Orion (DC Comics)

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==Summary==
Orion, the Dog of War, is one of, if not the most powerful warriors of New Genesis, standing alongside Highfather and Darkseid as the strongest of the New Gods. From birth he was prophesied to kill Darkseid in final battle, and although they were both killed in the events preceding Final Crisis, it is unknown if that battle truly fulfilled the prophecy or not.
It was later clarified that Orion and the other New Gods are not simply alien beings from another realm but living ideas from an archetypal realm; every storyline except for Final Crisis simply deals with emanations of the deities touching the multiverse. During the events of Final Crisis, Orion's Godhead was "shattered like light through a prism in an infinite number of deaths", and the Post-Flashpoint Orion is one of those fragments.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , at least with the Anti-Life Equation | | | 
Key: Pre-Flashpoint Emanation | New 52 Emanation | Rebirth Emanation | Godhead
Name: Orion
Origin: DC Comics
Gender: Male
Age: Between 15,000 (min) and 200,000 (max) | Billions of years | Unknown; exists beyond normal time
Classification: New God
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Post-Flashpoint Emanation= Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Type 1), Self-Sustenance (Types 1 and 2Earth 2 Vol 1 Issue 8), Flight, Energy Projection (Can fire blasts of Astro-ForceHal Jordan And The Green Lantern Corps Vol 1 Issue 48), Portal Creation and Dimensional Travel (Can summon boom tubesHal Jordan And The Green Lantern Corps Vol 1 Issue 47), BFR (Boom tubes can be used to banish targetsGreen Lantern New Gods: Godhead Issue 4)
Resistance to Disease Manipulation (New God physiology makes them immune to diseaseGreen Lantern New Gods: Godhead Issue 16)
|-|Godhead= All previous abilities to a much greater degree, plus Abstract Existence (Type 1 - New Gods are living ideas from a platonic, archetypal worldBatman Issue 702), Self-Sustenance (Type 3), Incorporeality, Large Size (Type 9 - Comparable in size to Godhead Darkseid, who was large enough to fall over the entire multiverseDC Universe 2008 Issue 0)
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Attack Potency: Low Multiverse level (Considered capable of stoppingJack Kirby's Fourth World Vol. 1 #4, June 1997 a Universe destroying forceJack Kirby's Fourth World Vol. 1 #5, July 1997, which he succeeded in doing, albeit off-screen. Fought a mind controlled Post-Crisis SupermanAction Comics Vol. 1 #586, March 1987. Can damageNew Gods Vol. 4 #2, November 1995 Darkseid consistentlyOrion Vol. 1 #5, October 2000, even defeating himCountdown Vol. 1 #2, April 2008, with it being prophesized he will kill DarkseidNew Gods Vol. 1 #11, November 1972Orion Vol. 1 #5, October 2000New Gods Vol. 3 #1, February 1989The Legion Vol. 1 #29, March 2004, and he is statedOrion Vol. 1 #1, June 2000 to be comparableWho's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. 1 #6, August 1985 to himOrion by Walter Simonson Book Two, September 2019. Broke Kalibak's club, which requires all the might of Darkseid to destroyNew Gods Vol. 1 #8, May 1972, and a weaker clone of Orion was able to put up a fight against the weakened Darkseid in the 30th centuryLegion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #294, December 1982, who was far more powerful than the likes of Mordru52 Universes), at least Low Multiverse level with the Anti-Life Equation (Absorbed the entire Anti-Life EquationOrion Vol. 1 #11, April 2001 and used it to defeat EcruosOrion Vol. 1 #17, October 2001, an enemy of the Source capable of destroying the World TreeOrion Vol. 1 #16, September 2001, one of the foundations of Creation itselfLucifer Vol. 1 #54, November 2004) | Solar System level (Damaged and knocked down New 52 SupermanSuperman Vol. 3 #20, July 2013. Overpowered New 52 Hal Jordan with just one arm, considering him weakGreen Lantern Vol. 5 #35, December 20142747.966869 Foe) | Low Multiverse level (Fought an Nth Metal Golem and was ready to fight it again, with said Golem taking attacks from Rebirth Hal JordanHal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps Vol. 1 #27, October 201752 Universes) | Low Complex Multiverse level (WoundedFinal Crisis Vol 1 Issue 6 Godhead Darkseid beyond repair52 Universes)
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Equal to Darkseid (Pre-Flashpoint) and replicated his feat of flying to the universe's edge in moments) | At least FTL movement speed with Massively FTL+ flight speed (Comparable to Superman) | Massively FTL+ (Comparable to Rebirth Hal Jordan) | Nigh-Omnipresent (Comparable to Godhead Darkseid)
Lifting Strength: Stellar normally (Restrained Post-Crisis Superman), at least Multi-Stellar, possibly higher at full power (Comparable to Darkseid) | Class Y (Comparable to Superman) | Class Y (At least as strong as before) | Immeasurable
Striking Strength: Low Multiverse level, at least Low Multiverse level with the Anti-Life Equation | Solar System level | Low Multiverse level | Low Complex Multiverse level
Durability: Low Multiverse level (Endured Omega Beams from DarkseidCountdown Vol. 1 #2, April 2008), at least Low Multiverse level with the Anti-Life Equation | Solar System level (Survived getting hit as hard as he'd ever been by New 52 Superman, and proceeded to endure many more attacks. Took a gravity attack and energy blast from Mogo without damageNew Gods: Godhead, December 2014.) | Low Multiverse level (Survived attacks from an Nth Metal GolemHal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps Vol. 1 #26, October 2017, which could harm Rebirth Hal Jordan) | Low Complex Multiverse level (Should be comparable to his own power)
Stamina: Superhuman (Can fight for long periods, even in realms like the Source where the concept of time ceases to have meaning) | Superhuman (Fought for a long period of time against a horde of Darkstars without tiring) | Superhuman | Infinite (Non-corporeal abstract being)
Range: Universal (Contained the Oblivion Bomb after it had already begun acting throughout all of space) | Interplanetary (Destroyed a star system with an Nth Metal Golem) | Low Complex Multiversal (via scaling from Godhead Darkseid)
Intelligence: Supergenius (Even without his divinity to help him, Orion was able to build the Genesis Box, a device capable of destroying and remaking the universe without Darkseid's taint. As a god of battle, Orion has stated there is very little about war and weaponry he doesn't know, using his knowledge to easily outsmart an immortal with centuries of experience in manipulating and planning)
Standard Equipment: Mother Box, Astro-Harness and wristbands | A4 (the Post-Flashpoint version of the Astro-Harness, now sentient and capable of communicating with Orion similarly to a Mother Box)
Weaknesses: Orion is vulnerable to radion, a lethal substance to New Gods. It should be noted, however, that Pre-Flashpoint Orion wasn't even knocked unconscious by multiple radion stingers, and Godhead Orion was presumably weakened from fighting Darkseid when he was shot with the radion bullet.
Orion loses the Astro-Force, as well as his Mother Box, when he abandons hope.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
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Source of the Beast: Orion's true power comes out when he loses restraint and succumbs to the darkness and rage within him. This is seen when he suddenly became able to defeat Mantis without difficulty, despite fighting evenly against him moments before. Orion is capable of accessing it at will but constantly restrains himself because of his inner conflict about his heritage.
Astro-Force: Also known as the "Wrath of the Source", the Astro-Force is a nearly infinite source of energy that Orion alone is capable of wielding. He almost always accesses it either through his harness or wristbands, but it was later revealed that both are actually made of pure Astro-Force and cannot be destroyed, being part of the Source.
Mother Box: Orion's Mother Box can be used to perform a huge number of abilities, including danger sensing, tracking, telekinesis, energy blasts, shapeshifting, healing, and mental manipulation, among others. See Mother Box for full details.
Anti-Life Equation: Orion absorbed the full Anti-Life Equation from Darkseid's Bates clones, granting him an incredible boost in power as well as the ability to completely dominate the minds of those who hear his voice. He later lost the Equation after using its entire power to defeat Ecruos, an enemy of the Source.
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None notable. Orion's Post-Flashpoint Emanation has not demonstrated any of the versatility that his Pre-Flashpoint emanation did, and is seemingly limited to energy projection, boom tubes, and the abilities granted by Mother Box.
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As all instances of Orion seen in lower realms are tiny facets of Darkseid's true being, it stands to reason that Godhead Orion possesses all of the abilities demonstrated by them but to a much greater degree. 
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Feats:
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* Caused enormous amounts of destruction on Apokolips, and released a massive blast that can be seen from the outer reaches of the planet
* Easily overpowered a spell from Pre-Crisis Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)
* One-shot Pre-Crisis Firestorm
* Knocked out Superman with a single blast of Astro-Force
* Released a blast comparable in size to Supertown
* Evenly fought against an amped Kalibak, with Metron stating that if their full might was unleashed they could lay waste to half of Apokolips
* Contained the Oblivion Bomb, which would have instantly collapsed all of space itself into a colossal black hole, after its destructive furies are unleashed
* Disintegrated Slig by removing the binding force between his atoms
* Replaced his eyes with someone else's and they instantly worked
* Gave mortals a glimpse of what might be his true form
* Embracing the Source of the Beast, stomped Kalibak with no effort
* Used the Anti-Life Equation to heal minds
* Brainwashed all of Earth with the Anti-Life Equation
* Released the entire Anti-Life Equation to defeat Ecruos
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* The shockwaves of his clash with an Nth Metal Golem destroyed a star system
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* Inflicted fatal wounds on Godhead Darkseid
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Notes:
*Before making any changes to this page, please read and follow the Power-scaling Rules for Marvel and DC Comics.
*While Darkseid let Orion beat him in New Gods Vol. 4New Gods Vol. 4 #8, May 1996 as well as in Orion Vol. 1Orion Vol. 1 #13, June 2001, Orion still would've needed comparable strength to significantly damage Darkseid, whether he let him land those blows or not.
*While Orion's win over Darkseid in Countdown to Final Crisis contradicts what we see happen in Death of the New Gods, which Final Crisis followed, and the fight in Countdown is considered apocryphal, this only makes it unlikely the events did happen. Considering DC Editorial overviewed and released the story with the impression of it being the case, it still should be considered within the possibility of what could happen, and would reflect the real power levels of characters involved.
*Grant Morrison has referred to The Death of the New Gods as canon but clarified that the depictions of Orion vs. Darkseid in both that story and in Countdown were "apocryphal attempts to describe an indescribable cosmic event". Also, the Source being split in two was retconned by Morrison. Due to this, do not attempt to scale Orion to the Source.
*"Avatar" is a term specifically referring to an ability demonstrated by Pre-Flashpoint Darkseid and Highfather, and it was never stated that the lesser versions of New Gods were specifically created by them to interact with lower planes of reality. The term used by Grant Morrison to refer to these lower aspects of the New Gods is "emanation".
*Like other New Gods, not even Orion's emanation was affected by Crisis on Infinite Earths, as the Fourth World universe was not destroyed and recreated.
*The Post-Flashpoint emanations of New Gods have very different histories, power-sets, and power levels than the Pre-Flashpoint emanations.
*For information about the cosmological scaling that informs the tiering, please refer to the DC Comics Cosmology page.
==Gallery==
OrionAntiLifeRender.png|Orion with the Anti-Life Equation
Orion2ndCostume.png|Orion's second outfit (Late 1970s)
Orion3rdCostume.png|Orion's third outfit (Mid 1990s)
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