| “ | An ancient dragon dwelling in the Dimensional Rift. It often rains devastation on those who would destroy it, causing even gods to fear its strength. | „ |
| ~ Dissidia summon files |
Summary
Shinryu is a mysterious dragon who traverses the Dimensional Rift and a recurring sidequest boss whose power rivals or exceeds the final bosses of several games in the franchise. First appearing in Final Fantasy V, Shinryu is often found guarding an incredibly powerful weapon such as Ragnarok or the Ultima Weapon, hiding inside chests to surprise players who open them. It plays a far more important role in Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012, as it sets the plot of the game in motion by creating the realm in which the cycles take place.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 2-A, higher as Neo Shinryu | 2-A, higher as Shinryu Verus, far higher with the Crystal Core of Darkness
Key: Shinryu & Neo Shinryu | Dissidia Series
Name: Shinryu, the Nova Dragon, the Lord Dragon
Origin: Final Fantasy V
Gender: Unknown, referred to as "It"
Age: Unknown, but Omega has chased it through the Rift across entire timelines
Classification: Crystal Dragon, Superboss
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Self-Sustenance (Type 1 and 2, capable of regularly traveling the Void without food, water, or oxygen), Elemental Manipulation, Time Manipulation, Time Travel, Acausality (Type 2 and 4; scales from the Demons; who can walk down the devil's path naturally, where the concept of time doesn't exist,[1] and the past, present and future are merged as one in this realm[2]), Subjective Reality (Magic,[3] in its basest form,[4] is projecting one's inner[5] mind onto reality[6], and is powered by intelligence and mental strength[3]), Age Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Magic is shown in the novels to remove concepts and warp space and time itself,[7] like the Devil's road, which the concept of time was lost,[1] and time and space were twisted to the point[8] the past, present and future[2] existed as one[9]), Gravity Manipulation (via Gravity magic, the Haste and Slow spells are stated to control gravity[10]),Absolute Zero (Is capable of utilizing Shiva's Diamond Dust attack[11]), Summoning (Can Summon Meteors), Death Manipulation, Blood Manipulation, and Soul Manipulation (via Death the Death spell reaps the targets soul; killing them[12], and is stated to solidify the target's blood to kill them[10]), Flight, Forcefield Creation, Purification (Type 2) and Healing (Shinryu purifies and revives[13] warriors for the next cycle, can heal[14] it's wounds through purifying them), Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (The Poison spell is stated to Corrode the target[10]), Matter Manipulation (Sub-Atomic; Can use different levels of Fire and Ice magic. Both Fire and Ice related abilities are stated to affect the target's electrons[10], being able to even negate durability in the process[10]), Power Nullification and Petrification (Evil[15] Eye dispels enemies and petrifies them) Resistance Negation (several abilities such Roulette of Death and Evil Eye respectively remove and ignore resistances), Energy Blasts, Limited Durability Negation, Forcefield Negation, and Intangibility (Magic negates conventional physical durability, barriers, and armor, requiring specific defense against magic which is powered by the Mind and Spirit), Power Modification (Including Duplication, Fusionism, Statistics Amplification, Size Manipulation, Homing Attack, Danmaku, Aura, Breath Attack, and Energy Manipulation; Magic users across the games have consistently shown the ability to manipulate the shape and properties of their own magical abilities, with even higher tiers of spells simply being considered stronger versions of the same basic ability), Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (Is able to utilize different levels of Lightning spells, which is capable of attacking the nerves which is capable of attacking the nerves[16]),Reality Warping, Statistics Amplification, Non-Physical Interaction (Magic as a whole is shown to affect a wide variety of different beings, from intangible/immaterial beings, to non corporeal beings, to abstract concepts like Chronodia, who's the literal flow of time itself, to Nonexistent beings like Exdeath and Cloud of Darkness), Explosion Manipulation (via Flare), Statistics Reduction, Avatar Creation (Can create Planesgorgers[17], who are larval versions of Shinryu and will eventually grow into Shinryu themselves), Necromancy (Can zombify targets), Death Manipulation (Can[18] instantly kill a random target), Absorption (Of Holy Magic[15]), Durability Reduction (Magic ignores durability to physical attacks requiring specific resistances to reduce the damage of), Durability Negation (Can instantly leave its foes on the verge of death) and Creation (Created the nightmare realm he trapped Cid in[14])
Resistance to Holy Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (The Poison spell is stated to Corrode the target[10]), Power Nullification and Petrification, Size Manipulation, Madness Manipulation (Type 2), Death Manipulation, Blood Manipulation, and Soul Manipulation (via Death the Death spell reaps the targets soul; killing them[12], and is stated to solidify the target's blood to kill them[10]), Morality Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, Petrification, Disease Manipulation, Sleep Manipulation, Law Manipulation (Resists magic, which can rewrite the natural order of things[7]), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Resists magic, which is shown in the novels to remove concepts and warp space and time itself,[7] like the Devil's road, which the concept of time was lost,[1] and time and space were twisted to the point[8] the past, present and future[2] existed as one[9]), Gravity Manipulation (Unaffected by the gravitational pull of the True Moon, which even the Lunar Whale couldn't escape from[6]), Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiations (Can fight and survive on the moon), Age Manipulation, Time Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Matter Manipulation (Can survive hits from Flare, which triggers fission reactions), Hellfire Manipulation (Can survive the heat and flames of Ifrit's hellfire), Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Water Manipulation, and Sealing (The 12 weapons are unable to affect him[18]), Existence Erasure, Void Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Perception Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation, and Corruption (Regularly travels through the void with little issue.[14]), Empathic Manipulation, and Madness Manipulation (Type 3; Resistant to the effects of the True Moon, which is capable of affecting the hearts and minds of all living beings on the planet[6])
All previous abilities greatly enhanced, the abilities of the crystals (The Crystal Core contains the powers of Neo Exdeath and God of Magic Kefka[17]), Reality Warping (The crystal can rewrite the world[17]) Corruption and Body Puppetry (Ardyn was able to corrupt Caius Ballad and Ultimecia and control their bodies Seymour implies that the wielder of the Crystal could directly control the warriors of spiritus and drive them to rampage.[17]), Law Manipulation (The Crystal Core maintains the laws of the Land of Respite[17]), Sealing and Power Absorption (The Crystal Core was capable of sealing the transformations of the Warriors of Spiritus inside itself and can control them, which includes Hell Emperor, Neo Exdeath, God of Magic Kefka, Safer Sephiroth, Chaos Bahamut, Griever Ultimecia, Sin & Braska's Final Aeon, Seymour Omnis, The Undying, and Incognitus[17]), Clairvoyance (Ardyn was capable of using the crystal core to see what's happening in the other worlds.[17]), Immortality (Types 2 and 8, Ardyn was able to prevent all warriors deaths no matter how injured they were via the crystal[17])
Attack Potency: Multiverse level+ (Able to fight the entire end-game party on even ground, and the sealed weapons are considered useless against him), higher as Neo Shinryu (Stronger than before) | Multiverse level+ (Trapped Cid in a nightmare version of World B. Gods actively avoid getting into a confrontation with him, and his power was considered greater than the void by Exdeath), higher as Shinryu Verus (Underwent an evolution that made him stronger than before,equal to Feral Chaos in strength), far higher with the Crystal Core of Darkness (Ate the crystal core of darkness, which was stated to be Superior to the void[17], and Ardyn was going to use its power to destroy the multiverse.[17])
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Via power-scaling from Gilgamesh and Bartz), higher as Neo Shinryu | Massively FTL+ (Via power-scaling from Chaos), higher as Shinryu Verus, far higher with the Crystal Core
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable (Is superior to Enuo and Neo Exdeath), far higher with Crystal Core (Superior to the void, contains the powers of Neo Exdeath)
Striking Strength: Multiverse level+, higher as Neo Shinryu | Multiverse level+, higher as Shinryu Verus, far higher with the Crystal Core
Durability: Multiverse level+ (Ultimately survives its battle with Bartz and his party as seen by Shinryu's appearances in later games), higher as Neo Shinryu (Could withstand blows from Bartz Klauser, who fought his weaker incarnation and his rival Omega) | Multiverse level+ (Even after winning multiple cycles, Chaos was still weary of fighting him, took the entire cast to defeat in NT), higher as Shinryu Verus (Shinryu could take hits from Feral Chaos), far higher with the Crystal Core of Darkness (Took the entire cast of Opera Omnia to defeat him)
Stamina: Extremely high (His battle with Feral Chaos was seemingly never-ending and is constantly staying ahead of Omega)
Range: At least Planetary, Multiversal+ (Created the entire nightmare realm that Dissidia's confessions of the creator takes place in and granted Chaos the power to "erase all of existence", was at risk of escaping into and destroying the entire multiverse)
Standard Equipment: None notable | The Crystal Core of Darkness after he swallows it.
Intelligence: Shinryu is an incredibly powerful and skilled fighter, able to fight the end-game parties of the protagonists from multiple Final Fantasy games on even ground. He is able to reverse-engineer the signature attacks of other monsters and use them as his own, implying a vast knowledge of the worlds it's traveled through and eluded the powerful Omega for an untold amount of time despite the fact that it was specifically designed to kill him. Was able to use the chaos of Ardyn fighting the party to swoop in and swallow the Crystal Core of Darkness whole, taking it's power for himself.
Weaknesses: Somewhat short-sighted at times, as in one timeline his actions gave Chaos so much power that he became Feral Chaos and managed to subjugate him, as a dragon he is vulnerable to weapons and attacks with a Dragon-Slaying affinity. | None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Flare: Shinryu causes a fusion reaction to generate a devastating explosion to attack his foes.
- Fugelent Rain: Shinryu homes in on his target with a barrage of homing rays.
- Atomic Ray: A beam that deals moderate fire-elemental damage to all targets.
- Evil Eye: Leers at the target, petrifying them.
- Ice Storm: Calls in a frigid blizzard to deal major ice-elemental damage to all targets.
- Diamond Dust: Shinryu freezes everything in a flash freeze.
- Lightning: Calls down a burst of lightning that deals damage equal to 25% of their maximum vitality, meaning that any foe may be downed in four hits if precautions aren't taken.
- Maelstrom: Attacks with a powerful cyclone that reduces his opponents' HP to 1, allowing them to be felled with a single additional attack if they do not heal quickly afterwards.
- Mighty Guard: Casts Protect, Shell, and Float on itself simultaneously, reducing the effectiveness of enemy physical and magical attacks and rendering it immune to earth-elemental attacks.
- Poison Breath: Exhales a poisonous mist that deals major non-elemental damage to all targets before poisoning them.
- Roulette: Randomly chooses a target before killing them instantly, much like Russian Roulette.
- Death: Shinryu instantly reaps a targets life and solidifies their blood, killing them.
- Tsunami: Summons a massive tidal wave to deal incredible water-elemental damage against all targets.
- Level 2 Old: Shinryu casts old on his target that bypasses resistance, rapidly aging them.
- Zombie Breath: Deals major non-elemental damage before zombifying the target, rendering them vulnerable to holy attacks and makes normal healing abilities hurt them instead.
- Level 3 Flare: Shinryu casts flare on his target that bypasses resistance.
- Giga-Flare: Shinryu unleashes a more powerful version of Mega-Flare, inducing nuclear fusion on a massive scale to obliterate his foes.
- Almagest: Twists space-time to create a powerful explosion of holy energy that deals tremendous damage and inflicts Sap, rapidly draining foes of their vitality until they succumb.
- Curse: Curses the target, cutting their physical and magical power parameters in half.
- Doom: Limits the target's lifespan, causing them to die instantly after a number of turns of combat pass.
- Earthquake: Generates a massive earthquake to deal great earth-elemental damage to all foes.
- Old: Rapidly ages the target, gradually crippling them until they're virtually incapable of combat.
- White Hole: Creates a white hole to instantly kill a target and petrify them for good measure.
- Aegis: Shinryu increases his defense.
- Cimmerian Rain: Shinryu opens several portals that launch quick beams of energy at his targets.
- Chaotic Deluge: Shinryu increases his own strength whilst casting doom on all targets.
- Trinity: Shinryu copies and unleashes the signature moves of Ramuh, Shiva, and Ifrit all at once: Levinbolt, Diamond Dust and Hellfire.
- Arrant Calamity: Shinryu fills the entire area with dark energy, damaging everything in range.
Gallery
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 199
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 73
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 1, page 29
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 3, page 107
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2, page 109
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1 chapter 5 page 198
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 67
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 147
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Final Fantasy IV Series Guidebook
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Final Fantasy VI
- ↑ Dissidia Final Fantasy
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Dissidia Final Fantasy 012
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8 17.9 Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Final Fantasy 5