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A steel [[Misting]] is known as a '''Coinshot'''. Steelpushing is the art of burning steel to push metals away (in a straight line) from the user's "center of self,"{{wob ref|13373}}{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}} which is likely tied to the Allomancer's [[Cognitive Realm|Cognitive]] and [[Spiritual Realm|Spiritual]] aspects. There are two general rules for steelpushingSteelpushing, which also apply to ironpullingIronpulling, its paired opposite. The first rule is that the strength of your push is roughly proportional to your physical weight. This means that larger Allomancers can generally steelpushSteelpush and ironpullIronpull more powerfully than a smaller counterpart. While proportional, the force exerted by a steelpushSteelpush is much greater than the Coinshot's weight, allowing them to push themselves into the air by pushing on a piece of metal that is on the ground (or is anchored to something that weighs more than they do). The second rule is that metal that is at least partially inside a person's body cannot be affected by steel. Both of these rules can be overcome by a sufficiently strong Coinshot, however.

{{image|HouseMAG Warcover - Coinshot by Anna Kayartwork.pngjpg|side=right|width=300px|A coinshot shooting some coins250px}}

When burning steel, blue lines emerge from the Coinshot and connect themselves to pieces of nearby metal, with the size of the steel line indicating how big the metal is. The steel lines can typically only be seen by the Coinshot.{{book ref|mb1|7}} The steel lines manifest themselves on the [[Spiritual Realm]] and can be cut or interfered with,{{wob ref|2796}}. supposedlySupposedly due to their lack of physicality, they can pass through physical objects such as walls, allowing a Coinshot to ascertain the location of metals outside of their line of sight, and detect such things as metal girders within walls.{{book ref|mb7|25}}{{citebook ref|mb7|41}} It is also possible to use the ironsteel lines to see via the trace metals in everyone's bodies and in the objects around them, or even [[Axiaxi]] and electromagnetic bonds.{{wob ref|2944}}{{wob ref|15319}}{{book ref|mb3|prologue}}{{book ref|mb7|epilogue|4}} A Coinshot could identify specific metals, or even colors, with the steel lines.{{wob ref|2255}}{{book ref|mb3|34}}

Steelpushing is acommonly fairlyconsidered a flashy ability. It allows the user to fly through the air in quite spectacular ways, using only coins (or other small metal objects) placed on the ground. This functions through essentially attempting to push the planet itself, which, as an object far more massive than one's self, causes one to be pushed away.{{citebook ref|mb1|7}} It can be used offensively, as the name suggests, to shoot metal objects as projectiles. As the coins are much smaller than the Coinshot, they gain quite a bit of speed over time. Steelpushing can also be used defensively, by creating a bubble around the user to deflect incoming metal objects, although in case of very fast objects (such as bullets) it doesn't provide full protection.{{book ref|mb4|prologue}} Steelpushing liquid metals works similarly to a ferrofluid.{{wob ref|12598}}

When used in conjunction with firearms, steelpushingSteelpushing is an incredibly powerful tool. By shooting a regular bullet and then pushing on it as it leaves the barrel, the bullet can be given a large amount of force, enough to pierce straight through wood and other cover and kill anyone on the other side unexpectedly.{{book ref|mb4|prologue}}{{book ref|mb4|6}}

The Law of Conservation of Momentum holds when using Ironiron Feruchemy,. thereforeTherefore, a Coinshot who has access to Ironiron Feruchemy can alter their mass in order to increase or decrease their velocity. When one increases their mass, their velocity would decrease in order to equalize their momentum, and vice versa.{{book ref|mb7|25}}{{book ref|mb6|12}}{{wob ref|6595}} When drag is put into the equation this createcreates, one gets aan equation with explicit maxima,; more simply, when one decreases their mass too much, the force of drag overcomes the increase in velocity via Conservation of Momentum, and therefore causes one to decrease in velocity; this also means there is a specific amount of stored mass where one's velocity hits its maximiummaximum.{{book ref|mb7|25}} When taking into account momentum and drag formulae, this should have two zeroes, thatzeroes–that is to say, when one stores or draws upon too much mass, it would lead to their velocity falling to zero.

Steelpushing can also be used alongside Ironiron Feruchemy in order to take advantage of Steelpushing's proportionality to the mass of the user, allowing them to increase the strength of their Steelpushes by increasing mass, or allow them to more easily push themselves away from an object by decreasing their mass.{{citebook ref|mb4|1}}

Twinborn with Steelsteel Allomancy and Ironiron Feruchemy are known as '''Crashers'''. Only three known Crashers exist in recorded history, and [[Waxillium Ladrian]] is one of these three.{{book ref|mb6|12}}

When used as a Hemalurgic spike, steel steals the Physical Allomantic powers ([[iron]], steel, [[tin]], and [[pewter]]).{{book ref|mb3|part=ars}}{{file ref|Hemalurgy table.jpg|Hemalurgy Table}}

A [[fabrial]] with ana steel cage can change the fabrial's polarity, pushing specific elements from itself.{{epigraph ref|sa4|10}}