Ramlethal Valentine

Ramlethal Valentine, sometimes spelled Ramletherl, is an important figure in the Guilty Gear series. She acts as a servant to the Universal Will and is both the elder sister of Elphelt Valentine and the successor to the original Valentine. Tasked with eradicating humanity, she is accompanied by Lucifero—manifested as two halves, one black and one white—each carrying a large katana-like sword for her in battle.

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Ramlethal Valentine
Guilty GearOther Games Guilt Gear StriveGuilty Gear Xrd ArtworkChibi SignRevelator “ My name is Ramlethal Valentine. With this, I declare war on all the world... All those unworthy to stand upon it will be destroyed. The future of humanity... is the past. „ ~ Ramlethal Valentine's initial motives Last PeriodDestiny ChildCounter:SideFantasy WarElemental StoryThe King of Fighters All StarBrave FrontierTales of the RaysCrusader's QuestCode Shifter 12 12 “ I'm here because you've given me a place to belong. I don't know if I can ever repay that. „ ~ Ramlethal Valentine to Dizzy
Origin
Origin	Guilty Gear Xrd
Creator	Daisuke Ishiwatari
First Appearance	Guilty Gear Xrd
Voiced by	Megumi Han (Japanese), Erin Fitzgerald; Laura Stahl (English)
Characteristics
Species	Valentine
Gender	Female
Pronouns	She/Her
Sexuality	Possibly Bisexual
Age	Unknown
Birthday	June 3
Height	5'6"
Weight	115 lbs
Ethnicity	Valentine
Status	Alive
Alignment	Initially Lawful Evil; later Neutral Good
Archetype	Black Knight
Occupation	Illyria Special Brigade Commander
Time Period	22nd Century
Language	Common Language
Combat Style	Dual blade combat
Homeworld	Backyard
Relationships
Affiliations	Universal Will (Formerly), Elphelt Valentine, Bedman (Formerly), Ky Kiske, Sin Kiske, Sol Badguy, Baiken, May, Leo Whitefang, Delilah
Enemies	Universal Will, Delilah (Formerly), Bedman, Happy Chaos

Background

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Ramlethal's story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Background Presumably created around 2186, Ramlethal was brought into existence by the Universal Will within the Backyard as the successor to the prior Valentine who initiated the Baptisma 13 incident. Like her predecessor, she was emotionless and programmed with a singular purpose—to activate the Cradle at any cost so the Conclave could transfer and “revive” Justice through the energy of St. Elmo’s Fire. Unknown to Ramlethal, she was considered a “failed” creation. Six months later, her younger twin, Elphelt, was produced with emotions to better integrate into human society. Both pursued the same mission until Elphelt awakened during her wedding and turned against their creators. Because the rebellion originated from their mother’s influence, Ramlethal did not question it and continued her duties alongside the Conclave. Guilty Gear Xrd On October 21, 2187, after one last meeting with the Conclave, Ramlethal traveled to Japan and declared war on the world. Over the following week, she faced several opponents, including Potemkin, Zato-ONE, Chipp Zanuff, May, Sol Badguy, Ky Kiske, and his son Sin. However, her declaration was a distraction—while the Cradle activated over Babylon. When she attempted to self-destruct to eliminate Sol, Elphelt intervened using their shared restraints to stop her. Ramlethal was subsequently captured and placed aboard the Royal Fleet One under Ky’s supervision, her weapons confiscated. The following day, she tried to destroy the ship but was once again stopped by Elphelt. With her purpose complete, she showed no resistance, telling her captors they could kill her if they wished. Sin, convinced she might have emotions, attempted to make her laugh and gave her a magehound that frequently bit her finger. Later, Elphelt joined them, and the sisters spent time together, with Ramlethal developing a liking for Danny Missiles burgers. While the ship was docked in Zepp, Ramlethal’s dreams were visited by Bedman, ordered by their mother to dispose of her. Ramlethal accepted but asked to take the dog with her, prompting Bedman to recognize her developing emotions. Waking up due to Sin, she was confronted by Bedman, who killed her pet but replaced it with one that didn’t bite, making Ramlethal realize she was different. The two sisters later discussed affection, with Elphelt explaining it as wanting to see someone smile. Inspired, Ramlethal chose to reveal information about St. Elmo’s Fire. On November 4, Elphelt and Justice were captured. Ramlethal promised her sister they were not tools and vowed to rescue her. Five days later, she accompanied Sol and Sin on a mission to capture Jack-O’ under Raven’s command. Though Raven dismissed her as a “doll,” Ramlethal was visibly unsettled by his harsh treatment of Jack-O’, causing him to hesitate. The next day, Ramlethal appeared troubled and told Sin that she could only smile if Elphelt was with her. Sol, slightly drunk, shattered the window she had been staring into and told her happiness couldn’t be defined by a single reflection before taking her and Sin out for burgers. Soon after, Elphelt’s ID was detected in Scandiva. Despite knowing it was a trap, Ramlethal and Sin volunteered to investigate and were granted permission by Leo Whitefang. While scanning the area, Ramlethal encountered an antimatter Gear and noticed a crying child nearby. She saved the girl, sending her to safety with Lucifero, but couldn’t escape before the Gear detonated. She contacted Sin one last time to say goodbye. Though her remains suggested death, she was secretly saved by Raven. Later, she appeared at the Celestial Altar to aid in the fusion of Jack-O’ and Justice, helping to stabilize the process so Sol could face Ariels. Afterward, she reunited with Elphelt in an emotional embrace. Following the battle, Ky and Dizzy invited Ramlethal, Elphelt, and Sin to rest at their estate. Unsure if they could remain due to Ky’s plans to reveal his marriage publicly, the Kiskes reaffirmed that the sisters were part of the family. Ramlethal asked if they should call Sol “father,” but Elphelt instead decided he was more like a “brother.” Guilty Gear -Strive- Ramlethal later appeared with her family and Testament in the epilogue, enjoying a moment of peace following Sol and Ky’s victory over I-No and Happy Chaos. In Another Story, she helped contain Delilah, who had lost control of her power after learning of her brother’s killer. Ramlethal and her team successfully subdued her without casualties, an event that marked a turning point for coexistence between humans and Gears. By this time, Ramlethal had attained the position of Special Brigade Commander in the Illyrian military.

Appearance

General Description: Ramlethal is a dark-skinned woman with light blonde hair and golden eyes featuring bronze highlights. She has a slender, athletic build and typically maintains a calm, expressionless demeanor.

Facial Features: Her hair is straight and extends to her shoulders, with her golden eyes standing out against her darker complexion. She is often seen wearing a cap resembling animal ears.

Clothing/Outfit: In Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, Ramlethal wears a black and white cap with ear-like extensions and a large white cape with shoulder pads and arm openings. The cape has an organic appearance, with a flesh-toned underside and saw-like teeth along the edges. Beneath it, she wears white shorts and a wide white strap with a round buckle as a tube top, along with smaller straps on her arms and thighs. She has bands on her feet and typically goes barefoot. In -Revelator-, a small four-leaf clover is added to the right ear of her cap. In -Strive-, her outfit changes slightly—she wears a sleeveless black and neon green shirt beneath a white, double-breasted waistcoat exposing her midriff. Her cap is redesigned with shorter ears, and she wears dark red wraps on her arm and leg along with white thigh and foot bands.

Special Features: Her cape’s design appears partially organic and is one of her most recognizable features.

Alternate Forms/Disguises: Ramlethal also has an alternate outfit consisting of a dark gray, dark green, and white blouse with puffy sleeves, a short skirt, ribbons on her collar and lower back, and her signature thigh straps. She remains barefoot in this version.

Personality

• Emotionally Reserved: Initially created as a Valentine, Ramlethal shows little to no emotional awareness. She lacks an understanding of right and wrong and carries out her missions with mechanical precision, viewing her purpose solely as fulfilling her mother’s commands.

• Obedient and Detached: Ramlethal considers herself a disposable tool, following orders without question and showing no attachment to her actions or outcomes. Her loyalty to her creator defines her early behavior, leaving her without personal judgment or individuality.

• Developing Emotional Awareness: Over time, she begins to experience confusion, curiosity, and subtle emotional responses. Her encounters with others gradually awaken feelings such as pride, affection, and empathy, even though she initially denies having emotions.

• Introspective and Curious: As she evolves, Ramlethal begins to question ideas like friendship, individuality, and happiness. This introspection marks her slow progression from a being defined by orders to one seeking her own understanding of self.

• Calm and Stoic: Despite her emotional growth, Ramlethal remains reserved and soft-spoken. She rarely reacts strongly to her surroundings but becomes quietly protective of others and uneasy when people are treated as mere tools.

Relationships

Sin Kiske

Due to Sol and Ky being unable to get any information out of Ramlethal, Sin offered to do so, claiming that he feels that he and Ram are close somehow. Sin believes that Ramlethal has emotion within her while Ram believes she has none and she is merely a tool for Mother. Ram tells Sin that he's a terrible interrogator with Sin replying he isn't trying to get information out of her but wants to get her to laugh.

After eating a hamburger offered by Sin, her emotions slowly started coming to her.

Ramlethal asks Sin why does he keep coming to her with Sin replying to make her laugh and her not understanding why as it would provide no benefit to him. She asks as she needs to always know the right action to take, with Ky responding what does "right" even mean, explaining there are subjective qualities of the world with no right or wrong. Ramlethal tries to retort saying if she thinks for herself then she won't be a good tool but Sin tells her she's not a tool.

General Information

Name: Ramlethal Valentine

Other Names: Ramletherl Valentine

Origin: Guilty Gear Xrd

Overall Franchise: Guilty Gear

First Appearance: Guilty Gear Xrd

Company: Arc System Works

Creator: Daisuke Ishiwatari

Actor

• Japanese Voice Actor: Megumi Han (Guilty Gear Xrd: -SIGN-, Guilty Gear Xrd: -REVELATOR-, Tales of the Rays, Guilty Gear Strive)
• English Voice Actor: Erin Fitzgerald (Guilty Gear Xrd: -SIGN-), Laura Stahl (Guilty Gear Strive)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Possibly Bisexual (In her win quote against Jam she question if Jam's "different" is the same as hers as Jam likes men)

Pronouns: She/Her

Handedness: Ambidextrous (Ramlethal uses dual blades in fights)

Age: Unknown

Blood Type: Unknown

Birthday: June 3

Time Period: 22nd Century:

• During Guilty Gear (1998): 2180 (The Sacred Holy Order of Knights secured humanity's victory in 217 and the first Guilty Gear takes place 5 years later)
• During Guilty Gear X: 2181 (This game takes place one year after Guilty Gear)
• During Guilty Gear Xrd: 2187 (Directly noted in the intro to Chapter 1 to take place during this time period)
• During Guilty Gear -Strive-: 2187 (Directly noted that this game takes place three weeks after the end of Guilty Gear Xrd)

Timeline: Main Timeline

Homeworld: Backyard

Residence: Ky's Castle

Story Role: Fighter, Playable Fighter, Redeemed Villain

Legacy: Global Legacy (Ramlethal works with the Illyria Special Brigade, protecting the world, being well-known)

Influence: Event Influence

Language: Common Language

Ethnicity: Valentine (Has a dark-skinned body, making her likely more Eastern oriented)

Religion: N/A

Classification: Half of Valentine

Species: Valentine

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Valentine Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Universal Will

Occupation: Illyria Special Brigade Commander

Ranking: Commander

Affiliations: Universal Will (Formerly), Elphelt Valentine, Bedman (Formerly), Ky Kiske, Sin Kiske, Sol Badguy, Baiken, May, Leo Whitefang, Delilah

Enemies: Universal Will, Delilah (Formerly), Bedman, Happy Chaos

Height: 5'6"

Weight: 115 lbs

Status: Alive

Alignment

• Initially: Lawful Evil (Initially Ramlethal declared war on all the world, claiming all those unworthy to stand upon it will be destroyed, noting herself to merely be a tool to serve her mother's wishes, even if it meant exterminating humanity)
• After Eating a Hamburger: Neutral Good (After eating a hamburger offered by Sin, her emotions slowly started coming to her, having different activities with Sin and Elphelt, and actively trying different foods, leading her to becoming an actual human with emotions. Saved a little girls life while escaping from an explosion)

Protection Level: Global Protector (After joining Sin's side, she banded together to stop the Universal Will's plan of exterminating humanity)

Threat Level: Initially Global Threat (Initially Ramlethal declared war on all the world, claiming all those unworthy to stand upon it will be destroyed, noting herself to merely be a tool to serve her mother's wishes, even if it meant exterminating humanity)

Potential

• Type(s) of Potential: Growth Potential
• Level of Potential: High Potential
• Description: The genes of a Gear has one mature quickly, thus Sin is a fully grown adult despite only being a couple of years old.
• Limitations: Nothing notable.

Archetypal Tiering: Black Knight

Codex Statistics

Grade: S

Tier: At least 8-B, Much Higher through Magic of the Backyard

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Magic (Mankind has succeeded in the dream of developing a natural, limitless energy supply, being the Age of Magic. This is further supported in the memoirs of Eripmavs D Yraid where a band of mages calling themselves "Apostles" taught magic to the people. Magic is described as a scientific impossibility, a power close to omnipotence, with all of its information being of an unknown origin)

Attack Potency: At least City Block level (Potency) (Overpowered Sol Badguy and would've beaten him if Elphelt didn't stop her, where Ky Kiske and Sol Badguy are considered the best of the best, putting them above the likes of Johnny who fought against Bedman, where in his fight with Slayer, caused a massive cavern across the entire terrain), Far Higher through Magic of the Backyard (Magic draws power directly from the Backyard, allowing a user to amplify themself to carry more energy than anything on this planet is capable of producing, however without an intermediary, this energy would destroy the planet). Can ignore durability with Magic (The Backyard is the term used to give reason to the five element configuration, in other worlds, it's "something" that conveys the information that defines the fundamental truth of this world, the magic people use are different from the alchemy that uses resources from present numbers, magic users like Sol and Sin forcefully borrow some kind of "reason" from that "something", being described as an obscure world that magic users temporarily access to gain power. Roughly put, it's a world that can rewrite the rules of the universe in any way it wants)

Durability: At least City Block level, Far Higher through Magic of the Backyard (Magic draws power directly from the Backyard, allowing a user to amplify themself)

Striking Strength: At least City Block Class (Potency), Far Higher through Magic of the Backyard (Magic draws power directly from the Backyard, allowing a user to amplify themself, to where even a single strike or punch from them carries more energy than anything on the planet is capable of producing)

Lifting Strength: At least Class 1 (Should be comparable to Bridget, who with her instant kill can lift the likes of Potemkin casually, who weighs 1446 lbs), Far Higher through Magic of the Backyard (Magic draws power directly from the Backyard, allowing a user to amplify themself)

Travel Speed: Regular Human, Superhuman with Blast Drive (Blast Drive allows the fighter to move like the wind, running far faster then the fighter normally moves), Far Higher through Magic of the Backyard (Magic draws power directly from the Backyard, allowing a user to amplify themself. Fighters can move so fast with their Roman Cancels that they create a light afterimage of two of the same fighter doing a roman cancel)

Attack Speed: Superhuman, Far Higher through Magic of the Backyard (Magic draws power directly from the Backyard, allowing a user to amplify themself. Fighters can move so fast with their Roman Cancels that they create a light afterimage of two of the same fighter doing a roman cancel)

Reaction Speed: Superhuman, Far Higher through Magic of the Backyard (Magic draws power directly from the Backyard, allowing a user to amplify themself. Can avoid sword slashes from Johnny where it's noted that Johnny's attacks move at the speed of light)

Stamina: Limitless (Makind has succeeded in the dream of developing a natural, limitless energy supply, being the Age of Magic)

Range: Standard Melee, Several Meters with Levitating Greatswords, Tens of Meters with Energy Attacks, Multiversal with Magic (The Backyard is the term used to give reason to the five element configuration, in other worlds, it's "something" that conveys the information that defines the fundamental truth of this world, the magic people use are different from the alchemy that uses resources from present numbers, magic users like Sol and Sin forcefully borrow some kind of "reason" from that "something", being described as an obscure world that magic users temporarily access to gain power, with it being larger then the universe)

Intelligence: Supergenius Intelligence (Gears have the capacity to learn quickly, with Dr. Paradigm having knowledge and throughput that exceeds that of Leo's entire operations department)

Knowledge

General KnowledgeCombat Knowledge

Novice level (Ramlethal easily bought Sin's story of babies coming from eyes)

Grandmaster level

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Powers and Techniques

Standard Fighter AbilitiesGear PhysiologyUnique Abilities

• Acrobatics (Fighters are able to perform high jumps while in combat)
• Air Dash (Fighters are able to dash while in the air to perform an air dash)
• Multiple Jumps (Fighters are able to jump twice)
• Aerial Recovery (Fighters through the use of Knockdown Evasion are able to flip out of a knockdown hit, ready to retaliate. With Recovery Direction, when using a Recovery move while pushing a directional button, the fighter can recover from a knock down in the direction they press, allowing them a chance to counterattack if used correctly)
• Charged Attack (The Charge Attack System is a system where fighters charge up their attacks for increased power, being able to charge it up t three levels)
• Counter (Fighters through the use of Dead-Angle Attack are able to strike the enemy even while the enemy is still attacking. With Counter Hit, while the opponent is trying to use a move, the fighter can counter attack by hititng them with one of their attacks, causing the opponent's time off balance to increase)
• Second Wind (Fighters can get back up and fight for a second round even after their health is depleted)
  • Healing (Fighters can restore back their health for the second round of a fight)
• Guard Break (With Dust Attacks, by pushing a Slash and Heavy Slash, the fighter can use attacks that break the crouching guard. With Power Attacks, fighters can unleash a slow move that whe hit, has a high guard crash rate)
• Auto-Pilot (With Auto Guard, if fighters are not performing an action, they will automatically guard head-on attacks)
• Aerial Recovery Nullification (With Sweep, if this attack hits the opponent, they cannot bounce back from the attack with a recovery move)
• Acausality
  • Future or Past Defiance: When it looks like I-No has killed Sol through destroying his past, That Man comes in to note that it is foolish to believe this "Now" is what's really important, if there is no present, then neither the past nor future can exist, making everyone immune to affects from the past or future of time as they exist in their own presents.
  • Time Paradox Immunity
    • Paradox Immunity: "Now" is what's really important, if there is no present, then neither the past nor future can exist, making everyone immune to paradoxes that effect the past or future.
• Magic (Mankind has succeeded in the dream of developing a natural, limitless energy supply, being the Age of Magic. This is further supported in the memoirs of Eripmavs D Yraid where a band of mages calling themselves "Apostles" taught magic to the people. Magic is described as a scientific impossibility, a power close to omnipotence, with all of its information being of an unknown origin)
  • Axiom Manipulation, Truth Manipulation & Information Manipulation (The Backyard is the term used to give reason to the five element configuration, in other worlds, it's "something" that conveys the information that defines the fundamental truth of this world, the magic people use are different from the alchemy that uses resources from present numbers, magic users like Sol and Sin forcefully borrow some kind of "reason" from that "something", being described as an obscure world that magic users temporarily access to gain power)
    • Law Manipulation (Roughly put, it's a world that can rewrite the rules of the universe in any way it wants. Noted by Asuka that magic is the power to bend the rules of nature)
    • Statistics Amplification (Magic draws power directly from the Backyard, allowing a user to amplify themself to carry more energy than anything on this planet is capable of producing, however without an intermediary, this energy would destroy the planet)
    • Dormant Power Reservoir (As Magic draws power directly from the Backyard, allowing a user to amplify themself to carry more energy than anything on this planet is capable of producing, they possess immense dormant energy that they cannot release as it would result in the destruction of the planet)
      • Non-Standard Damage (Through amplifying their energy on this scale, they can destroy physical space occupied by a barrier, creating a spontaneous microverse)
    • Biological Manipulation & Fusionism (Noted in the memoirs of Eripmavs D Yraid that through the use of magic one can fuse Gear cells to the material world, allowing them to reproduce and become at least semi-permanent)
    • Fire Manipulation, Telepathy & Teleportation (Magic has become a foundation of people's lives in Guilty Gear, for starting fires, communicating with people from afater, teleporting)
• Non-Standard Interaction
  • Soul Interaction: Fighters are able to fight and interact with ghost.
  • Higher-Dimensional Interaction: Fighters are able to interact with Bedman, who deleted his own ID and became a multi-dimensional being.
  • Transcendent Interaction: Fighters are able to interact with beings like Slayer, where it's noted by Happy Chaos that Vampires are apart of Demi-humans, who transcend genetics, physics, and even time itself with their very existence being essentially a bug in the world's programming.
  • Non-Existent Interaction: Fighters are able to interact with Raven, a being that notes he is non-existent entity.
    • Creation (Magic users can create beings like magehounds, who are not that different from a real dog, their personality depending entirely on how the user raises them)
• Lock-On (Fighters are able to enter a "Lock-on Mode", where they target a single foe)
  • Statistics Boost (Attacks in Lock-on Mode are powerful, catering to one-on-one battles)
• Finishing Blow (With Instant Kills, if either fighter wins with an Instant Kill move, he or she wins the match immediately, no matter which round the game is currently in)
  • One Hit KO
• Power Modification (If fighter's inflict even a single attack on a ghost they will take control of it and be able to use its abilities against the opponent)
• Chaos Manipulation (Fighters utilize an energy known as "Chaos Energy" to do things like perform Perfect Guarding and perform Chaos Moves, a super-powerful attack that takes a completely full Chaos Bar to use)
  • Energy Manipulation
  • Perfect Guard (Fighters are able to use perfect guard to block special moves or chaos moves without losing any life at all)
  • Statistics Boost (If a fighters Chaos Bar is full and they dash from across the screen, they will flash and be able to tackle the opponent)
• Forcefield Manipulation (Fighters can use a technique known as Faultess Defense, this allows the fighter to enter a special guard condition that creates a barrier around them preventing the opponent from shaving away strength with deadly attack, and the knock back is greater than a normal guard, giving them more time to ready an attack against the opponent)
• Energy Manipulation (With Roman Cancels, the fighter generates an energy field around themself)
  • Afterimage Creation (Fighters can move so fast with their Roman Cancels that they create a light afterimage of two of the same fighter doing a roman cancel)
  • Time Manipulation (With Red Roman Cancel, knocks back the enemy and briefly slows them down in time. With the Blue Roman Cancel, slows the enemy down in time. With Purple Roman Cancel, slows the enemy down in time)
    • Counter (With the Yellow Roman Cancel, can stop the opponent while they're attacking and slow them in time)
    • Vibration Manipulation
• Space-Time Manipulation (Through two fighters slamming into each other at strong forces, they spread space-time wide open).

• Resistance to
  • Extreme Heats (Fighters can take fire attacks from Sol, which burn around their entire body, along with take hits from Axl's different flame attacks)
  • Electricity (Fighters can block and take hits from electric attacks, such as Justice's attacks that electrocute with each hit)
  • Shadow Attacks (Fighters are able to take hits from Zato's shadow Eddie where the Shadow can instant kill someone through destroying their shadow)
  • Poison Manipulation (Fighters can eventually have poisons wear out)
  • Power Modification (Fighters are able to hit each other without any effects to their abilities, where if fighter's inflict even a single attack on a ghost they will take control of it and be able to use its abilities against the opponent)
  • Axiom Manipulation, Truth Manipulation & Information Manipulation (Fighters can face off against Gears, where Gear Cells are what That Man used to create a sphere within the Backyard which was making a physical interference with it and causing distortions within it, where the Backyard is the term used to give reason to the five element configuration, in other worlds, it's "something" that conveys the information that defines the fundamental truth of this world, the magic people use are different from the alchemy that uses resources from present numbers, magic users like Sol and Sin forcefully borrow some kind of "reason" from that "something", being described as an obscure world that magic users temporarily access to gain power)
    • Law Manipulation (As they resist the Gear Cells mere existence interfering with the Backyard, they also resist other effects uch as the Backyard being a world that can rewrite the rules of the universe in any way it wants)
  • Soul Manipulation & Information Manipulation (Fighters are able to fight against Justice, where Justice's information density is equivalent to a galaxy cluster, where the soul breaks down under the pressure of the information density, an example of this can be seen through the Backyard, when a normal life form enters the Backyard they turn to dust, the Backyard is composed of high-density information which governs all of creation, any normal creature is instantly crushed by that wealth of data)

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Gears are a fusion of human and animal DNA with magic, resulting in a horrible mix of vitality and raw strength. The Gear Project is noted to be a plan of transforming a man into a more powerful entity)
  • Superhuman Strength (Gear Cells have profound effects on an organism's body like granting it tremndous physical power)
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Superhuman Reaction
  • Superhuman Lifting
  • Superhuman Energy Efficiency
• Bloodlust (Gear blood makes one always have the want to destroy others around them)
• Genius Intelligence (Gears have the capacity to learn quickly, with Dr. Paradigm having knowledge and throughput that exceeds that of Leo's entire operations department)
• Longevity (Gears can live for a long time, such as Sol Badguy spending 150 years living as a bounty hunter)
• Regeneration (Gear Cells allow one to heal wounds almost instantly. Sol regenerated instantly from a pike stabbing through his chest)
• Supernatural Resilience (Gears remain unaffected by objects stabbing through their body)
• Cyborgization
  • Partial: Gears are a fusion of human and animal DNA with magic, being both machines and living beings.
• Irregular Physiology (Gears are noted to be unnatural beings)
• Pain Tolerance (Gears can endure the pain of being within the Backyard, where Asuka Kreutz notes that if someone strays too far into the Backyard, their soul breaks down under the pressure of the information's density)
• Aura (Axl notes that Testament has a "bizarre aura". Johnny notes how he felt a Gears' malicious aura)
• Supernatural Resilience (Gears can survive what should be fatal wounds, such as Kliff believing he had killed Testament but being shocked to see they're alive)
• Impact Resistance & Pierce Resistance (When the Gears turned on humanity, there were no weapons that humanity had that were capable of resisting the Gears)
• Accelerated Development
  • Passive
    • Body: The genes of a Gear has one mature quickly, thus Sin is a fully grown adult despite only being a couple of years old.
• Magic (The cells constituting Gears are created from the applied technology of magic. Gears are noted to possess an enormous supply of mana. Gears are noted to be living weapons based on magic)
  • Dimensional Travel (The usage of Gear Cells can allow humanity to travel into the Backyard. Gear Cells are noted to be the "key" to enter the Cube, an artificial, isolated space within the Backyard)
• Link Manipulation (A test gears DNA data was briding the link between the Backyard and the real world)
  • Conduit (Gear Cells serve as a conduit to the Backyard regardless of whether the subject's alive or dead)
    • Energy Manipulation
• Axiom Manipulation & Information Manipulation (Gear Cells are what That Man used to create a sphere within the Backyard which was making a physical interference with it and causing distortions within it, where the Backyard is the term used to give reason to the five element configuration, in other worlds, it's "something" that conveys the information that defines the fundamental truth of this world, the magic people use are different from the alchemy that uses resources from present numbers, magic users like Sol and Sin forcefully borrow some kind of "reason" from that "something", being described as an obscure world that magic users temporarily access to gain power)
  • Law Manipulation (Roughly put, it's a world that can rewrite the rules of the universe in any way it wants).

• Resistance to
  • Information Analysis (Gears blood types cannot be analyzed regularly, such as Testament's not being able to be analyzed)
  • Disease Manipulation (The invention of Gear Cells were noted by Sol that they were going to flip the healthcare system on its head, That Man turned Aria into a gear to save her from her incurable disease)
  • Pressure Manipulation, Soul Manipulation & Information Manipulation (Gears are able to resist the effects of entering the Backyard and Valentine's powers, where when a normal life form enters the Backyard they turn to dust, the Backyard is composed of high-density information which governs all of creation, any normal creature is instantly crushed by that wealth of data)

• Telepathy (Ramlethal can see into one's thoughts to be able to find ways to counter and beat them)
• Transformation (Can spin so fast that she turns herself into a ball and traps the opponent within, before bursting out)
• Familiar Summoning
  • Fusionism (Ramlethal's two bats fuse together to perform a massive energy blast)
    • Breath Attack
    • Energy Projection (Can shoot out a double energy beam from her weapons)
• Self-Destruction (Ramlethal can self-destruct, initially attempting to use this to kill Sol and Ky before Elphelt stopped her)
• Teleportation (Ramlethal can teleport her blades into the spot she needs the to attack and teleport them back to above her shoulders)
• Absorption (Ramlethal is able to absorb Delilah's energy, said energy being, a super-high-density info space that could grind any ordinary person to dust)
• Sealing (Ramlethal sealed an explosives magic, making it unable to explode)
• Information Analysis (Ramlethal can use her magic in order to analyze what magic something is using)
• Bestowal (Ramlethal alongside many others lended her energy to Sin Kiske and Unika as they fought the core of the entity)
• Nullification
  • Power Nullification: Nullified Elphelt's attempt to self-destruct.
  • Dimensional Nullification: Ramlethal and Elphelt shot through a multidimensional distortion barrier that others had no way to break through.
• Her Instant Kill
  • Flight & Weapon Control (Fights and combos the opponent in the sky and controls both of her weapons to slash through the opponent, creating an explosion)
    • Explosion Manipulation.

• Resistance to
  • Emotion Manipulation (Valentines have no emotion, they do not seek meaning in their actions or even to understand them)
  • Pressure Manipulation, Soul Manipulation & Information Manipulation (Can withstand being in an area where the data is compressing, which is a super-high-density info space that could grind any ordinary person to dust)

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Equipment

Greatswords

Ramlethal's twin greatswords carried by Lucifero.

• Description: A pair of enormous straight katana-like blades wielded by Ramlethal Valentine. Each sword features an extended handle and a wide blade that transitions sharply from its edge to the pointed tip.
• Appearance: The swords are primarily differentiated by their colors—one red and one green.
• Usage: Typically not held directly by Ramlethal herself, the greatswords are instead carried and manipulated by her familiar, Lucifero, allowing her to attack from range with coordinated strikes.
• Function: Serve as her primary offensive weapons, capable of delivering heavy slashes, wide-reaching arcs, and powerful projectile attacks when combined with her command over Lucifero.
• Notable Traits: The swords’ immense size and supernatural composition grant them tremendous destructive potential, blending mechanical precision with otherworldly energy.

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Notable Techniques

Standard Fighter Techniques ▾Unique Techniques ▾Other Techniques

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Gatling Combo System

Gatling Combos involve chaining together normal attacks, always increases or staying the same level of strength. After a Gatling Combo, the fighter can then usually cancel, or two-in-one, into a Special Move.

Charge Attack

Fighters have a special move that can be charged up for increased power, this is accomplished by charging their special in order to use an enhanced version of an attack that reaches all the way to level 3.

Instant Kill System

Instant Kill moves are moves that are a fighter's most powerful technique. Defeating an opponent with the Instant Kill will end the match immediately, regardless of the round the fighters are on.

Chaos Moves

Chaos Moves are super-powerful attacks that takes a completely full Chaos Bar to use. These moves do far more damage then a fighters standard attacks.

Dash / Back-Dash / Air Dash

Fighters can dash forward, do a back dash, and dash even in mid air, allowing for greater mobility of moving around their opponents during fights.

High Jump

A high jump is much higher then a regular jump, and a forward or backward High Jump travels all the way across the screen. A Double Jump cannot be performed during a High Jump.

Knockdown Evasion

When a fighter gets hit with an attack that knocks down, they will flip out of the hit immediately, ready to retaliate.

Double Jump

A fighter can jump once on the ground and once again in the air, allowing them to reach higher and out of reach spots from other fighters.

Throws

Fighters can grab opponents to throw them, being able to throw them either forward or backwards.

Mid-Air Turn

Through pressing the Taunt Button when in mid-air, the fighter can turn around and face the opposite direction, this technique can be useful to attack from behind.

Aerial Combos

Fighters have an Aerial Combo Launcher, which allows them to launch the opponent into the air, they can follow with a Chase Jump where they can attack the opponent with a multi-hit, mid-air Gatling Combo.

Dead-Angle Attack

When blocking an opponent's attacks, the fighter can quickly input a Special Move command to cancel their block animation and strike the enemy while they're still attacking.

Perfect Guard

Unlike normal blocking which drains a small amount of life when blocking against a special move or Chaos Move, the Perfect Guard can block without losing any life at all. Though the Perfect Guard will drain the fighter's Chaos Bar, and if they have no Chaos Energy at all, they will not be able to use Perfect Guard.

Faultess Defense

Through inputing the punch and kick simultaneously while pushgin the directional button for a guard position, the fighter enters a special guard condition that creates a barrier around them. This prevents opponents from shaving away at their strength with deadly attacks and the knock back is greater than when using normal guards, giving the fighter more time to ready an attack against their opponent. This also enables the ability to guard against attacks that cannot be guarded against during jumps. However, while performing Faultess Defense the Tension Gauge decreases, once it is fully depleted the fighter can no longer use Fautless Defense.

Roman Cancel

While hitting an opponent with an attack, pushing any of the attack buttons will forcefully stop attack actions and return the character to a normal standing pose. This allows the fighter to create their own original combo moves and hit unique attacks the opponent was not expecting.

Jump Cancel

There are certain attacks that can be cancelled mid-move into a jump, being called a Jump Cancel. When hitting an opponent with, or guarding against certain attacks, press the Directional button UP to cancel into a jump. Successful use of this can help to enhance their combo techniques.

Counter Hit

While the opponent is trying to use a move, the fighter can counter attack by hitting them with one of their attacks, because the opponent's time off balance is increased, this move allows for use of combo attacks that normally couldn't be used.

Recovery Direction

When using a recovery move by pushing a directional button, the fighter can recover from a knock down in the direction pressed, this can provide with a chance for a counterattack if used correctly.

Instant Kill Technique

As the name implies, these are the ultimate deadly attack that can do away with opponents with a single blast. Due to the sheer power of these moves, they take a long time to unleash. Unleashing an Instant Kill attack, completely depletes the Tension Gauge, thus missing this move at all makes the fighter struggle worse as they won't be able to use various actions that require the Tension Gauge.

Guard

Push the directional button opposite of the direction of the fighter's opponent to guard against attacks. There are standing and crouching guards which guard against the respective areas, with standard guard defending against high and mid-level attacks while crouch guarding defends against low attacks. Fighters can even guard during jumps to protect against attacks in the air.

Two-Level Jumps

Fighters can jump again while in the air.

Gatling Combo

A method of linking normal moves together as combo attacks. The moment a fighter hits an opponent with a normal attack, they proceed to enter commands for another normal attack to create combos. The number of moves that can be used in combos vary with each character.

Overdrive Attack

Over Drive attacks are powerful attacks that use up 50% of the Tension Gauge. The commands for the move vary with each character.

High Jump

Press the down then up directional buttons quickly to jump higher than the usual jumps, though a Two-Level jump cannot be used after a High Jump.

Forward Thrust Attack

With a Punch or Heavy Attack common to all characters, keep the right directional button pressed down while attacking to transform attacks.

Dead Angle Attack

At the instant the fighter has guarded against an opponent's attack, push two attack buttons simultaneously while pushing down on the right directional button to counterattack from the guard position. The Tension Gauge needs to be at 50% or above for this move.

Dust Attack

By pushing a Slash and Heavy Slash button, the fighter can use attacks that break crouching guards. Opponents attacked with this move will be spun around and knocked down, becoming temporarily defenseless. At this time, push up on the directional button for the fighter to pounce on the opponent and have a perfect chance to strike back with a combo attack.

Sweep

Push a Slash and Heavy Slash button while in crouch to use the Sweep move. If this attack hits the opponent, they cannot bounce back from the attack with a recovery move.

Tension Gauge

The Tension Gauge is a gauge that shows a character's hostility, which holds the key to victory. The power of this gauge increases when the fighter uses aggressive moves like moving forward, dashing, forward jumps, and attacks. As the power of this gauge increases more moves can be used.

Recovery

When knocked down after being attacked, push any 2 attack buttons simultaneously while in the air to regain balance. This moves enables the fighter to quickly ready themself against the next attack.

Throw

Push the right or left directional button near an opponent and push the Heavy Slash button to activate this special attack. It's a risky move as the fighter needs to be near an opponent, though the opponent cannot guard against this, making it an effective move to mix in with normal attacks.

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Psych Burst

Allows the fighter to not only knock back enemies but also increase the Tension Gauge to "MAX" b meeting certain conditions. The Pysch Burst can only be used when the Burst Gauge reaches "MAX" and it redners them invulnerable for a set tie when activated, but it cannot be activated while the fighter s hit by an Overdrive Attack or when being thrown.

Two-Level Jumps

Lets the fighter jump again while in the air.

High Jump

Press down then up on the directional buttons quickly to jump higher then a usual jump.

Forward Thrust Attack

With a Punch or Heavy Slash common to all characters, keep the right direction button pressed down while attacking to transform attacks.

Dead Angle Attack

At the instant the fighter guarded against an opponent's attack, push any two attack buttons simultaneously while pushing the right directional button to counterattack from the guard position.

The Tension Gauge must be at 50% or above for this move.

Dust Attack

By pushing the Dust button, fighters can use attacks that spin around and knock down the opponents. This causes them to become temporarily defenseless. At this time, push up on the directional button to pounce on the opponent. It's a perfect chance to strike back with a combo attack.

Sweep

Push a Dust button while in a crouch to use the Sweep move. If this attack hits the opponent, they cannot bounce back from the attack with a Recovery move.

Recovery

When knocked down after being attacked, push any two attack buttons simultaneously while in the air to regain their balance. This move enables them to quickly ready themself against the next attack.

Throw

Push the right or left directional button near an opponent and push a Heavy Slash button to actiavte this special attack.

Approach an opponent during a jump while pushing the directional button in the direction of their approach and push the heavy slash button to be able to body toss the enemy during a jump.

During a Dash or Backstep, the fighter can not use a throw move.

Gatling Combo

A method of linking normal moves together as combo attacks. The moment they hit an opponent with a normal attack, enter the commands for another normal attack to create combos. The number of moves that can be used in combos vary with each character.

Overdrive Attack

These are very powerful attacks that use up 50% of the Tension Gauge. The command for this move varies on the fighter.

Instant Kill

As the name implies, this is the ultimate deadly attack that can do away with opponents in a single blast. As these moves are very powerful, they take a long tme to unleash.

Faultless Defense

Push the punch and kick button simultaneously while pushing the directional button for a guard position to enter a special guard condition that creates a special barrier around the fighter. This prevents opponents from shaving away through a fighter's strength with deadly attacks, and the knock back is greater than when a fighter uses normal guards, giving them more time to ready an attack against the opponent. They can also guard against attacks that cannot be guarded against during jumps.

While performing the Faultless Defense, the tension gauge decreases in real time, when the Tension Gauge powr is depleted, this guard can no longer be used.

Jump Cancel

There are certain normal moves where fighters can forcibly stop hitting an opponent with an attack or stop guarding against an attack and link it to a jump. By using these attacks, the fighter can combine these with attacks to widen their repertoire of combo attacks.

Roman Cancel

While hitting your opponent with an attack, push any three of the attack buttons except Dust button to forcefully stop attack actions and return the character to a normal standing pose. With the application of the move, fighters can create their own original combo attack. In order to perform a Roman Cancel, the Tension Gauge must be at least 50% full.

Counter Hit

While the opponent is trying to use a move, the fighter can counter attack by hitting them with one of their attacks. Because the opponent's time off balance is increased, the move allows the fighter to use combo attacks that they normally couldn't use.

Recovery Direction

When the fighter uses a Recovery move, they can recover from a knock down in the direction pressed. A recovery can provide the chance to counterattack if used correctly.

Slip

Specific Normal Moves, Special Moves, and Overdrive Attacks have the special ability to put opponents into a "slip" condition. When the fighter hits an opponent with these moves, they render enemies defenseless for a set time.

Two-Level Jumps

The fighter can jump again while in mid-air.

High Jump

The fighter can jump higher than usual by quickly pressing the directional input down and up. However, Two-Level jumps cannot be used after a High Jump.

Forward Thrust Attack

Through pressing the directional button while pressing the Punch or Heavy Slash buttons, the fighter can transform attacks.

Psych Burst

The fighter becomes temporarily invincible and knocks away the opponent when the Burst Gauge is at max. This technique cannot be used while taking damage from an Overdrive Attack or while being thrown. The Tension Gauge also maxes out whenever the fighter hits an opponent with a move.

Dust Attack

A fighter launches a Dust Attack by pressing Dust while standing. It's impossible to guard against a Dust Attack by crouching. After hitting the opponent with a Dust Attack, press the directional button to chase the opponent and him them with a combo attack while in the air.

Sweep

The fighter uses the Sweep move on the opponent by pressing the Dust button while crouching. A swept opponent cannot use a Recovery move.

Recovery

The fighter can regain balance when knocked down by pressing any attack button in midair.

Throws

The fighter can throw their opponent by pressing the directional button while pressing Heavy Slash when near the opponent. The opponent can also be thrown while in midair using the same method.

Throw Escape

The fighter can escape the opponent's throw while they are on the ground or in mid air through pressing the directional button while pressing Heavy Slash. This technique cannot be used while unconscious or launching an attack.

Gatling Combos

The fighter can create a combo out of a series of Normal Moves, launching a second attack as soon as the opponent is hit with the first attack. The number of moves that can be used for this technique are different for each fighter.

Force Break

It's a unique Special Move that consumes 25% of the Tension Gauge. Commands for this technique vary for each character.

Overdrive Attacks

These are extremely powerful attacks that consume 50% of the Tension Gauge. Commands for this technique vary for each character.

Instant Kills

As the name suggests, this is the ultimate attack that can knockout the opponent in one blow. Although these moves are extremely powerful, it takes time to successfully execute them.

Faultless Defense

While simultaneously holding down any two attack buttons except Dust, press a directional button in the direction the fighter wants to defend in order to enter a special guard called "Faultless Defense". In this state, fighters life won't be consumed when guarding against opponents Special Moves, but the opponent will knock the fighter back further than usual. This technique can be used to guard an attack which normally cannot be defended in mid-air.

Jump Cancel

The fighter can override certain moves, such as hitting the opponent or being blocked by the opponent by jumping out of a move when the fighter is midway through it. This technique can create great varieties in attacks and combos.

Counter Hit

By hitting the opponent in the middle of a move, the fighter can counterattack the opponent's attacks. A counter hit staggers an opponent longer than usual, so it gives a fighter a great chance to try combos they wouldn't normally pull off.

Recovery Direction

Press any directional button while recovering to move towards that direction as the fighter recovers.

Staggering

Certain Normal Moves, Special Moves, and Overdrive Attacks can put the opponent in a "stagger" state after a hit. A "stagger" opponent is temporarily defenseless.

Instant Block

Guarding against the opponent's attack right before it hits activates the "Instant Block". This will cause the fighter to start shining white with a bright light. Unlike a normal guard, which has a period where the fighter cannot move or attack, this time frame is shorter for Instant Block. Thi technique is helpful for guarding against attacks from close range.

Slash Back

Simultaneously pressing Slash, Heavly Slash, and the directional button in the direction the fighter guards against creates a yellow effect.

If successful, the yellow effect flashes and will dramatically cut the stun time after a guard; however, the fighter becomes temporarily defenseless if it fails.

Roman Cancel

While hitting the opponent with an attack, simultaneously press any three attack buttons, except Dust, to cancel the attack move. This technique allows the fighter to create their own original combo attacks. However, it consumes 50% of the Tension Gauge.

Force Roman Cancel

Each fighter has several attack moves that are compatible with this technique, while using one of those attacks, simultaneously press any three attack buttons except Dust of a certain timing to cancel the attack move and return to a standing pose. The best timing to input the command varies for each attack move, and if the timing is missed, it fails. When it's successfully activated, the technique consumes 25% of the Tension Gauge.

Free Mode & Lock-on Mode

Free Mode

It's a normal mode where a fighter can freely move around the battlefield, in this mode fighters can unleash attacks that cover a wide-range to hit multiple foes, but the power of the attacks are rather weak.

Lock-On Mode

Lock-on Mode is an effective technique for one-on-one skirmishes or situations where a fighter would like to target a single foe. Through holding a lock-on on a target, attacks are far more powerful, catering to one-on-one battles, combined with directional input, they can use vertical or horizontal attacks on enemies to shake them up.

Aerial Dash

During a jump, press A to perform a forward dash in mid-air. The fighter uses aerial dashes to jump over units or shortening the gap during aerial combos.

Step

Use the directional input and A while locking on to use a step movement. The distance it covers may be short, but through taking advantage of its speed, one can avoid attacks from enemies or shake them up during an attack.

Blast Drive

Through usage of the left stick button, the fighter is able to run like the wind, being able to accelerated and decelerate respectively.

Drift

During a blast drive, a fighter can perform sharp turns, allowing them to keep their momentum.

Auto Guard

If a fighter is not performing an action, they will automatically guard head-on attacks. However, auto-guard does not block attacks from behind or while the fighter is performing attacks. Along with this, guarding opponent's attacks too much will cause a guard crash, making them defenseless.

Modern Cancel

A technique that skips the recover animation of attacks, allowing the fighter to immediately perform another. With Modern Cancels, the fighter cna combine attacks that normally do not combo to forcibly create a combo, or completely bypass the defenseless state of their attacks during their recovery animation.

Cyclone Blast

It's an emergency-evasion technique that releases a sphere-shaped energy when the fighter is attacked to knock enemies away. This move is effective for escaping an attack from a group of enemies, however it requires a lot of tension.

Short Dash

While in lock-on the fighter can quickly move a short distance, being able to quickly shorten the gap between themself and the opponent.

Power Attack

The fighter unleashes a powerful attack that has a slow start animation. It has a high guard crash rate.

Avoid Knockdown and Falling Techniques

When the fighter takes damage from an enemy and are knocked down as a result, press A in mid-air at an appropriate time to use "Avoid Knockdown" to quickly regain their balance.

By pressing A right before the fighter hits the ground, the fighter will be able to use "Falling Techniques" to quickly get up.

Super Backstep

Allows the fighter to travel a longer distance than a normal backstep, an important technique to quickly distance oneself from the enemy.

Homing Jump

Press A while locking on to jump toward the target. They can also use an air dash to charge toward their target.

Guilty Gear Xrd

Type	Name	Command
Normal	--	Right + Punch
Normal	--	Right + Kick
Normal	--	Down Right + Kick
Launch Greatsword	--	Right or Down + Slash or Heavy Slash
Recover Greatsword	--	Left + Slash or Heavy Slash
Combination	Combination A	PunchPunchPunch
Combination	Combination B	PunchPunchKick
Combination	Combination C	PunchKickLeft + Kick
Combination	Combination D	Down + PunchPunchPunch
Combination	Combination E	KickPunchPunch
Combination	Combination F	KickPunchKick
Combination	Combination G	KickKickKick
Combination	Combination H	KickKickLeft + Kick
Combination	Combination I	KickLeft + Kick
Combination	Combination J	Down + PunchPunchKick
Combination	Combination K	Down + PunchKick
Combination	Combination L	Down + KickPunchPunch
Combination	Combination M	Down + KickPunchKick
Combination	Combination N	Down + KickKick
Special	Dauro	RightDownDown Right + Punch
Special	Flama Cargo	DownDown RightRight + Kick near opponent
Special	Sildo Detruo	DownDown LeftLeft + Kick (also in mid-air)
Special	Cassius	DownDown LeftLeft + Punch
Special	Marteli	DownDown LeftLeft + Slash with sword (S) equipped (also in mid-air) (post-Rev 2)
Special	Forpeli	DownDown LeftLeft + Heavy Slash with sword (HS) equipped (also in mid-air) (post-Rev 2)
Overdrive	Calvados	RightDown RightDownDown LeftLeftRight + Heavy Slash or Dust with both swords equipped
Overdrive	Trance	RightDown RightDownDown LeftLeftRight + Heavy Slash with both swords deployed
Overdrive	Explode	DownDown RightRightDown RightDownDown LeftLeft + Kick
Instant Kill	Animo Estingi	Enter Instant Kill Mode → DownDown RightRightDownDown RightRight + Heavy Slash

Guilty Gear Strive

Type	Name	Command
Normal	--	Right + Punch
Normal	--	Right + Heavy Slash
Special	Bajoneto	DownDown RightRight + Slash or Heavy Slash
Special	Dauro	RightDownDown Right + Punch
Special	Sildo Detruo	DownDown LeftLeft + Kick (air OK)
Special	Sabrobato	DownDown LeftLeft + Heavy Slash
Special	Erarlumo	DownDown LeftLeft + Punch x3
Special	Ondo	DownDown RightRight + Kick
Special	Agressa Ordono	DownDown LeftLeft + Slash (air only)
Overdrive	Calvados	RightDown RightDownDown LeftLeftRight + Heavy Slash
Overdrive	Mortobato	DownDown RightRightDownDown RightRight + Slash

Womanhood

The unmistakable strength of a Woman Fighter.

By honing her mind, body, and way of life, a Woman Fighter can leave her mark on her surroundings as much as on the battlefield. As womanhood is an eternal moving concept, so are the spirits and abilities that women can put to good use both in everyday life and during a fight: their personalities, speeches and even hobbies can all become assets when combined with adaptability.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Ramlethal uses her dual great swords, along with Lucifero for attacks.

Weaknesses

• Gear Weaknesses: Gear blood makes one always have the want to destroy others around them. When Gears don't have a leader, they cannot function properly and will hibernate, which caused all Gears to cease functioning and entering a dormant state when Justice fell, they can only resist this through developing a self-consciousness. Gear Cell suppressors can suppress the Gear Cells in one, this allows characters like Sol to maintain his human form and why when entering Dragon Install he takes off his headband (as it is a Gear Cell Suppressor).
• Standard Fighter Weaknesses: Perfect Guarding is done through the use of Chaos Energy, if the fighter has no Chaos Energy at all, they will not be able to Perfect Guard. While performing Faultess Defense, the fighters Tension Gauge decreases, when the Tension Gauge power is depleted, this guar can no longer be used.
• Unique Weaknesses: Elphelt can nullify Ramlethal's attacks, making her unable to harm opponents if she goes rogue. Ramlethal has a hard time understanding emotions and her place in the world.

Explanations

The Backyard

When studying the energy that shouldn't exist (magic), a theory arose: that being the Backyard, a superior dimension. The Backyard is described by Sol as a virtual space though is refuted as the other way around, where the main world is the one that's a virtual space. The Backyard is the term used to give reason to the five element configuration, in other worlds, it's "something" that conveys the information that defines the fundamental truth of this world. The magic people like Sol and Sin use are different from the alchemy that uses resources from present numbers, magic users like Sol and Sin forcefully borrow some kind of "reason" from that "something", being described as an obscure world that magic users temporarily access to gain power. Just as the Earth can't exist if there's no universe, this world cannot exist unless they have that "something", being larger then the universe. Roughly put, it's a world that can rewrite the rules of the universe in any way it wants. The Backyard can be explained as a book or library that has the theory of the world written on it. It's responsible for the usage of irregular magic even scientists such as Sol have never seen before, allowing people to use magic that disproves the fundamentals of magic. The Backyard was discovered by a Philosopher, being described to rule all things in the universe and from within it, one could understand any truth or even bend the world as they please. Sol notes that if Valentine could freely access the Backyard, then she can also mess with the world's fate. Asuka Kreutz notes that if someone strays too far into the Backyard, their soul breaks down under the pressure of the information's density. In Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign-, the Backyard is defined as a world separate from our own, yet somehow controlling it, what's hidden behind its gates are the eternal truths, including good & evil, creation & destruction, and of chaos the likes of which mankind has never seen. The Backyard is a space connected by people's dreams. Axl traveling in the Backyard with I-No noted how his body felt heavy and his head felt weird, with I-No noting they're in a field created by That Man so they could exist in the Backyard in the flesh. When a normal life form enters the Backyard they turn to dust, the Backyard is composed of high-density information which governs all of creation, any normal creature is instantly crushed by that wealth of data. The Backyard has no effect on any non-living matter. RoboMay explains the Backyard as composed of extremely dense information that governs the creation of all material things and by adding new information to it, one could easily deform the world itself. Noting that it is a dangerous place that could literally cause the world to break.

Trivia

• Ramlethal originally had no hobbies.
• Ramlethal originally had no values.
• Ramlethal dislikes arthropods.
• Her name may be a portmanteau referencing the Haitian band RAM, the 1971 album by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney, and the American heavy metal band Lethal. It may also reference the 1988 Judas Priest album Ram It Down, as the names share similar pronunciation.
• The first verse of her Strive theme, "Necessary Discrepancy", may be inspired by the Emerson, Lake & Palmer song "Bitches Crystal".
• Gaius "Cassius" Longinus and Marcus "Brutus" betrayed and assassinated Julius Caesar, while "Judas" Iscariot betrayed Jesus in the Bible. These three "Traitors" were depicted as partially consumed by the Fallen Angel Lucifer in the 9th Circle of Hell in Dante's Inferno. Cheiron was a famous centaur, wiseman, and healer in Greek mythology, chained by Cronus and freed by Heracles.
• Valentine's servants are mostly named after sweets, with some resembling cafe maids. Her attack "Calvados" is named after a type of apple cider. Incidentally, "Calvados" is also a Russian thrash metal band, "Judas" is used by several bands (notably Judas Priest), "Brutus" is a Dutch brutal death metal band, and "Et Tu Brutus" is a melodic death metal band from Guyana.
• Among the three known Valentines created by the Universal Will, Ramlethal is the only one without a revealed secondary form and the least similar in appearance to Aria Hale.
• In Revelator, Ramlethal's victory pose shows a calmer expression compared to her slasher smile in Sign.
• Ramlethal's attacks are named in Esperanto, which also appears in the first few verses of her Strive theme "Necessary Discrepancy".
• When defeated in a match and lying on her back, Ramlethal's eyes remain open, while in victory screens, her eyes are closed. It is unclear if this is a modeling error or intentional.
• Her Strive outfit contains several phrases:
  • On her feet: "What is Left When you Lose all your Rights" (left), "What is Right When all that's Left is Wrong" (right)
  • On her cloak: "Right Here is Where I'm Left" (back), "Just West of Wherever Here I Reign" (left), "Far East of Elsewhere There You Remain" (right), "Here in the Middle of Nowhere I shall be Slain" (teeth)
• In the manga and anime My Dress-Up Darling, Marin Kitagawa cosplays a fictional fighting game character named "Prisoner Veronica", whose design closely resembles a cloakless Ramlethal. Episode 10 introduces her using the same text font as Strive character reveals.
• Costumes based on Ramlethal's Xrd design appear in Border Break X Zero, #COMPASS, and for Lisa Hamilton in Dead or Alive 5 Last Round.
• Ramlethal has guest appearances in the following games: Crusaders Quest, Seven Knights, Brave Frontier, Mabinogi Duel, Fantasy War Tactics, #COMPASS, Last Period, Elemental Story, Code Shifter, Counter:Side, Tales of the Rays, The King of Fighters All Star, and Destiny Child.

Misconceptions

Ramlethal has Romantic Feelings Towards Leo Whitefang

This comes from the English version, Ramlethal has a conversation with Lucifero where he asks her if there's anyone she likes that's not the same as familial affection, and she mentions Leo Whitefang, however this is misunderstood, some have even noted this conversation may be mistranslated though there's no official source for this as of yet. It should also be noted that Lucifero likes to tease or joke around with Ramlethal so he isn't a reliable source to go by for understanding Ramlethal. Going by the official relationship board of Guilty Gear Strive the closest piece of evidence is that a heart icon can be seen over Ramlethal and Leo's relationship bar, with it saying "Interested", however the text itself notes "Ramlethal looks up to Leo", meanwhile a character that is well known for liking a guy, May, straight up has "likes" for her relationship status to Johnny, and even Giovanna's relationship status to Leo that says "Interested" directly notes in the text that she finds Leo her type. While Ramlethal's simply notes looking up to a character, which moreso implies Ramlethal admires or idolizes Leo Whitefang rather then has romantic feelings for him.

Codex Statistics Questions

Q: Shouldn't they scale to the higher levels of magic naturally?

A: This would not make much senses as it there are scenes that showcase the cast do not regularly produce those levels of energy, Ramlethal was going to destroy the ship they (Sol Badguy, Ky Kiske, Sin Kiske, & Elphelt Vaentine) were flying on, claiming "We're thirty-four thousand feet up. If this ship goes down, I doubt anyone will survive", Dizzy's instant kill is a massive explosion that the explosion alone scares all fighters into surrendering, Jack-O's instant kill causes an explosion so wide it can be seen from the planet, however the planet is overall fine, etcetera. It makes much more sense that they are at far lower levels normally and can reach or even ignore higher levels through tapping into the Backyard.

Battle Records

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• Future Nerville Hammer - Fight
  • Conditions: Sin, Johnny, Jack-O, Unika, Sol Badguy, Baiken, Ky Kiske, Dizzy, Ramlethal & Elphelt all fought to defeat him.
  • Location: Outer Space

None.

• Bedman - Fight
  • Conditions: Baiken, Ramlethal, Sin, and another guard were all fighting together.
  • Location: Train
  • Note: Sin needed to talk Bedman out of fighting to end the fight prematurely.