Crawler (Worm)

==Summary==
Crawler is a member of the Slaughterhouse Nine, a team of highly dangerous supervillains and an S-class threat. Once a feeble man, his power allows him to rapidly regenerate from any injury, adapting to become more capable of defending himself. Over the years, this has transformed him into an unrecognizable monster the size of a van, a being that seeks only the pleasure of finding opponents that can injure him.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | 
Key: Original | Clones
Name: Ned, Crawler
Origin: Parahumans
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Parahuman (Brute/Changer)
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Enhanced Senses (Has 100 eyes across his body. Can track people via scentPrey 14.4), Large Size (Type 0. Crawler's head alone is the size of a small car), Body Control (His joints are modularSnare 13.6), Acid Manipulation, Corrosion Inducement, Matter Manipulation, Biological Manipulation (Can spit out a highly corrosive venom composed of self-replicating enzymes floating in acid, which rapidly cause protein denaturation in cells, resulting in the swift liquification of entire human bodies<rrey 14.5Prey 14.6), Poison Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement (Can apply paralytic venom to his appendages, which can cause victims to suffocateInterlude 12), Reactive Evolution (Whenever he's injured, he adapts to become more powerful, resilient, and more resistant to that type of attack until he's completely immune to itInterlude 11f, ultimately transforming him into his monstrous state as a result. When one of his clones had his limbs disintegrated by nanotechnology, they grew back with the same abilityInterlude 26.3x), Immortality (Type 3), Regeneration (Mid. Regenerates from a core. Can regenerate hundreds of pounds of flesh in "one or two heartbeats", and regenerated his brain in seconds after it was bisectedInterlude 12). Resistance to Matter Manipulation (After being struck by one of Flechette's bolts, which ignore select laws of physics to punch through anything and prove capable of instantly killing beings like the Siberian and Gray Boy, he regenerated and it slid out of his head, even though they bond to targets on a molecular level on impact), Poison Manipulation, Fire Manipulation (Unaffected by a white phosphorus explosive. Would have adapted to Sundancer's sunPrey 14.5Prey 14.4), Mind Manipulation (All of the Slaughterhouse Nine except Cherish were given safeguards to dispel mental changesPlague 12.4), Telepathy (Bonesaw outfitted the Nine with artificial neurons that could not be sensed by CherishPlague 12.4), likely Disease (Bonesaw has altered the physiologies of the Slaughterhouse Nine members to make them effectively immune to most diseases. While Crawler's physiology potentially makes these augments troublesome to apply, he isn't portrayed as being at risk of friendly fire regardless. Size, regeneration, and adaptation defeat conventional forms of disease manipulation) and presumably many other abilities (He's been active for many years and has been exposed to all sorts of weapons and abilities, necessitating obscure or unique attacks to injure him) | Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Reactive Evolution, Regeneration (Low-Mid, likely Mid. Regenerated from half his body being disintegrated), Matter Manipulation (Gained the ability to use nano-thorns similar to Defiant's technology after having part of his body disintegrated by it), Acid Manipulation (Has an acid sack) 
Attack Potency: Large Building level (Easily overpowered and nearly killed Weld with a single attackPrey 14.5, with Weld being able to take several attacks from Echidna and LeviathanExtermination 8.5Scourge 19.1) | Wall level (Penetrated metal with their handsInterlude 26.3x)
Speed: Subsonic (Fast enough to dodge multiple projectiles from Ballistic, which move faster than soundPrey 14.4) | Superhuman
Lifting Strength: At least Class 25 (Easily stronger than Victoria Dallon) | Unknown
Striking Strength: Large Building level | Wall level
Durability: At least Small Town level+ (Sundancer's sun would only deal minimal damage to him, and he'd regenerate even tougher. According to Wildbow, his armor can take a small nuke), potentially higher. His adaptive regeneration makes him very difficult to kill | At least Wall level, potentially higher
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Extended Melee Range, higher with caustic spit
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Due to his sheer strength and resilience, Crawler is a reckless, violent fighter, relying on his power and regeneration to overpower and outlast any opponent. He's not stupid, however, and will bait other opponents into attacking by leaving openings so that he can seize them with his caustic spittle. A less developed clone made up for his weaker defenses by taking hostages and fighting against Defiant more carefully and patiently.
Weaknesses: Crawler's regeneration is dependent on his Corona Pollentia, and he will die if it is destroyed. Due to his adaptive regeneration, he craves a good fight and will seek out opponents who can injure him - he can even be convinced into staying still and allowing an attack that may hurt or even kill him land. His adaptations must be organic. Cannot adapt to things that do not damage him, such as precognition, memory/mind manipulation, and being teleported. Cannot adapt to attacks that hit him across every universe, All Or Nothing powers, such as Scrub and Flechette's powers. Cannot gain new adaptations while in space or outside the Earth's atmosphere. | Same as before, plus the possibility to cause him to adapt into an immobile shapeWoG
Notable Attacks / Techniques:
*Adaptive Regeneration: Crawler's power is one of regeneration, allowing him to quickly heal any injury he takes and become stronger in the process. He can reform hundreds of pounds of flesh so quickly it is as if he were never injured at all, quickly recovering from having half his body disintegrated or his brain bisected. When he regenerates, his body does not just give him better passive defenses but gives him the ability to better defend himself, which has led to his current monstrous state. His internal organs have been rearranged and he has a number of redundancies, such as multiple hearts. Other parts of his physiology enhanced by his evolution have been his senses, which are honed for tracking - he has hundreds of eyes all over his body.
In this state, Crawler is the size of a van, with six legs and a covering of thick armor and bristling spines. His evolution is enough to regenerate from Flechette's physics-defying bolts, and a less developed clone of himself was able to replicate Defiant's molecule severing nano-thorns after losing limbs to them. Crawler also has venom glands and acidic spittle that can eat through flesh in seconds, enzymes swimming in acid and breaking down lipids to rapidly consume an opponent's body. His regeneration is dependent on his "core", or Corona pollentia, which has moved out of his brain to somewhere in his center, and if this is destroyed Crawler will be truly killed.
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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