Ares (Marvel Comics)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Olympian Physiology:** Ares possesses the conventional superhuman physical attributes of an Olympian god. However, some of his powers are greater than that of most Olympians, such as:
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** Ares possesses superhuman strength greater than that of the vast majority of Olympians and can lift approximately 70 tons. Among the Olympians, his strength is equaled only by Pluto and Neptune and exceeded only by Hercules and Zeus.
	+ **Superhuman Speed:** Ares' superhumanly strong legs allow him to run and move at speeds greater than the finest human athlete.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina:** Ares musculature produces almost no fatigue toxins during physical activity. As a result, his body possesses almost limitless physical stamina in all activities.
	+ **Superhumanly Dense Tissue:** Like all Olympians, Ares' skin, muscles, and bones are about three times denser than similar human tissue, contributing to his superhuman strength and weight.
	+ **Superhuman Durability:** The tissues of Ares' body are considerably harder and more resistant to physical injury than the body of a human being and most gods. Ares is capable of withstanding great impact forces, exposure to extremes in both temperature and pressures, falls from great heights, and powerful energy blasts without sustaining injury in a level comparable to Thor. He takes full advantage of his great durability by performing many actions that would normally kill a human being. He has gone as far as Kamikaze feats and even lighting himself on fire and charging against his opponents as a living fireball. However, enchanted godly weapons such as Mjolnir, capable of destroying mountains upon impact, have been shown to injure him.
	+ **Superhuman Agility:** Ares' agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.
	+ **Superhuman Reflexes:** Ares' reflexes are in levels that is beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.
	+ **Limited Magic Ability:** While not as accomplished at magic as many of his fellow Olympians, Ares can sense the presence of other gods, demons, and the use of magic, call other gods, summon weapons from Olympus, and transport himself by teleportation to Olympus and to Earth at will. However, despite his limited magical skill, according to Amadeus Cho, Ares cannot fly, unlike certain others of the Olympian Twelve, such as his half-siblings Athena, Hermes, or Aphrodite. Even though not accomplished at magic, as an Olympian god Ares has the potential to use magic, and recreated Olympus after being wounded in a battle with Kyknos. He is also able to project an image of himself to communicate with others from far away.
	+ **True Immortality:** Like all Olympians, Ares is functionally immortal, more truly so than the Asgardians or Kami, who are merely considered long-lived, meaning he cannot die by any conventional means. He has not aged since reaching adulthood and is immune to the effects of aging. He is also immune to all known Earthly diseases and infections.
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor:** Despite Ares' high degree of resistance to physical injury, like all Olympians, he can be injured. However, Ares is capable of repairing damaged or destroyed tissue with superhuman levels of speed and efficiency. If injured, he can fully recover from penetration wounds in anywhere from minutes to hours, depending on the wound's severity. Despite of his ability to superhumanly heal, he is not capable of regenerating missing limbs or organs without the aid of outside magical forces.
	+ **Warfare Expertise:** Ares is an expert in all areas of warfare.
	+ **War Manipulation:** The ability to manipulate war, strife, combat and other forms of conflict Ares as God of War has the power to influence all forms of conflict including mental, physical, spiritual and conceptual ones, regardless of the area and numbers involved, control how they progress and draw power both from the conflict alone as well as the dying. Ares is naturally, extremely skilled in all forms of fighting, weapons and both strategy and tactics as well as statistics of war. Ares can start conflicts by influencing people or events, rise personal and fanatical armies, control and create weapons of every kind and even grant others extensive abilities of combat. Ares has the incredible power to invoke war and chaos within an enormously large radius, ranging from a city to an entire continent. With this power he has full control over the city or continent that is in war and chaos at the time.
	+ **Allspeak:** Like all Olympians, Ares can communicate in all languages, Earth's dialects, and various alien languages known as the Allspeak (also called *All-Tongue*).
* **Master Combatant:** Ares is a master of a variety of hand-to-hand combat skills and all of the ancient Greek forms armed and unarmed combat. Also, he has mastered all forms of weaponry, both modern and ancient. He is well versed in military tactics, torture, and combat engineering. Ares is one of the most talented and ruthless warriors that has ever fought on Earth.
* **Master Marksman:** He is extremely accurate in throwing projectiles and sharpshooting.
* **Master Tactician:** He has a vast amount of military history particularly focusing on battles and wars that involved Greek and Roman (or Italian) soldiers and armies.
* **Interrogation Expert:** Ares is well versed in various interrogation methods including torture.

## Equipment

* **Greek/Roman Javelins:**
* **Greek/Roman Axes:**
	+ **Native American Axes:**
* **Greek/Roman Swords:**
	+ **Arthurian Swords:**
* **Greek/Roman Maced Knives:**
* **Greek/Roman Shields:**
* **Greek/Roman Spears:**
	+ **Celtic Spears:**
* **Greek/Roman Flails:**
* **Roman Helmets:**
* **Middle Eastern Scimitars:**
* **Modern Weapons:**
	+ **Firearms:**
		- **Banner Cannon:**
		- **Shi'ar Sniper Rifles:**
	+ **Gases:**
	+ **Rays:**
	+ **Explosives:**
	+ **Hydra Blood Bullets:**
	+ **Tanks:**
* **Olympian Battle Armor:**
* ***Black Sword:***
* ***Gauntlets of Ares:*** Makes the wearer gain strength comparable to Hercules. He has since passed the *Gauntlets* on to his daughter Hippolyta.