The ability to avoid linear attacks with incredible ease.
Contents
Also Called
- Evasive Action
- Mantra/Observation/Kenbunshoku Haki (One Piece)
Capabilities
The user can avoid linear attacks such as bullets and lasers by simply quickly positioning themselves away from the path of the attack before it is fired. This can allow the user to avoid attacks that travel much faster than the user themselves.
Techniques
- Dodge Roll - Various tuck and roll maneuvers.
- Flowmotion
- Sliding Dash
Associations
- Accelerated Perception
- Attack Prediction
- Body Language Analysis
- Danger Intuition
- Enhanced Agility
- Enhanced Defense
- Enhanced Reflexes
- Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Speed
- Evasion
- Evasion Calling
- Recoil Proficiency
Limitations
- May not work on unpredictable attacks that do not travel in a straight path.
- May not be able to avoid an Absolute Attack.
- Cannot dodge an Omnipresent Attack.
Known Users
Cartoons/Comics
- Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Terry McGinnis/Batman (Batman Beyond)
- XLR8 (Ben 10)
- Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman (DC Comics)
- Cassandra Cain (DC Comics)
- Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
- Starfire (DC Comics)
- Robins (DC Comics)
- Risk (DC Comics)
- Steven Grant Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics)
- Akihiro Daken (Marvel Comics)
- Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
- Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (Marvel Comics)
- Shatterstar (Marvel Comics)
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Mayday "May" Parker/Spider-Girl (Marvel Comics)
- Spider-Woman (Marvel Comics)
- James "Bucky" Barnes/Winter Soldier (Marvel Comics)
- James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
- Jack (Samurai Jack)
- Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
- Lastikman (Lastikman)
- Vampires/Originals/Hybrids (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
- Dracula (The Batman vs. Dracula)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Joukkyu (Aiki)
- Azumi (Azumi)
- Train Heartnet (Black Cat)
- Sōsuke Aizen (Bleach)
- Suzaku Kururugi/Spinzaku (Code Geass)
- Various Characters (Dragon Ball Series)
- Sloth (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- King Bradley/Wraith (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- Rushuna Tendo (Grenadier)
- Sharingan Users (Naruto)
- Sakura Haruno (Naruto)
- Third Raikage (Naruto)
- Forth Raikage Ay/A (Naruto)
- Urashiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- Hyaweh (Prism Ark)
- Rokushiki/Six Powers Masters (One Piece); via Kami-e
- CP9 members
- High Ranked Navy Officers
- Users of Kenbunshoku/Observation Haki (One Piece)
- Dufort (Zatch Bell!)
- Vash the Stampede (Trigun)
- Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Kotaro Nanbara (Hand Maid May)
- Ichi-kun Ichinohei (Ninja High School)
- Various characters (Mobile Suit Gundam franchise)
- Thorfinn (Vinland Saga)
Live Television/Movies
- Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones)
- Jedi (Star Wars)
- Agents (The Matrix)
- Neo (The Matrix)
- Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Faith Lehane (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slater)
- Connor (Angel)
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
- Drake (Blade: Trinity)
- Xenomorphs (Aliens vs. Predator)
- Augments (Star Trek)
- Terminators (Terminator)
- Dillon (Power Rangers RPM)
- X5-Series (Dark Angel)
- Ian Archer (Tower Prep)
- Max Guevara (Dark Angel)
- Cameron Hicks (Alphas)
Video Games
- Zack Fair (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
- Kasumi (Dead or Alive series)
- Cole MacGrath (inFamous)
- Nix (inFamous 2)
- Lucy Kuo (inFamous 2)
- Big Boss (Metal Gear)
- Grey Fox (Metal Gear)
- Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
- Vamp (Metal Gear Solid)
- Samus Aran (Metroid)
- Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat)
- Pokémon with increased evasiveness (Pokémon)
- Pokémon with the Sand Veil/Snow Cloak/Tangled Feet abilities (Pokémon)
- Pokémon holding Bright Powder or Lax Incense (Pokémon)
- Pokémon who can learn Double Team or Minimize (Pokémon)
- Pokémon with the "Contrary" or "Moody" abilities (Pokémon)
- Pokémon affected by "Acupressure" (Pokémon)
- Albert Wesker (Resident Evil franchise)
- Infinite (Sonic Forces)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype)
- Asura (Asura's Wrath)
- Sans (Undertale)
- Frisk (Undertale)
- Chara (Undertale); inside Frisk's body
- Rise Kujikawa (Persona 4)
- Link (The Legend of Zelda)
- John Marston (Red Dead)
- Max Payne (Max Payne)
- Faith (Mirror's Edge)
- Rahkshi of Dodge (Bionicle)
- Makuta (Bionicle)
Others
- Alek Filipov (Ripley's Bureau of Investigation)
- Lux Acadia (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
- Street Samurai (Shadowrun)
- Pyrrha Nikos (RWBY)
Gallery
Cartoons/Comics
As an Airbender, Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender) can dodge attacks while moving like the wind.
Dracula (The Batman vs. Dracula) casually dodges a hail of Batarangs thrown at him by Batman.
Bruce Wayne/Batman (DCAU) dodges Darkseid's Omega Beams, a feat previously thought impossible.
Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics) dodging point-blank gunfire.
Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) dodges projectiles thrown at him by Bullseye.
Yumi Ishiyama (Code Lyoko)
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Robin (Teen Titans)
Starfire (Teen Titans Go)
April O’Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
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Anime/Manga/Manhwa
Sōsuke Aizen's (Bleach) tremendous mastery of Shunpo allows him to evade the fastest attacks.
Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z)
Goku (Dragon Ball) uses the Afterimage Technique to dodge bullets...
...and while in his Ultra Instinct form, he was able to avoid and evade Jiren's energy attacks...
Thanks to his Ultimate Eye, King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist) can dodge numerous bullets.
With his immense mastery over Kenbunshoku/Observation Haki, Sanji (One Piece) can dodge unexpected attacks...
...like point-blank gunfire.
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Sung Jin-Woo (Solo Leveling)
Rushuna Tendo (Grenadier) dodges machine gun fire by spinning in place.
Dufort's (Zatch Bell!) psychic powers allow him to predict his opponents’ attacks and dodge them with great ease.
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Video Games
Kasumi (Dead or Alive series) dodging flying kunai.
Ventus (Kingdom Hearts) uses a Dodge Roll to avoid enemy attacks.
Big Boss (Metal Gear) dodges Ocelot's bullets.
Albert Wesker (Resident Evil) easily dodges numerous bullets.
Infinite (Sonic Forces) casually dodges Sonic's super-fast charge.
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Live Television/Movies
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Neo (The Matrix) dodges bullets.
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Agent Jones (The Matrix) dodges a hail of bullets without even moving his feet.
Angel (Angel) dodging stakes launched at incredible speeds.
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) dodging machete attacks from Jason Voorhees.
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Batman (DC Extended Universe) dodging Parademon plasma fire.
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Web Animation/Series/Originals
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