Krishna (Shin Megami Tensei)

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|-|Vishnu-Flynn=
|-|Vishnu-Flynn II=
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==Summary==
:"A divine hero of Hindu mythology. He is the eighth avatar of Vishnu, who is said to appear whenever the world is at risk. Name is sometimes translated as "all-attractive." Raised by cow herders. As a boy, he would play his flute, causing women to flock to him. As an adult, he became a great tactician. Shot in the back of the leg by mistake by a hunter named Jara."
:— Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse Compendium
Krishna (クリシュナ, Kurishuna) is a demon from Shin Megami Tensei. He is one of the primary deities of Hinduism, either being the 7th Avatar of Vishnu the Preserver, or the Supreme God himself. He is the leader of the Divine Powers, and a major antagonist in Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse. His goal is to lead the people of Tokyo into salvation through the Cosmic Egg, and to obtain his Kalki, so that he may become a Godslayer and dethrone YHVH, establishing a new universe where all gods shall rule as equals and have mortals equally distributed among them as their subjects.
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Krishna | Vishnu-Flynn
Name: Lord Krishna | Vishnu-Flynn
Origin: Megami Tensei
Gender: Male
Age: Inapplicable (Exists beyond the concept of time)
Classification: Demon, Hindu Deity, Eighth Avatar of Vishnu, Leader of the Divine Powers | Supreme Being of Vaishnavism, Creator of the Universe, Godslayer
Powers and Abilities:
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Absorption (Naturally absorbs all darkness-based attacks and converts them into health), Cognitive Physiology (Archetype), Danmaku, Disease Manipulation, Elemental Manipulation (Air Manipulation and Electricity Manipulation), Empathic Manipulation (Can inflict both charm and panic on foes), Healing (Fully restores his own vitality as well as that of his allies while simultaneously curing all ailments with Salvation, and raises the maximum health of all allies by 30% with Doping), Magic, Paralysis Inducement, Poison Manipulation, Power Nullification, Resistance Negation, Statistics Amplification and Reduction, Summoning and Resurrection (Can both summon and return allied demons from the stock with Invitation, which also resurrects them should they be dead)
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All previous abilities to much greater extents, as well as Avatar Creation, Creation (Created the universe after waking up from his slumber, and birthed Brahma out of a lotus flower growing out of his navel), Power Modification (Forcibly makes an enemy weak to light and dark-based attacks with Light Nandaka and Dark Nandaka respectively, while simultaneously piercing through all resistances, be them drain, repel or null-based), Observation (Type 2. Merged with a human to return to his original form, and as such became a Godslayer capable of permanently killing or empowering gods and demons through his Observation)
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Attack Potency: Outerverse level (Stands as the leader and most powerful member of the Divine Powers, who were considered dangerous and influent enough for Lucifer and Merkabah to put a temporary stop to their war and agree on a temporary alliance against them, and as such should be at least comparable to the aforementioned two in power) | Outerverse level (Absorbed Flynn's power into his own and returned to his former self as Vishnu, the Supreme God of Hinduism, with the resulting increase in strength making him go as far as claiming that not even YHVH would be able to pose a threat to him in this state. Shesha is simply one of the many avatars / alter-egos of Vishnu, which protrudes from his body and can reabsorbed back into him at will)
Speed: Immeasurable while incarnated. Omnipresent otherwise
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable | Immeasurable
Striking Strength: Outerverse level | Outerverse level
Durability: Outerverse level | Outerverse level
Stamina: Infinite | Infinite
Range: Outerversal | Outerversal
Standard Equipment: A flute through which his power is channeled | Lightsabers
Intelligence: At least Supergenius, likely Nigh-Omniscient. Holds the consciousness of Vishnu, the supreme deity of Vaishnavism and foremost aspect of the Trimurti responsible for the creation of the universe as a whole, and as such is deeply attuned to the nature of reality and knowledgeable regarding all of its workings, being even aware of concepts that the vast majority of Gods and Demons is ignorant to, such as The Great Reason.
Weaknesses: None notable | Due to his immense power, Vishnu-Flynn is quick to succumb to bloodlust. Additionally, Flynn's consciousness is still active inside of Vishnu and actively fighting back against his influence, and as such can be goaded into overpowering Krishna's will, eventually interrupting his movement entirely and forcing the fusion to be undone.
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.
* Venomous Raga: 70% chance of inflicting poison, sick or bind to all foes, while decreasing their attack power by 2 ranks.
* Dream Raga: 70% chance of inflicting charm, panic or sleep to all foes, while decreasing their defensive power by 2 ranks.
* Dekaja: Removes all buffs from all foes.
* Dekunda: Removes all debuffs from herself and all 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.
* Moxagita: Deals massive almighty damage to all foes inflicted with ailments.
* Antichthon: Deals heavy almighty damage to all foes while simultaneously reducing all of their statistics by one rank. Only avaliable to Vishnu-Flynn
==Gallery==
Krishna Concept.jpg|Krishna's concept art
Krishna Classic.jpg|Krishna's classic Kazuma Kaneko artwork
Krishna Cows.jpg|8-Bit Krishna
Krishna-Shesha.jpg|Krishna and the Great Serpent Shesha
==Notable Matchups==
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