The Monado

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==Summary==
The Monado (Japanese: モナド) (English dub: /moˈnɑːdoʊ/) is a mythical sword in Xenoblade Chronicles. The reasons of its existence and powers are the core of the story. It is said to be the weapon used by Bionis in its war with Mechonis. The Monado was previously used by Dunban in the war between the Homs and the Mechon but Dunban became unable to wield it after the toll on his body from using The Monado took the use of his right arm. The divine sword was then used by Shulk during the attack on Colony 9 where he showed unaffected by The Monado and thus was able to use it in his journeys. 
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Monado I | The Monado
Name: The Monado
Origin: Xenoblade Chronicles
Age: Thousands of years (Stated to have been created millennia ago)
Classification: Divine Sword
Wielders: Shulk, Zanza, Dunban, Alvis
Powers and Abilities:
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Immortality (Type 6; The Monado that Shulk uses is stated to be one and the same with Zanza by Egil which Zanza confirms by referring to himself as The Monado and Zanza himself requires other beings in order to survive), Passive Precognition, Clairvoyance and Perception Manipulation (The Monado passively utilize visions of the near or far future on what will exactly happen, these visions happen instantaneously with Shulk describing the sensation as if time had stopped, this can affect even Acausality (Type 2 and 4) users as shown by Shulk being capable of seeing his own future even when other users such as Hom's Alvis couldn't do the same), Accelerated Development (Passive: Physical Stats and Abilities, The Monado is stated by Alvis to grow with its wielder allowing for wielders such as Shulk to grow in strength rapidly to the point where could defeat foes who could previously defeat him without any training), Passive Reactive Evolution (The Monado bends to the will of it's master allowing it to change shape, overcome weaknesses as shown with Shulk damaging Metal Face with the Monado I despite the latter having Homs blood, grow in power as shown by The Monado becoming much more powerful when pushed, enhance resistances and develop resistances as shown with The Monado overcoming the effects of the Apocrypha which previously left it in a powerless state and later Shulk even comments that The Monado does not feel any different even when approaching the Apocrypha Generator and also The Monado can gain new abilities when needed as shown with it responding to Shulk's desires which allowed him to obtain Monado Shield, Monado Speed and Monado Purge, Shulk was also shown to be capable of actively triggering The Monado to obtain new abilities through his will and desire as shown through him obtaining Monado Purge and The Monado II once it had the shackles broken alongside Zanza stating that created the Monado's ability to see into the future in order to fight Meyneth), Limited Heat Manipulation (The Monado emits large amounts of heat which has shown to be capable of melting the armour of characters such as Metal Face, this would make the heat produced by The Monado superior to the heat that an ether river produces as other faced mechon such as Xord were able to survive prolonged contact in one), Regeneration (At least Low-Mid, likely far higher; The Monado that Zanza used was shown to be in perfect condition even after being cut in half), Deconstruction (Blade weapons such as The Monado are shown to be capable of disintegrating foes though basic attacks this even includes those who can swim in the cloud sea which breaks down matter it comes into contact with), Energy Projection (Via Monado Buster and other arts such as Monado Purge and Air Slash which can attack foes through blasts of ether), Forcefield Creation (Via Monado Shield which engulfs its target in a barrier which protects them from attacks, this extends to the point where it can protect the target from attacks that would normally one shot them), Damage Boost and Power Bestowal (Via Monado Enchant, can also boost his own damage through numerous ether gems), Power Nullification (Via Monado Purge which can nullify abilities), Invulnerability Negation (Monado Purge is capable of nullifying auras which includes the Invincibility aura), Paralysis Inducement (Monado Purge paralyzes the target, can also inflict paralysis through attacks via the paralysis ether gem), Biological Absorption and Power Absorption (Monado Eater consumes its target along with any buffs they had), Elemental Manipulation (Of Light; The Monado's blade is stated numerous times to be a blade of light and The Monado is also a light element weapon), Non-Physical Interaction (Can harm Nebulas, which lack any physical forms and also is capable interacting with Meyneth's Soul as shown with Zanza's battle with her), Limited Reality Warping (The Monado is able to manipulate the Ether that makes up the world in order to make use of it's abilities), and an Unconventional Possesion, Body Puppetry, Pain Manipulation and Enhanced Electricity Manipulation (The Monado has shown to possess those who attempt to wield it such as Arglas or control people such as Dunban, Dunban's exposure to The Monado also caused him to be wrapped in electricity that caused him to lose the use of his right arm permanently and Shulk's exposure caused him to be enveloped with an indescribable pain)
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All previous plus, Damage Reduction (Via Monado Armour which reduces physical and ether damage by 75%), Invulnerability (Zanza's version of Monado Shield grants him Invincibility for a period of time), Fate Manipulation (The Monado is stated to be able to control Fate, this binds even Acausality (Type 2 and 4) users as shown by Zanza's use of the Passage of Fate preventing Shulk from saving The Emperor as explained by Alvis), Elemental Manipulation (Of All previous element plus Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Wind, Earth, and Dark; Upscaled from Blades who can manipulate these elements through their use of Ether, The Monado is able to control all things through the use of ether which gives advanced users access to every form of Ether and can replicate all forms of it, this extends to even an individual basis as the bodies of the inhabitants of Shulk's world are composed of ether), Aura and Time Stop (Upscaled from Shulk who as an ether based being was able to do this), Immortality Negation (Of Types 2, 3 - High-Godly; Concept and Information, 4, 6 and 8; Upscaled from N who as an ether based being was able to permanently kill Z, himself and M), Status Effect Inducement (Upscaled from Bind and Daze, bind prevents the target from moving though they can still attack, wielders can inflict this through attacks via the Bind ether gem, is also able to forcibly daze an enemy through the daze status effect), Presence Concealment (Via Cloak Gems which allow for Shulk to be undetected by enemies), Durability Negation (Upscaled from Bleed Attack ether gem, which can make others bleed through attacks even when said attacks are unable to do so prior and can make others bleed when they couldn't normally can't conventionally), Supernatural Luck (Upscaled from the Unbeatable Gem, which can allow wielders to survive a normally fatal blow with 1 HP), Limited Empathic Manipulation (Upscaled from the ether gems allowing for wielders to increase or decrease how aggro opponents are to them), Statistics Amplification (Of Strength, Speed and Defences; Monado Brave increases the user's strength and upscaled from stat boosting ether gems), Statistics Reduction (Of Strength, Speed and Defences; Upscaled from the debuff ether gems which allow for wielders to debuff opponents through attacks), Probability Manipulation (Upscaled from probability ether gems which can increase his chances of setting off statuses, performing a critical hit, landing a hit on his opponent, etc), Enhanced Senses (Upscaled from the Night Vision ether gem granting night vision), Passive Healing (Upscaled from many healing ether gems which allows for wielders to constantly get healed for even actions such as using the Monado), Mind Manipulation (Upscaled from numerous foes who are able cause foes to mindlessly run around in circles or even take control of someone through the use of Control), BFR (Upscaled from Melia's teleportation being shown to be able to teleport others), Sleep Manipulation (Upscaled from Melia's use of ether), Smoke Manipulation (Upscaled from Melia who is capable of generating smoke), Death Manipulation (Upscaled from the numerous enemies and even allies who's use of ether can do this), Gravity Manipulation (Upscaled from Fiora's use of the Zero Gravity ether art), Purification (Type 3; Upscaled from Sharla's ether art Cure Bullet which cures the target of debuffs and grants them a temporary Immunity to them), Attack Reflection (Upscaled from Melia's use of the Reflection ether art), Corrosion Inducement (Upscaled from the Mechon's Ether based weapons that are corrosive and can deconstruct other beings), Body Puppetry (Ether can be used to force entities to move to the whims of the user), Absolute Zero (Upscaled from Jin who's use of the Ice element can reach Absolute Zero), Corruption (Type 2), Animal Manipulation, Madness Manipulation (Type 2) and Transmutation (Upscaled from the rift which caused wild life to go mad and transform into fog beasts), Space-Time Manipulation and Sealing (The Monado was used by A to damage and seal Fog Rifts which are rifts in space-time), Empathic Manipulation (Upscaled from the Aggro Ether Gems which allow for the user to manipulate how aggro their opponent is), Poison Manipulation (Via the Poison Attack ether gem allowing for the user to poison enemies on hit), Damage Transferal (The Monado should also be capable of replicating the effects of ether ability spike which should allow him to be able of inflicting Sleep, Bind, Stats Down, Paralysis and Instant Death through his use of Spike), Resurrection (Upscaled from Nia's use of the water element which is capable of reviving the dead), Plant Manipulation (Upscaled from the Ponspecters whose use of ether causes plants to grow), Explosion Manipulation (Upscaled from Sharla's ether shots which cause an explosion on hit), Life Force Absorption (Via the HP Steal Ether gem which allows for the user to steal vitality when damaging an opponent), Matter Manipulation, Biological Manipulation and Metal Manipulation (The Monado controls Ether which the beings of The Bionis and Mechonis and even the world are made of), and Reality Warping (The Monado is capable of controlling Ether and by controlling Ether it can make it's wielder's will reality)
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Attack Potency: Small Town level+ (The Monado I was used by Dunban to generate a large amount of light which requires this amount of energy) | Low Complex Multiverse level (Is the sword used by both Shulk and Zanza)
Speed: Unknown
Lifting Strength: Unknown
Striking Strength: Small Town level+ | Low Complex Multiversal
Durability: Small Town level+, higher with Monado Shield (Monado Shield was able to cause an attack that would have killed Reyn in a single attack to bounce off) | Low Complex Multiverse level, higher with Monado Shield
Range: Tens of Meters | Universal+
Weaknesses: The Monado I is unable to harm the "Children of the Bionis" including Nopon, High Entia, and Homs (Xenoblade's Term for Human) though this does not mean that The Monado I cannot damage characters not from Xenoblade in a Versus Thread. | None Notable
Notable Techniques/Attacks:
*Visions: Shulk's main ability which allows him to see into the future which was bestowed upon him by The Monado. When this happens Shulk's eyes glow blue and his perception slows to a halt when having a vision with him describing the experience as "as if time had stopped".
Monado Buster.gif|Monado Buster
Monado Enchant.gif|Monado Enchant
Monado Shield.gif|Monado_Shield
Monado Speed.gif|Monado Speed
Monado Purge.gif|Monado Purge
Monado Armour.gif|Monado Armour
Monado Cyclone2.gif|Monado Cyclone
Monado Eater.gif|Monado Eater
*Monado Arts: Monado Arts are special arts that are used by The Monado and it's replicas. Their main use is to allow for Shulk to change the future as these abilities came to Shulk in response to his desire to change an undesirable future.
*Monado Buster: Extending the laser blade of the Monado multiple times its normal size, allowing to hit far more enemies than normal, and is extremely effective against the Machina and Mechons.
*Monado Enchant: The Monado strengthens itself and his friends to the point that enemies that are resistant to specific weapons like the mechon can be harmed normally.
*Monado Shield: The Monado generates a barrier that protects himself from any incoming attacks with a swing of his sword.
*Monado Speed: The Monado gives its wielder or any other target a greater chance to dodge physical attacks via enhancing their speed by 40%.
*Monado Purge: The Monado shoots out a massive projectile that covers a wide area that's capable of paralyzing it's victim, rendering their abilities nulled, and can prevent damage being sent back to the wielder upon impact.
*Monado Armour: The Monado grants the wielder a massive buff in defence against any physical and ether based attacks.
*Monado Cyclone: Being swung upwards, The Monado causes a massive torrent of wind that attacks everything around it, rendering those who's hit by the ability to fall and lose their bearing should they be inflicted with Break.
*Monado Eater: The Monado is stabbed in the direction towards the enemies, releasing a wave of ether energy that removes any buffs the enemy has given themselves.
Note: For a list of abilities compatible with The Monado's Reactive Evolution see the abilities listed here.
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