Asura, the wrathful demigod who kept coming back from the depths of Naraka to take revenge on those who betrayed him and save his daughter, Liam Neeson style. But how great is this deity of endless rage? Well, why don't we break it down and find out?
Background Music: "Ten Thousand Fists" By Disturbed
Backstory: Asura was one of the eight guardian generals of Lord Death, who betrayed them to become the world's first kishin- (someone walks up and whispers something in my ear) What's that? Oh, wrong one, sorry. Let's start over: Asura was one of the eight guardian generals of EMPEROR STRADA and the people of Shinkokku, who was betrayed and killed by his fellow guardians. However, he swore revenge and his unrelenting wrath allowed him to rise from the world of Naraka, which is basically their hell, I guess and rose back to take revenge on those who killed his wife, stole his daughter and killed him. He managed to do that, destroy Vlitra, the ultimate evil coming from planet Gaia and even destroyed Chakravatian, the true, ultimate god of everything... Too bad in doing so, he killed himself, because Chakra-guy was the source of all Mantra, a magical energy used to fuel the demigods and is pretty much the life force that allows them to exist. But don't worry, he was reincarnated a couple thousand years later and was still beating up people for messing with his daughter. I nominate this guy for best father in video games, who's with me?
Speed: Asura is VERY fast, but far from the fastest on this list. He once ran a couple miles in a few seconds to take on some kind of turtle dinosaur Goma, meaning he can run a couple hundred miles per hour, but never shown to be anywhere near the speed of sound, although he is capable of rapidly flying through space while smashing through monsters the size of my house. I'd like to put him comfortably around 200 miles per hour, mostly based on clearly a couple miles in a few seconds to fight the turtle dinosaur.
Agility & Reflexes: We see Asura is decently agile, as most of his big wind-ups for his punches often involve spins or flips and his is capable of rolling and dodging out of the way of many large, hard-to-dodge attacks. With this said, he also has reflexes safely around light-speed, as he is able to dodge Augus' massive energy blades, Yasha's projectile mantra blades and close range laser blasts from Vlitra, even while flying directly into the monster's mouth and/or face as it fires these blasts. That takes a real man right there. I normally try to get as far away from whatever is shooting at me as I can.
Durability: Asura is incredibly tough, being able to take blows from mountain or even planet-sized demigods, being blasted by Vlitra's laser blasts that effortlessly destroy demigod ships, ATMOSPHERIC REENTRY and blasts of lightning from Deus. With that said, Asura's heat tolerance is also massive, again surviving being on fire during atmospheric reentry, mantra blasts from other demigods and their machines and again, Vlitra's lasers. And since I keep talking about it, I'm going to put numbers with it to show how much Asura can take based off surviving atmospheric reentry:
Speed: 25,000 mph
Weight: est. 250 lbs.
Mass X Speed= acceleration: 6,250,000 mph.
Acceleration X gravity= force of impact: 6,250,000 X 8.65= 54,062,500 lbs.
Conversion into tons: 54,062,500/2,000= 27,031.25
Over 27 THOUSAND tons of upon impact with the ground. Whoa, I know these guys are some kind of robots or something, but Asura is like the ultimate tank! But, that being said, no one is without their weaknesses. He may be durable to survive near-fatal falls, but his arms sure aren't. They tend to break REALLY often, many times when he still really needs them in a tight situation. And based on how easily he lost his arms in the battle against Augus and how easily Asura sliced his old mentor in half with his own BROKEN blade, we can assume Asura and his species are vulnerable to blades. Also to back this theory is how easily the spear guys pierced him with their spears after he was framed for the Emperor's murder or when he easily ripped Sergei in half in his corrupted form. Sorry, buddy but that's gonna cost you when we look at the scores compared to people that hold themselves together after being sliced in half.
Skill: Asura is an amazing combatant and a true master of punching all the things... Yeah, that's pretty much all he does. The harder a situation is, the harder he's gonna punch it. He DOES throw in mantra blasts here and there and on occasion throws his enemies, but that's about it. It's still mostly punching. Facing the greatest threat you've ever known? Punch the shit out of it! One of your back-stabbing buddies trying to kill you? Punch that bitch's lights out! If he comes back for round 2 the size of a mountain? Punch him again! Punching not working for some reason? Then he's gonna get pissed, sprout 4 more arms and start punching again. The only time he doesn't attack with his arms and fists is when he no longer has them. *shows the clip where he obliterates Gongen Wyzen* Don't get me wrong: It WORKS, but there's only so much throwing a bunch of punches can do for you. Just ask Goku or Dante, they'll tell you to throw some kicks when you get the chance. It may work, but Asura's pretty much a one-trick pony and not a really inventive fighter.
Weapons: Asura uses no other weapon than himself. His fists, while breakable, are capable of breaking just about anything and with his almost limitless mantra, Asura is capable of regrowing his arms and growing even more and towards the end of the game, his mantra levels reached a point he could create massive arms that could help him destroy Vlitra. And if he gets truly enraged, he boils over to the point of releasing enough mantra to almost spread over the planet and become Berserker Asura, who's blind rage allows him to use his mantra to its fullest, his power rivaling that of the Brahmastra. You know, the thing that punched a giant hole in the planet and was supposed to destroy the ultimate evil inside the planet. It's pretty much the Death Star, powered by the 7 TRILLION souls the asshole deities stole. It was ultimately more powerful than him, but he was able to hold against it for a few seconds. And eventually, his brother-in-law Yasha equipped him with a mantra reactor, allowing him to absorb even more mantra and prevent him from turning into Berserker Asura again. So, even if he can no longer rival planet busting super lasers, he's still perfectly capable of punching out GOD.
Strength: Asura's strength is massive, possibly even infinite. He's just like Hulk, the angrier he gets, the stronger he gets. With that said, he's capable of many truly immeasurable feats, such as throwing a mountain-sized Wyzen into space with a super punch, obliterating a PLANET-SIZED Wyzen by repeatedly punching his country-sized finger, smashing into and putting a crater into Vlitra's first for, punching the ground hard enough to send himself flying a few miles into the air and even overpowering and destroying the true, ultimate god of his universe. As stated before, these feats are nigh impossible to give an appropriate measurement to and the fact that Asura's power rises with his rage, we're going to say his strength is limitless, much like Superman's.
So, in the end, what can we take away from this? Asura is fast, but far from the fastest and his reaction speed balances out what he does lack in speed... he may not be a truly skilled fighter like many others on this list, but his endless strength and mantra more than make up for this and his durability is equally insane. In the end, Asura may not get a perfect 10, due to his lack of speed and skill but his strength and durability, along with the fact he can just regrow lost limbs with enough rage and mantra, have secured him a close 8 out of 10.