Mephiles the Dark (Game)

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• Shadow Form
• Shadow Minions
• Monstrous Form

“	It's futile. The world will betray you. Why fight at all? Why risk your life for those who will persecute you later?	„
	~ Mephiles to Shadow

“	HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Finally, the seal is broken! At long last, I'll be able to join with you! IBLIS! Now, Chaos Emerald! It's time for the final curtain call!	„
	~ Mephiles moments before fusing with Iblis to form Solaris

“	AH HA HA HA HA! Oh, how ironic fate can be. I would never have believed I would be resurrected through YOUR shade. I thank you, Shadow the Hedgehog.	„
	~ Mephiles to Shadow

Summary

Mephiles the Dark (闇やみのメフィレス, Yami no Mefiresu, lit. "Mephiles of Darkness") is one of the primary antagonists in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). He is the malevolent conscience, mind and will of the sun god Solaris. Mephiles was born during the Solaris Project when the experiments on Solaris split him into Mephiles and Iblis. After his birth, Mephiles was sealed inside the Scepter of Darkness by Shadow, but was freed ten years later during a skirmish between Shadow, Rouge and Dr. Eggman.

After his release, Mephiles orchestrated a centuries-long plan to release Iblis from Princess Elise and rejoin with it. Along the way, Mephiles attempted to sway Shadow to join him, but failed. Ultimately, Mephiles' plan succeeded when he killed Sonic. He then reemerged with Iblis, remaking Solaris, but was defeated by Sonic, Shadow and Silver, and subsequently erased from existence.

When reality was erased by the Time Eater, Mephiles attempted to kill Shadow the Hedgehog in combat in order to restore himself to the timeline. This would ultimately fail.

Powers and Stats

Tier: High 3-A, higher with Monster Form

Name: Mephiles the Dark, Mephiles of Darkness

Origin: Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog 2006)

Gender: Genderless, referred to as Male, as he copied the body and features of Shadow, who is a male character.

Age: 10 years (Ageless)

Classification: Shadow being, Replica Ultimate Lifeform, Mind of Solaris, Demigod

Powers and Abilities:

• Abilities
• Resistances

• Small Size (Type 0)
• Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Adopted the physical characteristics of Shadow once it was free)
  • Acrobatics (All Types)
  • Homing Attack (Via Homing Attack)
  • Spin Dash (Advanced; As he took on Shadow's powers, he likely acquired his extent of this ability)
• Genius Intelligence
• Cosmic Awareness (Was aware of his state of nonexistence within White Space and aimed to restore himself to the timeline)
• Immortality (Types 1, 3 & 4), Incorporeality & Regeneration (Low-Godly; Mephiles and Iblis are both repeatedly referred to as immaterial, immortal beings that can manifest different corporeal forms. Iblis is referred to as an eternal energy lifeform that revives after defeat,)
  • Self-Sustenance (Types 1 & 2; Mephiles requires no form of sleep or anything to eat)
• Absorption (Of Rings)
• Time Manipulation, Time Travel, Teleportation, Reality Warping, Dimensional Travel & BFR (Sent Silver, Blaze, and himself into the past during a time when Sonic was still alive. Sent Shadow and Rouge forward in time by 200 years with a similar method, something Shadow said felt similar to his Chaos Control, and which was also described by Eggman as sending Sonic,Tails, and Knuckles to a different dimension entirely when he activated a device with similar power of the Solaris Prototype. Mephiles also used it to retreat after Shadow and Omega fought him together)
• Darkness Manipulation, Shapeshifting & Power Mimicry (Mephiles is capable of sinking into someone's shadow and copying their traits. Additionally, he can cast shadows across the floor and hide within it. Merges into shadows in order to avoid being attacked while still attacking himself)
  • Life Creation (Can create shadowy monsters to attack)
  • Limited Self-Destruction (Mephiles is able to create a legion of minions, which will cling to Shadow and eventually detonate)
• Duplication (Can create several clones of himself and up to hundreds with 2 emeralds.)
• Energy Manipulation
  • Flight
  • Aura (Emitted a dark aura when he transformed)
  • Shockwave Generation (With a Chaos Emerald, Mephiles can hit enemies with shockwaves directly or send them out with less power but greater area of effect)
  • Light Manipulation (Used a Chaos Emerald to blind Sonic and Elise)
  • Energy Projection (Able to fire blasts of energy of varying sizes)
  • Technology Manipulation (Shut down all of Eggman's robots when he emerged from the Scepter of Darkness)
  • Forcefield Creation (Can create impenetrable forcefields. Mephiles can use a barrier to shield attacks. His Monstrous Form has a barrier to shield his body from attacks)
  • Weapon Creation (Can create an energy blade to impale his target)
  • Breath Attack (His monstrous form can fire a laser beam from his mouth)
• Fusionism (Using the seven Chaos Emeralds, Mephiles can fuse with his shadowy minions into his Monster Form or Iblis resulting in Solaris coming into being)
  • Transformation & Intangibility (Elemental; His His Monster Form is composed of shadows)
• Clairvoyance (Caused Silver to see Sonic at the heart of the Flames of Disaster after he glanced into a Chaos Emerald. Showed Shadow the fate of his future self, trapped in containment)
• Hammerspace (Can put and pull Chaos Emeralds into and out of nowhere)
• Corruption & Free Movement (Can cover the floor in corruption. His various forms also being able to freely move through it)

Resistance to:

• Light & Electricity Manipulation/Paralysis Inducement (His largest minions are immune to the Chaos Spear. His Monster Form is unaffected by the Chaos Spear and Spin Kick. Unaffected by the paralytic effects of Chaos Spear and Chaos Lance))
• Extreme Heat (Was unbothered by the ambient temperatures located within a volcano in Flame Core)
• Sealing (After absorbing Shadow's shadow, Mephiles was unable to be sealed away again by the Scepter of Darkness.)

Attack Potency: High Universe level (Copied Shadow's physicality through his shadow, and was able to beat him after a fight. Later, he fought Shadow alongside his partners. Harnessing the power of a Chaos Emerald, Mephiles was able to launch the aforementioned three with shockwaves. Killed Modern Sonic in one strike), higher with Monstrous Form (His fist can smash Shadow and his laser can burn him)

Speed: Massively FTL+ (Can fly at the same pace as an "inhibited" Modern Shadow can skate during '06), higher with Darkness Empowerment (Rematerializing his body after hiding in the shadows makes him faster)

Lifting Strength: At least Multi-Stellar (Should be comparable to Modern Shadow), higher with Monstrous Form

Striking Strength: High Universe level, higher with Monstrous Form

Durability: High Universe level (Withstood Modern Omega's arm cannon and machine gun fire. Can take attacks from a Chaos Boost Shadow), higher with Forcefields (Can stonewall Modern Shadow's Homing Attack & Chaos Attacks), Monstrous Form (Tough enough that Shadow is unable to hurt him except from his weakspot, the light core) and Boost, up to Complex Multiverse level Damage Transferal with Rings (Having enough Rings shields damage from those as strong as Void and Tethered Supreme). Regeneration makes him difficult to kill, and he can also avoid physical harm by hiding in an person's shadow.

Stamina: Superhuman (Never shown to get tired during the events of the '06)

Range: Standard Melee Range; Hundreds of Meters with his ranged attacks and abilities

Standard Equipment: The Chaos Emeralds

• Optional Equipment: Replica Air Shoes, Replica Inhibitor Rings, Item Boxes, Rings

Intelligence: Genius (Was able to manipulate the entire cast of Sonic the Hedgehog in a gambit to restore himself to his true form, Solaris)

Weaknesses: Mephiles cannot take over the shadow of a robot, such as E-123 Omega.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

• Energy Blade: A weapon that extends from Mephiles' palm, similar in nature to a thin sword and can also appear as a spear, which can use it in melee combat as well. Additionally, Mephiles can burrow within shadows and use this with extended size.

Gallery

Mephiles original form.

Mephiles after copying Shadow's appearance in the American and PAL version.

Mephiles after copying Shadow appearance in the Japanese version.

Mephiles after fusing with his own Shadow Clones.

Notable Matchups

Victories:

Losses:

Inconclusive:

Discussions

Discussion threads involving Mephiles the Dark