As an AI belonging to the [[Cyberse (world)|Cyberse]], Ignis has some degree of control over it. He is the only one who knows its location and can unlock data from it to start a [[Data Storm]]. Ignis is shown to be far more sophisticated than other AIs, being fully capable of thinking and acting on his own will and showing emotion. According to [[Shoichi Kusanagi]], Ignis is built out of highly complicated algorithms that even Yusaku couldn't fully decode. Ignis' memories are stored in the form of video logs. However, Ignis' level of free will is limited by the fact that he is still an AI, as such he can't comprehend why humans do actions that would seem illogical and contradicting with each other.

Ignis has the ability to sense a Knight of Hanoi's presence through the cards in their deck, such as when he knew right away that Go Onizuka was pretending to be a Knight and when he discovered the Hanoi-affected card in Blue Angel's deck and could tell when it was drawn.