Guts

Berserk · Human, Berserker, Captain (Formerly), Knight (Formerly), Branded Individual

Beginning of the Golden Age

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

End of Golden Age

Tier
9-B
Attack Potency
Wall Level
Speed
Subsonic+
Durability
Wall Level, up to Multi-City Block Level

Black Swordsman

Tier
8-A
Attack Potency
Multi-City Block Level
Speed
Hypersonic, up to Massively Hypersonic+
Durability
Multi-City Block Level

Powers and abilities

  • Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Possibly Regeneration (Low, Likely Not-Combat Applicable; After his and Griffith's first fight with Nosferatu Zodd, Guts healed from his injuries significantly faster than Griffith, despite being the more wounded of the two)
  • Master Swordsman (Guts has carved his own effective sword style that mainly utilizes greatswords)
  • Limited Air Manipulation (By swinging his sword broad-side first, he can alter the air pressure in its trajectory to create gusts powerful enough to knock away Silat's urumi)
  • Competent Hand-to-Hand Combatant
  • Enhanced Senses (Defended himself and several others from a professional assassin sniping them in near-total darkness, fights unimpeded despite lacking an eye post-Eclipse, could keep up with Rosine while being deafened by her sonic booms)
  • Acrobatics (All-Terrain Mobility & Hypermobility; Was able to leap across and on top of multiple moving Apostles no problem and could easily move across incredibly steep-slanted shingles.)
  • Supernatural Willpower (As "the Struggler", Guts' persistence and willpower is unimaginably powerful, which allows him to act through pure rage and hatred alone not caring about any wounds, which is essentially his refusal of death)
  • Immense Pain Tolerance
  • Analytical Prediction (Correctly predicted in his first fight with Nosferatu Zodd that focusing his attacks on Zodd's sword to break it was his strongest bet at survival. As the Black Swordsman, would go on to fight several duels with Serpico, one of the best fencers in the setting, and could see through his tactics and predict his moves each time, even when he had territorial advantage)
  • Stealth Mastery (Sneaked into Julius' house without beings noticed by the guards)
  • Minor Multiple Selves (Type 1; His inner darkness manifests as a large, black wolf)
  • Passive Probability Manipulation (Due to the circumstances of his birth, he has the supernatural ability to evade certain death)
  • Empathic Manipulation (Is not under the influence of Femto's supernatural aura that can induce fear and obedience, and could attack him even while on the brink of death)
  • Causality Manipulation & Fate Manipulation (Skull Knight states that due to Guts inhabiting the Interstice he exists "outside the logic of the physical world". This compounded with his pre-existing Probability Manipulation allows him to defy the flow of causality established by the God Hand and the Idea of Evil to a small extent, being able to survive even in situations where he is preordained to die, such as when he was sacrificed by Femto)
  • Extrasensory Perception (Guts bears the Brand of Sacrifice which causes him to reside in the Interstice between the physical and astral worlds, and reacts in the presence of supernatural creatures, alerting him to their presence)
  • Dragon Slayer:
  • Non-Physical Interaction (Abstractions [Type 1], Ghosts & Soul; Can attack ghosts and beings on the astral plane with the Dragon Slayer, can even interact with Abstract Beings such as Slan)
  • Soul Manipulation (Can damage the soul)
  • Limited Regeneration Negation (Severe wounds caused on the Astral Plane/dealt to the soul do not heal properly, reopening even after being healed, magically or otherwise)
  • Minor Cyborgization (Has a detachable steel arm that has many functions, like a cannon arm that can create explosions and a repeating crossbow)
  • Pressure Points (Easily knocked out Farnese by lightly hitting her in the back of the neck, leaving her basically unharmed)
  • Self-Healing (Up to Low-Mid; Due to his elf companion Puck stowing away inside his travel bags, he has a supply of Elf Dust that he can use to heal wounds, such as from extreme torture and having his neck pierced by the mandibles of a man-sized praying mantis)
  • Minor Explosion Manipulation (Via miniature bombs)
  • Possession (Was able to expel multiple spirits attempting to possess him)
  • Heat/Fire & Electricity Manipulation (He has repeatedly tanked building and forest fires and other high-heat hazards and attacks. Withstood lightning from Ganishka, who even prior to becoming Shiva is easily the most powerful Apostle seen to date)
  • Poison Manipulation (Survived Rosine's poison)
  • Soul Manipulation (Has ignored severe wounds on his astral body)
  • Permanent Berserk Mode
  • Limited Immortality (Type 2; He can take far more punishment than before, but will still die from total blood loss, destruction or stoppage of the heart, and/or a cease to critical brain functions. The armour essentially "holds him together")
  • Enhanced Acrobatics (Enhanced Condition, Hypermobility, Self-Momentum & All-Terrain Mobility; Can leap large distances even with his sword, and is not affected by high falls. Can do powerful flip attacks. Is also this swift, and could use air pressure to break a fall and depreciate damage, which was compared to Serpico's wind magic flight)
  • Statistics Amplification (Drastically improves the physical strength of user)
  • Night Vision (Can see clearly in the dark)
  • Fear Manipulation & Empathic Manipulation (Incapable of feeling fear, and can resist attempts by even high-level magic practitioners like Schierke to snap him out of his Berserker state)
  • Telepathy (His bloodlust was so intense that Schierke couldn't use her thought transference on him)
  • Pain Manipulation (Incapable of feeling pain in this armor)

Weaknesses

Bloodthirsty and sadistic to a fault at times. Suffers from PTSD that makes him fear to be touched intimately | Is cursed by the Brand of Sacrifice and will be attacked by Tidal Wave of Darkness during the night. Can't swim with his steel arm | The Berserker Armor does not heal wounds, only delaying the effects of damage taken. The Berserker Armor also removes his subconscious limiters, causing his body to harm and eventually destroy itself. Now suffers from even more severe PTSD

Ranked tied for #9 of 27 in Berserk by strength.

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