Shinryu

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==Summary==
Shinryu is a mysterious dragon who traverses the Dimensional Rift and a recurring sidequest boss whose power rivals or exceeds the final bosses of several games in the franchise. First appearing in Final Fantasy V, Shinryu is often found guarding an incredibly powerful weapon such as Ragnarok or the Ultima Weapon, hiding inside chests to surprise players who open them. It plays a far more important role in Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012, as it sets the plot of the game in motion by creating the realm in which the cycles take place.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher as Neo Shinryu | , higher as Shinryu Verus, far higher with the Crystal Core of Darkness
Key: Shinryu & Neo Shinryu | Dissidia Series
Name: Shinryu, the Nova Dragon, the Lord Dragon
Origin: Final Fantasy V
Gender: Unknown, referred to as "It"
Age: Unknown, but Omega has chased it through the Rift across entire timelines
Classification: Crystal Dragon, Superboss
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All previous abilities greatly enhanced, the abilities of the crystals (The Crystal Core contains the powers of Neo Exdeath and God of Magic KefkaDissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia), Reality Warping (Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia) Corruption and Body Puppetry (Ardyn was able to corrupt Caius Ballad and Ultimecia and control their bodies Seymour implies that the wielder of the Crystal could directly control the warriors of spiritus and drive them to rampage.Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia), Law Manipulation (The Crystal Core maintains the laws of the Land of RespiteDissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia), Sealing and Power Absorption (The Crystal Core was capable of sealing the transformations of the Warriors of Spiritus inside itself and can control them, which includes Hell Emperor, Neo Exdeath, God of Magic Kefka, Safer Sephiroth, Chaos Bahamut, Griever Ultimecia, Sin & Braska's Final Aeon, Seymour Omnis, The Undying, and IncognitusDissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia), Clairvoyance (Ardyn was capable of using the crystal core to see what's happening in the other worlds.Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia), Immortality (Types 2 and 8, Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia)
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Attack Potency: Multiverse level+ (Able to fight the entire end-game party on even ground, and the sealed weapons are considered useless against him), higher as Neo Shinryu (Stronger than before) | Multiverse level+ (. Gods actively avoid getting into a confrontation with him, and his power was considered greater than the void by Exdeath), higher as Shinryu Verus (Underwent an evolution that made him stronger than before,), far higher with the Crystal Core of Darkness (, Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia, and )
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Via power-scaling from Gilgamesh and Bartz), higher as Neo Shinryu | Massively FTL+ (Via power-scaling from Chaos), higher as Shinryu Verus, far higher with the Crystal Core
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable (Is superior to Enuo and Neo Exdeath), far higher with Crystal Core (Superior to the void, contains the powers of Neo Exdeath)
Striking Strength: Multiverse level+, higher as Neo Shinryu | Multiverse level+, higher as Shinryu Verus, far higher with the Crystal Core
Durability: Multiverse level+ (Ultimately survives its battle with Bartz and his party as seen by Shinryu's appearances in later games), higher as Neo Shinryu (Could withstand blows from Bartz Klauser, who fought his weaker incarnation and his rival Omega) | Multiverse level+ (Even after winning multiple cycles, Chaos was still weary of fighting him, took the entire cast to defeat in NT), higher as Shinryu Verus (Shinryu could take hits from Feral Chaos), far higher with the Crystal Core of Darkness (Took the entire cast of Opera Omnia to defeat him)
Stamina: Extremely high (His battle with Feral Chaos was seemingly never-ending and is constantly staying ahead of Omega)
Range: At least Planetary, Multiversal+ (Created the entire nightmare realm that Dissidia's confessions of the creator takes place in and granted Chaos the power to "erase all of existence", was at risk of escaping into and destroying the entire multiverse)
Standard Equipment: None notable | The Crystal Core of Darkness after he swallows it.
Intelligence: Shinryu is an incredibly powerful and skilled fighter, able to fight the end-game parties of the protagonists from multiple Final Fantasy games on even ground. He is able to reverse-engineer the signature attacks of other monsters and use them as his own, implying a vast knowledge of the worlds it's traveled through and eluded the powerful Omega for an untold amount of time despite the fact that it was specifically designed to kill him. Was able to use the chaos of Ardyn fighting the party to swoop in and swallow the Crystal Core of Darkness whole, taking it's power for himself.
Weaknesses: Somewhat short-sighted at times, as in one timeline his actions gave Chaos so much power that he became Feral Chaos and managed to subjugate him, as a dragon he is vulnerable to weapons and attacks with a Dragon-Slaying affinity. | None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
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* Flare: Shinryu causes a fusion reaction to generate a devastating explosion to attack his foes.
* Fugelent Rain: Shinryu homes in on his target with a barrage of homing rays.
* Atomic Ray: A beam that deals moderate fire-elemental damage to all targets.
* Evil Eye: Leers at the target, petrifying them.
* Ice Storm: Calls in a frigid blizzard to deal major ice-elemental damage to all targets.
* Diamond Dust: Shinryu freezes everything in a flash freeze.
* Lightning: Calls down a burst of lightning that deals damage equal to 25% of their maximum vitality, meaning that any foe may be downed in four hits if precautions aren't taken.
* Maelstrom: Attacks with a powerful cyclone that reduces his opponents' HP to 1, allowing them to be felled with a single additional attack if they do not heal quickly afterwards.
* Mighty Guard: Casts Protect, Shell, and Float on itself simultaneously, reducing the effectiveness of enemy physical and magical attacks and rendering it immune to earth-elemental attacks.
* Poison Breath: Exhales a poisonous mist that deals major non-elemental damage to all targets before poisoning them.
* Roulette: Randomly chooses a target before killing them instantly, much like Russian Roulette.
* Death: Shinryu instantly reaps a targets life and solidifies their blood, killing them.
* Tsunami: Summons a massive tidal wave to deal incredible water-elemental damage against all targets.
* Level 2 Old: Shinryu casts old on his target that bypasses resistance, rapidly aging them.
*Zombie Breath: Deals major non-elemental damage before zombifying the target, rendering them vulnerable to holy attacks and makes normal healing abilities hurt them instead.
* Level 3 Flare: Shinryu casts flare on his target that bypasses resistance.
* Giga-Flare: Shinryu unleashes a more powerful version of Mega-Flare, inducing nuclear fusion on a massive scale to obliterate his foes.
* Almagest: Twists space-time to create a powerful explosion of holy energy that deals tremendous damage and inflicts Sap, rapidly draining foes of their vitality until they succumb.
* Curse: Curses the target, cutting their physical and magical power parameters in half.
* Doom: Limits the target's lifespan, causing them to die instantly after a number of turns of combat pass.
* Earthquake: Generates a massive earthquake to deal great earth-elemental damage to all foes.
* Old: Rapidly ages the target, gradually crippling them until they're virtually incapable of combat.
* White Hole: Creates a white hole to instantly kill a target and petrify them for good measure.
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* Aegis: Shinryu increases his defense.
* Cimmerian Rain: Shinryu opens several portals that launch quick beams of energy at his targets. 
* Chaotic Deluge: Shinryu increases his own strength whilst casting doom on all targets.
* Trinity: Shinryu copies and unleashes the signature moves of Ramuh, Shiva, and Ifrit all at once: Levinbolt, Diamond Dust and Hellfire. 
* Arrant Calamity: Shinryu fills the entire area with dark energy, damaging everything in range.
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Neo Shinryu|Neo Shinryu
==Notable Matchups==
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