Michael (Shin Megami Tensei)

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==Summary==
Michael is the leader of the four cardinal archangels and the most powerful member of the group, being the Seraph of Fire and standing at the top of the Angelic Hierarchy, being one of the leading forces behind the armies of heaven and having only direct aspects of God, such as Metatron, as his superiors. He is most famous for having led Heaven's armies against the forces of Lucifer in the dawn of time, often being credited as the great strategist who defeated and lured the rebelious angel, ultimately casting him down from Heaven.
In spite of that, however, opinions are often divided regarding his exact role and participation within the heavently domain, and his origins are likewise often up to debate, with some claiming that he was the first of all angels to be created as a direct servant of God Himself, and some ancient theories believing that Michael ascended to his position as a Seraph, with his former identity having been, in fact, Adam, the first man.
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Demon | Archetype
Name: Michael
Origin: Megami Tensei
Gender: Male. Although has assumed Female forms as well
Age: Inapplicable (Exists beyond time)
Classification: Demon, Cardinal Archangel, Commander of the Armies of Heaven, Seraph of Fire
Powers and Abilities:
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Cognitive Physiology (Mid-Tier), Damage Boost and Reduction, Danmaku, Death Manipulation, Durability Negation (Can instantly send foes to the brink of death, represented by their HP dropping to 1, with Divine Judgement), Existence Erasure, Elemental Manipulation (Air Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Radiation Manipulation), Empathic Manipulation, Forcefield Creation (Can erect shields that block all physical attacks with Tetrakarn), Healing (Fully restores his own health and that of his allies with Mediarahan), Holy Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Magic, Power Nullification, Resistance Negation, Regeneration Negation (Can inflict "Brand," an incurable ailment which vastly reduces the effectiveness of healing abilities of any kind, represented in gameplay terms by the intake of HP and MP recovery being lowered to 1), Statistics Amplification, Status Effect Inducement
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All previous abilities to much greater extents, as well as Cognitive Physiology (Archetype)
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Attack Potency: Low Complex Multiverse level (The most powerful of the four cardinal archangels and the highest angel of the heavenly hierarchy, surpassing Uriel, Gabriel and Raphael, and often being fought after all of the former three have been defeated in combination) | Outerverse level (Exists as an archetype, a shapeless, fundamental unit of the collective unconscious inhabiting the realm of Atziluth, beyond the concept of dimensions entirely, and yet to be shaped into a lower state by the thoughts and emotions of humanity)
Speed: Immeasurable | Omnipresent (Those who inhabit the unconscious, archetypal world are untied from space and time and diffused throughout all of existence, experiencing "all dimensions and possibilities")
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable | Immeasurable
Striking Strength: Low Complex Multiverse level | Outerverse level
Durability: Low Complex Multiverse level | Outerverse level
Stamina: Infinite
Range: Low Complex Multiversal | Outerversal
Standard Equipment: His sword
Intelligence: Supergenius (Comparable to the other archangels, and is said to have been the great strategist that managed to trap Lucifer's forces and ensure the victory of God's armies during the rebellion)
Weaknesses: None notable
Note: Michael's defeat of Lucifer is not utilized as a feat, due to the extreme power discrepancies shown in the games, as well as lack of knowledge regarding the exact circumstances behind the event itself.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
More detailed information on this character's skill list can be found in the Megami Tensei wiki
Buffs and Debuffs: A set of skills that, as the name implies, allows the caster to greatly amplify their own physical attributes and reduce that of their foes, thus allowing one to stand up to much stronger opponents by closing or even reversing the gap in power between them. Outside of gameplay limitations, they can be stacked indefinitely, and sufficient usages of buffs allow the caster to survive attacks that would otherwise obliterate them with only minor injuries and amplify their speed to the point of completely outspeeding opponents that could previously predict all of their movements, while debuffs have a directly proportional effect on the enemy's statistics.
* Tarukaja: Increases both his own attack power and that of allies by one rank.
* Marakukaja: Increases both his own defenses and that of his allies by one rank.
* Debilitate: Decreases all statistics of an entire party (Strength, speed and durability) by one rank.
* Dekaja: Removes all buffs from all foes.
* Dekunda: Removes all debuffs from himself and all allies.
* Silent Prayer: Removes all statistic modifications, both positive and negative, from himself and all foes and allies.
* Omnipotence: Michael imbues his spear with power and thrusts it foward, causing heavy physical damage while simultaneously inflicting Debilitate on all foes.
Almighty Attacks: The highest class of spells in the Megami Tensei franchise, consisting largely of powerful non-elemental attacks that have the special property of completely bypassing any resistances or immunities that a target may possess, be them innate or magically enforced, the latter of which including anything from reflective barriers to items that distort the very laws of the universe in order to protect the user from all forms of damage, and they are likewise unable to blocked, drained or generally defended against.
* Megidolaon: Unleashes a wave of destructive energy which deals heavy damage to all foes, tapping into the pale light of divinity that reigns over destruction itself and engulfing them in "the complete annihilation beyond death."
* Ragnarok: Deals heavy physical-almighty damage while simultaneously lowering a foe's durability by one rank.
* Vanity: Inflicts a random ailment upon an enemy.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
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