| “ | I shall show you... the GREATEST... nightmare! | „ |
| ~ Nightmare |
Summary
Nightmare (ナイトメア, Naitomea) is the main antagonist of the Soul series. He made his first appearance in Soul Edge, with his proper debut being in Soulcalibur. He is the host, wielder and living incarnation of the cursed sword, Soul Edge, the objective of most other characters in the story.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 8-B | 5-B | At least 5-B | Unknown
Name: Nightmare
Origin: Soulcalibur
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown (Lasted from the Ancient Times)
Classification: Living Incarnation of Soul Edge, Azure Knight
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Soul Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Weapon Mastery, Electricity Manipulation, Creation (Created a mimic of Soul Edge), Dark Magic, Regeneration (Low), Immortality (Types 1 and 6), Teleportation, Dimensional BFR, Duplication, Light Manipulation, Possession, Reality Warping, Durability Negation (Can cut through dimensions), Necromancy | All abilities enhanced | All abilities greatly enhanced, Energy Projection, Flight | Soul Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, Summoning (Can summon a dark horse).
Attack Potency: City Block level (Stronger than the average Soulcalibur character. It usually takes two or more characters to defeat him canonically) | Planet level (With Complete Soul Edge. Managed to keep up with Algol for a little bit and can indeed harm him. Soul Edge is also the one who created Astral Chaos in which is other side of the human world) | At least Planet level (Is the most powerful character in the series. Obliterated Zasalamel with a single attack, even Algol feared his presence and power), can also ignore conventional durability. | Unknown
Speed: Superhuman with Supersonic+ reactions and combat speed via power-scaling (Ivy, a much weaker character, kicked away a point blank bullet shot from Cervantes' gun, Taki also outran an explosion in Soul Blade) | Superhuman with Supersonic+ reactions and combat speed | Subsonic with at least Supersonic+ reactions and combat speed | Unknown
Lifting Strength: Class 1 | Class M | At least Class M | Unknown
Striking Strength: City Block Class | Planet Class | At least Planet Class | Unknown
Durability: City Block level (Is able to take damage from Siegfried and Zasalamel) | Planet level | At least Planet level | Unknown
Stamina: Very high, can fight for a long time against Siegfried, can live without water or food.
Range: Extended melee range with his sword, hundreds of meters with bursts of magic and fire.
Standard Equipment: Soul Edge, armor.
Intelligence: High | High | Mindless, appears to operate purely on an instinctual level.
Weaknesses: Must keep devouring souls in order to stay alive as he is an empty suit of armor with no actual wielder for the sword, he is actually the sword rather than the armor that wields it, meaning that breaking the sword will kill him.
Key: Incomplete Nightmare | Complete Nightmare | Night Terror | Soul Calibur Vl
Others
Notable Victories:
Onaga (Mortal Kombat) Onaga's Profile (Unrestricted Onaga and Night Terror was used and Speed was equalized)
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches:
Yveltal (Pokemon) Yveltal's Profile (Night Terror was used and speed was equalized)