Weakest Character Oryx Cannot Take? (Destiny)

[Catalyst75]

Perhaps this might be better suited for another discussion, but it is something I have been pondering.

Oryx's Taken power is one that has been demonstrated to affect virtually any being in Destiny who does not derive power from the Traveler. For intents and purposes, it is targeted reality-warping that completely rewrites the existence of the victim, turning them into Taken who obey paracausal physics, which in Destiny refers to powers set apart from the established physical laws within the setting. Even Riven, an Ahamkara with her own paracausal abilities and nature could be Taken by Oryx.

It makes it rather difficult to pin down who could give Oryx a challenging fight without needing to restrict his ability to Take, since many fights he could conceivably end the moment he decides to Take his opponent. The realistic limitation would be "he can't take anyone stronger than him", but he effectively possesses a one-shot ability otherwise.

So, the question becomes who cannot be Taken by Oryx, or what abilities are required for a character to not be Taken even if they are weaker than Oryx?

 

[Catalyst75]

Aside from being demonstrably stronger than Oryx is, given the nature of how the Sword Logic works in Destiny, I personally think that other characters Oryx would not be able to take would be those with either a nature antithetical to the Darkness and his own i.e. like the Guardians, or any characters who have demonstrated a resistance to reality-warping abilities, since Taking rewrites the target's existence with the laws and physics of the Darkness.

 

[PsychoWarper]

Ange Ushiromiya's First Key and Habaki Sakagami's First Key would both be fine

 

[Tony_di_bugalu]

Reinhard pulls a "no u" and takes him instead :v

 

[Flashlight237]

Let's not forget that characters with some very nasty hax can nail him. Eri, for instance, has the capability to erase him from existence with her Rewind quirk, though whether she can knowingly do that or not is a whole different story.

 

[PsychoWarper]

Let's not forget that characters with some very nasty hax can nail him. Eri, for instance, has the capability to erase him from existence with her Rewind quirk, though whether she can knowingly do that or not is a whole different story.

Ummm... Eri can most definitely not effect Oryx, the Taken King.

 

[Catalyst75]

Reinhard pulls a "no u" and takes him instead :v

Do you mean the Shinza Banshou one?

Let's not forget that characters with some very nasty hax can nail him. Eri, for instance, has the capability to erase him from existence with her Rewind quirk, though whether she can knowingly do that or not is a whole different story.

Last I recall, Rewind requires Eri to either be in physical contact with or in close vicinity to anyone her power may affect, and Oryx's own physical nature is paracausal, as seen when Quria couldn't simulate him as he was, and could only manage to simulate Aurash, Oryx's former self. There might be a question of whether his level of power and/or nature could leave him immune.

That said, as I outlined, this is about the Taken power itself, and the weakest character the Taken power cannot Take.

Ange Ushiromiya's First Key and Habaki Sakagami's First Key would both be fine

Does that apply to the earlier parts of the First Key, or the First Key as a whole?

 

[Hl3_or_bust]

Type 5 acausality

That's all that needs to be said really

 

[PsychoWarper]

Do you mean the Shinza Banshou one?

I ta

Yes that one.

Does that apply to the earlier parts of the First Key, or the First Key as a whole?

For Ange lets just use the Base 10-A and for Habaki either the 7-B or 7-A work.

 

[PsychoWarper]

Type 5 acausality

That's all that needs to be said really

Doesnt Oryx literally resist all of her powers just several levels of infinity higher?

 

[Catalyst75]

Type 5 acausality

That's all that needs to be said really

Ascendant Oryx himself, as I'm aware, is considered to be a Type 5 Acausal.

 

[Hl3_or_bust]

Oryx is always a type 5 acausal

And yes, Psycho, he does

 

[Jinsye]

Tom Taylor is probably the lowest tiered character that can beat Oryx atm, unless you count 2747 (I don't)

As for weakest I'n not sure

 

[XDragnoir]

Any version of Taken below H1C can probably be nulled by Imagine Breaker and World Rejecter

 

[Daddybrawl]

Gilgamesh, that fancy 9-A Smurf from DC everyone knows and loves, happens to be 9-A. Perhaps he can take on Oryx? In that case, honestly is probably the weakest character who can do so, as I doubt another Tier 9 could do it.

 

[Oblivion_Of_The_Endless]

Little Treasure is another Tier 9 who could

 

[Daddybrawl]

Had no idea who that is, looked him up... certainly looks like he somewhat stands a chance.

 

[XDragnoir]

Gilgamesh could fight literally more than 99% of the wiki and win low-diff. I really wanted that to be a joke.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

Technically Kharn although this is due to khorne blessing

 

[Diinou_HotHead]

Any version of Taken below H1C can probably be nulled by Imagine Breaker and World Rejecter

Why would it? It's on a H1B scale since I last checked.

 

[XDragnoir]

Afaik, his 2A and L1C keys have 5D and 6D Taking respectively, the other keys can have 5D, 6D or L1A Taken, it changes accordingly to how big the verse is interpreted to be.