Ban (Nanatsu no Taizai) (2024)

Summary

Ban is the Fox's Sin of Greed of the Seven Deadly Sins, the husband of Elaine, father of Lancelot, and the king of Benwick. His Sacred Treasure is the Holy Rod Courechouse. He is known for his super resilience due to his time spent in Purgatory, and formerly, his immortality which he gave up in order to resurrect Elaine.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 6-C, far higher with Snatch, up to 6-B with Hunter Fest | At least 6-A, higher with Snatch

Name: Ban, Undead Ban

Origin: Nanatsu no Taizai

Gender: Male

Age: 43 | 1114+

Classification: Human, Fox's Sin of Greed, Member of Seven Deadly Sins

Abilities:

Attack Potency: Island level (Comparable to Sealed Base Meliodas), higher with Snatch (Able to steal others the physical strength to became stronger), up to Country level with Hunter Fest (He was able to steal half of the physical strength of Galand) | At least Continent level+ (Damage Demon King Meliodas and comparable to Post-Purgatory Base Meliodas), higher with Snatch (Able to steal others physical power to became stronger)

Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic+ (Faster than Sealed Base Meliodas), higher with Snatch (Snatch is capable of stealing the opponent's speed and adding it to Ban's own) | FTL (Comparable to Demon King Meliodas), higher with Snatch (Snatch is capable of stealing the opponent's speed and adding it to Ban's own)

Striking Strength: Island Class, higher with Snatch, up to Country Class with Hunter Fest | At least Continent Class+, higher with Snatch

Durability: Island level, far higher with Snatch, up to Country level with Hunter Fest | At least Continent level+, far higher with Snatch

Stamina: Extremely high (His regeneration further compliments his stamina, also able to survive with blatantly fatal injuries even when he can't regenerate).

Range: Standard melee range. A few hundred meters with Snatch (Stole a heart of a demon some hundred meters away when he was younger) | Standard melee range. Hundreds of meters with Snatch. Hundreds of kilometers with Courechouse (Killed Baby Induras across all of Brittania)

Standard Equipment: Three-section Staff | Courechouse

Intelligence: As a member of the Seven Deadly Sins, Ban is one of the strongest and most skilled Holy Knights in all of Britannia. True to his former name "Bandit Ban", his strategy is using his ability Snatch to steal and sap his foes physical strength and using it against them, Ban is an expert hand-to-hand combatant and staff user. Due to his past as a thief, he has sticky fingers and is so fast that he can steal someone's teeth while they're in the middle of talking before they realize what happened and later sneaked up on the Ten Commandments and broke Melascula's neck before she could react. However, he doesn't always keep his cool and is seen to rarely get serious in a fight as a result of his useful regeneration ability, deciding to not going all out until he notices that he's dealing with a threat.

Weaknesses: He has a limit to how much strength and speed he can steal using Snatch, and when his time limit runs out he becomes fatigued to the point where he can no longer walk. After going to Purgatory, he lost his Immortality.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

• Immortality: Due to drinking the Fountain of Youth, Ban gained immortality. He can completely and perfectly regenerate from all wounds, including lost limbs, organs, and head, and even being incinerated to ashes, making him extremely hard to kill. His immortality stops him from aging, retaining his 23 year old body in perpetuity. He needs no food or drink to survive and is immune to poisons and illness; as a result he is in peak condition at all times unless he overuses certain Snatch techniques. After surviving and adapting to Purgatory for hundreds of years, his immortality improved to the point where the scorching heat and frostbite-inducing cold no longer affected him at all, and he could breathe the poisonous air as if it were normal.

Snatch: Ban's magic power which allows him to steal things from others. He can remove objects from a distance, including his opponent's body parts and internal organs, but he is not limited to physical objects. Snatch also allows him to steal attributes like strength and speed from others, although he can only retain them for a limited time before he succumbs to fatigue.

• Assault Hunt: Ban quickly charges forward while removing the heads of all the enemies in his path.

• Banishing Kill: Ban pulls himself over a large distance while performing a fatal slash on his enemy as he crosses near them.

• Crazy Hunt: Ban performs a Fox Hunt-like attack on several enemies at once. He also demonstrated the ability to use it from a far enough range that his target was a small figure in the distance.

• Fox Hunt: Ban uses his hand or weapon to snatch an object from a distance. His most commonly used tactic with this technique is to remove his enemy's heart.

• Hunter Fest: Ban temporarily steals the physical strength of every living creature within a hundred foot radius of himself. However, as seen by his encounter with Galand and noted by Melascula, there is a limit to how much strength Ban can take. After the time limit is reached, Ban becomes extremely fatigued to the point where he can no longer walk on his own.

• Physical Hunt: Ban temporarily steals his opponent's strength and speed and adds them to his own. After the time limit is reached, Ban becomes extremely fatigued.

• Zero Sign: Ban suppresses his presence in order to move undetected among the enemy. He was able to sneak past the Ten Commandments, some of whom have displayed sensory abilities ranging hundreds of miles, and break Melascula's neck before any of them noticed anything.

• Three-Section Staff: Ban wields a three-section staff, a nunchuck-like weapon consisting of three long segments connected together by metal links. Ban uses it in conjunction with his Snatch magic, extending his range and power.

• Courechouse: Ban's Sacred Treasure was stolen from him after he let himself be imprisoned by the Weird Fangs. It is a four-section staff, and its special ability is Super Concentration, which raises Ban's physical and mental capabilities to their limit.

Key: Pre-Purgatory | Post-Purgatory