Ares (God of War)

“	I have taught you many ways to kill a mortal, Kratos. Flesh that burns, bones that break. But to break a man's spirit is to truly destroy him.	„
	~ Ares to Kratos

Summary

Ares (Greek: Ἄρης) was the original Olympian God of War, and the son of Zeus and Hera. He was the main antagonist of the first God of War game, and the perpetrator of the events of the God of War comics and subsequently, God of War: Ascension. He set the events of the series into motion by bestowing the Blades of Chaos onto Kratos and then tricking him into killing his family and turning him into the Ghost of Sparta, which eventually fulfilled the prophecy of the Marked Warrior who would destroy Olympus and end the reign of the Gods (A prophecy he also directly contributed to by abducting Kratos' brother Deimos). Ares was the oldest child of Zeus and was commonly referred to as the most hated god on Mount Olympus by every god, even before being killed by Kratos.

Powers and Stats

Tier: Low 1-C

Name: Ares (Greek: Ἄρης)

Origin: God of War

Gender: Male

Age: At least thousands of years old

Classification: Olympian God of War

Powers and Abilities:

• Powers and abilities
• Resistances

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Immortality (Types 1, 2 and 3)
• Greek Godhood (Is the embodiment of War itself, all Gods of War have complete control and awareness over all forms of war, battle and conflict across all of time)
• Divine Magic (Including the Fires of Ares)
• Regeneration (Low-Mid. Easily healed from being stabbed through the abdomen with his own Spider arms)
• Martial Arts and Weapon Mastery (As the God of War, Ares also possesses knowledge of all forms of conflict and combat across all of time)
• Resurrection (He can respawn his army at any place in an instant)
• Accelerated Development (Scales from Kratos, who can become stronger and faster overtime as the God of War. His Redeemed Warriors possess a limited version of this power called the Relic of Determination, his Champions also gain life with every encounter, also increasing their strength and combat capabilities in tandem)
• Aura (With the Lance of Ares)
• Enhanced Senses, Extrasensory Perception and Illusion Negation (Could still easily see Kratos perfectly to target him with a fireball, even when the Spartan himself could not see the path in front of him or the temple due to the battle having darkened all of Athens. Also immediately detected Kratos finding Pandora's Box thousands of miles away in the Desert of Lost Souls, and swiftly proceeded to kill him on the spot. Should scale to the other Greek Gods, who are able to see through illusions, secret pathways, hidden treasures and translate garbled-up murals in Pandora's Chamber)
• Energy Manipulation and Energy Projection (Much like Kratos, he too can wield and manipulate energy to his desire)
• Flight
• Teleportation
• Pocket Reality Manipulation, Reality Warping, BFR, Duplication, Absorption, Power Mimicry, Power Nullification, Life Absorption, Magic Absorption, Soul Manipulation and Soul Summoning, Mind Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Probability Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Non-Physical Interaction and Absorption (Souls are constructs of magic, composed of their form, the metaphysical nature of a being, their luck, their mind and their direction. Sent Kratos into a pocket dimension where he fights a bunch of clones of himself that can replicate his powers, like Zeus' Fury, as confirmed in God of War II and its novel. He can nullify and strip others off of their own powers inside his own pocket dimension. He also warped the reality of said dimension, stealing all of Kratos's powers and magic as well as his weapons from him, and completely nullified them, even going so far as to use the Army of Hades Soul Summon ability against him. Damaging souls can shatter and fragment their memories as a consequence. The Lost Souls of the Underworld he can summon can drain people of their magic reserves and strip them of their magical abilities, as well as drain their life-force)
• Weapon Creation (Can materialize various weapons out of thin air)
• Size Manipulation, Shapeshifting and Invisibility (All Greek Gods can change size and become invisible on a whim, as did Poseidon and Ares near the Lighthouse of Alexandria)
• Animal Control (Commanded several mythical beasts such as harpies)
• Dimensional Travel (Travelled with Kratos to a galaxy-sized dimension after sending him there)
• Necromancy (Controlled hordes of Undead Legionnaires)
• Fire Manipulation, Explosion Manipulation and Rage Power (His hair is literally composed of fire. Set many Barbarian Soldiers on fire. His War Hammer of Olympus, Maul, Blade, Spear and Lance can also manipulate fire in many intricate ways, even using his War Hammer of Olympus against Kratos. Can create a massive wall of flames with a power of the same name, as well as unleash explosions on enemies with Incineration. The Rage of Ares also gives Kratos the power to wield his fire and with it, controlled explosions, as well as further amplifying Kratos's rage, and his Blades of Chaos have these abilities by default. His fires are even stronger than those of the Blades of Chaos)
• Regeneration Negation (His fires prevented Kratos from being able to heal his back injury, forcing the latter to use his Blades of Chaos to heal himself and douse the fires out which still left his back sore)
• Additional Limbs, Bodily Weaponry, Body Control and Limited Elasticity (Grew six Spider arms out of his back, and he can control and extend them to any length he wants)
• Disease Manipulation (Caused Calliope to be deformed due to a plague)
• Earth Manipulation and Magma Manipulation (Summoned volcanic rock structures in his battle with Kratos, also threw enflamed chunks of rock out of nowhere)
• Healing and Damage Boost (via Battle Horn of Restoration, restores health and increase the weapon's power)

• Holy Manipulation and Chaos Manipulation (Able to resist the powers of the Blades of Chaos being used against him by Kratos)
• Petrification, Soul Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, Status Effect Inducement, Deconstruction, Mind Manipulation Memory Manipulation, Probability Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Non-Physical Interaction and Absorption (Souls are constructs of magic, composed of their form, the metaphysical nature of a being, their luck, their mind and their direction. Resists all of Kratos' abilities, including Poseidon's Rage, which itself consists of Poseidon's Power, which destroys both the soul and the body of whoever stands in the path of its electric beam, with Poseidon's Rage being able to even completely destroy incorporeal Wraiths, as well as being able to resist the Souls of Hades, eventually stealing Kratos's powers and using the Army of Hades Soul Summon ability against him. Damaging souls can shatter and fragment their memories as a consequence. Should scale to his successor Kratos, who has also survived Poseidon's powers and was able to easily withstand a long period inside the Light of Alfheim without being driven insane or being completely incinerated and being made one with the Light, with the Light of Alfheim being also a Primordial Force that has existed before Odin and the Realms, keeping the Realms separate with its light and also transcending them altogether)
• Death Manipulation (As per Hephaestus, Ares also had sex with Aphrodite, who shares the same powers as her twin daughters Zora and Lora, who can kill people at the mere act of having sex with them)

Attack Potency: Low Complex Multiverse level (Is the fourth mightiest Olympian after Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, and should be thus stronger than the likes of Helios)

Speed: Infinite (Superior to Helios and the Primordials in speed. Likely not too far off from Kratos, who could easily keep up with the Sisters of Fate and Zeus)

Lifting Strength: Immeasurable (Superior to Titans like Atlas, his BFR overpowered Kratos)

Striking Strength: Low Complex Multiverse level (Could physically contend with Kratos)

Durability: Low Complex Multiverse level (Easily withstood being pierced by one of his own spider arms, fought Kratos with the power of Pandora's Box, who could trade blows with him. Is superior to Helios)

Stamina: Superhuman (Fought in the Great War against the Titans for hundreds of years)

Range: Universal+ (Gods are present across their domains, which at the minimum span all of space and time. His roar was powerful enough to shake the heavens and the Earth, with "heavens" referring to the infinite-sized Mortal World. Sent Kratos into a galaxy-sized pocket dimension in order to torture him with his past, as confirmed in God of War II and its novel), Low Multiversal with Army of Hades (Can summon an army of souls from the depths of the Underworld to the Mortal World, both of which are separate space-time continuums)

Standard Equipment: A sword and five spider-like legs sprouting from his back

Intelligence: Gifted. Highly skilled warrior; has knowledge, control and foresight over human conflicts

Weaknesses: Pandora's Box, the Blade of the Gods, his own Spider Limbs, and the Blade of Olympus

Gallery

Official render of Ares by Louis Lu

Ares in-game by Louis Lu

Artwork of Ares

Ares' mural in God of War III

Ares as he appears in the 2010 comics

Ares as he appears in God of War: Ascension

Ares as he appears in God of War: Ascension (Undistorted)

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