Defense Prediction

"The ability to read an opponent's moves...Obviously does not belong exclusively to you."

- Hou Ken to Kyou Kai (Kingdom)

"King Crimson has already seen through it. Your movements in the future. The trajectory of your movements in the future."

- Diavolo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V/5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)

The power to predict and interpret others' defenses. Variation of Combat Perception, Enhanced Reflexes and Causality Perception.

Also Called

 * Battle Prediction
 * Combat Clairvoyance
 * Defense killer
 * Preflex

Capabilities
The user can interpret and predict enemy defenses and react to the incoming defenses, brush off or totally avoid the upcoming defenses even from a dead angle.

Applications

 * Aim Dodging
 * Attack Reversal
 * Auto-Reflexes
 * Counter
 * Danger Intuition
 * Evasion

Variations

 * Body Language Analysis: The user reads an opponent's body language to anticipate an defense.
 * Telepathic Prediction: The user reads an opponent's mind to anticipate their next move.

Associations

 * Accelerated Probability
 * Accelerated Vision
 * Adoptive Muscle Memory
 * Adrenal Activation
 * Ambition Manipulation
 * Causality Perception
 * Enhanced Condition
 * Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Senses
 * Precognition

Limitations

 * May not be able to predict defenses that are too fast.
 * May not be able to predict multiple defenses coming from every direction.
 * May not be able to predict Homing Effect defenses.
 * Users are unable to predict movements from opponents with Unpredictability.
 * May be dependent on the user's state of mind and concentration.
 * Doesn't directly provide defense from the attack.
 * May not be able to cope if the predicted defense is perfectly attuned with the actual assault or if the user reacts slower and unable to do so in time.

Known Users
See Also: Combat Clairvoyance. {{Scroll_box|

Cartoons/Comics

 * Cassandra Cain (DC Comics)
 * Clock King (DC Comics)
 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
 * Charlie Cluster 7/Fantomex (Marvel Comics)
 * Anna Marie/Rogue (Marvel Comics); via Seventh Sense
 * Predicto (Sonic the Comic)
 * Turtlebot (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 2003 TV series)
 * Midnighter (Wildstorm/DC Comics)
 * Ozymandias (Watchmen)
 * Mackiel Roy "Macroy" (ARHicks Series)
 * Party Crasher (Miraculous Ladybug)

Anime/Manga

 * Kamijou Touma (A Certain Magical Index)
 * Joukkyu Kunotoshi (Aiki)
 * Sosuke Aizen (Bleach)
 * Washio (Buso Renkin)
 * Sakunosuke Oda (Bungo Stray Dogs)
 * Karatenmon (Digimon)
 * Janemba (Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn)
 * Super 17 (Dragon Ball GT)
 * Cobra (Fairy Tail)
 * Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
 * Roah (Fist of the North Star)
 * King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist)
 * Lute (Gun-ota ga Mahou Sekai ni Tensei Shitara)
 * Diavolo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V/5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo); via Epitaph
 * Lugh (Kenichi History's Mightiest Disciple)
 * Yoriichi Tsugikuni ("Kimetsu no Yaiba"); via Ability to see-Through
 * Kokushibo (Kimetsu no Yaiba); via Ability to see-Through
 * Tanjirou Kamado (Kimetsu no Yaiba ); via Ability to see-Through
 * Gyoumei Himejima (Kimetsu no Yaiba); via Ability to see-through
 * Various Characters (Kingdom)
 * Takeshi Nanase (Mahou Sensou)
 * Sharingan Users (Naruto)
 * Users of Kenbunshoku/Observation Haki (One Piece)
 * Boa Sandersonia
 * Enel
 * Monkey D. Luffy
 * Silvers Rayleigh
 * Vinsmoke Sanji
 * Charlotte Katakuri
 * Tomokui Kanata/Rou (Re:Monster)
 * Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin)
 * X Robot (Sonic X)
 * Eiji Nochizawa (Sword Art Online)
 * Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen (World Witches/Strike Witches); via Foresight ability
 * Laura Toth (World Witches/Strike Witches); via Sense Acceleration ability
 * Apollo Genesis (Zatch Bell!)
 * Dufort (Zatch Bell!)
 * Kakeru Satsuki (11eyes); via Eye of Aeon

Live Television/Movies

 * Vanessa Brewer (Angel)
 * Ian Archer (Tower Prep)
 * CJ Ward (Tower Prep)
 * Dr. Cal Lightman (Lie to Me)
 * Freya McAllister (Thoughtcrimes)

Literature

 * Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes)
 * Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)
 * Anyone burning Atium, such as Mistborn and Seers (Mistborn)
 * Rezkin (King's Dark Tidings)

Video Games

 * Malthael (Diablo)
 * Pokemon that can use "Detect" (Pokemon)
 * Ghirahim (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
 * Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (Assassin's Creed)
 * Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)
 * Desmond Miles (Assassin's Creed)
 * Dark Link (The Legend of Zelda)
 * Vamp (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty)
 * Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney Series); via Justice Bracelet
 * Yahg (Mass Effect)
 * Shadow Broker (Mass Effect 2)
 * Shadow Rise (Persona 4)
 * King Arthur (TYPE-MOON)
 * Archer (TYPE-MOON)
 * Emerl (Sonic the Hedgehog)}}

Known Objects

 * Sword of Sanctuary (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)