Heathcliff

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==Summary==
Kayaba Akihiko was the developer and Game Master of the game, Sword Art Online. He also developed the Cardinal System, which runs the game, the Seed, from which all other virtual reality games are built upon, and the Medicuboid, a treatment platform that allows its users to play in VR while being treated upon. He is also the main antagonist of the death game, as the man who trapped all 10,000 players, and is the leader of the strongest guild, Knights of Blood Oath.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | 
Key: Sword Art Online | Real World (As an AI)
Name: Kayaba Akihiko, Heathcliff, Commander (Knights of Blood Oath), Living Legend, Strongest Man, The Paladin
Origin: Sword Art Online
Gender: Male
Age: 28 at the end of his life
Classification: Human, Game Master (Admin & creator of Sword Art Online) | Artificial Intelligence
Power and Abilities: Genius Intelligence and Photographic Memory, Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Skilled Swordsman (Knows the ins and outs of all Sword Skills in the game. Even excluding that, the moment he became serious in his second battle with Kirito, Heathcliff was never hit once until the very end), Accelerated Development (Leveling; Physical Stats, Abilities), Regeneration (Mid-Low via Battle Healing (Only works in-combat. The stronger the enemy is, the less effective the in-combat regen is. Superior to Kirito's, as Heathcliff has Battle Healing completed whereas Kirito doesn't). Low-Mid over time (All VR Avatars can regenerate entire limbs within 2-3 minutes)), Damage Boost (All attacks have either a low chance of critically hitting the opponent or hitting a weak point to critically hit them, dealing even more damage. The two forms of critical hits can stack), Statistics Amplification (Sword Skills amplify the user's speed and power, with the downside of having a post-motion stun for a brief period of time afterwards), Status Effect Inducement (via Sword Skills. If one can directly land a Sword Skill on an opponent towards a vital point such as the head, the opponent will be stunned for upwards of 10 seconds), Light Manipulation (His Divine Sword ability allows him to create a flash of light to blind his foes), Healing (Accelerating recovery via Recovery Potions over a period of 5 minutes and Healing heavy injuries via Healing Crystals. Healing Crystals act instantly and can immediately bring one back to full HP, even when near-death), Status Effect Inducement Nullification (via Antidote Potions and Antidote Crystals. Antidote Potions only work against debuffs on Heathcliff's power or below), Teleportation & BFR (via Teleport & Corridor Crystals), Immortality (Type 2), Hypermobility (VR Avatars do not have muscles and insides like real people do. Thus, they are able to do impossible motions that people in real life would not be able to do), Limited Reality Warping (via Proto-Incarnation. In times of extreme brain activity reaching to one's Fluctlight, or soul, the user can temporarily enact change on the world to an extent via their willpower or imagination. Usually, it has been displayed to enact improbable feats, such as delaying death, breaking out of system paralysis, bypassing system-enacted rules, and more that can be described as "surpassing the system"), Resistance to Pain (All virtual reality avatars have a pain absorber, which lessens the amount of pain one feels to negligible amounts, even with injuries such as decapitation). Paralysis Inducement (Can paralyze anyone within SAO with a simple menu input), Invulnerability (Only up to the power of the 100th floor boss), Statistics Amplification (via System Overassist. Boosts his physical stats and perception to such a point where everything looks frozen but him), and Existence Erasure (via Object Eraser) via GM Powers | Genius Intelligence and Photographic Memory, Hacking and Technology Manipulation (Like Yui, Kayaba is capable of accessing search engines, computer networks, and can break through Firewalls. Can access every system in the world, including highly secure, government level technology, such as the Ocean Turtle base. Hacked into a robot and transferred his consciousness into it), Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2, and 3. As an AI, Kayaba does not require food, water, sleep, and air), Immortality (Type 8. Kayaba in this state is connected to the entire internet and other technological databases, and will only be truly killed if all digital technology is removed from the world), Immunity to Physical Pain (Kayaba does not feel any physical pain, as he is a digital construct)
Attack Potency: Building level+ (Considered the strongest man in SAO and fought on par with Kirito. Took out all of Kirito's health points with one good stab, albeit he was around half health at the time). Can ignore durability with the Object Eraser | Unknown
Speed: Subsonic travel speed, Supersonic+ combat speed (Fights at speeds where players that could see Flashing Penetrator would only see a blur. Blocked all of Kirito's attacks, even his strongest one, in their final battle effortlessly, and Kirito wondered if Heathcliff was taunting him or holding back the entire time they fought in both of their duels. By being the "Strongest Man" in SAO, he should be superior to all the other characters at that point), much higher with System Overassist (As Kirito was about to deliver a decisive blow on Heathcliff, with his blade only centimeters away from his face, Kirito described that Heathcliff's shield, which should have been on the right, had blinked over to the left like a transition between two frames of film, and that everything else but Heathcliff seemed to have froze in time in that moment) | Unknown
Lifting Strength: Class 5 (As the highest leveled player in SAO, he should be comparable to Kirito at the very minimum. Outright blocked an attack from the Skull Reaper, the highest level boss at the time) | Unknown
Striking Strength: Building level+ (Traded blows with Kirito) | Unknown
Durability: Building level+ (Took attacks from Kirito), higher with his tower shield (Kirito commented on how it was too durable. Blocked the Skull Reaper's attack that Kirito was hardpressed to keep at bay without any notable injuries) | Unknown
Stamina: Infinite physically (Virtual Reality Avatars can never get physically tired; limited only to the mental power of the person themselves), likely Normal Human mentally (Has shown less drive than most of the cast) | Superhuman (Is an AI that does not require any sustenance)
Range: Extended Melee Range with his sword, several meters with dash-type Sword Skills | The entire internet and other digital systems
Standard Equipment: Liberator (His sword and shield combo) | None
*Liberator: A weapon set consisting of a one-handed straight sword and a Kite shield in Sword Art Online. The set was owned by the leader of the «Knights of the Blood» guild, Heathcliff, and was used until the end of the game. His «Unique Skill», «Holy Sword», allowed him to freely switch between offense and defense, creating a near impenetrable defense in battle. The sword, when not in use, is attached to inner side of the shield and the shield can also be used to hit targets.
Intelligence: At least Genius. He is undoubtedly the smartest man in the series, being the creator of the world's first virtual reality headset, as well as the first virtual reality multiplayer role-playing game, which became the model for all VRMMO games that would follow. He knows all the ins and outs of his creation, including the Cardinal System, a self-running AI that can create in-game events by basing it off the internet, and the Sword Skills that he created for each and every weapon in the game, which range in the thousands, demonstrating his elastic memory. His leadership and management skills were so great, to the point where his guild, the Knights of the Blood Oath, quickly became the top guild in SAO all the way to the end of the game. Additionally, he is skilled at swordplay, seeing as how as he was able to easily keep pace with Kirito, to the point where Kirito thought that Heathcliff was toying with him, and was considered the strongest player in SAO.
Weaknesses: Sword Skills have a slight post-motion stun at the end of them in exchange for increased power. The Object Eraser does not immediately erase something, as it takes a few seconds before the thing being erased to disappear | None Notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
===Outside System Skills===
Outside System Skills (OuSS): As its name suggests, are skills that are the users own, unlike Sword Skills and magic that are provided for by the game engine.
*Switch: A technique where two Players switch positions in-between an enemy's attack to recover Hit Points, chain attacks together without worrying about an aftercast delay, and/or burden the learning abilities of enemies if they are AIs.
*Sword Skill Imitation: Imitating the user of Sword Skills without the system's assistance, removing the aftercast delay, but sacrificing the power and speed of the actual skill.
===Sword Skills===
Sword Skills (SS): A series of movements that allows the user to attack much faster than they normally could, but the movements required to perform the Sword Skill are fixed and cannot be canceled by the user after they begin performing it. Contrary to their name, Sword Skills do not have to be used with a sword. Also, note that these may not be all of Heathcliff's Sword Skills, but simply most of the ones he has been shown to use.
*(SS) Divine Sword: A skill that allows Healthcliff to blind his opponents with light.
===Admin Skills===
Admin Skills: As the name suggests, these skills are reserved exclusively for admins of the game.
*System Overassist: It allows him to temporarily massively speed up his movement to the point that he moved his shield that was knocked to the side, to block Kirito's attack that was already at arm's length to his face.
*Object Eraser: A Game Master tool in Sword Art Online used to remove any object in the game. Once summoned, crimson flames come forth, coiling out of the user's arm until it takes the form of a sword. The Object Eraser takes the form of an oversized, flaming, crimson-red greatsword with a purplish cross-guard and pommel, and a dark red grip. Due to being a GM tool, the sword is capable of erasing any object that it is used against, even if the object is a boss monster that would be impossible to beat. Although the tool's effect is not instant, it only takes mere seconds for the object to be destroyed in its entirety. The tool may also cause the target to be engulfed in a ball of flames before being destroyed.
==Notable Matchups==
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