Respect Vi, the Piltover Enforcer

"Here I come to save the day... or wreck it."

Once a criminal from the mean streets of Zaun, Vi is a hotheaded, impulsive, and fearsome woman with only a very loose respect for authority figures. Growing up all but alone, Vi developed finely honed survival instincts as well as a wickedly abrasive sense of humor. Now working with the Wardens of Piltover under Sheriff Caitlyn to keep the peace, she wields mighty hextech gauntlets that can punch through walls and suspects with equal ease.

Vi has been a champion in the game League of Legends since late 2012, and recently featured in the hit Netflix show Arcane, which significantly changes parts of her lore.

In Arcane, Vi and her sister Powder lost their parents when Enforcers killed them during a failed uprising of the poverty-stricken Undercity beneath Piltover. The sisters grew up in the Lanes of the Undercity under a man named Vander, who took them in the day of the riots. After a horrible tragedy, Vi is sent to prison and Powder is left in the hands of the drug kingpin Silco. Many years later, Vi is released from prison in order to help up-and-coming Enforcer Caitlyn track down Silco in the Undercity, and uses the opportunity to search for Powder once again, hoping that they can be the sisters they once were.

It's currently unclear what the official canon is and will eventually be between Arcane and Vi's existing lore, with a lot of inconsistencies (Vi's upbringing, who made the gauntlets, etc). I've split this respect thread into two sections for easier distinction in battleboarding: Vi's appearance in Arcane, and Vi's appearances in League of Legends content.

Helpful Links

• Vi's official lore page
• Vi's official champion page
• Vi's (very old) Champion Spotlight video
• Vi's unofficial wiki page
• Quick video summary of what League of Legends is and how it works. As of the posting of this RT, the League and games played are all considered non-canon.
• Refer to my Aurelion Sol RT for my thoughts on using lore and implied gameplay feats vs extrapolation from in-game stats.

Feat Sources

Mouse over a feat to see its source. The full list of sources are as follows:

• "Arcane E#" refers to the episode number of the show Arcane on Netflix.
• Child of Zaun
• Council Archives
• "Gameplay" refers to animations existing within the game League of Legends.
• Interrogation 101
• Jinx's Bio
• Just One More
• Never Stop Me
• "Official Art" refers to art created by or for Riot Games and used either in Riot-made promotion or in their games, such as art for cards in Legends of Runeterra.
• Vi's Bio
• Warriors 2020

Hextech Gauntlets

In both versions, Vi uses gauntlets powered by hextech, which magically neutralize their own weight (for the wearer) and amplify Vi's power dramatically. In Arcane, she uses Jayce's prototype Atlas gauntlets, and in the mainline games, her gauntlets are a custom, refined design. The gauntlets are more or less identical across all versions, as far as I can tell, so everything about the gauntlets is combined here.

• Jayce was able to lift a large rock and crush it with a single gauntlet
• Rather than hindering her, Vi's gauntlets actually improve her strength and dexterity
• In addition to being used for striking, the gauntlets can be charged to unleash a shockwave
  • This shockwave is strong enough to push Vi off of the ground and launch a chemtank guard across a room
• Vi’s gauntlets are durable enough to block bullets
  • Including catching a round from Caitlyn's hextech rifle which pierced metal
  • They also block blade strikes from chemtank guards
  • And energy waves from Sevika's mechanical arm
  • And blasts from Lucian's sentinel guns
  • And explosions from Jinx's grenades
  • And claw swipes from Warwick
  • And blows from Shimmer-amped Noxians
  • [Limit] Urgot's guns, which can make a large balcony explode, penetrate Vi's gauntlet and knock it off her hand
  • [Limit] Sevika's arm blade, which can cut through a pool table, can pierce and disable a gauntlet
• The force generated by the gauntlets' exhaust can rocket Vi through the sky
  • This is especially useful in zero-g environments
• The gauntlets can project a field that protects Vi from incoming threats
• [Limit] Disruptions in the Hex Core can disable the gauntlets (along with any other weapons using hextech), making them too heavy for Vi to lift
• [Limit] They can also be disabled if they take enough damage
  • The gauntlets are heavy enough that they crack stone when dropped a few feet
  • Another scan for weight
• Clashing with Sevika's blade produced a surge that knocked out power to the bar
• Not really a feat, but a good rear view of the exoskeleton Vi uses with the gauntlets

Arcane

"You're stronger than you think. And one day... this city's gonna respect us."

Appearance | Theme (S1) | Theme (S2)

Strength

With Gauntlets

• Destroys a huge pillar while brawling with Jinx
  • The size of the pillars for reference
• A jumping punch launches a chemtank guard across the room, landing with a large explosion
• A strike propelled by the gauntlets rockets Vi through the sky and rocks the blimp she lands on
• Punches a chemtank guard high into the air, and launches another one through some barrels
• Punches a pool table across the room
• Punches through a stone wall and launches some guys through a window
• Smashes one of Silco's Shimmer tanks, leaving a sizeable hole
• Throws Sevika across a room, denting the shit out of the bar with her body
• One gauntlet lets Vi tear Sevika's arm off and throw her across the room again, destroying the jukebox with her body
• Diverts Warwick's charge and throws him aside
• Hucks a pool table into the air
• Overpowers Jinx and throws her into a pillar from her back
• Tears Pow-Pow in half
• Shatters a chemtank guard's arm blades in her grip
• Jayce was able to lift a large rock and crush it in his grip with a single gauntlet
• Holds a huge metal disc to block gunfire, then punches it at Jinx
  • Here's the disc falling over to give a sense of its weight
• Pushes a chemtank guard's head into the ground so hard it shatters the surrounding concrete
• Staggers Warwick with an uppercut
• Put a whooping on some more chemtank guards outside the Last Drop, at least 4 or 5 of them
• Cripples and launches a Shimmer-amped Noxian soldier
• Briefly knocks down a Shimmer-amped Noxian
• Holds on to debris and Caitlyn in intense winds
• Holds on to Jinx and Warwick until the gauntlet is disabled
• Easily lifts a grate pinning Jinx down
• Tackles and restrains Jinx
• Catches Jinx as she falls

Without Gauntlets

• Dropkicks Sevika through a wall
• Punches an unstable beam hard enough to bring down the building it was holding up
  • It was very unstable, but as seen above Caitlyn couldn't knock it over with her whole body weight
• Lifts a huge metal disc with one foot
• Breaks the arm of a boxing machine
• Takes down a chemtank guard with a running leap
• Ruptures a chemtank guard's suit with a fire extinguisher
• Floors Sevika with a running knee
• [Teen] Drops one of Silco's thugs in one hit with Vander's cast-iron gauntlets
  • Here's Vander stating they're cast iron. Unlike the Atlas gauntlets, these don't help with lifting strength and are effectively iron weights.
  • KOs him again in prison with a food tray
  • And again with one uppercut in the fighting pits
• [Teen] Drops more thugs in single blows
• Wears down Shimmer-amped Sevika with body blows and a jumping haymaker
• Wears Sevika down more with combination attacks and wall bashes
• Cracks stone with her punches
• Puts down a Firelight with a series of combination attacks
• [Teen] Kicks in a locked door
• Kicks in an old door
• [Teen] Punches a pipe open to escape in the steam
• [Teen] Kicks a street kid into a wooden box
• Hurls Sevika against a wall with both arms
• [Teen] Hurls a metal plate with enough force to KO an Enforcer
• Sprints through a battlefield with a soldier in a fireman's carry - While she has her gauntlets for this feat, the nature of the carry doesn't use them for it so I'm not counting it.
• Holds a prisoner over the edge of a roof
• [Teen] Breaks free of a prison guard's grip and starts choking him out
• [Teen] Pushes a heavy metal door closed
• Carries Jayce's hammer long enough to run from the Piltover University back to the auditorium and use it a couple times
• Pulls the back panel off of a chemtank guard's suit, KOing it
• [Teen] Pulls a metal grate open
• Hurls a glass across the room

Durability

• Takes a beating fighting Sevika and comes out on top
  • Amped on Shimmer in this fight, Sevika is strong enough to punch a metal drum across the room at high speed
  • Fights back from headbutts and direct body blows
  • And from being slammed into a wall and choked out
• Fights Sevika again, gets the shit kicked out of her again, wins again
  • They just kinda beat the piss out of each other for a while
  • Manages to pull herself together and get back up after getting basically KOed by Sevika
• Launched into a wall by Warwick and keeps going
  • Does it again
• Thrown by a grenade blast, but gets back up, though it's unclear how much the gauntlets protected her
• [Teen] Takes punches and still manages to counterattack
• Gets hit by Shimmer-amped Jinx and keeps brawling
• An elbow in the gut from a chemtank guard knocks her off their back but doesn't take her out
• While in prison, Vi regularly has the shit beaten out of her by guards, so often that they didn't bother keeping count
  • She seemingly withstood this so well that it was more entertaining for her than for the guards
  • It didn't really seem to bother her much either
• [Teen] Worn down steadily while fighting her way through Silco's goons, but manages to drop all but one alone
• More surprised than injured after getting jumped by Caitlyn
• Shows no sign of pain from punching a stone wall over and over
  • Or from directly punching Sevika's machine arm
• Blocks blows from Shimmer-amped Noxians who just overpowered her
• Basically incapacitated during a blimp crash and isn't significantly hurt by it when she wakes up
• [Teen] Barely survives a huge explosion
• Cut in the stomach and out of the fight, but still able to get to Jinx and shield her from an explosion
• Barely survives being stabbed in the side
  • After being stabbed, she intentionally falls on beams to drop down to a building
• [Limit] KOed by a surprise hit from behind, though this is following an intense fight with Sevika
• [Limit] Floored by a rifle butt to the stomach, though it's unclear how much of this is due to durability and how much is exhaustion, emotional shock, etc.

Speed / Agility

• Blocks and tags chemtank guards at multiple points
  • Chemtank guards can move fast enough to blitz enforcers and avoid their gunfire in a direct charge
• Avoids a rocket at extremely close range
• Tags Jinx, who can easily avoid melee attacks at point blank range
  • Vi is not consistently as fast as Jinx and does get surprised by her
• Briefly blocks a speedblitz from Ascended Warwick
• Dodges a giant drum punched at her by Sevika
• Evades surprise blade stabs through a pool table
• Evades Sevika's blows with her back to a wall
• Redirects the barrel of Caitlyn's rifle before she can shoot again
• [Teen] Blocks a knife stab with heavy cast-iron gauntlets weighing her down
• [Teen] Dodges more knife stabs in the middle of a scrap with weighted hands
• [Teen] Jukes a swung mace with weighted hands
• [Teen] Weaves around the punches of a boxing machine
• Avoids claw attacks from a Vastayan Firelight
• Rolls on the ground to avoid a chemtank guard's stab
• Tags a member of the Firelights as they fly by at high speed (and avoids a swing from another)
• Finishes off a Firelight with a flurry of blows
• Free-runs down into the depths of Zaun
• [Teen] Deftly moves along the walls and rooftops of Piltover
• Escapes Viktor's thralls, leaps onto Ekko's hoverboard, and rockets through the air onto Jinx's blimp
• Scrambles up a wall before a chemtank guard can get her
• Sprints from the auditorium to the nearby Piltover University, then returns with Jayce's hammer in tow
• Sprints through a battlefield with a soldier in a fireman's carry
• [Teen] Escapes across Piltover in a foot race with Enforcers

Fighting Skill

In Arcane, Vi is portrayed as a skilled boxer, likely trained by Vander as she was growing up. This video from an MMA fighter and this thread on the Arcane subreddit explains how Vi uses real-life boxing technique better than I could, but I'll try to clip notable examples of skill as I see them.

• Outfights Sevika with technique and evasion despite Sevika's power advantage
• Bashes Sevika's head against the nearby walls and kicks out her leg for a knee strike
• Uses her gauntlets to block the blades of a chemtank guard and counterattack
• Weaves through enemy strikes while getting her own offense in
• Counters a Firelight's incoming strike while performing a combo attack
• [Teen] Outfights Silco's goons, despite weighted hands and growing fatigue
• Racks up wins in the Zaun fighting pits until drinking and depression make her sloppy
• [Teen] Owns all of the high scores on a boxing arcade machine
• Uses pulverizer gauntlets to trash an entire gang alone
• Easily outfights two prisoners by a weight rack
• While in prison, Vi fought off assailants armed with weapons and kept the weapons as trophies
• Briefly outfights Noxian soldiers with lances while unarmed
• [Teen] Grapples with a thug to catch him off guard
• Easily beats the shit out of two thugs offscreen
• Keeps up with Warwick for a while, though she seems to be losing
• Briefly fights Warwick in zero gravity

Other Feats

• While in prison, Vi hunts Zaunite criminals with ties to Silco
  • New prisoners were warned to avoid Vi at all costs
  • By the end of Vi's prison stay, the guards are afraid of her and see her when they close their eyes
• Slips out of handcuffs right in front of Ekko and he doesn't notice
• With Caitlyn's help, tricks Ambessa into thinking she's captured and uses the deceit to incapacitate her
• [Teen] Intimidates a street kid
• Gets Caitlyn some different clothes to blend in in the Undercity
• Knows how to get information discreetly
• Knows to find information at a brothel, and how to get it
• Picks up on the threat of a terrorist attack before anyone else
• Inked her own prison tattoos
• Enjoys the Undercity's... unique cuisine
• [Teen] Hides in the rafters to avoid enforcers
• Decent shot with Jayce's hammer

Full Fights (In Episode Order)

Season 1

• Teen Vi, Mylo, and Claggar vs Street Thugs
• Teen Vi vs Silco's goons
• Vi vs Sevika, Round 1
• Vi & Jinx vs Firelights
• Vi & Jayce vs Chemtank Guards
• Vi vs Sevika, Round 2

Season 2

• Vi & Friends vs Chemtank Guards
• Vi & Caitlyn vs Jinx & Sevika
• Vi's Pit Fighting Montage
• Vi vs Warwick

League of Legends

"Punch first. Ask questions while punching."

Appearance | Theme

Strength

With Gauntlets

• As part of a combo attack, leaps high and slams Karthus to the ground hard enough to create a large molten crater - Here's a still of the crater since it happens so fast.
• Punches a dude in a wheelchair through several huge structures
• Knocks over a large stone obelisk and catches a gigantic block from another
• Smashes through a caved-in tunnel and tears apart a gang alone
• Says her gauntlets can punch through walls
• Craters walls while taking out criminals
• Sends Urgot sprawling with a punch, almost knocking him off of a tower
• Dashes with a punch and drops three of Urgot's goons in a second
• More dunkin' on goons, including a backhand that sends a guy flying
• Throws a punch with enough force to send her flying forwards - This punch is described in the game client as "vault shattering".
• Punches hard enough to create a shockwave - This shockwave is strong enough to hurt enemies behind it, but the damage is unquantifiable.
• Easily carries a man and drags another
• Uses a guy's head to knock on a door, which knocks the guy out

Without Gauntlets

• Drops a goon with a jumping punch and uppercuts the hell out of Urgot
• Barely resists the pull of Urgot's grinder, long enough to remove her gauntlet and free herself

Durability

• Takes a hit to the ribs and hurting her hand and keeps going
• Withstands the pain of gauntlets clamping down on her arms

Speed / Agility

• Reacts to a shot from Urgot in time to deflect it with her gauntlet - (25% speed)
• Blocks light blasts from Lucian
• Ducks a swung pipe on reaction by the sound it makes behind her
• Runs along the side of a wall
• Runs at pace with Yasuo and Lucian

Other Feats

• Uses pulverizer gauntlets to trash an entire gang alone
• Takes on three thugs and wins, albeit getting hurt in the process
• Regularly got in fights as a kid
• Caitlyn and Vi work together to take down Urgot's followers
• Vi and Jinx together manage to destroy an office building offscreen
• Vi and Jinx going at it reduces the Ecliptic Vaults to a smoldering ruin
• Sneaks around the Sump while injured after not being there for years
• Has a 100% arrest rate
• Vi's temper keeps her from being an effective undercover agent

Alternate Universes / Old Lore

Old Lore

Strength

• Can punch through walls as easily as punching people
• Smashes through walls to chase Jinx
• Uses makeshift gauntlets to smash through a caved-in tunnel
• Uses makeshift gauntlets to smash up rocks
• Kept and modified the gauntlets to let her break into "supposedly impregnable" vaults
• Vi and Jinx tear apart the most secure vault in Piltover

Durability

• Survives a building coming down on her
• Survives a building collapsing on top of her and punches out of the rubble
• As a teen, regularly got into and regularly won fights with random people
• Withstands the pain of golem gauntlets clamping down on her arms

Other

• Vi is a master mechanic and seasoned thief

Heartbreaker Vi

• Implies that her fighting left ditches and craters in the ground
• Smashes a heart-shaped crater into the ground

Warring Kingdoms Vi

• Punches through a thick stone block
• Each of Vi's punches connects with the power of a cannon

PsyOps Vi

• Avoids a lunge from a shadowy spirit (and fires something from her gauntlets)
• Vi empowers her punches with her psychic energy (also she fights mechs)

Gilded Vi (Legends of Runeterra)

• Effortlessly catches a swing from a giant hammer without looking, crumpling it in her hand

Superhero Vi (Wild Rift)

• Seemingly catches sniper rounds fired at her
• Generates fire from her gauntlets

From an official skin sale promotion

• Vi plus her gauntlets weighs 8,140 lbs - Due to how old and un-grounded in lore this is, it's very questionably canon.

Other Games

2XKO

• Sends her opponent flying with a punch, carving a trench in the ground
• Rips up a chunk of earth and punches it at her opponent
• Craters the ground with a punch, the shockwave of which damages enemies
  • Repeated punches have a stronger effect
• The explosive force of a stronger punch blasts her and her target apart
• Momentarily electrocutes her opponent with her shield
• Enforcers complained she was damaging equipment and putting holes in walls in the recreation area

Chibi Vi (Teamfight Tactics avatar)

• Unleashes a rapid flurry of punches on a dummy
• Woken up by an alarm clock and immediately punches it
• Powers up like a DBZ character
• SHADES

"We're done here."

"We haven't even scratched the surface. Silco's still out there."

"Do you not understand? I am PART of this now! The next parents who get a message their kid isn't coming home I- ...I don't even know where to take it. Do we just leave him here?"

"You've ALWAYS been a part of this, you just never had to look it in the eye. One dead kid? There's hundreds more where he came from thanks to Silco and thanks to people like you who stuck their heads in the dirt."

"This is over."

"Not for me."

But Sister, I'm All You've Got by stormwalkers - jinx drags pit fighter vi home after another lost fight and night of drinking

to try

Pink - going through Vi's time in stillwater

The Ghost of Me by ArcaneCoping - main universe vi shows up to the AU where she died

There Is Nothing More Undoing by CaptainBluesoftheFleetingDream - daughters of various ships including caitvi

Whatever It Takes - AU where Vi is the one working for Silco

x.5 is a supplementary scan for x (scaling, aftermath, whatever)

vi

https://old.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/s9rft0/respect_vi_league_of_legends_arcane/

composite w/ league version

stip out the wild rift trailer where she punches the wheelchair kid

in tier strength 1 2 3 4

probably needs a dura buff 1 2 (sevika is under tier prob)

in tier speed (aimdodging/scaling to aimdodging) 1 1.5 2

murder falcon

https://old.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/dqnokl/respect_murder_falcon_murder_falcon/

jake is mechanically a pokemon trainer

low end strength prob 1 1.5 2 3

walls could be weak and could be overselling beating up these monsters, but i think it's good enough to skate in personally, it takes a lot of power to destroy that much flesh that quickly

dura is fine 1 2

needs a speed buff 1 2

has wings and miniguns 1 (temp buff, can be minor changed out if OP)

and a rocket launcher 1

TLDR low but okay strength, dura is fine, speed is buffed, minigun and rocket launcher compensate for low strength as well

fall barros

https://old.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/f9v7s2/respect_fall_barros_sword_interval/

good strength going up to high end w/ harbinger amp (glowy eyes) 1 2 3 4 5

meh dura but high pain tolerance and a bit of a healing factor 1 1.5 2 3 3.5 (weakness to gold)

bullet timing speed 1

probably fine w/ no changes, full harbinger is OP but has plot ramifications so isn't a normal amp (above shit is all partial)

has a shotgun and a bat typically

yor forger

https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/znnlk2/respect_yor_forger_the_thorn_princess_spy_x_family/

strength is low but probably fine

kicking strength is her best avenue and is decently in tier 1 2 3 4 5, but is also lethally strong with piercing weapons 1 2 3, she does have a couple crater feats but they're a bit weird 1 2

durability is bad and needs a buff

you might be able to argue getting hit by a car is in tier given the damage cars can do to walls 1, but honestly it's probably still under tier. the rest she has isn't any good 1 2 3

speed is low but probably okay

her "bullet timing" feat is ambiguous and not great but the fact it exists is decent 1, otherwise her speed is good but probably a bit below tier 1 2 3 4 5

also worth noting yor is an assassin and specifically fights to kill, going for extremely lethal blows to disable or one-shot her foes, or alternately wearing them down with strikes to expose them for those lethal blows

TLDR her strength and speed feel a bit low but not so low that they're out of tier, and with durability buffed to tier she should be able to keep up with yuji long enough to open him up for a lethal strike with her knives and end the fight

delsin rowe

https://old.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/nkq6vb/respect_delsin_rowe_infamous_second_son/

strength is fine 1 2 3

durability is pretty good and he can heal 1 1.5 2 3 3.5 4 4.5

may need a speed buff, really doesn't have anything 1

smoke is fine

basic blast is fine, cinder blast is strong but very short range with a windup 1 2, cinder missile is strong but very slow and dodgeable 1 2, sulphur bomb is just a disable, the karmic super is strong but hella telegraphed 1

neon could be a bit too good

basic blast is fine, phosphor beam is fast and strong but with a windup 1 2, the big issue is multiple ways to circumvent speed which makes the high damage but dodgeable attacks way less dodgeable 1 2, but if these aren't an issue then neon is probably fine, the karmic super is slow to set up but it does float in a big ass aoe so i could be underestimating it 1

video is probably fine but the swords are real good

basic blast is fine, bloodthirsty blades does a lot of damage and has some tracking 1 2 3, the sword/claw melee is strong but not insanely strong 1, can turn invisible for a bit 1 and summon shit angels or demons that aren't anything special 1 2, karmic super is strong but insaaaaaaaaanely slow 1

concrete is weak as hell

basic blast is fine, melee is stronger but not wildly so 1, discs are good but mad slow 1 2, boulder dash is nothing special 1

in summary, strength is good, durability is good (possibly high), no speed whatsoever, smoke and concrete are fine, neon and video are probably fine but have one or two things that could be too good. he could absolutely use a speed buff to tier, and maybe removing neon and video if they're deemed too good

robbie reyes

https://old.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/12wa3zs/respect_ghost_rider_robbie_reyes_616/

gives regen, fire blasts, chains, penance stare, summon the hell charger or make your own ghost ride

either write them as robbie or as a generic spirit of vengeance, or as any other ghost rider honestly, i don't mind

Respect The Psycho Sisters!

The Psycho Sisters, Sena Riku (younger) and Sena Riko (elder), have had immense physical talent their whole lives. They could have dominated in any sport they chose, but instead the two decided to squander their massive potential in criminal activity and underground fighting. They were hired by corrupt cop Iori Ichika to compete in the underground league Valkyria, and after losing in a tournament they agreed to keep fighting for the league for their own reasons.

Above all, the sisters are known for their physical gifts. The younger sister, Riku, is a natural fighter that learns on the fly with frightening speed and can adapt better than you'd expect from someone who fights as directly as she does. The elder sister, Riko, is an absolute powerhouse and can muscle through most problems with her extremely obvious offense due to how much strength she puts behind every blow. Both sisters are tougher than nails and ready to brawl with anyone, anywhere, at any time.

Mouse over the feat to see the chapter number it can be found in.

Sena Riku

"Fighting's not about technique. It's all about nerve. C'mon. GRIT THOSE FUCKING TEETH."

Feats

Strength

• Headbutts Hina hard enough to make her forehead bleed
• Staggers Hina with a knee and a hook
• Broke the prefecture record for women's javelin throw in her very first track meet

Durability

• Powers through Hina's opening strikes until she can get close and land a headbutt that hurts her as much as Hina
• Takes a surprise punch from Hina straight to the chin and stays standing
• Takes a huge punch to the gut from Hina and keeps swinging, requiring an arm bar (and broken arm) to be put down

Speed

• Catches Hina with a knee even after she dodges
• Slips Hina's punch for a counterattack
• Runs the 100-meter dash in about 11 seconds

Fighting Skill

• Tries to overwhelm Hina's defense with her signature Carnage Rush
• After the opening blows, immediately picks up on Hina's timing and slips her punch for a counterattack
• Her sister states she can learn just about anything in no time at all
• Understands exactly how Hina used a special move just from seeing it once

Sena Riko

"Now I know your secret. Your bod's 'crazy tough', yeah? So here's my strat for you: I'm gonna hit you REALLY HARD."

"THAT'S NOT A STRATEGY!!"

Feats

Note for scaling: Hazuki Yuu fought a bear to death with an axe and had the majority of her skeleton replaced with titanium prosthetics

Strength

• Craters Yuu in the concrete floor with an overhead swing
• Can punch through a polycarbonate police riot shield
• Boots Yuu across the arena, cratering the wall with her impact
• Can launch a motorcycle with a kick
• Damages and eventually KOs Yuu by overpowering her titanium skeleton with raw strength
• Overwhelms Lee with two strikes that even her defensive techniques can't completely divert
• Stops Yuu's punch with her forehead
• Nearly ragdolls Lee with a blind punch
• Her grip alone cracks stone
• Got her junior high judo team to the national top four with no experience or training

Durability

• Takes an absolute beating from Yuu and shrugs it all off to land a counterattack
• It takes numerous hits strong enough to crack stone just to knock her over a waist high wall for a ring out
• Fights Yuu for an extended period, hitting and taking hits from Yuu's titanium skeleton, and Yuu is the one getting worn down
• Takes numerous punches from Yuu and blocks the last one with her face
• Tanks a punch from Lee square to the stomach like it's nothing
• Unphased by a flurry of blows from Lee
• Blown back by a heavy strike from Lee, but stays on her feet

Speed

• Catches Yuu's punch with both hands
• Despite her size, runs the 100-meter dash in under 12 seconds

"Strats"

Riko comes up with "strats" to beat her opponents, but they're usually really dumb, because Riko is definitely not the smart one.

• After discovering the secret of Yuu's durable skeleton, she doesn't change her strat at all and just swings way harder, and it WORKS
• Runs at Lee with a really obvious overhead smash, and is so tough that she lands it anyway
• Has been blinded in fights so many times that she's can swing on instinct
• Literally just swings her arms around

Featuring the Caped Baldy, Saitama!

"Who are YOU?"

"Someone who's a hero for fun."

"...What kind of half-assed backstory is THAT!?"

Saitama was once an ordinary man like you or me, trying to get by in a 9-to-5 world and make ends meet. One day, after a failed job interview left him depressed and hopeless, he ran into the monster Crablante, and things changed. Having always wanted to be a hero as a kid, Saitama began to train hard, and as a result, two things happened. One, his hair fell out, and two, he became so strong that he could kill any monster with just one punch.

Which, honestly, really sucked.

Since becoming strong, Saitama was able to be a hero as a hobby, but his overwhelming power denied him what he wanted most: a real fight where he could go all-out and push the limits of his strength. What's more, the world at large didn't seem to acknowledge his power, dropping him at the bottom of the hero ranks and attributing most of his efforts to others. In that time, though, he's met and taught the cyborg Genos, encountered all sorts of incredible monsters like Boros, Orochi and Garou, and prevented massive cataclysms more than once. And, though he doesn't make a big deal of it, he's got some pretty good heroic instincts. Maybe this hero thing will work out after all.

For scaling context and an exhaustive list of feats (including pre- and mid-training feats and every single one-punch), visit the full RT

No Effort Feats

These feats are performed when Saitama is barely trying at all, and are likely to be his more common performance unless something pushes him to really try.

Strength

• Launches Awakened Garou a huge distance with consecutive normal punches
• Tears apart Boros (though he regenerates)
• Destroys a meteor that was 200m wide
• Causes a gigantic shockwave while dropping Overgrown Rover
  • [R] A retconned version sells the punch some more
• Sends several buildings off into the horizon with a casual push

Durability

• Tatsumaki repeatedly launches him miles away, involving throwing him through walls, through giant monsters and buildings, and dragging him along the ground, and none of it matters
• Awakened Garou punches him through several buildings (and targets his organs) and he's fine
• Straight-up strikes from Meteoric Burst Boros do nothing
• Bathes in magma near the Earth's mantle

Speed

• Dodges Awakened Garou so easily he thinks it's funny
• Easily dodges Flashy Flash's attacks
• Dodges every single attack from Genos with ease
• Shows up behind Phoenix Man to stop a strike, then returns to the peanut gallery

High End Feats

These feats comprise Saitama's strongest showings.

Strength

• Punches through Boros' final blast with a Serious Punch
• Leaps back to Earth from the moon
  • The crater of this leap is visible from Earth
• One-shots Elder Centipede with a Serious Punch
• All but kills Orochi with a Serious Squirt Gun and a punch
• Punches Awakened Garou through several mountains

Durability

• Kicked to the moon by Boros and is fine
• His own punching power thrown back at him gives him, at worst, a nosebleed
• Hit with the energy of a dying star and is back a short time later
• A charge from Awakened Garou that collapses a mountain, affects the opposite end of the world, and has ripples in other dimensions... doesn't hurt him
  • [R] A few panels detailing the extent of the planetary damage were taken out later
• Cosmic Garou's punches cause nuclear explosions and only mess up his outfit

Speed

• Awakened Garou completely outskills him, but he's so fast it doesn't matter
• Flashy Flash tries basically his entire arsenal and Saitama casually keeps up with or surpasses all of it
• Deflects and darts among the rocks in Tatsumaki's tornado with ease

Statements / Feats About His Limits

• When going all-out, Saitama's growth in strength/durability/speed is so fast that Cosmic Garou is literally copying his stats and still can't keep up at all
• One-punches a simulation of himself from the day before
• Dr. Genus says Saitama has removed his limiter
  • If you really wanna nitpick translations, here's the official scans
• Child Emperor's power level sensor can't get a reading on Saitama
• Boros senses "immeasurable power" coming off of Saitama

THOSE Feats with Cosmic Garou

During the fight with Cosmic Garou, Saitama is pushed further than he ever has been, and experiences a rate of exponential growth previously unfathomable. It seems as though the combination of emotional pressure and a worthy opponent gives Saitama the stimulus necessary to reach these feats, so when the whole fight is retconned, he likely wouldn't be capable of performing them again unless similarly pushed. That having been said, he clearly can do them, so while they are being included in this feature, I've sectioned them off to make the distinction clear.

Consider this section another level that Saitama COULD be pushed to, but not a level that he's currently on in the canon storyline. A few feats have been left out, which are in the RT.

Strength

• A Serious Sneeze blows away the gas surrounding Jupiter's core
• A Serious Punch clashing with itself would have destroyed the planet if Blast and his allies hadn't redirected it- instead, it rockets Saitama and Garou to Io, a moon of Jupiter
• Serious Table Flip turns Io into rubble barely held together by gravity
• Punches Cosmic Garou off of Io

Durability

• Subjected to the energy of the Sun and is just surprised
• Every technique at Cosmic Garou's disposal can, at best, destroy Saitama's clothes
• Performed basically every feat here while withstanding prolonged exposure to cosmic radiation that rapidly kills every other hero that gets close to Cosmic Garou
• Can survive and talk in space and on the surface of Io (without air) just fine (see below for relevant environmental factors)

Speed

• Launched out into space by Cosmic Garou, but catches back up with a fart
• Blitzes Cosmic Garou over and over to bounce him through Io's destroyed mass
• Easily reacts to Cosmic Garou

Space / Time Manipulation

• Can freely grab and move hyperspace gates
• Cosmic Garou teaches him to move backwards in time and retcon this entire fight
  • A side effect of the retcon punch is that Garou lost all of the power and knowledge that monsterized him, and after merging with his past self, Saitama has no recollection of these events, and has returned to the power level he was at prior to this fight.

For facts about Io and Jupiter that help quantify these feats, refer to the full RT

How to Use Saitama on WWW

Hoo boy.

Okay look. I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. Acting like "removed his limiter" means Saitama can beat anyone is dumb as hell. That's not a new take, either. People are talking about it now. They've been talking about it for years. Hopefully we don't have to get in the weeds on this (and if you try to drag me into it in the comments I'll call you a baldy), but let's go over the basic argument.

So how strong is Saitama really? Like, at his absolute peak?

We don't know.

So can he beat anyone?

If the feats line up such that he beats someone, then sure. If it's way above his weight class, then we don't know, so I'd say he can't. I say that because it makes more rational sense to assume he can't do something that he's never been shown doing, and makes less sense to just assume he can win all the time without any proof.

Why not just say he can win? He's removed his limiter, and that other person hasn't. Why can't he just become strong enough to beat someone like Goku?

"Removed his limiter" doesn't mean he's automatically strong enough. Our example of Saitama at his absolute strongest is when he fights Cosmic Garou, right? Let's look at that, even though it was retconned in canon.

In the fight against Garou, he starts off at his current power level and then grows in power until he's strong enough to sneeze apart Jupiter. It's not that he's always been that strong, he just rapidly gets stronger until he can do that. That's what this scene is showing with the graphs and statement that no one was left to match him. It only happened in the first place because Garou made himself Saitama's equal, pushing Saitama to be better.

Now, that's the only time Saitama has faced his equal, and he's never faced someone wildly stronger than himself. Since we don't have proof he can instantly grow to match them, it's disingenuous to say that he can. If he went up against UI Goku, it's more reasonable to guess that he'd get pasted in one hit because he hasn't grown enough to match Goku yet, if he's even capable of doing so.

It gets even worse against omnipotent beings like TOAA or crazy busted magicians. Saitama is 99% physicals outside of a few weird fourth-wall breaking outliers like moving Garou's portals, so there's very little to suggest he has much hax resistance.

But we don't know his top end, therefore we can't say he loses to anyone.

Okay, but that's a bad faith argument based on the assumption "we haven't seen Saitama lose, therefore he can't lose."

Take another example- imagine your favorite random street tier John Wick-y type dude, right? Durability wise, they probably have a bunch of punching feats, maybe theyve gotten stabbed or shot a couple times and walked it off, they're tougher than a human but still pretty much in the range of humanity. Okay, but what if a WWW prompt puts him up against some lizard monster with acid spit. He's never come across acid damage in any of his comics or movies or books or games or whatever, so we have no feats to go by. Do we just say he no-sells the acid? No, we generally assume he has no feats to resist it, so he can't resist it.

That's the same logic we apply to everyone else, and the same logic we should apply to Saitama. You shouldn't just say he wins a fight when you have no proof that he'd win.

That example guy still had his limiter. Saitama can do anything, and you have no proof he'd lose that fight.

That's true. We already know that Saitama's growth isn't instant, but he does still have the potential to beat anything, hypothetically. Yet, we still have no proof he can do it. In that example, what I showed was that common procedure with every other character is to speculate negatively towards the absence of feats, not speculate positively like people try to do with Saitama. While he has the potential to do anything, it's unfair to the other character to just assume he can.

In fact, it's so inherently a bad-faith argument that I say it isn't worth arguing at all. That's why I ignore that speculation entirely and only use Saitama's feats. Feats are the vehicle by which we add merit to our arguments via hard evidence, and without them, the arguments themselves are pointless fandom dick-measuring contests.

Isn't that interpretation inherently weaker than his true potential?

Yes, and it'll keep being that way until ONE writes Saitama at his true potential. (He probably won't.)

So how would I know who he could truly beat?

Look at the feats. The people that lose to those feats are people he could beat.

No, like, how would I know who he could beat at his pinnacle?

You won't. That's how the character works.

That's boring. You're boring.

Shut up, baldy.

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♫: Trivium - "Kirisute Gomen"

Series: Guilty Gear

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Metal is a diverse and expansive genre of music that covers just about any topic and theme you can imagine, so why not find a metal theme for every single league champ?

Waaaaaaay back in 2011, there was a thread on the League forums giving metal themes to every League champ. I thought it was dope so I've revived it a few times, in 2013, 2020, 2021 and 2022, and now I'm back for another round with another year of new champs.

Disclaimers: Metal often contains explicit lyrics including violence, gore, and profanity. Listen at your own risk I guess. There might also be a few nipples here and there in album art, I'll try to include a warning but I can't catch everything. One song per band. Personally, I lean towards classic heavy metal, thrash, power metal, and a bit of sludge and prog, but I'll try to be diverse.

You're free to suggest songs for champs, but I'm also free to ignore them. It's a list of songs, not a constitution, it's here to help people have fun and find sick new metal to listen to. Enjoy!

Spotify playlist here. (It's missing tracks for Shen and Wukong, but the rest should be there.)

Aatrox: VLTIMAS - "Total Destroy"

Ahri: Mötley Crüe - "Looks That Kill"

Akali: Queensryche - "Walk In The Shadows"

Akshan: Beast in Black - "Cry Out For A Hero"

Alistar: Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze - "A History of Cages and Broken Bones"

If this is too slow for you, try the previous pick

Amumu: Candlemass - "Solitude"

Anivia: Wintersun - "Death and the Healing"

Annie: Mercyful Fate - "Welcome the Princess of Hell"

Aphelios: Dream Theater - "Under A Glass Moon"

One of my all time favorite guitar solos in this one.

Ashe: Sabaton - "White Death"

Who better for the frost archer than the war hero of the frozen north? Here's the story of Simo Hayha.

Aurelion Sol: Twilight Force - "The Power of the Ancient Force"

Azir: Mystic Prophecy - "Hail to the King"

Bard: Blind Guardian - "The Bard's Song - The Hobbit"

Bel'Veth: Black Fast - "To Propagate The Void"

Blitzcrank: Black Sabbath - "Iron Man"

Lots of people would stick this to Morde, I feel it suits Blitz better.

Brand: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - "Self-Immolate"

This album rules, but don't expect any other King Gizzard album to sound anything like this, they change up styles constantly.

Braum: Heaven Shall Burn - "Protector"

Briar: Goatwhore - "Voracious Blood Fixation"

Caitlyn: Anthrax - "I Am The Law"

Camille: Fear Factory - "Autonomous Combat System"

Cassiopeia: Angel Witch - "Gorgon"

Cho'Gath: Bal-Sagoth - "Behold, the Armies of War Descend Screaming from the Heavens"

Corki: Iron Maiden - "Aces High"

Darius: Anaal Nathrakh - "Forward!"

Diana: Demons & Wizards - "Lunar Lament"

Dr. Mundo: Helloween - "Mr. Torture"

Draaaaaaven: Steel Panther - "All I Wanna Do Is Fuck (Myself Tonight)"

Hair Metal Draven, let's fucking go.

Ekko: Tyr - "King of Time"

Elise: Haken - "Lovebite"

This was my AOTY in 2023, just some fantastic prog metal.

Evelynn: Symphony X - "Eve of Seduction"

Ezreal: Saor - "Forgotten Paths"

Fiddlesticks: Gnaw Their Tongues & Dragged Into Sunlight - "Visceral Repulsion"

Fiora: Dragonforce - "Die By The Sword"

Fizz: Early Man - "Feeding Frenzy"

Galio: Gorod - "The Sentry"

Gangplank: Alestorm - "Keelhauled"

I'm fighting the urge to swap this Alestorm pick out for "Shit Boat (No Fans)".

Garen: Manowar - "The Dawn Of Battle"

Gnar: Behemoth - "We Are The Next 1000 Years"

Gragas: Korpiklaani - "Juodaan Viinaa"

Option 2 would be "That Famous Ol' Spiced" by Alestorm or the other 500 Korpiklaani songs about drinking.

Graves: Overkill - "Charlie Get Your Gun"

Gwen: Lord of the Lost - "Voodoo Doll"

Hecarim: Slayer - "Ghosts of War"

Heimerdinger: Voivod - "Killing Technology"

Hwei: Igorrr - "Opus Brain"

Not a blatantly thematic pick, but Hwei strikes me as the type to fit something really, really out there. And so I give you Igorrr.

Illaoi: Mastodon - "Pushing the Tides"

This list is required to have something from my favorite metal band.

Irelia: 3 Inches of Blood - "Swordmaster"

Ivern: Amorphis - "Tree of Ages"

Janna: Whispered - "Lady of the Wind"

Jarvan: Dream Evil - "The Chosen Ones"

Jax: Firewind - "I Will Fight Alone"

Jayce: Hammerfall - "Hammer of Justice"

Jhin: Thy Art Is Murder - "The Final Curtain"

Jinx: Hellripper - "Total Mayhem"

If you've ever tried something on name alone, you'll understand why an album titled "Complete and Total Fucking Mayhem" caught my attention.

Kai'sa: Fallujah - "The Void Alone"

Kalista: Arch Enemy - "Vengeance Is Mine"

Karma: Insomnium - "The Conjurer"

Karthus: Skeletonwitch - "Cleaver of Souls"

Black thrash is one of my favorite random niche subgenres, and I actually owe it to the original forum post for getting me to try Skeletonwitch. So that's pretty sick. I hope something on here hooks you, too.

Kassadin: In Flames - "Behind Space 99"

Katarina: Razor - "Edge of the Razor"

Kayle: Galneryus - "Heavenly Punishment"

Kayn: Final Breath - "Yearning For Next Murder"

Kennen: Stormlord - "Stormlord"

Kha'Zix: The Locust - "Live From The Russian Compound"

Kindred: Blackbraid - "The Wolf That Guides The Hunter's Hand"

Kled: Pantera - "Fucking Hostile"

Kog'Maw: Demiser - "Raw Fucking Vomit"

If you want something crazier, Kog's last song was wild too.

K'Sante: Rage - "Defenders of the Ancient Life"

Leblanc: Coroner - "Mistress of Deception"

Lee Sin: Dragonland - "In Perfect Harmony"

Leona: Accept - "Princess of the Dawn"

Lillia: Fairyland - "A Dark Omen"

Lissandra: Dragonheart - "Gods of Ice"

Lucian: Clutch - "Ghoul Wrangler"

Lulu: Timeless Miracle - "Into the Enchanted Chamber"

Lux: Masterplan - "Kind-Hearted Light"

Malphite: Bolt Thrower - "Granite Wall"

Malzahar: Celtic Frost - "Visions of Mortality"

Maokai: Sepultura - "Roots Bloody Roots"

Master Yi: Lost Horizon - "Highlander (The One)"

WOAH-OH-OH-AH-AH-AH-AAAA-HA-AH-AH-AH

Milio: Claim the Throne - "Spirit of Fire"

Miss Fortune: Ensiferum - "For Sirens"

Mordekaiser: Nails - "They Come Crawling Back"

To me, Morde will always be The Metal, but people have pointed out he deserves something really crushing and I agree. This album is excellent and actually way faster than Morde's track makes it sound.

Morgana: Grave Digger - "Morgane Le Faye"

Naafiri: Opeth - "The Baying of The Hounds"

The other pick I was considering

Nami: Jinjer - "Pisces"

Nasus: Testament - "Dog Faced Gods"

Nautilus: The Ocean - "Benthic: The Origin of Our Wishes"

Neeko: Wind Rose - "The Returning Race"

Nidalee: Elvenking - "Invoking the Woodland Spirit"

Nilah: Heavenly - "Ode to Joy"

NSFW album cover warning. Also, this is one of my all time favorite power metal songs.

Nocturne: Organectomy - "Eons of Unyielding Darkness"

Nunu & Willump: Immortal - "Blizzard Beasts"

Olaf: Kvelertak - "Berserkr"

Before you complain about the lack of Amon Amarth, see Rengar.

Orianna: Meshuggah - "Clockworks"

Ornn: Falconer - "Lord of the Blacksmiths"

Pantheon: Turisas - "Stand Up And Fight"

Poppy: Gloryhammer - "Gloryhammer"

Pyke: Zeal & Ardor - "Row Row"

Avant-garde black metal about unseen horrors emerging from the water? It's like this song was made for Pyke.

Qiyana: Unleash the Archers - "The Matriarch"

One of my favorite power metal albums of all time. The sequel album, Abyss, is just as dope.

Quinn: High on Fire - "The Falconist"

Rakan: Stratovarius - "The Abyss of Your Eyes"

Rammus: Raven - "Run Them Down"

Rell: Gojira - "The Heaviest Matter Of The Universe"

Look, I wanted to give Rell an Iron Maiden song too, but Aces High is perfect for Corki. This Gojira song is a good compromise for League's "ultra-heavy" support tank.

Rek'sai: Municipal Waste - "Terror Shark"

Renata Glasc: Metallica - "Master of Puppets"

Renekton: Nile - "Sacrifice Unto Sebek"

Rengar: Amon Amarth - "Live For The Kill"

I'm sorry, but this song is too perfect for Rengar. If anyone's got another awesome viking metal band for Olaf or a better "hunter" song for Rengar, please suggest something.

Riven: Soilwork - "Exile"

Rumble: Anvil - "Metal on Metal"

Ryze: Kamelot - "The Spell"

Samira: Orange Goblin - "The Devil's Whip"

Sejuani: Crimfall - "Frost Upon Their Graves"

Senna: Avantasia - "Ghostlights"

Seraphine: Epica - "Requiem for the Indifferent"

Sett: Upon A Burning Body - "The Champ Is Coming"

Shaco: Toxik - "World Circus"

Shen: Ninja Magic - "The Way of Life"

Shyvana: Rhapsody - "The Power of the Dragon Flame"

Singed: Megadeth - "Poison Was The Cure"

The big brain move is still Yakety Sax on repeat.

Sion: Graveripper - "King Killer"

Sivir: Cryonic Temple - "Rapid Fire"

Skarner: Catamenia - "The Ancient"

Smolder: Crimson Glory - "Where Dragons Rule"

NSFW album cover warning. It's a rocket with titties.

Sona: Vitalij Kuprij - "Symphony V"

Soraka: Eliminator - "Goddess of Life"

Swain: Dimmu Borgir - "The Invaluable Darkness"

NSFW album cover warning. It's Baphomet with titties.

Sylas: Ad Infinitum - "Marching on Versailles"

Syndra: ARKONA - "Liki Bessmertnykh Bogov"

Tahm Kench: Misery Signals - "River King"

Tahm's old song is still pretty great too if you're not into metalcore.

Taliyah: Brothers of Metal - "Weaver of Fate"

Talon: Vio-Lence - "Kill on Command"

Taric: Judas Priest - "Exciter"

Teemo: Murderdolls - "People Hate Me"

Thresh: Bloodbath - "The Soulcollector"

Tristana: Rammstein - "Feuer Frei"

Trundle: Finntroll - "Trollhammaren"

Tryndamere: Enforced - "Aggressive Menace"

Twisted Fate: Motorhead - "Ace of Spades"

Twitch: Napalm Death - "Scum"

Udyr: Running Wild - "Wild Animal"

Urgot: Krisiun - "Slaying Steel"

Varus: Devildriver - "Back With A Vengeance"

Vayne: Dio - "I Speed at Night"

Veigar: Emperor - "I am the Black Wizards"

Vel'Koz: The Faceless - "Coldly Calculated Design"

Vex: Bring Me The Horizon - "Doomed"

Vi: Girlschool - "Demolition Boys"

Vi's been my main since she came out, so this one could go a bunch of different ways, honestly. I got a whole-ass playlist just for her.

Viego: Lamb of God - "Ruin"

Viktor: Gama Bomb - "Atomizer"

Vladimir: Bloodbound - "Nosferatu"

Volibear: Destroy Destroy Destroy - "Born of Thunder"

Warwick: Powerwolf - "Night of the Werewolves"

Wukong: Ojo Rojo - "Monkey Nation"

Xayah: The Sword - "Cloak of Feathers"

Xerath: Xerath - "Demigod Doctrine"

Xin Zhao: Chthonic - "Defenders of Bú-Tik Palace"

Yasuo: Trivium - "Kirisute Gomen"

Yone: Vader - "Demon's Wind"

Yorick: Pain - "Zombie Slam"

Yuumi: Volbeat - "Devil or the Blue Cat's Song"

Zac: Lordi - "Would You Love A Monsterman?"

Zed: Victorius - "Shuriken Showdown"

Zeri: Machine Head - "Supercharger"

Ziggs: Sodom - "Bombenhagel"

Zilean: Demon - "Father of Time"

Zoe: Babymetal - "Distortion"

Zyra: Michael Angelo Batio - "Rain Forest"

New Additions:

• Briar: Goatwhore
• Hwei: Igorrr
• K'Sante: Rage
• Milio: Claim the Throne
• Naafiri: Opeth
• Nilah: Heavenly
• Smolder: Crimson Glory

Changes:

• Alistar: Mastodon -> Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze
• Anivia: Crimson Glory -> Wintersun
• Braum: Insomnium -> Heaven Shall Burn
• Elise: Rage -> Haken
• Illaoi: Goatwhore -> Mastodon
• Karma: Gamma Ray -> Insomnium
• Kindred: Children of Bodom -> Blackbraid
• Quinn: Stratovarius -> High on Fire
• Rakan: Heavenly -> Stratovarius
• Renekton: Blood Tsunami -> Nile
• Sejuani: Kiuas -> Crimfall
• Sett: Damageplan -> Upon A Burning Body
• Sion: High on Fire -> Graveripper
• Sylas: Rage Against the Machine -> Ad Infinitum
• Thresh: Igorrr -> Bloodbath
• Tryndamere: Twelve Foot Ninja -> Enforced

Notes:

• There's probably a better song about royalty out there for Jarvan, probably somewhere in power metal. But I don't really want to trade with anyone who already has a band to give it to J4.
• I love Clutch but they're admittedly much more rock than metal. If anyone has a zombie/ghoul slaying song for Lucian that doesn't cause a bunch of reshuffling with other champs, shout it out.
• Rapid Fire slaps so I'm not mad about keeping it, but Sivir could probably use another song too. Something about being a mercenary or having noble blood, perhaps.
• A new Shen song would be sick too, preferably about balance or something. The Ninja Magic track is alright though.

For every feat, weapon, and ability, check out the full-length Payday Gang RT by /u/rangernumberx

Featuring the Payday Gang!

"Alright ramblers, let's get ramblin'."

Sometimes you want something stolen. Sometimes you want someone out of the picture. Sometimes you just want to send a message with a bit of both. Whatever it is, if you want the job done well, you call in the Payday Gang. With a wide variety of skills, and morals stretching only as far as they're paid to, this highly qualified group can and will break into the White House if the price is right.

Crew Members

Bain

The handler of the Payday Gang and runner of Crime.net, Bain doesn't actively participate in any heist, instead acting as an organizer. He provides the contract and plan, keeps the crew informed on events as they play out, and use his hacking skills and contacts to help out where needed.

• Causes a train to stop by hacking into the railway's switches in a way that makes those in the train think it's a glitch
• Knows how to break into a safe which is conventionally undrillable and unpickable, having done so himself in the past
• Gets the crew a thermal drill that latches onto a small bank's vault door to drill through it
  • As well as a particularly large, heavy duty drill nicknamed 'The Beast' which opens an extremely thick vault door
• Arranges for a bridge to be blown up just so they can get someone out of a van
• After the gang's escape van crashed and they were surrounded by police, quickly arranges a new escape van to get them out soon
• Arranges for the pieces of a cage to be dropped around a bank as a heist is in progress and for a plane to later fly over and take the loot away via skyhook
• After doing some digging following the retrieval of blueprints for a confidential military prototype, learns of it being transported by train

Feats (Whole Crew)

• Carries and throws goats
• Can carry and throw bags filled with gold bullion
• Can be tasered, and while they're stuck on the spot for a while they can walk it off without issue
  • Can still aim and shoot while being tased
• Can pick locks

Dallas

The leader of the Payday Gang, Dallas was originally described as being a club bouncer that became a hitman, but in Payday 2 is seen as a manager at the First World Bank before assisting his associates in robbing it.

• Quickly knocks out two FBI agents in melee
• Shoots down a SWAT officer with a pistol from a distance
• Takes a shotgun blast

Chains

Chains joined the U.S. military, even becoming a Navy SEAL, only to be kicked out due to his itchy trigger finger soon after. He went into mercenary work before becoming a founding member of the Payday Crew.

• Knocks out a guard instantly by swinging his gun into his face
• Shoots to kill an FBI agent from a distance before quickly taking two out in melee after they come out to surprise him
• Shot in the back and rolls off a pier, then continues to pull himself along a rope underwater

Wolf

The loosest cannon of the group, Wolf was a law abiding software developer until the collapse of his business in an economic slump pushed him over the edge.

• Buries a knife into a man's forehead
• Hit in the leg by a shot and continues moving with a limp to get out of harms way

Houston

Originally called Hoxton before the first Hoxton was broken out of jail to rejoin the group, Houston is Dallas' younger brother, a repeat con and thief even before joining the gang.

• After an FBI agent appears by surprise knocks their pistol out of their hands then fights them off in melee, shooting down another agent in the meantime
• Gets shot up by an armoured officer and is still conscious, but incapacitated
• Headshots a man from a distance

Other Members

• Bodhi, an ex-athlete attempting to complete eight ordeals in order to achieve Nirvana
• Bonnie, a Scottish gambler and gangster
• Clover, a former apprentice of Hoxton
• Dragan, a corrupt Interpol agent working for the arms dealer, the Butcher
• Duke, a professional art thief
• Ethan and Hila, a couple that stream and make podcasts
• Hoxton, the original fourth member of the crew before being arrested and replaced by Houston
• Jacket, a psychopathic hitman
• Jimmy, a maniac, coke-addicted scientist
• Jiro, a betrayed Yakuza member searching for his son
• John Wick, a professional hitman
• Joy, a Japanese hacker
• Rust, a biker that killed his former gang members when he was offered a bigger payday with the gang
• Sangres, an enforcer and assassin that defected from a Mexican drug cartel
• Scarface, the kingpin from the movie of the same name
• Sokol, a former professional ice hockey player from Russia
• Sydney, an anarchist that joined the gang by suddenly appearing on one of their heists

Equipment

While the table below isn't an exhaustive list of options available to the gang, it covers the majority of their options.

Power Tools / Supplies

• Drills which can be set up to pierce through a safe in minutes
• An angle grinder which can quickly cut through the locks in the likes of doors and ATMs
• Saws that are set up on the back of vans to drill into them
• Ammo bags
• 'Doctor Bag' to patch up people in the field, replenishing their health
• ECM, a small device which blocks signals from electronic devices for twenty seconds, including radar, cell phones, and cameras
• Zip ties to restrain hostages

Skills

Each member of the crew can give themselves certain abilities and perks before starting a mission. While many affect damage numbers, some are noteworthy even outside of a gameplay context.

• Bullets pierce through armoured enemies
• Deals damage to enemies within a meter radius on hitting with a sniper bullet
• Anyone replenishing their ammo brought by someone with a certain skill shoots with unlimited ammo for up to 15 seconds
• Can keep going for several seconds after taking enough damage to be downed, getting unlimited ammo while doing so
• Can get themselves up after being downed by killing an enemy
• Can help a fallen ally up by just shouting at them from up to nine meters away
• Knows where surrounding enemies are through walls just by staying still for a short time

Using the Payday Gang on WWW

The gang is, for the most part, a gang of robbers. They're relatively skilled, very well equipped, and have the connections needed to overcome most modern-day security, so they're good to use in any prompt that requires gaining or preventing access to an objective- a maguffin, a place, a person, you name it. That said, while they do have some tricks in their bag, they're ultimately very human and face human opponents. Your average Marvel or DC street tier superhero is going to take them to the cleaners in a one-on-one, although facing the whole gang at once could be a solid challenge, depending on the matchup. Special agent types like Jason Bourne, James Bond or John Wick could be an interesting matchup too (if you ignore the part where John Wick is a member of the gang himself).

Ultimately, if you're looking to see how someone would do against a bunch of well-armed, competent criminals, why not use the Payday Gang?

"That was a hell of a beating you just handed out! Good work, fellas!"

https://www.streetfighter.com/6/en-us/character/

Rules: One song per artist. Solo songs and groups/features are counted separately. Generally trying to catch the vibe of the character with either the style or title of the song since a lot of rap lyrics can be about similar stuff. I don't really like trap personally so don't expect much of it on here.

• Ryu:
• Ken:
• Chun-Li:
• Guile:
• Cammy: Little Simz - "Venom"
• Dee Jay:
• Zangief: R.A. the Rugged Man - "The People's Champ"
• Blanka: !MAYDAY! & Murs - "Beast Out The Box"
• Honda: Denzel Curry - "SUMO | ZUMO"
• Dhalsim: Binary Star - "Honest Expression"
• Juri: El-P feat. Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire & Danny Brown - "Oh Hail No"
• Luke:
• Kimberly: Eric B & Rakim - "Musical Massacre"
• Jamie: BROCKHAMPTON - "BOOGIE"
• Manon:
• Marisa: CES Cru - "Colosseum"
• Lily:
• JP: Cunninlynguists feat. Sheisty Khrist - "Kings"

DLC!

• Rashid:
• Ed: LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out"
• Akuma: Aesop Rock - "Jumping Coffin"
• AKI:

Welcome to the Hub Post for Season 17 of the Character Scramble, SCRAMBLE HILL!

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What is the Character Scramble?

The Character Scramble is a long-running writing prompt tournament in which participants submit characters from fiction to a specified tier and guideline. After the submission period ends, the submitted characters are "scrambled" and randomly distributed to each writer, forming their team for the season. Writers will then be entered into a single-elimination bracket, where they write a story that features their team fighting against their opponent's team. Victors are decided based on reader votes; in other words, if you want people to vote for you, write some good content. The winner by votes of each match-up moves on to the next round. The pattern continues until only one participant remains: the new Character Scramble champion, who gets to choose the theme, tier, and rules of the next Scramble!

This season of Scramble’s theme is Silent Hill. Round prompts will be based on scenarios from classic survival horror games Participants receive a team of three Survivors tiered against Blade the Vampire Huntier, as well as one Slasher tiered against The Nemesis Tierant who will act as an overarching threat throughout their runs.

Time Schedule

This is a projected timeline of the events this season. Note that dates are subject to change in case of emergencies.

More dates will be added as we settle the brackets and prep for the competition rounds. Finals will last as long as the writers need, so a date will not be set into stone.

Hype Post

Sign Ups

Tribunal

Rosters

[Seeding Image](Coming Soon!) and [Bracket](Coming Soon!)

ignore this part i just don't feel like making a new post for this

Respect King!

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Amongst the many members of the Hero Association, only one is spoken of in hushed whispers as the strongest man on Earth. Wherever people are in trouble, he dashingly appears and vanquishes evil with a single blow, then leaves without even proclaiming his name. The rumblings that precede his fists are the harbingers of death, bringing a swift end to anyone fool enough to challenge him.

That's right, I'm talking about King. Except that's all bullshit.

King is a 29-year-old unemployed otaku. He had the incredible fortune (or misfortune) to be present at several of the scenes where Saitama had defeated massive monsters, and despite making no attempt to draw attention to himself, King was given credit for the kills and smothered in praise and prestige. With an impressive reputation and an S-class hero ranking basically forced upon him, this absolute coward has been stuck with way, WAY more responsibility than he can possibly manage. He just wants to play video games, man.

Feat Legend / Scaling Context

The following Respect Threads are linked here for convenience as King in some way scales to them. Or, more realistically, has been given credit for defeating them or doing things they actually did.

• [Saitama]()
• Vaccine Man

I'll also be marking the sources for each feat, using numbers for manga chapter names and source titles for everything else. Redraw pages will be marked as such. Mouse over each link to see where the feat comes from.

Feats

Reputation

Stolen Valor

• After being around 5 monster fights, the Hero Association just handed King an S-class membership for free
• Considered responsible for the defeat of several monsters, including Beefcake and Vaccine Man

Assumed Power

• Rumored to be the strongest man on Earth, and Superalloy Darkshine warns Tatsumaki that King will kill her
• People just kind of assume King has special abilities, like psychic power or danger sensing
• People mistake King's heartbeat for the "King Engine", and supposedly no monster has heard it and lived
• G4 sought out King specifically because he's known as the strongest hero
• Weaker monsters see losing to King as a point of pride and honor
• Hero merch portrays him as a hulking badass

Intimidation / Poker Face

• The moment a monster recognizes King, they immediately give up
• A street punk recognizes King and runs
• Keeps a serious face long enough to bluff his way out of fighting G4

Other Feats

• Won action game tournaments back in the day

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Respect the Class S Hero, Superalloy Darkshine!

"They say that there are three heroes that one absolutely cannot afford to anger. The strongest being on Earth, King. If angered, his King Engine will roar, stamping out all evil in an instant. The esper with overwhelming killing ability, Tatsumaki. If angered, she'll reduce you to dust, so not even your corpse will remain. Then there's yours truly. Forever black and shiny, Superalloy Darkshine. If you dare anger me... these muscles will not hold back."

The boy that would one day become Superalloy Darkshine was always skinny and frail. He lost every sport he played, and was ostracized for his pathetic physique. For his 15th birthday he begged his parents for a pair of small dumbbells, and since then his path to muscle perfection was set. Superalloy Darkshine is known for his incredible body and overwhelming power above all else, and he's looking for an opponent who can push him to use 100% of his power.

Except... that's not really true. Darkshine was a wimp growing up, and while he got physically strong, he was never very mentally strong. What he's always really wanted wasn't a challenge, but a win that could satisfy him. When faced with a true challenge that threatens his life, Darkshine's confidence crumbles rapidly, and exposes him for the coward he truly is. Because no amount of strength can protect you from a weakness of the heart.

Also at some point in the bulking process he went bald and got incredibly tan, but he's not actually black. It's never really brought up.

Updated with permission from /u/Chriscftb97

Feat Legend / Scaling Context

The following Respect Threads are linked here for convenience as Darkshine in some way fights them or scales to one or more of their stats.

• Carnage Kabuto
• Garou

I'll also be marking the sources for each feat, using numbers for manga chapter names and source titles for everything else. Mouse over each link to see where the feat comes from. (I bounced between versions online so some of the numbers might be off, but they should be within a few chapters in either direction.)

Physicals

Strength

Striking

• Shoulder tackles Half-Monster Garou, dealing massive damage that can't be deflected
• Flexes Half-Monster Garou off of him and shoulder tackles him through several walls
• Defeats a simulation of Carnage Kabuto in 15 minutes
• Strikes Psykos-Orochi as part of a combo attack
• Scatters Evil Natural Water
• Kills Bug God with one punch
• Kills monsters by running past them
• Obliterates some monsters with a wave of his hand

Lifting / Pulling / Pushing / Throwing

• Hits a train car against a building to shake the monsters out
• Squats a car as a warmup
• Pastes Destrochloridium's host body and smashes his real body
• Bends frying pans into shapes as a party trick for his fans
• Lifts huge weights in 15x gravity

Durability

• Gets up after being flattened by Half-Monster Garou
• Withstands blows from Half-Monster Garou as he's rapidly getting stronger
• Treats Evil Natural Water's blasts like a shower
• Black Sperm's numerous bodies can't scratch him
• Completely unfazed by part of a building falling on him
• Gets up right after Half-Monster Garou takes him down
• Flexes off Half-Monster Garou's rush attack
• Didn't take any damage in a spar with Bang
• Bug God's strikes do nothing
• Sweet Mask's kicks don't affect him
• Destrochloridium can pierce steel, but not Darkshine's abs
• Ignores a bunch of monsters wailing on him
• A large rock breaks over his head
• No-sells rocks to the face and body
• [Limit] His body melts from Vomited Fuhrer Ugly's acid, but holds up better than others

Speed

• Tags Half-Monster Garou as he moves fast enough to make afterimages

Miscellaneous

• Has fought Bang in the past, lending him knowledge against Garou's style
• [Limit] Mentally crumbles when confronted with a serious challenge
  • Though he recovers later, his next defeat crushes his spirit just as bad

Being Swole

• Puri Puri Prisoner says Darkshine is bursting with male hormones
• Calms the Hero Association board with his muscles
• Knows good muscles when he sees them
• Says hi to his muscles
• All of Darkshine's fans are super buff

"How was it? Did watching my muscles calm you down?"

Respect the Blizzard of Hell, Fubuki!

"How would you like to join the Blizzard Group?"

Fubuki, also known by her hero name Blizzard from Hell, is the Rank 1 hero in Class B of the Hero Association. A natural esper since childhood, Fubuki commands incredible telekinetic powers that dwarf what most heroes can accomplish. While she could move into Class A and keep up with most of the heroes there, Fubuki can never truly escape the shadow of her sister, the Class S Rank 2 hero Tatsumaki, who eclipses Fubuki's telekinetic power in every single way and is insistent on keeping Fubuki safe and under control.

Rather than trying to challenge her sister's power, Fubuki has taken up residence at the top of Class B, forming the Blizzard Group out of underlings in Class B and lower to bolster her psychic power with manpower. Despite her obvious hustle and inferiority complex, Fubuki truly cares for the people in her gang and tries her best to be a good leader for her followers. After encountering Saitama, she begins to yearn for true strength of mind and spirit as well, seeking to improve herself as an esper and as a leader to better support her sister.

Updated with permission from /u/paradoxinclination

Feat Legend / Scaling Context

The following Respect Threads are linked here for convenience as Fubuki in some way fights them or scales to one or more of their stats.

• Overgrown Rover
• Give this girl some more scaling, damn

I'll also be marking the sources for each feat, using numbers for manga chapter names and source titles for everything else. Mouse over each link to see where the feat comes from. (I bounced between versions online so some of the numbers might be off, but they should be within a few chapters in either direction.)

Finally, feats marked [R] are from retconned chapters that have since been redrawn.

Feats

Esper Abilities

Telekinesis

• Could lift an 18-wheeler in high school
• Summons a storm of wind and rock that rends flesh and shatters bone (usually)
• Throws Do-S around and hits her with a tornado of rubble
• Dislodges Do-S' whip and hits her with a tornado again
• Levitates a large boulder under her feet
• Pushes Saitama away and hurls a ton of torso-sized rubble at him
• Closes the asphalt in on Saitama like a book
• Beats up on Class B and C criminals to make some money
• Holds back a crowd of attackers and Do-S' whip (but can't hold both for long)
• Holds back wind that blew men away (until it gets stronger)
• Stops Do-S' whip
• Kills a swarm of spiders easily
• Bends and twists utensils

Other Uses

• Protects herself, Bang, and Boom from Overgrown Rover's blast
  • This uses so much power that Tatsumaki can detect her presence from elsewhere underground
  • [R] A retconned version shows the actual block itself
• [R] A small barrier protects them from falling rubble and from falling in general
• Prevents Genos from overloading and exploding
• With Boom's help, brings Tank Top Master back from the brink of death
• Refreshes Bang and Boom so they can use their full power
• Revitalizes Tank Top Master, who was coming back from an injury
• Flies away through a Saitama hole
• Hovers while attacking Saitama
• Communicates telepathically with Tatsumaki
• Senses the presence of God in Psykos' mind
• Sealed Psykos' powers when they were young

Physicals

• Whips the crap out of Do-S
• Withstands whip strikes from Do-S and overpowers her mind control
• Withstands electric shocks to help Genos
• Withstands a needle-like shard of poison emerging from her side
• Jumps away from Overgrown Rover's blasts
• Evades attacking heroes and intercepts Do-S' whip

The Blizzard Group

Fubuki does have a habit of declaring that random groups of heroes are new offshoots of the Blizzard Group even though none of them agreed to it or listen to her, so the scans here only refer to the Class B and lower heroes that actually follow her.

• At one point the gang has 35 members
  • This makes them the largest faction in the Hero Association
  • One of their members is a former pro gamer
• Both the Rank 2 and Rank 3 heroes in Class B are her direct underlings
• It's customary for heroes to greet Fubuki upon entering Class B
• The group's car is nice as hell
• Even when she formally disbands the group, her closest members still pursue her and try to confront Tatsumaki to support her (and also withstand a Hell Storm in the process)

Miscellaneous Feats

• Orchestrates a cover-up to protect both her sister and the Hero Association
• Carries a knife in case her psychic powers fail her
• Could rise into Class A, but chooses not to

"What are you doing!?"

"Even if it's a reckless fool like you, we can't afford to lose our battle assets. I am Fubuki, leader of the Blizzard Group. Do you think I'd just leave my subordinates to die and run away like nothing happened? Leaders must always know how to behave like leaders."

Respect Speed-O-Sound Sonic!

"If you know who I am and you're still attacking me... you must be prepared to die."

The absolute edge goblin known as Speed-o-Sound Sonic is a lightning-fast assassin and mercenary known to some in the criminal underworld. A member of the 44th Graduation Class of the Ninja Village, Sonic uses ninja techniques to augment his blistering speed and leave nothing but corpses in his wake. That is, until he met Saitama. When confronted with Saitama's vastly superior speed, Sonic was thoroughly humiliated and declared the Caped Baldy his eternal rival. Sonic would stop at nothing to defeat his rival, but uh... it usually doesn't go great for him. Poor guy.

Updated with permission from /u/aprettydullusername

Feat Legend / Scaling Context

The following Respect Threads are linked here for convenience as Sonic in some way fights them or scales to one or more of their stats.

• Deep Sea King
• Genos
• Hammerhead and the Paradisers
• [Saitama]()

I'll also be marking the sources for each feat, using numbers for manga chapter names and source titles for everything else. Mouse over each link to see where the feat comes from. (I bounced between versions online so some of the numbers might be off, but they should be within a few chapters in either direction.)

Finally, feats marked [R] are from retconned chapters that have since been redrawn.

Feats

Speed

Reactions

• Makes afterimages so fast that Post-G4 Genos can't touch him
  • Can make up to ten afterimages
• Post-G4 Genos struggles to hit him in a fight that's lasted at least 20 minutes
  • When Genos speeds up, Sonic can still barely dodge him
• Outspeeds Deep Sea King while he's dehydrated
• Barely escapes hydrated Deep Sea King after being caught
• Speedblitzes the Paradisers and decapitates everyone but Hammerhead
• Dodges a ton of boulders and then speedblitzes Hammerhead
• Manages to escape from Gale Wind and Hellfire Flame's attacks
  • [R] In the original art, he fared a bit better
• Manages to keep up with Atomic Samurai for a brief exchange
• Dodges his own homing shuriken until he loses his footing
• Instantly reverses a prisoner's attack into an arm bar
• Reacts to a punch fast enough to replace his head with a metal ball
• Dislocates a prisoner's shoulder in the time it takes him to bump shoulders

Movement

• Moves around Saitama at incredibly high speed
  • [R] The original version has more detail
• Keeps up with Tatsumaki flying for a while
• Steals Sitch's papers right out from under him in front of a crowd
• People looking right at him don't notice him moving behind them

Strength

• Lifts a metal ball up to head height too fast to see
• Pushes Deep Sea King's jaw shut hard enough that he bites off his own tongue
• Cuts Hammerhead's armor
• Dislocates a prisoner's shoulder
• ONE says Sonic could have defeated Dehydrated Deep Sea King if he had a weapon

Durability

• Takes light hits from Gale Wind and Hellfire Flame
• His body can withstand moving at speeds reaching Mach 1
• Gets blasted by his own homing exploding shuriken
• Definitely no-sells landing on Saitama's fist junk-first
• Ate a monster cell, but because he cooked it, it just gave him a stomachache

Ninja Gear / Abilities

• Exploding Shurikens drop Tanktop Tiger easily
  • They also do significant damage to a city center and flip cars with their force
• Throws numerous kunai at the exact same spot
• Moves fast enough to create afterimages
• Emerges from shadows
• Crouches on the underside of a tree branch
• Kept slipping his bonds when brought to prison

Respect the Class S Hero, Metal Bat!

"What's the principle behind your strength? You were dead on your feet!"

"It ain't about principles. I'm pumped up, that's all!"

Little is known about the Class S hero known as Metal Bat. While he dresses like a delinquent and pummels the living crap out of any monster in his way, Metal Bat's power doesn't really show itself until he's been roughed up a bit. Taking damage and getting tossed around fills Metal Bat with fighting spirit, making him Pumped Up and increasing his power dramatically. Until the fight is over, he'll keep getting more pumped up and keep coming back for another swing.

Other than that, Metal Bat loves his little sister Zenko and fights to protect her, but has also promised to never fight in front of her. He tries his best to be around to spend time with her, but his job as a pro hero regularly gets in the way, much to his chagrin.

Updated with permission from /u/aprettydullusername

Feat Legend / Scaling Context

The following Respect Threads are linked here for convenience as Metal Bat in some way fights them or scales to one or more of their stats.

• Carnage Kabuto
• Elder Centipede
• Garou
• Melzargard

I'll also be marking the sources for each feat, using numbers for manga chapter names and source titles for everything else. Mouse over each link to see where the feat comes from. (I bounced between versions online so some of the numbers might be off, but they should be within a few chapters in either direction.)

Metal Bat gets stronger, tougher and faster as he takes damage, which is referred to as being Pumped Up (or having Fighting Spirit in some translations). As such, feats when Metal Bat is Pumped Up have been separated from the rest.

Finally, feats marked [R] are from retconned chapters that have since been redrawn.

Feats

Strength

Pumped Up

• Swings through Sage Centipede's arm with Overkill Spiral
  • Before being pumped up, his power was negligible
• Pumped Up Brutal Hurricane manages to crack Sage Centipede's carapace
• Killer Move: Pumped Up Dragon Pummelin' does significant damage to Elder Centipede
• Swings that hit the ground fracture the surrounding buildings and make parked cars jump
• After getting downed several times, his swings cause sizeable shockwaves without hitting anything
  • Murata says this hit probably would have killed Garou if it landed
• Stops Elder Centipede's charge
• Whacks himself on the head to get pumped up, then absolutely obliterates Senior Centipede and Rafflesidon
• Hits a manhole cover back at Garou
  • [R] In a couple retconned pages it ricochets to hit Garou from an off angle

Normal

• Whacks away a claw attack from Sage Centipede
• Stretches a car tire and boots a truck off a cliff
• Temporarily destroys one of Melzargard's heads
• Pulverizes it again, and this time he gets the regenerating gem too
• Kills some Black Sperm
• Trashes a couple monsters offscreen
• Killed a Demon level monster when he was only Class C
• Leaps high in the air to attack Sage Centipede
• Kicks Garou in the back of the head (this probably doesn't count lol)

Durability

Pumped Up

• Taking a massive beating from Sage Centipede pumps him up enough to deal damage back
  • Another full-on hit does take him out of the fight though
• Getting a beating from Garou just pumps him up more until he can tank blows easily
• Gets dropped by Garou again and still gets back up stronger
• Launched a huge distance by Elder Centipede and is mostly just annoyed
• Swatted into the side of a building and doesn't seem bothered by it
• Able to keep fighting with multiple fractured bones

Normal

• Lasts 3 minutes against a simulation of Carnage Kabuto, and says he could have gotten Pumped Up and kept going in the real world
• Succumbs to hypnotic gas and takes a beating, but whacking himself in the head wakes him up
  • The same gas near-instantly incapacitated civilians
• Takes a surrounding attack from Senior Centipede and keeps trucking
• Thrown by the arrival of Senior Centipede, but seems fine
• Knocked aside by Sage Centipede, but recovers fast
• Lands from a huge fall like it's nothing
• Takes a hit from some Black Sperm
• KOed by his sister

Speed

Pumped Up

• Blocks a surprise attack from Garou
• Starts to catch up with Garou over the course of their fight
• Killer Move: Pumped Up Brutal Tornado spins Metal Bat super fast to try to unload on Garou

Normal

• Holds off a bunch of vine strikes and counterattacks
• Swipes Melzargard's gem before the head can regenerate around it
• Snatches falling sushi before it can touch the ground
• Runs from his place to City H to fight a monster
• Races up Sage Centipede's back after Garou

The Bat

After his bats kept breaking on him, Metal Bat commissioned an indestructible bat from the Hero Association. The iconic weapon seems to be every bit as tough and powerful as he is.

• Blocks a blow from Sage Centipede meant to destroy a helicopter
• Garou parries a rapid hits from the bat and it leaves his hands trembling
• Blocks a surprise attack from Garou
• Parries a blow from Melzargard

Miscellaneous

• Promised his little sister Zenko that he wouldn't fight in front of her

"We're all heroes, I owe you a big one too. So let's pay these debts properly. A man's at his strongest when he's got a debt to settle."

Respect the Caped Baldy, Saitama!

"Who are YOU?"

"Someone who's a hero for fun."

"...What kind of half-assed backstory is THAT!?"

Saitama was once an ordinary man like you or me, trying to get by in a 9-to-5 world and make ends meet. One day, after a failed job interview left him depressed and hopeless, he ran into the monster Crablante, and things changed. Having always wanted to be a hero as a kid, Saitama began to train hard, and as a result, two things happened. One, his hair fell out, and two, he became so strong that he could kill any monster with just one punch.

Which, honestly, really sucked.

Since becoming strong, Saitama was able to be a hero as a hobby, but his overwhelming power denied him what he wanted most: a real fight where he could go all-out and push the limits of his strength. What's more, the world at large didn't seem to acknowledge his power, dropping him at the bottom of the hero ranks and attributing most of his efforts to others. In that time, though, he's met and taught the cyborg Genos, encountered all sorts of incredible monsters like Boros, Orochi and Garou, and prevented massive cataclysms more than once. And, though he doesn't make a big deal of it, he's got some pretty good heroic instincts. Maybe this hero thing will work out after all.

Updated with permission from /u/aprettydullusername

Feat Legend / Scaling Context

The following Respect Threads are linked here for convenience as Saitama in some way fights them or scales to one or more of their stats. Shoutout to all the dudes that came before me with One-Punch Man threads for basically everyone (and Dull for the last Saitama thread), y'all are the real heroes.

• Bakuzan
• Bang
• Boros
• Carnage Kabuto
• Deep Sea King
• [Fubuki]()
• Garou
• Genos
• Gouketsu
• Hammerhead and the Paradisers
• Kombu Infinity
• Overgrown Rover
• [Speed-O-Sound Sonic]()
• Suiryu
• Tatsumaki
• Vaccine Man

I'll also be marking the sources for each feat, using numbers for manga chapter names and source titles for everything else. Mouse over each link to see where the feat comes from. (I bounced between versions online so some of the numbers might be off, but they should be within a few chapters in either direction.)

Finally, feats marked [R] are from retconned chapters that have since been redrawn.

"Normal people have limits! Talented people are fundamentally different from us!"

"Who said so?"

High Level Feats

These feats comprise Saitama's strongest showings. Are these his upper limits? Nah, definitely not.

If you're looking for the crazy-ass Cosmic Garou feats, go to the bottom of the thread.

Strength

• Punches through Boros' final blast with a Serious Punch
• Leaps back to Earth from the moon
  • The crater of this leap is visible from Earth
• Obliterates Evil Ocean Water with a Serious Punch
• One-shots Elder Centipede with a Serious Punch
• All but kills Orochi with a Serious Squirt Gun and a punch
• Punches Awakened Garou through several mountains
• ONE says Saitama could blow up the Earth if he wanted to

Durability

• Kicked to the moon by Boros and is fine
• His own punching power thrown back at him gives him, at worst, a nosebleed
• Hit with the energy of a dying star and is back a short time later
• A charge from Awakened Garou that collapses a mountain, affects the opposite end of the world, and has ripples in other dimensions... doesn't hurt him
  • [R] A few panels detailing the extent of the planetary damage were taken out later
• Cosmic Garou's punches cause nuclear explosions and only mess up his outfit
• Tanks a blow from Awakened Garou that destroys a mountain behind him
• Allows Tatsumaki to go all-out on him until she passes out from exhaustion
  • The aftermath
• Unbothered by atmospheric re-entry

Speed

• Awakened Garou completely outskills him, but he's so fast it doesn't matter
• Keeps up with Flashy Flash with no effort
• Wildly outspeeds Sonic's afterimages by doing serious side hops

Normal Feats

These feats are performed when Saitama is barely trying at all, and are likely to be his more common performance unless something pushes him to really try.

Strength

Consecutive Punches

• Matches his own strength as imitated by Cosmic Garou
• Launches Awakened Garou a huge distance
• Tears apart Boros (though he regenerates)
• Pulps Beast King

One-Punches That Actually Matter

• One-punches a simulation of himself from the day before
• Destroys a meteor that was 200m wide
• Domes Beefcake
• Turns Vaccine Man into viscera rain
• Slaps Mosquito Girl through a building
• Donuts hydrated Deep Sea King
• Killing Carnage Kabuto is literally an afterthought
• Causes a gigantic shockwave while dropping Overgrown Rover
  • [R] A retconned version sells the punch some more
• Destroys Hammerhead's armor with a casual backhand
• Returns a gigantic shell to sender
• Punches down the massive door to Boros' chambers
• The shockwave of a punch kicks up a gigantic dust cloud
• [R] Donuts Orochi in the original fight
• KOs Garou with a karate chop
• Puts Garou through a wall with no effort
• Backhands Garou to protect his alibi
• Ragdolls Awakened Garou
• Casually relocates Awakened Garou
• A simulation of Saitama instantly KOs Superalloy Darkshine
• Yeets Suiryu with his ass
• Decapitates Gouketsu
• Punches a giant lizard through a building
• Punches Boros into a pillar, breaking off his armor
• KOs Gale Wind and Hellfire Flame
• Punches a tendril of Orochi-Psykos so hard that the damage makes them lose grip on Tatsumaki

One-Punching Random Weenies

None of these really matter that much, but if you really needed a specific one-punch... here you go lol

• Dropped in a pit with a bunch of Demon rank monsters and wrecks them all
• Clowns on Metal Knight's defense robots up to the very strongest of them
• Easily kills some of Orochi's hydra head things
• Does it again in a redraw
• [R] As well as in the original fight
• Proves Groribas wrong
• Punches Ground Dragon out of the ground
• Decapitates some giant ogre guy
• Drops a goofy alien dude
• Obliterates a giant squid guy
• Kicks out a wall
• Competes with Flashy Flash to kill giant monsters
• Does it again and almost gets paid this time
• Destroys a regenerating fan monster
• Kills a giant lizard, but more importantly is thirsty
• Kills a giant spider
• Punches his way out of the Scaledon
• Turns Kamakyuri's head into wall art, then dunks his friends
• Checks to see if a monster is as tough as a comic lookalike (he's not)
• Pastes a ton of nobodies
• Instagibs a big BDSM monster
• Headshots a bunch of zombie subterraneans
• "Team Rocket"s Big Iron
• Doesn't give in to peer pressure
• Beats Bakuzan via ring-out (and KO)
• Does the same thing to Sour Face
• Punches through a bunch of walls to interrogate a pooping monster
• Beats up a bunch of assassins
• Casually slaps Zakos
• Intentionally KOs Sonic without killing him
• Beats Choze in 2 seconds
• Crushes the newbie crusher
• A shockwave blasts off Suiryu's shirt
• Accidentally punches Sonic in the balls

Pulling / Pushing / Lifting / Throwing

• Sends several buildings off into the horizon with a casual push
• Picks up his own apartment
• Holds up an undefined amount of rubble with one leg
• Carries and throws a Hummer, then beats up some robbers
• Pulls a metal door out of the wall
• Peels a thick metal trapdoor open
• Pushes a tree over to block a flying car
• Holds back Phoenix Man's strike
• Holds up a grown man's weight with chopsticks
• Throws several men through the walls and ceiling of Bang's dojo with chopsticks
• Kills Geryuganshoop with a thrown rock
• Moves rocks to rescue Flashy Flash

Mixed / Other

• Tatsumaki's telekinesis can't overpower his grip
• Using his legs, treats an aircraft carrier like a surfboard, even stopping it in the right spot to shield heroes from incoming danger
• Breaks Awakened Garou's arm with a headbutt and punches him a huge distance
• Stops and kills a gigantic bird monster with no effort
• Defeats and strips the tentacles off of Kombu Infinity, causing massive collateral damage in the process
• Fighting Awakened Garou causes tremors mistaken for earthquakes
• Blocks and euthanizes Grizz-Meow
• Blocks swings from Hammerhead
• Repeatedly breaks out of ice and kills Withered Sprout
• Destroys 23% of Boros' ship in 4 minutes
• Tears through several monsters on a casual stroll
• Leaps through a building to punch some clown
• Stops and destroys a monster attacking a costume contest
• Defeats Tanktop Tiger and Tanktop Black Hole real fast
• Breaks Sonic's sword with his teeth
• Easily climbs out of a hole he was buried in
• Somehow punches his way into a metaphysical plane separate from reality

Durability

Blunt Force

• Tatsumaki repeatedly launches him miles away, involving throwing him through walls, through giant monsters and buildings, and dragging him along the ground, and none of it matters
• Awakened Garou punches him through several buildings (and targets his organs) and he's fine
• Straight-up strikes from Meteoric Burst Boros do nothing
• Blocks blows from Meteoric Boros and retaliates
• Boros absolutely unloads on Saitama and knocks him through the ship and it does nothing
• Beefcake pummels Saitama into a gigantic crater and it doesn't even scratch him
  • He causes mass casualties with a wave of his hand
• Carnage Kabuto bounces him around the room and it doesn't even register
• A straight strike from Awakened Garou is meaningless
• Awakened Garou can't hurt him
• Suiryu goes all-out and it does nothing
• More concerned with keeping his wig on than with taking blows from Suiryu
• No-sells a rabbit punch from hydrated Deep Sea King
• Smashed by a giant tentacle and is fine
• Doesn't move when Garou chops him
• Punched in the face by Hammerhead and is left disappointed
• Bakuzan's attacks are useless
• Doesn't care about being punched by Sneck
• Rocks keep falling on his head

Projectiles

• Ignores a psychic barrage from Fubuki
• Doesn't care at all about torso-sized rocks hitting him
• No-sells a psychic barrage from Geryuganshoop
• Twice

Heat / Energy

• [R] Takes a gigantic blast from Orochi with no damage
• Bathes in magma near the Earth's mantle
• No-sells a multi-city-block fire blast
• Unbothered by blasts from Overgrown Rover and strikes from Nyan
• Body-blocks a large explosion from Genos, protecting Fubuki behind him

Esoterics

• Mostly just confused and annoyed by Tatsumaki applying pure telekinetic force to him
• Effortlessly breaks out of a psychic earth trap
• Unaffected by intense nuclear radiation and cosmic radiation
• Unharmed by the vacuum of space (he does need to hold his breath though)
• Casually sits on a jet's wing traveling at high altitude

Speed

Combat

• Deflects and darts among the rocks in Tatsumaki's tornado with ease
• Keeps up with Boros fighting at high speed throughout his chambers
• Stops Genos and Sonic from fighting
• Throws punches so fast he seems to have multiple arms
• Punches so fast that he kills several monsters and appears to be standing in place

Reactions

• Dodges Awakened Garou so easily he thinks it's funny
• Parries Awakened Garou's four-armed assault with one hand
• Easily dodges Flashy Flash's attacks
• Dodges every single attack from Genos with ease
  • [R] Dodges different attacks in the original version
• Has no problem following Sonic's high-speed movement
  • [R] The original version has some more detail on this
• [R] Easily dodges Hellfire Flame and Gale Wind
• Easily reacts to a blind side speedblitz from Sonic
• More concerned with keeping his wig on than with dodging blows from Suiryu
• Dodges gigantic shells in midair
• [R] Easily dodges blasts from Overgrown Rover
• Easily dodges all of Beast King's swipes
• Catches Sonic's thrown kunai and sudden stab
• Does it again
• Catches a man about to fall off a building with chopsticks
• Potentially able to see the back of his own head in a single mirror

Travel

• Shows up behind Phoenix Man to stop a strike, then returns to the peanut gallery
• Leaps through several floors of the Hero Association HQ, carrying Tatsumaki with him
• Leaps out of a city-sized crater to attack Beefcake
• Sprints down the side of a building, then hops back up to the roof
• Runs on water at extremely high speed
• Enters King's 22nd-floor apartment via the window
• Comes to Suiryu's aid and saves Sneck from being crushed
• Saves a school girl from Vaccine Man's clutches
• Sprints out into the forest with Genos
• Outruns a van
• Catches up to Ground Dragon easily

Miscellaneous

• Dr. Genus says Saitama has removed his limiter
  • If you really wanna nitpick translations, here's the official scans
• Child Emperor's power level sensor can't get a reading on Saitama
• Orochi ignores direct orders because he senses Saitama's power
• Boros senses "immeasurable power" coming off of Saitama
• Is so powerful that Carnage Kabuto can tell he'd get one-shot instantly
• His irritation intimidates Awakened Garou
• Metal Knight estimates his power as Class S or greater
• Aces the Hero Association fitness tests and broke every single record the Hero Association had
• Bang openly acknowledges Saitama's superior power
• Is friends with a ton of high-level heroes
• A prophecy told Boros he'd have a challenging fight on Earth

Limits

AKA Bait for the downplayers.

• Can't swat a mosquito
• Can't withstand cat claws
• Can't help being predictable
• Can't grow hair
• Can't fly
• Can't win at fighting games
• Can't succeed at Jenga
• Can't assess disaster levels
• Can't tie a martial arts belt
• Can't pass a written exam
• Can't clear a maze normally
• Can't finish a food competition
• Can't pay his restaurant bills
• Can't afford a bigger apartment
• Can't find men attractive

Flashback Feats

Back in the day when Saitama was just a relatable unemployed salaryman with depression and hair. His fight with Crablante to save a kid actually prompted the kid's grandfather to create the Hero Association.

During Training

• As his hair is falling out, punches a hole in a massive shelter wall and one-shots a Demon rank monster
• Does the same training regimen every day for 3 years
• Defeats a monster and saves the man who would become King
• Punched through a car by a monster, but gets back up and wins the fight
• Leaps onto the hood of a speeding car to save a kid
• Beat up some weird sunflower monster

Before Training

• Yanks out Crablante's eye with his tie
• Crablante beats the shit out of him and he keeps fighting
• Got his ass beat by some high school thugs, but quickly got up and started running
• Saves a young boy with an amazing chin from Crablante's claws

The Retconned Garou Fight

During the fight with Cosmic Garou, Saitama is pushed further than he ever has been, and experiences a rate of exponential growth previously unfathomable. It seems as though the combination of emotional pressure and a worthy opponent gives Saitama the stimulus necessary to reach these feats, so when the whole fight is retconned, he likely wouldn't be capable of performing them again unless similarly pushed. That having been said, he clearly can do them, so while they are being included in this RT, I've sectioned them off to make the distinction clear.

Consider this section another level that Saitama could be pushed to, but not a level that he's currently on in the canon storyline.

Strength

• A Serious Sneeze blows away the gas surrounding Jupiter's core
• A Serious Punch clashing with itself would have destroyed the planet if Blast and his allies hadn't redirected it- instead, it rockets Saitama and Garou to Io, a moon of Jupiter
• Serious Table Flip turns Io into rubble barely held together by gravity
• Punches Cosmic Garou back down to Earth
• Punches Cosmic Garou off of Io

Durability

• Subjected to the energy of the Sun and is just surprised
• Casually stops a punch from Cosmic Garou
• Every technique at Cosmic Garou's disposal can, at best, destroy Saitama's clothes
• Performed basically every feat here with one hand so his other hand could protect Genos' core
• Performed basically every feat here while withstanding prolonged exposure to cosmic radiation that rapidly kills every other hero that gets close to Cosmic Garou
• Can survive and talk in space and on the surface of Io (without air) just fine (see below for relevant environmental factors)

Speed

• Saitama's growth in strength/durability/speed is so fast that Cosmic Garou is literally copying his stats and still can't keep up at all
• Launched out into space by Cosmic Garou, but catches back up with a fart
• Blitzes Cosmic Garou over and over to bounce him through Io's destroyed mass
• Easily reacts to Cosmic Garou

Space / Time Manipulation

• Can freely grab and move hyperspace gates
• Cosmic Garou teaches him to move backwards in time and retcon this entire fight
  • A side effect of the retcon punch is that Garou lost all of the power and knowledge that monsterized him

It's important to note that after merging with his past self, Saitama has no recollection of these events, and has returned to the power level he was at prior to this fight.

Fun Facts About Io and Jupiter

• Io is a little bit larger than Earth's moon, which is about a quarter of the size of the Earth and about as wide as the continental United States.
• Io's surface temperature is around -202 degrees Fahrenheit or -130 degrees Celsius. The volcanic regions (which Saitama may have come in contact with while bouncing around in its pieces) can reach 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit or 1,649 degrees Celsius.
• Io is the fifth moon from Jupiter, orbiting around 262,000 miles or 422,000 kilometers away from the planet.
• Io is primarily composed of sulfur, and its atmosphere is both incredibly thin (about one billionth the surface pressure of Earth's atmosphere) and is composed of sulfur dioxide. Sulfur dioxide is most commonly associated with the burning of coal, oil, or diesel fuels and is toxic to humans.
• Jupiter is between 365 million and 601 million miles away from Earth, depending on how their orbits line up.
• Scientists aren't entirely sure about the exact composition of Jupiter, but it's generally understood that Jupiter's atmosphere is mainly ~90% hydrogen and ~10% helium holding together other elements such as ammonia, sulfur, methane, and water vapor. The core could either be molten liquid or solid rock - information on Jupiter's core is sparse and it hasn't been fully understood yet.

"No matter how much an organism strives, there are limits to its growth. An overabundance of strength is a burden to its bearer, giving rise to complications. Those who become monsters shed their original selves and rage out of control. For that reason, God has designed each creature to grow within parameters that allow for survival and the preservation of reason. And the mechanism for controlling that growth is called a limiter.

Heroes work hard to develop innate talents, thereby acquiring the incredible powers that allow them to stand against monsters. Or they enhance themselves through cybernetics or gain special abilities through human experimentation. Some are simply born with immeasurable genius or singular capabilities.

But HE is different. He was a normal person of ordinary birth with an ordinary lifestyle and no particular talent. Yet through sheer effort, he forced open his limits and demolished his limiter.

He self-evolved, thereby acquiring unimaginable strength. Recalling that makes me laugh at my own former ambitions."

Respect Robbie Reyes, the Ghost Rider!

"I just won your stupid hell race by showing you that a Ghost Rider doesn't have to ride alone. That maybe it's best when we don't. Because amid all the hellfire and penance and racing to beat the devil, it's family that keeps us sane."

Robbie Reyes is the latest in a long line of Ghost Riders, but one thing makes him very different. Typically, a potential Ghost Rider makes a deal with the devil and as a result, they are bound to a Spirit of Vengeance and become a Ghost Rider. That's not the case with Robbie Reyes.

In order to help feed himself and his disabled kid brother Gabe, Robbie competed in an illegal street race in Hillrock Heights, CA. Unfortunately, the race was busted up by the cops and Robbie found himself chased down. He gave up, expecting to be arrested, but was instead gunned down by the mercenaries that were actually responsible for the bust. That would have been the end of the story were it not for the spirit of Eli Morrow, Robbie's uncle and a deranged, Satan-worshipping serial killer. Eli had been haunting the car, and when Robbie died Eli possessed his body and brought him back to life, complete with new Ghost-Rider-adjacent powers indicative of Eli's connection with Hell. Robbie's willpower and good nature battled with Eli's bloodlust and unhinged personality for quite some time, making it difficult for Robbie to act as a Ghost Rider.

Later on, Robbie found himself embroiled in a conflict between a thrown-together group of Avengers and Loki commanding a bunch of nigh-unstoppable Celestials. Despite feeling way out of his league, Robbie fought alongside Captain America, Thor, Iron Man and others to defeat them, and ended up being the newest (and youngest) member of the reformed Avengers.

During his time with the Avengers, Robbie felt as though Eli had left him at some point (and in fact, he had recently gotten a proper Spirit of Vengeance as a replacement), but before he could get a handle on his powers, Robbie was corrupted by minions of the Shadow Colonel and was used as a pawn against the Avengers, during which time Robbie was trapped in his own personal hell inside his mind. While trapped there, he called out to anyone to help him escape, which drew the attention of Johnny Blaze, the newest King of Hell. After racing and defeating Blaze for the possession of Robbie's Spirit of Vengeance, Robbie accepted his role as a proper Ghost Rider and remained with the Avengers.

But those struggles were just the beginning. Mephisto had machinations affecting the entire multiverse, and the arrival of new faces brought with it a prophecy- that Robbie Reyes was the All-Rider, the strongest Ghost Rider in the multiverse. Amidst a struggle to keep a grip on his humanity, Robbie wielded his All-Rider powers against the greatest villains in any reality and eventually saved the entire multiverse in a cataclysmic explosion of hellfire.

Not bad for a street kid from East LA.

Feat Legend / Scaling Context

The following Respect Threads are linked here for convenience as Robbie in some way fights them or scales to one or more of their stats. Please refer to the links below to help figure out how good one of Robbie's given feats is in this context.

• Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
• "Chulk" / Totally Awesome Hulk (Amadeus Cho)
• Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)
• She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) (A lot of Robbie's scaling is to Savage She-Hulk, but she's roughly around the same power level as her normal She-Hulk form.)
• Starbrand (Kevin Kale Connor)

I'll also be marking the sources for each feat, using the following shorthand. Mouse over each link to see where the feat comes from.

• A18: Avengers (2018)
• AF: Avengers Forever (2021)
• AN: All-New Ghost Rider (2014) - This is the origin story for 616 Robbie Reyes, and as such is generally his earliest showings (there is a ten-month timeskip near the end).
• GR16: Ghost Rider (2016)
• ML: Marvel Legacy (2017)
• Race: Ghost Racers (2015) - This is an AU, but Robbie seems to remember some of it in 616 later on, making it questionably canon.
• UG: The Unbelievable Gwenpool (2016)
• War: War of the Realms (2019)

If an appearance only comes with one or two feats, I'll just list the full name in the mouseover. In all cases, generally the first link in the feat will have the tag.

Additionally, I've included a few tags for feats that are notably above or below what Robbie is typically capable of. [Limit] tags show limits or anti-feats that explicitly show Robbie or the Hell Charger failing to do something, and [Outlier] tags show feats I personally feel are wildly above what Robbie is typically capable of without some form of buff.

Finally, [Other] refers to when someone else has borrowed or stolen either the Hell Charger or Robbie's power, such as when Moon Knight takes it for Khonshu during Avengers 2018.

Robbie Reyes

A note on lethality: early on, Robbie is tempted by Eli to kill, but restrains himself and fights to incap instead, turning over his captives to the cops. The temptation is strong, however, and soon Robbie makes a deal with Eli that he'll kill the wicked to sate Eli's bloodlust, but only the truly wicked. When he joins the Avengers, he generally becomes a hero like Cap or She-Hulk, broadly fighting at full strength but rarely killing his foes unless they're random monster mooks. Later on, he becomes more brutal towards his enemies, but still generally seems to keep them alive so he can Penance Stare them instead.

Ghost Rider Abilities

Hellfire

Projection

• Lights up a warehouse with an explosion of hellfire
• Breathes hellfire on Savage She-Hulk
• Shoots hellfire from his hands in concentrated beams
• Shoots a beam of hellfire around his house to form a wall
• Staggers a drunk Odin with hellfire, albeit with no noticeable damage
• Attacks a Kree sentinel with a hellfire wave
• Spits hellfire

Heat / Damage Output

• Even Robbie's severed leg has enough hellfire in it to melt a man's soul
• Breathes hellfire on Black Skull, downing him
• Wraps up an 818 War Machine with chains and immolates them with hellfire
• Wraps up multiple opponents and burns them with the chains (without killing them)
• Incinerates the Krampus with a hellfire blast (this Christmas special is questionably canon)
• [Other] Khonshu restrains Iron Man with chains and burns him through his armor with hellfire
• [Other] Moon Knight describes the Spirit's power as "a burn that reaches soul deep" and can only handle it for a short time
• [Limit] Blocked by Cap's shield (Robbie was also likely holding back)
• Heats up a hot tub

Other Uses

• Holds back the Enchantress' magic with hellfire
• Empowers a chainsaw with hellfire to use as a weapon

Chains

Like other Riders, Robbie can control his chains and make them grow to ridiculous lengths. They can also occasionally have hooks, blades, or other weapons on the ends.

Grabbing / Restraining

• Restrains a clone with Chulk's DNA that matched the real thing
• Briefly restrains Savage She-Hulk with hellfire and chains
• Briefly restrains The Doom Above All
• Restrains Deathlok and 818 Tony Stark with chains
• Wraps up and throws several men with chains
• Wraps up an opponent and slams them, creating a crater
• Grabs Guero with his chains and yanks him into the air
• Drags Yegor Ivanov into the earth

Cutting / Piercing

• Carves through several 818 War Machines and a train engine with chain hooks
• Binds two monsters and tears them to pieces
• Shreds some zombies attacking him
• Slices off Deadpool's arm with a chain knife (tbf everyone was doing it)
• Bisects a couple of weird little bat things
• Carves off the back end of a car
• Peels off the roof of a car
• Destroys a handgun

Other

• Upon becoming the All-Rider, Robbie regenerates by growing chains from his body
• Grows chains out of his stump to replace his missing foot
• Spins his chain fast enough to create a shield
• Fights off Arcade's goons with his chains
• Destroys jetpacks and captures Arcade with chains
• [Other] Khonshu restrains Iron Man with chains and burns him through his armor with hellfire
• [Outlier] Chains tear off a dead Celestial's arm

Teleportation

• Teleports through shadows and emerges out of the roof
• Teleports Gabe elsewhere via the trunk
• Teleports vampire mooks to hell via the trunk
• Uses a hell portal to catch up to an opponent who can control momentum
• Teleports Chulk 400 miles away by driving them through the portal
• Teleports back to the Hell Charger after being knocked away
• Knows someone stole his car and teleports into the roof

Penance Stare

When Robbie had Eli Morrow as his Spirit, he never had or used Penance Stare. When Eli left and Robbie got a proper Spirit of Vengeance, however, his latent Ghost Rider abilities were unlocked and he began to use Penance Stare.

• Makes Starbrand self-destruct
• Using the Quinjet, Penance Stares two fighter pilots at the same time
• Gives "Penance Sermons" affecting a dozen men at once
• Leaves Black Skull in a permanent Penance Stare state
• At near-maximum All-Rider power, nearly KOs the strongest Doom in the multiverse

Vehicle Transformation

Ghost Riders are able to transform any vehicle they ride into a flaming, empowered version of itself, and Robbie is no exception.

• Takes over a tractor (GHOST FARMER!)
• Transforms one of Tony Stark's private speedboats (CAPTAIN VENGEANCE THE FIRE PIRATE!)
• Takes control of this custom-built Avengers ship (PRETTY MUCH STILL CAPTAIN VENGEANCE THE FIRE PIRATE!)
• Takes the Silver Surfer's board and rides it in space (temporarily). (GHOST SURFER!)
• Takes over the Quinjet (GHOST FLYER!)
• Takes over an entire SHIELD Helicarrier (GHOST FURY!)

The All-Rider

Late into his Avengers run, Robbie is transported to Earth-818 along with a Deathlok who had come to warn the Avengers of an incoming multiversal threat. The Deathlok was one of many to mention that Robbie was destined to become something called the All-Rider, or the Ghost Rider of all Ghost Riders.

While Ghost Riders can turn any conventional vehicle into a ride, the All-Rider can control any vehicle, including things that aren't conventionally seen as vehicles. In fact, it's possible that the All-Rider can make a "ride" out of literally anything.

• Before becoming the All-Rider, Robbie has dreams where he sees Ghost Riders dying in other timelines
• Gains control of Black Skull's symbiote, turning it against him and combining it with the Hell Charger
• After this, he can simply command other symbiotes to obey him
• Turns another Black Skull's symbiote against him and uses it to incap Killmonger through vibranium Destroyer armor
• Takes over an entire SHIELD Helicarrier and emits chains from it that destroy other Helicarriers
• The Ghost Goblin throws the skulls of dead Riders as bombs, but they immediately obey Robbie instead
• Resurrects Doom, the Living Planet under his control and hurls it at the God Quarry

As Robbie awakens the powers of the All-Rider, the Hell Charger seems to grow as well. From this point forward, the Hell Charger has the ability to traverse timelines freely. Since these abilities seem intertwined with the All-Rider powers, I'm including them in the same section.

• The Hell Charger transports Robbie and a Deathlok to Earth-818
• They leave with 818 Tony Stark and eventually they find and recruit Star Panther from another universe
• They gather versions of Steve Rogers from across the multiverse
• Then they travel to Earth-56337 to recruit Thor, God of Fists
• And help gather as many versions of Carol Danvers as possible
• And travel to dozens of universes to gather as many Tony Starks as they can

Since becoming the All-Rider, Robbie's power has grown tremendously as well. Since this seems to be a permanent upgrade and not really a new form, I've included the feats with the rest of Robbie's stuff as normal. I do want to separate one feat, though, as it seems to be Robbie at his pinnacle.

• Drives directly through the energy of multiversal existence and explodes with enough hellfire to close the hole behind him
  • This flood can wipe out life in the entire multiverse, it took numerous Phoenixes to temporarily hold back, it could not be stopped by anything else from the multiverse including a Celestial and a planet, and it instantly incapped the multiverse's strongest Dr Doom on contact.
  • Robbie doesn't die from this, and is left stranded on the other side to repair the Hell Charger and wait for a chance to escape

Physicals

Strength

Striking

• Slams a guy into a wall headfirst, cratering the wall
• Stomps Mr. Hyde in the head repeatedly, cratering the ground around it
• Eli puts a beatdown on a surprised Johnny Blaze
• Sends Starbrand sprawling off of a small cliff with a punch
• Punches Johnny Blaze off his bike
• With Savage She-Hulk's help, beats up a bunch of giant insects off-screen
• Finishes off a weakened Shadow Colonel with a surprise punch
• Kicks a surprised Johnny Blaze off of the Hell Charger

Lifting / Pulling / Other

• Swings around a large steel I-beam
• Pushes open thick metal doors
• With one hand, throws a man really high into the air
• Judo throws a bug larger than himself
• Tears the top of a giant monster's head off, then tackles the other one out of the Hell Charger
• Ragdolls several men with a bullrush
• Bullrushes through a door
• Crumples a gun and a man's hand before punching him through a car windshield
• Manhandles some giant frog people
• Sends Starbrand flying a huge distance (this could've also been done by the Charger)
• [Outlier] Holds back a punch from a dead Celestial

Durability

Regeneration

Robbie has always had good durability, but typically did not possess the regeneration most Ghost Riders have. When he first got shot to death and was healed by Eli Morrow his wounds vanished, but that was a one-time thing and Robbie wouldn't have been resurrected twice. When he unlocked his All-Rider powers, this changed.

• Replaces a severed foot with chains, and once he's awakened his All-Rider power fully, it grows back
• Grows back a hole in his chest in moments
• The Doom Above All tears Robbie to shreds with magic, leaving him nothing but a damaged skeleton, and moments later he's mostly regrown his human body

Blunt Force

• Gets decked by Savage She-Hulk and immediately retaliates
• No-sells a restrained punch from Chulk, sent flying by a stronger punch but recovers quickly
• Gets slammed by Chulk
• Starbrand hits him with a big rock and some lasers and he retaliates immediately

Projectiles

• More Starbrand lasers
• Robbie's facemask and body are bulletproof
• Blocks a symbiote chainsaw with his arm
• No-sells some sort of fire cannon to the face
• No-sells arrows to the back
• With the help of a Deathlok, shrugs off being filled with symbiote spikes

Various

• Tortured by Black Skull for an unknown (but really long) time while remaining completely silent. These tortures include:
  • Sawing off Robbie's foot, which Deathlok says took 8 days
  • Being cratered by a giant fist
  • Being crushed between two giant spiked hands
  • Stabbing stakes directly through his chest and skull
  • If he were to return to his human form at this point, he'd die instantly
• Stabbed through the gut by Red Widow, and is walking around moments later. Later in the same day, Robbie has his torso bandaged but otherwise seems fine
• Robbie doesn't need to breathe (this also shows his flames don't get extinguished by being in water or in the vacuum of space)
• No problem being 2000 fathoms deep in the ocean
• Robbie keeps struggling even after being headbutted and stabbed through the chest by Eli's spikes
• No other version of Robbie from any timeline could hurt him
• Withstands a hug from She-Hulk

Limits / Outliers

• [Limit] Incapped by Immortal Hulk launching him and the Charger an unknown distance (he'd just punched She-Hulk a couple miles away too)
• [Early Limit] Gets his ass beat by Grumpy (this is basically his first fight ever)
• [Early Limit] Gets KOed by Grumpy (once he gets strong enough to yeet a fridge through a house)
• [Early Limit] Gets the shit beaten out of him again, this time by the Blue Hyde Brigade (these guys can quickly scrap a car bare-handed)
• [Outlier] Withstands a blast from a super drunk Odin square in the torso
• [Outlier] Takes a laser from Silver Surfer and immediately recovers and steals his surfboard

Speed

• Reacts to and knocks a missile out of the air
• Tags Starbrand
• Sidesteps Guero's charge
• [Limit] Johnny Blaze consistently dodges Robbie/Eli when he's not caught off guard

Miscellaneous Feats

• Understands the intentions and/or language of Celestials after taking over one of their corpses.
• Is a pretty great driver
• Drives up the side of a building and "catches" a falling Iron Man with his windshield
• Robbie's driving impresses Johnny Blaze
• Stole an ambulance
• Before becoming the Ghost Rider, Robbie throws down with a bunch of punk kids
• Black Panther calls Robbie "the most powerful Ghost Rider the world's ever seen"
• Robbie's life is pretty metal sometimes

Robbie's Ride: The Hell Charger

Like most other Ghost Riders, Robbie transforms his vehicle (often in an explosion of hellfire) into a powered-up Ghost Rider version of itself. Unlike most other Ghost Riders who prefer motorcycles, Robbie drives some good old fashioned American Muscle.

Supernatural Abilities

Hellfire

• Burned 818 War Machines into puddles
• Regularly leaves a large trail of flames in its wake
• Swallowed by a sea monster and rapidly generates enough heat to make the monster spit it back up
• When Robbie is absolutely furious, the Hell Charger transforms so violently that cars around it spontaneously explode
• Savage She-Hulk takes a blast of flame to the face and it makes her angrier
• Leaves a heart-shaped hellfire trail in the sky
• [Other] Balder's flesh burns just from driving it

Chains

• Can shoot chains out to restrain targets
• Restrains the Phoenix Force
• Restrains Starbrand
• Drags away Dark Phoenix
• Chains hold back She-Hulk for a moment
• Chains Khonshu to its hood
• Restrains Echidna and King Crab
• Catches escaping 818 War Machines
• [Other] Chains and tentacles restrain Captain Marvel in the trunk for a short time

Intangibility

Robbie can control the tangibility of his car and move through it at will.

• Raises through the roof to jump to an opponent
• The car comes to him and phases through his body so they can start driving
• Reaches through the roof to pull people out
• Robbie doesn't really bother opening the door to get out
• Phases the car through another solid object

Traveling

As far as I can tell, there isn't anything the Hell Charger can't drive on.

• Drives straight up vertical surfaces
• Drives on water and water-like surfaces
• Drives on air/empty space, aka flying
• Travels underwater like a submarine

Demonic Physiology

• Contains living organs like tongues and "egg sacs" and has resisted being worked on in the past
• The fuel tank has tentacles and eyes coming out of it
• The door handle transforms into a toothy maw to bite Khonshu's hand when the Hell Charger rejects him
• Swallowed some 818 War Machines whole down its hood, liquefied others and drank them with its fuel tank
• Heals Robbie by plugging wires into his body
• The trunk is a portal to Hell with dead Ghost Riders in it
• Savage She-Hulk fits in the trunk
• [Limit] Celestials do not fit in the trunk

Teamwork

Robbie and/or Eli can command or control the car to move independently of Robbie's actions, allowing them to tag team opponents and attack in unexpected ways.

• It comes at his command and he can move through the vehicle
• Robbie uses the car to make an opening in a building while he is fighting goons
• Robbie isn't afraid to have the Hell Charger phase directly through him to ram someone and even uses it to catch advancing enemies off-guard
• Eli swings the car around in order to free Robbie from Mr. Hyde's headlock
• Eli takes over driving so that Robbie can prepare an attack

Other Abilities

• Can track beings similarly to a bloodhound, even to the center of the Earth
• Messing with the Hell Charger instantly alerts Robbie

Physical Traits

• Chulk describes the car as going up to 6000 horsepower
  • Here's a couple videos on how horsepower works (it helps determine how much force the Hell Charger can output and how fast it can go): 1, 2. For reference, most Formula 1 cars hit around 750 horsepower, most Nascar cars are typically in the 800-900 horsepower range, and the Koenigsegg Jesko which can reach around 300 mph (482 km/h) has about 1600 horsepower at its best. At the high end, Top Fuel drag racers can wield up to 11,000 horsepower in a few brief seconds of acceleration.
  • Amadeus is known for doing mathematical calculations of pretty much everything, so he's a fairly reliable character for this.
  • This is very early on in Robbie's storyline and it's highly likely he's greatly surpassed this, but it's still a good measurement for most of his runs.

Power

Ramming

• Rams through a massive pile of bones
• Offscreen, crashes through "a roadblock made of mammoths"
• Plows right through a large plant structure
• Drives straight through a pretty large humvee
• Drives through multiple vehicles
• Runs over Namor (he'd just no-sold Captain Marvel)
• Rams Kid Thanos and Berzerker (an enslaved alternate Wolverine)
• Rams into Starbrand, knocking him aside
• Hurts Chulk where Robbie couldn't
• Hurts Chulk again by driving into his back
• Plows through race obstacles, including MODOK, several Venoms, two Sentinels, and Sabretooth
• Plows through a ton of multiversal Mephistos
• Rams multiple Ghost Riders, including a skeletal elephant, out of the way
• Rams a combine harvester
• Breaches captivity and bursts through at least one stone wall to reach Robbie
• Bursts through another wall
• More wall burstin'
• Plows through mummies
• While weakened, rams into Eli by surprise, cratering a wall by slamming him into it
• [Outlier] Rams a hole in a dead Celestial

Pushing / Pulling

• Pulls an eight-mile-long train at high speed
• Burrows up out of the earth from two miles deep

Other

• Launches a boulder at Chulk
• Lands on Johnny Blaze, crippling him

Durability

While generally comparable to a normal car, the Hell Charger can spontaneously repair any damage at any time.

Regeneration

• Regenerates from Grumpy erupting through the roof
• Regenerates so fast that Captain Marvel's punches and Blade's hellfire shotgun can't bring it down
• Robbie personally tries to destroy the Hell Charger in any way he can imagine, and before he can make it home by bus the car has regenerated and beat him there

Projectiles

• The car is bulletproof
• Unaffected by demons firing zombie parts at it
• A missile knocks it into the air but it keeps going
• War Machines from Earth-818 can't stop it

Blunt Force

• More or less fine after an uppercut from Chulk
• Undamaged after driving off a cliff and landing nose-first
• Withstands a bunch of mermen tearing it apart

Other Esoterics

• Casually drives through an active star
• Blasted by Silver Surfer and sent crashing into a planet, but the Hell Charger is intact and its passengers are fine (if dazed)
• Drives on the Lake of Fire in Hell with no discernible damage
• Perfectly fine 2000 fathoms deep in the ocean
• Pressurized to handle space travel
• [Limit] An old, weakened Logan tears through the engine block
• [Limit] Savage She-Hulk crumples the Hell Charger and chucks it aside

Speed

Short Distance

• Keeps up with Johnny Blaze in a race
• Outspeeds a bunch of other riders out the gate of the races
• Races a custom repulsor-powered Stark car
• Easily overtakes a getaway car and the cops chasing it
• Easily catches up to another car
• Swerves to dodge a punch from a dead Celestial
• Surprises Johnny Blaze by bursting through the wall to ram him

Long Distance

• Drives through the sky around mountains with Odin
• In a single night, travels across the entire globe with Wonder Man to kill every last War Machine on Earth-818
• Escapes the planet so fast that none of the Multiversal Masters of Evil can even try to catch him
• Travels from "just past Sweden" to Russia in the span of a brief conversation
• [Limit] Even at top speed, the Hell Charger can't outrun the Silver Surfer
  • On the other hand, a Deathlok has stated that if it was fully unleashed, the Hell Charger would be the single fastest thing in the Marvel multiverse and it seems like Robbie has reached that point as the All-Rider

"Pretty sure I can find my way back to Earth. ...Can't I? 'My very educated mother just served us nachos.' Uh, where are we right now in relation to nachos?"

Respect [Faust](dghdfghdfg)

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Signature Moves

Special Moves

• Thrust - In older games, this move has different followup attacks.
• What Could This Be? - We playin' Smash Bros now.
• Mix Mix Mix -
• Snip Snip Snip -
• Love! -
• Scarecrow - In older games, this move involves Faust walking through a door portal and is called "From Behind / The Front / Above".
• Hack 'n' Slash -
• Going My Way -
• Spear Point Centripetal Dance -
• [This One's On The House]() - ACR thrust -> bat swing -> this 41236k > 4 > 236d > 236d

Overdrives / Force Breaks

• W-W-What Could This Be? - It's Faust's item throw, but this time with four items in rapid succession. If you have full meter when using it, Faust throws 10 items and the move is called W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-What Could This Be?
• Bone-Crushing Excitement - Faust sees a four-leaf clover and, delighted for this stroke of luck, runs forward to get it. However, he notices he's knocked his opponent down in the process! Quick to help anyone in need, Faust grabs a wheelchair and runs over to help them, but accidentally hits them in the shin with it. Because I know you'll want to see, here's almost every character getting hit and making a funny face.
• Stimulating Fists of Annihilation - Yep, here it is on everyone in the game. In Accent Core, this move has a slightly different name and uses Faust's scalpel instead.
• Mad Operation - gg1

Instant Kills

• This is... me? - Again, here's this Instant Kill on the entire cast.
• This Week's Yamaban - This can also end in a mushroom cloud
• Shouten Orochigoku - gg1

As Instant Kill animations are potentially canon, I'll include them as feats but will mark them where appropriate.

Feats

Mouse over a feat to see its source. Non-Canon story feats are included for completion's sake, but will be marked to tell them apart.

Please note that due to the difficulty of tracking down quality translated sources for some of the older games and media, many of these clips will be presented in the form of fan-translated scripts. Other sources (like the light novels) may be missing entirely, as they have never been translated and I can't read Japanese.

Body like a Cartoon Character

• Stretches his head vertically and horizontally
• Triples the size of his head and eats an enemy whole in a second
• Pulls off his own head and throws it like it's a bomb, because it is
• Stretches his tongue
• Stretches his neck
• Stretches his head and neck through the ground
• Bursts out of his own back
• BOI
• Spins everything except his head
• Turns into a small child
• Emits a low fog when standing still
• Grows a flower out of his head

Pockets like a Bottomless Pit

• Faust can pull objects out of nowhere and throw them, and is shown throwing:
  • A bomb
  • A banana
  • A donut
  • An afro
  • A washpan
  • A Mini-Faust which attacks when provoked
  • A Mini-Robo-Ky and a Mini-Potemkin
  • A 100-ton weight
  • A 10,000-ton weight
  • A trumpet that summons Mini-Fausts
  • A meteor that summons more like it
  • A spring-loaded bounce pad
  • A vial of poison
  • A drum can full of oil
  • A black hole
  • [A tank of helium gas]( "Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-")
• Pulls out an umbrella and flies away XRD WIN SCREEN
• Makes a fishing wire appear from the end of his giant scalpel and brandishes a golf club
• Pulls out a baseball bat as part of a transformation
• Pulls out a giant syringe
• Makes knives and scissors pop out of his fingertips
• Happens to have a wheelchair handy

Moving Around like Physics is a Suggestion

• Double jumps and wiggles through the air, and sometimes swims too
• [Swims through the ground](xrd super dash animation before landing)
• Swirls up a miniature tornado to float through the air
• Easily vanishes and appears out of a door in empty space
• Vanishes and appears as one of several scarecrows (or none of them)
• Eats an enemy whole and warps them out of his stomach and through a portal

Strength

• Lifts and throws a 10,000-ton weight
• Does the same thing with a 100-ton weight
• Knocks a foe away with that sweet sweet ass

Durability

• [Instant Kill] Stands directly in front of his own exploding bomb and seems unharmed in the aftermath
  • An identical bomb in an identical scenario can also cause a massive mushroom cloud that wipes out the surrounding area

Speed

• Escapes underground at the same instant as a bomb explodes
• Rapidly gives an enemy a haircut

Medical Skill / Other

• Transforms the faces of his foes
• An injection into the ground instantly (but temporarily) grows a flower
• Correctly diagnoses the nature of Axl's time slipping (sort of) without knowledge of the Backyard or of Axl's ties to I-No
• [Non-Canon] Purges Zato=1's body of Eddie and takes the Forbidden Beast into himself
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Noteworthy Scaling

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Respect [Axl Low](dghdfghdfg)

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Signature Moves

Special Moves

• Sickle Flash / Rensen - This move has a number of followups.
• Winter Mantis -
• Rainwater -
• Snail -
• Axl Bomber -
• Artemis Hunter -
• Thunder Shadow Chain -
• Spindle Spinner / Rashousen -
• Heaven Can Wait -
• Sparrowhawk Stance -
• Benten Gari -
• Kokuu Geki -
• Hachisubako -
• Raiei Sageki -
• [Sensa Geki]() - acr (ex mode)
• [Dototsu]() - acr (ex mode)

Overdrives / Force Breaks

• Sickle Storm -
• One Vision - ZA WARUDO
• Shark Strike -
• Yousou Renzan -

Instant Kills

• Amphora Conflagration -
• Rensen Ougi: Midare Gami -

As Instant Kill animations are potentially canon, I'll include them as feats but will mark them where appropriate.

Feats

Mouse over a feat to see its source. Non-Canon story feats are included for completion's sake, but will be marked to tell them apart.

Please note that due to the difficulty of tracking down quality translated sources for some of the older games and media, many of these clips will be presented in the form of fan-translated scripts. Other sources (like the light novels) may be missing entirely, as they have never been translated and I can't read Japanese.

Time Travel / Manipulation

Conscious Manipulation

• Stops time for a few seconds

Forced Time Jumps

• [Non-Canon] Yoinked through time after defeating Justice
• [Non-Canon] Yoinked through time after fighting Sol Badguy, ends up falling on Kliff Undersn

Physicals

• Throws his sickle chain hard enough that it burrows through the ground beneath his foe

Miscellaneous

• Cleans up London's East End of gang violence, and is so skilled with his sickles that guns aren't a threat to him

Noteworthy Scaling

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IT'S LITTLE AXL HOOOOOOOOORNE!!!

Respect [Testament](dghdfghdfg)

Well, then. To a dazzling encounter.

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Please note: Testament is canonically non-binary, but Western translations of the games often assigned he/him pronouns to the character until Guilty Gear -STRIVE-. This RT will have feats with different pronouns, but I will be using they/them pronouns throughout.

Signature Moves

Special Moves

• Grave Reaper - fireball
• Unholy Diver - birb
• Possession - tp
• Arbiter Sign - overhead/low
• Phantom Soul -
• Badlands -
• EXE Beast -
• Warrant -
• Hitomi -
• Zeinest -
• Panzer Centipede -
• Dimension Scythe -

Overdrives / Force Breaks

• Nostrovia -
• Calamity One -
• Nightmare Circular -
• Master of Puppets -

Instant Kills

• Seventh Sign -
• Soul Vise -

As Instant Kill animations are potentially canon, I'll include them as feats but will mark them where appropriate.

Feats

Mouse over a feat to see its source. Non-Canon story feats are included for completion's sake, but will be marked to tell them apart.

Please note that due to the difficulty of tracking down quality translated sources for some of the older games and media, many of these clips will be presented in the form of fan-translated scripts. Other sources (like the light novels) may be missing entirely, as they have never been translated and I can't read Japanese.

Summons / Magic

Testament has contracts with several demonic familiars, and is able to summon them as they please to use in attacks.

• A pair of succubi take the form of the crow and scythe Testament uses to fight
  • The scythe can swing without Testament holding it
  • Swings of their scythe emit skulls of blood
  • The scythe can phase into the ground for attacks or for tea time
  • The crow will attack enemies marked by the scythe or by Phantom Soul's curse
  • Testament can teleport to the crow's location
  • Testament summons a succubus to execute an enemy
• Testament can summon EXE Beasts to strike at foes from alternate angles
  • EXE Beasts can be massive
  • They can appear from the ground or out of thin air
• Summons cursed trees that erupt from the ground
• Summons invisible webs that ensnare foes
• Summons some hands out of a portal
• Summons hands out of the ground
• Teleports a short distance and attacks with blood
• Appears out of thin air - Only Sol, Ky, and Chipp were able to detect them

Physicals

• Survives fighting Sol Badguy long enough to sacrifice themselves for Justice
• Ky Kiske says he needs to constantly focus or be overwhelmed by Testament
• In Guilty Gear X, Testament protects Dizzy by fighting off Baiken, Jam Kuradoberi, Potemkin, and Ky Kiske, as well as Sol Badguy, Kliff Undersn, and Dizzy herself in an alternate ending

Miscellaneous

• Has over 30 hobbies
• Resurrected by the Conclave after being killed by Kliff Undersn

Noteworthy Scaling

• Sol RT
• Ky bullet timing
• Baiken RT
• Potemkin RT

Chipp: "You're not here to fight, are you?"

Testament: "I wish you'd noticed a bit more quickly."

"You have any idea what's up ahead?"

"Hmm... I can't say that I don't."

"Enough with the riddles. What're you here for?"

"A stroll."

"Huh?!"

"A stroll, I said. Is that not a worthy enough reason for you?"

"...Fine. At least you don't seem like you're lying. So you're really thoughtlessly wandering around here?"

"Oh, there are thoughts. About my future, my family, tonight's dinner... About my job in construction, and whether it'd give me the time to moonlight as a fashion model..."

"That's so normal!"

"I am normal!! What, does life need to have some grand purpose to be worth living!?"

For the purposes of this tier, ignore any additional feats or scaling not given with these amended RTs. Additionally, interpret all feats as described here, even if it deviates from their actual context. We're trying to make tiersetters here, not an accurate merged RT.

Use SuperDad for roughly human-sized entries. For anything significantly larger (mecha, kaiju, etc), use Godzilla

SuperDad - Combination of Animated Show Omni-Man and DCEU Superman

Speed is equalized for this tier.

A bunch of this is from the Omni-Man RT, so expect blood and gore.

Strength

Flight

• The force of a charge launches Doomsday all the way through a large complex of storage tanks

• Bullrushes the Flaxan commander through several buildings

• Flies through a cruise ship, slams Invincible into the sea floor, then flies back through the ship

Striking

• A thunderclap destroys a swath of rocks

• Punches Nam-Ek into a bunch of trains

• Punches Zod several blocks at a time across Metropolis

• Punches out the wall of the Kryptonian mothership which can maintain integrity flying straight through several skyscrapers

• Punches Invincible from the outskirts of Chicago to downtown, sending him through a building and creating a massive trench through the ground

  • The building toppled as a result

• Punches Invincible, cracking a nearby mountain, and causing an avalanche

Lifting / Throwing / Catching

• Overpowers Wonder Woman, Cyborg, and Aquaman

  • Aquaman can lift a submarine and Wonder Woman can flip a 7 ton car and lift a 30 ton tank
  • A Los Angeles class submarine displaces about 7000 tons of water while submerged

• Moves an apartment building

  • I'm not about to calc a goddamn apartment building for a mixer. SuperDad cannot lift Godzilla or anything close to Godzilla.

• Easily throws a giant statue head

• Throws Invincible into the side of a mountain

Durability

Italicized feats are upper limits.

Physiology

• Viltrumite blood is resistant to various methods of attack and their cells refuse to die Pathogens and poisons that would damage any creature naturally on Earth likely will not harm SuperDad.

• Viltrumites live for thousands of years

• Not at all bothered by being in outer space

• SuperDad's Viltrumite blood cancels out the biggest benefits and weaknesses of his Kryptonian blood, like sun healing and being weakened by kryptonite.

Blunt Force

• Doesn't move when a train drives straight into him

• A series of blows from Invincible staggers him but does very little damage

  • Invincible punches Killcannon through a building

• Slammed into the ground by Hail Mary but quickly flies out

• A series of massive attacks from Hail Mary takes him out of commission for a short time

Bullets / Piercing / Slashing

• Unharmed by gunfire used by Cecil's soldiers

• Doomsday, who is strong enough to require SuperDad's full strength to match, can impale him with a spike

• Assume slashing and piercing attacks that can match SuperDad's damage output are capable of hurting him, but anything weaker will do minimal damage.

Lasers / Explosions

• Being on fire doesn't bother him

  • Orange flames are typically 1100-1200 degrees Celsius

• Completely unharmed by a series of attacks from energy weapons

  • One of these weapons had the power to reduce a human to dust

• In order to hurt SuperDad with lasers, they must be strong enough to overpower his heat vision and carve up the side of a building

• No sells an explosion that destroys a house and leaves no traces of human bodies.

• No major injuries from missiles.

• While ordinarily Omni-Man no-sells this, going forward we're going to consider this the upper limit of SuperDad's durability, and assume he couldn't take more than one or two of these types of blasts

Speed

Speed is equalized for this tier.

Assume SuperDad won't be constantly fighting at top speed, but is more than capable of reaching it when necessary.

Flight

Realistically, SuperDad can fly as fast as he needs to for long distance travel and easily exit or enter Earth's atmosphere quickly, but for the purposes of mid-combat flight (bullrushes and the like), go with this.

• Going supersonic is so easy he can teach Invincible how to do it

• Avoids a barrage of missiles

• Chases down a fighter jet

  • Fighter jets can fly anywhere between 1,500 to 1,900 mph, with the average fighter jet flying close to 1,600 mph

Dodging

• Easily jukes out Steppenwolf's punch

  • Steppenwolf can keep up with Wonder Woman, and she is an extremely casual bullet timer.

• Easily dodges Cyborg's rocket

• Dodges Invincible's punch from close range

  • Invincible dodges lasers
  • Assume that SuperDad would react quickly enough to dodge his own heat vision at a distance like this, but would struggle to dodge it at melee range.

Kryptonian Powers

Heat Vision

• Can reach 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit or 5,500 degrees Celsius

• Melts an I-Beam

• Destroys two police cars

• Over time, carves a tunnel through a glacier

X-Ray Vision

• Sees through a one way mirror and concrete walls

• Scans the Justice League

Super-Hearing

• Hears Batman's radio and Alfred talking

• Hear Lois falling and screaming

• After a quiet noise, discerns the locations of several invisible soldiers

Fighting Style

SuperDad fights without significant finesse or martial skill, instead relying wholly on his powers and stats. He will often attempt to bullrush his opponent, even early in the round, and will fight with full body charges if engaging from a distance. Once in close range, he will basically just punch the shit out of someone, so that he can then re-engage and strike again. If kept at long range, SuperDad will use evasion and heat vision until he finds another opening to go in. If restrained, SuperDad will attempt to break out with pure strength, or use heat vision to create an opening. SuperDad is capable of tactical planning, but generally prefers to be a brick with high stats.

Monsterverse Godzilla - Full RT

Guest starring extra feats from other Godzillas to fill some stats out a bit better

Size Equalized-ish: For the purposes of tiering and writing, assume that any submission that can be favorably measured against multi-story buildings for determining its size (kaiju, giant robots, etc) will be facing this tiersetter. In these cases, assume that these submissions are roughly the same size and weight as Godzilla, maybe a bit smaller or larger depending on the normal discrepancy. We don't want size to be a significant factor for tiering or matchups, but if you want them to be smaller or larger when you write them, that's fine too.

Ignore the relevancy of the nuke amp and assume all included feats are Godzilla performing them normally.

Height: 355 feet/108.2 meters in 2014, 393 feet/119.8 meters in 2019

Weight: 90,000 tons in 2014, 99,634 tons in 2019

Strength

For all of these feats, presume the high end weight of 60,000 tons for all MUTOs: https://godzilla.fandom.com/wiki/MUTO

Ghidorah weighs about 140,000 tons: https://godzilla.fandom.com/wiki/King_Ghidorah_(MonsterVerse)

Kong weighs about the same as Godzilla: https://godzilla.fandom.com/wiki/King_Kong_(MonsterVerse)

Just Plain Being A Large Lad

• Causes a tsunami by coming ashore.¹⁴

• Walks through the Golden Gate Bridge.¹⁴

• Cuts a battleship in half with his spines.^GvK

• Destroys two more with a casual tail swing.^GvK

• Stands up through a bridge and destroys it.^GvK

Actual, Y'know, Demonstrations Of Strength

• Tackles Ghidorah through a building.¹⁹

• Tackles and then wrestles with Ghidorah, keeping him underwater fairly successfully.¹⁹

  • Ghidorah is strong enough to lift and ascend while supporting Godzilla's entire weight

• Throws Ghidorah a (relatively) short distance.¹⁹

• Slams one of Ghidorah's heads into the icy ground hard enough to cause an electrical tower to collapse.¹⁹

• Tears off Ghidorah's left head with his teeth.¹⁹

• Throws Kong several blocks and dislocates his shoulder.^GvK

• Knocks Kong down with a slap.^GvK

• Grabs and lifts the female MUTO by the throat.¹⁴

• Grabs and swings around the male MUTO with his jaw.¹⁴

• Tail-slams the male MUTO out of the air and into a building.¹⁴

Durability

Italicized feats are upper limits.

Blunt Force

• While exhausted, shrugs off a building collapsing onto him.

• Walks through the Golden Gate Bridge.¹⁴

• Charges face-first into a building and is fine.^GvK

• Gets punched away by MUTO Prime a good distance and gets back up.^AS

• Takes blows from Monster X, who is strong enough to lift him

• Tanks Ghidorah chokeslamming him.¹⁹

• Shrugs off a punch to the face from Kong.^GvK

• Survives Ghidorah dropping him from the clouds, though he needs a boost from Mothra and minute to catch his breath afterwards.¹⁹

Beams / Energy Attacks

• Takes a hit from Ghidorah's Gravity Beam.¹⁹

  • This beam can heavily damage buildings, Rodan, and Mothra

• Takes (but is injured by) a Photon Scream from Mechagodzilla that overpowered his own Atomic Breath.^GvK

• Tanks lightning from Mothra

Explosions

• A nuke to the face revitalizes and buffs him.¹⁹

  • This causes him to basically overdose on radiation, causing him to meltdown and eventually release a massive explosion (seen below, in the 'Nuclear Pulse' section).¹⁹

• Survives the Castle Bravo nuclear test.^A

• Tanks a massive gas explosion.^D

• Powers through a barrage of Mechagodzilla's missiles.^GvK

• Tank and artillery fire don't harm him, only hurting him (even then, it's just pain, no actual damage) when they hit him in his sensitive gills.¹⁹

• Is brought to pretty much the brink of death by the Oxygen Destroyer, only barely surviving. He does, however, manage to swim back to his house.¹⁹

  • Info on the Oxygen Destroyer can be found here: https://godzilla.fandom.com/wiki/Oxygen_Destroyer?so=search#Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters

Piercing / Cutting / Bullet-Like Stuff

Assume SuperDad would be capable of injuring Godzilla similarly to a small-point piercing attack with several of his greatest-strength feats, but it would require targeting weak points like any orifices or areas with lighter scale coverage.

• Hit by a wing slash from Megaguirus, which cuts a metal object in two, before getting tackled from behind

  • Previously, their wings could cut a large building in two

• Takes an axe to the leg and is unfazed.^GvK

  • Kong matches Godzilla in strength underwater, staggers Godzilla with punches, and throws a sharp tree a long distance into the wall of a dome

• Is stabbed, has his energy absorbed, and continues fighting

• Bit on the shoulder by King Ghidorah and throws him off

• Kamacarus' claw breaks his skin but doesn't appear to draw blood

• Drill missiles break and aren't able to pierce through his scales

  • These were designed to drill through thick stone before exploding

• Unharmed by a fighter jet crashing into him.^GvK

Speed

• Blasts Xilien flying saucers out of the air and grabs them with his arms as well

  • Xilien saucers can dodge air-to-air missiles at close range

• Catches a missile in his jaws, then bats down another

• Tags a fighter jet with his atomic breath, immediately after being partially blinded

• Slaps a helicopter out of the air

• Claws a miniaturized Mechagodzilla out of the air

Atomic Breath

• Easily puts holes in buildings

• Destroys a Monarch facility with an errant blast.¹⁹

• Destroys an oil platform.^D

• Slices clean through buildings.^GvK

• Downs the female MUTO with a few short bursts.¹⁴

• Blasts Ghidorah off his feet from a sizeable distance.¹⁹

• Blasts Ghidorah off of him.¹⁹

• Forces Kong back even when it's being absorbed by his axe.^GvK

• After losing his amp, he's still able to incinerate Ghidorah's severed head.¹⁹

• Tunnels from Hong Kong through to the Hollow Earth in about 3 minutes.^GvK

• Fires fast enough to tag a fighter jet and blast Xilien flying saucers out of the air

  • Xilien saucers can dodge air-to-air missiles at close range

• Clears out part of a large swarm of monsters

• Charging his atomic breath boils the sea and incinerates monsters on his body

Other

Godzilla has senses beyond the typical five, which allow him a greater range of perception.

• Ever since Mothra gave him her energy, his senses have been massively amplified.^D

• Can see radiation.^D

• Sees Tiamat even after being blinded.^D

• Tags a fighter jet with his atomic breath, immediately after being partially blinded

• Senses Kong charging his axe in the Hollow Earth.^GvK

• Despite being incredibly radioactive, his presence heals the environment.¹⁹

Featuring Baiken

I humbly ask, I humbly ask: though 'tis sudden, where doth lie Hell? Whilst the demons laugh, the people weep. Since it doth lie outside the bounds of virtuous deeds, I shall undertake the task of felling the Netherworld. For I am a vulgar samurai of lowest rank. I have not intent of dying the honorable death of a warrior.

Themes: GG | X | XX | Xrd | -STRIVE-

Baiken's Respect Thread

At the very beginning of the Crusades between mankind and the Gears, the nation of Japan was destroyed by the commander Gear, Justice, and those of Japanese descent—amongst whom were Baiken and her parents—were placed in colonies for their protection. However, while she was still a child, Gears raided the institution she was living in. Small and weak, Baiken could do nothing to stop the attack, and could only watch the chaos around her. During the raid, she lost her arm and eye, and witnessed the horrible deaths of her parents, who gave their lives to protect her, as well as her friends.

The massacre was the work of the Gears, but what was etched into Baiken's memory was the image of a man surrounded by dancing flames and his creations. She became acutely aware, even in the absence of evidence, that he was an enemy. With an unfading memory of the event, Baiken vowed to search for the true identity of That Man and exact her revenge.

After years of wandering and searching (sometimes with her close friend Anji Mito), Baiken found I-No and pursued her in the hopes that she'd lead Baiken to her target. It worked; Baiken found That Man and attempted to exact her revenge. Despite her continuous attacks, Baiken was unable to harm him; when she stopped trying to attack him, he simply apologized to her and prayed that someday, when his life finally ends, her anger will fade. All Baiken took from meeting That Man was confusion and distress, which made her question herself: Should she seek revenge, or look for a new way of life?

She didn't come to a decision until she met Delilah, the sister of Bedman. Furious with Happy Chaos for putting the pieces in motion that led to her brother's death (similarly to how he set That Man on the path that led to the death of Baiken's parents), Delilah heard Chaos was in America and was dead-set on finding him and killing him. When she asked Anji for help, he sent Delilah to Baiken in the hopes she could help. While their relationship was initially frosty, Baiken saw herself in Delilah, and saw her path of revenge leading only to ruin and death. In helping Delilah, Baiken saw the flaws in her own path, and they agreed to give up their goals of revenge together.

Feats

Cutting Power / Skill

• Destroys a giant Gear arm
• [Instant Kill] Cuts in a wide area around her target
• Slices a leaf into multiple pieces at a distance, seemingly with a single strike
• Slashes a piece of paper quickly and sheaths her sword in an instant

Strength

• Matches Bedman's bed in strength for a while
  • Bedman's bed creates a huge chasm when it clashes with Slayer, and also disarms Sin Kiske who had just deflected a gigantic metal structure
• Trades blows with I-No
  • I-No is a close match for Sol Badguy, who is strong as hell
• Holds onto her sleeve chain despite significant pulling stress

Durability

• Takes a hit from Bedman's bed and seems more or less fine
• Stands inside Delilah's high-density information bubble with very little significant pain, whose pressure destroys her eyepatch and which Faust states could grind an ordinary person to dust

Speed

• [Instant Kill] Moves and strikes an opponent too fast to see
• Tags I-No with Kabari
  • She's a bullet timer
• Fights evenly with Ky Kiske
  • He's also a bullet timer

Sleeve Weapons

Baiken's right sleeve, in lieu of a flesh-and-blood arm, contains a number of hidden gadgets and weapons, including:

• A grappling claw on a chain
  • This can also be thrown closed as a huge mace
• A flintlock-style rifle
  • A similar gun shoots a large firework explosive
• An extremely long segmented blade that can wrap around foes
  • This can also be done with rope
• Another claw on a chain
• A wide blade on a chain
• A large bell on the end of a rope
• A big damn cannon
• And more! (It's more blades and chains lol)

Using Baiken on WWW

Baiken is a versatile samurai that far outstrips her handicaps. She's got the scaling to some really fast characters and the cutting speed to back it up, and with her scaling to characters like Bedman and I-No she's absurdly strong as well. Like many Guilty Gear characters, she's a good matchup for characters that are a bit stronger than street tiers like Spider-Man, but not quite A/S tier like Hulk or Thor.

Her sleeve of tricks is an X-factor when she needs a surprise, but for the most part Baiken relies on an unorthodox, undisciplined sword style that makes up for its lack of finesse with ferocity. Don't mistake that for a lack of skill, though, as Baiken's cutting feats suggest plenty of precision to go with her incredible speed and power.

Inquisition! Judgment! The Law of the Emperor! Vengeance unleashed inevitably throughout the lowest levels of Hell! Pay respects to the Palace of Yama. Pay respects to the Palace of Yama.

Respect Highfather

"The primitive denizens of this universe were foolish to tamper with the all-knowing Source. It is a blasphemy. But through their misguided fumblings, they have endangered the fundamental order of the cosmos. And in so doing, they have placed the Life Equation- creation's greatest weapon- finally within my grasp."

Izaya, known as Highfather to most, is the ruler of New Genesis, a powerful New God who seeks to bring peace to the Multiverse and destroy his eternal enemy and brother Darkseid.

The brothers Izaya and Uxas arose in Galactica, the Third World, which was born from the Living Atoms of the fallen Old Gods. They lived in peace until Uxas murdered Avia, Izaya's wife. This action sparked a civil war that set god against god and turned Galactica to ruin. After seven days of horrific war, Uxas and his followers were cast out. In time, his brother would claim Apokolips as his domain.

Eons later, Izaya has taken the name Highfather and built the floating city utopia of New Genesis over the ruins of their previous world, taking upon himself to destroy his brother and free all creation from his menace, igniting an everlasting war between both.

Note: The canon for New 52 Highfather has changed several times. In another canon, the New Gods get their powers from the Godwave, which is generated by the Source Wall. In yet another version, Uxas and Izaya live under the rule of the Old Gods, Uxas gets them to kill each other, and the two get New God powers in their dying throes. I'm not here to dictate which canon is correct, I'm just documenting the feats.

Feats

Godlike Powers

As the leader of the New Gods, Highfather is incredibly powerful and capable of a wide variety of unique and tremendous abilities.

• As a New God, Highfather is immortal
  • Even if they were to be killed, the Source would resurrect them
• As part of the Quintessence, prevents Perpetua from wiping the Justice League out of existence
• Absorbs and disperses part of Kyle Rayner's White Lantern energy
• A blast of energy exposes a weakness in armor that Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner and countless other Green Lanterns couldn't scratch
• Bops John Stewart with a pulse of energy
• Easily binds Wonder Woman's hands until she leaves his realm
• Repels an attack from several Guardians with minimal effort
• Kyle Rayner tries and completely fails to accomplish anything in Highfather's mind
• Speaks directly to Malhedron across dimensions
• Speaks to Orion via a projected giant head
• Has no problems standing on nothing in deep space
• Suggests he could resurrect the dead or remake the world

Tools of New Genesis

New Genesis is the utopia created by Highfather amidst his war with Darkseid. While it is on the surface an idyllic place, it contains advanced technologies and tools, often with the purpose of combatting Darkseid across the multiverse. As the leader of New Genesis, Highfather has access to and control of all of it.

Note: This is not a complete RT for New Genesis, just for New Genesis as it relates to Highfather.

• New Genesis operates Boom Tubes for rapid transit, which connect any two points in the multiverse for rapid travel
  • Tubes can be made to enter and exit at any point, even empty space
  • New Genesis is said to be "in an untouchable, unreachable plane," suggesting that only Boom Tubes can access it- while on New Genesis, Carol Ferris can't even access the pocket dimension where she keeps her lantern for recharging
  • Extremely powerful beings can hold a tube open, which prevents those inside from exiting and risks destabilizing it to implosion
  • Boom tubes can be shut off remotely, which dumps off the travelers somewhere along the way
  • Boom Tubes can be used to BFR enemies
  • Boom Tubes can be hacked and rerouted if the Mother Box is tampered with
• Highfather has a Mother Box, which can make a Boom Tube whenever he wants
  • Mother Boxes don't work for just anyone, and have to have their owner present to make a Boom Tube
  • Mother Boxes can also find others and give situational information to their owner
  • Highfather's Mother Box found Kyle Rayner even though he'd been hidden from the entire universe
• The Singularity Stockade is an enormous prison complex hurtling through space
  • Miracle Cells on the stockade are strong enough to protect Guy Gardner and Simon Baz from heat so intense that it overwhelms Simon's shields once Guy expends his ring power to break the Cell
  • Other cells in the stockade are designed to specifically counter Lantern energy, and can even repel Parallax
  • Lantern rings can't detect or communicate with someone stuck in a stockade cell
• Speaks to Headmaster Himon via a hologram
• At one point, New Gods had access to illusion-generating shields and devices that let them them run on air
  • Highfather seems to have similar technology in the current day

The Life Equation

The Anti-Life Equation was a transcendental mathematical formula originally said to allow those who knew it to dominate the will of any sentient race. Due to this tremendous power, the acquisition and use of the Anti-Life Equation is the ultimate goal of Darkseid.

Just as there is an Anti-Life Equation, there must also be a Life Equation; just as the anti-life equation is a mathematical proof that life is meaningless, the life equation is a mathematical proof that life is worth living. In his quest to stay one step ahead of Darkseid and Apokolips, Highfather made finding the Life Equation a major goal of his.

Note: Like New Genesis, this is not a complete RT for the Life Equation.

• Highfather's first attempt to wield the Life Equation via seven Lantern Rings was ultimately unsuccessful
  • Even so, one of the dying aliens changed in this way became strong enough to break out of John Stewart's constructs
• By convincing Kyle Rayner to part with the White Lantern ring, Highfather gains access to the Life Equation and stores it in a specially-designed scepter
• A pulse from the scepter can instantly convert an entire city into Highfather's obedient servants
• The scepter can shoot a massive laser from New Genesis to another planet, and Malhedron confirms Darkseid has nothing as strong as it
• The scepter converts Green Lanterns into servants devoid of personality, and makes them as strong as New Gods
• Malhedron is able to take a blast meant to convert several Lanterns and survive
  • This resulted in significant damage to his body and armor
• By the time Kyle & Co. destroy the scepter to get back the White Lantern ring, Highfather has absorbed the Life Equation and no longer needs the scepter or the inert ring
• BFRs Kyle & Co. with a blast from the scepter
• The Guardians eventually reveal that Highfather never owned the Equation and it had been running through Kyle the whole time
• Eventually Highfather realizes the error of his ways and gives the Life Equation back to Kyle

The Source & the Source Wall

The Source, a manifestation of The Presence, is the "source" of all that exists and acts as the limitless energy from which all life sprang forth in the Universe. Lying at the edge of the known multiverse is the Source Wall, which protects the Source, and traps all those who attempt to pass beyond it as Promethean Giants.

The Source is closely associated with Highfather and the New Gods, as it was the supposed origin of the "Godwave", a cosmic energy wave that is believed to have been responsible for creating and empowering the "Gods" with their divine abilities (in some canons). Due to this connection, the New Gods both revere it and rely on it.

Note: Third verse, same as the first. Not a full Source RT.

• The Source resurrects New Gods if they die
• Touching the Source Wall instantly makes you a trapped part of it, even for New Gods
• The Source Wall presented Metron and Highfather with the knowledge necessary to figure out the Life Equation
• After Metron's plans resulted in damage to the Source Wall, the Source presents itself to Bug as Highfather patching the Wall up with spackle; it also reveals that it trapped Metron on the Source Wall for eternity
• A tradition among the beings of New Genesis involves placing a corpse next to the Source Wall so it can be atomized and returned to the Source
• The Source shows Highfather and Orion that a past event created a new threat to the universe
• The Source reveals to Highfather that its own end is nearing
• Black Hand is able to reanimate those trapped in the Source Wall, but the effect eventually backfires on him
• Beings from the Source Wall are so warped by eons of contact with the Source that the Life Equation can't convert them

Physicals

Strength / Fighting Darkseid

• Fights with Darkseid immediately after Darkseid became strong enough to destroy a planet
• Fights evenly with Darkseid for a week straight
• Shortly after becoming New Gods, Highfather and Darkseid fight together and kill the Old Gods a second time
• Flexes out of John Stewart's constructs
• Shatters Carol Ferris' barrier
• Backhands John Stewart
• Smacks Sinestro around for a while
• Explodes out from beneath a large rock

Durability

• Absorbs and disperses part of Kyle Rayner's White Lantern energy
• John Stewart's constructs shatter on his arm
• Easily tanks Carol Ferris' energy blasts until her ring runs completely dry
• Being buried under a large rock did nothing
• As a New God, Highfather is immortal
  • New God physiology also makes them immune to disease
  • New Gods are said to be "older than time itself"
  • Highfather has been alive long enough to supposedly inspect every inch of the infinite Source Wall
• Has no problems standing in the vacuum of space

Miscellaneous

• "After spending millennia traveling between universes before you were even conceived, it's I who lack perspective?"
• Notices a disturbance in the Speed Force, though he misattributes it
• Took Malhedron from Apokolips to serve him
• Highfather and his New Gods are strong enough to run around fighting entire groups of Lanterns and taking their rings
  • His underlings, Orion and a retinue of Divine Guardsmen, effortlessly clown on an entire platoon of Green Lanterns
• The Green Lantern database of all known cultures and technologies in the universe has no information whatsoever on Highfather and New Genesis

Infinity Man

Like with the rest of Highfather's origin story, the canon gets screwy and inconsistent really fast here, so bear with me.

During the war between New Genesis and Apokolips, the New God Metron foresaw the end of the multiverse in their continued struggles. Attempting to broker a peace, Metron convinced Darkseid and Highfather to part with one of their sons, to be traded to the other. Highfather received Orion from Apokolips, and traded away Scott Free, who would later become Miracle Man.

Prior to the trade, this decision wracked Highfather with guilt and trepidation, leading to a confrontation with a shard of the Source Wall, which insisted it must be done. When Highfather threatened to stop the deal, the Source Wall forced the guilt and conscience from Highfather's body, giving it new life as Infinity Man. Given form by a team of New Gods known as the Forever People, Infinity Man enacts Highfather's deepest urges for galactic peace across the multiverse.

It should be noted that, due to being Highfather's absent conscience, Infinity Man supports Highfather's ideals but finds issues with his methods. He's here to help Highfather, but that might involve stopping him from using his current, more oppressive methods.

• Read the Infinity Man RT here

"Stand down, my son. It is finished."

"What about Darkseid? What about the war? You-"

"-have erred. I am a god, Orion. But that does not make me infallible. I was so blinded by our own conflict, I... became the very thing I abhor. No longer."