Gabriel, Judge of Hell

Gabriel is the first Angel V1 encounters. He wears silver armor with golden accents, and his eyeless helmet is embedded with a golden cross. Sky-blue light constructs form both his angel wings and his halo. He also wears ornate twin swords sheathed on his right hip, the scabbards bearing the phrases "Splendor is Justice" and "Justice is Splendor". Despite having these weapons, Gabriel never uses them in this fight, favoring instead swords, axes, and spears made of golden light.

In the end screen of Infinite Hyperdeath, just after his defeat, we learn that this one loss he faced was enough to question his loyalty. He is unable to properly explain himself, and the Heavenly Council declares him a heretic and strips him of God's power. He is given 24 hours to kill V1 and unmake his mistakes. He initially speaks very eloquently to V1, but in a holier-than-thou tone that shows he is arrogant and disgusted with the Machine.

In battle, Gabriel is a test of your reflexes as he teleports around to launch rapid-fire attacks at you. Boasting the large and varied moveset, he is a force to be reckoned with and will likely require multiple attempts to best. After taking a certain amount of damage, he will properly enter Phase 2. In Phase 2, Gabriel changes from a silver and gold color scheme to red and gold while improving his existing attacks. In Violent, he will also gain a new attack in phase 2. In Brutal, Gabriel is faster overall (confirmation needed), and two of his attacks gain new behaviors

Gabriel has 4 attacks, with an extra attack in Phase 2 of Violent and above. Between each taunt, Gabriel will string two combo attacks together (three combo attacks on Violent), with a chance to perform an axe throw before each combo. He will not use the same combo attack twice in a row, and a maximum of one axe throw can be performed between taunts. Every melee attack is unparryable, while every projectile attack is parryable!

Gabriel will materialize a greatsword of light in his right hand and dash at V1 before swinging twice, then throwing it at V1. The thrown greatsword can be parried. In Phase 2, he will teleport before throwing, and if the sword flies for a certain amount of time without hitting V1 or terrain, he will teleport to the sword to catch and throw it again. Gabriel will materialize a tall spear of light in his right hand before teleporting above V1. He will track V1 until thrusting the spear directly downward, which can be avoided by sliding. Afterward, he will teleport and throw the spear directly at V1. The spear can be parried or deflected with an explosion. In Phase 2, he will thrust twice before throwing. In Brutal, Gabriel can thrust horizontally with his spear instead of only thrusting vertically, which makes this attack much more unpredictable and dangerous. Gabriel will materialize a katana of light in his left hand and quickly slice twice before performing a long-distance thrust. He will only initiate this combo while V1 is in close range, and it cannot be parried. In phase 2, he will teleport before thrusting. Gabriel will materialize twin light axes in both hands and quickly throw them at V1. The projectiles have minor tracking, allowing them to curve slightly to hit V1 and potentially prolong their flight. These can be parried, but the small hitboxes on each axe projectile combined with their helical flight pattern make this a difficult task, and parrying one axe can still leave the other in flight. On Violent difficulty and above, he will summon a surrounding shield of swords at the start of Phase 2, and then every other taunt. These can be parried. On Brutal, this attack ends with the swords teleporting around V1 in a ring and orbiting it for a few moments before briefly pausing and launching inwards. This will happen at the same time as Gabriel’s second attack after summoning the orbiting swords. (Additionally, the swords might be unparriable until they launch towards V1. More testing is needed.) As the righteous hand of the Father, he will rend you apart