Salem

RWBY · Series · Human (Corrupted), Former Ruler of Remnant, Master of the Grimm

Tier
HIGH 6-C
Attack Potency
Large Island Level
Speed
Ftl
Durability
Multi-City Block Level

Powers and abilities

  • Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Genius Intelligence
  • Immortality (Types 1, 2, 3, and 8; Salem was cursed with immortality by the God of Light and God of Darkness, ensuring that she is unable to die so long as Remnant exists. Even when injured and regenerating she can still move and attack)
  • Regeneration (Low-Godly; Due to the curse placed on her by the Gods preventing her soul from reaching the afterlife, Salem is completely immortal, allowing her to regenerate from any kind of physical damage so long as Remnant exists. This includes regenerating from a sphere of energy, being reduced to ash twice, crushed by a meteor, countless failed suicide attempts, and even falling into the Pools of Grimm, which were described as both a force of "pure destruction" and pools of "annihilation")
  • Self-Sustenance (Type 3; Stated by Jinn to be a being of "infinite life" and has never shown signs of needing rest)
  • Supernatural Willpower (Can endure enormous amounts of pain with no reaction. She was able to fight unimpeded with her torso split in half and her skull caved in, as well as being unbothered by stabbing herself through the stomach with a sword)
  • Social Influencing (Is a master manipulator, who is not only capable of instilling fear in others to the point of them giving up, but can also convert them to her side)
  • Magic
  • Statistics Amplification (Magic is able to amplify the strength of a user's abilities)
  • Extrasensory Perception (Sensed that Cinder was alive after the Battle of Haven, despite not being there and everyone else believing she was dead)
  • Flight (Is capable of flight)
  • Telekinesis (Casually crushed a giant Nevermore. Her anger was enough to shatter all the windows in her council room)
  • Elemental Manipulation (Has access to elemental magic and mastery over the forces of nature)
  • Air Manipulation (Manifested a tornado beneath her)
  • Energy Manipulation (Able to conjure and fire blasts of energy)
  • Forcefield Creation and Electricity Manipulation (Created an electrified barrier around herself)
  • Fire Manipulation (Can launch fireballs and waves of fire)
  • Clairvoyance (Viewed an ongoing battle with her crystal ball. Her Seers are used to keep tabs on the Grimm and act as her eyes in the world)
  • Smoke Manipulation, Shapeshifting, and Intangibility (Can create and shape smoke into various forms, such as the image of her daughters. She can also shapeshift and travel as a cloud of smoke, allowing her to bypass attacks)
  • Inorganic Physiology (Type 1; As a cloud of smoke)
  • Animal Manipulation (She has complete control over the Grimm's actions, and is powerful enough to not only command thousands with just a thought during the invasion of Atlas, but keep them from rushing the city until she began her assault)
  • Enhanced Senses (As a Grimm hybrid, she possesses their ability to sense negative emotions, as well as the souls of living beings)
  • Body Puppetry (The addition of Grimm on a being allows her to control them through it, as shown with both Cinder and The Hound)
  • Corruption (Type 1), Deconstruction, Absorption, and Soul Manipulation (Can control the Pools of Grimm, a force of "pure destruction" which can both corrupt and disintegrate objects that enter it, as well as absorb a being's soul, destroying it in the process. As a Grimm hybrid, she is capable of the latter without the Grimm Pools)
  • Creation, Biological Manipulation, and Power Bestowal (Able to create and alter different types of Grimm, granting them new physical attributes and powers)
  • Fusionism (Can fuse multiple species of Grimm, such as the Nuckelavee. Created The Hound, which is a hybrid of a person and Grimm. Fused a Shadow Hand with Cinder's body to replace her arm)
  • Enhanced Power Absorption (Made both the Beetle and Shadow Hand, which can siphon Maiden powers, the latter being an improved version that can bypass Aura shields entirely)
  • Summoning (Can instantly summon Shadow Hands from glyphs to restrain her opponents. She is capable of doing so to multiple people at the same time all with no effort)
  • Adhesive Manipulation (Fired a tar-like substance identical to the Beetle from her hand, using it to immobilize Yang)
  • Limited Pain Manipulation (Tortured Cinder through her Shadow Hand)
  • Elasticity (She is able to stretch her arms like the Nuckelavee, which she did to catch Emerald)
  • Astral Projection (Appeared as an apparition through a Seer)
  • Ice Manipulation (All Maidens have shown the ability to manipulate ice, including firing blasts of ice, launching bolts of ice capable of freezing people solid, freezing leaves to use as a barrage of blades, creating ice constructs, and directly freezing opponents solid)
  • Earth Manipulation (Cinder combined chunks of rock with fire to create a flaming rock sword)
  • Weather Manipulation (Amber, Raven, and Penny have shown the ability to create storms at will)
  • Weapon Creation (Penny, Raven, and Cinder have all demonstrated the ability to conjure various elemental weapons)
  • Weapon Control (Both Penny and Cinder are able to freely control the weapons they create independent of themselves)
  • Explosion Manipulation (Cinder can cause her weapons to explode after launching them as projectiles)
  • Breath Attack (Cinder can breathe fire)
  • Extreme Cold (Was unfazed by the sub-zero temperatures of Solitas, which is Remnant's North Pole)

Weaknesses

None notable

Ranked #3 of 99 in RWBY by strength.

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