Meliodas during Purgatory.
Meliodas is the Dragon's Sin of Wrath and the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins. In the present day, he cheerfully runs the Boar Hat, a bar based on top of a giant pig, serving patrons infamously terrible food along with his brand of liquor. The sin referred to in his epithet is the destruction of the Kingdom of Danafor, done by Meliodas in a fit of rage after his first battle with Fraudrin.
His happy-go-lucky facade belies his troubled past as the firstborn son of the Demon King who betrayed his own race, including his younger brother Zeldris, for the sake of his lover, the Goddess Elizabeth. He was cursed with immortality by the Demon King for his betrayal while Elizabeth was cursed with perpetual reincarnation by the Supreme Deity, and Meliodas has continually loved and lost her many times over the last 3000 years.
Tier: High 7-C, higher with Demon Mark, Low 7-B, 6-B, High 6-A, far higher, at least 5-B, 5-A, likely High 4-C
Name: Meliodas
Origin: Nanatsu no Taizai
Gender: Male
Age: Over 3000 years
Classification: Demon, Dragon's Sin of Wrath, Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins, One of the Demon King's sons, Former Leader of the Ten Commandments, Former Leader of the Holy Knights of Danafor
Powers and Abilities: Demon Clan Physiology, Magic, Weapon Mastery (is an expert swordsman), Martial Arts, Extrasensory Perception, Enhanced Senses (Can deflect projectiles without looking at them), Attack Reflection (with Full Counter), Aura, Fear Manipulation (Can project a visible dragon-shaped aura with killing intent), Power Nullification, (with Counter Vanish), Rage Power, Sealing (sealed Gelda), Absorption (Can power himself by the damage he takes with Revenge Counter), Immortality (Types 1, 3 and 4), Resurrection (Returns to life every time he dies after a month has passed), Summoning (Can extract the commandments that he absorbed and summon them at will), Damage Boost with Divine Slayer (Boosts his senses and magic power to their maximum to perform the Divine Slayer), Power Absorption (Can absorb others' commandments, which are demonic curses), Duplication (Can create weaker clones of himself with Lostvayne), Transformation, Limited Instinctive Reaction (No-sells a slash from Hellbram due to his darkness seems to move by itself in order to protect him), Accelerated Development and Mimicry (Replicated King's technique moments after witnessing it)
Attack Potency: Large Town Level (can casually slice a mountain in two), higher (with Demon Mark, is around a 1.30x multiplier), Small City Level+ (far stronger than before, has Lostvayne), far higher (in Berserk), Country Level (vaporized Danafor off the face of the earth), Multi Continent Level+ (far stronger than an early Season One Diane who can do this), far higher than before (with Demon Mark), at least Planet Level in Destruction (the world/mortal plane refused him because he was going to cause catastrophic disasters with his presence alone), Large Planet Level (scales to the Supreme Diety and the Demon King who can create Planet-sized realms), Large Star Level in True Magic Form (Superior to both the Demon King and the Supreme Diety who created the Celestial Realm and Demon Realm, both having their own sources of light)
Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ (can reflect Gilthunder's lightning, inferior to King), higher (with Demon Mark, is around a 1.30x multiplier), Sub Relativistic (in Berserk, far superior to King who can blitz Gulia), FTL (superior to Small Form Diane who can dodge Gowther's arrows of light with ease), FTL (1.30x faster with Demon Mark), FTL+ (after Power is restored, exactly 39.524c), FTL+ (with Demon Mark. Post Power Restored Demon Mark is a 1.72x multiplier. Exactly 67.98128c), FTL+ (is around 1.07x) MFTL (2.36666666667x faster with Assault Mode. Around 160.889029334c), Higher Tiers of MFTL in True Magic Form.
Durability: Large Town Level, Small City Level+ (could tank hits from Galand), Country Level (withstood his own burst of rage), Multi Continent Level (should not be lower than his Attack Potency), Planet Level (should be no lower than his Attack Potency), Large Planet Level (should be no lower than his Attack Potency), Large Star Level (with True Magic Form)
Stamina: Superhuman (On more than one occasion he has taken long barrages of attacks from comparable or stronger characters in order to receive as much damage as possible, and kept fighting)
Range: Extended melee range, tens of metres with ranged attacks (Carved up Albion's arm. Severely damaged Drole, who is 25.8 metres in height), tens of kilometers with Power of Darkness, hundreds of kilometres with True Magic (Meliodas and Demon King were creating catastrophises all over Britannia)
Standard Equipment: Dragon Handle | Liz's Sword | Lostvayne
Intelligence: Above Average, likely Gifted, Genius in combat (Meliodas has shown himself to be an extremely skilled fighter and strategist with over 3,000 years of experience. He is capable of learning and improving techniques at an accelerated rate and has shown especially skilled swordplay, with a number of versatile techniques that he routinely uses in battle. In Cursed By Light, he claimed to have seen Demon King's thoughts and memories after his possession)
Weaknesses: Formerly lost the capacity for rational thought when succumbed to Wrath. All Demons are vulnerable to Holy Magic, as it breaks down Darkness particles. Note however that high-level demons have shown to take only minor damage from beings near their own level, implying the vulnerability is not extreme. The regeneration used by demons heals injuries but not the "damage" dealt. In practical terms, this has shown to mean that the more a demon regenerates the weaker they get, eventually reaching the point where they no longer have the energy to regenerate at all | Same as before, minus the regeneration weakness. Is afraid of using his original magic power
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Demon: Meliodas is a high-level demon and can access his demonic biology to give himself a boost in physical ability and various other advantages. Meliodas can activate and deactivate his demon mark at will. At night, his magic power increases.
- Assault Mode: This simply refers to Meliodas returning to the full extent of his power as when he led the Ten Commandments in the past. It is not a "transformation" in the usual sense of the word. His total power level in this form is 142,000. Meliodas exudes a miasma that causes weaker beings to feel sick, even ones as powerful as Post-Training King.
- Power of Darkness: As part of his demon biology, Meliodas can generate solid darkness from his body which he can manipulate and shape as well as project outward from himself. He can use this black matter for a variety of offensive, defensive, and supplementary purposes. One of Meliodas' favored attacks is to create large pillars of darkness energy.
- Enhanced Durability: Demons can use their black matter as a thin but powerful layer of armor to enhance their defensive capability.
- Flight: When the substance covers his body he can use it to manifest wings and fly.
- Self Healing: Demons can use the dark substance to pull their bodies back together, mend burn injuries, etc. However, they cannot regenerate destroyed hearts, and damage stays with the demon despite the wound being healed. This has been shown to mean that powerful enough attacks cannot be regenerated by a weaker demon, and they will eventually run out of enough energy and not be able to continue regenerating. Demon blood has also shown to possess potent regenerative properties, demonstrated when Fraudrin (through Dreyfus) regenerates Gray Demon Hendrickson from just a head, half a torso, and an arm.
- Weapon Creation: The black matter can be used to form various offensive constructs such as large claws or weapons. These constructs enhance melee attacks a considerable amount.
- Sealing: By using his Darkness power, Meliodas is capable of sealing someone during a very long period of time.
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Immortality Curse: Meliodas was cursed with a type of immortality by the Demon King. He doesn't age physically, and every time he dies his soul enters Purgatory, where the Demon King eats some of his emotions, resulting in an increase in power for Meliodas. His soul then returns to his body and he revives, more powerful than when he died. It is important to note, however, that the revival process takes about a month to complete and so is inapplicable in most combat scenarios.
Sensing: High-level demons can sense magic energy from considerable distances away, hundreds of miles.
Soul Extraction and Absorption: Demons can extract souls and absorb them to restore their magic power as well as gain the knowledge of their victim. Both lesser demons and high-level demons have been shown extracting many souls at once from a distance, although some seem to prefer using touch to extract souls. When a soul is eaten it is completely destroyed, removing the victim from the cycle of reincarnation. It is important to note that Meliodas, as the good protagonist, has not used this ability.
Telepathy: Like several other high-level demons, Meliodas has displayed basic telepathy. He spoke directly to Dreyfus, who was being possessed by Fraudrin, and momentarily helped him regain his senses, and he guarded his mind against Drole's Magical Eye.
Commandments[]
After returning to his Assault Mode, Meliodas absorbed five of the ten Commandments into himself in order to gain power in the same realm as the Demon King.
Faith: Anyone who shows a lack of faith will have their eyes set ablaze
Love: Anyone who holds hatred in their heart will be unable to move to afflict harm on anyone else
Pacifism: Anyone who kills in Meliodas' presence will have their remaining lifetime stolen from them, aging rapidly to death.
Patience: Anyone who shows intolerance of pain will be inflicted with futher pain
Piety: Anyone who turns their back on Meliodas to flee will be treated as though they committed an act of "treachery" against him, forcing them into obedience to the Demon King and by extension Meliodas himself.
Purity: Anyone who conducts impure deeds will be inflicted with illness
Repose: Anyone who fights without rest will get their magic sealed away.
Reticence: Anyone who express hidden feeling and/or emotions will be rendered unable to speak
Selflessness: Those with feelings of greed or selfishness lose their memories, emotions, and sense of self.
Truth: Anyone who lies or goes back in their word will be turned to stone
Abilities[]
Admonition: Meliodas can extract the commandments of others, summon them at will, and absorb them into himself.
Full Counter: Meliodas can reflect magic attacks back at his opponent with at least double the original power, provided he properly times his counter. Meliodas has shown to be able to reflect several attacks at once, provided they are all coming directly to him. For simultaneous spaced out attacks, Meliodas can take advantage of Lostvayne's clone ability to counter them all at once.
Counter Vanish: Rather than reflecting an attack, Meliodas can disperse it, nullifying it. He used his palm to do it rather than his sword, although there is no indication that he has to use his palm.
Revenge Counter: Meliodas lowers his magic power so that he can take as much damage as he can handle. After he has "charged" himself with enough damage he returns all of it in a single massive energy attack aimed directly at his opponent. It is shown to be his last resort.
Hellblaze: Meliodas can generate the black purgatory fire of the Demon Clan, capable of nullifying the regeneration of "immortals" like Ban. Hellblaze can be coated on Meliodas' body or weapon through Enchant: Hellblaze to enhance his strikes. He can also create fireballs in his hands that explode into large infernos and releases large blasts from his sword. The black fire cannot be put out normally and was able to burn down the Fairy King's Forest despite the Forest being immune to natural fire.
Divine Slayer: One of Meliodas' more powerful techniques that requires him to heighten his senses and power to their limit. He coats his sword in black flames and unleashes a large slash of fire at his target.
Divine 1,000 Slices: A derivative technique of Divine Slayer (the two are written the same in Japanese) Meliodas releases an aura of purgatory fire around his entire body and charges his opponent, quickly slicing them repeatedly.
Trillion Dark: Meliodas launches a barrage of small spheres of high concentrated darkness at the opponent.
Lostvayne: Meliodas' Sacred Treasure is a curved sword far superior to normal weapons. At the same power level, Lostvayne could cut through an Albion with air slashes while a normal blade couldn't make a dent in it.
- Physical Clone: Lostvayne allows Meliodas to make physical clones of himself. The number of clones determines the power level of each one. For instance, a single clone has half of Meliodas' power level, and that halved power level is divided evenly among each individual clone. So four clones would each have one-eighth the power level of the original Meliodas. The clones can fight on Meliodas' behalf, serve as distractions, as well as use Full Counter. Note that Meliodas is not weakened at all by making clones.