Why did Barry become Savitar?

The time remnant realizes God feels no pain and decides to become one. He becomes Savitar. This time remnant/Savitar travels back in time and creates the lie that he was the first speedster. Savitar proclaims himself a time god and starts recruiting followers using the Philosopher's Stone, thus setting up his own myth.
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How was Savitar originally created?

In order to ascend, however, Savitar will need two things: Iris will need to die so that Barry is driven so far into the dark that he creates the time remnants to stop Savitar, thus creating Savitar.
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How does Barry stop Savitar?

Barry, self-assured he'll never embrace darkness, defeats Savitar while Iris straight up kills him with a bullet to his back. But the less said about murdering her fiance's time remnant the better. In the end, there's no rest of The Flash. While Savitar is gone, the Speed Force is unstable without a speedster prisoner.
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Is Savitar because of Flashpoint?

In the novel "The Flash: Hocus Pocus" where Barry never creates Flashpoint, Savitar never exists either, implying his existence depends on Flashpoint.
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When did Barry create Savitar?

Savitar first appeared in Flash (vol. 2) #108 (December 1995), and was created by Mark Waid and Oscar Jimenez.
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"How Did You Become Savitar" - The Flash 3x21



Who is Savitar's real identity?

Twist revealed in 'The Flash' season 3, episode 21. At the end of episode 20 of The Flash, the CW series finally revealed Savitar's true identity. This season's big bad has been Barry Allen all along! Well not exactly Barry Allen, but a bizarro, scarred, evil version of Barry Allen.
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Who is faster Savitar or flash?

5 Savitar. The central villain of The Flash's third season, Savitar has outrun every speedster who's appeared in the Arrowverse up until now. He is a massive step up from Reverse-Flash and Zoom as Barry Allen's big bad, and has made the likes of Barry, Wally, and Jay Garrick look positively slow.
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What are the two things Savitar needed?

CALCIFIED SPEEDFORCE
  • Iris to die to ensure his birth.
  • Attain omnipresence through the Speed Force. If he is at all times in all places, he would become a literal god.
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What did Savitar do Wally?

Whenever Wally went after Savitar the night Iris was killed, Savitar must have revealed that he was Barry to Wally. Which broke him mentally and emotionally. How could the man who is his friend, his mentor, and practically his brother kill Iris? So he became catatonic.
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What was Savitar's plan?

Time: Savitar's plan was to cement his place in reality by giving Barry an excuse to create the time remnant that would eventually become him.
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Does Wally save Iris from Savitar?

No, He Didn't Save Iris West

Fans hoping that Barry and Iris's engagement meant that the future could be changed - since she wasn't wearing an engagement ring in Barry and Cisco's original Savitar vision - saw that sorted by Iris entrusting the ring to her father, Joe.
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Is Wally West faster than Savitar?

5. Wally West - Wally is slower than Savitar as Savitar broke his after he was speed punching him and running around him, he still caught Wally. Some might argue that Wally was only slower as Savitar paranoid him. But he wasn't really paranoid after he came out the Speed Force and was ready to face Savitar.
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Who was the first speedster?

3 Jay Garrick: The Very First Comic Speedster Who Set The Standard. The first speedster in comics, as well as being the first Flash, Jay Garrick set the standard that all speedsters would follow.
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What earth is Savitar from?

Savitar (Prime Earth)
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How did Godspeed get his powers?

In the comic books, Godspeed gained his superhuman speed after getting struck by lightning from a Speed Force Storm similar to how Barry Allen got his powers.
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How did Savitar make his suit?

The suit was created using the Philosopher's Stone. Unlike other speedster suits which are typically made of a heat-resistant leather-like material, Savitar's armor is completely metallic, and also covers its occupant from head to toe.
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Why did Wally lose his powers?

Labs because Savitar has lost his memory, too, which makes him useless to her. (And since Savitar has lost his memory, Wally loses his power because without his memory, he never goes through with the plan to create Kid Flash.
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Why was Wally paralyzed?

In an erased future, the night after Iris West died at the hands of Savitar, an enraged Wally West sped off to battle Savitar. The next day, Joe West found a paralyzed Wally with a broken spine. After this event, Beth was hired to be Wally's caretaker at the West house.
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What is Savitar's top speed?

Savitar can also travel through the timeline meaning he can go about 900 mph or just a bit over Mach 1, he is also able to create multiple speed mirage's meaning he can go at Mach 5.8 or higher.
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Why is future flash evil?

The Future Flash is a villain from the DC Comics and is the main antagonist of the Out of Time storyline. He is a version of Barry Allen/The Flash from an alternate future who blamed himself for the death of Wally West and became determined to prevent it.
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Is Savitar a future flash?

Savitar's identity was finally revealed during Tuesday's episode of The Flash — and it's safe to say that the hero has truly become the villain. After finally putting the pieces together, Barry Allen came to the realization that Savitar is actually a future version of himself. Thus, he's a future Flash, if you will.
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What is Black Flash's top speed?

Dividing the speed of light by 80 reveals Barry Allen's top speed as The Flash to be roughly 8.3 million mph (13.5 million km/h ) or Mach 10,925. It's possible this is a measure of how fast Barry is without fully tapping the Speed Force, which he presumably did to protect Big Sir and himself in the aforementioned case.
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Who is the fastest villain?

Marvel: 10 Fastest Villains In The Comics, Ranked
  1. 1 The Runner Is The Very Embodiment Of Speed Itself.
  2. 2 The Void Is An Entity Able To Move Faster Than Thought. ...
  3. 3 The Living Laser Is An Energy Being Who Can Travel At The Speed Of Light. ...
  4. 4 The Blur Is A Speedster Akin To The Flash. ...
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