Claude (Grand Theft Auto)

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==Summary==
At the start of the game, Claude and Catalina robbed a bank in Liberty City. Catalina, however, turned on her boyfriend, shooting him and leaving him for dead, justifying her decision with "I'm an ambitious girl, and you're just small time". Claude is arrested by the LCPD. He is convicted of all charges and is sentenced to 10 years in prison. While being transferred to a prison in Portland, Claude escapes from a police convoy after the Colombian Cartel attack the convoy to free the Oriental Gentleman. Claude and 8-Ball escape to a safehouse in the Red Light District, before moving on to Luigi's Sex Club. Luigi Gotorelli, the owner, gives Claude his first job in the city, to drive Misty from the hospital back to the club.
(Summary borrowed from the GTA Wiki.)
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher with firearms.
Name: Claude
Origin: Grand Theft Auto III
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human, Criminal
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Good at unarmed combat, Weapon Mastery, Vehicular Mastery, Fire Manipulation (with Molotovs and Flamethrowers), Explosion Manipulation (With Grenades and Rocket Launcher), Stealth Mastery, can become immune to ordinary fire
Attack Potency: Wall level (Can easily kill people and can send people flying with his kick, which normally will instantly kill. His punches can destroy cars, dent metal, and knock down street lights), higher with a baseball bat (Can kill people within a few hits) and firearms (All of Claude's weapons can easily tear limbs off. His shotgun can easily knock people over, and can destroy cars with 2 hits. The M16 can destroy cars in seconds, and also can easily destroy an LCPD Helicopter.)
Speed: Peak Human with Subsonic+ reactions (Can easily react to RPG-7 missiles and high-speed vehicles). Subsonic with most vehicles. Subsonic+ to Supersonic+ attack speed with firearms.
Lifting Strength: At least Athletic Human (Can force open tank doors)
Striking Strength: Wall level
Durability: Wall level (Can survive a few shots from the rocket launcher before dying, and can survive M16 shots, which can blow off heads and limbs. Can also tank falls from great heights), higher with Body Armor.
Stamina: Superhuman initially (Can go on for hours in a fight and take high-caliber and shotgun rounds to the face without any issues). Nigh-Infinite after completing Level 12 of the Paramedic side-mission (Grants him the ability to sprint indefinitely)
Range: Standard melee range, higher with firearms
Standard Equipment: An arsenal of weapons
*Optional Equipment: Detonator, car bombs
Intelligence: Gifted (Claude is a professional hitman who successfully robbed several different banks across the country with Catalina for nine years without ever getting caught by the police, and was capable of intimidating Carl Johnson. Could easily outwit the police, every gang in the game, and easily took out Catalina. By outsmarting every gang in the game, Claude accomplished feats such as instigating an entire war between the Cartel and Yakuza, and stealing a valuable vehicle from the Cartel to perform a drive-by shooting on the Yakuza's leader undetected, all without saying a word and without having Asuka suspect him of betraying the Yakuza)
Weaknesses: Has almost no sense of loyalty and normally works for other gangs, which can easily get him in the middle of a gang war. Can't swim, although it is highly possible this is just a game mechanic, because during the events of GTA III, a massive oil spill completely covered the waters of Liberty City, which would make movement in water next to impossible due to oil being very viscous and due to it being a health hazard.
==Notable Matchups==
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