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The Didact possesses extraordinary neurological, mental and physical abilities bestowed by his senior Promethean [[form]]. One of these is the augmented state of perception known as "battle mode", splintering his perception of reality into several variable frames of reference with a slowed-down experience of time, granting him impressive multitasking abilities.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 316''</ref> In hand-to-hand combat, he was capable of matching SPARTAN-II reaction times and was able to easily slaughter [[Black Team|a fireteam]] of them without weapons.{{Ref/Reuse|esc9}} Wearing his armor, he was capable of crushing a [[Z-180 Scattershot]] in his hand and severely damaging John-117's helmet, as well as throwing the [[MJOLNIR]]-armored Master Chief several meters through the air with force significant enough to knock another Spartan to the ground.{{Ref/Reuse|HE10}} The Didact adhered to the long-standing Warrior tradition of sharing all knowledge with his command staff of dozens as well as their [[ancilla]]s; indeed, he remarked that he was out of his element when working alone, preferring to have an expert crew with him at all times when leading operations.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 139''</ref> During large-scale engagements, the Didact would also tap into the sensory input of thousands of his fellow Prometheans simultaneously and experience the battle from their respective viewpoints in addition to his own.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 162''</ref> While fighting the [[Warden Eternal]], the Didact was outmatched by the superior size and abilities of the construct, but he was able to land a few blows. However, the Didact decided to take a calculated risk and put himself in harm's way to the point that the Warden was able to grab him, relying on those around him - many of whom had once been his enemies - to rise to the occasion and provide the Didact with the distraction that he needed. This proved to be a worthwhile action as the many essences of the Forerunners and humans leapt to the Didact's aid, attacking the Warden and giving the Didact the opening that he needed to destroy the construct.{{Ref/Reuse|Epi25}} | The Didact possesses extraordinary neurological, mental and physical abilities bestowed by his senior Promethean [[form]]. One of these is the augmented state of perception known as "battle mode", splintering his perception of reality into several variable frames of reference with a slowed-down experience of time, granting him impressive multitasking abilities.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 316''</ref> In hand-to-hand combat, he was capable of matching SPARTAN-II reaction times and was able to easily slaughter [[Black Team|a fireteam]] of them without weapons.{{Ref/Reuse|esc9}} Wearing his armor, he was capable of crushing a [[Z-180 Scattershot]] in his hand and severely damaging John-117's helmet, as well as throwing the [[MJOLNIR]]-armored Master Chief several meters through the air with force significant enough to knock another Spartan to the ground.{{Ref/Reuse|HE10}} The Didact adhered to the long-standing Warrior tradition of sharing all knowledge with his command staff of dozens as well as their [[ancilla]]s; indeed, he remarked that he was out of his element when working alone, preferring to have an expert crew with him at all times when leading operations.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 139''</ref> During large-scale engagements, the Didact would also tap into the sensory input of thousands of his fellow Prometheans simultaneously and experience the battle from their respective viewpoints in addition to his own.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 162''</ref> The Didact later noted that John-117 stabbing him in the eye had been the first time that the Didact had suffered a direct wound from a human despite his long history of fighting against them.{{Ref/Reuse|Epi20}} While fighting the [[Warden Eternal]], the Didact was outmatched by the superior size and abilities of the construct, but he was able to land a few blows. However, the Didact decided to take a calculated risk and put himself in harm's way to the point that the Warden was able to grab him, relying on those around him - many of whom had once been his enemies - to rise to the occasion and provide the Didact with the distraction that he needed. This proved to be a worthwhile action as the many essences of the Forerunners and humans leapt to the Didact's aid, attacking the Warden and giving the Didact the opening that he needed to destroy the construct.{{Ref/Reuse|Epi25}} | ||
His memory is also incredibly accurate; while stranded on the Builder hulk in the [[Burn]], he was capable of reciting a verbal control code comprising 400 random nonsense words and non-integral numbers after thousands of years and without the aid of an ancilla.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 82-83''</ref> After undergoing an experimental mutation in an attempt to become immune to the Flood, the Didact gained a new form that, while still susceptible to Flood infection, was no longer compatible with the Composer, thereby preventing him from joining his fellow Prometheans as a machine{{Ref/Reuse|h4terminals}} and allowing him to willingly levitate himself within a Composer's active beam without being affected at all.{{Ref/Reuse|midnight}} However, his incompatible physiology was not enough to save him from being composed by the simultaneous firing of several Composers{{Ref/Reuse|HE10}} because the raw destructive neural physics that they released was too much for even his mutations to counter.{{Ref/Reuse|Epi5}} | His memory is also incredibly accurate; while stranded on the Builder hulk in the [[Burn]], he was capable of reciting a verbal control code comprising 400 random nonsense words and non-integral numbers after thousands of years and without the aid of an ancilla.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 82-83''</ref> After undergoing an experimental mutation in an attempt to become immune to the Flood, the Didact gained a new form that, while still susceptible to Flood infection, was no longer compatible with the Composer, thereby preventing him from joining his fellow Prometheans as a machine{{Ref/Reuse|h4terminals}} and allowing him to willingly levitate himself within a Composer's active beam without being affected at all.{{Ref/Reuse|midnight}} However, his incompatible physiology was not enough to save him from being composed by the simultaneous firing of several Composers{{Ref/Reuse|HE10}} because the raw destructive neural physics that they released was too much for even his mutations to counter.{{Ref/Reuse|Epi5}} | ||