Zant

==Summary==
Zant is the secondary antagonist of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and acts as it's penultimate boss, serving as the leading force behind the twilight invansion of Hyrule at the command of Ganondorf. He served in the royal household of the Twilight Realm in the hopes he would be chosen as the realms next ruler, but his greed and lust for power caused them to pass him over in favour of Princess Midna instead. Driven to hatred and despair over their decision he caught the attention of Ganondorf, who granted Zant incredible power in exchange for helping him merge light and shadow into darkness. He viewed his new master as a god and becoming devoted to his cause, using his newfound power to turn the citizens of the Twilight Realm into demons and cursing Princess Midna, turning her into an imp and robbing her of most of her magical powers. He launched an invasion of Hyrule and forced Princess Zelda to surrender when he threatend to kill her people, then he stole the light from the Light Spirits who protected the kingdom and covered most of Hyrule in clouds of twilight.
He eventually learned that Midna was working with a young man named Link in order to obtain the Fused Shadow, an ancient relic of the Twili with the power to defeat him, and took measures to ensure she could never use it against him, going so far as to destroy the Mirror of Twilight so she couldn't return to the Twilight Realm. However all his attempts at stopping the pair failed, and he was swiftly defeated by Link in battle when he and Midna stormed his throne room. In his final moments he mocked Midna and Link, revealing that Ganondorf had been fully revived in the Light World before being killed by Midna using the power of the Fused Shadow. Zant beleived he would be endless revived by his master, unaware that he was merely just a pawn that Ganondorf had no intention of resurrecting.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least 
Name: Zant, Usurper King, King of Darkness, King of Twilight, King of Shadows
Origin: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Twili, False King of the Twilight Realm
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Abilities=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Non-Standard Breathing (Type 2) (Can breath underwater), Water Walking (Can skip across the surface of water), Magic, Energy Projection (He can shoot rapid fire energy bullets), Flight (Capable of levitationThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Zant Boss Fight), Teleportation (Capable of teleporting), Dimensional Travel (Can teleport himself and Link from the Twilight Realm to Hyrule), Size-Shifting (Capable of altering his own size, becoming several times larger or becoming half the size of Link), Shockwave Generation (Knocked back Link and Layanru with a shockwave), Telekinesis (Lifted Midna into the air and kept her restrained before taking away the pieces of the Fused Shadow), Non-Physical Interaction (Physically knocked back Lanayru, who is a spirit made of lightThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Link meets Zant), Creation (Created Shadow Crystals that were responsible for taking Hyrules light, can conjure large replicas of his helmet), Illusion Creation (Can conjure Phantom ZantsThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Palace of Twilight, which are described as being illusionsThe Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia; Page 197), Barrier Creation (His twilight shroud acts as an impenetrable wall to those outside of itThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, with Link needing Midna's help to both enter and to leave areas covered by the shroudThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Eldin Region Twilight, created a barrier around himself and Link), Weapon Creation (Can create swordsThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Stallord Boss Battle), Portal Creation & Summoning (His phantom can create portals to summon his minions), Necromancy (Reanimated the remains of Stallord), Transmutation (Turned Midna into an impThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Zant curses Midna, turned Link back into a wolf using different magic from his twilight shroudThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Zelda saves Midna with the magic being so potent that despite the Light Spirits being capable of reverting Link back to normal when his transformation was caused by the twilight, Zelda stated that only the Master Sword would be able to purify the evil Magic Zant used), Power Bestowal (When reanimating Stallord he granted it the power of shadowThe Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia; Page 207), Power Nullification (When he turned Midna into an imp he also stole her powersThe Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia; Page 31), Spatial Manipulation (His twilight shroud turned the parts of Hyrule it covered into sections of the Twilight Realm itself, gradually attempting to merge the Light World with itThe Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia; Page 114), Curse Manipulation (Several of his abilities are described as curses), Darkness Manipulation (His Shadow Crystals can produce fogs of pure darkness, and he can cover his surroundings in darkness), Perception Manipulation (Those affected by his twilight shroud cannot perceive thoseThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Hyrule Castle Twilight who aren't affected by it), Ice Manipulation (Froze Zora's DomainThe Legend of Zelda: Lanayru Twilight), Soul Manipulation (His twilight shroud turned people into spiritsThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Link meets Zelda), Unholy Manipulation & Corruption (Turned the Twili into Shadow BeastsThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Entering Gerudo Desert, which are demonsThe Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia; Page 116)
|-|Resistances=Resistance to High & Low Temperatures (Unaffected by heat given off by the magma in Goron Mines or the cold of the frozen chambers in Snowpeak Ruins) and Ice Manipulation (Via his helmet, which protects the wearer from being frozen by ice that can flash freeze entire groups of monsters and large creatures, freeze water solid in seconds, and chill lava within superheated regionsThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom)
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Attack Potency: At least Island level (Superior to Stallord, who with the power granted to him by Zant was able to harm Link, who by that point obtained the Master Sword)
Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ with Relativistic reactions and combat speed (Could dash behind Link before he fully noticed he was behind him, and can react to Links attacks fast enough to teleport out of the way before being slashed a second time)
Lifting Strength: At least Class M (Should be superior to the Gohma from Wind Waker, capable of heavily tilting the platform he and Link were fighting on just by stomping on it)
Striking Strength: At least Island level (His physical attacks are treated as roughly on par as his magical ones)
Durability: At least Island level (Superior to Stallord who took attacks from the Master Sword, could take several attacks from Link with a Sol empowered Master Sword, albeit while Link wasn't trying to kill him)
Stamina: Average for basic actions (After a short while of stomping up and down and shooting energy bullets he got tired and needed to stop to catch his breath, he also quickly became tired from his spin attack), Superhuman for enduring attacks (Could withstand numerous sword strikes from Link and continue fighting)
Range: Standard to Extended Melee Range physically (Can use dual scimitars in combat), up to Several Meters via Size-Shifting (can become this large), Varies with Magic; Tens of Meters (He can shoot his energy bullets large distances, cover large areas in darkness) to Kilometers (Froze Zora's Domain), Thousands of Kilometers & Interdimensional with Teleportation (Can teleport between the Twilight Realm and Light World, and could teleport freely across all of Hyrule) and Twilight (Covered nearly all of Hyrule in his twilight shroud, with Hyrule being a continentThe Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia; Page 124, said shroud linking whatever it covered with the Twilight Realm itself)
Standard Equipment:
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*Dual Scimitars: A pair of scimitars that Zant keeps hidden up his sleeves that he will pull out when he starts getting desperate, however Zant lacks any real skill in sword fighting and mindlessly swings them around in a manic attempt to cut down his foe.
*Zant's Helmet: An odd looking helmet Zant donned after vowing to serve Ganondorf. The helmet is completely retractable allowing him to freely remove it or put it back on with just a thought, and it protects him from being frozen by ice based attacks and magic.
Intelligence: Above Average (Despite his childish nature and madness, Zant is a competent strategist. having sent his minions to steal the power of light from the spirits so he could plunge Hyrule into twilightThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Ordona, decided to intercept Midna and Link after they reassembled the Fused Shadow and take it away from them, fragmented the Mirror of Twilight so Link and Midna would have no way to reach him in the Twilight RealmThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Mirror of Twilight)
Weaknesses: Will go into a tantrum if he doesn't get his way or takes excessive damage while losing a fight, his childish nature and insanity makes him take fights less seriously then he should as shown by him trying to comically swim away from Link instead of teleporting, jumping across pillars in a goofy manner, or shrinking himself down to half Link's size while hopping around holding his foot in pain.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
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*Energy Bullets: Zant's main method of attack, he will hold his hands out and shoot a continous volley of magic blasts at his opponent in an attempt to overwhelm them.
*Giant Stomp: Zant will levitate into the air enlarge himself to gigantic proportions, he'll then attempt to directly slam down onto his opponent in an attempt to crush them before stomping his feet.
*Spin Attack: Zant will hold his dual scimitars out before spinning around at high speeds, he'll often use this in conjunction with his teleportation in an attempt to take his opponent off guard.
Note: Despite fighting him Zant does not scale to an endgame Link. Not only is it heavily implied Link was specifically trying to just subdue Zant instead of kill him so that Midna could have a conversation with him, but a fraction of the Fused Shadows power easily killed him in a single attack and was treated by Midna as far beyond anything she'd seen from Zant, whereas Link was capable of defeating Ganondorf who himself was so powerful he easily defeated Midna when she used the full power of the Fused ShadowThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Ganondorf Boss Fight.
==Notable Matchups==
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