Arceus (Canon)/Adamjensen2030



"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

Summary
Arceus is a Legendary Pokémon who is the leader of the "Creation Trio" formed by Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. By bringing the trio 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: 2-C | 2-B, possibly higher

Name: Arceus

Origin: Pokémon

Gender: Genderless

Age: Preceded and was responsible for creation itself

Classification: Legendary Pokémon, Alpha Pokémon, The Original One, The Original Spirit

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Invulnerability, Immortality (Type 4), True Flight, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Transmutation, Matter Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Non-Corporeality, Elemental Manipulation, High-level Reality Warping, Can create things out of nothing such as creating one of the members of the Creation Trio, erased falling boulders out of existence, Space-Time Manipulation (Stabilized a hole in space-time that was destroying a town, stopped time, broke Palkia's bent space), Attack Negation (Can nullify virtually any attack that can fall under an elemental type, making it nigh-impossible to damage Arceus with conventional attacks), Attack Reflection, Resistance Negation (Its Trozeii ability does normal damage even if the target is resistant), Forcefield Creation (Protected by a constant shield that protects it from invasive abilities such as Mind Attacks as well as ordinary attacks, can actively create them itself), Statistics Amplification, Summoning (Can call the Creation Trio), Regeneration (Low-Godly; Can regenerate from the awareness it put inside all humans and Pokemon), Conceptual Manipulation (Created the very concepts of Time, Space, Antimatter, Emotion, Knowledge and Willpower directly from its own being, and gave shape to the attributes which would become the Pokemon Types), Telepathy Resistance (Resisted the combined telepathic technique of Sheena and her ancestor), Dimensional BFR, Gravity Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Precognition (Its Pokémon Conquest ability, Omnipotent, allows it to foresee and dodge incoming attacks), Acausality, Can hit incorporeal entities (Due to the aforementioned Omnipotent ability), OHK (Via Perish Song that causes the user to faint), Sound Manipulation (via Hyper voice), Can pass through forcefields with Future Sight, Healing (Via Refresh and Recover), Causality Manipulation, Resistance to Spacetime Erasure, Soul Manipulation, Danmaku via Judgment (Depicted as a rapid downpour of dozens of bolts of energy in the games), Can breathe in space

Attack Potency: Multi-Universe level (Overpowered Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina, when one of them alone can stabilize space-time with just their breathing or heartbeat. Caused two universal space-time continuums to collide with each other. Shook multiple universes upon awakening. Created a Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina without any plates) | Multiverse level, possibly higher (Controls all universes in the Pokémon series, of which there are an unknown amount of diverging timelines and pocket realms. Created both the Creation Trio and Lake Trio, who created all universes along with the concepts in them, Shown to be immensely superior to Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina, even while fighting all three simultaneously.)

Speed: Infinite via power-scaling (Overpowered Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina) | Omnipresent (Exists beyond traditional space, time, matter, and concepts of speed. Its consciousness exists all across space and time)

Lifting Strength: Immeasurable (Stated to embody the entirety of their dimension, which exists on a higher plane)

Striking Strength: Multi-Universal | Multiversal, possibly higher

Durability: Multi-Universe level | Multiverse level, possibly higher (Its ability to negate attacks using its Plates makes it extremely difficult to damage or defeat)

Stamina: Extremely high, likely limitless (Arceus had directly fought against Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, created many things and concepts, including the universe, without losing consciousness and has no need to rest, as it did not become overly weak after losing a few of its Plates)

Range: Multi-Universal | Multiversal

Standard Equipment: Its Plates, which represent each of the 17 Pokémon types (Arceus does not possess a Plate representing Normal-type, as it is a Normal-type naturally)

Intelligence: Nigh-Omniscient (Created the very concept of knowledge, in the form of Uxie, from itself). Hasn't been shown to be used to its fullest capacity but it's highly likely the precognitive aspect of its ability "Omnipotent" is a derivative of this characteristic.

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:
 * Judgement: Arceus can fire powerful beams of energy 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.
 * Multitype: Arceus is able to switch types based on the plates it holds.
 * 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.
 * Recovery: Arceus concentrates its internal energies, quickly healing most wounds.
 * 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.

Key: Incomplete Arceus | Complete Arceus

Note 1: The entity Arceus is the physical manifestation of the Original Spirit used to interact with the Pokémon Multiverse.

Note 2: The personifications of Universal laws, Palkia, Dialga and Giratina are stated to be, though entirely separate entities, parts of it as stated in the games and manga as are the Lake guardians.

Note 3: 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.

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