#ultimate level

Oooh, Black War Greymon!!! The “Jet-Black Dragon Warrior”!

So with Digimon, there’s occasionally variant species whose only difference is their colour. Most commonly, these are Virus-attribute black recolours, and we’ve gone over a couple of them already in their base species reviews. I could save a Black War Greymon review for a footnote in a War Greymon review, but that’d be a disservice to Black War Greymon given it’s pretty much the black recolour, and far more notable than any other because of its anime appearance and popularity.

As a recolour, much of what I could say about War Greymon applies to Black War Greymon as well: they’re both draconic humanoid figures with some armour and a helmet concealing what seems to be their least-humanoid quality, their dragon-y head. Unlike War Greymon, who bears the Crest of Courage on the Brave Shield on its back (split into a wing-like shell), Black War Greymon’s shield is crestless. As with War Greymon though, its apparent weapon of choice is the massive clawed gauntlets it wears, known as Dramon Killers (because they’re good at killing dramons: dragon digimon). War Greymon was the start of the trend of humanoid Ultimate-level digimon, and Black War Greymon reflects that, but taken on its own merits it’s still a pretty great design. And as with many black recolours, it looks even cooler than the base form.

Unlike many Virus-attribute digimon, and appropriate for something based on War Greymon, Black War Greymon notably upholds a system of “justice”. It abhors cowardice and foul play, and seemingly regards other Virus-attribute digimon with some level of disdain. This is some neat flavour for an evil counterpart, which are normally portrayed with a more villainous slant. In terms of special abilities, Black War Greymon has an attack similar to War Greymon’s Gaia Force. Where War Greymon’s Gaia Force concentrates atmospheric energy into a giant fireball, Black War Greymon’s Dark Gaia Force instead concentrates all the world’s negative emotions into a ball of dark energy. This may sound cheesy, but these are creatures that basically exist in the internet, so think of it as weaponising trolls, discourse, and Youtube apology videos.

Black War Greymon’s backstory in Adventure 02 is that he was created by Archnemon (Arukenimon, in the dub) using one hundred “Control Spires”, black towers filled with dark power capable of being transformed into evil digimon. As a result of so many spires used in his creation, Black War Greymon developed consciousness and self-awareness, which led to a general sense of confusion and lack of purpose. Deeming them inferior, Black War Greymon rebelled against his creators and began indiscriminately destroying Control Spires, other digimon, and important plot things known as Destiny Stones. Aside from being an immensely powerful opponent, Black War Greymon also engaged in philosophical discussions with Agumon, befitting the aforementioned sense of “justice”. Eventually, he would find purpose in heroism, saving a human’s life and later sacrificing himself to seal away the main villain, Vamdemon (Myotismon, in the dub). Nice!

It’s also got an X-Antibody form, which takes the mechanical aspects of Black War Greymon’s armour and emphasises them even further. It imparted the toughness of its Brave Shield to its Dramon Killers, its back now equipped with vernier thrusters that allow it to fly at high speeds for extended periods. This provides its primary offence: instantly plunging through opponents’ hearts using its claws and thrusters together. It’s also capable of rapid-firing the aforementioned Dark Gaia Force, a technique now known as Hades Force. Overall, it’s much blockier and less streamlined than the original, and I can’t say I’m a huge fan. Not atypical for an X-Antibody, though. One last thing to note is that this wasn’t Black War Greymon’s original X-Antibody: a different digimon, Gaioumon, was designed for the role. I’ll review that later!

Anyways, Black War Greymon is one cool fellow. I knew it’d be a bad idea to leave reviewing it til the end of War Greymon’s review, but I didn’t think I’d have this much to say! With its unique antihero angle and prettier colour scheme, I solidly prefer it over its orange counterpart.

No?

Me either.

Anyways here's a pet project called berzerkergreymon, an ultimate level digimon that Digivolves only from greymon(blue).

Basically a dark answer to rizegreymon.

Ultimate level, virus type, flame attribute, rizegreymon is an especially brutal member of the greymon species. Out of sense of honor, berserkergreymon will not fight any opponent weaker than itself unless provoked. Once locked in combat, it unleashes it's full power, as itll never underestimate an opponent.

Attacks:

Great nova - launches a large ble fireball at the opponent.

Frenzy saber - lashes out with its large blade

Dragon wave - swipes sword through the air, launching waves of fire at the opponent