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| “ | It is the heavenly fount from which pours the light that shines across Hisui. Its luminance guides and protects all Pokémon. Hisuian mythology states that Arceus is the creator of all things. | „ |
| ~ Arceus Pokédex |
| “ | The way I see it, our world began when the spirit within people was born. |
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| ~ Hyker to the Player theorizing about Arceus |
Background
Arceus is a Normal-type Mythical Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.
Arceus is thought to have created the entire Pokémon world, the lake guardians Uxie, Azelf, and Mesprit; and the creation trio Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. Because of this, Arceus is thought to be one of the most long-lived of all Pokémon species. It has the power to recreate the creation trio as well, presumably to guard the dimensions when a Trainer has caught one of them. In the anime, Arceus has been portrayed as having powers such as bringing back things that it once destroyed, making certain things vanish into thin air, and halting time.
Arceus is shown to care for and safeguard the planet in ancient times and protected it from cataclysms such as meteors, and it would show gratitude and compassion in return to those who treated it with equal kindness. Arceus does not suffer fools gladly, and it will attack in a violent rampage if betrayed or deceived. It also holds long grudges if betrayed by those it considered friends. In Arceus and the Jewel of Life, it is said to "feed" off the energy of the elemental plates. It is the only known Pokémon that can learn Judgment.
Powers and Stats
Keys: Arceus (Avatar) | Arceus (True Form) | Original Spirit
Tier: High 1-B | 1-A | 1-A
Dimensionality: Uncountable Infinite-D | Inapplicable | Inapplicable
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Beyond-Dimensional Existence, Cosmic Awareness, Reality Warping, Creation (Can create anything they desire such as dozens of Unowns and the members of The Creation Trio), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 3. Scaling to their children who would've destroyed the concept of "Spirit" through all reality), Self-Sustenance (All types), Immortality (Type 1 and 9. Arceus exists before the universe did. The Original Spirit is Arceus' true form that exists across all of time-space), Acausality (Type 1, 3 and 4. All of the existent Arceus are just an avatar of The Original Spirit that exits across all time and space. Scaling to Giratina who exists in the Distortion World, a plane beyond the concepts of space and time that works on its own laws), Danmaku, Elemental Manipulation (Depending on which plate Arceus is holding Judgement will change types), Power Modification (Multitype makes them change their typing according to the plate or Z-Crystal their holding), Non-Physical Interaction, Passive Resistance Negation (Omnipotent makes Arceus deal normal damage despite the opponents typing), Gravity Manipulation (Via Gravity), Statistics Amplification (Cosmic Power raise their defense. Calm Mind increases their attack and defense. Swords Dance increases their attack), Damage Boost (Punishment deals more damage the more the opponent is amped), Earth Manipulation, Sound Manipulation, Afterimage Creation, Purification (Type 1 via Refresh), Telekinesis, Healing (Recover heals 50% HP), Energy Projection, Water Manipulation, Flight, Omniscience, Smoke Manipulation, Poison Manipulation (Via Toxic and Sludge Bomb), Weather Manipulation (Via Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Hail, and Sandstorm), Ice Manipulation, Analytic Prediction & Forcefield Creation (Via Protect), Life Absorption (Via Giga Drain), Electricity Manipulation, Barrier Negation (Brick Break cancels barriers such as Reflect and Light Screen), Paralysis Inducement (Shock Wave paralyse whoever it hits), Fire Manipulation, Light Manipulation (Via Flash), Antimatter Manipulation and Space-Time Manipulation (Scales to their children who can control time, space, and antimatter, the former who can heavily distort space-time), Dimensional Travel (Can travel to alternate dimensions), Instinctive Reactions (Sleep Talk allows them to attack while sleeping), Absorption (Can absorb their plates back into their body), Dream Manipulation (Dream Eater allows Arceus to eat the dream of those who sleeps, healing himself in the process), Non-Corporeal, Regeneration Negation (Up to at least Mid-High. Heal Block nullifies all healing attempts from the enemy which also include Cryogonal's natural regeneration), Supernatural Willpower (Endure allows them to always survive at 1 HP), Berserk Mode (Via Outrage), Status Effect Inducement (Can induce certain effects such as paralyzement and toxicity with moves like Thunder Wave or Toxic), Law Manipulation (Trick Room makes the slowest always move first), Statistics Reduction (Leer lowers the opponent's defense. String Shot lowers the opponent's defense), Body Control (Cited as having 1000 arms), Resistance to Bug, Grass, Dark and Steel-types. Immunity to Normal, Electric, Fighting, Poison, Ground, Psychic, Ghost and Dragon-types (As Arceus is all types at once when in possession of all 18 plates he gains those resistances)
All as before greatly enhanced, Avatar Creation, Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Is the God who transcends everything, with its true form existing beyond time and space, and the concepts of Space and Time being a mere extension of his being), Paradox Existence, Large Size (Type 10), Omnipresence (Exists in everything, everywhere, and nowhere at once, with its consciouness existing throughout all of space-time), Abstract Existence (Arceus is a manifestation of the entirety of existence, with its consciousness existing as the whole Pokémon Reality), Acausality (Type 5. Transcends all of the pokémon Reality, as such being unbound by logic or laws, one of which follows normal logic and causal laws, and the other of which defies logic), Nonexistent Physiology (Type 2. Predates, and created the aspects of existence, physical or metaphysical, and the concept of Nothingness), Sealing
Attack Potency: High Hyperverse level+ (Portrayed as superior to The Creation Trio, whom of which are the very foundation of the multiverse and define the concepts of "Space", "Time" and "Anti-Matter", the former of which extends to all possible axes and represents the concept of dimensionality. It's stated that Arceus is capable of destroying all of existence across the multiverse, which would include the realms of Palkia and Dialga) | Ascendent level (Arceus's existence is on a higher and fundamentally greater level in comparison to The Creation Trio, existing as "the God who transcends everything" outside of reality. Arceus's realm exists outside of the confines of space and time, with The Creation Trio being unable to reach it due to its inaccessibility, of which is a result of its transcendental nature. Created all of the Pokémon reality and was stated to be able to destroy all of it, including the Creation Trio's realms, including Giratina's which lacks both time and directions and Palkia's which has domain over both spatial dimensions and directions, with Creation Trio also being their own realms themselves) | Ascendent level (The Original Spirit is described as primordial consciousness, an underlying substance referred as Heart (心), in which everything is an undivided and undifferentiated wholeness. All things in that exist, whether physical or metaphysical, are merely fragments of its greater unity whilst its true existence simultaneously reside beyond the confines of everything contained within its oneness. This includes the concept of "Space", which is meant to be the concept of dimensionality and mathematical axes, thus making The Original Spirit beyond dimensional by nature)
Speed: Immeasurable (The Creation Trio are capable of existing beyond standard space-time continuums and resides on a greater level of temporality than our material 4-D universe) | Irrelevant (Exists as "the God who transcends everything" and is outside of the confines of space and time, meaning that it's existence is also beyond The Creation Trio who are their own realms who are beyond time, space, and directions. This is further supported by the fact it's realm inaccessible to The Creation Trio) | Irrelevant (All of the existence including humans, Pokémons, concepts, time, space, and antimatter are all but a mere extension of The Original Spirit, with its consciousness existing across all space-time whilst simultaneously being beyond it as well, which would mean that The Original Spirit operates on a scale beyond dimensionality, as "Space" within the setting encompasses the concept of dimensions and mathematical axes)
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable (Should be on par with Palkia and Dialga, whom of which are literal space and time itself, the former of which inclding the concept of dimensionality) | Irrelevant (Arceus "transcends everything" and exists outside of the confines of space and time, including existing inaccessibly beyond The Creation Trio) | Irrelevant (Everything within The Original Spirit is merely a part of it's greater unity whilst it's also beyond everything inside of it's unity, whether physical or metaphysical, including concepts such as "Space", which encompasses the concept of dimensionality and mathematical axes)
Durability: High Hyperverse Level+ (Can tank hits from The Creation Trio, who are unable to harm Arceus, whom of which can distort all of space-time and eventually cause it to collapse in on itself) | Ascendent level (The Creation Trio attacks didn't even phase them, a byproduct existing as "the God who transcends everything" outside of reality, including Giratina's which lacks both time and directions and Palkia's which has domain over both spatial dimensions and directions, with Creation Trio also being their own realms themselves) | Ascendent level (Everything within the Pokémon setting is a part of it's unity whilst The Original Spirit also remains completely beyond everything within it's confines)
Stamina: Limitless
Range: Low Multiversal (Arceus' awakening caused two dimensions to collide and created the universe with their thousand arms), Ascendental with powers (Created all of the Pokémon reality and was stated to be able to destroy all of it, including the Creation Trio's realms, including Giratina's which lacks both time and directions and Palkia's which has domain over both spatial dimensions and directions, with Creation Trio also being their own realms themselves) | Ascendental (Embodies and completely transcends everything within creation, with everything from physical aspects to even metaphysical aspects of reality, being merely parts of it's unity)
The Blank Plate (Japanese: まっさらプレート Blank Plate) is a key item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. When used from the Satchel on Arceus, the Blank Plate changes it to the Normal type. The following inscription is engraved: "Three beings whose power can hold both time and space fixed."
The Draco Plate (Japanese: りゅうのプレート Dragon Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Dragon-type form.
The Dread Plate (Japanese: こわもてプレート Frightening Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Dark-type form.
The Earth Plate (Japanese: だいちのプレート Earth Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Ground-type form.
The Fist Plate (Japanese: こぶしのプレート Fist Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Fighting-type form.
The Flame Plate (Japanese: ひのたまプレート Fireball Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Fire-type form.
The Icicle Plate (Japanese: つららのプレート Icicle Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Ice-type form.
The Insect Plate (Japanese: たまむしプレート Jewel Beetle Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Bug-type form.
The Iron Plate (Japanese: こうてつプレート Steel Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Steel-type form.
The Meadow Plate (Japanese: みどりのプレート Verdure Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Grass-type form.
The Mind Plate (Japanese: ふしぎのプレート Mysterious Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Psychic-type form.
The Pixie Plate (Japanese: せいれいプレート Spirit Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation VI. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Fairy-type form.
The Sky Plate (Japanese: あおぞらプレート Blue Sky Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Flying-type form.
The Splash Plate (Japanese: しずくプレート Water Drop Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Water-type form.
The Spooky Plate (Japanese: もののけプレート Specter Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Ghost-type form.
The Stone Plate (Japanese: がんせきプレート Rock Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Stone-type form.
The Toxic Plate (Japanese: もうどくプレート Toxic Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Poison-type form.
The Zap Plate (Japanese: いかずちプレート Lightning Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus. Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Electric-type form.
The Legend Plate (Japanese: レジェンドプレート Legend Plate) is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus.
The following inscription is engraved: "From all creations, over all creations, does the Original One watch over all."
In battle, Arceus gains the ability to change type when using Judgment, based on the opponent's type. Specifically, it will pick a type that the target is weak to, prioritizing double weakness for dual-types. While selecting a move, Judgment will appear as the type that it will turn to if used that turn.Intelligence: Omniscient (Concepts such as knowledge, will, and empathy were born and see just a mere aspect of Arceus. Created and transcends everything in Pokémon and is massively above every other Pokémon in the series like Alakazam who has an IQ of 4000 and other mythical Pokémon who possess unfathomable knowledge over the world)
Weaknesses: If their plates are removed, their life becomes limited and they lose all their immunities, as he's all types at once he gets an extreme weakness to rock type moves | None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Judgment: An move only Arceus can learn, it's an extremely powerful move that changes its typing depending on which plate or Z-Crystal they hold, it is a beam of light that destroys everything it hits, even The Creation Trio was obliterated by such move and Arceus uses it as its main method of destruction
Others
Notable Victories:
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches: