She was smart;conserved her movements. Static has one last thing to do to test her, then he'd be out of ideas. He concentrated his energy between his hands, creating a ball of electricity. When he sent it out, it'd expand like a net; she'd either have to dodge really wide, or have some way to block it. Of course, even if she didn't, by the time it got to her, the energy would be spread out enough not to really hurt... It may be a test, but he wasn't going to injure her.

So he sent the ball.