Griffith

Berserk · Human, White Falcon, Mercenary | God Hand, Falcon of Light, Falcon of Darkness, The Absolute

Human

Tier
9-B
Attack Potency
Wall Level
Speed
Subsonic+
Durability
Wall Level

Incarnated Griffith / Femto

Tier
HIGH 7-A
Attack Potency
Large Mountain Level
Speed
Massively Hypersonic
Durability
Large Mountain Level

Powers and abilities

  • Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Weapon Mastery & Martial Arts (Could dislocate Guts' arm in their first battle and force him into a submissive position. Swiftly deflected Guts' sword and defeated him with one strike. Could parry Guts' strikes with one hand)
  • Acrobatics (Hypermobility; Easily countered Guts' attack by jumping on his sword)
  • Genius Intelligence
  • Social Influencing (Social Position- His position as the leader of the famed Band of the Hawks, combined with his almost "mythical status", allows him to get help from others when he is in need, even in a near-death state. Instigating Fear- Can cause people to feel anxious and scared with just a glare. Deception- Was able to successfully lie to his entire army and the government of Midland into thinking that he had nothing to do with the murder of both the king's brother, Julius, and the Queen of Midland. Leadership- Is able to inspire and command his men in extremely difficult situations, even when death seems inevitable. Is such a good leader that he convinced many people, both in his army and within the government of Midland, that he was a godlike figure through his leadership abilities alone. Charisma- His charisma is nearly irresistible by many, and allows him to draw in a great army. His whole band of mercenaries was charmed by him. Coercion- Blackmailed Minister Fosse into helping him assassinate the Queen of Midland by kidnapping and threatening to kill his daughter)
  • Extreme Pain Tolerance (Laughed off being repeatedly whipped by the King of Midland)
  • Blessed (Protection; Griffith is the Idea of Evil's chosen one and he is blessed by it's protection. The Idea of Evil manipulated Fate, Causality and Probability to give birth to Griffith and ensure he arrived to the Eclipse. Under the Idea of Evil's protection Griffith is unable to receive any mortal wound, such as the poisoned arrow which was shot at him and was fated to miss. He can still lose fights and be damaged, however. This protection even saved him from killing himself)
  • Supernatural Luck (When a poisoned arrow was shot at him, it hit his Behelit. His life is protected by Causality)
  • Limited Summoning & Curse Manipulation (Can summon the God Hand with the Crimson Behelit, together with hundreds to thousands of Apostles. The God Hand then curse the sacrifices with the Brand of Sacrifice, which makes people be pursued by apostles and attacked by the souls of the dead every night. Though this is not combat applicable)
  • Limited Dimensional Travel (The activation of the Behelit brings Griffith and his sacrifices to the Astral World)
  • Limited Air Manipulation & Weather Manipulation (The Crimson Behelit formed an intense and massive tornado around the place it was activated)
  • Incorporeality (2 Layers; Is an astral and transcendental entity beyond physical reasoning. His existence is something that no one in the Physical World can rival, or even snip a single hair off of. In order to damage Griffith, one must reach into the depths of the Astral World, where his ethereal body exists. Attacks caused upon the physical space his incarnation inhabits won’t affect him, as his physical form is only a "reflection on the water's surface", a "projection". Even characters who can interact with other astral beings, such as Guts, can't interact with him, with his attacks phasing through him. This is because he exists in a deeper layer of the Astral World)
  • Immortality (Type 1 & 9; Due to being a transcendental entity beyond physical reasoning, reaching into the depths of the Astral World is necessary to damage him and, by extension, kill him. As a God Hand member he should, like apostles, be undying, with the other God Hand members having lived for hundreds of years)
  • Non-Physical Interaction (2 Layers, Soul; Easily destroyed Ganishka's apostle form which exists deeper on the astral plane than the Interstice. Can also manipulate the astral bodies, or souls, of humans. Should be able to affect beings that exist as deep into the Astral World as he does)
  • Passive Causality Manipulation & Fate Manipulation (Via the Idea of Evil, he can manipulate the flow of cause and effect to any result he desires, which also allows him to manipulate fate itself and determine the path every being is to follow. His existence and entire life is planned by the Idea of Evil, which makes this ability passive. This is also combat applicable, as it makes any attack incapable of touching due to his strong "fortune", every attack is fated not to connect. With his manipulation of Causality, he is like the author of the story in the Physical World and cannot be threatened)
  • Precognition (Has sight on the flow of Causality and can make prophecies based on it)
  • Passive Probability Manipulation (He is said to have a very strong fortune, in the sense that manipulating Causality allows one to achieve extremely improbable outcomes. Griffith's own existence is one of these, as he is Femto, which means one in a quadrillionth)
  • Limited Fusionism & Conceptual Manipulation (Type 3; Manipulated Causality to bring forth the Great Wave of the Astral World together with the World Spiral Tree that connects the heavens, the earth and the underworld and that is the very essence of "tree" itself. Though this is not combat applicable)
  • Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Madness Manipulation (Type 3) & Aura (Charismatic & Fear-Inducing; His aura and supernatural beauty can instantly make almost any man obey him and enthrall everyone when he appears. Almost made Ganishka go insane by his presence alone)
  • Corruption (Type 1; Could corrupt Casca's unborn child into that of a demon through sexual relations)
  • Matter Manipulation & Transmutation (Should be able to, like Conrad during the Eclipse, transmute a large mound of flesh into the shape of a hand)
  • Spatial Manipulation (Could grab a space-cutting slash from the Skull Knight's Sword of Actuation by manipulating space. He then redirected it to open up a portal into the Astral World and bring forth the Great Wave of the Astral World)
  • Limited Time Manipulation (Ubik could open Space and Time to display the past)
  • Attack Reflection (Should be able to, like Void, reflect attacks via his space-warping. Redirected the Skull Knight's space-cutting slash)
  • Telekinesis (Crushed and compressed multiple apostles into a small ball and sent Guts flying by just looking at him)
  • Forcefield Creation (Blocked Guts' cannonball using a forcefield)
  • Soul Manipulation (Can control and materialize the souls of his fallen soldiers and then send them to the Abyss in the depths of the Astral World)
  • Limited BFR (Can send souls to the Abyss. There, they are dragged in; becoming one with the Abyss, losing their individuality and wandering within that swirl for eternity)
  • Durability Negation & Aura (Overwhelming; Ejected Schierke's soul out of her physical body with just a stare, he then pulled it in and was going to engulf it, also left her confused at the same time. Can therefore directly affect the soul)
  • Limited Regeneration Negation (Slan left Guts with a wound on his soul that won’t fully heal, reopening even after being physically healed. Wounds to the soul also steadily debilitate enemies if untreated)
  • Dream Manipulation (Filled humanity's dreams with the vision of the Falcon of Light, a guiding beacon of salvation. Griffith used this to present himself as the Falcon of Light incarnate and the savior of Midland)
  • Creation (Created the huge city of Falconia in a heartbeat)
  • Wind Manipulation (Created large winds to scatter Ganishka's Apostle Form)
  • Flight (Can fly with the wings on his back)
  • Necromancy & Aura (Catastrophe-Inducing; When he appeared in Elfhelm, he made all of the souls in the island awaken due to his presence, causing an earthquake and the island to collapse. He also caused the same catastrophe with his incarnation in the Tower of Conviction. The former God Hand caused an earthquake that brought down a city)
  • Blessed (Blessed by the Idea of Evil. Who gave him his astral form and transcendence)
  • Limited Curse Manipulation (When the Band of the Hawk was sacrificed in the Eclipse they were cursed with the Brand of Sacrifice, this brand makes people be pursued by apostles and attacked by the souls of the dead every night)
  • Limited Pain Manipulation (The people cursed with the Brand of Sacrifice experience extreme pain when in the presence of a God Hand, to the point that they may even die)
  • Perception Manipulation (Can appear in visions as the Falcon of Light. Inflicting wounds in what would seem like just a dream)
  • Enhanced Senses & Extrasensory Perception (Astral beings can't be perceived by normal people)

Weaknesses

Apathetic and completely obsessed with his dream | The God Hand's Causality, Fate and Probably manipulation has "Temporal Junction Points", these are moments in which the flow of causality can be somewhat disrupted, although these only happen sparingly in time. After being incarnated, due to having used the Demon Child as his vessel and thus sharing his body with it, once a month on the night of the full moon, Griffith will unwillingly transform into the Moonlight Child, losing control of his corporeal body to the child.

Ranked #3 of 27 in Berserk by strength.

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