Meruem

## **Origin:**

**Meruem,** also known as **The King (王おう, Ō),** is the most powerful offspring of the Chimera Ant Queen and the King of the Chimera Ants. He is the main antagonist of the Chimera Ant arc.

## **Powers:**

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Photographic Memory, Limited Immortality (Type 2, Chimera Ants can survive for a day after being decapitated), Nen Manipulation (Specialist; Meruem is the most powerful Nen user seen in the series, he was born with an aura quantity and output exceeding that of the Royal Guards in no small degree. He was born being able to use all the basic and advanced techniques instinctively. He defeated Netero without a combative Hatsu. His potential in Nen is certainly the greatest seen so far), Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant (Defeated Netero, the former greatest human Nen user alive, in combat while holding back), Enhanced Fear Manipulation (His Ren was so powerful it made Netero, Zeno and Pitou feel as though time had stopped), Pressure Points (Incapacitated Knuckle and Meleoron with pressure point strikes), Acrobatics (Meruem can move and attack from any angle easily), Reactive Evolution and Power Modification (Meruem can develop new abilities and improve them in a very short time being able to improve Pouf's and Youpi's abilities making them more practical and being able to use them on the first try), Accelerated Development (Learnt how to challenge a worldwide Gungi master after just reading the rules, rapidly improves at everything ranging from intellectually to physically. Could punch off Netero's leg and arm after realizing his attack patterns and rhythm. Meruem could use advanced Nen techniques after just being born and can easily manipulate aura, allocating it to any part of his body with ease. A feat that took Gon Freecss, a character described as having infinite potential, several weeks), Precognition (Due to his genius in Gungi and other strategy-based games he gained a supernatural foresight. After a while, he can see the opponents unconscious bias when they attack and act accordingly; against Netero who had limitless options of defense, he was able to identify his unconscious bias and take out his limbs), Power Absorption (By consuming a Nen user, he grows stronger, and if he eats enough, can also receive Nen abilities from the victim), Regeneration (Low-Mid with consumption), Immense Pain Tolerance (Ripped off his own arm without hesitation and showed no signs of pain) Enhanced Psychometry with En (En creates a barrier that allows users to feel the shape and movement of anything in the radius. Meruem's En is by far the most powerful, as it allows him to measure the shape, quality, emotion, and other informational content about the things the photons interact with), Improved Fear Manipulation and Enhanced Madness Manipulation (Type 3; Caused Welfin to physically age a hundred years from the fear he was feeling and also experience hallucinations, despite Welfin being a powerful Nen user in his own right. Meruem's Ren was so strong that his overprotective Royal Guards believed he was invincible and could beat anyone by sheer aura quantity alone. Meruem's murderous aura was able to petrify even Pouf), Body Control, Transformation and Flight (With Metamorphosis), Rage Power, Transformation, Berserk Mode, Self-Destruction (Possibly gained all of Youpi's powers after absorbing him due to how his power works), Energy Projection (With Rage Blast, Meruem can fire a concentrated blast of aura), Light Manipulation, Power Modification and Power Bestowal (Meruem can personally prepare an individual with a Nen ability that matches their talents and teach the individual how to use it. Shaiapouf did this for various Squadron Leaders: Leol, Cheetu, Welfin, Bloster and also to the Hunter Palm. He does this by enveloping the target in a cocoon. He planned on doing this to at least 50,000 soldiers, Meruem most likely absorbed his ability to do this), Biological Manipulation (The cocoon turns humans into Chimera Ant hybrids), Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Transmutation and Telepathy (Can transmute his aura into photons. It has the same effect as Shaiapouf's Spiritual Massage, and he can detect lies with it. Possibly gained all of Pouf's powers after absorbing him due to how his power works; can read the minds of those his aura has touched and detected lies), Duplication, Size Manipulation, Regeneration (High-Mid for the Core. Meruem's core, which is the size of a Bee, must be destroyed to kill him. High for his clones; Meruem's clones must be destroyed at the atomic level otherwise they will be able to reform continuously), Small Size (Type 2; The Core can shrink to the size of a Bee, Type 5 for clones which can split up to be nano-size), Shapeshifting (With Body Reconstruction, Meruem can alter his face, physique, and even his voice), Poison Inducement (Those who have prolonged contact with him also become poisoned), Resistance to Poison Manipulation (Resisted the poison from the Rose Bomb for some time which is quite possibly the most powerful poison known to man, although he ultimately succumbed), Electricity Manipulation and Magma Manipulation (Should gain Youpi's resistances after absorbing him)

## **Attack Potency/Destructive Capabilities:**

**Small Town Level+ ( Meruem was the strongest character we had seen up until this point in the story with the only characters being able to compete being the Royal guard , adult Gon and netero ) |Small City Level ( after the rose bomb he is now practically unstoppable even dwarfing Adult Gon and Netero in power by thousands of times the only thing that can kill him is the poison circulating in his system ).**

## **Speed:**

**Hypersonic+ ( one of the fastest characters in the verse could walk by netero and zeno without them even noticing.Was blitzing squadron leaders who could keep up with High level Hunters also much faster than the royal guard ) | Massively Hypersonic ( much faster after the rose explosion )**

## **Durability:**

**Small Town Level+ ( Meruem was the strongest character we had seen up until this point in the story with the only characters being able to compete being the Royal guard , adult Gon and netero ) |Small City Level ( after the rose bomb he is now practically unstoppable even dwarfing Adult Gon and Netero in power by thousands of times the only thing that can kill him is the poison circulating in his system ).**

## **Weaknesses:**

After meeting and making close bonds with Komugi, he slowly lost his cruel and violent nature and was implied to try to coexist peacefully with humans. Zetsu involves keeping one's aura exclusively in the body, it makes a Nen user more vulnerable to physical, and nen attacks, because one doesn't have any aura on the outside of one's body to protect oneself. | Same as before, Meruem suffers poisoning from the Miniature Rose Bomb, and will slowly die after an extended period because of it.