Description[]
Asura's Wrath vs. Bayonetta. Rather than rise, they fell to new heights of power.
Introduction[]
Boomstick: To someone whose whole life is based around their career, finding yourself suddenly demoted due to a misunderstanding at work will probably leave them a little less well off than they were before.
Wiz: But these two took in stride, and came out stronger than before because of it.
Boomstick: Asura, the demigod with the mantra of Wrath.
Wiz: And Rodin, the weapons making Infinite One.
Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle.
Asura[]
Wiz: Long, long, long ago, a great battle raged over possession of the world known as Gaea.
Boomstick: On one side was the Mantra wielding Demigods, on the other was the Gohma, manifestations of the planet's rage, and humanity was slap bang in the middle.
Wiz: Within the Demigod military there was team of eight of their most powerful warriors, collectively known as the Eight Guardian Generals. And one of their best members was General Asura.
- Background
- Age: 12,000+
- Height: 6'5
- Mantra Affinity: Wrath
- Former member of Eight Guardian Generals
- Father of Mithra
- His bisected remains were worshiped by a village
Boomstick: In spite of the fact this guy was basically a giant ball of rage most of the time, he was ironically a pretty chill guy around his family and people, so he really didn't deserve what happened to him next.
Wiz: The Emperor of the Demigods, who was also a pretty chill guy himself, decided it was time to cut his loses and end the war with the Gohma, deciding that the cost of fighting for Gaea just wasn't worth it.
Boomstick: Especially as it involved the consummation of human souls by Demigods so they could use their mantra affinities in the first place, so yeah, good fella him.
Wiz: But the Emperor's plan to find a different home for his people was cut short when the leader of the Eight Guardian Generals, Deus, staged a coup and murdered the Emperor, framing Asura for the deed.
Boomstick: Dick move Deus, especially framing Asura for the deed. I get having someone on your team who's always angry can make him seem like a weak link, but it was still an awful thing to do.
Wiz: Well, there was another reason Asura was chosen as the scapegoat. His daughter, Mithra, was the high priestess of the Demigods, and thus the one with the power to convert human souls into Mantra. Asura wasn't excited the idea of his daughter being used as a living transformer and so would naturally be against Deus' plan to have her turn human souls into power non-stop, so framing Asura was killing two birds with one stone for him.
Boomstick: From now on, I'm calling him Dick-Move Deus. It wouldn't be his only one either, since he killed Asura and sent his body hurling down through the atmosphere.
Wiz: But death wouldn't be the end for Asura. With the help of a golden spider and his own overwhelming anger, he was able to literally pull himself from his grave, sights set on taking revenge on his treacherous brethren and save his daughter.
Boomstick: And he wouldn't be able to pull it off unless he was one tough cookie. He's super strong, super tough and super fast.
- Powers and Abilities
- Superhuman attributes
- Martial arts training
- Rapid fire
- Lock-on Fire
- Unlimited Mode
- Mantra of Wrath
- Fueled by anger
- Amplifies strength
Wiz: He knows how to make use of these attributes as well. He's incredibly skilled in martial arts, incorporating acrobatics for quick swipes, fast movements and powerful critical strikes.
Popup: Asura's fighting style has been compared to the real life martial art of Kalaripayattu.
Boomstick: Most importantly of all in his move set is the fact he's really good at punching things. Giant animal monsters; he'll punch em. His own military turned on him; he'll punch em. The Seven Deities, the ones who betrayed him; you can bet your ass he'll punch them as well.
Wiz: Asura may prefer getting up close and personal for his battles, but he can also fire out energy blasts from a distance, tagging targets with homing shots or a straight stream of them.
Popup: Bursts are events which occur after Asura has filled up an in-game gauge. Since each Burst is often widely different to another, it's likely they are performed by Asura once he has enough power stacked up from damaging his foes, rather than being a specific technique.
Boomstick: Not enough for you? Well Asura also has himself an Unlimited Mode, which increases his strength and makes him invulnerable for a short period. But who cares about some generic temporary power-up mode, because the real selling point of Asura's power is his Mantra Affinity.
Wiz: Mantra comes in up to eight different forms, and can often reflect their wielder's emotional state.
Boomstick: But not all the time. Like, why would Asura's old teacher Augus, a guy who loves to fight, have Greed as his Mantra instead of Violence, which a big fat has instead of greed. It boggles the mind.
Wiz: Maybe they didn't want to be stereotypical. After all, Asura's Wrath greatly differs from the Hindu mythology it was based on, like how here, Mantra is a source of power instead of a series of chants.
Boomstick: Yeah, but Asura's Wrath Mantra is a lot more interesting. With his Mantra, Wrath, Asura can increase his already ridiculous strength, kind of like the Hindu Hulk.
Wiz: Asura's Mantra is also apparently different from the other Mantras. See, whilst the other Demigods need the souls of humans to power their mantras, Asura's Mantra simply comes from himself.
Boomstick: What-do-ya-know, rage really is the most weaponizable of all emotions, and weaponize it Asura does with a whole load of transformations.
- Transformations
- Vajra Asura
- Primary form
- Possesses metallic arms
- Six Armed Vajra Asura
- Gains four additional arms
- Increased power
- Berserker Asura
- Wrath Asura
- Mantra Asura
- Combines his arms
- Vastly increased power
- Asura the Destructor
- Grows to the size of a planet
- Vajra Asura
Wiz: He's primarily seen in his Vajra Form, but by powering up with more Mantra, he can enter his Six-Armed form, greatly increasing his power.
Boomstick: And giving him much more fists to punch people with. Because, let's be honest, that's what Asura's best known for nowadays. Oh, and of course his anger.
Wiz: Speaking of which, whilst Asura's Mantra is very powerful, it can also be incredibly dangerous, as it can overwhelm Asura in both mind and body, turning him into Berserker Asura.
Boomstick: And later Wrath Asura.
Wiz: This was naturally a bit of a problem for Asura, but was able to find several ways around it. One was by bathing in an entire steam of Mantra to achieve Mantra Asura, but the most significant was when he obtained a Mantra Reactor. Now with the power to fully process his Mantra, Asura was able to achieve his ultimate state of being; Asura the Destructor.
Boomstick: Now that's what I'm talking about! Asura grows larger than the planet Gaea itself, and now even his basic energy shots can blow up planets and even stars. And remember what he said on Thanos VS Darkseid; in order to destroy a star, its energy must be constantly countered by a greater source of power. Plus, like later models of everything ever, the Destructor form can take on a smaller form. With all this insane power, it's no wonder Asura is considered less a video game character, more an anime one.
Popup: The smaller Destructor form appears to be a six-armed version of Mantra Asura.
- Feats
- Dodged lasers from the Vlitra and Chakravartin
- Survived a shot from the Brahmastra
- Destroyed stars and planets as the Destructor
- Annihilated entire fleets and armies
- Punched Gongen Wyzen to death via his finger
- Defeated Wyzen, Augus, Deus, Vlitra, Chakravartin
Wiz: Asura has battled against his former Demigods, including Wyzen, who grew to such a massive size that a single poke of his finger was calculated to have 7 yottatons of TNT (HeavyMetalThunder).
Boomstick: And Asura went and gave that finger the middle finger and punched Wyzen to death via the titanic digit. And that was just the first of the Seven Deities he fought against. He's also battled against his former mentor Augus, brother-in-law Yasha and Dick-Move Deus.
Wiz: Asura has dodged lasers moving at 4 times the speed of light during Vlitra (iwandesu). Speaking of which, it was ultimately his efforts that it was finally destroyed.
Boomstick: Wait, if Asura was strong enough to do all that by himself, why wasn't the war ended sooner, and why did the Demigods even need an army when Asura and the Seven Deities are pretty much thousands of armies rolled into one?
Wiz: Well, he did need to access new forms in order to do this, and before he was framed he wasn't exactly fighting his own comrades for nothing.
Boomstick: Guess they didn't realize how much they'd bitten off by making the angriest demigod alive their enemy.
Wiz: Asura is certainly powerful, but it's been proven he's not exactly indestructible. By pushing himself too hard, his metallic arms have a habit of blowing apart.
Boomstick: Don't worry, he always gets them back someone. Usually upon dying, which is not a great health plan.
Wiz: But despite all his setbacks, Asura made good to punish all those who would make his daughter suffer, even if one of those people was the God of Gods himself.
Boomstick: Ain't nothing going to stop Asura from punching apart anything in his way.
Rodin[]
Wiz: Everybody knows about the Umbran Witch Bayonetta.
Boomstick: I sure do, and there's a lot to know about her; the fact she summons demons with her hair, she fights with her feet, she's one of the Eyes of the World, and that she has some really amazing assets.
Wiz: Well, I know you well enough now to know that you mean her-
Boomstick: Her rack!
Wiz: Oh for goodness sake!
Boomstick: Ha-ha! Also, she has some really nice weapons.
Wiz: But weapons don't just come from nowhere. They're made, and Bayonetta's are no exception.
Boomstick: Her blacksmith resides in a bar known as the Gates of Hell, and his name is Rodin.
Wiz: Actually its pronounced Ro-Daun.
Boomstick: But-
- Background
- Age: Billions of years
- Height: Est. 8>
- AKA The Infinite One
- Owns the Gates of Hell
- Angel cast out of Heaven
- Scared of small birds
Wiz: Just...don't question it. He wasn't always a weapons-dealer-slash-bartender. He actually used to be an Angel in charge of governing a portion of Paradiso. Basically Heaven, and he did so for so long he gained the title of the Infinite One.
Boomstick: Like all good things, it didn't last forever, and Rodin eventually got kicked out of Paradiesel.
Wiz: Whether it was for leading an insurgency against the realm of light, or whether the other angels feared his power, it did not matter, all that does is that Rodin was stripped of his angel status and converted into a demon.
Boomstick: So he's basically Satan.
Wiz: Exactly.
Popup: Further adding to the Satan analogy about him, whenever he is defeated in Tag Climax, his lower half is frozen in ice.
Boomstick: Makes sense. I mean, after all, who else would be qualified for making weapons for literal witches. After all, witches are said to be the brides of Satan.
Wiz: Or in this case, his customers. And making weapons for Bayonetta is no small feat, because they're actually made of demons from Inferno.
Boomstick: So yeah, Rodin needs to be one very powerful individual, and he is.
- Powers
- Superhuman attributes
- Teleportation
- Shockwave generation
- Fist manifestations
- Levitation
- Shield creation
- Soul manipulation
- Fire manipulation
- Supercharge
- Demonic transformation
- Grabbing attack
Wiz: He's incredibly strong, able to knock out most demons with only two or three hits. His strength allows him to generate massive shockwaves with a simple stomp of his foot.
Boomstick: And with the power to hit hard with his fists comes the ability to make more fists.
Wiz: Like Bayonetta's Wicked Weaves techniques, Rodin can summon giant manifestations of his fists for additional attack range or power.
Boomstick: He can also take many powerful hits himself, thanks to both his incredibly durability and his ability to summon a shield around himself to block attacks. Also he can hover in the air, and for his job making weapons out of demons, he's able to travel to Inferno at any time he likes.
Wiz: Rodin's already a powerhouse on his own, but he can take it one step forward with a transformation.
Boomstick: His Father Rodin one?
Wiz: No, actually. Here's the thing; whilst the infamous Platinum Ticket is the key to getting into a fight with Rodin, as Bayonetta found out after her main adventure, he actually needs the 9,999,999 halos the tickets are worth in order to actual transform back into his original angel form. But his demon form more than makes up for this.
Boomstick: The bonus fight against him in Bayonetta 2 starts out tough enough, but when Rodin turns into the big red devil, it goes to Wii smashing levels of impossible.
Wiz: In this form, Rodin now doesn't even flinch at Bayonetta's attacks, and his movements and attacks increase in speed and intensity.
Boomstick: Worst still, he gains an attack that lets him grab onto and whittle down Bayonetta's health to a mere one point with an intense barrage of punches. It's so intense, Rodin himself needs a cigarette to calm down after using it.
Wiz: Not sure he's the one who needs a little help getting back up after it's used.
- Feats
- Battled against Bayonetta
- Fought off numerous demons
- Blocked a punch from Madame Butterfly
- Superior to many demons and angels
- Created many powerful weapons
- Defeated Ashura, Kafka, Rakshasa, Durga, Alraune
Boomstick: Whenever he's not acting as a bonus boss, Rodin spends his time in Inferno, fighting demons after luring them to him with angelic hymns. Apparently Hell doesn't have any Beethoven or Little V.
Wiz: Some of the demons he has fought against have even been called gods, like Durga, a god equipped with a thousand electrified and burning arms, and Ashura, whose essence powers a sword capable of sucking the life out of whoever it cuts.
Popup: Rodin also broke the sword of a thunder god, which is said to have possessed the power to split the heavens and shake the world.
Boomstick: Ashura...that sounds familiar for some reason. Were we just talking about someone called that a moment ago. Anyway, Rodin is able to easily best these demons, and more, thanks to being described as being the most powerful demon in Inferno, and is certainly superior to many angels. One angelic duo, Gracious and Glorious, are said to have enough power to destroy the world, and the automobile angel Irenic, who is said to be able to cross the entire universe in just a single day.
Popup: A Platinum blog claims that Rodin is the most powerful Bayonetta character, although it was more likely referring to this in Tag Climax, which is what the blog was about when it mentions this.
Wiz: And if we are to take Rodin being the most powerful being in Inferno literally, then he could be as powerful, if not more so, than Queen Sheeba.
Boomstick: And she was shown to punch with infinitons! Who can even do that?!
Wiz: Rodin is certainly a powerful being, so it's really hard to tell if he has any real weaknesses, although his returns after making a new weapon from a demon show him to be rather out of breath, so it's likely he has a limit to his stamina, no matter how long he can go on fighting for.
Boomstick: But let me give you all at home some advice; abandon all hope thee who cash in that Platinum Ticket.
Wiz: I love a good Satan allegory.
Interlude[]
Wiz: Alright the combatants are set, time to end this debate once and for all.
Boomstick: It's time for a Death Battle!
The Battle[]
In Inferno, a figure fell from the sky, yelling as he did before crashing down into the ground. Asura grunted as he pulled himself from the crater made by his landing.
Asura: Damn it all, not again!
Looking around himself he started to grow confused.
Asura: Wait...this isn't Naraka.
???: It sure the hell isn't.
Asura turned around to see Rodin standing with his side to him, smoking a cigar as he did.
Rodin: This here's Inferno boy. Where I go to find all the things I need to make my trade.
Asura grunted in simple acknowledgement and turned to leave, when Rodin next said;
Rodin: And I happen to think you'll make a good weapon. With your caliber, maybe a penknife.
Asura felt a vein throb in his forehead in anger and turned around to face his heckler.
Asura: Say that again.
Rodin: I said the weapon that you'd best make would be little more than a poxy. Little. Penknife.
He extinguished his cigar on his palm palm for emphasis. Asura glowered at him and cracked his knuckles, prompting Rodin to do the same, both actions generating what could only be described as miniature shockwaves.
Asura: Okay; you're going to die for that old man.
Rodin: Talk's cheap, actions speak louder.
FIGHT!
Asura made the first move, kicking forward from the ground and launching himself towards Rodin, thrusting out a punch. Rodin countered with his own, the two fists connecting and sending out a massive shockwave that blew away the surrounding demonic trees. The demon and demigod remains in this position for a moment, struggling to overpower the other, their bodies shaking as their fists grinded against the others', before they then both took the initiative to pull their fists back and swing the other ones out. This time, both their attacks connected with each others' faces, sending them both skidding backwards, the two of them leaving twin trenches in the ground with their feet and throwing out another shockwave. As soon as he had come to a stop, Asura unleashed a barrage of energy shots towards Rodin, who had also come to a stop; he looked up just in time for the barrage to strike him dead in the face, before it moved to target his chest. Rodin, however, didn't even flinch against the barrage and suddenly broke in a charge towards Asura, who continued to fire in an attempt to slow him down, but it was ineffective. Rodin eventually closed the distance, bringing up his foot to deliver a kick to Asura's chest. Asura cough and stumbled back, but quickly grinded his teeth back together, regaining his footing and swinging his fist up at Rodin, who calmly stepped back to avoid the punch, before dodging to the side to avoid his next punch. This left Asura wide open for Rodin to deliver two punches to Asura's face, before he lifted his foot and stomped it onto the ground, unleashing a massive shockwave that sent Asura flying back through the air. Asura rolled across the ground, eventually ending up on his back, but he jumped back up to his feet, intercepting Rodin's diving kick by catching the foot, so that he could pull Rodin forward and deliver a downwards punch to the angel's face, smashing him into the ground. Still holding onto Rodin's leg, Asura spun around numerous time before releasing Rodin to send him shooting through the air. As Rodin flew backwards, Asura ran forward to get in front of him, the two exchange eye contract as this happened, Asura growing even angrier when he saw that Rodin still had an expression of calmness on his face, before overtaking him. Coming to a stop and taking a stance, Asura timed his next upwards punch carefully so that it connected with Rodin's chin, launching him up into the air. Asura then leapt up, catching up to Rodin's ascent, before locking his fingers together and delivering a powerful downwards punch to Rodin's back, sending him flying down to smash in the black and red ground of Inferno, resulting in a massive crater and cracks spreading across the earth. Asura landed in front of the crater, watching, tense, before a surge of broken rock launched up into the air before it came raining down around the now self-unearthed Rodin, who was now smoking another cigar. He took a long puff before blowing out the smoke.
Rodin: Now that was beautiful!
Asura glowered.
Asura: You talk too much!
He charged towards his opponent and swung a punch at him, but it was halted from hitting Rodin's face by the domed shield he conjured. Rodin smirked before tossing his lit cigar at Asura's face, blinding him with the ash and embers and causing the demigod to grab a hold of his face in frustration. Just as he removed his hand, Rodin grabbed a hold of it himself, rushing forward and slamming the back of Asura's head into the ground, grinding it against the rock as he charged forward. Asura's eyes blazed behind Rodin's fingers, and he grabbed a hold of his wrist before bringing his legs up to scissor them around Rodin's arm. Planting the palm of his other hand on the ground, Asura used this hold to flip Rodin forward so that his head smashed into the ground. Asura then slammed both his elbows into the ground so that he could propel himself up several inches and deliver a double-kick to Rodin's chest, sending him flying backwards with his buried head digging a gouge in the ground until he pushed off his palms to launch himself up to land on his feet, his back to Asura, who was yet again charging towards him. Before he could directly strike Rodin, he whipped around, dragging his hand in the ground to dig out a massive mass of rock to slam it into the charging Asura. Asura roared in anger upon being planted on the front of the boulder, so he drew his head back and smashed it against the rock, cracking it to pieces and revealing that Rodin had vanished.
Asura looked about in confusion before a noise drew his attention, prompting him to turn and see Rodin drop out of a portal on top of a tall demonic tree. Asura started to run towards Rodin's location, and Rodin started to fire manifestations of his own fists as the pursuing demigod. Asura dodged, ducked, and slide underneath the projectiles, before aiming and unleashing a swarm of homing projectiles, which bombarded the top of the tree around Rodin, throwing up smoke clouds that obscured his vision. When it subsided, Rodin looked down to see Asura running straight up the vertical front of the demonic tree, his feet leaving burning holes as he ran.
Rodin: Persistent little bastard aren't you? Try this.
Rodin fired a hand-manifestation right down the length of the tree towards Asura, the attack striking the demigod straight on and halting his ascent, causing him to start falling back down at gravity was able to take hold.
However, Asura flipped himself about so that his fingers could dig themselves into the trunk as he activated his Unlimited Mode, and he ran back up the trunk. In spite of the projectiles Rodin fired down at him, Asura's Unlimited Mode ensured that the attacks didn't do any damage or knock him back again. This allowed him to reach the top of the tree, jumping up in front of Rodin and delivering a kick to his chest to send him stumbling back with a grunt. Asura then landed on the treetop before unleashing a wave of energy that struck Rodin and sent him flying backwards off the tree and into the air of Inferno.
As Rodin tumbled through the air, Asura jumped after him, sending a barrage of energy blasts at him which all struck the fallen angel, and throwing up a blinding explosion. Asura straightened himself in the air so that he could fall faster towards Rodin, colliding with him. The two grappled through the air, Asura punching Rodin repeatedly in the face as they did, but Rodin delivered a double kick to his chest that sent him shooting downwards onto the back of a passing Insidious. Before he could recover, Rodin shot down after him, bringing both his feet down onto Asura's chest, sending a shockwave through the red skies of Inferno and causing the Insidious to shake. Asura groaned, opening his eyes before Rodin's foot came down onto his face, driving it further into the back of the giant demon. Rodin leapt back off Asura and summoned a massive manifestation of his hand and brought it down in a titanic punch onto Asura. However, it then began to quake as burning orange seeped out around the fist as it was slowly pushed upwards, before a burst of the same orange erupted and the arm vanished.
Rodin shielded his eyes from the glow before he looked to see Asura now bearing four additional arms get back to his feet and face him, growling with Mantra bursting out of his body. Slamming his multiple fists against their partners, Asura charged forward and swung all three fists of one of his sides, each one lagging behind the other by a slight. Rodin brought his hand down, the back of said hand blocking each one of Asura's punches as it went downwards. Rodin shot out his own fist to try and nail Asura in the head, but Asura darted his head to the side to avoid the strike whilst bringing his other three fists around to this time connect them into Rodin's side, cracking into his ribs. Rodin skidding to the side due to the attack, before darting forward, jumping up and swing his leg to kick Asura in the side of the head, causing him to spin about. He was able to face Rodin as he landed, before lunging at him, swinging his fists out, which Rodin met by summoning smaller fist constructs as well as his own hand. Both Asura and Rodin then unleashed a rapid-fire barrage of punches, Asura with his six-arms and Rodin with his summoned fists, sending out a mass of miniature shockwaves. The accumulating power of the clashes started to shake the flying demon serving as their platform, causing blood to leave out of its mouth and eyes on the ends of its fins to vibrate then burst. Asura and Rodin paid this no heed, continuing their barrage until finally, one of their colliding strikes brought them to a halt, the two immense contesting strengths pushing together and driving both their feet into the flesh of the Insidious further and further until finally this reached a breaking point and it tore the giant demon in half, unleashing a cloud of blood into the sky.
The two halves of Insidious fell through the sky and collapsing onto the ground around what appeared to be an area formed by a flaming ring of blue fire and flailing tendrils. Asura was the first to land in this ring, looking about himself for his opponent.
Asura: Where the hell have you gone now!?
Rodin: Right here.
Rodin flew down behind Asura, which was now possible thanks to the wings he had obtained having transformed into his Infinite One demon form. Asura grinned viciously before whipping around and lunging at him in the blink of an eye, slamming three of his same-sided fists into his face. But Rodin didn't even flinch.
Rodin: Hmm...tickles.
His fist then scored a hit on Asura's chin, sending him flying into the air before he came downwards, yelling all the while until his fall lined him up with Rodin's next strike which sent him smashing into the edge of the arena. Asura pulled himself out the crater, panting like crazy, before fixing his sights of the casually approaching Rodin. He roared and charged at the fallen angel, coming to a stop in front of him to begin unleashing a series of punches from all six fists onto Rodin's chest. However, Rodin continued to walk forward, pushing Asura backwards even as he continued to punch. Asura's growl grew into a roar as he poured all of his strength into his blows until it was cut short by Rodin's hand shooting out to grab his face and hoist him up into the air.
Rodin: Hold onto your ass boy.
The scene suddenly went white as Rodin unleashed a barrage of punches onto Asura, which had the end result of breaking all six of his arms before he was tossed backwards to land on the ground. Observing his battered opponent, Rodin marched over to him and picked him up by the hair.
Rodin: Let's see what I can get out of you.
His hand shot out to dig his fingers into Asura's chest, ready to punch his hand through it and take parts from Asura to make a new weapon.
But that was also when Asura's heavy-lidded eyes snapped back over as he screamed in rage, his mantra bursting out of his body. Rodin was pushed backwards by the shockwave before looking up to watch as Asura's arms reforged themselves into bulkier variations as he took on his compact Destructor form.
Rodin: Holy crap...
Asura: You've that right!
He charged at Rodin and delivered a powerful punch to his chest. Like before, it appeared to do nothing, but that was only at first, because as the fist grew hotter with the energy of mantra, Rodin started to bend forward into the attack before finally giving and grunting in pain as the punch sent him skidding backwards. Rodin looked back up as Asura strode towards him, and attempted to grab him again to initiate his one-hit technique. Asura, however, dodged the outstretched hand before swinging a fist into his arm, completely blowing it off and leaving a bleeding stump.
Rodin: Oh...damn!
He stumbled back before Asura beset upon him with a truly intense barrage of punches from his six bulky fists, connecting with his head, chest, arms, and even wings, overloading his body with the damage, leaving Rodin absolutely no room to fight back with. In culminated in Asura drawing back three of his fists and swinging them up into the gut of Asura, who was practically glowing due to the intensity of the barrage, and completely blowing his torso apart. Rodin's head was sent flying high into the sky of Inferno whilst his remaining torso toppled backwards onto the ground as Asura straightened himself back up from delivering the final blow.
Asura: Now...how do I get out of here.
KO!
Outcome[]
Boomstick: Well, at the rate his head's going up, Rodin aught to end up back in Paradiso.
Wiz: Both Asura and Rodin were incredibly powerful deities, capable of fighting against many a might foe, with both their track records including gods. But ultimately, Asura held the edge in the gap of power between the two, speed being the first factor.
Boomstick: Hang on a moment, that angel guidebook said that those automobile angels could cross Paradiso in less than a day, and that puts them at about 339 novemdecillion times the speed of light (WeeklyBattles). How could Asura top that?
Wiz: Well, as a matter of fact, I've taken steps to analyze this guidebook to see if its accurate, and as a matter of fact, it isn't. Here's the proof; the angels Gracious and Glorious, are said to be capable of destroying the planet, or at least the surface of it, which could take up to 180 petatons of TNT to pull off. However, Bayonetta's main summon's, Madame Butterfly's, best known, and shown feat, is when she shattered a giant meteor with her forehead, and although it was large, it was nowhere near a plantary level attack. As Lady Butterfly is strong enough to fight an elite angel stronger than Gracious and Glorious, it means that they logically shouldn't possess planetary power, rendering the guidebook's statement an overestimation. So the same principle applies to Irenic's speed.
Popup: There's a VS Wiki calc. that claims Jubileus flew back towards Bayonetta after smashing into a planet, but there's no evidence to how fast she actually went as the cutscene ends before it is shown.
Boomstick: You could have told me that before I went and put focus on all stuff in Rodin's analysis. Alright, so how much faster is Asura than Rodin.
Wiz: Well, Rodin scales to Bayonetta, who dodged a satellite beam that moves at, at most, 2% the speed of light. Asura, meanwhile dodges beams going at 4 times the speed of light, making him 396% faster, and that's not even his top dodging speed.
Popup: Analysis of the calc. stated that technically, Bayonetta wouldn't have been as fast as the laser.
Boomstick: Hang on a moment; that Queen Sheba demon hit with Infinitons of power. Does Rodin scale to that at least considering he's the most powerful demon in Inferno.
Wiz: Well, that comment came from a book similar to the one about angels, so it's authenticity could also be questionable, but even then, Queen Sheba clearly didn't hit with an infinite amount of power.
Boomstick: Oh boy, here comes another long winded lecture.
Wiz: You see, Sheba could not have hit wit an infinite amount of force because if Jubileus, who she hit with her punch, hits a planet, she comes to a stop. You see, if some accelerating object hits something like, say, a wall, it comes to a stop because the wall can exert an equal or greater amount force against it, including the force that was used to sent the object flying. The same principle applies to the soul of Jubileus and its collision course; if Sheba had hit with an infinite amount of force, then the planet wouldn't even have a chance of stopping it. But still, a planet blowing apart after being used to stop the soul of Jubileus means that Sheba still packed a hell of a punch.
Boomstick: You mean an Inferno of a punch. That feat of power comes out to 780 tenatons of TNT.
Wiz: For reference, that's just shy of the power of a supernova. So, impressive, but remember, that at the height of his power, Asura could blow up stars, which basically involves overloading their energies to make them go supernova himself. And that was just with his basic energy blast attacks.
Boomstick: So in all likelihood, the heights of Asura's power would be much higher than Sheba's and thus Rodin's if he even scaled to her. And as a final footnote, Asura has survived getting hit with these same suns which end up exploding into supernovas regardless.
Wiz: All-in-all, Asura had the strength, durability and speed to take a win over the Infinite One.
Boomstick: His victory was Asure-ad.
Wiz: The winner is Asura.
Next Time[]
Cyborgs on the hunt
With animal helpers and loads of weapons
Trivia[]
- Connections: Both are extremely powerful physical beings who were cast down from their positions of high power (from one of the Seven Generals and one of the Dea Angels of Paradiso, respectively). Both also have a large number of alternate forms, have battled through the afterlife and are based off mythological figures (Asura is named after Hindu spirits of anger whilst Rodin bears some similarities to the character of Satan). Both have also non-canonically interacted with other video games characters (Ryu and Akuma, and the Chain-Chomp respectively).
- Animation Style: 3D.
- OST Idea: 'Infinite Wrath', referring to Rodin's title and Asura's mantra.
- This was originally going to be Asura vs. Garou, but was changed due to better connections and greater wish to use Rodin.