This mech is piloted by Van, who is the king of the country Fanelia. Escaflowne doesn't have any special weapons. It only has a long sword. When not engaged in battle, this sword is left in a sheath on the mech's back. When fighting, Van causes Escaflowne to draw its sword, and then the blade telescopes out of the handle ans is ready for battle. It also has the ability to transform into the shape of a winged dragon. In dragon mode, it can glide with its wings, but it doesn't seem to have it's own propulsion. In one episode, it also transformed into the shape of a supersonic jet craft, complete with afterburners. It used this speed boost to get away from the villains. However, it can't fight well in the air. It is designed for ground combat. It was manufactured by a strange intelligent species of alien known as the Ispanos. In one episode, it is shown to be able to actually somehow directly connect with Van. This allowed van to see cloaked enemy mechs and destroy them all, but the effect also made him go berserker and kill the enemies with psychotic happiness. In another episode, it was shown that the Ispanos could be called to fix the mech by a button in the cockpit. And it was also shown that once Van had linked (mentally, mystically, or whatever) with Escaflowne, battle damage to the mech caused Van himself to have physical damage. So a slash through the armor plating on the arm of his mech would actually cause a bleeding cut on his own arm at the exact corresponding point as the damage to the mech. It sort of is like a voodoo doll after he linked with it.

- Това трябва да е сън. Ние сънуваме. Има много случаи в историята на цивилизациите,
когато един вид се среща с друг, чиито умения отхвърлят всички познати на човечеството природни
и физически закони. Способни са на неща, които отричат самата реалност, а това което не е реално
остава да е сън.

Strength: 
Feat 1: After awakening The Xephon, Ayato had encountered a Dorem. After taken a direct attack from the Dorem (without blocking, mind you) he lifted his hand and completely shattered the Dorem. Know that they were a few kilometers away. 
Feat 2: A high energy blast was shot from a Dorem towards Ayato. With great effort, he was able to deflect it using one hand. This blast goes on to destroy a great deal of the city below.
Feat 3: The three mile long Forzando was split in half by The Xephon.
Feat 4: Ritardando was shattered by just running into The Xephon.
Feat 5: Knocked a Dorem halfway across a city without even touching it.
Feat 6: As RahXephon, Ayato destroyed the strongest, normal sized Dorem (it was Mamoru's Dorem, Obbligato. Normal sized would be about Xephon's height and dimension) by just raising his hands.
Feat 7: As RahXephon, with just the wave of his wings, Ayato destroyed all of the present Dorems (probably around 30 or so), all fighter jets, the rest of the armada at sea and the majority of the land below.

Speed: 
Undefined. It is, without speculation, that the Xephon is above sound speed as it's able to outpace fighter jets. As the RahXephon, speed increase is unknown.
Another display I've observed was the fight with Ayato and Mamoru. Mamoru's Dorem is so fast, that it was able to blitz three Vermillions. Vermillions are made to be equal to The Xephon is most physical aspect (speed, power, durability). Mamoru stays faster than Ayato's Xephon until he becomes RahXephon.

Durability/Endurance:
Feat 1: Took an attack in The Xephon from a Dorem that seemed to be hitting (and squeezing) him with electromagnetic waves.
Feat 2: The same Dorem in feat 2 of "strength" repeated the attack. Ayato, angered this time for reason I'll not specify, went on to tank the attack with his body! He proceeds to run though the blast and punches through the Dorem's chest and completely disintergrate it. All this while having only one hand accesible.
Feat 3: Grave, a Dorem that shredded a submarine, couldn't even budge The Xephon when he had it in its grasp.
Feat 4: The Dorem, Ritardando, can submerge whole cities into phase space. It attempted so on Ayato. Ayato broke out of it after being 99.5% submerged.
Feat 5: Survived being electrocuted and being binded by Forzando.
Feat 6: The Dorem Vivace entraped Ayato and took him into a null zone. Within there, he was placed under a hallucinatory state. With the help of Ixtli (his RahXephon's soul) he broke free of both.
Feat 7: The Dorem Falsetto attempted to swallow/absorb Ayato. Seemingly successful, Ayato still manages to escape.
Feat: The Jupiter phenomenon was let off and the Xephon was caught in it (while in egg form). It came out alright (Gravity was 2000x, an islan and a billion ton Dorem was destroyed)
Feat 8: As RahXephon, Ayato can regenerate wounds.
Feat 9: Took a direct attack from another RahXephon while he was mentally unaware... and he took NO damage.
Feat 10: Took an attack from the same RahXephon, but this time at point blank range. It had no effect.

Intellect: 


Fighting Skill:
While not a tactical genius, he tends to get the job done the majority of the time. What helps is that the Xephon has a conscious, and at times, aids Ayato in tight situations. He fights with his bow/arrow, energy sword and hands the majority of the time. As RahXephon, all previous weapons are omitted in place for vastly stronger energy/sound blast either shot from his wings or his vocal.

Techniques/Powers: 
Dimension travelling - Ayato can cross through time and space.
Flight - Needs no further description.
Bow & Arrow - Can produce a bow and arrow made entirely of energy. The arrow shot from the bow can travel exceptionally fast. When a Dorem was in orbit, Ayato used this technique (first time) to kill it while he was on the surface of Earth. It reached the Dorem in a matter of seconds.
Soul projection The RahXephon is able to allow it's soul to appear as the one Ayato is most closet to. This form is able to be seen (when it wants to be seen) by anyone. The thing to note is that Ixtli, the name of RahXephon's soul, can alter people's mind to believe what it wants them to believe about it.
The RahXephon can get as hot as 1000 kelvin
Time Manipulation
- Reverse time: Ayato can turn back time to, at the very least, ten minutes. He did so when him and Elvy were fighting Alternate. He used it to give Elvy the victory over the Dorem he once had.
- Retune: RahXephon's ultimate. He obtains this power after merging with Quon's Rah. With this ability, Ayato has the power to change the history of the world to his desire