Kirito (Aincrad)

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|-|The First Day=
|-|Aria of a Starless Night=
|-|Post-Floor One Boss Battle=
|-|Middle of Aincrad=
|-|The Black Swordsman=
|-|Dual Blades=
|-|Post-Floor 100=
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==Summary==
Kirigaya Kazuto (桐ヶ谷 和人, Kirigaya Kazuto), born as Narusaka Kazuto (鳴坂 和人なるさか かずと, Narusaka Kazuto), and known as «Kirito» (キリト, Kirito) in «Sword Art Online» is the protagonist of the main Sword Art Online series. Kirito was chosen to be one of the one thousand beta testers for the closed beta of Sword Art Online, the first ever Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) for the NerveGear, and later joined the official version of the game. He thus became one of the 10,000 players who were trapped in Sword Art Online, where he remained a solo player for the majority of the game, willingly taking on the role of a Beater to reduce discrimination against other former beta testers, as well as actively taking part in Boss battles as one of the Clearers.
During his time in SAO, Kirito temporarily became a member of the Moonlit Black Cats after helping them safely escape a dangerous dungeon, but returned to being a solo player when a fatal error resulted in the death of the other guild members, driving him even further away from ties with other people. At some point in the game, Kirito became known as the «Black Swordsman» (黒の剣士, Kuro no Kenshi) due to his tendency to wear black clothing and remaining solo. Near the end of the game, Kirito's heart began to open up once more when he started meeting the one who would eventually become the love of his life, Asuna, and the two begin bonding with each other, growing as individuals in the process. With his newfound love and drive to see his loved ones in the real world once again, Kirito slain the final boss of the game, returning everyone to the real world.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | At least , possibly | | | At least | | 
Key: Floor 1 (The First Day) | Floor 1 (Aria of a Starless Night) | Floors 2-5 | Floors 6-24 | Floors 25-49 | Floors 50-75 | Floor 100
Name: Kirigaya Kazuto, Kirito, The Black Swordsman (The title that others give him), Narusaka Kazuto (Birth name)
Origin: Sword Art Online
Gender: Male
Age: 14 at the beginning of the Aincrad arc, 16 at the end of Aincrad arc
Classification: Human, Swordsman, Beater, SAO Survivor
Power and Abilities:
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|-|Floor 1 (The First Day)=
Peak Human Physical Characteristics, Accelerated Development (Leveling; Physical Stats, Abilities), Has some swordsmanship knowledge (Trained in Kendo since he was a child, however he quit early on), Analytical Prediction (Able to think on the fly and anticipate multiple attacks coming, ), Regeneration (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), Can increase the range of his eyesight (via the Search Skill), Healing (Accelerating recovery via Recovery Potions over a period of 5 minutes), Status Effect Inducement Nullification (via Antidote Potions. Only works against debuffs on Kirito's power or below), 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), Supernatural Willpower, 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)
|-|Floor 1 (Aria of a Starless Night)=
Same as previous but to a greater extent, with the addition of Skilled Swordsman (Has honed his skill with a sword enough by this point to completely enter the zone and let his experience take control) and Stealth Mastery (via the Hiding Skill. Makes it more difficult to see where he is)
|-|Floors 2-5=
Same as previous but to a greater extent, with the addition of Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant (By this point, Kirito began weaving in martial arts into his combat style, using both his intuition and experience being in Sword Art Online to slowly develop how he fights), Negate Stealth Mastery (via the Search Skill. Spotted Morte even when he was well hidden in the shadows just by looking in that general direction. In his later keys, he was able to spot multiple players well hidden behind trees, with his companion at the time, Silica, not noticing anything off at all), Tracking (via the Search Skill. Able to see invisible footprints on the ground which lead to the location of whoever he's targeting)
|-|Floors 6-24=
Same as previous but to a greater extent, with the addition of Healing (Accelerating recovery. Should be comparable to Recovery Potions) and Status Effect Inducement Nullification via Meditation and Awakening (Both provide healing, as well as the ability to ignore debuffs such as stuns and paralysis even stronger than Antidote Potions for a few minutes. Awakening in particular is able to resist abilities that can affect Immortal Objects, which are superior in durability to even the final boss itself), Status Effect Nullification (via Antidote Crystals), Healing (Healing heavy injuries via Healing Crystals. Healing Crystals act instantly and can immediately bring one back to full HP, even when near-death), Teleportation & BFR (via Teleport & Corridor Crystals)
|-|Floors 25-49=
Same as previous but to a greater extent, with the addition of Regeneration ( via Battle Healing. Only works in-combat. The stronger the enemy is, the less effective the in-combat regen is), Skilled Marksman (Would by this point have gotten the Blade Throwing Skill and incorporate its various abilities into his skill set), Able to distract opponents with Blade Throwing (via Distraction), Enhanced Senses (via Hypersense and Distinguish), Can see through walls (via the Search Skill), Night Vision (via the Search Skill)
|-|Floors 50-75=
Same as previous but to a greater extent, with the addition of Shockwaves (When using ultimate Sword Skills for Dual Blades such as Starburst Stream and The Eclipse)
|-|Floor 100=
Same as previous but to a greater extent
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Attack Potency: Street level (Able to fight evenly with Frenzy Boars and Dire Wolves, and even one-shot both with well-placed Sword Skills. Both Frenzy Boars and Dire Wolves should be comparable to their real life counterparts) | At least Street level, possibly Wall level (Greatly stronger than before, being able to face monsters much stronger than Dire Wolves) | Small Building level (Destroyed a boulder over the course of 3 days. A party of 6 are able to take down the 2nd floor's Field Bosses, Bullbous Bow, who can cross a distance of five-hundred feet in two seconds. In addition, along with a raid party, Kirito and other players were able to damage the Field Boss of the 4th floor, Biceps Archelon, . Biceps Archelon itself is able to charge at speeds difficult to escape from in a gondola and create whirlpools) | Small Building level (Leveled up since the 5th floor, boosting his stats) | At least Small Building level (Every 5 and 10 floors the difficulty on that specific floor spikes, and every 25 floors it spikes even more. The Floor Boss of the 25th floor nearly wiped out the entirety of the Aincrad Libration Squad, the guild with the highest player count with comparable levels to each other, even with reinforcements) | Building level+ (Since the 50th floor counts as 25 floor spike, the Floor Boss is drastically tougher than the rest. Required Heathcliff to take all of the aggro and use his Immortal Object status unbeknownst to everyone to let the others finish off the boss while it was distracted. By the time it was revealed that Kirito had the Dual Blades Skill on the 74th floor, he was already massively stronger than the players who both fought the 50th Floor's Floor Boss and the 56th Floor's Field Boss. Should not be weaker than his ALO Avatar as it had all his character data and stats which could survive this attack from Eugene) | City Block level (Was able to harm and defeat An Incarnation of the Radius. With the weapon gained from the true Final Boss, he was able to defeat all other bosses with one hit each)
Speed: Peak Human (SAO Avatars, even at level 1, are superior to normal humans) with higher reaction speed (Can defend himself from attacks coming from all angles) | Peak Human, possibly Superhuman (Much faster than before. Fast enough to run on walls for a few steps which requires this level of speed) with higher reaction speed | Superhuman with higher reaction speed (Was able to catch the after-effects of Flashing Penetrator shooting past him, a Sword Skill that breaks the sound barrier and causes a sonic boom) | Superhuman with higher reaction speed | Subsonic (Blitzed Rosalia before she had time to react. Should be far superior to floor 1 Asuna) with Supersonic reaction speed (Should be able to react properly to Flashing Penetrator by this point, as most players using a rapier would have obtained the Sword Skill at this stage in the game) | Subsonic travel speed, Supersonic+ combat and reaction speed (Fights at speeds where players that could see Flashing Penetrator would only see a blur), higher attack speed with Dual Blades (He stated that during Starburst Stream, the rhythm of his swings exceeded twice his normal speed) | Subsonic travel speed, Supersonic+ combat and reaction speed, higher attack speed with Dual Blades
Lifting Strength: Peak Human (SAO Avatars, even at level 1, are superior to normal humans) | At least Peak Human, possibly Superhuman (Stronger than before. Kirito focuses on his STR stat more than any other) | Superhuman | Superhuman | Possibly Class 5 (By this point, Kirito should be vaguely comparable to his later feats) | Class 5 (Pulled an elephant-sized legged fish out of a lake) | Class 5
Striking Strength: Street level | At least Street level, possibly Wall level | Small Building level | Small Building level | At least Small Building level | Building level+ | City Block level
Durability: Street level (Comparable to Klein, who's able to take a hit to the genitals by a Frenzy Boar charging at full speed) | At least Street level, possibly Wall level (Greatly stronger than before) | Small Building level (Comparable to players who can take hits from Bullbous Bow. Able to take hits from the 2nd floor Floor Bosses, humanoid bulls nearly 5 meters tall), higher with Spinning Shield (Able to nearly nullify a from the Magnatherium, a monster that would have been nearly impossible to defeat normally with only himself and Asuna) | Small Building level, higher with Spinning Shield | At least Small Building level (Was able to survive the 25th floor's Floor Boss), higher with Spinning Shield | Building level+ (Can tank hits from The Gleam Eyes, who is vastly superior to GeoCrawler. Should not be weaker than his ALO Avatar as it had all his character data and stats which could survive this attack from Eugene), higher with Spinning Shield (Nearly nullified X'rphan the White Wyrm's , to the point where it was enough so that Battle Healing can heal the little wounds Kirito took) | City Block level (Withstood an attack this powerful without any noticeable injuries. Sinon also took a much stronger attack, and Kirito is comparable to her), higher with Spinning Shield
Stamina: Infinite physically (Virtual Reality Avatars can never get physically tired; limited only to the mental power of the person themselves), Superhuman mentally (Slept for three hours nearly everyday in SAO, and most of his day consisted completely of fighting monsters non-stop. Halted his own death temporarily through sheer willpower)
Range: Standard melee range when unarmed, extended melee range with a sword | Same as previous, with the addition of several meters with dash-type Sword Skills | Same as previous, with the addition of standard melee range with unarmed skills | Same as previous | Same as previous, with the addition of several meters with throwing picks | Same as previous, with the addition of up to tens of meters with strongest attacks (Starburst Stream's shock waves were able to cover the entire 74th floor's boss room) | Same as previous, with the addition of up to tens of meters with strongest attacks (Double Circular and several Starburst Stream attacks covered massive parts of An Incarnation of the Radius' body), several dozens to possibly up to a hundred meters with shockwaves
Standard Equipment:
Elucidator.png|Elucidator
Dark Repulser.png|Dark Repulser
*Elucidator: Elucidator is Kirito's primary and endgame weapon in Sword Art Online. This sword is a demonic monster drop from a boss on the 50th floor. Elucidator is a pitch black sword with trims of gray and was said to weigh a lot more than a regular sword. Provides a minor boost to strength and agility as well as armor.
*Dark Repulser: Dark Repulser is a one-handed sword, created by Lisbeth for Kirito out of a Crystallite Ingot, which was obtained from a special quest. Whenever Kirito used the Dual Blades skill, he wields it alongside Elucidator. Provides minor boost in strength and agility according to its stats though a bit lower than that of Elucidator.
*Antidote Crystals & Potions: Items that can be used to cure status effects. It can cure all of the following effects:
**Stun/Fumble/Paralysis: Fumble makes enemies drop their weapons. Stun is 10 seconds. Paralysis is 10 minutes.
**Tumble: Trips enemies and makes them drop their weapons. Humanoid monsters only.
**Body Part Loss Damage: Bleed damage when a limb is chopped off. Lasts for 2-3 minutes until the limb grows back.
**Silencing: Stops a person from talking, preventing them from using a Crystal's voice commands.
**Hate Points: SAO's Aggro system. Works on NPCs only.
**Movement Slow
**Curse
**Dizziness
**Poison
**Blindness
**Coma
**Bleeding
**Panic
**Stomachache
*Healing Crystals & Potions: Items that can be used to heal HP. Healing Crystals immediately bring the user back to 100% HP while Potions heal a set amount over time.
*Teleportation/Corridor Crystals: Items that can be used to teleport to a predetermined or set location.
Intelligence: Though he is academically average, Kirito has a high combat intelligence and can adapt to battles and situations on the fly. He has over 2 years of battle experience fighting for his life against both predictable NPCs and unpredictable players alike, developing a fighting style that revolves around tricking his opponents into doing what he wants through mind games and feints, or searching for any openings or weaknesses of the opponent on the fly and adapting his strategy to counteract that. His knack for finding patterns and adapting to situations has also led to him to develop multiple Outside System Skills to help in various situations, as well as notice things that most people wouldn't. Additionally, Kirito is very knowledgeable with computers and mathematics (e.g. he randomly computes the volume of the food he eats), and is extremely proficient in multitasking. He has an extremely good memory, as he remembers dozens upon dozens of Sword Skills and how to get into their pre-motions, nearly every single game mechanic, and piles of information on every single floor of Aincrad up to the 75th floor; using everything he has in his memory to his advantage in combat. WoG states that if there was no threat of death, Kirito would be able to get to the 75th floor from the beginning starting at level 1 with just his knowledge and experience alone.
Weaknesses:
*Normally composed and calculated when fighting, but fights with reckless abandon when he gets emotional. 
*Sword Skills have a slight post-motion stun at the end of them in exchange for increased power.
*Meditation requires at least twenty seconds of remaining in a "Zen" pose to activate (Sixty seconds if not leveled up, however Kirito's is, so this is a non-factor).
*Awakening's effect only lasts for a few seconds and when in extreme emotion.
*Because of Incarnation's passive nature based on the imagination and willpower of the individual, at worst, if the user thinks a situation is hopeless or impossible to succeed, Incarnation will instead have a negative effect and make that situation true.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
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Incarnation: A secret skill passed down by Integrity Knights since ancient times, and one of the most important concepts in the Sword Art Online franchise. Incarnation refers to the ability to change the state of the world through pure willpower and imagination. For any other virtual reality world, it is a system glitch, usually activated in times of extreme emotion or during extreme brain activity, allowing closer access to one's Fluctlight, or soul, to temporarily change the world around them. For residents of the Underworld, it is a constant passive that dictates whether they succeed or fail in anything. The more confident one is in their abilities and the more of a positive reputation they have, the more the world shall bend in their favor. It is the power which Sacred Arts derive from. Its effects are versatile, as the power has been used to wield invisible blades, create swords from the user's blood, transmute objects, increase the chances of an event happening, and much more. However, the power of an Incarnation ability can be matched by another Incarnation ability, and the use of Incarnation is mentally exhausting, requiring a lot of concentration and energy to perform. If the user is in a state where their will is not strong enough, they become unable to use Incarnation. There are a limited amount of people who can use Incarnation to its full potential, and much practice and experience are needed to be able to use it. This ability is most prominent in the Underworld, as this ability is one of that world's core mechanics. However this ability has also been shown multiple times throughout the series before the Alicization arc.
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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.
SAO Mislead.gif|Mislead
SAO Distinguish.gif|Distinguish
*(OuSS) Switch: A technique where two Players switch positions in-between an enemy's attack to recover Hit Points, chain attacks together without worrying about a post-motion stun, and/or burden the learning abilities of enemies if they are AIs.
*(OuSS) Mislead: After studying his foe's movement and response patterns and learning functions (such as that of an enemy AI's), Kirito moves outside of his foe's habitual predictions to throw them off.
*(OuSS) Arms Blast: Destroys the opponent's weapon by hitting its weak point, showing knowledge of a weapon's weakness.
*(OuSS) : The act of sensing hostile intention or killer intent, allowing the user to react against attacks and outside of their field of vision.
*(OuSS) Distinguish: Allows the user to eliminate background noise to focus on unnatural or certain sounds around him. Its range is unknown but it is notable in that this skill, along with Hypersense, allowed Kirito to react to a sniper bullet from a blind spot.
*(OuSS) : Imitating the user of Sword Skills without the system's assistance, removing the post-motion stun, but sacrificing the power and speed of the actual skill.
|-|Sword Skills=
SAO Vorpal Strike.gif|Vorpal Strike
SAO Embracer.gif|Embracer
SAO Sonic Leap.gif|Sonic Leap
SAO Starburst Stream.gif|Starburst Stream
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, . Also note that these may not be all of Kirito's Sword Skills, but simply most of the ones he has been shown to use.
*(SS) Embracer: An unarmed skill that is strong enough to punch through a chest plate with the user's hand, fingers straightened.
*(SS) : An unarmed skill that sends a mighty uppercut towards the enemy.
*(SS) Gengetsu: An unarmed skill that makes the user do a backflip and kick.
*(SS) Haganeri: A defense skill that increases the player's Defense for a single second to such an extent that their entire body becomes harder than a set of full plate armor. Activation requires the player to be unarmed and only wearing non-metallic armor.
*(SS) Escape: As the name suggests, it allows the user to escape from battle using martial arts.
*(SS) : A 2-hit Sword Skill that throws the user's sword up into the air, punches the enemy while it's in the air, then catch the sword to slash the enemy.
*(SS) - A 7-hit Sword Skill that combines one-hand sword attacks with unarmed combat moves.
*(SS) Cross Block: Brings two weapons together into a cross to block an attack.
*(SS) Horizontal: Slashes horizontally.
*(SS) : Slashes diagonally.
*(SS) Vertical: Slashes vertically.
*(SS) Cyclone: Spins and attacks the enemy.
*(SS) Sonic Leap: A Sword Skill that makes the user charge at the target at high speeds. It can be aimed at the sky as a jumping attack.
*(SS) : A Sword Skill that makes the user charge at the target at high speeds. It has longer reach than Sonic Leap, however it cannot be aimed towards the sky.
*(SS) Vorpal Strike: A Sword Skill Kirito most commonly uses and is what he considers the mark of the Black Swordsman. It is a high-speed thrusting attack done with one-hand swords and makes a jet engine-like noise when used, so it is not a very subtle attack. It has a notably longer post-motion than other Sword Skills.
*(SS) : A defensive Sword Skill. The skill is able to block regular attacks, however powerful skills still cause minor damage, as it is impossible to completely block such an attack with the skill. Additionally, the skill is capable of blocking flame and ice breaths, but is ineffective against lightning and poison.
*(SS) Horizontal Arc: Slashes horizontally twice.
*(SS) : Slashes vertically twice.
*(SS) : Slashes twice with the user's dual blades.
*(SS) : Slashes 3 times at the enemy.
*(SS) Vertical Square: A 4-hit Sword Skill that slashes four times vertically. After the skill is finished, a square, drawn with the four hits of this skill, continues to spin as it dissipates.
*(SS) : A 4-hit Sword Skill that slashes four times horizontally. After the skill is finished, a square, drawn with the four hits of this skill, continues to spin as it dissipates.
*(SS) Nova Ascension: The strongest one-handed Sword Skill. A 10-hit Sword Skill that is faster and stronger than any other previous one-handed Sword Skill.
*(SS) Starburst Stream: A devastating 16-hit Sword Skill that is extremely fast and is powerful enough to force the Gleam Eyes to try and catch it to stop the skill.
*(SS) : The strongest Dual Blades Sword Skill. It is a quick, 27-hit Sword Skill that is stronger in power than Starburst Stream. The entirety of the Sword Skill was used in Kirito's final fight with Heathcliff in SAO (but only a part of it was used in the anime).
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==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
Gintoki Sakata (Gintama) Gintoki Sakata's Profile (Starting Distance: 5m. Floor 100 Kirito and BoS Gintoki were used, speed was equalized and the battle took place in Aincrad)
Guts (Berserk) Guts' Profile (Starting Distance: 30m. Speed was equalized and the battle took place in a plain grass field. Floor 29-49 Kirito and End of Golden Age Guts were used)
Inconclusive:
Kouki Amanogawa (Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou) Kouki's Profile (Floor 100 Kirito vs Post-Orcus Kouki. Speed was equalized)
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