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493Arceus
According to the legends of Sinnoh, this Pokémon emerged from an egg and shaped all there is in this world.
~ Arceus' Pokédex entry in Pokémon SoulSilver
It is described in mythology as the Pokémon that shaped the universe with its 1,000 arms.
~ Arceus' Pokédex entry in Pokémon Diamond

Summary

Arceus is a Mythical Pokémon who is the leader and creator of the "Creation Trio" formed by Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, as well as the "Lake Trio" formed by Mesprit, Uxie, and Azelf, making it a Trio Master, and the only one who is that of two different trios.

By bringing the trios into existence, Arceus created and shaped the fabric of reality in the Pokémon multiverse, making it the single most powerful known entity in the franchise.

Powers and Stats

Tier: Low 1-C | Low 1-C

Key: Avatars | True Form (The Heart/Original Spirit)

Name: Arceus, All-God, Original Spirit, Original One, The Heart

Origin: Pokémon

Gender: Genderless

Age: Predates existence itself

Classification: Mythical Pokémon, Alpha Pokémon

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Types 1, 3 and 9; Is immortal, although his life becomes more limited without his plates[1]. Mid; has Recover, which allows users to regenerate[2], is the physical manifestation of the Heart[3]), Limited Higher-Dimensional Existence (Is the physical manifestation of the Heart[4], through which it views and interacts with the world[5]), Dimensional Travel (Arceus lives in his own separate dimension outside the multiverse that he can enter and leave[6] at will), Intangibility (Appeared to the player as light[7] throughout the opening sequence of PLA), Dream Manipulation (Eternal Battle Reverie is accessed by going to sleep and meeting Arceus in a dream, with Pokémon being able to gain experience, evolve and players wake up with items they won in the dream[8]. Every Dream in Pokémon is another reality [9], and characters can physically enter the dreams of others if they have the means to do so[10]. Upscaled From Dream Eater Users who eat dreams, Upscaled From Darkrai who can manipulate dreams. And some can manifest these dreams into their reality with Dream Mist[11]. Dream Mist can also be used to reproduce the dreams of other Pokémon in their reality[12]. Upscaled From Mismagius, who can can create a dream that felt so real, it was only figured out after victims saw inconsistencies[13]. Upscaled From Beheeyem, who created a dream world where he was invulnerable and opponents defenses mean't nothing, being able to create multiple moons, a flying saucer, become extremely fast and even become a giant inside the dream[14]), Creation (Can create Pokémon to fight the Trainers. This includes powerful Pokémon like Origin Form Dialga, Palkia, and even Unown[15]. In the absence of his plates, Arceus summoned and used Unown to recreate the Creation Trio[16]), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1. Emanated the concept of time, space, willpower, emotions and knowledge into existence, space and time having originated from within the Heart. Upscaled from the Creation Trio who could erase the concept of spirit[17]. Spirit/Mind is embodied by the Lake Trio[18], which dictates metaphysical aspect of existence, with some beings being able to exist on a mental level[19]. There are likely many more, as gods and goddesses representing various aspects of the multiverse have been mentioned to exist, including god of death, goddesses of the earth and many unnamed ones, with some Pokémon being rumored to be incarnations of these beings), Existence Erasure (Upscaled From The Creation Trio, who were passively erasing a dimension while fighting[20]. Volo was planning to use Arceus power in order to erase the universe in an instant and create a brand-new world and only failed when the player defeated him), Healing (Can heal HP and PP to max[21] under player request in Eternal Battle Reverie. Scales vastly above Mew who could easily heal a large number of Pokémon[22]), Technology Manipulation (Created the Arc Phone[23] for the player, which can mark locations the player has to visit, materialize caves out of nowhere, amongst others. Vastly weaker Pokémon like Mew can disable and reactivate all electrical equipment[24]), Power Bestowal (Nobel Pokémon are blessed by Arceus, and are under his protection, hence they cannot be caught[25], and they're larger and stronger than their species. Arceus granted humans psychic powers, which they can use to instantly grow crops, block attacks as well as seal Pokémon as powerful as Hoopa[26]), Self-Sustenance (Types 1 and 3;it can survive in space[27], can fight the player indefinitely in the Eternal Battle Reverie[28]), Cosmic Awareness (Arceus always watches over humans and Pokémon[29]), Energy Projection (Can be used for various ranged attacks[30]. Many ranged Pokémon attacks fall under this), Reality Warping and Subjective Reality (With Unown's power, one can make anything and can be anything. They're capable of making new realities, altering the world using thoughts and dreams of others. Amongst the being able to recreate landscapes from picture books, making breathable water, and generally manifest the dreams of Hale. Just from desiring to become a Pokémon trainer and going to sleep, her dream creates a copy of her that can act independently of the original, has decent physicals, and can alter appearance to age up to 18 or to the body of a ten year old. The copy creates Pokeballs in her hand that summon seemingly real Pokémon. These Pokémon are powerful enough to defeat Brock without much trouble as well as Misty. Can believe her creations to victory with this power[31]), Elemental Manipulation (Can use all the powers of the 18 Pokémon Types through its Plates, which include Fire, Water, Dark, Flying, Normal, Fighting, Grass, Dragon, Ground, Rock, Steel, Ghost, Fairy, Poison, Psychic, Electric, Ice and Bug), Life Manipulation (Created the Jewel of Life from its Plates[32]. Can reduce HP by 20% the max HP[33] under player request in Eternal Battle Reverie. Scales vastly above Pokémon like Xerneas, who restored life to everything Yvelta had petrified and taken their lives[34]. Dialga, an aspect of Arceus, could restore life to an entire planet[35]), Invulnerability and Power Nullification (The plates can negate any attack[36], with each plate corresponding to a specific type of power. This ranges from physical attacks, psychic attacks, spiritual attacks, Magical attacks, Draconic attacks as well as elemental attacks and various forms of power nullifications like Eternatus power nullification, which could nullify all Pokémon atttacks including various forms of power nullification, attack reflection, power mimicry and more powers, Can also release a shockwave which negates the current effects of the opponents' abilities[37]. Scales vastly above Good As Gold, which negates all status moves which tries to affect it[38] , status moves being any attack which do not directly inflict damage, which ranges from curse manipulation, mind manipulation, sealing, power nullification and many more. Has a vastly superior version of this ability called First Law[39] which negates all effects excluding damage which tries to affect the user, and Metal Barrier[40] which negates all effects including damage, both of which are variations of the nullification power of his plates ), Acausality (Types 1. Unaffected by changes in history unless he allows them[41] and 4. Giratina is an aspect of Arceus who exists beyond the concepts of time and space. It runs on different logic and laws with distorted causality[42]physics doesnt make sense and the world is under the complete control of Giratina), Non-Physical Interaction (All Pokémon can affect ghosts[43] with a vast majority of their attacks[44]. As the Origin of All things in the Multiverse, Plates should be able to interact with any state of being of any individual that is part of it, Such as Souls, Abstracts[45], Nonexistent entities and some beings can interact and give form to those existing on a mental level[46] or those existing between dreams and reality, and can only be interacted with by using a special device called Dream Radar[47], and those who can exist in the data world as programs [48]. Some Pokémon can even interact with dreams[49] and feed on Emotions[50]), Body Control (The plates are parts of him, they cannot and will not break and he can separate them from its body and re-absorb them back[51]), Power Bestowal (Plates holds the essence of each type and are the origin of all the Pokémon powers [52]), Power Absorption (Can absorb the essence of someone's powers as he did with Giants in mythology [53], which gives him full control as well as immunities to powers that stems from them), True Flight, Status Effect Inducement and Resistance Negation (Can inflict status condition on Pokémon regardless of whether its Type makes them Immune[54] to them in Eternal Battle Reverie. Scales vastly above abilities like Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze which ignores abilities that negatively affect the success, damage, or effects of a move. Miracle Eye negates Dark type immunity to psychic attacks. Mycelium Might[55] allows users to ignore abilities that suppress/negates its use of status moves like Statistics Reduction, Power Mimicry, Power Nullification, Attack Reflection and many more), Information Manipulation (Type 1. Upscaled from Uxie, who has dominion over knowledge[56]), Danmaku (Judgment is depicted as a rapid downpour of dozens of bolts of energy in the games[57]), Empathic Manipulation (Upscaled From Mesprit, who can throw emotions in disarray[58]. Upscaled from Inkay who can make opponents lose the will to fight[59]. Upscaled from "Attract" users, who can cause the opposite gender to fall in love with them[60]), Earth Manipulation (Via Earth Power. Vastly superior to Groudon who raised the continents on Earth[61]), Purification (Type 1, 2 and 3 via Refresh, which removes burn, paralysis or poison from the user. Upscaled From Shaymin, who can dissolve toxins in the air to instantly transform ruined land into a lush field of flowers[62] and Celebi who can purify shadow pokemon), Incorporeality and Illusion Negation (Foresight can negate ghost incorporeality, as well as negate all illusions in the area[63]), Madness Manipulation (Type 2 & 3. Arceus can drive others out of their minds[64]. Scales vastly above Zoroark who can create illusion malice powerful enough to drive anyone who sees it to insanity due to their terror[65]), Resurrection (Dialga, an aspect of Arceus brings back to life someone who had been been erased from time[66]), Space-Time Manipulation, Time Travel and Time Stop (Stops a wave of spatial distortion in its tracks that was annihilating all matter in its path, not even the Creation Trio could stop it[67]. Upscaled From Dialga. Dialga has the power to warp, destroy, and create time as well as to slow down, speed up and stop time and can negate time travelling[68]. Upscaled from Palkia, the God of Space. Palkia has the power to warp, destroy, and create space. Dialga and Palkia created Space-Time Distortion where the past became the present and a single step forwards will warp you into a different location[69]. Upscaled From Celebi, who can travel through time[70]), Age Manipulation (Upscaled From Dialga, who can create a light which reverts the age of whoever is exposed to it until they completely disappear.[71] Fires beams in all directions that regress any Pokémon they hit into eggs and de-ages humans by several years. This causes Pokémon to forget moves and devolve into eggs as well as forget other learned abilities, cause flowers to unbloom, and effects begin to spread to the main universe[72]), Telekinesis (Stops several falling people and Pokémon in midair, undoes all of the damage to a cavern, and removes the harness off of every Pokémon. Scales vastly above Psychic Type Pokémon, who can move objects with their mind[73]. Average psychic types like Mr. Mime can manipulate and lift dozens of objects simultaneously while cooking[74]. Slowking could lift an island with telekinesis[75])

The Plates have access to every power shown in the series as the origin of it all. This would include: Damage Boost (Pokémon that use a move[76]whose type is identical to their own[77] will deal much more damage than usual[78]), Accelerated Development (Battle; Physical Stats, Abilities. Pokémon will become more experienced from fights than they normally should[79] if they fight smarter opponents such as trainers, love their trainers enough or vice versa[80], are traded to a different trainer, watch their trainers catch a Pokémon, or even watch other Pokémon beat opponents. Pokémon can gain EXP just by eating food[81]. When one truly treasures another and fights to protect them, their strength is magnified manyfold.[82]), Rage Power (Pokémon get stronger[83] when they are angry[84]), Regeneration (Mid. Numerous Pokémon[85] have simply[86] regenerated[87] from being[88]crushed flat; Mid-High over time. Pokémon can seemingly come back from being completely incinerated in lava[89] and from having their bones picked clean and thrown in water[90]), Probability Manipulation and Supernatural Luck (Upscaled From Victini, who can bring victory regardless of encounter[91]. Upscaled from Kadabra, who's presence infests Tvs with shadows that bring bad luck[92]), Attack Reflection (Upscaled From Mewtwo who can reflect attacks, and Magic Bounce users, which passively reflects non-damaging moves back to the target. Arceus could casually reflect attacks in the absence of all his plates[93]. Mirror Armor which reflects negative stat changes that tries to affect the user[94]. Mirror Coat reflects all special attacks while counter reflects all physical attacks[95]. Other uses shown here[96]), Law Manipulation and Physics Manipulation (Has the power to control the natural order of things[97]. Created The Distortion world where the logic of the Pokémon world does not apply, physics don't make any sense and the entire world is under the complete control of Giratina[98]. Trick Room creates a space where the fastest character becomes the slowest, and the slowest, fastest[99]), Damage Transferal (Upscaled from Jynx who can create an ice sculpture of a person and whatever damage is done to it is reflected on the target[100]), Fate Manipulation (Upscaled From Jirachi. Jirachi granted Bidoof its wish, a wish for a friend he could share what he learns with and in turn causes MC to meet his Partner after Darkrai's attack during the time travel which would cause him to become amnesiac and transform into a Pokémon and therefore meeting Bidoof, which is what caused the events of Explorers of the sky to begin[101]. Destiny Bond links the opponents fate with your own such that if the user goes down, the opponent goes down with it[102]), Body Puppetry (Instruct forces the opponent to repeat his last used move, and he can be directed to use it on something/someone else[103]. "Encore" forces the opponent to only use the last move[104]), Duplication (Upscaled from Mew, who could split itself into different Pokémon and merge[105]), Aura (Upscaled from Lucario, who can speak to Sir Aaron over long distances by transmitting his aura through crystals, he can sense and see the aura of all living things, senses Sir Aaron's aura while he's encased in crystal, can use this sense to see entire landscapes, can use his aura to navigate his surroundings perfectly, even while blinded, can sense approaching danger [106]), Abstract Existence (Type 1. Upscaled from Unown, who could merge with Larvitar's mind and sent Ash and his friends into it[107]), Psychometry (Upscaled From Mega Alakazam, who can see the course of a person's life from birth to death, with but a glance[108] ), Precognition and Retrocognition (Upscaled from Calyrex, who can see the past and future[109]. Upscaled from Poliwrath who can read moves before they're used[110]), Sealing (Arceus gave humans powers, which they used to seal Hoopa's powers[111]. Upscaled From Mew via Imprison which seals any power the user also has. Grudge seals the attack that caused the Pokémon to faint, rendering it useless[112]), Forcefield Creation (Upscaled from Spiritomb, who can trap and nullify an attack by enveloping it in psychic field and can use that attack later[113]. Upscaled from Mr. Mime who created a forcefield that was invulnerable to physical attacks but could be bypassed by energy-type beings[114]), Acid Manipulation (Upscaled From Victreebel, who's poison can dissolve anything[115], and many Poison Type Pokémon who use "Acid" Move, including Aarbok, who's acid is mentioned to be able to melt objects into "yogurt"[116]), Astral Projection (Upscaled from Uxie, who can project its soul from its body[117]), BFR (Upscaled From Dialga, who can send others across various points in time[118]), Micro-Black Hole Creation (Upscaled From Gardevoir, who can create a mini-BlackHole with its psychic powers[119]), Possession (Upscaled from spiritomb who can use its spirits to fully possess people[120]), Broadway Force (Upscaled From Mr. Mime Via Teeter Dance, and various Pokémon who can cause others to dance by dancing[121]), Teleportation Negation (Upscaled from "Mean Look" which negates all forms of escape, including teleportation[122]), Camouflage (Upscaled From Starmie, and other "Camouflage" users who can render themselves invisible), Curse Manipulation (Upscaled From Ghost Type Pokémon like Mismagius, who can curse others with headaches and hallucinations among other things[123]. Upscaled from "Curse" user, who by sacrificing a part of its own health, it can cast a curse that continually damages its opponent), Damage Transferal (Upscaled From Pain Split Users, who divide user's damage between themselves and opponents), Data Manipulation And Immersion (The Digital World is an actual place humans can be sent to by converting them into programs, and programs can affect the real world, as was the case with the anti virus program[124]), Death Manipulation And Petrification (Upscaled from Yvelta who can absorb the life[125] of others, petrifying them in the process[126]), Disease Manipulation (Upscaled From Mimikyu, seeing his true form can cause one to die of unknown disease[127]), Hive Mind (Upscaled From Sird, who can implant her consciousness in multiple people[128]), Electricity Manipulation (Upscaled From Electric Type Attacks, which uses electricity. Zapdos of whom can produce unlimited electricity[129]), Healing And Regeneration Negation (Mid-High. Upscaled from Heal Block, which nullifies all HP recovery moves, amongst them would include Recover, which other Pokémon use to regenerate [130]), Forcefield Negation (Via "Unseen Fist" which ignores barrier moves), Empowerment (Upscaled From Regidrago via Sand Rush and Swift Swim. Various weather conditions boosts the powers of Pokémon), Enhanced Senses (Upscaled From Abra who can sense others and use his powers even while asleep[131]), Fear Manipulation (Upscaled from Mimikyu. The shock of seeing Mimikyu's true form killed a human[132]. Meowth died from the shock of seeing it.[133]), Information Analysis (Upscaled From Alakazam, who can instantly discern his opponents weakness[134]), Memory Manipulation (Upscaled From Mewtwo, and various psychic type Pokémon like Beheeyem, who can rewrite memories[135]. Mewtwo could alter the memories of Nurse Joy and wipe it with a wave of his hand. Wipes the memories of everyone involved in the first movie from a good distance away. Also seems to affect people outside of his castle, as no one back on the mainland seem to remember a group of trainers traveling to New Island[136]), Mind Manipulation (Upscaled from Gimmighoul, who can control others to collect coins for it[137]. Upscaled from various psychic, ghost and dark type pokemon, who can control minds), Illusion And Perception Manipulation (Upscaled From Gengar, who was able to control the perception of a trainer and her pokemon[138]. Upscaled from Zoroark, who can create powerful illusions that can deceive hundreds of targets and even machines[139]), Power Modification (Upscaled from Psychic Inver, who can make resistances weaknesses and weaknesses resistances[140]), Soul Manipulation (Upscaled to Ghost Type Pokémon like Gengar, who can interact and remove souls from others[141]. Upscaled from Calyrex, who can use Spectrier's Aura into a large, black, mist-like mass which absorbs the life-force and the souls of the nearby living things like a black hole[142]. Upscaled from Manaphy, who could swap the souls of Team Rocket), Sound Manipulation (Upscaled from hyper voice users, who can harm others with their screams, with Whismur having a cry above 100 decibels[143]), Statistics Amplification (Upscaled from Opportunist, which boosts stats as much and as long as the opponent boosts theirs[144]. Via Bulk Up, Agility, Quiver Dance and many more which can increase attack power, defense, speed and accuracy. Contrary increases statistics for when they would be decreased and vice versa. Upscaled from Guard Swap, Speed Swap, Power Swap and Heart Swap, which switches defense, speed, attack and all stat changes between user and target. As well as as Guard Split and Power Split which averages defense and attack stat with target), Statistics Reduction (Via Baby-Doll-Eyes, Leer, Captivate and many more which can decrease opponents attack power, defense, speed and accuracy. Upscaled from Spectral Thief, which returns the target’s raised stats to normal and raises the user’s stats by the same amount), Status Effect Inducement (Via Sleep Powder, Toxic, Thunder Wave and many more, which can cause paralysis, sleep and poison opponents), Summoning (Upscaled to Hoopa Unbound, who can summon Pokémon under his control[145]), Teleportation (Much weaker Pokémon like Cosmog, who repeatedly teleported Ash's friends to locations across Alola and back to the school based on what they were thinking about[146]. Teleported Lillie to multiple places in her memories, without touching her[147]. Mr. Mime could use it to swap items with others.[148]), Telepathy (Upscaled From various Psychic Type Pokémon, who can speak telepathically with others[149]), Transmutation (Upscaled From Sabrina, who can convert humans into dolls[150]), Weather Manipulation (Via hail, rain dance, sunny day, sandstorms, defog and many others that can cause rain, summon the sun, cause sandstorms or remove weather effects), Power Mimicry (Upscaled from Marshadow who can copy the powers and techniques of others, eventually getting more powerful than those its copying[151]. Upscaled from Smeargle, who can copy the powers of others[152]. Upscaled from Belsprout who can copy the exact same attacks of others[153]), Necromancy (Scales vastly above Pokémon like Gastly, who can resurrect dead Pokémon as zombies who are incorporeal[154]), Absolute Zero (Via Sheer Cold. Upscaled From Calyrex, who can reach temperatures of −300 °C[155]), Berserk Mode (Via Outrage. Upscaled from Beedrill, Dragonite, Rayquaza and more. All Shadow Pokémon are in constant berserk state.), Breaking the Fourth Wall (Upscaled From Team Rocket who Can directly Speak and take over from the Narrator. Can directly interact with the narrator[156]), Homing Attack (Lock On allows the user to lock in on the opponent, causing the users attacks to not miss them[157]), Photographic Memory (Upscaled From Alakazam, who never forgets anything[158]) , Pain Manipulation (Whismur, Hatterene and Alakazam can induce headaches), Size Manipulation (Upscaled from Clefairy who can shrink itself to an almost unseeable size[159]. Sabrina could use her psychic powers to shrink humans to doll size[160]), Mr. Mime created a mirror that makes everything backwards from what they are ie. Friends became enemies, a good swimmer was sinking, characters were speaking backwards, and so on[161])

Resistance to Power Mimicry, Power Absorption and Power nullification (Only the rightful bearer of the plate draws from the power it holds[162], and the rightful bearer is the only one who can use it because the plates are fragments of Arceus[163] and it has MultiType, which is what you'd need to be able to use the plates powers cannot be copied, modified or suppressed in any way. The plates are useless for anyone, and excess energy from it that hit Heatran manifested into its own sentient being, taking control of it rather than give it the power directly[164]), Mind Manipulation and Telepathy (Resisted the combined telepathic technique of Sheena and her ancestor which transcends space and time[165] and was able to effect the Creation Trio), Space-Time Manipulation and Reality Warping (The Creation Trio who are aspects of it can freely move in cracks of reality and space-time.[166] Isn't affected from space-time distortions either. Arceus physically broke out of warped space even in the absence of Draco Plate[167]), Elemental Manipulation (With the exception of Normal Type, each Type has a Type that it can resist, which allows Arceus to resist attacks by swapping to a type that has the resistance, which include Fire, Water, Dark, Flying, Fighting, Grass, Dragon, Ground, Rock, Steel, Ghost, Fairy, Poison, Psychic, Electric, Ice and Bug) Absolute Zero and Status Effect Inducement (The Icicle Plate turns him into an ice type, making him immune to Sheer Cold, and is immune to paralysis, poison, burns, freezing, binding, powders, and being seeded with the Zap, Toxic, Flame, Icicle, Spooky, and Meadow plate respectively), Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiations (Completely immune to the effects of outer space[168])

All the powers and abilities of its avatars, as well as physiologies of everything in existence as they're all parts of him, including Higher-Dimensional Existence, Avatar Creation, Large Size (Type 10) and Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 2. Prior to all existences , the Spirit was the Primordial Consciousness which contained within itself, everything in an undivided whole. Everything exists within the Spirit, and the world only expands as it enriches[169]. The undivided state of all existence was the chaos from which His avatar sprang forth[170]. With all concepts and existences being within it, this includes everything from the main multiverse to his Avatar's higher dimension.[171] All of them existing as inner workings), Conceptual Manipulation (The Heart predates the power system used within the cosmology, as the fragments of his manifestation, Arceus holds the essence of each Type[172], and expresses a type of power used in the multiverse, including the essence of Soul, Mind, Normalcy, and even Fighting Spirit. The powers of plates are shared amongst Pokémon[173], which is built into their genetic structure. The plates in its entirely exists as the foundation of the multiverse, the very essence of all creation[174] and Pokémon are born around this foundation, with Pokémon being able to be born from anything at all, whether energy, charcoal, abstractions, sludge, viruses, programming code, reincarnations amongst others), Abstract Existence (Type 1) and Nonexistent Physiology (It exists purely as a Heart; 心, Primordial Consciousness that is both immanent[175] within the multiverse as well as unlimited by it's boundaries[176]. Nature 2, Aspect 1, 2, 3 and 5. It exists as an archetypal being that is the source of all that exists, whether physical, metaphysical or nonexistent[177], all of which exists as aspects of himself. Existing in everything including realms conceptually devoid of spirit[178] which dictates metaphysical existence. With everything being a part of its existence as The Heart[179], which would include the primordial nothingness that precedes[180] the concept of nonexistence that Giratina embodies), Transduality (Type 2; They are the "God who transcends everything", that is both a part of everything and outside everything, beyond both time and space and the Distortion world having percieved them into creation. The Distortion World being nothingness that is a reverse of the world, that mirrors all its concepts; both material and metaphysical, forming a eseential balance as the world's reflection.)

Attack Potency: Low Complex Multiverse level (Arceus is the "God who transcends everything"[181] whose realm is beyond both time and space[182]. Being farther than Giratina's reach[183], and the realms of The Creation Trio, including Giratina's which lacks the concept of both time and space[184], and Palkia's which has domain over both the parallel dimensions[185] and the directions[186], with the Creation Trio members also being their own realms themselves.[187]) | Low Complex Multiverse level (The Heart/Original Spirit is the True Form of Arceus. An Archetype of which everything is a part of, The Heart treats the Pokémon reality, which is made of countless to likely infinite universes and it's avatar and their realm, as existing within its consciousness, and part of it, of which the cosmology only expands as its consciousness enriches.[188])

Speed: At least Massively FTL+, likely Infinite (Should at least be faster than Pokémon like Necrozma) | Omnipresent (It exists in everything and nowhere at once, and observes all creation. Its consciousness extends beyond time and space[189])

Lifting Strength: At least Class Z, likely far higher (Immensely superior to the likes of Necrozma) | Immeasurable

Striking Strength: Low Complex Multiverse level | Low Complex Multiverse level

Durability: Low Complex Multiverse level | Low Complex Multiverse level

Stamina: Infinite (Arceus tells the player that they can fight for as long as they wish it. This is also supported by the name of the challenge, being the Eternal Battle Reverie, going on indefinitely) | Infinite

Range: Extended Melee Range; Low Complex Multiversal with attacks and abilities | Low Complex Multiversal

Standard Equipment: Its Plates, which represent each of the 19 Pokémon types. Arceus also can use the 18 Z-Crystals as they function the same way as the Plates

Intelligence: Omniscient (The Heart holds all creation as part of itself, existing purely as consciousness that holds the concept of knowledge, Uxie; who has dominion of knowledge in the multiverse, as an extension/aspect of it's avatar)

Weaknesses: Depending on which Plates it is missing, it can be hindered or damaged by specific types of attacks (while missing the Earth, Meadow, Draco, Zap, and Splash Plates, Ash's Pikachu was able to momentarily hinder it with Thunderbolt) | None notable

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

  • Multitype: Arceus is able to switch types based on the plates it holds, gaining new powers and resistances.
  • Omnipotent: A series of abilities that appeared in Pokémon Conquest, it grants Arceus the ability to heal minor wounds between trades, strike incorporeal targets, see the immediate future, and ignore defensive bonuses and resistances.
  • Spatial/Temporal Warp: As the creator of Palkia and Dialga, Arceus is capable of wiping things from space-time.

  • Judgement: Arceus can fire powerful beams of energy and light at the sky that fall down and hit its opponents. This attack changes type depending on what type Arceus currently is and is powerful enough to cause the likes of Dialga and Palkia to stagger with a single direct hit.
  • Flamethrower: Arceus can shoot a stream of pure flames from its face.
  • Blizzard: Arceus can shoot ice storms of very low temperatures at its targets.
  • Twister: Arceus can blow one or two powerful Dragon-type twisters from its face at opponents.
  • Time Stop: Arceus can stop time itself.
  • Extreme Speed: Arceus immediately strikes the foes with great force, which is virtually impossible to properly react to.
  • Gravity: Arceus pins its foe down by rapidly increasing gravity around its target.
  • Refresh: Arceus cleanses itself, removing any inhibitory status effects such as paralysis, burns, and poison.
  • Perish Song: Arceus lets out a melody that instantly incapacitates all who hear it (including Arceus itself) after a set amount of time.
  • Earth Power: Arceus shifts the earth under its target to release a massive upheaval of energy.
  • Recover: Arceus concentrates its internal energies, quickly healing most wounds.
  • Future Sight: Arceus prepares a powerful psychic attack which strikes the opponent later on. It ignores moves like Protect and Detect, meaning barriers and precog don't help against it. Future Sight has a second ability that allows the user to see into the future.
  • Cosmic Power: Arceus absorbs a cosmic power to boost its defense and special defense.
  • Punishment: Arceus physically strikes the opponent with a dark attack that increases in power the more the opponent boosts their stats.
  • Hyper Voice: Arceus lets off an extremely loud roar that damages the opponent. It also bypasses moves like Substitute.
  • Natural Gift: Arceus attacks by drawing power from its held berry. The Type and power are dependent on the berry in question. This also consumes the berry.
  • Seismic Toss: The target is thrown using the power of gravity. It inflicts damage equal to the user's level.
  • Hyper Beam: Arceus fires off a destructive beam of energy. Unlike most Pokémon it doesn't appear to need to recharge afterwards.
  • Outrage: Arceus rampages and attacks for a while. If there are multiple opponents each series of attacks will be directed at a random one. This leaves Arceus confused afterwards.
  • Shadow Claw: Arceus slashes at its opponent with a sharp claw made from shadows.

Note 1: There has been rampant confusion over whether or not Arceus was the one who actively created the Pokémon multiverse due to a statement in the movie Arceus and the Jewel of Life. In the games, the primary canon, it is insisted that Arceus established the fundamental laws of the Multiverse, but the Creation Trio are the ones who actively formed it.

Note 2: A frequently brought up topic is the fact that Arceus was incapacitated by a simple meteor in the movie Arceus and the Jewel of Life. According to director Yuyama, Arceus was too powerful for the scenario to work in its original setting, which is that of an Omnipotent and Omniscient being, so he decided to create drama by making it incomplete with missing plates, and to make it more convincing by including a time-slip sequence to solve the problem, making this a classic case of Plot-Induced Stupidity. More explained in the link provided.

Note 3: The word for Heart "kokoro", is used mostly to refer to the metaphysical existence that represents a human being, that is, what you would call a soul, or a mind. In the context of Pokémon, Heart is used Interchangeably with Mind or Spirit and it means the same thing, Awareness/Perception. Not unlike the Hindu concept of Brahman. However, due to the fact that it precedes the concept of human spirit, as well as encompassing everything including realms conceptually devoid of spirit, it can be said that it is of a different nature or higher order than conventional Awareness

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Notable Victories:

Notable Losses:

Inconclusive Matches:

Alien X (Ben 10) Alien X's Profile (Avatars Arceus was used; Both characters were bloodlusted; Starting Distance: 30 meters; Speed was equalized)

Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog) Sonic´s profile (Super Sonic and Arceus in his "Avatar" key were being used. Speed was equalized)

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