Summary
The Spear of Longinus (ロンギヌスの槍, "Ronginusu no Yari") is an extraterrestrial artifact with the power to penetrate any Absolute Terror Field and immobilize beings of god-like power.
Powers and Stats
Tier: Low 5-B
Name: The Spear of Longinus / Lance of Longinus
Origin: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Age: Billions of years
Classification: Extraterrestrial weapon
Wielders: First Ancestral Race, Rei Ayanami, Shinji Ikari
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Inorganic Physiology (Type 2), Large Size (Type 1-2), Flight, Durability Negation (Can pierce any A.T. Field and restrain beings of "Godlike" power), Transformation (Intertwines into a standard spear shape when thrown, can create "gills" to expel air and boost its speed while piercing an A.T. Field), Biological Manipulation (Can control and incapacitate a Seed of Life, reduced Adam to an embryonic state), Fusionism (Can merge with Evas), Energy Projection, Capable of restoring the world if used with the Spear of Cassius
Attack Potency: Small Planet level (Just its regular movement is able to generate 18 Petatons. It has the power to pierce any A.T. Field, including those of Adam and Lilith)
Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic+ when thrown (Quickly pierced and killed Arael in Earth's atmosphere and eventually reached the moon[1]), Relativistic when acting on its own (Returned from the moon within under 10 seconds during Third Impact[2])
Lifting Strength: At least Class M
Striking Strength: Small Planet level
Durability: Small Planet level
Range: Planetary
Intelligence: Technically alive, and is said to have a will of their own, but demonstrates very limited displays of it
Weaknesses: Unknown
Explanations
The Lance may be considered to be a weapon of "god-like" power. N² weapons have enough destructive potential to bring minor to moderate amounts of damage upon some of the weaker Angels; and Evas can use armaments against Angels after nullifying the Angels' A.T. Fields with their own. However, the Lance of Longinus is capable of piercing the active, unneutralized A.T. Field of any Angel or Evangelion, entirely by itself.
The Lance is not of Terran origin, having been created by the First Ancestral Race, an ancient extraterrestrial humanoid species. The one seen in the show is also not the only Lance of Longinus created: Every Seed of Life, including both Adam and Lilith, was sent with a counterpart Lance, meaning seven in all.[3] At least one established function of the Lances is that of a "security device" capable of safeguarding the First Ancestral Race's plans should they somehow be compromised.
Lances of Longinus are technically alive and are even said to have wills of their own. The Lance featured in Evangelion belonged to Adam, whereas Lilith's is believed to have been lost or destroyed during First Impact.
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