Asura (Asura's Wrath)

<tabber widths="375">
|-|Asura=
|-|Six-Armed Vajra Asura=
|-|Berserker Asura=
|-|Wrath Asura=
|-|Mantra Asura=
|-|Asura The Destructor=
|-|Six-Armed Mantra Asura=
</tabber>
==Summary==
Asura (アスラ, Asura) is the main protagonist and titular character of the action beat 'em up game Asura's Wrath.
He was one of the Eight Guardian Generals, demigods who served the army of the Shinkoku Civilization and the Emperor to fight against the Gohma, fould creatures spawned by corrupted will of the planet. One day Asura was framed and betrayed by his fellow demigods, had his wife killed, his daughter taken, and finally executed. 
After returning from the underworld, Asura entered an odyssey to exact his revenge and save his daughter, no matter the cost. Driven by pure rage, Asura will face many hardships, fight against old friends turned enemies and eventually face the greatest threats to his homeplanet and the whole universe.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , in Six-Armed Vajra State | , in Six-Armed Vajra State | , higher in Six-Armed Vajra and Semi-Berserker States | At least | At least , in Mantra State | 
Key: Episodes 1-5 | Episodes 5-11 | Episodes 11-12 | Episodes 11-17 | Episodes 17-19 | Episodes 21-22
Name: Asura
Origin: Asura's Wrath
Gender: Male
Age: Well over 12,500 years old (apparent age 28Asura's Wrath - CG Art (Asura))
Classification: Demigod, Former Guardian General
Powers and Abilities:
<tabber>
|-|General=
*Superhuman Physical Characteristics
*Cyborgization and Longevity
*Immortality (Types 2 and 4; Can survive and keep fighting indefinitely after being stabbed multiple times and lose his arms. Has returned from death several times)
*Genius Fighter
*Limited Flight (Although unable to fly while on Earth, Asura can maneuver and propel himself through the vacuum of space at great speed and with incredible dexterity, achieving feats such as sniping through an entire army of Gohmas, striking single units with repeated attacks and dodgeAsura's Wrath - Episode 1: Coming of a New Dawn Gohma Vlitra's homing lasers for a while. The Six-Armed Vajra form increases the performances of such ability exponentiallyAsura's Wrath - Episode 18: A Turn of Events)
*Self-Sustenance (Types 1 and possibly 2. Can survive and act freely in the vacuum of space and on the moon without any time limit. Has never shown the need of eating and acted with almost no rest for the entirety of the game)
*Mantra Manipulation and Projection (Draws his power from a form of energy called Mantra. Can shoot energy from his fists, alternating between weaker "rapid fire"Asura's Wrath - Gameplay bullets and stronger blasts. Asura's proficiency with such attacks allows him to efficiently use them in every situation, from grounded bouts to battles in the sky and in space. Can release a circular energy waves and omnidirectionalAsura's Wrath - Episode 2: Betrayal and Vengeance explosions to repel the enemies)
*Homing Attack (Asura's heavy blasts home in on targets onto which he has locked his sight, ranging from multiple enemies to different partsAsura's Wrath - Episode 5: Hollow Victory of a single being)
*Enhanced Senses (Can lock his aim on multiple moving targets and snipe faraway opponents and objects with great accuracy) 
*Body Control and Metal Manipulation (Through the Mantra activation within his body, Asura is able to Asura's Wrath - Illustrations (Vajra Asura) with golden metallic armor and make them more suitable for battle)
*Additional Limbs (As Six-Armed Vajra)
*Acrobatics (His fighting style makes extensive use of aerial combos, recovery backflips and evasive rolls. Capable fo pulling off impressive acrobatic stunts, such as flying dropkicks,Asura's Wrath - Counterattacks (vs. Taison) rotating kicks,Asura's Wrath - Counterattacks (vs. Vlitra Core) spinning headbuttsAsura's Wrath - Counterattacks (vs. Chakravartin - 2nd Battle) and twisting the neckAsura's Wrath - Counterattacks (vs. Gohma Squasher) of the Gohma Squasher. Fought Yasha while free-fallingAsura's Wrath - Episode 21: A Rude Awakening from the sky. Battled Vajra Wyzen by leaping across falling rocks. Can use the recoilAsura's Wrath - Episode 9: The Best Laid Plans of his punches to launch himself high into the sky. Performed a flying comboAsura's Wrath - Episode 10: Words of Wisdom on a Gohma Squasher. Countered Chakravartin's blows in mid-air and nimbly dodged his attacks)
*Analytical Prediction (Able to read the movesAsura's Wrath - Episode 3: Hell on Gaea of the opponent and counterattack accordingly. Throughout the game, Asura has been able to apply such skill against every sort of adversaries, many of whom he had never battled before. Displayed the ability to immediately shift his position in order to counter Chakravartin's time-stop attacks, and occasionally strike him before he could activate such abilityAsura's Wrath - Episode 22: A Life Well LivedAsura's Wrath - Episode 22 - Vs. Chakravartin the Creator (Quick-Time Events))
*Statistics Amplification (Inflicting and receiving damage allows him to accumulate tension and then release it to enter "Unlimited Mode", a temporary state during which Asura's strength is increased and he cannot overheat)
*Attack Reflection (Can deflect and catch several types of missiles,Asura's Wrath - Counterattacks (vs. Wyzen) bombs,Asura's Wrath - Counterattacks (vs. Aerial Lotus Pod Doji) electric blasts,Asura's Wrath - Counterattacks (vs. Deus) magma pillars, and energy spheresAsura's Wrath - Counterattacks (vs. Chakravartin - 1st Battle) with his bare hands and throw them back. His Mantra blasts could reflect Chakravartin's energy orbs)
*Limited Non-Physical Interaction (Punched through Deus's electric field. Can physically interact with energy-based attacks)
*Surface Scaling (Climbed up the pillars of Naraka for the equivalent of 12.000 years in the material world. Could run vertically over a tower in Naraka and an elevator wall)
*Rage Power and Supernatural Willpower (Naturally draws power from rage, due to his Asura's Wrath - Illustrations (Asura) being Wrath. After coming back to life for the first time, his desire to save his daughter and exact revenge against those who betrayedAsura's Wrath - Episode 15: A New Cause him awakened his true Wrath and made him a force capable of enduring unbearable pain, defy death itself on multiple occasions, surpass his limitsAsura's Wrath - Episode 11: The Final Lesson every time he needed it and ultimately triumph against all odds)
*Aura: (His enshrined remains gave off an aura of anger,Asura's Wrath - Interlude 8 causing the Gohma to rarely appear in that area)
*Self-Resurrection (Resisted the pull of Naraka and escaped from it twice, effectively returning to life both times, even though it took him 12,000 years the first time and 500 the second. Regained consciousness and vitalityAsura's Wrath - Episode 12: Gods of Death days after extinguishing his entire life force as a side-effect of turning into the Semi-Berserker form. Becoming Berserker Asura caused his soul to once again be sent to Naraka, while his body kept acting on its own)
*limited Regeneration (At least Low-Mid; Upon coming back to life, Asura restored his arms and the grievous wounds Yasha had inferted on him)
*Explosion Manipulation (Released a massive blast upon his first resurrection)
*Resistance to 
**Cosmic Radiations
**Soul Manipulation (Limited; Despite having died twice, his soul has never been absorbedAsura's Wrath - Episode 7: A Father's Duty by Naraka, the place where all deceased beings go to reunite with the wheel of life and death and become one with the flow of Mantra. Since the beginning of time, Asura is the only known being to having resisted such process and even escaped Naraka. However, falling into the depths of Naraka would have still represented doom for Asura's soul. Chakravartin states that his willingness to move forward even after death is the reason why neither the Gohma nor the Seven Deities will ever be able to have his soul, despite both having the power to obtain the souls of the fallenAsura's Wrath - Episode 14: Gods and Men)
**Heat and Corrosion (The heat of magma, atmospheric re-entry and the passing of thousands of years couldn't destroy his body, which remainedAsura's Wrath - Episode 8: Willing Sacrifices the same as it was the moment he was killed. Unlike other demigods, his body doesn't fade away upon dying. Regularly battles Gohmas which Asura's Wrath - Illustrations (Gohma Stinger) Asura's Wrath - Illustrations (Gohma Squasher) in Asura's Wrath - Illustrations (Gohma Glider) and whose Asura's Wrath - Illustrations (Gohma Crusher) reaches such levels. Fought Gohma Vlitra inside the core of planet Gaea)
|-|Episode 11-12=
Same as before, Weapon Control (Used his Mantra to repair Augus's sword), Weapon Mastery (Instinctively learned how to masterfully wield a sword with his teeth and legs, butchering hundreds of Gohmas with it), further Acrobatics (Killed many Gohma Gliders by slashing them in mid-air and riding his sword like a surfoboard), Heat Manipulation and Danmaku (His sheer anger condensced into enormous arm-shaped, masses of burning Mantra that scorched the land and incinerated every Gohma that stood before him. Asura also caused thousands of such projectiles to rain from the skyAsura's Wrath - Episode 11.5: Forging Ahead)
|-|Berserker/Wrath=
Same as before, Transformation (Turned into an entirely different creature), Bodily Weaponry (Possesses sharp claws on his fingertips), Regeneration (Possibly limited; Upon entering this form, Asura recovered from all past wounds, including his arms and hole in the stomach), Additional Limbs (Four huge arms made of Mantra energy sprout from his back), likely Heat Manipulation (His arms and attacks bear incredible similarity to those he had in his Semi-Berserker form), Aura (Released an outburst of Mantra that covered a large portion of the planet and even reached space, heavily damaging Olga's fleet), enhanced Energy Projection and Danmaku (Fired countless beams towards Olga's ships. Can fire a continuous stream of crimson energy, homing blasts and explosive orbs capable of engulfing huge distances), Instinctive Action (Asura's body is now an empty shell driven by pure wrath, as his soul was forcefully cast into Naraka by the transformation)
|-|Episode 17-21= Same as his base but to a higher degree, further Additional Limbs (Can generate the energy armsAsura's Wrath - Episode 16: Power Struggle that his Berserker form used to have), Danmaku (Shot a massive barrage of energy blasts), Transformation (Became able to transform into Mantra Asura and retained the ability to become Wrath AsuraAsura's Wrath - Episode 19: The One Behind the Curtain)
|-|Episode 21-22=
</tabber>
Attack Potency: Country level (Demolished a Gohma Carrier and Fought with Wyzen), Multi-Continent level in Six-Armed Vajra State (Heavily damaged Vlitra to the point of suppressing it for a long time) | Country level (Fought Wyzen again and defeatedAsura's Wrath - Episode 4: Old Friends, New Enemies him), Large Planet level+ in Six-Armed Vajra State (Overpowered Vajra Wyzen. Caught Gongen Wyzen's finger poke and then annihilated him completely) | Large Planet level+ (Comparable to his past self. At first he needed to transform into Six-Armed Vajra in order to match Augus, but realizing that he was fighting for a greater good gave him the strength to shatter Augus's sword and then kill him despite having reverted back to his base form), higher in Six-Armed Vajra and Semi-Berserker (Much more powerful than his base form) | At least Large Planet level+ (Briefly matched the Brahmastra but was almost killed in the processAsura's Wrath - Episode 13: Cause and Effect), lower as Wrath Asura (Weaker than his Berserker form, but still strong enough to fight Yasha and force him in his Vajra state]) | At least Large Planet level+, higher as Six-Srmed Vajra (Defeated Sakra Devanam Indra DeusAsura's Wrath - Episode 17: Feet of Clay), Dwarf Star level as Mantra Asura (Much stronger than before. Fought and defeated Vlitra CoreAsura's Wrath - Episode 18: A Turn of Events) | Multi-Galaxy level (The Mantra Reactor of the Karma Fortress allowed Asura to channel the power of his Wrath in unprecedented ways. Defeated Yasha at his peak even before realizing his newfound power. As Asura the Destructor, he annihilated multiple planets and stars with casual attacks, perforated Chakravartin's colossal moon and destroyed a red and a blue sun. Overpowered Golden Chakravartin, forcing him to fight in his real form. Exponentially grew stronger and stronger, defeating base Chakravartin first and Chakravartin's Creator form then)
Speed: Relativistic+ combat and reactions (Dodged dozens of laser beams from Vlitra that can go this fast) | Relativistic+ combat and reaction speed (Kept up with Wyzen) | Sub-Relativistic with Relativistic+ combat and reaction speed (Kept up with the likes of his former master Augus) | Sub-Relativistic with Relativistic+ reactions and combat speed (At least as fast as his Wrath form, which can keep pace pace with Vajra Yasha) | Sub-Relativistic with at least Relativistic+ combat and reaction speed (Kept pace with Deus), Sub-Relativistic with FTL combat and reaction speed as Mantra Asura (Can dodge attacks from Vlitra Core) | Massively FTL+ (Superior to Yasha at his peak even before achieving his full potential. His Destructor form crossed the distance between Gaea and many faraway galaxies in minutes. Dodged and reacted to several of Golden Chakravartin's Mantra beams. Can keep up and trade blows with all of Chakravartin's forms)
Lifting Strength: Class M (Can lift Gohma Crushers and throw them to significant distances. Hurled a Gohma Lasher against another one, then pushed another Gohma Lasher against a Gohma Carrier) | Class M, Class Y as Six-Armed Vajra (Caught Vajra Wyzen and tossed him high into the sky. Stopped Wyzen's finger) | At least Class Y | At least Class Y | At least Class Y | Universal (Capable of physically contending with Chakravartin, whose full power far surpasses that of his Golden Form)
Striking Strength: Country level, Multi-Continent level in Six-Armed Vajra state | Country level, Planet level in Six Armed-Vajra state | Large Planet level+, higher in Six-Armed Vajra and Semi-Berserker States | At least Large Planet level+, Lower as Wrath Asura | At least Large Planet level+, higher in Six-Armed Vajra state, Dwarf Star level in Mantra state | Multi-Galaxy level
Durability: Country level, Multi-Continent level in Six Armed-Vajra State | Country level (Briefly took hits from Vajra Wyzen), Planet level in Six-Armed Vajra State (Survived Wyzen's finger poke. Withstood a full-power blast from Kalrow's Septentrion ship without sustaining any damage) | Large Planet level+, higher with Transformations (Took many hits from Augus) | At least Large Planet level+ (Barely survived the Brahmastra), lower as Wrath Asura (Could sustain many hits from Vajra Yasha) | At least Large Planet level+, higher in Six-Armed Vajra state, Dwarf Star level in Mantra state (Got up after getting stomped on many times by Sakra Devanam Indra Deus. His Mantra form could match Vlitra Core) | Multi-Galaxy level (Superior to Yasha. Shielded Gaea from Golden Chakravartin's energy beam. Survived many celestial bodies being hurled at him by Chakravartin. Grew durable enough to withstand all of Chakravartin's attacks)
Stamina:
<tabber>
|-|Episode 1-5=
Superhuman (Mostly composed of mechanical parts and way beyond the treshold of normal human capabilities. Kept fighting the Shinkoku royal guards and Wyzen despite having multiple spears stabbing his body. Relentlessly climbed his way out Naraka for a time equivalent of 12.000 years in the real world)
|-|Episode 5-11=
Superhuman (Superior to his previous self. Went through a long battle with Wyzen and his battleship Septentrion, fighting him in all his three forms. During his final clash with Gongen Wyzen, Asura unleashes a savage flurry of punches that destroyed all his six arms in the process. Moments after that, Asura still had enough energy to engage Yasha in combat for a decent while. Went through entire squadrons of Gohmas, Shinkoku troops and battleships without taking any rest in-between)
|-|Episode 11-12=
Superhuman (Better than before. Fought an extenuating duel with Augus and won despite having been impaled by his sword and driven all the way down to Earth from the Moon, which furtherly caused him to lose all his arms. Right after that, he rose once again and went to battle against a swarm of hundreds of Gohmas, slaying many of them before being overwhelmed by their raw numbers. After having been brutally massacred by the stampede, Asura awakened his Semi-Berserker form and annihilated them all with renewed energy and fury)
|-|Episode 12-17=
(Much higher than before. Despite having been charred alive by the Brahmasta, Asura could still regain consciousness moments later and launch himself in pursue of foes, tearing apart countless enemies along the way and then battling Yashra)
|-|Episode 17-19=
(At least comparable to his Episode 11 self. Right after regaining his original body, Asura went to a prolonged series of battles non-stop, including an initial bout with Deus, a long battle in space against the remaining forces of Shinkoku, the final confrontation with Deus, and then the subsequent battle with Gohma Vlitra, first in space, then at the center of Gaea. After very little time, Asura once again entered a battle with Chakravartin)
|-|Episode 21-22= (Higher than even before. The Mantra Reactor of the Karma Fortress installed within his body can sustain the power extracted from billions of souls, effectively removing all of Asura's previous limitations. Fought all of Chakravartin's three forms in immediate succession starting with a battle across the cosmo to the subsequent bouts in different dimensions. Traded fists with Base Chakravartin to the point of shattering all of his Six-Armed Mantra form's limbs, leaving him with only his two, base arms. Being stabbed multiple times by Chakravartin's attacks would cause him only mild damage) 
</tabber>
Range: Standard Melee Range physically, Hundreds of Kilometers with Energy Blasts (Can cover large portions of space and reach flying ships) | Same as before | Same as before | Standard Melee Range to Several Meters melee range physically, Thousands of Kilometers with Energy Projection, lower as Wrath Asura (His aura and energy attacks spanned across a large portion of Gaea and could strike the entirety of Olga's fleet, which was cruising above the planet's atmosphere) | Up to the same as before (His Mantra and powered-up Wrath forms greatly surpass his previous peak reached as Berserker Asura) | Planetary physically in his Destructor Form (Larger than Gaea), same as before physically with Hundreds of thousands of lightyears with Energy Blasts (His attacks can reach Golden Chakravartin from Gaea to the center of the Milky Way. His next forms possess even greater potential than his Destructor state)
Standard Equipment: None notable
Optional Equipment: Augus's sword Wailing Dark (only for his Episode 11-12 key)
Intelligence: Combat Genius (As one of the Eight Generals, Asura represents the elite of the elite within the Shinkoku Trastrium forces. He was trained by Augus and fought in the War of Creation for thousands of years, battling the Gohmas both on the planet surface and in space. Asura can be extremely creative and cunning in combat, making full use of what could appear as a savage form of brawling at first, just to reveal itself as a polyhedric fighting style able to adapt against opponents of all form and size. Asura has no issues dealing with multiple adversaries coming at him at the same time or fighting while pursuing them at a fast pace. He can accurately predict the moves of his foes and figure out effective counters on the fly, often doing things such as catching weapons with his bare hands and reflect attacks back to their owner. Asura can adapt at fighting with two, six or even no arms at all thanks to his tenacity and ingenuity, which allowed him to achieve accomplishments such as fighting offAsura's Wrath - Episode 6: Confessions of a Mask Yasha for awhile after losing all his arms and landing a well-timed killing blow on Augus in a most unlikely way. He later took his sword and, armed only with his mouth and legs, used it to cut down a great portion of an army of Gohmas despite not having any experience of swordfighting. Over the course of his story, Asura mowed through hordes of Gohmas, legions of Shinkoku Trastrium soldiers and entire fleets of battleships. He and Yasha have repeteadly showed perfect coordination, battling together with great dexterity whether they were on solid ground or in space. The list of powerful adversaries he defeated, at various stages in time, include Wyzen, Augus, Deus, Gohma Vlitra and Chakravartin. Has had a life-long rivalry with Yasha, since the time they trained together as rookies, to the several occasions when fate put each against the other, eventually emerging victorious in their final bout)
Weaknesses: Using heavy attacks causes him to overheat, forcing him into a cooldown period that lasts a few seconds. Before having Yasha's Mantra Reactor added to his own, Asura's mantra was too fierce for his body to contain, potentially killing him with his own power and making him consume potentially his entire life-force in exchange for pure power. As Wrath Asura, his body becomes unstable and cannot contain the sheer volumes of Mantra his anger generates, causing his body to become scorching hot and fall apart until complete self-destruction; attacking in this state causes Asura's Wrath - Illustrations (Wrath Asura) than his enemies. All of the aforementioned limitations ceased from the moment Asura was bestowed the Mantra Reactor of the Karma Fortress. While Asura can resurrect himself, this takes time ranging from several hours to even thousands of years. His very existence is connected to that of the Mantra itself, reason why killing Chakravartin caused him to die as well.
Note: All of Asura's keys are indexed from the perspective of the last power-up and level of strength demonstrated right before the next key.
<tabber>
|-|Mantra=
Mantra is the energy permeating the whole universe. It is Asura's Wrath - Illustrations (Mantra) by the power of prayers and emotions, as well as existing in large quantities within the souls of every living being. Mantra exists in ,Asura's Wrath - Illustrations (The Eight Guardian Generals): Pride, Lust, Greed, Sloth, Vanity, Violence, Melancholy and Wrath. In its natural state, Mantra exists as Asura's Wrath - Illustrations (Mantra Reactor) similar to those emitted by sound waves and flows within living beings and can be utilized in a manner akin to electricity.
The civilization of Shinkoku Trastrium learned to harness and store it long time in the past, thus achieving advanced technology and giving birth to the demigods, the only beings able to utilize Mantra. It flows within them and fuels their power, which increases proportionally to the amount of Mantra they possess and are able to channel. With sufficient amounts, the strength of a demigod can even circumvent trivial matters such as size.Asura's Wrath - Interlude 5
|-|Demigod Physiology=
The demigods are the descendants of ,Asura's Wrath - Illustrations (Demigods) having gained control over Mantra and established themselves as the ruling class on Gaea. The Demigods' bodies have mostly relinquished flesh in favor of mechanical parts, greatly increasing their strength, resilience and physical performances. Even their blood has been replaced by an oil-like type of liquid.
Demigods can live for tens of thousands of years without showing any sign of age, but eventually their bodies will start to decay too, as shown by the existence of older demigods and their overall need to reproduce and ensure the continuation of their lineage.
The most importat element within a demigod is its Mantra reactor, an engine whose conductors resonate with Mantra and transform it into fuel. In this way, the demigods achieve incredible supernatural abilities, and are able to increase their power exponentially the more Mantra they possess. Additionally, all demigods possess a basic ability to activate the Mantra within their bodies and cover them with additional layers of golden armor. The process and degrees differs among each of them.
After his initial confrontation with Chakravartin, Asura was bestowed the Mantra Reactor of the Karma Fortress,Asura's Wrath - Episode 20: The Key to Victory an engine so powerful that was able to store the Mantra harnessed from trillions of souls. With such powerful device inside him, Asura was finally able to channel the full extent of his potential without any of the limits his body was previously subjected to.
|-|Transformations=
</tabber>
==References==
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
Category:Characters
Category:Asura's Wrath
Category:Male Characters
Category:Game Characters
Category:Video Game Characters
Category:Playable Characters
Category:Game Bosses
Category:Parents
Category:Cyborgs
Category:Mutants
Category:Demigods
Category:Berserkers
Category:Brawlers
Category:Protagonists
Category:Primary Protagonists
Category:Heroes
Category:Good Characters
Category:Married Characters
Category:Widowed Characters
Category:Amnesiacs
Category:Revived Characters
Category:Tragic Characters
Category:Adults
Category:Warriors
Category:Martial Artists
Category:Geniuses
Category:Flight Users
Category:Transformation Users
Category:Regeneration Users
Category:Immortals
Category:Self-Sustenance Users
Category:Resurrection Users
Category:Acrobats
Category:Energy Projection Users
Category:Energy Users
Category:Temperature Users
Category:Body Control Users
Category:Metal Users
Category:Additional Limbs Users
Category:Statistics Amplification Users
Category:Rage Users
Category:Supernatural Willpower Users
Category:Large Sized Characters
Category:Giants
Category:Precognition Users
Category:Surface Scalers
Category:Non-Physical Interaction Users
Category:Danmaku Users
Category:Longevity Users
Category:Homing Attack Users
Category:Enhanced Senses Users
Category:Attack Reflection Users
Category:Explosion Users
Category:Aura Users
Category:Weapon Masters
Category:Sword Users
Category:Weapon Control Users
Category:Bodily Weaponry Users
Category:Claw Users
Category:Instinctive Action Users
Category:Accelerated Development Users