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Phobos as seen in Madness: Project Nexus (classic)
Phobos, also known as Director Phobos is the main antagonist of the Project Nexus series and the final boss of Episode 1.5 in the first game's Story Mode and one of the final bosses of The Rush in MADNESS: Project Nexus. He is a highly skilled fighter whose size is larger than that of a regular character but slightly smaller than that of a G03LM.
In Madness: Project Nexus (Classic), he was the controller of Project Nexus. He is fought twice in the episode, first in level [1.5-D], and secondly in the last level. The first time he was fought, when he was defeated he ran out the room saying that "we will meet again soon". In the last level, he uses a submachine gun and a binary sword along with many Nexus agents and soldiers by his side. However, in the end he is unsuccessful at defeating Dr. Christoff and perishes.
In Madness: Project Nexus, phobos was revealed to have become a god-like entity of sorts after he died. Using Project Gestalt as a vessel to ascend to godhood, he was supposed to merge with The Other Place with Project Gestalt. Although it had failed when Hank, Sanford, Deimos, and Jesus intervened and defeated Phobos once and for all.
In Greek mythology, Phobos is the god of the fear. It is also the one of the moons of Mars, the other being Deimos. Phobos has a brother called Deimos, but in the Madness universe, they are unrelated but Krinkles chose their names because he stated that their names sounded cool. Although probably a joke, Krinkels has stated that the reason Phobos is slightly big is because he did Deadlifts and was on a GOMAD diet.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: at least 8-C | Unknown, at least 8-C, likely 2-B to possibly High 2-A+ | Unknown, at least 2-B to High 2-A+
Name: Director Phobos, Phobos | same as before plus God Emperor Phobos
Origin: Madness Combat
Gender: Referred to as Male although Krinkles (the creator of madness combat) states the uncertainty of any nevadan residents having genders
Age: Unknown
Classification: Leader of Project Nexus
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman physical characteristics, Immortality (Type 2; can withstand a multitude of gunshots and remain just fine), Non-Human Physiology, acrobatics, weapon mastery, Martial Arts, Empowerment via fear (nevadian residents become stronger under the influence of fear), self sustenance (type 2, was stated by Krinkles that they do not eat), Limited Pocket Reality Manipulation (when asked about if the Madness characters al had their own personal hells when they die, Krinkles answered "thats ideally" however they would have no way of using this ability), Non-Physical Interaction (should scale to every other character), Self-Perception Manipulation and Afterimage Creation (Via Bullet Time), Plot Armor and Supernatural Willpower (The protagonists of Madness Combat are stated to have "Massive Plot Armor" due to their cognitive endurance and stronger constitutions)
all previous abilities plus incorporeality (Is his own S3LF), immortality (type 1, 4, 6, 7, and 8 or 9; he was killed by Jebus in the first Nexus game, however appeared in the next Nexus game as a powerful entity. As he was about to get absorbed into the other place, he possessed Project Gestalt. Is only able to be killed when Project Gestalt dies), Body Control (Is likely capable of this), Dimensional Link (can draw raw energies from the Other Place), Dimensional Attacks (uses Dissonance during combat), Divine Banishment and Dimensional Imprisonment (his own portal was about to banish him to the other place), Intangibility (One of his moves in his boss giht is him rising up from the floor, seemingly phasing through it), possible selective Material Nonexistance or Invisibility (One of his moves makes him disappear completely and summons various souls from the fires that surround the arena. Another move features him dashing around the arena into the flames that surround it, causing him to disappear, then reappearing shortly after with another dash. It is unknown where he goes or how he does this, however, shortly after this, he reappears from the floor. He is also partially see through), Dimensional Empowerment (within the Other Place), Dimensional Infusion (Can seemingly empower himself via Dissonance), Dimensional lordship (of the Other Place), Flight (Shown throughout his battle, he has the power to fly), Telekinesis (Makes the Weapon of the Employers float before our eyes, stabbing it into the ground with his powers. Can throw rubble at the player from within his forcefield), Teleportation (Teleports frequently during battle), Aura (has an aura of energy flowing around him, it isn't very visible at first however it is in the cutscenes, when sparks fly around him), Shapeshifting (transformed from a small ball of dissonance into his actual form), Light Manipulation (He glows of purple), Fire Manipulation (Creates fires of Darkness and Dissonance around the arena during his and the protagonists battle), Dimensional Bolt Projection (Can shoot Nexus Bolts, which are pure dissonance projectiles), Lightning manipulation (his control over dissonance should give him this capability, as dissonance has been shown to be capable of creating lightning), Electricity manipulation (can chargen his punches with electricity), Matter Manipulation/Deconstruction plus Reality warping and Radiation Manipulation (has full control over Dissonance, which has been likened to a "Reality Warping, Radioactive miasma". Can merge with the Other Place), Logic Manipulation and Mind Manipulation (Dissonance can "Warp logic and distorted minds of anyone who can perceive it"), Chaos Manipulation (The name Dissonance implies that Dissonant energy is chaotic), Madness Manipulation (People exposed to Dissonance were driven Mad according to Dr. Crackpots backstory, Phobos should be capable of using this), Homing Attack and Soul manipulation (can summon souls and use them in combat such as creating homing projectiles out of them and summoning them onto the battlefield to make them fight Hank and the others), Energy Projection/Manipulation (Has shown this ability frequently), Forcefield creation (Creates a forcefield around himself sometimes during battle after one of his Corpus gets destroyed), Inorganic Physiology (Is a S-3LF, and is seemingly made of pure Dissonance), Danmaku (Can fire multiple bolts and souls at once), Summoning (can summon in souls and a sword of the employers), Portal Creation (Creates a portal behind himself before hos bossfight), possible BFR (his portal he created almost sucked him into the other place), possibly Nigh-Omnipotence (Stated himself that his powers are infinite. Despite this, we see him fall to the likes of the protagonists, which means he is technically not truly omnipotent, and likely just Nigh-Omnipotent), Explosion Manipulation (Via dissonance), Necromancy (Can bring fourth souls to fight the player during battle), Possession (Possessed Gestalt and used him as a vessel. He even possessed Gestalt again to escape being dragged into the Other Place), Darkness Manipulation (the employers sword is shrouded in darkness. Can create fire from what seems to be pure darkness), Dimensional Travel (Can interact with Nevada even within the Other Place, and was able to use Gestalt as a vessel from the Other Place as well. Can create portals directly to the Other Place), Size Manipulation and Creation (Seen in the beginning cutscene of Madness Project Nexus), and Fusionism/Universal Merging/Reality Consumption (stated that he will "merge with the other place and Ascend into godhood" and that he will "Consume the Other Place")
all previous abilities but enhanced minus darkness manipulation and plus further BFR and further Soul Manipulation (the Halo passively sends souls to hell), Power Bestowal, Corruption (once he put on the Halo, it took on a red hue, along with the rest of his body), Holy Manipulation, and likely all the other abilities of the halo
Theoretically, he would have Omnipresence, further Incorporeality, Nonexistent Physiology (is an entire/multiple dimension/s), Large Size (at least type 9), Cosmic Awareness, Immortality (all previous types plus type 5; merging with the Other Place will likely allow him to achieve true immortality, which is what he is searching for), further Reality Warping, Space-Time Manipulation, Gravity manipulation, Pocket Reality Manipulation, Law Manipulation, possible Void Manipulation, and Multiversal Manipulation
all previous abilities plus preparation, Social Influencing, Accelerated Development, weapon creation (nexus core can create dissonance weapons), Cloning, Resurrection, Memory manipulation, Life manipulation, Radiation manipulation and Reality warping (via dissonance), Madness Manipulation, Energy projection/Manipulation (possesses and can create dissonance weapons and laser weaponry), Mind manipulation, Homing attack (some dissonance weapons are homing based), Power nullification (created the divergence engine, which was used in game to lower Project Gestalts durability), Necromancy (created the Zeds and various other undead monsters), Soul manipulation and minor Conceptual Manipulation (type 4 conceptual manipulation; can create and control S-3LF, which has been described as not only the soul, but a concept as well, one that can enable one to grow in certain ways), Non-Physical Interaction (can interact and fuse self with other entities), electricity manipulation (Nexus had created the ElectroCannon), Technology manipulation, and likely many more
Resistance to Matter Manipulation/Deconstruction as well as resistance to Reality Warping, Madness Manipulation and Radiation Manipulation (should possess a complete immunity to dissonance due to the fact that he can bend it to his will), and resistance to Pain Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation and Fear Manipulation. Resistance to Power Nullification (despite them shooting project gestalt with the divergence engine multiple times, and despite gestalts durability being nullified, Phobos who was possessing him at the time was unaffected) and corruption (the improbability drive corrupted all of Nevada, yet him and other Nevadan inhabitants remained unaffected) and likely resistances to all of his abilities
Attack Potency: Building level (can harm Jesus) | Unknown, at least Large Building (Presumably superior to Mag Agent: Gestalt and deals similar amounts of damage to him), likely Multiverse Level (Stated that he will merge with The Other Place, the Other Place is complied of Purgatory, Hell,and there is possibly a infinite amount of hells. Stated that his abilities are infinite. In Madness Combat, every character has their own Hell, which likely includes the citizens of Nevada [otherwise it wouldn't make that much sense]), possibly High Multiversal+ (Scales to the Employers), Likely much higher | Unknown, at least Multiversal to possibly High Multiversal+ (Is merged with the Other Place, which will achieve his Godhood, and allow him to climb the ranks of the Employers)
Speed: Subsonic to Supersonic+ (can dodge bullets) With Supersonic+ reaction and combat speeds | Same as before, likely far higher | Possibly Omnipresent when merged with the Other Place (Stated that he will merge with The Other Place)
Lifting Strength: At least Class 1 | At least Class 1, higher with Telekinesis, Possibly Immeasurable (Stated that he will merge with The Other Place. Stated that his abilities are infinite) | Immeasurable (Is merged with the Other Place)
Striking Strength: Building level (can harm Jesus) | Unknown, at least Large Building, possibly Multiversal up to possibly High Multiversal+ | Unknown, likely Multiversal to High Multiversal+ if not Inapplicable (Merged with the Other Place)
Durability: Building level (easily tanked Jesus's Nexus bolts which completely evaporate, if not erase people of his own durability) | At least Large Building level, At least Multiverse level up to possibly High Multiversal+ | Multiversal to High Multiversal+ (Is merged with the Other Place, which will achieve his Godhood, and allow him to climb the ranks of the Employers)
Stamina: Very high | Infinite | Infinite
Range: Extended Melee Range Physically and with Binary Sword (Is a lot larger than the average grunt) Dozens if not Hundreds of Meters with SMG | Multiversal (can create portals to the Other place, Aka Hell, which is an entirely different dimension) | Multiversal (Is merged with The Other Place)
Standard Equipment: A binary sword and an Smg | The Employer Sword and Halo | Unknown
Intelligence: Very high
Weaknesses: None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Souls: he can use souls for a variety of purposes
- Projecting souls: there are a few different versions of this attack however all feature him throwing forwards a red soul like an energy projectile, some of them track the player
- Summoning Souls: Phobos can summon souls to attack the player, these souls are smaller than the player and are slower too
- Portals: Phobos can create portals to the other place that can be used for BFR or dimensional travel
- Teleportation: Phobos can teleport which can give him a tactical advantage
- Sword: He claims its a weapon of the Employers and if gives him limited darkness manipulation. he can throw it outwards where it will hiver and spin in place dealing damage to whoever gets hit by it, or he can use it regularly as a Melee weapon
Key: Project Nexus (classic) | Project Nexus | Merged with the Other Placed
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