Irina Shidou

==Summary==
Irina Shidou is the childhood friend of Issei and a former exorcist. Chosen as one of the few people to wield a genuine holy sword, she was paired up with Xenovia Quarta, with both of them going on to forge a strong partnership. After gaining knowledge about the death of God, she became reincarnated into an Angel by Michael.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | 
Key: Volume 3 | Post-Volume 19
Name: Irina Shidou
Origin: High School DxD
Gender: Female
Age: 17 (Early Series), 18 (Final Arc)
Classification: Reincarnated Angel, Ultimate-class Angel, Former Human Exorcist, Member of DxD
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Aura, Master Swordswoman, Extrasensory Perception, Purification (Type 2 Fantasia Heroine 2015), Shapeshifting (Can manipulate the shape of Excalibur Mimic to whatever she desires Volume 14, Life 2), Non-Physical Interaction (Characters in the series can interact with spirits which are stated to lack physical form Volume 14, Life 4) | All previous abilities except Shapeshifting, Flight, Longevity, Teleportation, Energy Projection, Homing Attack Volume DX 4, Line 5, Weapon Creation, Forcefield Creation, Ice Manipulation, Holy Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Lightning Manipulation
Attack Potency: Building level (Comparable to Xenovia with Excalibur Destruction) | Mountain level (Froze the remnants of Grendel's fireball Volume 14, Life 4 and fought Xenovia to a stalemate)
Speed: Unknown | FTL (Kept up with Xenovia)
Lifting Strength: Superhuman
Striking Strength: Building level | Mountain level (Traded attacks with Xenovia)
Durability: Building level | Mountain level (Fought Xenovia to a stalemate. Took an attack from Cristaldi, who overpowered Yuuto Volume 19, Life 3)
Stamina: Unknown
Range: Extended Melee Range to Tens of Meters
Standard Equipment:
*Holy Sword of MimicryEXCALIBUR MIMIC: Irina's first weapon and one of the fragments of Excalibur. It has the unique ability to transform itself into any shape as she desires.
*Hauteclere: A holy sword originally wielded by Olivier, the best friend of the legendary paladin Roland. It is said to be touchable only by those with pure hearts, and possesses the ability to purify those that are cut by it, including weapons that contain evil energy. Irina can further utilize it to create shockwaves and gigantic waves of holy aura to assault her opponents. She can also enhance it with holy aura to enhance its effects in melee combat.
*Optional Equipment:
**Holy Demonic Sword: A prototype Irina received from Heaven, based on Yuuto's Holy Demonic Sword. She later gained the ability to use different elemental attributes on it like fire, ice, and lightning.
Intelligence: Irina is skilled in the area of swordsmanship, being one of a select amount of people chosen to wield one of the fragments of Excalibur and has experience fighting against supernatural entities since her early teens.
Weaknesses: None notable
Notable Attacks / Techniques:
*Light Manipulation: As a reincarnated Angel, Irina can utilize the power of light to project it in the form of a laser and create multiple light based weapons such as bows, arrows, swords, and spears. Additionally, she can manipulate it to form rings of light which can change their direction and home in on targets, and long whips of light to restrain opponents and then upset their stance and balance by pulling on them.
==Gallery==
File:Irina.png
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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