| “ | Blades are granted phenomenal power from our creator on high… yet we are doomed to never remember. Why?! The accumulation of memories is what allows mankind, no, all life, to grow. Change, evolve. But… Blades are fleeting. When we return to our cores, our memories are lost. Our growth snatched away forever. Man’s life too has an end, yes. However, though each individual life is fleeting… you pass on your memories, allowing you to grow. As a species, as a culture. Why does Indol control all the Core Crystals? By controlling the moment of every Blade’s birth, they enslave our entire kind. How is that fair? We have no culture because Indol decrees it. Because that’s what your kind do! Why are you the masters, and we the slaves? It is we… who embody the very nature of this world! | „ |
| ~ Jin, comparing the lives of Blades to that of other species living in Alrest |
Summary
Jin is the secondary antagonist of Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
Jin was a Blade, a being awakened from a Core Crystal to live alongside a human, called a Driver. He was the royal treasure of the nation of Torna before he was stolen by a thief named Gort and accidentally awakened by a girl named Lora. As she grew older, the two developed a reputation for their strength, and eventually helped Prince Addam of Torna stop the rampaging Blade Malos alongside his own Blade, the Aegis Mythra. However, Lora was fatally wounded shortly after the conflict. In panic, Jin remembered a technique to extend a Blade's life past their Driver's natural lifespan, and consumed Lora's flesh, becoming a Flesh Eater. These are Blades who have lengthened one lifespan and increased their power in exchange for eventual permanent death instead of returning to their Core Crystal.
After wandering the earth for five centuries, trying to find a new meaning to his now eternal life, he met Malos, who had survived the war, and subsequently co-founded the secretive terrorist organization Torna. They would eventually save and recruit Akhos, Patroka, and Nia, other Flesh Eaters, in order to climb the World Tree and kill the Architect, as Jin had concluded that life had no meaning and to exist was cruelty. He was opposed by the new Driver of the Aegis, Rex, who wanted to meet the Architect to save humanity. However, Rex's idealism eventually convinced Jin that perhaps there was a point to living. Unfortunately, Patroka and Akhos were attacked and killed by Rex's other enemy Amalthus shortly afterward. As a final act of heroism, Jin expended his lifespan in a burst of power to freeze Amalthus to death, allowing Rex to seek his answer.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 5-C | 1-C
Key: As a Blade | As a Flesh Eater
Name: Jin
Origin: Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Gender: Male
Age: 17 years old | Over 500 years old
Classification: Blade | Flesh Eater (Weaponized life-form infused with human flesh)
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Master Swordsman, Blade Physiology (General), Ice Manipulation (Jin is an Ice Element Blade), Durability Negation (Via Starslash inflicting Pierce which negates defence), Statistics Amplification (Via Inexhaustable boosting Jin's stats), Damage Boost (Able to boost his own damage through many arts, skills and items), Damage Reduction (Jin's skill Full Resonance reduces the damage he takes by 30%), Probability Manipulation (Able to increase his chances of performing a critical hit, his accuracy and his evasion), Healing (Can heal himself through Aux cores such as Damage Heal), Empathic Manipulation (Able to increase or decrease how aggro his opponent is), likely Non-Physical Interaction (Should be able to hit Addam's Phantasms like the base XC2 cast)
Resistance to Power Nullification (Can resist the effects of Shackle Blade), Damage Transferal (Able to resist Spike), Attack Reflection (Able to resist the Reflection status), Status Effect Inducement, Matter Manipulation and Deconstruction (Able to swim in the Cloud Sea which is able to disassemble matter), Regeneration Negation (Up to High-Mid; Able to take hits from fire blades such as Brighid who is able to kill Guldos)
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Master Swordsman, Blade Physiology (Flesh Eater), Ice Manipulation (Can still use his Ice element), Flight (Has shown to be able to fly), Extrasensory Perception (Was able to hear the voices of dormant Blades), Status Effect Inducement, Shockwave Generation and Technology Manipulation (Released a shockwave that disabled the weapons Patroka aimed at the party), Matter Manipulation (Able to manipulate Elementary Particles), Passive Absolute Zero (Jin's power has been stated by Malos to be Absolute Zero and has shown to be active as soon as Jin enters his True Form) and Regeneration Negation (At least Low Mid, likely higher; Jin's Absolute Zero nullified Nia's healing), Damage Boost (Able to boost his damage through the bonus effects of his arts), Resistance Negation (Heavanly Disrupt inflicts the driver combo status regardless of if his opponent is resistant to it), Empathic Manipulation (Demon Cloak draws aggro onto Jin), Durability Negation, Statistics Amplification and Damage Reduction (Should still be able to use his old arts and skills such as Starslash, Inexhaustable and Full Resonance), Probability Manipulation (Able to use evasion arts which gives him a 100% chance to evade)
Same as before plus Resistance to Death Manipulation (Cannot be killed by either the slayer skills or Percival's executioner), Antimatter Manipulation (Stood inside Malos's aura), Absolute Zero (Can withstand his own Absolute Zero), Biological Manipulation (Able to resonate with Core Crystals which can causes heavy blood injuries), Body Puppetry (Jin was unaffected by Amalthus's ability to control Blades and Titans), likely Statistics Reduction and Absorption (Made it through Spirit Crusible Elpis but it is unknown if the tomb had an impact on him)
Attack Potency: Moon level (Clashed with Mythra and Malos) | Complex Multiverse level (Clashed with Master Driver Rex and Pneuma on two occasions, was stated by Mythra that if Amalthus absorbed his core then he would become unstoppable)
Speed: At least Relativistic+, likely Speed of Light (Kept up with Mythra with no issue when he fought her) | Massively FTL+, likely Infinite (Blitzed the party even with Rex using Foresight, kept up with Pneuma)
Lifting Strength: Unknown (Lacks lifting strength feats) | Immeasurable (Even when weakened, he could repeatedly clash with Master Driver Rex)
Striking Strength: Moon level | Complex Multiverse level
Durability: Moon level (Took numerous hits from Malos during the Aegis War) | Complex Multiverse level (Took hits from Pneuma on multiple occasions)
Stamina: Superhuman (Comparable to the rest of the Tornan cast) | Below Average (Due to his age, he cannot fight for long periods of time)
Range: Extended Melee Range with his Nodachi, Thousands of Kilometers with his Blade powers (Ether energy has been shown to be capable of reaching these distances), Tens of Meters with Absolute Zero
Standard Equipment: His Nodachi
Intelligence: Gifted (An extremely skilled swordsman who has over five centuries worth of experience, he was hailed as one of the strongest Blades in the history of Alrest, with his historical knowledge far surpassing that of anyone else in the game. During his time as Lora's Blade, he has built up a reputation of being the strongest Blade in the Kingdom of Torna and was pivotal during the Aegis War 500 years prior to the story. As of the events of the game, he has been through countless traumatic experiences, which in turn has left him with a calm, calculating demeanor, thinking of multiple ways to get what he wants)
Weaknesses: If his core is destroyed, he will die. | Same as before, and he is slowly dying thanks to his nature as a Flesh Eater. Every time he uses his powers, it shortens his already very short remaining lifespan.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Ice Manipulation: As a Blade with control over the Ice element, Jin is able to lower the ambient energy of his environment, cooling the air and freezing ambient moisture. He uses this to encase his opponents in ice, create fields of damaging cold, and fire spikes of ice at his enemies. Even before becoming a Flesh Eater, he was easily able to chill the air to absolute zero.
- Stunned Swallow: Jin slowly moves his sword in a circle. If he is struck while in this stance, he retaliates by launching his opponent into the air.
- Empty Moment: Jin moves faster than the eye can see, delivering a barrage of slashes over a wide area.
- Elementary Particle Control: In his final form, Jin's power evolves to give him control over all elementary particles. This gives Jin the ability to bypass friction, allowing him to move at the speed of light without needing infinite energy. He is also able to nullify and redirect attacks that consist of particle energy, including Ether particles, which compose most living beings and energy attacks in the Xenoblade universe, or traditional matter. This ability has only been overcome by warping reality to outspeed Jin and strike when he cannot retaliate.
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Discussions
| Discussion threads involving Jin (Xenoblade) |