A Deeper Look at Monking Mode

Monking Merge
Stats (rough estimate)
Attack Potency: 7, 10+ (via Vitality)
Speed: 6, 10+ (via Vitality)
Strength: 7+, 20+ (via Vitality), 30+ (via Ape Mode)
Durability: 5, 10+ (via Vitality), 20+ (via Ape Mode)
Energy Level: 10+
Range of Attack: 6, 7 (via Monkey Staff)
Intelligence: 4
Fighting Skills: 9+
Hax: Vitality Arts, Elemental Manipulation, Ape Mode, Elemental Ape Modes

Appearance: Being based on Sun Wukong from Journey to the West, Monking Mode resembles a muscular, humanoid monkey with orangish-brown “fur” and a prehensile tail. Monking Mode’s forearms take a comically swollen appearance similar to Popeye’s arms and he has three golden hoops/rings wrapped around his wrists, ankles and the tip of his tail. He wears a headband similar in appearance to Sun Wukong’s crown, a red jacket with a fur collar, a pair of puffy red pants and a golden belt. He also has a red, X-shaped marking on his chest similar to a scar and Fusion-X’s iconic visor-like eye.

Powers and Abilities
- Vitality Manipulation: Monking Merge has the power to channel and manipulate his own Vitality, also known as “fighting spirit”, allowing him to do many amazing things such as greatly enhance his physical attacks and combat, execute special Vitality-enhanced martial arts techniques, augment certain qualities of himself such as strength, speed, durability, senses, endurance, reflexes etc. and project his Vitality into a wide variety of powerful projectile attacks of pure energy such as beams, balls, discs, bullets, breath, shockwaves, vortexes and more. The more Fusion-X trains with Monking Merge Mode, the more Vitality he builds up in his system, making Monking Mode more powerful and unlocking more techniques and abilities as well the more he trains.

- Vitality Arts: Also known as Vitality Techniques. By concentrating his Vitality in a certain way, Monking Mode can execute one of five unique techniques that gives him special and often very powerful supernatural abilities known as Vitality Arts and a considerable edge in battle as a result. These Vitality Arts require training and practice to use them to their fullest potential. Normally, Monking Mode can only use one Vitality Art at a time but with enough training and practice, there are actually two Vitality Arts that can be combined, these being his Empowerment Arts and Nature Arts. For a full list of these arts and what they do, see Full List of Vitality Arts.

- Martial Arts Mastery: Monking Mode is one of, if not Fusion-X’s most proficient hand-to-hand combat specialist to date, having natural, masterful skill over a unique form of Martial Arts that combines aspects of many combat styles, most notably Savate, Capoeira, Taekwondo and Monkey-Style Kung Fu and his combat skills become greater with sufficient training and practice.

- Food Empowerment - Monking Mode derives both energy and strength from whatever he eats/drinks and can instantly refuel on Vitality and strength just by eating something as a result. Bananas and banana-based foods are shown to especially power him up.

- Monkey Mimicry - Due to his resemblance to a monkey, Monking Merge possesses many of the traits and attributes associated with monkeys such as levels of strength, speed, jumping, leaping, reflexes, senses, flexibility and acrobatic abilities far above a human being, enhanced climbing, and prehensile feet and tail as well.

Equipment

- Monkey Staff: Monking Mode is armed with a red Bo Staff tipped with two golden balls at both ends that he uses with incredible skill, speed and strength in battle and can double it’s length on command to extend it’s reach.

- Banana Peels: Humorously enough, Monking Mode is armed with banana peels that he can use to make opponents trip and slip around and gain an advantage over his dazed adversaries.

Full List of Vitality Arts
- Observation Arts: By concentrating his Vitality into his eyes, Monking Mode can heavily augment his senses to the point of developing a “sixth sense” of the world around him, allowing him to sense the presence, strength level and emotions of other people, predict the actions and intentions of others, allowing him to perceive and promptly counterattack enemy attacks and even a sense of Clairvoyance as he can perceive multiple outcomes/events at once, essentially giving him the ability to see into the future, albeit multiple possible futures that are all equally possible.

- Communication Arts: By concentrating his Vitality in his ears, Monking Mode gains the “universal language” that allows him to not only understand any language in the universe but also gives him the capability to communicate with and understand virtually anything whether it be people, animals, plant life and even concepts that have their own “voice” such as the wind or the waves of the ocean.

- Empowerment Arts: By concentrating his Vitality into his muscles, Monking Mode will heavily augment his physical strength to such an extreme degree that he more resembles a heavily muscled, humanoid gorilla than a monkey and possesses strength great enough to lift and throw an entire large-sized mountain with relative ease and physical strikes so great that one punch can level a small island, his durability and resistance to attacks is also heavily enhanced, Nicholas refers to this state as Ape Mode due to his gorilla-like appearance while using this technique.

- Domination Arts: By concentrating his Vitality into his heart, Monking Mode can bring out and exert his will as a concentrated force onto others, allowing him to literally mentally overpower and overwhelm others with wills weaker than his, this allows Monking Mode to do things such as induce crippling fear onto entire groups of enemies, cause enemies to instantly lose consciousness, cause enemies to lose their will to fight, completely drain enemies of their energy, nullify/reflect most incoming attacks with Monking’s will alone etc.

- Nature Arts: The hardest to learn and eventually master out of all the Vitality Arts. By channeling his Vitality to make it radiate around his body like an aura of energy, Monking Mode can then convert his Vitality into one of ten different Elements that are associated with nature, these being Fire, Water, Ice, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Plant, Metal, Light and Darkness as well as additional Nature Arts that are unlocked in the future, these being Crystal, Magma, Poison, Acid, Gas, Sound, Nuclear, Space and Time. From there, Monking Mode can manipulate his “Elemental Vitality” as freely as he could with his regular Vitality, projecting it to a wide variety of elemental attacks, enhance his attacks and physical combat with the power of the elements etc. As mentioned before, Empowerment and Nature arts can actually be used together and be combined to give Monking Mode new forms of transformations known as the “Elemental Apes”, transforming Monking Mode into one of fifteen variations of Ape Mode that embodies an element and possesses godlike control over said element, the power enhancing qualities of Empowerment Arts effecting the Nature Arts as well! For a full list of the Elemental Apes and what they are capable of, see Full List of Elemental Apes.

Full List of Elemental Apes
- Inferno Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Fire Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Inferno Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of solidified fire and possessing a beard made out of flames. On top of godlike Pyrokinesis, Inferno Ape also gains Heat Manipulation, Fire Solidification, Fire Transmutation, Pyrokinetic Combat, Pyrokinetic Constructs, Pyrokinetic Shapeshifting, Pyrokinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Pyro-Telekinesis, Pyro-Teleportation, Pyrokinetic Infusion, Pyrokinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made out of fire.

- Torrent Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Water Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Torrent Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of solidified water and possessing a beard made out of water and resembling a waterfall. On top of godlike Hydrokinesis, Torrent Ape also gains Water Solidification, Water Transmutation, Hydrokinetic Combat, Hydrokinetic Constructs, Hydrokinetic Shapeshifting, Hydrokinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Hydro-Telekinesis, Hydro-Teleportation, Hydrokinetic Infusion, Hydrokinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made out of water.

- Frost Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Ice Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Frost Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of solid, unmeltable Permafrost ice and possessing a beard made out of ice. On top of godlike Cryokinesis, Frost Ape also gains Cold Manipulation, Snow Manipulation, Ice Transmutation, Cryokinetic Combat, Cryokinetic Constructs, Cryokinetic Shapeshifting, Cryokinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Cryo-Telekinesis, Cryo-Teleportation, Cryokinetic Infusion, Cryokinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made out of ice.

- Ventus Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Wind Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Ventus Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of solidified air, possessing a beard made out of air and a pair of bird-like wings also made out of solid air. On top of godlike Aerokinesis, Ventus Ape also gains Air/Oxygen Manipulation, Wind Transmutation, Aerokinetic Combat, Aerokinetic Constructs, Aerookinetic Shapeshifting, Aerokinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Aero-Telekinesis, Aero-Teleportation, Aerokinetic Infusion, Aerokinetic Defense, High-Speed Flight thanks to his wings and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made out of air.

- Thunder Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Lightning Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Thunder Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of solidified lightning, possessing a beard made out of lightning and a Ring of Taiko Drums on his back. On top of godlike Electrokinesis, Inferno Ape also gains Storm Manipulation, Lightning Solidification, Lightning Transmutation, Electrokinetic Combat, Electrokinetic Constructs, Electrokinetic Shapeshifting, Electrokinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Electro-Telekinesis, Electro-Teleportation, Electrokinetic Infusion, Electrokinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made out of lightning.

- Terra Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Earth Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Terra Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of earth and stone with mountain-like spires on his back and a beard made out of stalagmites. On top of godlike Terrakinesis, Terra Ape also gains Earth/Stone Transmutation, Terrakinetic Combat, Terrakinetic Constructs, Terrakinetic Shapeshifting, Terrakinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Terra-Telekinesis, Terra-Teleportation, Terrakinetic Infusion, Terrakinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made out of solid stone.

- Floral Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Plant Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Floral Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of wood and plant matter, possessing branch-like antlers and a beard made out of grass. On top of godlike Botanokinesis, Floral Ape also gains Solar Energy Manipulation, Healing, Plant Possession, Plant/Wood Transmutation, Botanokinetic Combat, Botanokinetic Constructs, Botanokinetic Shapeshifting, Botanokinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Botano-Telekinesis, Botano-Teleportation, Botanokinetic Infusion, Botanokinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made out of fast growing wood and plants.

- Metallo Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Metal Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Metallo Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of ultra durable, stainless steel and taking a Knight-like appearance, resembling a gorilla-shaped, walking suit of armor. On top of godlike Ferrokinesis, Metallo Ape also gains Magnokinesis, Metal Liquification, Metal Transmutation, Ferrokinetic Combat, Ferrokinetic Constructs, Ferrokinetic Shapeshifting, Ferrokinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Ferro-Telekinesis, Ferro-Teleportation, Ferrokinetic Infusion, Ferrokinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made out of indestructible super steel.

- Radiant Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Light Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Radiant Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of solidified light, possessing a beard, a pair of angelic wings and a halo-like ring above his head also made of light. On top of godlike Photokinesis, Radiant Ape also gains Light Solidification, Light Transmutation, Photokinetic Combat, Photokinetic Constructs, Photokinetic Shapeshifting, Photokinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Photo-Telekinesis, Photo-Teleportation, Photokinetic Infusion, Photokinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made out of light.

- Shadow Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Darkness Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Shadow Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of solidified darkness, possessing a shadowy beard, a pair of horns and bat-like wings also made of darkness. On top of godlike Umbrakinesis, Shadow Ape also gains Shadow Manipulation, Darkness/Shadow Solidification, Darkness Transmutation, Umbrakinetic Combat, Umbrakinetic Constructs, Umbrakinetic Shapeshifting, Umbrakinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Umbra-Telekinesis, Umbra-Teleportation, Umbrakinetic Infusion, Umbrakinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made out of pure darkness.

- Diamond Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Crystal Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Diamond Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of a nigh-indestructible pink-colored crystal, possessing a crystalline beard, crystalline spires on his back and a crown-like structure of crystal on his head. On top of godlike Crystallokinesis, Diamond Ape also gains Crystalline Transmutation, Crystallokinetic Combat, Crystallokinetic Constructs, Crystallokinetic Shapeshifting, Crystallokinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Crystallo-Telekinesis, Crystallo-Teleportation, Crystallokinetic Infusion, Energy Reflection/Redirection and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made out of pure esoteric crystal.

- Volcano Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Magma Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Volcano Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of lava and magma rock, possessing miniature volcanoes on his back, a pair of horns and a beard made of flowing lava. On top of godlike Geo-Thermokinesis, Volcano Ape also gains Lava Solidification, Lava/Magma Transmutation, Geo-Thermokinetic Combat, Geo-Thermokinetic Constructs, Geo-Thermokibetic Shapeshifting, Geo-Thermokinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Geothermal-Telekinesis, Geothermal-Teleportation, Geothermal Infusion, Geothermal Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made out of pure lava and magma rock.

- Toxic Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Poison Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Toxic Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of a purple, extremely toxic, sludge-like poison with a back covered in spikes of hardened poison, a pair of large horns and a scorpion-like tail. On top of godlike Toxikinesis, Toxic Ape also gains Toxicity Manipulation, Poison Transmutation, Toxikinetic Combat, Toxikinetic Constructs, Toxikinetic Shapeshifting, Toxikinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Toxi-Telekinesis, Toxi-Teleportation, Toxikinetic Infusion, Toxikinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made entirely out of poison.

- Caustic Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Acid Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Caustic Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of an extremely potent, lime-green acid with a back covered in a bed of acid foam, a beard of acidic foam, a pair of large horns and a scorpion-like tail. On top of godlike Serqekinesis, Caustic Ape also gains Acidity Manipulation, Acid Transmutation, Serqekinetic Combat, Serqekinetic Constructs, Serqekinetic Shapeshifting, Serqekinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Serqe-Telekinesis, Serqe-Teleportation, Serqekinetic Infusion, Serqekinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made entirely out of acid.

- Gaseous Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Gas Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Gaseous Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of a periwinkle-colored gas with “psychedelic” properties as exposure to it causes hallucinations, dizziness and intense euphoria until eventual unconsciousness, possessing a gaseous beard and hair. On top of godlike Benzinikinesis, Caustic Ape also gains Gas Solidification, Gas Transmutation, Benzinikinetic Combat, Benzinikinetic Constructs, Benzinikinetic Shapeshifting, Benzinikinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Benzini-Telekinesis, Benzini-Teleportation, Benzinikinetic Infusion, Benzinikinetic Illusions, Benzinikinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made entirely out of gas.

- Sonic Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Sound Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Sonic Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of solidified sound with visible sound waves around his wrists and arms like rings. On top of godlike Sonokinesis, Sonic Ape also gains Sound Augmentation/Nullification, Sound Transmutation, Sonokinetic Combat, Sonokinetic Constructs, Sonokinetic Shapeshifting, Sonokinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Sono-Telekinesis, Sono-Teleportation, Sonokinetic Infusion, Sonokinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made entirely out of sound.

- Atomic Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Nuclear Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Atomic Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of solidified nuclear energy and radiation with radioactive steam/foam for hair and a beard. On top of godlike Nucleokinesis, Atomic Ape also gains Nucleokinetic Transmutation, Nucleokinetic Combat, Nucleokinetic Constructs, Nucleokinetic Shapeshifting, Nucleokinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Nucleo-Telekinesis, Nucleo-Teleportation, Nucleokinetic Infusion, Nucleokinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made entirely out of nuclear energy/radiation.

- Cosmos Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Space Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Cosmos Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of space itself, resembling a gorilla-shaped, humanoid galaxy with visible stars on his body, a beard made of cosmic energy and a purple and violet color scheme like a nebula. On top of godlike Spatiokinesis, Cosmos Ape also gains Stellar Manipulation, Stardust Manipulation, Space, Star & Stardust Transmutation, Spatiokinetic & Asterokinetic Combat, Spatiokinetic & Asterokinetic Constructs, Spatiokintic & Asterokinetic Shapeshifting, Spatiokinetic & Asterokinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Spatio-Telekinesis, Spatio-Teleportation, Spatiokinetic & Asterokinetic Infusion, Spatiokinetic & Asterokinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made entirely out of space.

- Chrono Ape: By combining the Empowerment and Time Nature Arts, Monking Mode will become Chrono Ape, a variation of Ape Mode composed entirely out of solidified time energy with multiple clocks all over his body such as on his shoulders, knees and a large one on his stomach. On top of godlike Chronokinesis, Chrono Ape also gains Time Travel, Age Manipulation, Time Transmutation, Chronokinetic Combat, Chronokinetic Constructs, Chronokinetic Shapeshifting, Chronokinetic Absorption/Empowerment, Chrono-Telekinesis, Chrono-Teleportation, Chronokinetic Infusion, Chronokinetic Defense and Nigh-Invulnerability, being made entirely out of time energy.

Weaknesses
- Limited Energy - Monking Mode is a high energy Merge Mode with a high abundance of Vitality that grows with training but that doesn’t mean his energy is indefinite, Monking Mode drains himself of his Vitality when he uses his Vitality-based attacks and techniques, the especially powerful ones uses up more Vitality to execute and draining enough of his Vitality will leave him too tired and fatigued to fight. Also, Monking Mode can’t fight forever, the longer a fight goes on, the more Vitality he uses up to stay in said fight and he can eventually start to wear down and lose his edge.

- Vitality Arts Drawbacks - All of Monking Merge’s Vitality Arts will induce a considerable debuff/drawback once they’ve worn off. Observation will induce temporary blindness, Communication induces temporary deafness, Empowerment makes Monking Merge temporarily frail and weak, Domination temporarily makes Monking Merge cowardly, Nature Arts induces a status ailment related to the element he used (Burn for Fire, Paralysis for Lightning etc.) and the Elemental Apes will induce both drawbacks of Empowerment and Nature Arts once he has transformed back.

- Sensitive Tail - Monking Mode’s tail is his weakspot. Hitting or even grabbing his tail will induce immense pain and instantaneous paralysis to Monking Mode.