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[[File:623110-darkseid super.jpg|thumb|350px|Does more need to be said?<ref>[[Rhetorical Question Blunder|If nothing more needs to be said, then we wasted a ''lot'' of time writing this page.]]</ref>]]
{{quote|''"New Genesis is a stinking cosmic sewer. I have fouled paradise beyond repair and broken in the mire the shining cities of the gods. I have won! Is this vanity? Then I will remake the entire universe in the image of my soul, [[The Dragon|Desaad]]. And when at last I turn to look upon the eternal desolation I have wrought, I will see Darkseid, as in a mirror, and know what fear is."''
|'''Darkseid''', ''[[JLA]]'' #13}}
[[Evil Overlord]]. [[Galactic Conqueror]]. [[Omnicidal Maniac]]. [[Physical God]].
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Sometimes, [[Depending on the Writer]].
** [[Faux Affably Evil]]: However, this is his most common trait.
* [[A God Am I]]: Justified in itself, being that he is one of the [[New Gods]] that arose after the destruction of the Old Gods in Ragnarok. [[Exaggerated Trope|But Darkseid takes it further still]]; not satisfied with being ''a'' god, he considers himself to be ''the'' God.▼
* [[Always a Bigger Fish]]: Of all the multiverse's greatest monsters, there's only one he fears: dear old Daddy Yuga Khan, the only being in Creation even worse than he.
** Back in the day, Darkseid also had a crippling fear of Doomsday. He met the creature once when he was much younger and far weaker, and the encounter left him thoroughly shaken. Nowadays, Doomsday may be able to [[Fighting a Shadow|take on one of Darkseid's avatars]] with ease, but Darkseid himself no longer harbors any fear for the monster.
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* [[Evil Uncle]]: Subverted with Darkseid's uncle Steppenwolf. While Steppenwolf is an evil bastard, he is also a ''loyal'' evil bastard. That, and Darkseid is exponentially more powerful and evil than Steppenwolf.
** Also worth remembering that Steppenwolf is one of the few evil New Gods not particularly interested in ruling Apokalips, preferring his hunts and idle leisure. He opposed Darkseid's ascent less out of desire to reign than out of principle that someone could take something from him.
* [[The Evils of Free Will]]: Darkseid's motive to gain the Anti-Life Equations-he plans to enslave everyone else to "bring order to this chaotic universe".This is [[Depending on the Writer]] though,with a second
* [[Eye Beams]]: The Omega Beam homes in on his targets, chasing them relentlessly, bending and curving around obstacles, until they finally hit. {{spoiler|Only Batman has ever been enough of a grade-A badass to dodge one, and even then he had to maneuver a Parademon to take the hit to completely avoid it.}} Victims are typically vaporized, although [[Nigh Invulnerable]] folks like [[Superman]] can get away with third degree burns. A variant of his technique, the Omega Sanction, traps whoever it hits in a neverending cycle of death and rebirth, with each life worse than the last.
** The Omega Beam has so many uses that it is practically a [[Combo-Platter Powers|combo platter power]] in and of itself. In addition to the aforementioned disintigration and Omega Sanction, they can also be used to teleport targets (including Darkseid himself) through space and time, transmute targets into other things, and [[Back from the Dead|completely resurrect people it has previously disintegrated]].
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* [[Galactic Conqueror]]: Across countless worlds, for countless eons, not a voice is raised in hope or joy. Across these worlds, these infinite lands throughout the cosmos, there is only '''Darkseid.'''
* [[Genius Bruiser]]
▲* [[A God Am I]]: Justified in itself, being that he is one of the [[New Gods]] that arose after the destruction of the Old Gods in Ragnarok. [[Exaggerated Trope|But Darkseid takes it further still]]; not satisfied with being ''a'' god, he considers himself to be ''the'' God.
* [[God of Evil]]: More specifically, the God of Tyranny.
* [[God of Gods]]: It's often forgotten that nearly all of Darkseid's senior minions and citizens- Desaad, Granny Goodness and the rest- are all technically gods in their own right, being members of the [[New Gods]] race. Darkseid however has made himself God unto even them, and can back it up too as he possesses far greater strength and power, with a chasm of difference between him and whoever his nearest rival would be.
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* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: Darkseid, while extremely evil, is also intelligent and patient. He always keeps his higher goals in mind and is very diciplined in his manner. Evidence of this is the fact that his son Orion, who inherited a good portion of Darkseid's power along with Darkseid's rage, is a foaming at the mouth lunatic without his motherbox keeping him calm. Darkseid has the same levels of rage and can keep himself under control on his own. Darkseid is logical as well and focuses on what is emprically beneficial to his plans over emotional desires.
**His disgust of Desaad is that Desaad is a petty sadist while Darkseid has far grander goals in mind.
**He hates Sleez because Sleez managed to brainwash Superman and Big Barda, two of the most powerful beings around and the best he could come up with was have them star in a skin flick. Darkseid has a very low tolerance of [[Stupid Evil
**Due to being the god of tyranny Darkseid is, ironically, aligned to order and structure. He values plans and strategies that likewise follow suit. He has no stomach to use [[Chaotic Evil]] henchmen more than necessary because of their tendency to be a [[Spanner in the Works]]. He also won't use forces that, while powerful, are unpredictable and hard to control such as time travel.
**Be generally turns away from plans that can cause needless destruction or loss of resources/life. He's a firm believer of getting the most gains out of any situation and chaotic destruction/death is often a net loss for any bad guy.
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* [[Super Strength]]: This guy can trade blows with ''[[Superman]]'' and occasionally come out on top.
* [[Taking You with Me]]: Willing to do this to ''all of reality'' after being mortally wounded in ''[[Final Crisis]]''.
* [[Time Is Dangerous]]: Darkseid will go to almost any lengths and almost no act of destruction or depravity is beyond him in his pursuit of his goal of multiversal domination ''except'' using time travel. While Darkseid is fully capable of travelling in and manipulating time, he will at most use this ability to gain knowledge or plant the seeds for future victories. He will ''not'' alter time on a grand scale in a bid to become the ruler of all. This is not for moral reasons but for [[Pragmatic Villainy|logical ones]]: First, the flow of time is often far too unpredictable to account for every outcome; while Darkseid has cosmic sense and perception, he isn't omniscient. Second, time has many protectors and mechanisms in place to either prevent tampering or enact retribution on the one altering time's flow. It's much too costly for even Darkseid to attempt. Lastly, as the multiverse is created by divergences in time and possibility, Darkseid understands that for every action there is a reaction with every success being balanced by failure. Even should he succeed in one universe, he'll fail in another and the end result is a net zero.
▲* [[The Evils of Free Will]]: Darkseid's motive to gain the Anti-Life Equations-he plans to enslave everyone else to "bring order to this chaotic universe".This is [[Depending on the Writer]] though,with a second possiblity that [[Good Hurts Evil|he's uncomfortable with free will itself]]
* [[Too Powerful to Live]]: Finally crossed the line in ''[[Final Crisis]]''.
* [[Touched by Vorlons]]: Darkseid wasn't born with the Omega Effect. He killed the rightful bearer—his own brother—for it.
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{{quote|'''[[Statler and Waldorf|Waldorf]]''': So I hear this guy is always looking for the Anti-Life Equation.
'''[[Those Two Guys|Statler]]''': He sure came to the right place. Nobody has a life around here!
'''Both''': Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh! }}
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