Raven (Guilty Gear)

==Summary==
Raven (レイブン, Reibun) is a character in the Guilty Gear series. He is one of three servants of Asuka R. Kreuz, and his right-hand man. An immortal from birth, Raven's body will completely regenerate even if it's reduced to ash. He ceased aging at the moment of his first "death," and has lived for about a thousand years. 
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher with Sehnsucht
Name: Raven, the Undying Disease
Origin: Guilty Gear
Gender: Male
Age: About 970 years old
Classification: Genetic Immortal, former Crusader
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Types 1, 2, 3, 4 and limited 8; Reliant on Master Ghost, though this doesn't last indefinitely), Self-Sustenance (Type 1 and 2), Regeneration (Mid-High. He can regenerate from his ashes), Magic as Information Manipulation, Can throw needle-like projections that stun their target, Elasticity, Flight, Energy Projection, Creation (Can create various items out of nowhere), Can disperse into feathers and create crows to attack his enemy, Fire Manipulation, Teleportation, Illusion Creation, Time Manipulation (Can create time dilation fields and slow down opponents in time with his Slow Field needles), Summoning (Can summon minions via the Master Ghost) Resurrection (Master Ghost also allows him to resurrect in the extremely unlikely event he's killed), Can travel and attack through dimensions, Smoke Manipulation (Can create smoke that confuses even Sol's senses), Healing (Healed Jack-O's wounds), Spatial Manipulation (Able to bend and swap space), Sealing (Able to seal Ky away), Reality Warping (Stated be able to create miracles), Enhanced Senses (Can sense what's going on across dimensions), Fragrance Manipulation (Sol stated that the area smells like blood when he entered), BFR (Can send people to different places and dimensions), Limited Physics Manipulation (Able to tweak with his inertia), Resistance to Extreme Cold, Cosmic Radiations, Mind Manipulation, Matter Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Transmutation and Information Manipulation (Resists getting his information rewritten), Pain Manipulation and Empathic Manipulation (Pain and negative emotions are delight to him and he even proactively seeks them out), Sense Manipulation, Perception Manipulation, Sound Manipulation and Fragrance Manipulation (Except for his sense of touch, none of his five senses will ever bother him, no matter what he sees, hear, smell or taste), Information Analysis, Reality Warping, Chi Manipulation and Law Manipulation (Kum stated that his threads are just too old and rusty to be normally seen and tune, his existence is zero in a sense of tuning)
Attack Potency: Dwarf Star level (Fought and and nearly won against Sol, only preventing himself from killing him by his own willGuilty Gear 2: Overture – Gaze of the Chronicle), higher with Sehnsucht (Capable of reducing his body to ashes when he is caught in its epicentreGuilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- 2 – Raven’s Instant Kill)
Speed: At least Relativistic+, likely higher (Can keep up with Sol without issue)
Lifting Strength: At least Class P
Striking Strength: Dwarf Star level 
Durability: Dwarf Star level (Tanked attacks from Sol)
Stamina: Extremely high given Guilty Gear standards.
Range: Extended melee range, thousands of kilometers with attacks, cross-dimensional with teleportation.
Standard Equipment: His claws
Intelligence: Skilled fighter, lots of experience in battle, decent strategist and tactician.
Weaknesses: Masochistic, will normally goad his opponents into attacking him with all they have to see if he can feel it. He believes that destroying his soul would kill him permanently, although it's mostly conjecture.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
* Schmerz Berg: Raven throws a needle which slows time for anyone pierced by it.
* Grausam Impuls: Raven dislocates his arm, slashing across a wide range with the claws on his fingers.
* Scharf Kugel: Raven throws a ball of turbulent magic which travels forward slowly.
* Wachen Zweig: Raven grabs the opponent, heaves them over his head, and smashes them onto the ground with an explosion of magic power.
* Shapechanging: Raven is seemingly able to control the shape of his cloak, causing it to behave like wings, sharp blades, or a cocoon shape that can fly rapidly.
* Dislocation: Since Raven is desensitized to pain, he employs the tactic of willingly dislocating his limbs in order to increase his effective range.
Overdrives:
* Getreuer: Raven repeatedly stabs his opponent with his claws before kicking them away.
* Verzweifelt: Raven surrounds himself in his cloak and rushes forward, surrounded by needles.
Instant Kill:
* Sehnsucht: Raven grabs his opponent by the throat and charges a massive eruption of magic energy at his feet, which reduces both himself and his opponent to ashes.
==Gallery==
File:GGXXAC - Raven.png|Raven in Guilty Gear XX Λ Core Plus.
File:GG2 O Raven.png|Raven in Guilty Gear 2: Overture.
Worthless as the Sun above Clouds - Guilty Gear 2 Overture|Worthless as the Sun Above Clouds, the theme of Raven during Guilty Gear Overture.
Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- OST TSUKI NO SHIHAI|Moon's Domination, the theme of Raven during Guilty Gear Xrd.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
==References==
Category:Characters
Category:Guilty Gear
Category:Male Characters
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Category:Antagonists
Category:Villains
Category:Evil Characters
Category:Sadists
Category:Immortals
Category:Fire Users
Category:Teleportation Users
Category:Illusionists
Category:Time Users
Category:Summoners
Category:Regeneration Users
Category:Fighting Game Characters
Category:Shapeshifters
Category:Creation Users
Category:Resurrection Users
Category:Dimensional Travel Users
Category:Smoke Users
Category:Healers
Category:Space Users
Category:Sealing Users
Category:Information Users
Category:Self-Sustenance Users
Category:Playable Characters
Category:Light Users
Category:Animal Users
Category:Energy Users
Category:Statistics Reduction Users
Category:Reality Warpers
Category:BFR Users
Category:Magic Users
Category:Enhanced Senses Users
Category:Fragrance Users
Category:Durability Negation Users
Category:Tragic Characters