Warning! This article contains major spoilers for Gen V season 2's episode 4.
Even though Gen V season 2 has finally cleared the air around Cipher's supe powers and hinted at what he is capable of doing, a lot about him still remains confusing and unknown.
Since Homelander was not directly involved with Gen V season 1's story , the show's first installment had to introduce its own set of villains. Owing to this, season 1's antagonist roster was led by supes like Tek Knight and humans like Dean Shetty. However, after both characters died, Gen V season 2 raised the stakes by introducing an even stronger super, Cipher, as its villain.
Although Gen V season 2's episodes 1, 2, and 3 maintained an air of ambiguity around Cipher's supe powers, the quiet intensity and confidence