Copen

"You're an adept—just another blight to wipe from the earth!"

- Copen

Copen is is a major character in the Azure Striker Gunvolt series and Gunvolt's arch-rival. He appears as a main playable character alongside Gunvolt in Azure Striker Gunvolt 2

History
A 14-year old non-adept, Copen is a lone wolf who is a part of neither QUILL nor Sumeragi. He is, however, known for bearing a deep loathing for the Sumeragi Group and all adepts in general. He believes that adepts are a threat to world peace that will eventually subjugate anyone who is not an adept, and thus, Copen has made it his mission to destroy adepts at all costs. Although Copen himself has no septimal powers, he is a brilliant scientist and incredibly skilled fighter on par with the best Sumeragi has to offer. Utilizing septimosome that he has stolen from defeated adepts, he crafted battle gear that replicates septimal powers, making him a formidable foe for even the most powerful adepts.

Death Battle Info

 * Height: Unknown (appears average)
 * Weight: Unknown (appears average)
 * Age: 14
 * Aliases: The Adept Slayer
 * Affiliation: Unaffiliated

Gun

 * Copen's standard way of attacking
 * The bullets are quite powerful, being able to penetrate Gunvolt's Flashfield, something which normally blocks physical projectiles such as bullets

Shield

 * Exclusively used as a follow-up or cancel to his shooting attack, Copen charges forward with his shield in front.

Backflip

 * Exclusively used as a follow-up to his shooting attack, Copen performs a backflip to place himself at some distance behind him.

Dash

 * Dashing allows Copen to "tag" his enemies in a similar way to Gunvolt
 * Once an enemy has been tagged, Copen sends out Lola, a combat bot that strikes the enemy using the abilites of defeated Adepts

Arrogant Radiance

 * Copen obtained this after Jota's death
 * Copen fires a surface-level laser beam. Shortly afterwards, he fires a swirling lance.

Blazing Bombers

 * Copen obtained this after Viper's defeat
 * Copen shoots a flaming arrow that detonates three lingering explosions in its path of fire.

Flesh Eater

 * Copen obtained this after Stratos' death
 * Copen unleashes a slow-moving swarm of insects that deal damage.

Gorgon Gaze

 * Copen obtained this after Elise's death
 * Copen shines a beam of light in front of him that turns anyone who looks at the light into stone

Lazy Laser

 * Copen obtained this after Merak's death
 * Copen fires a giant laser into a wormhole that will reappear at different areas and at different angles on-screen
 * The laser tracks the target's location but reappears at different angles one at a time

Power Grab

 * Copen obtained this after Carrera's death
 * Copen fires two waves of three magnetic bullets
 * This attack is notable for inflicting the Chaff status, which temporarily disables the septima of Adepts.

Doppler Desire

 * Copen likely obtained this after killing Zonda
 * Copen summons four doppelganger apparitions that briefly circle around him. At the conclusion of this attack, Copen and any remaining copies perform a shield bash. The doppelgangers will disappear at the end of this attack
 * The copies can be attacked and they will disappear after absorbing sufficient damage.

Flashfield

 * Copen has Lola activate a Flashfield that is similar to Gunvolt's that protects against most physical projectiles
 * UNLIKE Gunvolt's however, Copen's Flashfield can not be used for offensive purposes

Weaknesses

 * Despite his intelligence, Copen is incredibly stubborn
 * Like Gunvolt, Copen has three SP, limiting his freedom regarding how often he can use his Special Skills (note: Special Skills and the attacks Copen uses from defeated Adepts are not the same)
 * Was defeated by Gunvolt twice
 * Was defeated by Asmiov
 * Flashfield can't be used for attack
 * Must dash into enemies to "tag" them
 * In the first game, even though Copen possesses the abilities of the Adepts mentioned above, the only ones he actually killed were Zonda and Elise. The rest of the Adepts were killed by Gunvolt, and Copen simply picked up the leftovers

Feats and Strengths

 * Being a former scientist, Copen is very knowledgeable, especially when it comes to Adepts
 * Copen's Power Grab attack temporarily disables the septima of Adepts, rendering them defenseless, and making the battle easier for Copen
 * Copen is powerful enough to equally match Gunvolt in combat
 * Because Copen is able to use the septima of defeated Adepts, this gives Copen a much wider variety of attacks

Trivia

 * Copen shares a similarity with Mega Man and Mega Man X in that he utilizes a weapon copy systemas the two heroes did in their respective video game series
 * Copen's English and Japanese name, Acura, are both references to the car industry. Acura is the name of a Japanese car manufacturer. Copen is the name of a car model built by the Japanese company, Daihatsu