Ban (Nanatsu no Taizai)

==Summary==
Ban is the Fox's Sin of Greed of the Seven Deadly Sins. He was formerly known as "Bandit Ban" during his earlier years and later as "Undead Ban," epithets explained by his infamy as a thief and because of his immortality. In the past he journeyed to the Fairy King's Forest to find the Fountain of Youth, encountering its guardian Elaine and falling in love with her in the process. As the Forest was being attacked by a Red Demon, Elaine forcefully gave the Fountain of Youth to Ban on her deathbed, allowing him to survive the battle. He was charged with the destruction of the Forest and murder of its guardian but couldn't be executed no matter what was tried. This led to him being conscripted into the Sins by Meliodas.
Ban used his blood to regrow the Fairy King's Forest and would later journey to Purgatory, where he lived for centuries trying to locate Meliodas' emotions. In the process he adapted to the extremely harsh environment of Purgatory.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , up to at most with Snatch | At least , far higher with Snatch
Key: Pre-Purgatory | Post-Purgatory
Name: Ban, epithet "Undead" and (when he was younger) "Bandit"
Origin: Nanatsu no Taizai
Gender: Male
Age: 43 (23 biologically) | Unknown, possibly 1103 (Has been in Purgatory for at least 1060 years, 34 biologically)
Classification: Human, Fox's Sin of Greed, Member of Seven Deadly Sins 
Powers and Abilities:
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Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Magic, Extrasensory Perception, Immortality (Types 1 and 3), Self-Sustenance (Types 1 and 2; He cannot possibly die from lack of Air or even food since he is immortal), Expert Nunchucks Wielder, Martial Arts, Regeneration (Mid-High; can regenerate from being reduced to globs of blood and being burnt to ashes), Rage Power and Statistics Amplification ( despite being heavily injured), Healing (Ban's blood has healing qualities similar to the Fountain of Youth itself. Continually rejuvenates the Fairy King's Forest), Adaptation (Adapted to Purgatory's environment after being there for countless decades), Telekinesis (Can steal physical objects from afar through obstacles), Invisibility (Can completely suppress his presence and prevent others from seeing him), Absorption and Limited Statistics Reduction (Can steal the physical capabilities of others and add them to his own), Durability Negation with Snatch, Resistance to Paralysis Inducement (Unaffected Orlondi's invisible pipes, which draw out the blood of his opponents and paralyses his prey) and Limited Telepathy, Extrasensory Perception and Clairvoyance with Zero Sign (The Ten Commandments, including Gloxinia, were unable to detect his presenceNanatsu no Taizai Chapter 176)
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All previous abilities except for Immortality and Regeneration, Improved Healing and Power Bestowal (Can invert the function Snatch. Saved Elanie from death, albeit at the cost of his immortality), Enhanced Senses, Limited Power Absorption with Courechouse (Absorbed Supreme Deity's God Thunder), Elemental Intangibility Negation (Destroying a Djinn by simply passing through it), Resistant to the following: Sense Manipulation, Biological Manipulation (Purgatory transforms both physical and spiritual aspects of beings), Perception Manipulation, Poison, Acid, Heat, and Cold (After adapting to Purgatory he became unaffected by its environment. He was completely unaffected by the intensely toxic and caustic energy storm that the Demon King created), Madness Manipulation (Types 2 and 3), Electricity Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Possession, Mind Manipulation and Corruption (Type 2; Purgatory transforms both physical and spiritual aspects of beings into Purgatory creatures such as Ban and Meliodas. Purgatory also cause the survivors to lose their sanity. Only purgatory survivor could withstand Supreme Deity's God Thunder, resisted the Dead Spirits Possession)
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Attack Potency: City level (Half as strong as Meliodas,Nanatsu No Taizai Chapter 34 and can the latterNanatsu no Taizai Chapter 58 and Red Demon Hendrickson.Nanatsu no Taizai Chapter 93 Casually destroyed Baste Dungeon, which was protected with a seal capable of repelling 10 Tyrant Dragons, by merely arm wrestlingNanatsu no Taizai Chapter 15), up to at most Multi-Continent level with Snatch (Stole of Galand's physical strength, to the power of everything within a Nanatsu no Taizai Chapter 144) | At least Moon level ( to Demon King MeliodasNanatsu no Taizai Chapter 301), far higher with Snatch
Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ ( than Sealed Base Meliodas), at least Sub-Relativistic with Hunter Fest ( Meliodas' to his own,Nanatsu no Taizai Chapter 35Nanatsu no Taizai Chapter 36 and could absorb much more power from Galand) | FTL (Kept up with a Demon King who was possessing Meliodas), far higher with Snatch (Snatch is capable of stealing the opponent's speed and adding it to Ban's own)
Lifting Strength: Class G, far higher with Snatch (Snatch is capable of stealing the opponent's physical power and adding it to Ban's own) | At least Class T, far higher with Snatch
Striking Strength: City level, up to at most Multi-Continent level with Snatch (Snatch is capable of stealing the opponent's physical power and adding it to Ban's own) | At least Moon level, far higher with Snatch (Snatch is capable of stealing the opponent's physical power and adding it to Ban's own)
Durability: Unknown, up to at most Multi-Continent level with Snatch ( from Galand at less than half powerNanatsu no Taizai Chapter 145) | At least Moon level (Withstood attacks from Demon King Meliodas and Demon King ZeldrisNanatsu no Taizai Chapter 325), far higher with Snatch
Stamina: Infinite (Due to his immortality, he is . Was able to almost immediately get up after being starved and tortured for 5 years in Baste Prison. His regeneration further compliments his stamina, also able to survive with blatantly fatal injuries even when he can't regenerate. Survived for centuries in Purgatory's caustic environment, whereas Merlin's father was reduced to an invalid)
Range: Standard Melee Range; Hundreds of Meters with Snatch (Stole a heart of a demon some hundred meters away when he was younger) | Standard Melee Range; Hundreds of Meters with Snatch; Hundreds of Kilometers with Courechouse (Killed Baby Induras across all of Brittania)
Standard Equipment: Three-section Staff | Courechouse
Intelligence: Gifted. Possibly Genius in combat (As a member of the Seven Deadly Sins, Ban is one of the strongest and most skilled Holy Knights in all of Britannia. True to his former name "Bandit Ban", his strategy is using his ability Snatch to steal and sap his foes physical strength and using it against them, Ban is an expert hand-to-hand combatant and staff user. Due to his past as a thief, he has sticky fingers and is so fast that he can steal someone's teeth while they're in the middle of talking before they realize what happened and later sneaked up on the Ten Commandments and broke Melascula's neck before she could react. However, he doesn't always keep his cool and is seen to rarely get serious in a fight as a result of his useful regeneration ability, deciding to not going all out until he notices that he's dealing with a threat)
Weaknesses: He has a limit to how much strength and speed he can steal using Snatch, and when his time limit runs out he becomes fatigued to the point where he can no longer walk. After going to Purgatory, he lost his Immortality.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Immortality: Due to drinking the Fountain of Youth, Ban gained immortality. He can completely and perfectly regenerate from all wounds, including lost limbs, organs, and head, and even being incinerated to ashes, making him extremely hard to kill. His immortality stops him from aging, retaining his 23 year old body in perpetuity. He needs no food or drink to survive and is immune to poisons and illness; as a result he is in peak condition at all times unless he overuses certain Snatch techniques. After surviving and adapting to Purgatory for hundreds of years, his immortality improved to the point where the scorching heat and frostbite-inducing cold no longer affected him at all, and he could breathe the poisonous air as if it were normal.
===Abilities===
Snatch: Ban's magic power which allows him to steal things from others. He can remove objects from a distance, including his opponent's body parts and internal organs, but he is not limited to physical objects. Snatch also allows him to steal attributes like strength and speed from others, although he can only retain them for a limited time before he succumbs to fatigue.
File:BanToothFairy1.jpg|Steals a knight's teeth
File:BanToothFairy2.jpg|through his helmet
*Assault Hunt: Ban quickly charges forward while removing the heads of all the enemies in his path.
 
*Banishing Kill: Ban pulls himself over a large distance while performing a fatal slash on his enemy as he crosses near them.
File:Ban's Banishing Kill.png|Pulls himself
File:BanishingKill2.png|and delivers a deep slash
*Crazy Hunt: Ban performs a Fox Hunt-like attack on several enemies at once. He also demonstrated the ability to use it from a far enough range that his target was a small figure in the distance.
File:CrazyHunt1.png|Crazy Hunt
File:CrazyHunt2.png|Extremely long range
*Fox Hunt: Ban uses his hand or weapon to snatch an object from a distance. His most commonly used tactic with this technique is to remove his enemy's heart.
File:FoxHunt1.png|Uses Fox Hunt
File:FoxHunt2.png|to remove five of Melascula's hearts
*Hunter Fest: Ban temporarily steals the physical strength of every living creature within a hundred foot radius of himself. However, as seen by his encounter with Galand and noted by Melascula, there is a limit to how much strength Ban can take. After the time limit is reached, Ban becomes extremely fatigued to the point where he can no longer walk on his own.
File:Ban's Hunter Fest.png|Activating Hunter Fest
File:HunterFest2.png|steals the strength from everyone nearby
File:Ban's Hunter Fest 2.png|Ban beats on Galand with the strength he stole
*Physical Hunt: Ban temporarily steals his opponent's strength and speed and adds them to his own. After the time limit is reached, Ban becomes extremely fatigued.
File:PhysicalHunt1.jpg|Steals all the strength and speed
File:PhysicalHunt2.jpg|from Meliodas
*Zero Sign: Ban suppresses his presence in order to move undetected among the enemy. He was able to sneak past the Ten Commandments, some of whom have displayed sensory abilities ranging hundreds of miles, and break Melascula's neck before any of them noticed anything.
File:ZeroSign1.png|Uses Zero Sign
File:ZeroSign2.png|to suppress his presence
File:ZeroSign3.png|and sneak past the Ten Commandments
===Weapons===
*Three-Section Staff: Ban wields a three-section staff, a nunchuck-like weapon consisting of three long segments connected together by metal links. Ban uses it in conjunction with his Snatch magic, extending his range and power.
*Courechouse: Ban's Sacred Treasure was stolen from him after he let himself be imprisoned by the Weird Fangs. It is a four-section staff, and its special ability is Super Concentration, which raises Ban's physical and mental capabilities to their limit.
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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