why is he stronger?

[beaner 14]

theres no way he could get power back?? like i dunno somehow get energy from like another human like what happened with schala

[teh Schala]

Well, I suppose so.  IF he could drain energy from nonexistant timelines (timelines that have been sent into the Tesseract, such as the timeline where he overtakes the earth), then he'd have a shot at becoming the Time Devourer again.  But I think the idea is he's too weak to even drain energy like that again.

I guess Lavos is (again) like Sauron...  He was in his big almighty form (CT/beginning of Fellowship Of The Ring), he got his butt whooped and was weakened but still a threat (CC/the rest of LotR).  Finally he got totally eliminated (via the Chrono Cross/via the Ring's destruction).

[beaner 14]

Well, I suppose so. IF he could drain energy from nonexistant timelines (timelines that have been sent into the Tesseract, such as the timeline where he overtakes the earth), then he'd have a shot at becoming the Time Devourer again. But I think the idea is he's too weak to even drain energy like that again.

how does timelines give him energy??

so really hes just pretty much done just to stay in Tesseract and just like rot away, well not rot but just stay there and too weak to do anything

[teh Schala]

Time is like food to him...I guess.

And yes, he'll just sit there and watch everyone go on with their happy little lives and he'll hate them for all eternity!  

[beaner 14]

haha id be mad at them guys to if they did that to me and i had to watch them live their lives

so he eats the timelines?? im confused like a piece of paper timeline? im like real confused

[teh Schala]

Imagine a black hole.  It consumes space, right?  Well, the Time Devourer is like a black hole that consumes time.  Past, present, future, in all possible timelines that diverge because of individual choices.

[teh Schala]

Getting back on topic, I finally managed to pull up Lavos' stats in each battle.  Check this out.

1999 AD Lavos
Lv: 15 (Yeah, only 15!!!  Imagine if he was Lv99!  Even the Core is only Lv50!)
HP: 10,000
Attack: 73
Defense: 127 (which is standard for most enemies)
Magic: 1
Speed: 12
Evade: 20
Magic Def: 50

Compare that with:

Ocean Palace Lavos
Lv: 20
HP: 30,000 (3 times as much!)
Attack: 180 (More than double)
Defense: 127 (standard)
Magic: 2
Speed: 16 (so, 33% faster)
Evade: 11
Magic Def: 50

3 times as many HP, more than double the attack power, and 1/3 more speed spells OUCH.

Just for your amusement, check out the stats on these too:

Lavos Inner Body (not counting the arms)
Lv: 50
HP: 20,000
Attack: 45
Defense: 255 (maximum)
Magic: 50
Speed: 16
Evade: 20
Magic Def: 100 (maximum)

And these stats for the Lavos Core:

Left Bit
Lv: 50
HP: 2000
Attack: 40
Defense: 127
Magic: 40
Speed: 16
Evade: 20
Magic Def: 50

That spells pushover.  Next...

Center Bit
Lv: 50
HP: 10,000
Attack: 100
Defense: 127
Magic: 21
Speed: 16
Evade: 20
Magic Def: 50

The maximum for attack power is 255...and he's only at 100!  That slap hurts enough as it is.  Ouch...  And now for...

Lavos Core
Lv: 50
HP: 30,000
Attack: 40
Defense: 255
Magic: 40
Speed: 16
Evade: 20
Magic Def: 100

Interesting stuff, eh?

[Foolish Boy]

so he eats the timelines?? im confused like a piece of paper timeline? im like real confused

A timline is all the events that happened in a certain dimension, or a portion of a whole timeline. It's just basically a timeline (not the kind you make on paper).

[beaner 14]

ahhhhh i get the whole time line thing

wow his attack is only 100, that pimp slap like kills people or brings them down to like 100 when their defense is like 170ish

[AuraTwilight]

That's cool. Hey Jake-A-Roonie, can you or someone else get the Time Devourer stats for comparison? They should be similar enough.

[Legend of the Past]

Don't know about attack, but HP is between 10,000 to 11,000+... Less then Criosphinx, but I guess Criosphinx dosen't have Omega attacks...

[beaner 14]

legend of the past that picture is awesome, EXCEPT where is sephiroths beastly sword??


dont the chriosphinx have around 13,000 and cant you just kill him in a riddle thing?

[Foolish Boy]

dont the chriosphinx have around 13,000 and cant you just kill him in a riddle thing?

Yes you can beat him in a riddle, but you dont get the Sun shades if you do that. Got to do it the hard way for that. And it is hard haha.

[beaner 14]

what do the sun shades do for you??

[V_Translanka]

Well, they're the opposite of the Moon Shades, duh!

Moon Shades - Up All (as in physical & magic...now, why didn't I just write that? who knows) Defense

Sun Shades - Up All (as in physical & magic...now, why didn't I just write that...again? who knows) Offense