You may have created me, but you were never my father. I was protected by the monks of Azarath. I was raised by my friends. They are my family. This is my home. And you are not welcome here. Azarath Metrion Zinthos!
- —Raven to Trigon
Rachel Roth, also known as Raven, is a superheroine from DC Comics. She appeared in the 89th episode of Death Battle, Raven VS Twilight Sparkle, where she fought against Twilight Sparkle from the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic series. She returned for the 177th episode, Phoenix VS Raven, where she fought against Jean Grey from Marvel Comics.
History
Rachel Roth was born in the pacifistic dimension of Azarath to a common woman and the demon overlord, Trigon. She grew up a cursed child, and was taught to control her emotions in order to suppress and control her inherited demonic powers. However, when she turned eighteen, Rachel's powers within her soul awakened in the form of a great, dark raven, resulting in the return of her father and the death of her mother. Vowing to stop her father at any and all costs, she traveled to Trigon's next target: Earth, where she adopted a new identity as the superhero, "Raven". She became a founding member of the Teen Titans, hoping that with her help, they would be strong enough to topple him. Though her father has been stopped on more than one occasion, Raven still fears that the next new threat may come from within the depths of her own soul.
Death Battle Info
Background
- Height: 5'11'' / 180 cm
- Weight: 139 lbs / 63 kg
- Alias: Rachel Roth
- Birthplace: Azarath
- Daughter of Trigon
- Has had multiple bodies
- New Teen Titans founder
- Watches Gossip Girl religiously
Powers
- Empath magic
- Telekinesis
- Teleportation
- Energy blasts
- Energy shields
- Mystic arts
- Soul-Self
- High-speed flight
- Can encase targets in pocket dimension
- Can be molded into Constructs
Feats
- Soul-Self flew 2,332 miles in 5 mins
- Helped lift Titans Island
- Helped pull an escaping space ship
- Predicted and dodged a sniper bullet
- Flew between the Earth & moon
- Shielded a city from a tidal wave
- Defeated Trigon, Brother Blood, Headcase
- One-shot her 7 Deadly Sin siblings
Background
- Alias: Rachel Roth
- Height: 5'11" | 180.3 cm
- Weight: 139 lbs | 63 kg
- Founder of the New Teen Titans
- Likes: Friends, meditation, Gossip Girl
Arsenal
- Soul-Self
- Manifestation of her soul
- Possession
- Regeneration
- Shapeshifting
- Separate form of her life force
- Ebon-Sword
- Rings of Azar
Magic
- Astral projection
- Empathy manipulation
- Force Fields
- Flight
- Illusions
- Matter Manipulation
- Physical & spiritual healing
- Precognition
- Sleep inducement
- Soul manipulation
- Telepathy
- Telekinesis
- Teleportation
- Time control
Feats
- Frequently resisted Trigon's influence
- Her Soul-Self grew larger than a sun
- Fought for 3 days straight on the astral plane
- Matched Donna Troy & Unbound Aztar
- Soul-Self flew from Earth to Tamaran
- Conquered numerous worlds in the New 52 timeline
- Ended every plane of existence as the Unkindness
- Defeated Brother Blood, Mongul, Teen Titans, Neron, Trigon
Results
- + Counters most of Jean's abilities
- + More options to end the fight
- + Soul-Self would always regenerate
- - Theoretically less stamina & experience
Death Battle Quotes
- You. Saw. Nothing!
- Darkness take you!
- Azarath Metrion Zinthos!
- Is that all you can do?
- I want it! I need it! It's mine, all mine!
- GET AWAY FROM IT!
- Well, that was odd...
Cameo Appearances
A shot of Dark Raven from her fight with Jean Grey can be seen playing on one of the "Death Battle Arcade Battle" arcade cabinets in the Blips and Chitz that Rick Sanchez and the Doctor wound up in partway through their fight.
Gallery
Appearance
First sprite used in Death Battle
(By chuchoryu)
(By chuchoryu)
White Raven sprite used in Death Battle
(By chuchoryu)
(By chuchoryu)
First Dark Raven sprite used in Death Battle
(By chuchoryu)
(By chuchoryu)
Unhooded sprite used in Death Battle
(By chuchoryu)
(By chuchoryu)
First hand-drawn Soul-Self design used in Death Battle
(By Luis Cruz)
(By Luis Cruz)
Second sprite used in Death Battle
(By chuchoryu, with edits by OriginTheHero)
(By chuchoryu, with edits by OriginTheHero)
Second Dark Raven sprite used in Death Battle
(By OriginTheHero, edited from chuchoryu)
(By OriginTheHero, edited from chuchoryu)
Golden Raven sprite used in Death Battle
(By OriginTheHero, edited from chuchoryu)
(By OriginTheHero, edited from chuchoryu)
Rings of Azar Raven Sprite used in Death Battle
(By OriginTheHero, edited from chuchoryu)
(By OriginTheHero, edited from chuchoryu)
Ebon-Sword sprite used in Death Battle
(By OriginTheHero)
(By OriginTheHero)
Unused second unhooded sprite
(By OriginTheHero, edited from chuchoryu)
(By OriginTheHero, edited from chuchoryu)
Second hand-drawn Soul-Self design used in Death Battle
(By MORØ)
(By MORØ)
Cameo in Rick Sanchez VS The Doctor
Arsenal and Abilities
Dark Raven
Golden Raven
Rings of Azar Raven
The Unkindness
Ebon-Sword
Rings of Azar
Telekinesis
Teleportation
Flight and Phasing
Portal Creation
Telepathy
Empathy
Precognition
Size Manipulation
Transmutation
Energy Absorption
Sleep Inducement
Paralysis Inducement
Illusion Creation
Matter Manipulation
Soul Manipulation
Time Manipulation
Emotional and Physical Healing
Smoke Manipulation
Energy Beams
Energy Blasts
Force Fields
Energy Constructs
Astral Projection
Soul-Self
Fire Soul-Self
Ice Soul-Self
Existence Erasure
Reality Warping
Trivia
- Raven is the 13th DC character to appear, after Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Deathstroke, Lex Luthor, Green Arrow, The Flash, The Joker, Doomsday, Bane, Batman Beyond, and Old Bruce Wayne, and with the next 20 being Doctor Fate, Nightwing, Darkseid, Aquaman, Shazam, Green Lantern, Lobo, Static, Black Canary, Booster Gold, Wally West, Red Hood, Batgirl, Reverse-Flash, Harley Quinn, Zatanna Zatara, Black Adam, Super Friends Aquaman, The Atom, and Martian Manhunter.
- She is the third DC character to fight against a non-Marvel character, after Superman and The Joker, and with the next seven being Green Lantern, Black Canary, Wonder Woman, Wally West, Reverse-Flash, Harley Quinn, and Super Friends Aquaman.
- She is the 24th DC character to fight against a Marvel character, after Wonder Woman, Batman, Deathstroke, Lex Luthor, Green Arrow, The Flash, Doomsday, Bane, Batman Beyond, Old Bruce Wayne, Doctor Fate, Nightwing, Darkseid, Aquaman, Shazam, Lobo, Static, Booster Gold, Red Hood, Batgirl, Zatanna Zatara, Black Adam, and The Atom, and with the next one being Martian Manhunter.
- She is the ninth DC character to win, after Superman, Batman, The Flash, The Joker, Doomsday, Wonder Woman, Batman Beyond, and Old Bruce Wayne, and with the next 12 being Doctor Fate, Nightwing, Darkseid, Aquaman, Shazam, Green Lantern, Static, Black Canary, Booster Gold, Wally West, Reverse-Flash, and Zatanna Zatara.
- She is the second Teen Titans character to appear, after Deathstroke, and with the next two being Nightwing and Wally West.
- She is the first Teen Titans character to win, with the next two being Nightwing and Wally West.
- Raven is the eighth Comic Book character to fight against a Cartoon character, after Starscream, He-Man, Beast, Deadpool, Silver Samurai, Spider-Man 2099, and Lyla, and with the next seven being Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Iron Fist, Storm, Saitama, Rocket Raccoon, and Galactus.
- She is the second Comic Book character to win, after He-Man, and with the next four being Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Storm, and Galactus.
- Raven is the 33rd returning combatant, after Leonardo, Batman, Boba Fett, Samus Aran, Son Goku, Superman, Charizard, Shadow the Hedgehog, Deadpool, Metal Sonic, Thor Odinson, Wonder Woman, Ryu, Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man, Captain Marvel, Tommy Oliver, Ganondorf, Red Ranger, Venom, The Hulk, Lex Luthor, Doctor Doom, Link, Cloud Strife, Iron Man, Akuma, Shao Kahn, Vegeta, Raiden, and Darth Vader, and with the next one being Guts.
- She is the 19th returning winner, after Leonardo, Samus Aran, Superman, Deadpool, Metal Sonic, Thor Odinson, Batman, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ganondorf, Wonder Woman, Venom, Doctor Doom, Link, Iron Man, Akuma, Shao Kahn, Vegeta, and Raiden, and with the next one being Guts.
- She is the ninth winner to win, after Leonardo, Samus Aran, Superman, Wonder Woman, Doctor Doom, Iron Man, Shao Kahn, and Thor Odinson.
- She is the 19th returning winner, after Leonardo, Samus Aran, Superman, Deadpool, Metal Sonic, Thor Odinson, Batman, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ganondorf, Wonder Woman, Venom, Doctor Doom, Link, Iron Man, Akuma, Shao Kahn, Vegeta, and Raiden, and with the next one being Guts.
- Raven and her first opponent are the second and third combatants to be voiced by Kira Buckland, after Toph Beifong.
- She is the second combatant voiced by her to win, after Toph Beifong.
- Raven has, by far, shown the biggest increase in stats between a first and second appearance out of any returning combatant on the show, going from attack power quantifiable in megawatt-hours and speeds of Mach 36 in Raven VS Twilight Sparkle to attack power capable of threatening all of creation in DC and upscaling from characters whose speeds go beyond infinity in Phoenix VS Raven.
External Links
- Raven on Wikipedia
- Raven on the DC Database
