Meruem

==Summary==
Meruem, also known as The King (王おう, Ō), is the most powerful offspring of the Chimera Ant Queen and the King of the Chimera Ants. He is the main antagonist of the Chimera Ant arc.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , up to with Ryu and Ko | 
Key: Pre-Rose | Post-Rose
Name: Meruem, Chimera Ant King, The King (王おう, Ō)
Origin: Hunter X Hunter
Gender: Male
Age: 40 days
Classification: Chimera Ant King, Nen Practitioner
Powers and Abilities:
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*Physiology: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Limited Immortality (Type 2 - Chimera Ants can survive for a day after being decapitated)
*Skills and Mental Abilities: Genius Intelligence, Photographic Memory, Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant (Defeated Netero, the former greatest human Nen user alive, in combat while holding back), Pressure Points (Incapacitated Knuckle and Meleoron with pressure point strikesHunter x Hunter: Chapter 308), Acrobatics (Meruem can move and attack from any angle easily), Accelerated Development (Learnt how to challenge a worldwide Gungi master after just reading the rules, rapidly improves at everything ranging from intellectually to physically. Could punch off Netero's leg and arm after realizing his attack patterns and rhythmHunter x Hunter: Chapter 297. Meruem could use advanced Nen techniques after just being born and can easily manipulate aura, allocating it to any part of his body with ease. A feat that took Gon Freecss, a character described as having infinite potential, several weeks), Precognition (Due to his genius in Gungi and other strategy-based games, he gained a supernatural foresight. After a while, he can see the opponents unconscious bias when they attack and act accordingly; against Netero, who had limitless options of defense, he was able to identify his unconscious bias and take out his limbs)
*Nen Manipulation (Emitter - Exhibition: Togashi Yoshihiro -Puzzle- Meruem is the most powerful Nen user seen in the series, he was born with an aura quantity and output exceeding that of the Royal Guards in no small degree. He was born capable of all the basic and advanced techniques instinctively. He defeated Netero without a combative Hatsu. His potential in Nen is described as limitless), Enhanced Fear Manipulation (His Ren was so powerful it made Netero, Zeno & Pitou feel as though time had stoppedHunter x Hunter: Chapter 268), Reactive Evolution & Power Modification (Meruem can develop new abilities and improve them in a very short time being able to improve Pouf's and Youpi's abilities making them more practical and being able to use them on the first try), Power Absorption (By consuming a Nen user, he grows stronger, and if he eats enough, can also receive Nen abilities from the victim), Regeneration (Low-Mid with consumption)
*Immense Pain Tolerance (Ripped off his own arm without hesitation and showed no signs of pain)
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Post-Rose=
All previous abilities on a much higher level. In addition to:
*Enhanced Psychometry with En (En creates a barrier that allows users to feel the shape and movement of anything in the radius. Meruem's En is by far the most powerful, as it allows him to measure the shape, quality, emotion, and other informational content about the things the photons interact with)
*Improved Fear Manipulation & Enhanced Madness Manipulation (Type 3 - Caused Welfin to physically age a hundred years from the fear he was feeling and also experience hallucinations, despite Welfin being a powerful Nen user in his own right. Meruem's Ren was so strong that his overprotective Royal Guards believed he was invincible and could beat anyone by sheer aura quantity alone. Meruem's murderous aura was able to petrify even Pouf)
*Body Control, Transformation & Flight (With Metamorphosis) 
*Energy Projection (With Rage Blast, Meruem can fire a concentrated blast of aura)
*Light Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Transmutation (Can transmute his aura into photons. It has the same effect as Shaiapouf's Spiritual Massage which can detect people's emotions and lies)
*Poison Inducement (Those who have prolonged contact with him also become poisoned)
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Post-Rose Resistances=
Resistance to:
*Poison Manipulation (Resisted the poison from the Rose Bomb for some time which is quite possibly the most powerful poison known to man, although he ultimately succumbed)
*Electricity Manipulation & Magma Manipulation (Should be superior to Youpi's who could resist both Lava and electrical attacks from Killua)
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Attack Potency: Large Town level+ (As Meruem is the strongest character in the series, Meruem is superior to other Chimera Ants, including his three royal guards: Menthuthuyoupi, Neferpitou, and Shaiapouf. Destroyed his own arm when he felt humiliated as a show of respect. Severed Netero's arm and leg), up to Small City level with Ryu and Ko | Mountain level+ (A casual Rage Blast is this powerful. His show of Ren was so intense that Knuckle stated military power at the state level would be needed to match his power)
Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Superior to the likes of Neferpitou and Cheetu. The Royal Guards themselves were unable to react to his tail swipes. In his fight with Netero, Meruem exchanged hundreds of thousands of blows in under a minuteHxH Chapter 296. Meruem stated that the only thing faster than him was Netero's hand movementsHxH Chapter 292) | Massively Hypersonic (Faster than before and his flight speed is three times faster than Shaiapouf'sHxH Chapter 301), Speed of Light with Photon En (HxH Chapter 314)
Lifting Strength: Class M ( and was able to rip his own arm off) | At least Class M (Stronger than before)
Striking Strength: Large Town level+ (Casually one-shot Squadron Leaders seconds after birth. Punched a hole into the nest with enough force to shake the entire construct) | Mountain level+
Durability: Large Town level+ (Netero could not do any significant damage to him, only feeling a dull pain after thousands of strikes. Even the Zero Hand, his most powerful attack, only gashed the King. He also barely survived the detonation of the Rose bomb), up to Small City level with Ryu and Ko | Mountain level+ (His durability increased)
Stamina: Superhuman (Is unfathomably superior to any rookie Hunter, who can run 80 Kilometers across different terrains without breaking a sweat. Meruem defeated the Shogi and Go champions of East Gorteau without resting between matches and did not show the slightest hint of physical or mental fatigue even after playing Gungi with Komugi for three days straight. He was so engrossed in their games that he apparently ate nothing for six days and still seemed unaffected. As stated in durability, Meruem was able to take thousands of attacks from Netero with minimal damage to his person while continuously attacking him)
Range: Extended Melee Range, Kilometres with Nen techniques3 Kilometres | Extended Melee Range, Tens of Kilometers with Nen techniques
Standard Equipment: None Notable
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Meruem was able to speak before even being born. Meruem possesses immense memory and analytical skills, being able to learn and master nearly anything he comes across in a short period. He defeated world champions at various games just after reading a rule book and playing a few matches. He is capable of examining multiple scenarios in a matter of seconds. He excels at identifying his opponent's "rhythm," the unconscious bias that guides their choices, and at disrupting it or turning it against them, not only gaining insight into their thought process but also managing to exploit it for his benefit. Playing Gungi with Komugi elevated his pattern-recognition skills to an ability similar to precognition. Thanks to this faculty, he was able to penetrate Netero's otherwise impregnable defense, even predicting what body parts he would be able to cut off in advance)
Weaknesses: After meeting and making close bonds with Komugi, he slowly lost his cruel and violent nature and was implied to try to coexist peacefully with humans. Zetsu involves keeping one's aura exclusively in the body, it makes a Nen user more vulnerable to physical and nen attacks, because one doesn't have any aura on the outside of one's body to protect oneself. | Same as before, Meruem suffers poisoning from the Miniature Rose Bomb and will slowly die after an extended period because of it.
Notable Skills/Techniques: 
Nen: Meruem is the most powerful Nen user in the series, being able to use all the basic and advanced techniques to vast degrees. He is an Emitter and likely highly proficient in every single Nen category. However, due to his overpowering nature, he doesn't even need to create his own Hatsu, which is unfortunate given his infinite potential.
*Aura Synthesis: Meruem's initial ability gives him strength through consumption. Meruem's aura grows every time he devours a user of Nen, with their aura synthesizing to his own. Upon consuming two of his royal guards, Pouf and Youpi, he gained some of their Hatsu. The amount of someone's body he needs to consume to do this is unknown, although it is likely he must absorb much of their aura to obtain their Hatsu.
After Absorbing Shaiapouf and Menthuthuyoupi: 
*Metamorphosis: Meruem can give himself wings, extra eyes, and limbs, and even recompose his entire body structure utilizing aura.
*Rage Blast: Meruem can use Menthuthuyoupi's ability to use "Rage" in a concentrated blast of aura.
*Photon: He can use and evolve Shaiapouf's ability of Spiritual Message. This secondary ability allows him to transmute his aura into photons. Each photon maintains his aura, allowing Meruem to measure the shape, quality, emotion, and other informational contents about the photons interact with. As stated by Welfin and Shaiapouf, he can know everything vaguely, even lies. The precision of the information he can gather depends on the number of photons directed at the object of interest. Meruem deploys these photons in his En in a flash and then can instantly go to anything the photons reach.
Note: It's possible that after absorbing Pouf and Youpi, Meruem gained their powers, as he showed he is capable of using some of their abilities on a much better scale.
==Gallery==
Meruem appearence 2011.jpg|Meruem's design in the anime
125 - Meruem retaliates.png|Meruem's aura
Netero-x-Meruem-3.gif|Meruem vs. Netero
Meruem's En.png|Meruem's En
Meruem knocking out Knuckle.png|Meruem incapacitating Knuckle
Meruem's aura synthesis.png|Aura Synthesis
130 - King's wings.png|Metamorphosis
IMG 1260.PNG|Rage Blast
Photons.jpg|Photon
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Shantae (Shantae (Verse)) Shantae's Profile (Speed was equalized. Low 7-B form was used, Shantae had prior knowledge on Meruem, while Meruem had basic knowledge on Shantae)
Gon Freecss (Hunter X Hunter) Gon's Profile (Speed was equalized. Pre-Rose Meruem and Adult Gon was used)
Jed (Hunter X Hunter) Jed's Profile (Meruem had a basic knowledge of Jed's blood) 
Losses:
Inconclusive:
Twenty-Fifth Baam (Tower of God) Twenty-Fifth Baam’s Profile (Speed equalized and 7-B versions were used)
==References==
==Notes/Explanations==
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