Aquaman (Post-Crisis)

## Summary

**Aquaman** is the ruler of Atlantis and the Earth's oceans, an Atlantean with incredible strength and speed as well as the ability to command all sea-life. Given the names **Orin** through his royal heritage and **Arthur Curry** by his human upbringing, he fights to protect both worlds using his mighty abilities and political influence. He is a founding member of the Justice League of America.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier: Varies** up to at least **2-C**, likely **2-A**

**Name:** Aquaman, Arthur Orin Curry, Dweller in the Depths, Swimmer, Waterbearer, Mental Man, Aquaboy, Water Wraith

**Origin:** DC Comics

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** In his 30s-40s

**Classification:** Atlantean, Founding member of the Justice League, Member of the Atlantean Royal Family

#### **Abilities:**

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Self-Sustenance (Can breathe underwater and survive in space), Stealth Mastery (Has performed infiltration with a camouflage suit), Weapon Mastery and Skilled Martial Artist (One of the most skilled Atlanteans in hand-to-hand combat), Genius Intelligence, Water Manipulation, Energy Projection and Weather Manpulation (With The Trident of Neptune), Mind Manipulation, Telepathy and Animal Manipulation (Able to tap into The Clear, which grants him a variety of telepathic abilities. This includes telepathic communication and control over any animal that has originated from the sea, the ability to induce seizures, breaking someone's mind, and almost removing alternate personalities. Moreover, It works on AI and the undead), Summoning (Can summon various sea-creatures), Precognition (Can use his telepathy to predict attacks and receive visions of the future), Enhanced Senses (Sight, smell, hearing. Can also use his telepathy as a source of vision), Memory Manipulation (Made an enemy forget he attacked them. Removed nearly all of The Shark's memories when he devolved him into a regular shark), Biological Manipulation (Regressed a sentient humanoid shark back into a regular shark), Fear Manipulation (Caused Kordax so much fear that he ended his own life and made every animal on the planet experience his fear), Psychometry (Can telepathically trace the origin of objects), Perception Manipulation (Made sharks attacking a fish look like a man committing suicide), Electricity Manipulation (His Hook Hand can channel electricity, Energy Manipulation, Water Manipulation and Ice Manpulation (Can turn the liquid hand into ice), Power Nullification (It negates and deconstructs magical enchantments, spells, and items), Regeneration (High-Low; Brought him back from the brink of death), Healing and Resurrection (Can heal others of physical wounds, mental ailments, and even resurrect the recently killed), Teleportation (to the secret sea), Shapeshifting, Density Manipulation (Control over the hand's shape/density, and can even send it into machines and into a man's head), Extrasensory Perception (Can perceive spirituality in water), Portal Creation and Dimensional Travel (Creates portals to different realities), Resistance to Mind Manipulation (Has broken out of and resisted the attacks of other Telepaths), Fear Manipulation (Broke out of Shark's induced fear), Pain Manipulation (Ignored pain that could immobilize Ocean Man), Heat Manipulation (Claimed he could withstand most temperature extremes. Survived being frozen in ice), Electricity Manipulation, Light Manipulation (Thanks to his enhanced eyesight, Aquaman is resistant to light abilities)

**Attack Potency:** **Varies** (Becomes progressively weaker the longer he is without water) up to at least **Universe level+**, likely **Multiverse level+** (Injured Despero. Evenly-matched with Kyle Rayner. Fought Superboy)

**Speed:** **Varies** (Becomes progressively weaker the longer he is without water) up to **Massively FTL+** likely **Immeasurable** Combat Speed (Kept up with Kyle Rayner and Superboy)

**Striking Strength:** **Varies** up to at least **Universal+**, likely **Multiversal+**

**Durability:** **Varies** up to at least **Universe level+**, likely **Multiverse level+**

**Stamina:** Superhuman outside of water; higher in water

**Range:** Extended Melee Range with his Hook Arm and Trident, Several Kilometers with most powers (Can cause storms and tidal waves drawn from miles away), Interdimensional with telepathy

**Standard Equipment:** Typically either has The Trident of Poseidon, His Hook-Hand, The Waterbearer Hand, or his Liquid Metal Hand

**Intelligence:** Genius. Aquaman is adept enough at complex cybernetic and mechanical engineering that he can reorganize the lost informational databases of the JLA Watchtower files and databases single handed. He has an advanced strategic sense, and has natural leadership qualities.

**Weaknesses:** Being without water for over an hour can weaken and eventually kill him, although the Waterbearer hand negates this, and he can even hydrate with blood if absolutely necessary. Prefers not to use his telepathy to directly control others, usually only using it to its full potential when pressed into a corner. His telepathy tends to be less effective on beings that are less related to sea-creatures, although this is sometimes ignored.