Hardcore Leveling Warrior

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==Summary==
Hardcore Leveling Warrior, real name Ethan Gong (Korean: 공원호, Gong Won-Ho), is the protagonist of the Webtoon Hardcore Leveling Warrior. Once the number one ranked player on the online (on-dream?) game Lucid Adventure, he is ambushed and killed by a mysterious enemy with a bug weapon. Almost universally despised for his arrogance yet admired for his skill, he is forced to start again from level one, aiming to find the person who killed him and take revenge.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: ,  with Cubara's Sword | , with Sora's strength, with Hidden Gate, higher with Lucky Coin | , higher with 50% Nightmarization | At least , higher with Lucky Coins | At least , up to with Lucky Coins | At least , up to with Lucky Coins | At least , likely far higher, at least with Lucky Coins | At least , likely , likely far higher, higher with Lucky Punch | At least , likely far higher
Key: Black Magic Dungeon Arc | Reef Dungeon Arc | Preliminary / Subjugation Round Arcs | Cobalt Castle Arc | Siege Round Arc | Dark's Birthday | PVP Round | Rank 3 | Rank 1
Name: Hardcore Leveling Warrior, Gong Won-Ho, Ethan Gong, Rank 1, The All-Stat Player, Baldhead
Origin: Hardcore Leveling Warrior (Verse)
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown, late teens to early 20s.
Classification: Player, Gambler
Powers and Abilities: 
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Any of the abilities he had prior to transformation in addition to Nightmare (Type 2)
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Attack Potency: Street level (Can easily defeat hodes of monsters), Wall level with Cubara's Sword (An Advent Sword that gives him an angel's stats. Casually chopped off Lazie's hand and violently fragmented a large line of stone floor) | Wall level+ (Shouldn't be too much weaker compared to Sora before she levelled up), Small Building level while borrowing Sora's Black Magic Dungeon Arc stats (Violently fragmented a section of a stone floor), Building level with Hidden Gate (Multiplies Hardcore Leveling Warrior's stats by 77), higher with Lucky Coin (Lucky Coins can buff Hardcore Leveling Warrior's strength) | Town level (Killed Octonash in her human form, who could survive a blast of this magnitude), higher with 50% Nightmarization (Gives a significant buff to all stats) | At least Town level (Can fully wield the Sword of Honor, which required his strength stat to be multiplied by 2 before), higher with Lucky Coins | At least Small City level+ (Stronger than Sora), up to Large Island level+ with Lucky Coins (Gave Hardcore Leveling Warrior the power to cut Fengxian in half with Lacerate, the latter having a 999 strength stat) | At least Small City level+ (Should be no weaker than before), up to Large Island level+ with Lucky Coins | At least Island level, likely far higher (Master Swordsman noted that Hardcore Leveling Warrior at this point was at less than 10% of his original power), at least Large Island level+ with Lucky Coins (All of his basic stats can reach 999, which would make him as strong as, if not stronger than a weakened Roy Han, and stronger than even his Rank 3 state, which has a strength stat of 900+) | At least Island level, likely Large Island level+, likely far higher (Should be stronger than all his previous keys without buffs by a significant amount. Completely outclassed Rigos before he used Nightmarization), higher with Lucky Punch (Upscales his damage based on a luck based multiplier) | At least Large Island level+, likely far higher (Was stated to be the strongest mortal character in the game by multiple sources, which would make him far stronger than Ruud Ra Kan, who performed this feat)
Speed: Average Human, Subsonic with Cubara's Sword (Faster than Lazie) | Subsonic (Comparable to Sora, can barely keep up with Keynes, who's speed attribute lets him move extremely fast), higher with Lucky Coins | Subsonic (Dashed a large distance before an entire group of players realized what happened), higher with Lucky Coins | At least Subsonic (Kept up with Rigos, who casually blitzed the other members of his team), higher with Lucky Coins | At least Subsonic (Golden Plate Boots double his speed, can dodge arrows), higher with Lucky Coins | At least Subsonic (Has comparable speed stat to his Rank 1 key due to multiple Lucky Coin buffs), higher with Lucky Coins | At least Subsonic, likely far higher (With a max speed stat he should be far faster than before), higher with Lucky Coins
Lifting Strength: Unknown | Unknown, Class 50 with Sora's strength (Able to lift and throw a massive stone pillar with one hand) | At least Class 50 | At least Class 50 | At least Class 50 | At least Class 50 | At least Class 50, likely far higher | At least Class 50, likely far higher
Striking Strength: Street level, Wall level with Cubara's Sword | Wall level+, Small Building level while borrowing Sora's Black Magic Dungeon Arc stats, Building level with Hidden Gate, higher with Lucky Coin | Town level, higher with 50% Nightmarization | At least Town level, higher with Lucky Coins | At least Small City level+, up to Large Island level+ with Lucky Coins | At least Small City level+, up to Large Island level+ with Lucky Coins | At least Island level, likely far higher, Large Island level+ with Lucky Coins | At least Island level, likely Large Island level+, likely far higher, higher with Lucky Punch | At least Large Island level+, likely far higher
Durability: Street level | Wall level+, Small Building level while borrowing Sora's Black Magic Dungeon Arc stats, Building level with Lucky Coins and Hidden Gate | Town level (Took hits from Octonash in her human form), higher with 50% Nightmarization | At least Town level, higher with Lucky Coins | At least Small City level+, up to Large Island level+ with Lucky Coins | At least Small City level+, up to Large Island level+ with Lucky Coins | At least Island level, likely far higher at least Large Island level+ with Lucky Coins | At least Island level, likely Large Island level+, likely far higher, higher with Lucky Punch | At least City level, likely far higher, invulnerability, regeneration, and attack reflection make him very difficult to kill
Stamina: Superhuman (Able to fight and climb his way through long dungeons for several hours without rest)
Range: Tens of Meters
Standard Equipment:
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*Paralyzing Dagger: A legendary blacksmith's failure, this weapon only deals one damage. However, every 100th strike the dagger will instead ignore all defense stats and deal critical damage (in the sense that it is enough to near-lethally damage the target) in addition to paralyzing the target. The special skill of the dagger is unidentifiable, requiring prior knowledge of it to understand its effects.
*Random Sword: A sword that randomly transforms into any other sword existing in the world when drawn (though it can only transform once every 10 minutes). However, this sword was lost, so it should be specified if he still has it in battle. Swords it has transformed into include:
**Cracked Long Sword: An ordinary long sword that is sold at stores. Its power is decreased due to cracks.
** Boing Boing Sword: It's a soft jelly type sword that makes you feel good when you touch it. It's a souvenir of Jelly Village. It has the special effect of guarding against one physical attack, regardless of its damage.
**Cubara's Sword: The power of the combat angel Cababa dwells in the sword. Once it defeats the opponent, it is sealed in the ground for 99 years. All damage done with this sword is multiplied by 11.1 against devils and demons, and as an "advent" type sword it grants the wielder the stats of an angel. Due to its sealing, the Random Sword was lost.
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*Paralyzing Dagger: A legendary blacksmith's failure, this weapon only deals one damage. However, every 100th strike the dagger will instead ignore all defense stats and deal critical damage (in the sense that it is enough to near-lethally damage the target) in addition to paralyzing the target. The special skill of the dagger is unidentifiable, requiring prior knowledge of it to understand its effects. This dagger is stolen halfway through the arc.
*Lucky Long Sword: Increases his luck stat by 3 points.
*Salamander's Trace: a staff that allows the user to cast a high-level fire skill.
*Angel's Rolling Paper: a scroll that has a chance to summon an angel.
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*Magic-Neutralizing Armour: (a set of armor that deflects magic, causing even high tier magic that would one-shot people comparable to Hardcore Leveling Warrior to simply sting a little without doing any real damage. However it cannot be repaired, so once destroyed it is finished)
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*The Sword of Honor - The Seven Truths:- Reclaimed from Zero after the Subjugation Arc. Can only be wielded by the one contracted with it (Hardcore Leveling Warrior).
*Royal Cobalt Blade:- A magical sword made of highly concentrated cobalt gems. Does little physical damage to the enemy, but does great magical damage. Its special effect is that with every normal attack it enchants a magic skill. Worn during swordmage mode. Can only be used when Lucky Coin has buffed his intelligence.
*An Apprentice Magician's Hat: A magician's hat that apprentices wear before becoming masters. It is made of magical string. Magical proficiency becomes 100% while worn. Worn during swordmage mode. Can only be used when Lucky Coin has buffed his intelligence.
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*The Sword of Honor - The Seven Truths: A legendary weapon capable of bisecting mountains with a single blow. Increases all Sword Skills by +5. It can only be used by the one contracted with it, repelling others who try to pick it up with a forcefield.
*The Golden Plate Boots of Fire Dragon: Boots of the Golden Armour Set. They double the speed of their wearer. They are indestructible, and even thorns that are enchanted to "pierce through anything and anyone regardless of their strengths" are unable to penetrate them. Hardcore Leveling Warrior uses their invulnerability to block attacks he otherwise could not take. They also allow the wielder to triple jump.
*Golden Plate Gauntlets of Fire Dragon: Gauntlets of the Golden Armour Set. All stats are increased by 50 points, and the damage is tripled if used with the Sword of Honour.
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*The Sword of Honor - The Seven Truths: A legendary weapon capable of bisecting mountains with a single blow. Increases all Sword Skills by +5. It can only be used by the one contracted with it, repelling others who try to pick it up with a forcefield.
*The Golden Plate Boots of Fire Dragon: Boots of the Golden Armour Set. They double the speed of their wearer. They are indestructible, and even thorns that are enchanted to "pierce through anything and anyone regardless of their strengths" are unable to penetrate them. Hardcore Leveling Warrior uses their invulnerability to block attacks he otherwise could not take. They also allow the wielder to triple jump.
*Golden Plate Gauntlets of Fire Dragon: Gauntlets of the Golden Armour Set. All stats are increased by 50 points, and the damage is tripled if used with the Sword of Honour.
*Goblin's Slots Machine: By betting Lucky Coin and inserted it into the machine, if the bet is successful (Jackpot), the slot will generate dozens of Lucky Coins at once.
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*The Sword of Honor - The Seven Truths: A legendary weapon capable of bisecting mountains with a single blow. Increases all Sword Skills by +5. It can only be used by the one contracted with it, repelling others who try to pick it up with a forcefield.
*The Golden Plate Boots of Fire Dragon: Boots of the Golden Armour Set. They double the speed of their wearer. They are indestructible, and even thorns that are enchanted to "pierce through anything and anyone regardless of their strengths" are unable to penetrate them. Hardcore Leveling Warrior uses their invulnerability to block attacks he otherwise could not take. They also allow the wielder to triple jump.
*Golden Plate Gauntlets of Fire Dragon: Gauntlets of the Golden Armour Set. All stats are increased by 50 points, and the damage is tripled if used with the Sword of Honour.
* The Golden Plate Suit of Fire Dragon: a set of legendary armor. When worn with the other pieces of the Golden Armour Set, which would activate The Knights Templar Set Effect, it gives the user invulnerability to all attacks, making it impossible to reduce their health.
*The Jewelled Belt of the Third King: Effect unknown
*The Memory of Cintamani: Effect unknown
*The Hero's Blade +16: Presumably a sword of some kind. Effect unknown.
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Intelligence: Extremely intelligent. Knows a great deal about the world of Lucid Adventure, as well as being extremely strategic in combat, able to carefully provoke enemies into making bets with him through feigning weakness.
Weaknesses: None notable | None notable | None notable | None notable | None notable | None notable | None notable | Nightmarization can damage him if he uses too much of it | None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Lucky Coin: Hardcore Leveling Warrior flips a coin. Heads, he significantly increases a random stat (e.g. strength, magical power). Tails, nothing happens, he gets a debuff, or the enemy gets the buff. He can also give an ally the coin to use once he has manifested it. Dark's Deja Vu spell was unable to see the future when this coin was involved, as the future constantly changed. At higher levels, multiple coins can be used at once. However, the more coins he uses at once, the faster the buff wears off. The lucky coin can also increase his accuracy stat to the point that the World System decrees his attacks undodgeable - essentially he can increase his accuracy to the point that the system controlling reality declares his attack is undodgeable.
**Golden Lucky Coin: Flips a coin and catches it. An effect is given to Hardcore Leveling Warrior. The effect shown is:
***Lucky Three: Three Cards: A set of cards representing various abilities Hardcore Leveling Warrior has seen are presented to Hardcore Leveling Warrior. He may pick three. Each card acts as a consumable item that allows him to use the corresponding skill.
****Choco Bibi Teleport: One of Choco Bibi's skills. Allows Hardcore Leveling Warrior to teleport to another predetermined place.
****Lime Healing Bubble: One of Lime's skills. Places Hardcore Leveling Warrior in a bubble that heals him.
****Lucas Han Chain Holy Light: One of Lucas Han's skills. fires a laser at the enemy. Was powerful enough to instantly penetrate the chest of a nightmarized Rigos.
****Immortal Barrier: A circular golden barrier made of hexagons appears around Hardcore Leveling Warrior, protecting him from harm. It is unknown whose skill this is.
****Water Needle: A skill obtained from a water magician in Yopi Land. Fires a high-pressure jet of water at the enemy. In terms of damage, it is not that strong, but it has high penetration ability.
****Freeze: Causes water to freeze, increasing its volume. When combined with Water Needle, it was able to destroy a powerful golem by expanding it from the inside out.
*Hellfire: A high tier spell that unleashes an enormous torrent of flames. One of his preferred spells. During the Reef Dungeon arc, he could only use this when buffing his spell power with Lucky Coin, though by the Preliminary Round Arc he can use it without needing to buff himself. However, it is noted to have the potential to damage him as well if used in small spaces.
*Mana Toss: Gives some of his own mana to an ally.
*Borrow: Hardcore Leveling Warrior "borrows" the stat/s of an ally. This temporarily drains them of that stat/s and gives it to Hardcore Leveling Warrior. He can also borrow skills. It isn't clear if this skill requires permission or not, as when borrowing Sora's strength he asked her and did not receive her powers until she had agreed, while he was able to use Dark and Tac's skills without having asked them first.
**Summon Skeleton: A skill borrowed from Dark. Summons a level 1 skeleton. Hardcore Leveling Warrior used this skill to take an otherwise lethal attack for him.
**Paralysis Resistance: Borrowed from Tac, allowing him to continue moving even after stabbed by the Sword of Dooms Day.
**Payback: Hardcore Leveling Warrior returns the borrowed skills and stats, this time with interest (deducted from his own stats).
*Betting: Hardcore Leveling Warrior makes a bet with his opponent. In some cases, such as legal pvp, a god can be summoned to oversee the bet. Conditions and rewards are determined by the players. Winner takes the reward, the loser takes the consequences. Due to Hardcore Leveling Warrior's Gambler class, he can even take the opponent's stats and unique items and skills, even those not normally teachable, as a reward. It is noted that this skill is not bound by the rules of the game, allowing it to override all other abilities, such as allowing a sealed spirit to break free of the seal placed on him simply by making that his prize if he won the game. The bet can also be used to verify if others are lying by making the condition of their loss if they lie.
**The Ruler (The Mediator): The Ruler is summoned with Hardcore Leveling Warrior's personal attribute. The ruler is able to fly. It watches the rules to be obeyed and ensures the conditions of the bet are fulfilled. If a player attempts to break the rules, the Ruler breaks the cheater's wrists with a giant hammer, and nullifies any ability that would break the rules, allowing it to nullify the Spirit of the Mirror's Mind Mirror ability. The Ruler is also able to verify and detect when the conditions of a bargain have been completed, so it cannot be tricked.
*Moonlight Slash: A sword skill that can cut apart dozens of people into pieces with a single strike.
**Lacerate: The true, stronger form of Moonlight Slash. When used by Novelist Han, the skill's creator, it cut apart the clouds in the sky and negated a monster's Low-Mid regeneration. Instantly killed Dark Warrior's Helmet Mode Fengxian, and cut down an entire castle in a single move. However, it requires a high intelligence stat to use, forcing Hardcore Leveling Warrior to buff himself with Lucky Coin in order to use Lacerate. It is to be noted that the version of Lacerate Hardcore Leveling Warrior uses is different from Novelist Han's by a different Hangul designated on it. Novelist Han (Sword Master)'s Lacerate is labeled by (節) which means 'Incision', while Hardcore Leveling Warrior's Lacerate is entitled by (切) which means 'Cut'. Only when Hardcore Leveling Warrior regains his #1 Ranker abilities that he's able to execute the (節) version like Novelist Han, though it cost both of his swords destroyed in the process.
**Moonlight Slash: Tornado: By doing a Moonlight Slash while rotating, Hardcore Leveling Warrior projects far more slashes than normal in a vortex towards the opponent.
**Moonlight Slash x 99 - Sword Dance Wave: Rapidly unleashes 99 consecutive Moonlight Slashes that appear as a wave of slashes at the target.
*Personal Attribute: Absolute Luck - Hardcore Leveling Warrior's personal attribute is absolute luck. This makes him incredibly lucky, allowing him to do such improbable things are roll 5 triples on a die in a row, followed by a six which is something with a 0.000000000000354470415% chance of happening. He can also win a game of rock, paper, scissors 30 times in a row.
*Lucky Man: A passive skill. When faced by an undogeable attack, Hardcore Leveling Warrior slips over, avoids the attack, and deals damage to his enemy.
**Lucky Punch: Only usable after Lucky Man has activated. Hardcore Leveling Warrior manifests a slot machine number wheel above his head, then punches the opponent, dealing anywhere from 00000 damage to 99999 damage, sufficient to instantly oneshot Nightmarized Rigos
*Hidden Gate: A secret set of abilities caused by a bug. It grants extremely powerful abilities.
**Strength & Regeneration X 77: when Lucky Coin is thrown from the Hidden Gate, it instead increases the user's power and regeneration 77 times over.
*Hell Explosion: Causes a shockwave of fire to erupt from Hardcore Leveling Warrior's body. Using this he was able to break free of Rigos's Blizzard skill.
*Dark Coin: Allows Hardcore Leveling Warrior to enter Nightmarization 50%.
**Nightmarization 50%: Increases Hardcore Leveling Warrior's stats significantly and allows his attacks to ignore defense.
*Copy Skill! Weapon Break!: Breaks a weapon Hardcore Leveling Warrior is in contact with. Used this to break free of Guillotine after it had immobilized him.
*Ultimate Skill: All In: Hardcore Leveling Warrior throws his coins into a slot machine that appears behind him. The slot machine has a "Live or Dead" sign above it. The number wheel spins to 99999, vastly increasing the strength of his next attack.
*Self Burning: Lights himself on fire in a vortex of flame, damaging enemies around him,
*Switch: A skill used in Swordmage Mode. Reads the path of the enemy attack and dodges it.
*Barrier: Sets up an invisible magical barrier around the user. Hardcore Leveling Warrior set up 5 of these in an instant, and each can take up to 1000 damage before breaking. He also used a wide range variant to protect an entire village from destruction.
*Slow Area: Slows time in a small target area. Was used to slow down Fengxian's attack by slowing down the motion of his arm.
*Lord of Ignes: Described as top tier magic, but it is unknown what it does, or if Hardcore Leveling Warrior actually has this skill, as he never cast it, instead using it as a threat to trick his opponent before switching to another spell.
*Force Use Skill: Forces a specific skill of the enemy's to activate. Was used to force Fengxian to teleport back to his base.
*Bash: A sword attack.
*Tornado Slash: Hardcore Leveling Warrior slashes the target upwards in a whirlwind motion, creating a tornado like effect.
*Master's Instinct: A passive skill that detects extraordinary speed or spell power using a hidden stat called Instinct, allowing Hardcore Leveling Warrior to detect and dodge attacks that break the attack speed limit.
*Hero's Body: Consumes own HP to break the range limit of actions. Can only be used with strength stat over 999.
*Storm Cutter: Emits a ball of energy from his palm which creates multiple spherical wind blades that cut the target.
*Magic Magnet: A magic skill that rounds up small projectiles together into massive attack. In Hardcore Leveling Warrior's case, he can even control large scale spells scattered randomly.
*Devil's Explosion: Hardcore Leveling Warrior uses Magic Magnet to fuse 6 Hell Fire's into a large explosion.
*Auto Reflector: A passive skill that automatically deflects detection magic.
*Automatic Skill Analysis: An other passive skill that automatically analyses a skill used against.
*Magic Neutralization: A spell that grants Hardcore Leveling Warrior absolute immunity to all magic attacks no matter how powerful they are. However, since it is still a spell in nature it can be dispelled. Light's Demonic Sword Dolce, which has a property that neutralizes all the magic of the target is able to deactivate this spell.
*Blazing Tiger: Summons a giant flame-shaped target that attacks the target.
*Rapid Fire - A Hundred Spells: Hardcore Leveling Warrior rapidly fires a 100 different spells in quick succession at the target.
*Anti-Magic Disable Trap Spell: A trap spell that disables anti-spell magic when deployed.
*Hardcore Leveling Warrior's Speciality - 100 Layer Barrier: Hardcore Leveling Warrior creates a giant red powerful Barrier with 100 layers that can protect both himself and his teammates. This skill was powerful enough to block a powerful Nightmare attack used by ??? (Nightmare Light), the same power that could pierce through all defenses, although Hardcore Leveling Warrior didn't come out of it unharmed.
*Perfect Cure: A spell that fully restores a targets HP and MP.
*The Little Girl's Love: A passive skill gained from successfully completing a quest. The little girl (Lailing) has max affection for Hardcore Leveling Warrior.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Kim Tae-Hyun (I'm Destined For Greatness!) Kim Tae-Hyun's Profile (9-A keys were used and speed was equalized)
Losses:
Inconclusive:
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