| “ | I don't understand the feelings of the weak. The law of the world is survival of its fittest. It's how the weak are weeded out. It just means those people that died were too weak. It's only natural for the weak to perish. | „ |
| ~ Esdeath |
Summary
Esdeath is the main antagonist of Akame ga Kill!.
A high-ranking general of the Empire and leader of the Jaegers, she is the Empire's most powerful fighting force, beyond even Shikoutazer, thanks to her immense powers coupled with her blood-thirst and an absolute belief in "Survival of the Fittest", honed since her childhood. She is feared as "a born reaper" and "a natural disaster with a wicked consciousness", a claim backed up by her strength and combat skills that clearly give off the image of sadism and ruthlessness.
Powers and Stats
Tier: At least High 6-C, possibly 6-A, up to High 6-A with Stored Power
Name: Esdeath, "Empire's Strongest", "Ice Queen"
Origin: Akame ga Kill!
Gender: Female
Age: Early 20s
Classification: Human, Assassin, General, Teigu User, Leader of the Jaegers
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Master Swordswoman and Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant
- Ice Manipulation (Possesses a powerful Teigu called Demon's Extract that allowed her to create ice from nothing. Using this ability, she can create weapons, shield, armors of varying sizes, appendages, etc. Additionally, she can instantly freeze enemies, even if they are humongous, through contact with her skin, weapon or with a gesture of her hands)
- Time Stop via Mahapadma
- Weather Manipulation Via Ice Storm Commander-in-Chief
- Temperature Manipulation (By freezing her surroundings, Esdeath can slow down the movements of the opponents. Her Ice Storm is a technique designed to weed out the weak as they will simply die unless they have a strong enough vitality to survive the cold and snow as well as prevent battles from becoming one of attrition)
- Empowerment (Esdeath noted that in snowy and cold conditions, she has access to her full abilities)
- Durability Negation (She can freeze, weaken and shatter things with her ice powers, even to the point of not leaving any trace of those shattered afterward)
- Danmaku via Weissschnabel and Ice Tree
- Summoning via Ice Cavalry
- Pressure Points (Shown here)
- Extrasensory Perception (Characters in AGK have an ability that alerts them to the presence of nearby danger or murderous intent coming from an attacker, even if they are invisible)
- Flight via Ice Levitation and her pet dragon
- Aura (Fear-Inducing and Overwhelming; Could frighten skilled fighters such as Leone with just her murderous intent. Can exert so much pressure that Tatsumi was unable to find any openings as a result. Through her actions, she can project an aura of untouchability and invincibility that would have allow her to demoralize an army with the military force of 1,000,000 men. Whilst using Ice Storm, she has an aura around her)
- Afterimage Creation (Shown here)
- Analytical Prediction (Through observation, she was able to grasp the movement of the Revolutionary Army, an army with over 100,000 soldiers but the military force of 1,000,000 soldiers, and find a point she can utilize to topple them with her army that is less than 10x their size. Additionally, even when blinded, she can read her opponents' next moves via their presence)
- Empathic Manipulation (Unaffected by Scream)
- Mind Manipulation (Drinking just a swig of Demon's Extract causes insanity due to the blood controlling the victim, but Esdeath was able to actually control it despite drinking the entire jar)
- Sound Manipulation (Heavy Pressure's Trump Card, Nasty Voice, has no effect on Esdeath, comparing it to a mere fly buzzing at her ear, and it is a sound-based attack that pulverizes the bones of those it hits)
- Heat Manipulation (Blaze Ball has no effect on Esdeath's ice despite being able to vaporize a human -minus their bones- instantly. Can resist being melted by Tyrant's fire-breath)
- Illusion Creation (Stated to break out of Spectator's Illusion Sight through brute force)
- Ice Manipulation and Temperature Manipulation (Grew up in a snowy region and could cover herself in her own ice without any sign of discomfort. Unaffected by her own Ice Storm)
Attack Potency: At least Large Island level+, possibly Continent level (Consistently referred to as the Empire's Strongest, which would make her stronger than Purge Mode Shikoutazer's Regular Attacks. Effortlessly one-shot Tyrant Tatsumi. Her Ice Powers can casually create 63 Ice Cavalry Soldiers, while 10,000 Ice Calvary Soldiers' combined energy can produce Ice Storm Commander-In-Chief), up to Multi-Continent level with Stored Power (By storing power for several days, Esdeath can activate Ice Storm Commander-In-Chief, which is this strong)
Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic+ (Much faster than Tatsumi who managed to evade lightning, and casually dodged a shot from Mine)
Lifting Strength: At least Class M, likely far higher (Casually lifts men larger than her and Tatsumi cannot escape her hold without Incursio. Far superior to Tatsumi, who in his second form was capable of sending Shikoutazer flying with a punch)
Striking Strength: At least Large Island level+ (Effortlessly one-shot Tyrant Tatsumi), possibly Continent level (Her Ice Powers can casually create 63 Ice Cavalry Soldiers, while 10,000 Ice Cavalry Soldiers' combined energy can produce Ice Storm Commander-In-Chief which is this strong)
Durability: At least Large Island level+ (Comparable to her Striking Strength), possibly Continent level (Her Ice Powers can casually create 63 Ice Cavalry Soldiers, while 10,000 Ice Cavalry Soldiers' combined energy can produce Ice Storm Commander-In-Chief which is this strong)
Stamina: Superhuman, can fight against a whole army and continue to fight powerful Teigu like Susanoo even after using Mahapadma, much higher with Ice Storm Commander in Chief
Range: Extended melee range with her rapier, Hundreds of Meters with her Teigu (An inexperienced Esdeath in the past could freeze a lake of this size. Could casually freeze enormous enemies of these sizes), Thousand of Kilometers with Ice Storm Commander-In-Chief
Standard Equipment: Rapier, pet dragon.
Intelligence: Gifted in general. Genius in combat. Esdeath is an extremely skilled combatant renowned as the strongest soldier of the Empire, being a dangerously capable strategist and field commander who has led her forces to many victories over the Revolutionary Army. Esdeath has been a hunter of danger beasts since she was child and was regarded as a natural-born killer who knew how to dispatch her targets. She was able to defeat grown adults in martial arts tournaments even at a young age and had great skill in warfare and command of her Ice Teigu. She could fight on an equal level with Akame at her peak performance and an Evolved Incursio-enhanced Tatsumi even without having to resort to her Teigu. Esdeath has demonstrated a depth of understanding in human physiology and psychology. She is an expert in torture, with knowledge of how to prolong it, flora-derived substances that can help with it, pressure spots, the vitals of both human and animal bodies, and the ability to perform autopsies.
Standard Tactics: Esdeath preferred melee combat when not using her Teigu, easily taking on multiple foes in hand-to-hand-combat at once and slicing through entire hordes of Danger Beasts with her rapier in a single movement. She is savvy enough to continually research and develop new abilities to use against her foes. She would try to demoralize and weaken enemy soldiers if she faced a force that was much larger than she could possibly handle and achieved this by employing her skills and showcasing her dominance by charging into a conflict and taking out all of the troops. Esdeath was shown to stay calm even when unexpected situations happened. After being suddenly teleported to an unknown location, she was able to pinpoint where she was at by reading the stars, noticing the time zone difference, and seeing the wildlife. After being struck by Murasame and its poisonous curse when she was distracted, Esdeath instantly froze time to stop the curse from killing her and cut off her limb to prevent it from spreading, without hesitation. However, for all her skill, Esdeath is still a bloodthirsty sadist who is more than willing to prolong a fight to savor it and her foes' suffering.
Weaknesses: Using Makahadoma drains Esdeath and she can only use it once a day. She requires a great deal of preparation time to summon her Ice Cavalry in large numbers. Esdeath is a sadist to the core and will drag out a fight she's enjoying in order to savor it, which can distract her from her objective and keep her from finishing her foe off immediately.
Physical Strength:
- Kicked a man's face off.
- Kicked Wave across a room.
Superhuman Speed and Agility:
- Blitzed Seryu after her failed sneak attack.
- Dodged General Budo's lightning.
- Faster then Leone and Susanoo, the latter of whom can create sonic booms when running.
- Reacted to an attack from Tatsumi.
- Blocked and destroyed attacks from the Teigu L’Arc Qui ne Faut, whose arrows will forever chase after their target.
- Kicks Tatsumi and slices Susanoo multiple times at the same time.
Enhanced Durability:
- Unaffected by the temperatures of her own ice.
Enhanced Stamina:
- Defeated nearly half of Night Raid without breaking a sweat.
- In a completely one sided battle, defeated Leone, Najenda, Susanoo and Tatsumi by herself.
- She has killed entire armies on her own.
Enhanced Senses:
- Can sense auras and dodges an attack from someone invisible.
- Being able to sense when someone is spying on her. Her sense of smell is so strong as she can identify individuals by smell alone.
Immense Killing Aura:
- So overwhelming, armies falter before her mere presence.
- Scared Leone off.
- Stated by Tatsumi that the sheer pressure she emits gives her no openings.
- Kept her "sanity" in check after chugging the Demon's Extract (Others who have tried went insane and killed themselves after a little sip)
- Could sense Leone's and Tatsumi's presence quite easily, despite the latter being invisible at the time.
- Najenda estimated 50,000 elite soldiers and 10 Teigu users including Akame would be needed to defeat her.
Well Versed in Human Anatomy:
- Knows every vital point, every crippling area, and can keep her victims alive while ensuring they suffer agonizing pain.
- Should go without saying that she's an expert at torturing people.
Skilled Hand-to-Hand Fighter:
- Was capable of taking on both Base Incursio Tatsumi and Magatama Manifestation Susanoo at the same time with no trouble.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Esdeath is considered the strongest soldier in the Empire's army and one of the strongest in the series. She possesses a powerful Teigu called Demon God's Manifestation: Demon's Extract that allows her to manipulate ice and create ice from nothing. She uses it to create icicles, freeze people to death and more. She has been able to freeze an entire lake within moments with her ability.
- Esdeath usually carries a long rapier that she wields with her into combat. She has shown herself to be quite adept with this weapon even without having to resort to her Teigu.
- She is shown to be a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant as well, possessing great physical strength, such as when she sent Tatsumi crashing to the ground in one kick, or when she slammed Seryu through the ground in their first meeting. She was also able to slam Suzuka into a wall with relatively little effort.
- She also has a strong sixth sense, being able to sense killing intent even at long distances. She was perfectly able to sense that someone was spying on her. Also, her sense of smell is strong as she conformed that it was Tatsumi after checking his scent when she reunited with him on top of Mt. Fake from one sniff.
Teigu
Demon God's Manifestation: Demon's Extract: Esdeath's Teigu, is integrated within her body as it was the blood of a Danger Beast with the ability to control ice. She is able to use it for a variety of purposes like flash freezing foes to destroy them at the cellular level, firing icicles and boulders made of ice as projectiles, and even freezing time itself.
- Weissschnabel: The user creates several icicles from thin air and fires them at the user's target with a simple hand gesture.
- Unnamed Technique: Esdeath creates several rows of icicles similar to Weissschnabel, but the resulting icicles are greater in size, sharpness, and quantity.
- Grauhorn: Esdeath creates a giant horn of ice from thin air to pierce her target.
- Hagelsprung: Esdeath creates an enormous boulder out of ice and launches it at her opponent to crush them under its weight.
- Aura: According to Leone Esdeath has a diabolical aura, which is due to the countless massacres carried out. It's pressure is so great that she shows no apparent openings. It is also capable of greatly intimidating opponents and sensing their intent to kill.
- Ice Armor: Esdeath can create ice around her body to act as makeshift armor to stop sudden attacks. This armor is durable enough to stop Akame's Murasame in its tracks.
- Ice Entrapment: Esdeath can imprison foes in large ice structures to contain them without killing them if she so desires.
- Levitation/Flight: By wrapping ice around parts of her body and making those pieces float, Esdeath can levitate in the air. While she is able to maneuver somewhat, she herself admits that it's far from true flight like Mastema's.
- Ice Tree: With her hand on the ground, Esdeath summons a tree made of ice that fires dozens of ice projectiles from its limbs.
- Ice Blender: An elongated, pointed poll of ice with many ice thorns sticking out of it. She sends this spinning at her opponents, blending them into a bloody mess.
- Ice Spire: Touching the ground, Esdeath calls forth a giant spire of ice to pierce her foes, like in her fight with Akame.
- Larger Ice Projectiles: Virtually the same as her regular projectiles, just larger.
- Ice Limbs: When she lost an arm and two fingers, she has been shown to replace them with fingers and an arm made of ice that, as she said, works just as well as the original and does not hamper her ability to fight.
- Ice Wall: Once again by touching the ground, she summons up a circular wall of ice to prevent her prey from escaping.
- Full Body Ice Armor: Using ice to cover her entire body, she creates a large body armor that completely cuts her off from the outside, though noticeably slowing her down.
Trump Cards
- Ice Cavalry: Esdeath is able to create an army of golems out of ice that respond to her commands. They're able to simulate foot soldiers, cavalry, and giant Danger Beasts, allowing her to challenge an entire army with them alone. However, she requires some time to accumulate the necessary energy to generate them in legion numbers. In addition, they require her orders to function at maximum efficiency. Should she be distracted or preoccupied (i.e. by entering battle herself), their reaction speed will slow dramatically, great lowering their combat effectiveness. They are also capable of regenerating themselves from being blown to pieces.
- Ice Storm Commander-In-Chief: Esdeath is able to focus her mighty power to create a powerful ice storm capable of covering an entire country with ice and snow. Although, she did it relying on the power that she puts into her Ice Cavalry, that took her a few days to create them (Which means that she should be capable of doing it by her own). From what she has said, it replenishes her powers constantly while the storm is active.
- Makahadoma: Esdeath's ultimate trump card in which she freezes time and space in her vicinity, stopping all motion except for her own. During this time, she is free to attack her foes as she pleases and is also useful for intercepting attacks that she or an ally/objective cannot dodge on their own. This technique is also helpful in for countering abilities such as Akame's Murasame as after being struck, Esdeath freezes time to stop the curse from killing her and cuts off her limb to prevent it from spreading. However, using this ability drains her stamina more than she would like, and she can only use it once a day.
Notable Matchups
Notable Victories:
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches:
Discussions
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