Summary
Ahriman, also known as Angra Mainyu is the Zoroastrian god of evil and the void, and the eternal opponent of Ahura Mazda, the supreme deity of light, life and righteousness, being the entity responsible for the creation of the world's plagues and evils, and governing legions of dark spirits known as "daēvas." He is said to have fought against Ahura Mazda long before the creation of the world, in a battle that ultimately resulted in him being defeated and cast into the depths of the abyss.
This relationship between the two, as well as Zoroastrianism's status as a monolatric religion, bring Ahriman in close proximity to the western conception of "Satan" or "The Devil" as a malign entity who rebels against God's light, and some even theorize that the figures of Ahriman and Ahura Mazda inspired such dichotomy to begin with.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 1-A
Name: Ahriman, Angra Mainyu.
Origin: Megami Tensei
Gender: Male.
Age: Inapplicable. Exists beyond the concept of time.
Classification: Demon, Archetype, Great One, Tyrant, God of the Void, Sponsor of the Reason of Shijima, Counterpart of Ahura Mazda
Powers and Abilities: Air Manipulation, Breath Attack, Cognitive Physiology (Archetype), Cosmic Awareness, Curse Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, Death Manipulation (Can inflict instant death on opponents with a 100% success rate using Hell's Call), Durability Negation (Halves the remaining health of all opponents with Unperishable Black), Electricity Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Existence Erasure, Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Magic, Power Nullification (Can seal away all healing abilities with Dark Baptism), Sleep Manipulation, Statistics Amplification and Reduction, Status Effect Inducement, Resistance Negation, Void Manipulation
Attack Potency: Outerverse level (The primary and most powerful demonic authority behind the Assembly of Nihilo, being considered the God of Shijima and the only deity powerful enough to sponsor Hikawa's Reason, thus putting him massively above the likes of Mot and by extension Baal, Metatron and Beelzebub. Stated to be a natural resident of the archetypal abyss of Atziluth, having battled Ahura Mazda long before the awakened world was even born, and holding his own domain in it in the form of the Tower of Ethics)
Speed: Immeasurable while incarnated. Omnipresent otherwise.
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable
Striking Strength: Outerverse level
Durability: Outerverse level (Can receive numerous attacks from foes as powerful as the Demi-Fiend and the late-game cast of Eternal Punishment. Did battle against Ahura Mazda, his equal and opposite in both power and status, in the mythical past, although was ultimately defeated and cast into the abyss)
Stamina: Infinite
Range: Outerversal
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Likely Nigh-Omniscient
Weaknesses: None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
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.
- Dekaja: Removes all buffs from all foes.
- Dekunda: Removes all debuffs from himself 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.
- Megidolaon: Unleashes a wave of destructive energy which deals heavy damage to all foes, tapping into the pale light of divinity that reigns over destruction itself and engulfing them in "the complete annihilation beyond death."
- 240,000,000,000 Evils: A dark spell that channels Ahriman's power and authority in order to deal massive damage to all neutral-aligned targets.
Notable Matchups
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Discussions
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