"I will make you a master of the sword. No one is stronger than you...use me and kill!" - Anubis (Anubisu-shin, アヌビス神)

Summary

Anubis is a minor antagonist featured in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. Despite being a character, however, Anubis takes the form of a spirit that possessed a sword, making the sword the Stand.

It is most effective in close-range combat, as it has a variety of moves that can deal good damage to an opponent when used correctly.

This Stand is a part of the Arrow Stand Pool, in which it has a 16.5% chance (C-Tier percentage) of obtaining from a Stand Arrow. Anubis can also be obtained by using a Bizarre Arrow with a random chance of getting the stand.

Appearance

Anubis appears as an approximate version of the mythological Anubis it's named after Egyptian mythology, with a human body and a jackal head.

It's bound to a thin scimitar with an elaborate, jeweled-encrusted cross-guard complete with a scabbard. However, rather than Anubis itself, only the sword appears in-game, rather than the Anubis God.

For the sword itself, The sword has an angelic look, it has a long grip, following with a long curved blade. Befitting its namesake, Anubis possesses a black lead in both the colored manga and anime. Its headdress is also yellow in both media.

Movesets/Abilities

Type of Ability	Name	Description
Passive	Swordbound	The player cannot attack unless they unsheathe their sword.

Name	Description	Damage	Cooldown
Slash	The user draws back Anubis, then performs a lunge attack. Anyone hit will be knocked back dealing a moderate amount of damage.	Moderate Damage15 damage	0.5 seconds
Sharp Strike	The user draws back Anubis, then performs a lunge attack. Anyone hit will be knocked back dealing a moderate amount of damage.	Moderate Damage20 damage	5seconds
Possessed Mode	The user will stand still for 2 seconds and activate this form giving a purple aura to signify the user being possessed. Activating this will change the user's moveset, gain the ability to byoass any counter, and give Anubis a different model. This can be toggled back at any time.	No DamageN/A	No Cooldown(Excluding Possessed Form activation)

Key	Name	Description	Damage	Cooldown
	Swift Slashes	The user swings their sword 2 times with 2 variants, light and heavy. The light attack combo deals a great amount of damage, while the heavy attack combo deals superior amount of damage.	Great Damage (Light Attack)30 to 49 damage Superior Damage (Heavy Attack)50 to 60 damage	5 seconds
	Mighty Execution	The user lunges the sword forward dealing moderate damage to the target. The target is then lifted using the sword for some time. The player will lunge their sword forward again dealing great damage.	Good Damage (Grab)15 to 30 damage Good Damage (Throw)30 damage	8 seconds
	Defensive 360° Slashes	The player tilts their head for 1 second, then begins to swing Anubis in front of themselves with high speed for 5 seconds, dealing godly damage over time. The user's walk speed is reduced in this mode, but your block is active.	Pitiful Damage 2 to 3 damage per hit	10 seconds
	Three Strike Combo	The user quickly lunges their sword twice, dealing a good amount of damage each hit followed up with a final strike dealing a great amount of damage.	Good Damage (First and Second Lunge)15 to 20 damage Great Damage35 to 37 damage	12 seconds
	Walk-Dash	Rather than rolling, the user will move forward very fast for a split second. The distance you can dash is randomized and can be short or far. This can go further than the regular dash of Vampire, Santana, or Kars.	No DamageN/A	3 seconds
While blocking	Parry Attack	While blocking, the user is able to quickly slash an attacking enemy to deal moderate damage and knock them back a fair distance.	Moderate Damage10 damage	3 seconds

Combos

In Possessed Mode:

LMB + E + R + F Medium
R + E + T Medium
LMB + C (If needed) + R + F Hard
H + E + R + X+ LMB

X + LMB + C + R + E + C + F Medium/Hard (It is better to keep distance so that you won't get hit)
R + F + E Easy/Medium
X+ RMB + C + F + LMB + LMB + R Medium
X + RMB + C + F + R + C + E + X + RMB + LMB +LMB + E + F + X + RMB + C + LMB + LMB + R + C + E + X + RMB + C + F + LMB + R + C + X + RMB + E + LMB Hard

In Normal Mode

LMB + LMB + E + LMB Easy
E + H Easy (used to get into Possessed mode when not in it.)

Pros

Little combo potential but good combos.
R-move counters Specs users since they have shorter range.
Advantage against most Specs users in general.
Jumpy stand that plays around the opponent.
Dashing distance is further than most abilities in-game.
Bypasses counters in Possessed Mode.
Sword can move in timestop and after dying and obviously do damage (as long as the key was pressed before timestop/before dying).
Low cooldowns.

Cons

T-Move can be dodged easily and is extremely punishable; not worth using at all.
No ranged attacks.
It is possible for people to hit you while you are holding them on your sword (R move).
Can be ragdolled during E and F.
Does not have a stand jump to avoid timestop, which forces you to tank up with the block.
Confusing hitboxes.

Trivia

Anubis received a rework that was shortly reverted. It's moves consisted of a tripping move, a throw move where the victim is thrown upwards, spammable slashing and a short leap.
When in normal mode, the hilt of Anubis is wrapped in cloth since when a person directly touches the hilt, they get possessed by Anubis.
With the removed Anubis Rework, Anubis gained 1 voiceline which is: "I will take your life."
It used to have a quote but this got removed, it was: "Anubis is the strongest stand. Die!", this quote is from JJBA: Heritage for The Future, quoted from Khan's battle intro. The quote played during the R move in Possessed Mode, hence the delay before the strike.
It is one of the few stands that can suddenly change their move set, the others being Crazy Diamond, Shadow The World, Gold Experience, Tusk and King Crimson (Two Arm Doppio).
This stand is needed for the Samurai quest, the requirement being to deal 2000 damage with the normal mode.
In possessed mode, Anubis bypasses counters like the Over Heaven Stands.
The E move in Normal Mode does not hit Dummies.
The blade has a purple trail following it, similar to The Emperor's bullets.
This is one of five stands in the game to not be humanoid, others being DKC, TADKC, The Emperor, and Mr. President.
Anubis is currently is the only Stand to have a right click ability.