That's not to say he's completely defenseless in battle he can make multiple copies of himself, fire dark energy, darken the floor beneath him to hide in, and create his own dark minions to do battle with. He prefers to get into people's heads, attempting to manipulate anyone he comes into contact with, successfully tricking Silver into almost killing Sonic and attempting Break Them by Talking on Shadow and Omega at different points in the story. Iblis is the more powerful and immediate threat, but Mephiles is just unsettling and filled to the brim with Paranoia Fuel. Dan Green is a brilliant Cold Ham in his performance, but there's just something about Takayuki Sakazume's inflection as that slow Creepy Monotone. It's even creepier in the Japanese version.
