Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts)

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==Summary==
Vanitas is a Keyblade Wielder and Master Xehanort's mysterious new apprentice. He takes an unusual interest in Ventus (Kingdom Hearts) after their first meeting, mocking the young Keyblade Wielder and challenging him to go beyond the ken of the Land of Departure. His goals bring him into conflict with both Aqua and Terra, clashing with all three Keyblade Wielders throughout their travels.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher with the χ-Blade | 
Key: Late-KHBbS | KHIII
Name: Vanitas
Origin: Kingdom Hearts
Gender: Male
Age: 4, but possesses the physiology of a teen
Classification: Embodiment of Ventus' Darkness, Source of the Unversed, One of the Thirteen Seekers of Darkness
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Powers and Abilities=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Self-Sustenance (Type 1. Can breathe in space), Standard Keyblade powers, Aura, Magic, Flight (Can fly on Keyblades or by himself), Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation and Air Manipulation, Teleportation (Can teleport constantly), Duplication (Can create clones via Clone Burst), Healing (Via Curaga), Summoning (Can summon hordes of Unversed and Heartless, His Unversed have access to Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Inorganic Physiology and Immortality (Type 8, dependent on Vanitas) via Unversed in general, Flight via some of the varieties of Unversed, Large Size (Type 0) via some of the varieties of Unversed, Natural Weaponry via Scrapper, Power Mimicry, Information Manipulation and Duplication via Mimic Master, Statistics Amplification via Iron Imprisoner, Time Stop via Chrono Twister, Invisibility via The Metamorphosis, Poison Manipulation via Mad Treant, Jellyshade, Flowersnake (Flowersnake also has Stunning Inducement), Vile Phial and Vitality Vial (Vitality Vial and Vile Phial also have Healing), Explosion Manipulation and Air Manipulation via Tank Toppler, Mind Manipulation and Confusion via Mandrake, Sound Manipulation via Symphony Master, Fire Manipulation via Red Hot Chili, Flame Box (Flame Box also has Summoning of meteors) and Lump of Horror (Lump of Horror has Weather Manipulation through inflicting the thundercloud status effect and Air Manipulation through flapping its wings), Electricity Manipulation via Yellow Mustard and Metamorphosis (Metamorphosis also has Invisibility), Ice Manipulation via Blue Sea Salt, Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation and Electricity Manipulation via Element Cluster and Triple Wrecker, Energy Projection and Teleportation via Sonic Blaster, and Weapon Mastery and Room Possession via Iron Imprisoner (Iron Imprisoner also has Fire Manipulation and Explosion Manipulation). His Heartless have access to standard Heartless Physiology), Darkness Manipulation (Is the darkness in Ventus' heart, can enhance his moves with it), Afterimage Creation (Can create afterimages with his strikes), Portal Creation (Can create portals), Regeneration (Unknown, after the destruction of his body, soul and "heart", Vanitas had still been able to regenerate)
|-|Resistances=Absorption, Death Manipulation (Unaffected by Heartless, which passively and absorb things around them), Data Manipulation (Ansem The Wise stated that the "heart" cannot be contained by data, and that the process itself would be incalculable), Existence Erasure (Can take hits from Heartless, which can do this with any attack), Darkness Manipulation, Regeneration Negation (Unknown; Managed to regenerate back even after being defeated by Keyblade users), Corruption (Type 2) (Black Coats protect their wearers from the corrupting effects of the darkness of the Dark Corridors and the Realm of Darkness), Madness Manipulation (Type 3), Mind Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation (The Realm of Darkness has been stated to eradicate existence itself within it, and anyone who's traveled there have never returned. Ansem the Wise by being in the Realm of Darkness was losing his sense of self and memories, having to give into his hatred to survive, Aqua not long after being in the Realm of Darkness lost the will to continue, and needed to stay true to her friends to fight it), Time Stop (Can move inside of the Realm of Darkness (Which is timeless in nature), and the Keyblade grants additional Resistance to Magic-based Time Stop), Cosmic Radiations
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Attack Potency: Low Complex Multiverse level (Fought Late-KHBbS Ventus (Kingdom Hearts) and Mickey Mouse at the same time. Held his own against Terra, fought both Aqua and Mickey at the same time and knocked out the former during the final battle in the Keyblade Graveyard), higher with the χ-Blade (Even while incomplete, Aqua had to call on the power of her friends to overpower Ventus-Vanitas with it) | Low Complex Multiverse level (Comparable to KHIII Sora, Aqua, Ventus, and the other Guardians of Light) 
Speed: Infinite (Capable of keeping pace with Ventus and has shown the ability to fly beside him in the Lanes Between, comparable to others that can travel across the worlds with a Keyblade Glider, which has been shown to also relate to direct physical movements and is comparable to the Gummi Ship based on Aqua and Ventus getting to the Keyblade Graveyard within a day just like it while also including the threat of Gummi Heartless, comparable to Xemnas, who reacted to Roxas going from Radiant Garden to the Keyblade Graveyard in seconds, not far behind Sora, who reacted to a Keyblade beam from Xehanort of a similar nature as this one) | Infinite 
Lifting Strength: At least Class M
Striking Strength: Low Complex Multiverse level (Able to trade blows with the likes of Ventus, Mickey, Terra, and Aqua, the latter three being Keyblade Master-level opponents) | Low Complex Multiverse level
Durability: Low Complex Multiverse level (Able to take hits from Aqua and Ventus, even laughing them off after his first fight with Aqua) | Low Complex Multiverse level
Stamina: Very high (Capable of fighting Aqua long enough to drive her unconscious)
Range: Extended Melee Range with the Keyblade. Planetary with magic via power-scaling from Sora. Low Multiversal with the Corridors of Darkness
Standard Equipment: Void Gear (His Keyblade), many Unversed
Intelligence: Vanitas is an exceedingly skilled Keyblade Wielder and Magic user, being able to fight Keyblade Master-level opponents like Aqua and Mickey on even ground. Like his other half, Ventus (Kingdom Hearts), he is exceedingly quick and aggressive in combat, assaulting foes with high-speed attacks and creating afterimages as he moves to confuse opponents and weaving in powerful magic like Blizzaga into his swordplay. He is also able to perform incredible acrobatics maneuvers to disorient foes such as riding waves of Keyblades and using them as battering rams. However, due to embodying all of Ventus's dark emotions, he displays a certain degree of pride and overconfidence, repeatedly underestimating Ventus's power which leads to Vanitas's ultimate defeat
Weaknesses: Vanitas is sometimes overconfident and tends to underestimate his foes' abilities. Destroying the Unversed will cause him immense physical pain (However, he has shown great resilience to this, as, shortly after his creation, he kept creating and destroying Unversed out of his own self-loathing. See below for further clarifications) | His physical body and soul, while separated, are still bound to some extent. If his soul is defeated, so will his body and χ-Blade (When Ventus defeated Vanitas' soul, his physical body died as well during his fight with Aqua and Mickey)
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
===Base/χ-Blade Form: ===
* Afterimage + Blizzaga: After Vanitas is struck, he creates an afterimage of himself and appears behind his enemy to attack them, simultaneously casting Blizzaga.
*Flame Burst: Vanitas shoots off a large sphere of flames that can split into three smaller flames that home in on the target.
* Dark Thundaga: Vanitas jumps into the air and swings his Keyblade, striking the enemy with bolts of blue lightning.
*Eruption/Shadow Dive: Vanitas leaps up and dives underground, digging into the ground beneath his opponent, at which point he rises from the ground and fires several Firagas.
*Dark Spiral: Vanitas leaps into the air and charges at the enemy multiple times while surrounded with dark energy.
*Dark Splicer: Vanitas repeatedly teleports and slashes at his target, leaving behind an afterimage with each strike.
*Dark Cannon: Vanitas generates a large beam of dark energy from his keyblade, firing it at the enemy.
===Vanitas Remnant===
(Note: The Vanitas Remnant can use all of Vanitas's previous abilities)
*Spiraling Slash: Impales the target while spinning. 
*Curaga: A healing spell that restores a great deal of Vanitas' vitality.
* Clone Burst: Vanitas surrounds himself with a black barrier and sends various shadow clones out at the opponent, before charging straight through the barrier and attacking himself.
*Dark Fang: Vanitas dashes around his enemy in a circle and summons spikes to surround them, before closing them in.
*X-Discharge: After charging up and landing a combo, Vanitas releases an X-shaped wave of energy that homes in to the enemy.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts) Xemnas' Profile
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