Rikuo

Darkstalkers · Games · B+ Class Darkstalker, Merman, Emperor of the water folk

Tier

LOW 7-B

Attack Potency

Small City Level

Speed

Supersonic+

Durability

Small City Level

Powers and abilities

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Underwater Breathing (Type 2)
• Water Manipulation (Can produce, summon and control water)
• Acrobatics (Can easily somersault during jumps, fight and defend in mid-air, kick while standing on his hands and perform acrobatic attacks, which include Killer Vortex, Trick Fish and Screw Shot)
• Skilled hand-to-hand fighter
• Enhanced Senses (Able to scan the environment and sense life forms)
• Extrasensory Perception (Able to sense relevant sources of energy, such as Pyron's waves. He can also perceive evil auras)
• Natural Weaponry (Sharp claws and fins)
• minor Elasticity (Has an elastic and strong tongue)
• Body Control (Can enlarge his fins and has retractable antennae. Can melt and inflate his body)
• Shapeshifting (Can partially or totally mimic the appearance and abilities of aquatic animals)
• Poison Manipulation (Via Poison Breath)
• Sound Manipulation (Via Sonic Wave)
• minor Air Manipulation (Via Water Jail)
• Organic Manipulation (Via Gem's Anger)
• limited Animal Manipulation (Can call and surf on stingrays, normally and via Ocean Rage)
• Status Effect Inducement (Some of his moves have a "stun" effect)
• limited Telekinesis (Can gather pearls around him)
• minor Plant Manipulation (Can make lily pads grow and bloom)
• Soul Manipulation (Every Darkstalker is able to collect the souls of defeated enemies and use them for a variety of purposes, such as absorbing them to become stronger)
• Passive Aura
• Corruption (Type 2) and Madness Manipulation (Type 2) (All the Darkstalkers give off an aura that corrupts the heart of the opponents and drives them insane)
• Non-Physical Interaction (Able to interact with Pyron, who doesn't have a physical form, and with Bishamon in Vampire Savior, whose body is made of souls)
• Resistance to Soul Manipulation (Possesses a very strong soul, due to it being directly connected to his power. Souls such as his own, if splitted in multiple parts, are able to draw each piece to the other and return one)
• Corruption and Madness Manipulation (Totally unaffected by the aura of other Darkstalkers)

Weaknesses

Needs moisture to stay alive but can resist without it for at least half a day and use liquids (including others' blood) to sustain himself. A strong mind/spirit can resist the madness-inducing effect of his aura and a dark heart can resist the corruption.

Ranked tied for #5 of 20 in Darkstalkers by strength.

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Close fights from other series

• Rikuo vs Tsubasa Hanekawa (Puella Magi Verse · Tier LOW 7-B): Tsubasa Hanekawa · Slight edge
• Rikuo vs Timemon (Digimon · Tier LOW 7-B): Too close to call
• Rikuo vs Sol Badguy (River City Girls 2) (Guilty Gear · Tier LOW 7-B): Too close to call
• Rikuo vs Taishiro Toyomitsu (My Hero Academia · Tier LOW 7-B): Too close to call
• Rikuo vs Glaurung (Lord of the Rings · Tier LOW 7-B): Too close to call
• Rikuo vs Neron (CW) (DC · Tier LOW 7-B): Too close to call
• Rikuo vs Lisa Minci (Genshin Impact · Tier LOW 7-B): Too close to call
• Rikuo vs Eva-01 Godzilla Awakening Form (Godzilla · Tier LOW 7-B): Too close to call

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