Santa Claus (Puzzle and Dragons)

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==Summary==
Santa Claus is a descended god from Puzzle and Dragons.
He appears as a boss and recruitable ally for the player. He is based off the western mythological figure of the same name and is joined in battle by his reindeer dragon, Rudolph. He is normally found within his own special dungeon "Holy Night Saint" for the player to challenge, but he occasionally invades the Christmas dungeon "Holy Night Festival" to gift the player with rare materials before disappearing.
He can evolve into a more powerful form Holy Night Messenger, Santa Claus.
Santa Claus has a unique Assist item, Holy Night Messenger, Santa Claus' Snow Globe, that either he or other monsters can use to further increase their power.
Santa Claus also has a set of unique Assist items that he gives to challengers who defeat him: Santa Claus' Present - Fire, Santa Claus' Present - Light, and Santa Claus' Present - Magic Stones, all of which can be used by monsters to increase their power.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher with Assist items | , higher with Assist items
Key: Base | Holy Night Messenger
Name: Santa Claus | Holy Night Messenger, Santa Claus
Origin: Puzzle and Dragons
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: God/Dragon Type, Light/Fire Element
Powers and Abilities:
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Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, at least Longevity (Monster lifespans are so long they can have several human masters in their lifetimePuzzle and Dragons X; Ep 16), possibly Immortality (Type 1, scaling to other gods who have existed since the world's creation), Enhanced Senses (Can see normally invisible spiritsPuzzle and Dragons X; Ep 16 and OrbsPuzzle and Dragons X; Ep 1Puzzle and Dragons X; Ep 2Puzzle and Dragons X; Ep 27), Non-Physical Interaction, Accelerated Development (Leveling/Battle Type, monsters can become more powerful or regain their lost strength through defeating foesPuzzle and Dragons; 2012Puzzle and Dragons Z; 2013Puzzle and Dragons X; 2016), Damage Boost (Using Orbs and making combos with them can increase the power of attacksPuzzle and Dragons X; Ep 1), Light Manipulation, Holy Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Energy Projection, Healing, Forcefield CreationPuzzle and Dragons Gold; 2020; Tutorial, Statistics Amplification, Resistance to Earth Manipulation, Plant Manipulation, and Air Manipulation
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Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, at least Longevity (Monster lifespans are so long they can have several human masters in their lifetimePuzzle and Dragons X; Ep 16), Immortality (Limited Type 2 via Santa Super Resolve, likely Type 1, scaling to other gods who have existed since the world's creation), Enhanced Senses (Can see normally invisible spiritsPuzzle and Dragons X; Ep 16 and OrbsPuzzle and Dragons X; Ep 1Puzzle and Dragons X; Ep 2Puzzle and Dragons X; Ep 27), Non-Physical Interaction, Accelerated Development (Leveling/Battle Type, monsters can become more powerful or regain their lost strength through defeating foesPuzzle and Dragons; 2012Puzzle and Dragons Z; 2013Puzzle and Dragons X; 2016), Damage Boost (Using Orbs and making combos with them can increase the power of attacksPuzzle and Dragons X; Ep 1), Light Manipulation, Holy Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Energy Projection, Healing, Forcefield CreationPuzzle and Dragons Gold; 2020; Tutorial, Statistics Amplification, Status Effect Inducement (Sense Manipulation via Chimney Drop and Sleep Manipulation via Lullaby), Power Nullification, Durability Negation (Via Present Box 1), possibly Smoke Manipulation or limited Weather Manipulation (Can create a "Cloud" with 'Beard White as Snow', but unlike other characters the composition of this cloud is unknown), Sealing (Of Orb Movement and Attributes), Transmutation (Of Orbs into other Orb types), Negation of Statistics Amplification, Smoke Manipulation, limited Weather Manipulation (Can negate the creation of cloud effects via Resistance-Clouds), Sealing (Of Orb Attributes), Sense Manipulation (Of blinding effects), Resistance to Earth Manipulation, Plant Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Power Nullification, Sense Manipulation (Of blinding effects), Paralysis Inducement, Sleep Manipulation, and Time Stop
|-|Holy Night Messenger, Santa Claus' Snow Globe=
Power Bestowal and Statistics Amplification (Equipping gives the user all of its abilities and slightly increases all base stats), Damage Boost
|-|Santa Claus' Present - Fire=
Power Bestowal and Statistics Amplification (Equipping gives the user all of its abilities and slightly increases all base stats), Healing, Transmutation (Of Orbs into Fire Orbs), Damage Boost (Against 'Awoken Material' and 'Enhanced Material' Type foes), Negation of Sealing (Of Orb Attributes)
|-|Santa Claus' Present - Light=
Power Bestowal and Statistics Amplification (Equipping gives the user all of its abilities and slightly increases all base stats), temporary Invulnerability, Damage Boost, Resistance to Paralysis Inducement, Sleep Manipulation, and Time Stop
|-|Santa Claus' Present - Magic Stones=
Power Bestowal and Statistics Amplification (Equipping gives the user all of its abilities and slightly increases all base stats), Damage Boost
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Attack Potency: Large Star level (Should be comparable to the Legendary Dragon Idia, who could light up the sky with multiple new starsPuzzle and Dragons X; Ep 49), higher with Assist Items (Should be at least comparable to monsters like Vibrant Butterfly Dragon, Swallowtail when using 'Santa Claus' Present - Fire' or 'Santa Claus' Present - Light', and should be at least comparable to monsters like 5 Mechdragon Fusion, God Canopus, 5 Mechdragon Combo, Demon Hadar, and Ultimate Gunma when using 'Holy Night Messenger, Santa Claus' Snow Globe' or 'Santa Claus' Present - Magic Stones') | Large Star level (Stronger than before, should be comparable to Vibrant Butterfly Dragon, Swallowtail, who is a fusion of 6 monsters that were each on par with Idia, which according to Dragon Priestess Ignis would create a creature 'greater than the simple sum of its parts'Puzzle and Dragons Z; 2015; Postgame Temple of Fire), higher with Assist Items (Should be somewhat stronger when using 'Santa Claus' Present - Fire' or 'Santa Claus' Present - Light', and should be at least comparable to monsters like 5 Mechdragon Fusion, God Canopus, 5 Mechdragon Combo, Demon Hadar, and Ultimate Gunma when using 'Holy Night Messenger, Santa Claus' Snow Globe' or 'Santa Claus' Present - Magic Stones')
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Should be comparable to Idia's light beams which could reach interstellar ranges in secondsPuzzle and Dragons X; Ep 49), likely higher with Assist Items (Should be faster than before) | Massively FTL+ (Should be faster than before), likely higher with Assist Items (Should be faster than before)
Lifting Strength: Unknown
Striking Strength: Large Star level, higher with Assist Items | Large Star level, higher with Assist Items
Durability: Large Star level, higher with Assist Items | Large Star level, higher with Assist Items
Stamina: Superhuman (Is able to take on challenges from the player character and other Dragon Tamers that include battling multiple opponents all at once, is able to fight through waves of opponents while exploring dungeons, preforms the task of delivering presents to the world for Christmas Day, and should be generally comparable to other gods on his own level. Can survive normally fatal attacks with 'Santa Super Resolve', similar to how Gaslowe was able to survive a magical release that should have killed him)
Range: Standard Melee Range, higher with Rudolph; Interstellar via elemental attacks
Standard Equipment: Rudolph, Present Sack, Holy Night Messenger, Santa Claus' Snow Globe (As Holy Night Messenger, Santa Claus)
*Optional Equipment: Holy Night Messenger, Santa Claus' Snow Globe, Santa Claus' Present - Fire, Santa Claus' Present - Light, Santa Claus' Present - Magic Stones
Intelligence: Gifted (Comparable to other descended gods and can keep up with them, performs the duties of Santa Claus in the Puzzle and Dragons universe, and regularly accepts challenges from opponents on top of that. Was one of the characters who appeared for the 'Gathering of Talents' among many other powerful and experienced gods and warriors)
Weaknesses: Takes extra damage from Dark and Water Element attacks
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Light Orbs: Santa Claus can tap into Light Orbs in the atmosphere to unleash Light, Holy, and Electricity energy attacks
*Fire Orbs: Santa Claus can tap into Fire Orbs in the atmosphere to unleash Fire energy attacks
*Mass Attack: An attack that can hit multiple targets at once, triggered by linking 5 or more Orbs of the same color
*Heal Orbs: All monsters in Puzzle and Dragons can tap into Heal Orbs in the atmosphere to heal themselves or to create forcefields
*Jingle Bells: Increases the amount of Light and Fire Orbs that spawn for a limited time, reduces the time for all allies' active abilities to cooldown, and adds 2 combos to all Orb matches for a limited time
*Red Nose Formation: Passively boosts all allies' stats by 5x when teamed up with a Snow Globe Dragon Rouge, Snow Globe Dragon Vert, and Snow Globe Dragon Blanc, and increases the power of all attacks that use Fire, Light, and Wood Orbs together by 20x
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*Enhanced Light Orbs+: 40% chance for Light Orbs nearby to be enhanced, doing 14% more damage when used
*Enhanced Fire Orbs+: 40% chance for Fire Orbs nearby to be enhanced, doing 14% more damage when used
*Resistance-Skill Bind: 20% chance for all allies to resist their abilities being negated
*Resistance-Clouds: Negates abilities that trigger cloud effects
*Resistance-Immobility: Completely resists abilities that would make nearby orbs immovable
*Resistance-Blind+: Completely resists abilities that blind allies
*Cross Attack[3]: Matching exactly 5 Orbs in a cross shape increases the power of the attack by 15.625x and negates blinding abilities
*Resistance-Bind+: Completely resists binding and immobilization effects
*Skill Boost+: Passively reduces the cooldown time for Active Skills for all allies
*Super Enhanced Combos: Increases the power of attacks that are made of 10 combos or more by 5x
*Chimney Drop: Preemptive attack, does normal damage and temporarily blinds all foes
*Rudolph Attack: A rapid attack that strikes 2 times, dealing 0.8x damage per hit
*Rudolph's Steely Gaze: Debuffs all foes' stat buffs
*Present Box 1: Reduces all foes' HP by 80%, ignoring defense
*Present Box 2: An attack that does 1.2x damage and changes up to 5 random orbs into Jammer Orbs
*Present Box 3: An attack that does 1.3x damage and changes up to 3 random orbs into Water Orbs
*Rudolph Antler Lock: An attack that does 1.4x damage and locks all orbs so that they can't be changed into other orbs
*Lullaby: Binds up to 3 foes for a limited time, also negating passive abilities
*Rudolph Tackle: An attack that does 1.6x damage and temporarily makes active abilities unusable
*Chicken Barrel: A rapid attack that strikes 6 times, dealing normal damage every hit
*"Erase all of the Fire and Light Orbs..."/"How About This?"/"Last One"/"Try Again!": Transforms all Orbs into Light Orbs
*"Here you go!": Transforms 5 to 10 Orbs into Fire Orbs
*"Ho ho ho♪": Forces opponents to start their Orb Combo with an Orb of the user's choice
*"Santa Super Resolve": A passive ability that allows the user to survive a normally fatal blow while their HP is above 50%, leaving the user with 50% HP remaining
*"Ho ho ho...": Preemptive ability that locks all Skyfall Orbs for a limited time, preventing them from being transformed
*"Merry Christmas!!": Preemptive attack that deals 0.5x damage and prevents the opponent from using Skyfall combos for a limited time
*"If you are a good, nice kid...": Negates all foes' passive Awoken abilities for a limited time
*"...you'll get a present!: An attack that deals 0.85x damage and decreases the cooldown of 1 foe's Active Skill greatly
*Beard White as Snow: Creates a white cloud effect to obscure all foes' vision for a limited time
*Rudolph's Horn: Forces opponents to start their Orb Combo with an Orb of the user's choice
*Wrapping Ribbon: Seals the top row of Orbs, preventing foes from moving them for a limited time
*Super Swift Reindeer: A multi-hit attack that strikes 3 times, dealing 0.35x damage per hit
*Scattering Present: Increases the chance of Fire and Light skyfall Orbs by 25% for a limited time
*"Let's ring the bells!": An attack that deals 0.99x damage and transforms the bottom row of Orbs into Roulette Orbs that transform their Element on a cycle for a limited time
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*Awoken Assist: Equipping to a user grants the user all of the assist's abilities, and increases all of their stats if their Element is compatible 
*Jingle Bells: Increases the amount of Light and Fire Orbs that spawn for a limited time and reduces the time for all allies' active abilities to cooldown
*Enhanced Fire Orbs+: 40% chance for Fire Orbs nearby to be enhanced, doing 14% more damage when used
*Enhanced Wood Orbs+: 40% chance for Wood Orbs nearby to be enhanced, doing 14% more damage when used
*Enhanced Light Orbs+: 40% chance for Light Orbs nearby to be enhanced, doing 14% more damage when used
*Resistance-Bind+: Completely resists binding and immobilization effects
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*Awoken Assist: Equipping to a user grants the user all of the assist's abilities, and increases all of their stats if their Element is compatible
*Holy Flare Gift: Fully restores the user's HP, unlocks all Orbs, and creates 9 Fire Orbs in a 3x3 square
*Awaken Killer [2]: Increases damage against 'Awoken Material' type foes by 9x
*Enhanced Killer [2]: Increases damage against 'Enhance Material' type foes by 9x
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*Awoken Assist: Equipping to a user grants the user all of the assist's abilities, and increases all of their stats if their Element is compatible 
*Holy Shine Gift: Reduces all incoming damage by 100% and all new Skyfall Orbs are Enhanced for a limited time
*Resistance-Bind+: Completely resists binding and immobilization effects
*Enhanced HP [6]: Passive ability that increases the user's HP stat
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*Awoken Assist: Equipping to a user grants the user all of the assist's abilities, and increases all of their stats if their Element is compatible
*Holy Stone Gift: All new Skyfall Orbs are enhanced for a limited time and all allies Active Skills are charged to reduce their cooldown
*Enhanced Fire Orbs: 20% chance for Fire Orbs nearby to be enhanced, doing 7% more damage when used
*Enhanced Water Orbs: 20% chance for Water Orbs nearby to be enhanced, doing 7% more damage when used
*Enhanced Wood Orbs: 20% chance for Wood Orbs nearby to be enhanced, doing 7% more damage when used
*Enhanced Light Orbs: 20% chance for Light Orbs nearby to be enhanced, doing 7% more damage when used
*Enhanced Dark Orbs: 20% chance for Dark Orbs nearby to be enhanced, doing 7% more damage when used
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==Notable Matchups==
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