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XC2 Monado icon Why should we care? What's important isn't whether you can see the future or not. It's the will to make a choice, and the strength to seize your destiny! Our time has come. Our destiny is our own!
~ Shulk to Zanza

Summary

Shulk (シュルク) is the main protagonist of Xenoblade Chronicles.

He likes to think things through and is very methodical in his approach to most situations. He was one of the only known survivors on a previous expedition to retrieve the Monado, and as a young man has become a budding researcher set on unlocking the sword's secrets. He first wields the sacred weapon when his home, Colony 9, is attacked by Mechon.

Powers and Stats

Tier: Low 7-C | Low 1-C | Low 1-C | Low 1-C | Low 1-C | Low 1-C

Key: Monado I | Monado II | Replica Monado | Monado III | Future Connected | Future Redeemed

Name: Shulk

Origin: Xenoblade

Gender: Male

Age: 18 (Xenoblade Chronicles), 19 (Future Connected), Unknown but appears in his 40s (Future Redeemed)

Classification: Homs, God (Briefly), Ouroboros, Godcleaver

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Sword Mastery, Immortality (Types 7, 8 and Limited Type 4 plus Type 6 though The Monado; Shulk already died when Zanza was awoken by the Monado Expedition wholm Shulk was apart of. Being described as an empty shell, Shulk only appeared to live thanks to Zanza becoming his life force, Shulk's life is protected by Alvis who wishes for him to replace Zanza as the new God which has allowed for Shulk to survive fatal wounds, as Zanza is acting as Shulk's life force if Shulk were to die it would release Zanza, The Monado that Shulk uses is stated to be one and the same with Zanza by Egil which Zanza confirms by referring to himself as The Monado and Zanza himself requires other beings in order to survive), Multiple Selves (Type 1: Shulk and Zanza inhabit the same body while having seperate minds from one another), Passive Precognition, Perception Manipulation and Clairvoyance (Can passively utilize visions of the near or far future on what will exactly happen, these visions happen instantaneously with Shulk describing the sensation as if time had stopped, this can affect even Acausality (Type 2 and 4) users as shown by Shulk being capable of seeing his own future even when other users such as Hom's Alvis couldn't do the same), Accelerated Development (Passive and Leveling: Physical Stats and Abilities, The Monado is stated by Alvis to grow with its wielder allowing for Shulk to grow in strength rapidly to the point where could defeat foes who could previously defeat him without any training, has access to EXP and AP Gems which increase the amount of experience Shulk gets and increases how quickly Shulk can unlock skills), Weapon Control and Passive Reactive Evolution (The Monado bends to the will of it's master allowing it to change shape, overcome weaknesses as shown with Shulk damaging Metal Face with the Monado I despite the latter having Homs blood, grow in power as shown by The Monado becoming much more powerful when pushed, enhance resistances and develop resistances as shown with The Monado overcoming the effects of the Apocrypha which previously left it in a powerless state and later Shulk even comments that The Monado does not feel any different even when approaching the Apocrypha Generator and also The Monado can gain new abilities when needed as shown with it responding to Shulk's desires which allowed him to obtain Monado Shield, Monado Speed and Monado Purge, Shulk was also shown to be capable of actively triggering The Monado to obtain new abilities through his will and desire as shown through him obtaining Monado Purge and The Monado II once it had the shackles broken alongside Zanza stating that created the Monado's ability to see into the future in order to fight Meyneth), Acausality (Type 1, 2 and 4; Shulk's existence is described as a fluctuation, existing outside the results of predictions of the future. This would later be fully explained as him existing outside of the Passage of Fate which explains how how was able to save people who were destined to die and change the Passage of Fate, which acts as the Multiverse's Causality System existing beyond it's space-time axis. Was unable to be seen through the precognition of Alvis while in his Homs form with the Passage of Fate also containing the past and future as shown by Vision users looking into it to see the future and the past, and was capable of retaining his memories of Zanza after the universal reset which wiped the memories of his existence), Blessed (Protection; Is protected by Alvis and his use of the Passage of Fate so that he can become the new God), Statistics Amplification (Of Strength, Speed and Defences; Shulk can buff himself through various means such as Monado Arts such as Monado Speed, buff himself through ether gems or even through skills which happen passively), Limited Heat Manipulation (The Monado emits large amounts of heat which has shown to be capable of melting the armour of characters such as Metal Face, this would make the heat produced by The Monado superior to the heat that an ether river produces as other faced mechon such as Xord were able to survive prolonged contact in one), Regeneration (At least Low-Mid, likely far higher For The Monado; The Monado that Zanza used was shown to be in perfect condition even after being cut in half), Deconstruction (Blade weapons such as The Monado are shown to be capable of disintegrating foes though basic attacks this even includes those who can swim in the cloud sea which breaks down matter it comes into contact with), Energy Projection (Via Monado Buster and other arts such as Monado Purge and Air Slash which can attack foes through blasts of ether), Forcefield Creation (Via Monado Shield which engulfs its target in a barrier which protects them from attacks, this extends to the point where it can protect the target from attacks that would normally one shot them), Damage Boost and Power Bestowal (Via Monado Enchant, can also boost his own damage through numerous ether gems), Power Nullification (Via Monado Purge which can nullify abilities), Paralysis Inducement (Monado Purge paralyzes the target, can also inflict paralysis through attacks via the paralysis ether gem), Invulnerability Negation (Monado Purge is capable of nullifying auras which includes the Invincibility aura), Biological Absorption and Power Absorption (Monado Eater consumes its target along with any buffs they had), Passive Fate Manipulation (Shulk is the new god that Alvis uses the Passage of Fate for as so a new universe can be created, this would mean that nothing can befall Shulk that would make him unable to replace Zanza and create a new universe which is shown by Metal Face not killing Shulk in Colony 9 for The Monado despite the fact that Metal Face desperately wanted The Monado and events can happens to benefit Shulk such as when Xord's body suddenly was unable to pump enough blood which forced him to retreat, this binds even Acausality (Type 2 and 4) users as shown by Zanza's use of the Passage of Fate preventing Shulk from saving The Emperor as explained by Alvis), Limited Instinctive Reaction (Powers obtained by The Monado feel instinctive for him as shown by Shulk knowing how to use Monado Shield and Monado Speed moments after unlocking them), Statistics Reduction (Of Strength, Speed and Defences; Shulk is able to debuff his opponent's stats through varies means such as ether gems which allow for Shulk to debuff opponents through attacks), Empowerment (Multiple of Shulk's skills allow for him to buff himself when under certain conditions), Passive Healing (Via Light Heal and many healing ether gems which allows Shulk to constantly get healed for even actions such as using the Monado), Elemental Manipulation (Of Fire, Lightning, Ice and Light; Via Shulk having access to Blaze Attack, Lightning Attack and Chill Attack which allows for his attacks to also inflict apply these abilities, The Monado's blade is stated numerous times to be a blade of light and The Monado itself is also a light element weapon), Poison Manipulation (Via Poison Attack which allows for Shulk to poison enemies through attacks), Enhanced Senses (Via the Night Vision ether gem granting night vision), Probability Manipulation (Can increase his chances of setting off statuses, performing a critical hit, landing a hit on his opponent, etc), Durability Negation (Via Bleed Attack, which can make others bleed through attacks even when said attacks are unable to do so prior and can make others bleed when they couldn't normally can't conventionally), Damage Reduction (Is able to reduce physical and ether damage by up to 50% through Physical Protect and Ether Protect gems), Supernatural Luck (Via Unbeatable Gem, which can allow Shulk to survive a normally fatal blow with 1 HP), Social Influencing, Limited Empathic Manipulation (Via Shadow Eye and ether gems allowing for Shulk to increase or decrease how aggro opponents are to Shulk), Non-Physical Interaction (Can harm Nebulas, which lack any physical forms and The Monado itself can interact with Meyneth's Soul as shown with Zanza's battle with her), Status Effect Inducement (Via Bind and Daze, bind prevents the target from moving though they can still attack, Shulk can inflict this through attacks via the Bind ether gem, is also able to forcibly daze an enemy through the daze status effect), Presence Concealment (Via Cloak Gems which allow for Shulk to be undetected by enemies), Passive Damage Transferal (Via Spike Gems allow the user to send back the exact same damage they took to the attacker, allowing both parties to be equally damaged), Life Force Absorption (Via HP Steal which allows for Shulk to steal HP when damaging his opponents), Shockwave Generation (Via Stream Edge which sends a shockwave in a fan infront of Shulk), Reactive Power Level ("Tension" is an ability that passively makes a character grow stronger over the course of battle), Limited Reality Warping (The Monado is able to manipulate the Ether that makes up the world in order to make use of it's abilities), and an Unconventional Possesion, Body Puppetry, Pain Manipulation and Enhanced Electricity Manipulation (Via The Monado which has shown to possess those who attempt to wield it such as Arglas or control people such as Dunban, Dunban's exposure to The Monado also caused him to be wrapped in electricity that caused him to lose the use of his right arm permanently and Shulk's exposure caused him to be enveloped with an indescribable pain)

Same as before to a greater extent, plus Extrasensory Perception (Was able to sense where the Apocrypha generator was through the energy it was emmiting), Rage Power (Shulk's rage for his foes enabled his Monado to evolve into the Monado II, gaining a massive power boost along with it), Supernatural Willpower (Shulk determination alone was able to rekindle the Monado's power after it had been disabled by the Apocrypha), Air Manipulation (Via Monado Cyclone), Enhanced Damage Reduction (Via Monado Armour which reduces physical and ether damage by 75%), Space-Time Manipulation and Sealing (The Monado was used by A to damage and seal Fog Rifts which are rifts in space-time), and Immortality Negation (Type 3 - Up to Low Godly; Upscales from The Bionis as Shulk uses the same Monado that The Bionis used)

Same Resistance as before, plus Resistance to Gravity Manipulation (Unaffected by Fiora's Zero Gravity Field), Enhanced Power Nullification (Was able to power through the effects of the Apocrypha which left his Monado useless), Enhanced Electricity Manipulation (Was relatively fine after being shocked by the Monado which caused Dunban to lose use of his right arm)

Same Resistance as before, plus Resistance to Precognition (Was unable to be seen by Zanza through his precognition despite Zanza being responsible for Shulk's visions originally), Fate Manipulation (Became a threat to Zanza's future, was told by Alvis that in order to win he would need to defy fate), Space-Time Manipulation and Sealing (Able to withstand hits from The Monado which was used by A to damage and seal Fog Rifts which are rifts in space-time), Immortality Negation (Of Types 2, 3 - High-Godly; Concept and Information, 4, 6 and 8; Can withstand hits from The Monado which upscales from N who as an ether based being was able to permanently kill Z, himself and M), likely an enhanced resistance to Mind Manipulation (Is able to defeat numerous Telethia without nulling their perception despite the fact they could read Shulk's mind before) and Immunity to Soul Manipulation (Lacks a Soul)

All previous abilities further enhanced minus Immortality (Type 4) and Multiple Selves, plus Enhanced Precognition (Able to see "All Possible Futures" on a Higher-Dimensional Omnipresent scale), Passive Time Stop and Aura (Upon defeating Zanza, Shulk gained an aura that causes all of his allies to be frozen in place), Elemental Manipulation (Of previous elements plus, Water, Earth and Dark; Upscaled from Blades who can manipulate these elements through their use of Ether, The Monado is able to control all things through the use of ether which gives advanced users access to every form of Ether and can replicate all forms of it, this extends to even an individual basis as the bodies of the inhabitants of Shulk's world are composed of ether), Mind Manipulation (Upscaled from numerous foes who are able cause foes to mindlessly run around in circles or even take control of someone through the use of Control), Sleep Manipulation (Upscaled from Melia's use of ether), Death Manipulation (Upscaled from the numerous enemies and even allies who's use of ether can do this), Gravity Manipulation (Upscaled from Fiora's use of the Zero Gravity ether art), Limited Invulnerability (Upscaled from Sharla's ether art Shield Bullet which allows for the target to gain Damage Immunity), BFR (Upscaled from Melia's teleportation being shown to be able to teleport others), Purification (Type 3; Upscaled from Sharla's ether art Cure Bullet which cures the target of debuffs and grants them a temporary Immunity to them), Attack Reflection (Upscaled from Melia's use of the Reflection ether art), Corrosion Inducement (Upscaled from the Mechon's Ether based weapons that are corrosive and can deconstruct other beings), Body Puppetry (Ether can be used to force entities to move to the whims of the user), Corruption (Type 2), Animal Manipulation, Madness Manipulation (Type 2) and Transmutation (Upscaled from the rift which caused wild life to go mad and transform into fog beasts), Smoke Manipulation (Upscaled from Melia who is capable of generating smoke), Immortality Negation (Of Types 2, 3 - High-Godly; Concept and Information, 4, 6 and 8; Upscaled from N who as an ether based being was able to permanently kill Z, himself and M), Forcefield Creation (Upscaled from Melia's use of ether which can create barriers to protect herself and others), Teleportation (Upscaled from Zenobia's use of the wind element allows her to teleport), Absolute Zero (Upscaled from Jin who's use of the Ice element can reach Absolute Zero), Plant Manipulation (Upscaled from the Ponspecters whose use of ether causes plants to grow), Technology Manipulation (Ether can be used to control and power technology, this is shown by the ether in the High Entia Tomb), Resistance Negation (via Chain Attack; a team based attack which allows for Shulk to ignore enemy resistances and inflict status effects anyway), Explosion Manipulation (Upscaled from Sharla's ether shots which cause an explosion on hit), Holy Manipulation (The Monado III is described as a Holy Weapon which provides a massive boost in power, can control light, and produce Miracles), Resurrection (Upscaled from Nia's use of the water element which is capable of reviving the dead), Matter Manipulation, Biological Manipulation and Metal Manipulation (The Monado controls Ether which the beings of The Bionis and Mechonis and even the world are made of), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1: Severed the threads of fate so that everyone can choose their own future with fate itself being able to affect Memory Space as evident by Zanza being able to have a vision which works by looking into the passage of fate and Memory Space itself exists beyond space and time and being capable of surviving universal resets), Perception Manipulation (People in the new universe were unable to perceive other worlds, Shulk using The Monado 3 undid this), Pocket Reality Manipulation (After defeating Zanza, Shulk should now have gained complete control over Memory Space), Passive Mind Reading and Power Mimicry (The Memory Space is capable of reading the victim's mind, and replicating their past foes into the realm for them to fight), Fate Manipulation and Causality Manipulation (As the new God he has control of the Passage of Fate just like Zanza did which contains the laws of causality), Memory Manipulation and Existence Erasure (Erased Zanza from History and with it, the memory of his existence vanished from everyone in the new world), and Reality Warping (Has control over The Monado which allows for the user to gain control of Ether and by having control over Ether the user's will is made reality, evolved his dying world into a new form), Possibly Body Puppetry, Power Mimicry and Absorption (Of Memories, Data, Soul and likely Information; Shulk as the possibly driver of Ontos should be capable of performing similar feats to the Master Drives as shown by Rex being stated to be able to do anything Amalthus can do as both are Master Drivers which would mean that Shulk can absorb Core Crystals and their contents like Amalthus, control any Blade and Titan by force and copy attacks such as when Amalthus copied Mythra's Sacred Arrow), Enhanced Power Nullification and Purification (Type 2; Upscaled from Master Driver Rex who stopped Amalthus from trying to control his party's blades), plus likely more abilities through the use of Alvis

Same as Replica Monado key minus Immortality (Type 8), Fate Manipulation, Precognition and Clairvoyance and Cosmic Awareness, plus Preparation (When defeated by The Fog King due to being unable to hit it, Shulk quickly figured out and developed a way to defeat it), Summoning (Can summon the Nopon Ponspectors to attack Shulk's enemies), Resistance Negation (The Yellow Chaos Union Strike force enemies to suffer Strength Down and dazes them even if they are resistant to it), Explosion Manipulation (The Red Comet Union Strike causes explosions), Plant Manipulation (The Ponspecters' use of ether causes plants to grow), Animal Manipulation (The Ponspectors can control animals to attack their foes)

Same Resistance as before

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Weapon Mastery (Is in incredibly skilled swordsman), Immortality (Types 7; Shulk already died when Zanza was awoken by the Monado Expedition wholm Shulk was apart of. Being described as an empty shell, Shulk only appeared to live thanks to Zanza becoming his life force), Cyborgization (Partial; Has a robotic arm after losing it in the fight with Alpha), Acausality (Type 1, 2 and 4; Shulk's existence is described as a fluctuation, existing outside the results of predictions of the future. This would later be fully explained as him existing outside of the Passage of Fate which explains how how was able to save people who were destined to die and change the Passage of Fate, which acts as the Multiverse's Causality System existing beyond its space-time axis. Was unable to be seen through the precognition of Alvis while in his Homs form with the Passage of Fate also containing the past and future as shown by Vision users looking into it to see the future and the past, and was capable of retaining his memories of Zanza after the universal reset which wiped the memories of his existence), Weapon Creation and Summoning (Able to summon his Replica Monado EX+, Iris users have also been shown to be able to summon their weapon to them), Extrasensory Perception and Enhanced Senses (Has access to an Iris which can allows it's user to see further, follow tracks and see information), Information Analysis (Has access to the X-Reader which allows for Shulk to see information on his opponents such as weaknesses, upcoming moves, etc), Accelerated Development (Passive: Physical Stats and Abilities, Ouroboros users have also shown to gain strength in reaction to both a strong opponent and to their own emotions as shown by Matthew responding to his emotions to save Na'el and Nikol and Glimmer responding to facing Shulk and Rex in battle), Aura (Has the power to summon an Aura of an Ouroboros which greatly enhances Shulk's attacks), Mind Manipulation (Ouroboros energy has been shown capable of separating one's conscience from their body as shown by Ghondor doing so to Alpha), Acrobatics (Is highly skilled in acrobatics allowing for Shulk to move fluidly in combat), Energy Projection (Able to shoot blasts of ether energy at his foes), Energy Projection (Via Monado Buster and other arts such as Monado Purge which can attack foes through blasts of ether; Should still have access to all his previous Monado Arts), Forcefield Creation (Via Monado Shield which engulfs its target in a barrier which protects them from attacks, this extends to the point where it can protect the target from attacks that would normally one shot them), Damage Boost and Power Bestowal (Via Monado Enchant, can also boost his own damage through numerous ether gems), Fear Manipulation (His presence caused Dickson; who is a person who has been in many wars and has seen comparable/superior characters and has never felt fear before in his life, to shake in fear), Power Nullification (Via Monado Purge which can nullify abilities), Paralysis Inducement (Monado Purge paralyzes the target), Biological Absorption and Power Absorption (Monado Eater consumes its target along with any buffs they had), Status Effect Inducement, Damage Boost (Numerous accessories and gems increase Rex's damage to foes), Healing (Is capable of healing himself through accessories), Air Manipulation (Via Monado Cyclone), Self-Sustenance (Type 1; Can breathe in Memory Space which is stated to resemble the vacuum of space), Statistics Amplification (Shulk is able to boost his own stats through gems, accessories and arts), Statistics Reduction (Shulk is able to reduce his enemy's stats), Supernatural Willpower (Shulk determination alone was able to rekindle the Monado's power after it had been disabled by the Apocrypha), Probability Manipulation (Can increase his chance perform a critical hit, dodge an attack, hit an opponent or increasing the chance of statuses going off), Probability Manipulation Negation (The item Chaotic Memory allows for the user to ignore the effects of evasion and shields), Passive Damage Transferal (Spike deals damages the enemy 1.6x of Shulk's attack), Damage Reduction (Numerous accessories reduce the damage that Shulk takes), Space-Time Manipulation and Sealing (Capable of damaging and sealing Fog Rifts which are rifts in space-time), Deconstruction (Should upscale from his younger self who's Replica Monado was capable of doing this), Empathic Manipulation (Can increase or decrease his opponent's aggression towards him through the use of accessories and gems), Invulnerability Negation (Monado Purge is capable of nullifying auras which includes the Invincibility aura), Immortality Negation (Types 3 - Up to Mid-High, 4 and 8; Capable of killing Fog Beasts which are entities that can regenerate from scattered smoke and revive themselves when killed through their reliance on their rift), Durability Negation (Via the Bleed status effect, which can make others bleed through attacks even when said attacks are unable to do so prior and can make others bleed when they couldn't normally can't conventionally), Awakened Power (Is capable of using the Awakening status effect to heavily boost his own capabilities), Social Influencing (Is naturally charismatic, was able to amass the Liberators with Rex through his words and kindness alone), Empowerment (The skill Natural Born Warrior increases Shulk's damage the more enemies there are), Durability Negation (Can use Arts that inflicts Pierce which ignores the enemy's defence, also capable of ignoring barriers through skills and the Chaotic Memory item), Supernatural Luck and Limited Invulnerability (Brute Memory allows Shulk to withstand an attack that would kill him and gives him invincibility for a short period of time) and Non-Physical Interaction (Capable of hitting and destroying Fog Beasts which are beings made of highly concentrated ether, also capable of hitting Fog Rifts where are rifts in space-time), Limited Reality Warping (Much like the original Monado, Shulk's Replica Monado is able to manipulate the Ether that makes up the world in order to make use of it's abilities as shown by it being capable of Monado Arts)

Same Resistance as before plus Law Manipulation, Power Modification and Reality Warping (As an Ouroboros, Shulk is capable of breaking Z's grasp on the world which allows Z to decide what is permitted and what is prohibited, control the world's very fabric and control other's abilities as evident by him disabling Mio's use of Moebius powers and controlling the Mio's and other Moebius' teleportation), Pain Manipulation and Madness Manipulation (Type 2; Moebius have been shown to be able of inflicting wounds that can transfer over to even entirely new bodies, these wounds inflict a terrible pain that grows over time which will eventually drive the person mad with Shulk showing no such problems from Moebius wounds), Time Stop (Able to exist within the world of Aionios which is a world of stopped time), Memory Manipulation and Earth Manipulation (Ouroboros are unaffected by Consul J's ability to steal memories and fashion them into mud puppets with their own minds), Mind Manipulation (Unaffected by their own Ouroboros energy which was shown capable of splitting one's conscience from their body as shown by Ghondor doing so to Alpha), Precognition (Ouroboros power is capable of breaking through Alpha's Future Sight as stated by A during their fight with Alpha) Life Manipulation (As a being unbound of the Flame Clocks, Moebius Y's ability to manipulate life does not work on Shulk), Perception Manipulation and Morality Manipulation (Is unbound from the influence of the Flame Clock which in turn makes Shulk unaffected by the Moebius Iris which has shown to be capable to change people's perception and have them attack former allies ruthlessly as shown by Noah's and Mio's Colonies perceiving them as monsters they must destroy no matter what), Technology Manipulation (Shulk's equipment is unaffected by the black fog which scrambles one's Iris), Absorption (Of Souls; Unaffected by Z's presence which is shown to drain the souls from individuals), Death Manipulation (Unaffected by Z's mere presence which was able to kill a previous incarnation of Mio), Existence Erasure (Able to withstand Alpha's art Cleanse the Dregs which causes an Annihilation event with annihilation events being stated to work by cancelling out matter), Absorption (Able to withstand Monado Eater during his final fight with Alpha which absorbs matter it comes into contact with)

Attack Potency: Small Town level+ (The Monado I was used by Dunban to generate a large amount of light which requires this amount of energy) | Low Complex Multiverse level (It's the same Monado that the Bionis used) | Low Complex Multiverse level (Defeated Dickson, who previously killed him in his Monado 2 state) | Low Complex Multiverse level (Receives his power from the Conduit, which draws its power from the Far-Flung Dimension, a 6-dimensional realm) | Low Complex Multiverse level (Despite giving up his Godhood, he should still be comparable if not superior to his Replica Monado self) | Low Complex Multiverse level (Should be superior to his Future Connected self due to being decades older, fought against Alpha)

Speed: Supersonic+ (Is able to compete with Telethia), Higher with Monado Speed (Monado Speed is stated to increase the user's speed by 40%) | Sub-Relativistic (Comparable to the Bionis, who can move at this speed), Higher with Monado Speed | Massively FTL+ (Capable of fighting against Zanza who is superior to his creations of the Telethia which are capable of fighting against foes who are this fast), Higher with Monado Speed (The 40% speed boost from Monado Speed lets Shulk reach 300208.2c), likely Infinite (Able to keep up with the likes of Zanza who can keep up with the likes of Monado III Shulk) | At least Massively FTL+ (Matched Zanza's speed and is faster than before), Higher with Monado Speed, likely Infinite (Comparable to the likes of Alvis who is comparable to Alpha, should be faster than his older self) | Massively FTL+, Higher with Monado Speed, likely Infinite (Should be just as fast as before) | Massively FTL+, Higher with Monado Speed, likely Infinite (Kept up with the likes of Alpha)

Lifting Strength: Class 100 (Able to topple characters such as Xord) | At least Class E (Wields the same sword as the Bionis did) | Immeasurable (Able to contend with Zanza) | Immeasurable (Far stronger than before, and is empowered by the same Conduit that empowers Alvis) | Immeasurable (Should be superior to his Replica Monado self) | Immeasurable (Far stronger than before. Repeatedly clashed with N)

Striking Strength: Small Town level+ | Low Complex Multiverse level | Low Complex Multiverse level | Low Complex Multiverse level | Low Complex Multiverse level | Low Complex Multiverse level

Durability: Small Town level+ (Can tank attacks from Telethia), Higher with Monado Shield (Monado Shield was able to cause an attack that would have killed Reyn in a single attack to bounce off) | Low Complex Multiverse level (Comparable to Bionis), Higher with Monado Shield | Low Complex Multiverse level (Tanked blows from Dickson), Higher with Monado Shield | Low Complex Multiverse level (Tanked blows from Zanza), Higher with Monado Shield | Low Complex Multiverse level, Higher with Monado Shield | Low Complex Multiverse level, Higher with Monado Shield

Stamina: Superhuman (Can run for entire days without tiring) | Superhuman, likely Infinite with Alvis | Superhuman

Range: Tens of Meters with Monado | Thousands of Kilometers (Can stretch the Monado II over 2000 kilometers long) | Thousands of Kilometers | Low Complex Multiversal | Thousands of Kilometers

Standard Equipment: The Monado I, various ether gems and equipment | The Monado II, various ether gems and equipment | The Replica Monado, various ether gem and equipment | Alvis, various ether gems and equipment | The Replica Monado EX (Later the Replica Monado EX+), various ether gems and equipment | The Replica Monado EX+, various ether gems and accessories

Shulk's Monados and equipment:

  • The Monado: The divine sword of The Bionis, The Monado is a blade of many mysteries. The Monado bends to the will of it's user allowing it to change form at will or harness new powers. The Monado does this by having control the ether around it in order to perform certain abilities. The Monado I has had it's true capabilities sealed and as a result it cannot harm those with the blood of Zanza (Homs, High Entia, Nopon) as any attempt to do so will just result in The Monado bouncing off the target. If anyone not chosen by The Monado attempts to wield The Monado, they will be inflicted with numerous harmful effects which can lead to death, paralysis and more.
  • Armour: Armour is protective gear worn by Shulk to increase his capabilities in battle. Coming in the form of head, torso, arms, legs and feet these pieces of armour have 3 main types which include light armour, medium armour and heavy armour. A list of all the armour pieces can be found here.

  • The Monado II: The Monado in it's true form! Unshackled from it's previous state The Monado II can now harm those with the blood of Zanza along with a boost in it's power that Shulk makes use of to defeat foes he previously couldn't.

  • Replica Monado Having his Monado stolen by Zanza, Shulk was gifted a replica which was made using machina technology. While being weaker than The Monado II the Replica Monado as it's name implies replicates everything that Shulk's Monado could do which allows for him to still perform his Monado Arts despite not having access to his Monado anymore.
  • Monado Agni: A variation of the Replica Monado, it is made of hard materials which allow it to have increase defensive capabilities.
  • Monado Dogma: A variation of the Replica Monado, it is made of thinner materials which allow it to hit critical hits more often.
  • Monado Rudra: A variation of the Replica Monado, it is made of lightweight materials which makes it easy to use.
  • Monado Abyss: A variation of the Replica Monado, it is made of strong materials which greatly increase it's attack power.
  • Monado Saga: A variation of the Replica Monado, it is made of thick materials which greatly increase it's defensive capabilities.

  • The Monado III: Also known as The True Monado, this Monado was is the Monado itself which Shulk obtained in his fight with Zanza. Unlike the other Monados, The Monado III is a transparent sword that has the form of a weaving fishbone pattern that branches downward, ending in a large triangular tip. A large hourglass-shaped guard now separates the Monado's ring from its hilt. The pommel of the sword is a small arrowhead design.

  • Replica Monado EX: Also known as Monado Rex, this Monado is an enhanced version of Shulk's previous Replica Monado. It bears a similar design to that of The Monado I and is used by Shulk during the events of Future Connected.
  • Replica Monado EX+: An enhanced version of Shulk's previous Monado, modified with the ability to create an ether field which allowed them to harm the Fog King who's ether concentration was previously too high for the party to match.

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Shulk is an intelligent tech savvy individual who was capable of mastering The Monado, something that skilled veterans such as Dunban (who is so skilled to the point where The Monado could not possess him like it did Arglas due his pure skill) could not do. Comes up with strategies on the fly to defeat foes as evident by him taking advantage of the Telethia's ability to absorb ether [something that normally benefits the Telethia] by forcing it to absorb too much. Became adept in weapons making just by watching Dickson make weapons. Is one the most skilled swordsman in history as he has mastered multiple fighting styles such as when he adopted and then mastered Dunban's fighting style after losing an arm. Was capable of building a replacement organ for a Machina child to allow him to grow again even when he has only learned about the existence of Machina recently. Was capable of designing Origin which is capable of holding the memories and souls of the Xenoblade 1 and 2 universes and recreating both universes after their mutual destruction. Was considered to be the best candidate to replace Zanza)

Weaknesses:: The Monado I is unable to harm the "Children of the Bionis" including Nopon, High Entia, and Homs (Xenoblade's Term for Human) though this does not mean that The Monado I cannot damage characters not from Xenoblade in a Versus Thread. | None Notable

Notable Techniques/Attacks:

  • Visions: Shulk's main ability which allows him to see into the future which was bestowed upon him by The Monado. When this happens Shulk's eyes glow blue and his perception slows to a halt when having a vision with him describing the experience as "as if time had stopped". Originally Shulk had no control over these visions with them appearing to him nigh randomly about futures he needs to change or to give him information on future events. Later however, Shulk developed his own visions without the need of The Monado and with them he became able to have complete control over what he wants to see along with the previous benefit of having a vision without having to trigger it himself with some scenarios including Shulk just being aware of what's to happen without the use of a vision.
  • Shulk ActivateMonadoMonado Arts: Monado Arts are special arts that are used by The Monado and it's replicas. Their main use is to allow for Shulk to change the future as these abilities came to Shulk in response to his desire to change an undesirable future.
  • Shulk MonadoBusterMonado Buster: Shulk extends the laser blade of the Monado multiple times its normal size, allowing to hit far more enemies than normal, and is extremely effective against the Machina and Mechons.
  • Shulk MonadoEnchantMonado Enchant: Shulk strengthens the weapons of himself and his friends to the point that enemies that are resistant to specific weapons like the mechon can be harmed normally.
  • Shulk MonadoShieldMonado Shield: Shulk generates a barrier that protects himself from any incoming attacks with a swing of his sword.
  • Shulk MonadoSpeedMonado Speed: Shulk gives himself or any other target a greater chance to dodge physical attacks via enhancing their speed by 40%.
  • Shulk MonadoPurgeMonado Purge: Shulk shoots out a massive projectile that covers a wide area that's capable of paralyzing it's victim, rendering their abilities nulled, and can prevent damage being sent back to him upon impact.
  • Shulk MonadoArmourMonado Armour: Shulk grants himself a massive buff in defence against any physical and ether based attacks.
  • Shulk MonadoCycloneMonado Cyclone: Shulk swings his blade upward, causing a massive torrent of wind that attacks everything around him, rendering those who's hit by the ability to fall and lose their bearing should they be inflicted with Break.
  • Shulk MonadoEaterMonado Eater: Shulk stabs in the direction towards the enemies, releasing a wave of ether energy that removes any buffs the enemy has given themselves.

  • Icon Shulk TurnStrikeArts: Arts are techniques performed by characters which can have effects attached to them, arts can do various effects such a healing, dealing additional damage or inflicting a status effect onto a foe.
    • Shulk SlitEdgeSlit Edge: Shulk stabs the enemy with the Monado, allowing him to decrease their defence should it hit their sides.
    • Shulk BackSlashBack Slash: Shulk slashes the enemy with the Monado, dealing massive amounts of damage should it hit their backs.
    • Shulk LightHealLight Heal: Shulk restores his or his friend's health.
    • Shulk ShakerEdgeShaker Edge Shulk winds his Monado for a massive hit, allowing him to stun enemies should they be toppled prior to the hit landing.
    • Shulk AirSlashAir Slash: Shulk jumps in the air to deal an upper slash onto the target to inflict break, which can slow down their movement should he hit them in the side.
    • Shulk ShadowEyeShadow Eye: Shulk makes himself less noticeable to his foes, and buffs his next Arts in the process.
    • Shulk BattleSoulBattle Soul: Sacrifices half of Shulk's Health to deal Chain Attacks with his friends.
    • Shulk StreamEdgeStream Edge Shulk backsteps and swings the Monado to deal an AOE attack, inflicting Break upon anyone caught in the attack.

    Note: While Chain Attacks are only possible through numerous fighters at once; as opposed to a single individual, Shulk's access to Zanza's Monado and Alvis' aid should allow him to have guardians to fight by his side, allowing him to use Chain Attacks at will without the need of his friends.

    Note 2: The Memory Space being able to replicate past foes from the victim's mind to fight them is limited based on the last time the victim remember's their power, meaning there's no power boost with the replicated enemies as they'd have the same power level as the last time the victim remembers them, as that's how Shulk and the gang was capable of defeating their past foes.

    Note 3: For a list of abilities compatible with Shulk's Reactive Evolution see the abilities listed here.

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