- —Ivy Valentine
Countess Isabella "Ivy" Valentine is a protagonist from the Soulcalibur series. She appeared in the 29th episode of Death Battle, Ivy VS Orchid, where she fought against Black Orchid from the Killer Instinct series.
History
Isabella Valentine was on the doorsteps of a London mansion as a mere infant, raised by the rich and loving Valentine family for most of her life. In the last years of his life, Ivy's father went mad attempting to seek out the legendary blade Soul Edge, and worked himself to death. His wife would perish soon after, but not before telling Ivy that they weren't her biological parents, and that her true father was the cursed pirate Cervantes de León, who formerly wielded Soul Edge. With that, Ivy became determined to destroy the sword that ruined her family. She constructed her own sword, a whip-like blade known as Valentine, and used the hand of the Azure Knight, Nightmare, to breathe life into it. However, the process ended up tying her own fate and life force to Soul Edge, causing her to become immortal. That means should she succeed in destroying the accursed sword, she will die as well. It is a fate that she has accepted and a path she has resigned herself to and continues to walk.
Death Battle Info
Background
- Full name: Countess Isabella Valentine
- Height: 177.8 cm / 5'10"
- Weight: 58 kg / 128 lbs
- Age: 49 [Physically 32]
- Hometown: London
- Daughter of Cervantes
- Fighting Style: Self-taught
- A dominatrix for no real reason
Magic
- Alchemy
- Lab-based
- Instrumental in creating her snake sword
- Not typically for combat
- Used in some special moves
- Summoning magic
- Sphere traps
- Magic fire
- Nightmare's hand
- Acasual Paradox Critical Edge
- Grand Alchemy Critical Finish
Valentine Snake Sword
- Formerly called "Ivy Blade"
- Alternates between sword & whip
- Max whip length: 9 m / 30 ft
- Can use Guard Impacts
- Can perform Edge Attacks
- Granted life by Soul Edge
- Critical Finish & Edge moves
- Definitely not for novice swordsmen
Known Win/Loss W/L - 3/4
- Loss - Astaroth
- Loss - Taki
- Win - Seong Mi-na
- Loss - Zasalamel
- Win - Zasalamel rematch
- Loss - Cervantes
- Win - Cervantes rematch
Gallery
Appearance
(By Gill and GreenFrog)
Arsenal and Abilities
Trivia
- Ivy is the second Bandai Namco character to appear, after Dig Dug, and with the next 11 being Zechs Merquise, Gundam Epyon, Nightmare, Tai Kamiya, Agumon, Renamon, Jin Kazama, Amuro Ray, RX-78-2 Gundam, Heihachi Mishima, and Chosen Undead.
- She is the first Bandai Namco character to lose, with the next six being Nightmare, Renamon, Jin Kazama, Amuro Ray, RX-78-2 Gundam, and Chosen Undead.
- She is the first Soulcalibur character to appear, with the next one being Nightmare.
External Links
- Ivy on Wikipedia
- Ivy on the Soulcalibur Wiki
