Demiurge (Shin Megami Tensei)

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==Summary==
Demiurge, also known as Yaldabaoth, is the Creator Deity of Gnosticism, and an alternate interpretation of the Abrahamic God adopted by certain philosophers of the Roman Empire, who identified the entity most closely with the war-like, ruthless god of the Old Testament. Unlike other branches of Christinanity, Gnosticism preaches that the material world is, in fact, a prison, with its creator being an extremely powerful but ultimately ignorant and spiritually blind entity who fashioned imperfect, pre-existent matter in unconscious imitation of the timeless, archetypal Pleroma from which it descended, in the process imprisoning the essential divine spark of every human within bodies of flesh and bone. According to most traditions, the Demiurge wishes to keep humanity trapped within its creation forever, and after Adam and Eve ate of the Fruit of Knowledge and became aware of their condition, he cast them out of Paradise in anger.
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Regular Incarnations | Shin Megami Tensei NINE
Name: Demiurge, Yaldabaoth, Saklas, Samael, "Refined Voice," The Blind God, "Fool."
Origin: Megami Tensei
Gender: Genderless, though manifests as a masculine entity.
Age: Inapplicable. Exists beyond the concept of time.
Classification: Demon, Godly Spirit, Aspect of YHVH, False God.
Powers and Abilities: Absolute Zero, Attack Reflection, Cognitive Physiology (Archetype), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Creation, Damage Boost and Reduction, Death Manipulation, Elemental Manipulation (Fire Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation), Energy Manipulation, Existence Erasure, Forcefield Creation, Holy Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Power Modification (Can change his own vulnerabilities and affinities at will), Resistance Negation, Statistics Amplification and Reduction, Status Effect Inducement
Attack Potency: Outerverse level (Stated to be the most powerful of YHVH's fragments during the events of Strange Journey, and casually swatted away Metatron while in berserk state, with the latter stating that, should he absorb Demiurge back into his being, it would be a simple task to reunite the rest of God's fragments) | Outerverse level (While tapping into a portion of Yaldabaoth's power, Sariel was able to imprison Lucifer within a block of ice in the Expanse)
Speed: Immeasurable while incarnated. Omnipresent otherwise.
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable
Striking Strength: Outerverse level | Outerverse level
Durability: Outerverse level (Withstood numerous attacks from the likes of Flynn and Tadano Hitonari, though he was ultimately defeated by them) | Outerverse level
Stamina: Infinite
Range: Outerversal
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Likely Nigh-Omniscient
Weaknesses: None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
More detailed information on this character's skill list can be found in the Megami Tensei wiki
Buffs and Debuffs: A set of skills that, as the name implies, allows the caster to greatly amplify their own physical attributes and reduce that of their foes, thus allowing one to stand up to much stronger opponents by closing or even reversing the gap in power between them. Outside of gameplay limitations, they can be stacked indefinitely, and sufficient usages of buffs allow the caster to survive attacks that would otherwise obliterate them with only minor injuries and amplify their speed to the point of completely outspeeding opponents that could previously predict all of their movements, while debuffs have a directly proportional effect on the enemy's statistics.
* Luster Candy: Increases all statistics of an entire party (Strength, speed and durability) by one rank.
* Debilitate: Decreases all statistics of an entire party (Strength, speed and durability) by one rank.
* Dekaja: Removes all buffs from all foes.
* Dekunda: Removes all debuffs from himself and all allies.
Almighty Attacks: The highest class of spells in the Megami Tensei franchise, consisting largely of powerful non-elemental attacks that have the special property of completely bypassing any resistances or immunities that a target may possess, be them innate or magically enforced, the latter of which including anything from reflective barriers to items that distort the very laws of the universe in order to protect the user from all forms of damage, and they are likewise unable to blocked, drained or generally defended against.
* Megidolaon: Unleashes a wave of destructive energy which deals heavy damage to all foes, tapping into the pale light of divinity that reigns over destruction itself and engulfing them in "the complete annihilation beyond death."
* Antichthon: Deals heavy almighty damage to all foes while simultaneously reducing all of their statistics by one rank.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
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