Feruchemical zinc would allow for a far quicker evaluation of the situation and would help of inventing the proper sequence of Aons; Feruchemical copper would allow for a really extensive list of not only Aons and modifiers, but also many pre-prepared complex sequences; Feruchemical steel obviously allows for drawing very quickly what counteracts one of the major flaws of AonDor in combat. Truthwatcher, Sak (death predicting bird), Allomantic electrum, Allomantic atium, Allomantic duraluminium (inspired by hoidhunter) Seeing future pack. (Allomantic duraluminum for duralumin-burn of atium and electrum) EDIT 4 (2017-08-29) Stoneward Awakener We don't know what Tension and Cohesion do exactly. We know that: Awakeners use mostly cloth and fabric in Awakening. Combined with ability to alter its flexibility/stiffness and (probably) malleability... You'd no longer be limited by the fact that you're using fabric in Awakening - you could alter it how you want at will. One moment your Awakened sleeves "grip what you must", the next moment you can parry swords with it. If you have long tassels, you could Command them to spring at enemies and then make them stiff and rigid and pierce their bodies. The idea started when I thought of Vasher using his clothing to enhance his limbs; I thought of designing clothes which you could Awaken to form an exoskeleton around your body. Stonewarden can make armor out of it (or use them offensively like in example above). As of right now we have an Awakener wrapped in Awakened exoskeleton which can also be used offensively (tassels. Tassels everywhere), who can inhale Stormlight (boost in physical abilities + powerful regeneration) and alter the physical properties of things he Awakens. As a Radiant, he'll also have Shardplate, which he can wrap over with the Awakened exoskeleton. For total overkill we could get two suits - one wrapped over the body, working like exoskeleton, then Shardplate over that and then the second Awakened exoskeleton with tassels for offensive. Upgrade Awakener Pack: Feruchemical zinc, Feruchemical copper and Feruchemical steel (inspired by The One Who Connects) Increased mental speed to come up with creative awakening targets/commands to get out of a tough situation, copperminds for storing all manner of useful information pertaining to Awakening (if you can store the mental image of something you looked at, you should be able to store the mental pictures from visualizations for Awakening or memorize Commands), Feruchemical steel is just in case you needed to quickly "make something" so it is more human-like or so it can be more useful in the situation. Returned and Feruchemical steel, Feruchemical pewter, Feruchemical gold. Since Divine Breath allows you to shapeshift, you can make yourself absurdly muscular and keep your muscle mass on the normal level by storing pewter. You can also make yourself faster (Denth was inhumanly fast) which you can also store in metalmind without any drawbacks. Now, storing gold is another thing as people of Fifth Heightening cannot get sick. We've been RAFO'd on people with Fifth Heightening storing atium.