Merlin (Nanatsu no Taizai)

Nanatsu no Taizai · Seven Deadly Sins · Wizard, Boar's Sin of Gluttony, Daughter of Belialuin

Tier
4-B
Attack Potency
Solar System Level
Speed
Ftl
Durability
Solar System Level

Powers and abilities

  • Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Genius Intelligence
  • Immortality (Type 1)
  • Self-Sustenance (Type 2)
  • Magic
  • Extrasensory Perception
  • Transformation
  • Telekinesis
  • Flight
  • Information Analysis (Has shown an ability to analyze a spell, she can also read other's strength)
  • Fusionism (Combined the Sins' attacks)
  • Clairvoyance (Can spies on others with extreme range)
  • Elemental Manipulation (Shows the ability to manipulate many types of elements including: Fire Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Wind Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Light Manipulation)
  • Shockwave
  • Invisibility
  • Homing Attack
  • Status Effect Inducement
  • Statistics Reduction and Resistance Negation via Double Impact (A two-stage attack in which the user unleashes a wave of force on their enemies that combines and multiplies the magical attributes of the four elements, and then, with a snap of their fingers, sets off a second, more powerful blast that contains a weakening spell that reduces the opponent's resistance. The current location of the spell is enchanted with a slew of undetectable and invisible elemental spells that are set to automatically homing at enemies)
  • Blessed (Received the Supreme Deity's blessings)
  • Radiation Manipulation (Can amplify sound)
  • Disease Manipulation
  • Curse Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (Curse Engage is a ring that can't be removed which links two people together. When the one in control says the password "Lemada" the one wearing the ring experiences pain like they're being stabbed through with spears all over their body)
  • Summoning
  • Teleportation and Spammable Mass BFR (Merlin's teleportation power is at a high level, significantly superior to her apprentice Vivian's teleportation. She has the ability to teleport herself, other people, and groups or summon an object to specific locations thousands of miles distant)
  • Preparation
  • Time Manipulation and Time Stop (Stopped time of a certain area, even time's progression on herself. Can make spells and causing them to last for eternity)
  • Forcefield Creation and Attack Reflection (Perfect Cube returns all force used against it to the attacker)
  • Illusion Creation (Create an Illusion of a convincing army of several thousand Holy Knights that could fool even Hendrickson)
  • Shapeshifting
  • Size Manipulation (Shrank Grayroad until she was small enough to fit into a test tube and can shrink herself and others with her Minimum Tablets)
  • Statistics Amplification (Can amplify the magic power of spells)
  • Power Nullification (Able to completely erase magic. Can remove an opponent's power from their body or seal their magic)
  • Soul Manipulation (Can transfer her soul into another container in the event of being completely incapacitated)
  • Energy Projection (Fires a beam that quickly travels a great distance in a straight line)
  • Portal Creation (Can create a portal from Liones to Edinburgh)
  • possibly all of Vivian's abilities (Merlin was considered a prodigy by the most advanced sorcerers in Britannia, has been widely regarded as the greatest sorcerer in the country, and is known for her near-single minded pursuit of knowledge over her extended lifespan. As such, she quite possibly has the abilities of her former apprentice, Vivian)
  • Resistant to the following: Curse Manipulation (Received the Divine Protection from Supreme Deity, which can resistant to many/all types of curses. This includes curses with Status Effect Inducement, Age Manipulation, Petrification, Sense Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation and Memory Manipulation, Pain Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Disease Manipulation, Magic Nullification, Power Nullification and Paralysis Inducement, Sleep Manipulation, Illusion Creation, Illusion Negation)
  • Sense Manipulation
  • Mind Manipulation and Statistics Amplification (Received the Divine Protection from Demon King, which could defend against the Brainwashing of Goddess Clan, which known as the Breath of Blessing/Cheat Hope is an ability of high level goddesses that can brainwash people, tapping into their true potential. and make them fanatics who don't care about pain or injury)
  • Soul Manipulation (Given her divine blessing, Merlin resisted Cusack's Resonant)

Weaknesses

Merlin is sometimes too playful for her own good. Her magic has an extremely brief but exploitable casting time.

Ranked tied for #5 of 97 in Nanatsu no Taizai by strength.

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