Ishtar (Shin Megami Tensei)

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==Summary==
"The Akkadian goddess of love and war. She is known as the "Queen of Heaven" and is equated with the planet Venus. In the epic of Gilgamesh, she had many lovers, but all were fated to be killed or turned into animals at her hands."
:—Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Compendium
:"A goddess of love and war, revered in ancient Mesopotamia. Also called the "Queen of Heaven", she was identified with the planet Venus. She seduced many men to their doom, but the hero Gilgamesh spurned her, causing her to murder his best friend Enkidu."
:— Devil Survivor 2 Compendium
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Demon | Magatsuhi Amplified | Archetype
Name: Ishtar, Astarte, "Trisha."
Origin: Megami Tensei
Gender: Female.
Age: Inapplicable. Exists beyond time.
Classification: Demon, Megami, Babylonian Goddess of Love and War.
Powers and Abilities:
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Absorption (Absorbs all wind and electricity-based attacks with Drain Wind and Absorb Elec, and consumes the soul of all charmed foes, instantly killing them and adding their vitality to her own, with Soul Steal), Avatar Creation (Can utilize a form of Astaroth as an avatar), Clairvoyance, Cognitive Physiology (Mid-Tier), Damage Reduction, Danmaku, Death Manipulation, Elemental Manipulation (Air Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Radiation Manipulation), Empathic Manipulation, Healing (Fully restores her own vitality and that of her allies with Mediarahan, and does the same while simultaneously curing all ailments with Salvation), Life Manipulation (Due to her nature as a mother goddess of life and fertility, she is capable of tending to the Sea of Binah in the deepest parts of the Abyss, facilitating the process of human understanding and allowing demons to be born from the formless archetypes of the collective unconscious), Light Manipulation, Magic, Power Nullification (Reverts all statistics amplifications from all foes with Dekaja), Plot Manipulation, Resistance Negation, Resurrection (Resurrects a target with their vitality fully restored using Samarecarm), Statistics Amplification and Reduction
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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 (Far above Mother Harlot, who is simply an aspect of Ishtar whose existence stems from her being. Could strenghten Aleph's party with a portion of her power. Perceives the world of Catherine as a story which she can pause, resume and control at will, frequently referencing its status as a fictional narrative that she observes from outside and addressing the player as the entity that controls the events depicted in it) | Low Complex Multiverse level (After being constantly supplied with Magatsuhi, she is stated to possess the same power she did over 5000 years ago, equal to her apex of strength) | 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 | 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 | Immeasurable
Striking Strength: Low Complex Multiverse level | Low Complex Multiverse level | Outerverse level
Durability: Low Complex Multiverse level | Low Complex Multiverse level | Outerverse level
Stamina: Infinite | Infinite | Infinite.
Range: Outerversal | Outerversal | Outerversal
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Unknown, likely Extraordinary Genius.
Weaknesses: None notable
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.
* Heat Raiser: Increases her own strength, defense and speed by one rank.
* Concentrate: Ishtar holds back her own power, allowing her to launch a charged attack with far more offensive power than her normal strikes.
* Silent Prayer: Removes all statistic modifications, both positive and negative, from himself and all foes and allies.
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."
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
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