Archetype:Power Reliant

Power Reliant
Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) has had little formal training, but compensates by taking full advantage of his spider powers in a fight.
Archetype of:	One who compensates for lack of skill via their power.

"You're unskilled, untrained, unworthy!"
"You forgot one: unstoppable!"

― Knuckles the Echidna and Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog 2)

"Strategy? Spacing? I just keep punching until I hit something."

― Sol Badguy (Guilty Gear)

"Your choice of warriors is based solely on brute strength, without regard for any strategy."

― Tetrax Shard (Ben 10)

The archetype of a character who is not particularly skilled, but makes up for it with raw power. Opposite to Skill Reliant.

Properties

While the user doesn't have much in the way of actual combat skill or technique, they're able to keep pace with others and defeat opponents by virtue of having great power and/or strength.

Associated Powers

• Enhanced Power Level
• Extreme Specialization
• Raw Power
• Strength Combat

Relationships

• Power-Skill Combo
• Skill Reliant
• Squishy Super

Associations

• Compensation Manipulation
• Superpower Manipulation
• Team Strong

Flaws/Weaknesses

• May be outmatched by more skilled opponents, especially if the power gap is too small.
• Extremely inefficient against even more powerful entities.

Example Characters

See also: Unskilled, but Strong and Good Old Fisticuffs.

• Enerjak (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Tatsumi Oga (Beelzebub)
• Ben Tennyson (Ben 10); formerly
• Warren Mears (Buffy the Vampire Slayer); via the Orbs of Nezzla'Khan
• Kryptonians (DC Comics)
• Urizen (Devil May Cry 5)
• Gotenks (Dragon Ball series)
• Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
• Tiny (The Hammer); formerly
• Alastor (Hazbin Hotel)
• Andrealphus (Helluva Boss)
• Park Hanjun (Hectopascal)
• John Nash (Hero Killer); formerly
• Sairaorg Bael (High School DxD)
• Xenovia Quarta (High School DxD)
• Inuyasha (InuYasha)
• Nui Harume (Kill la Kill)
• Zant (The Legend of Zelda)
• X-24 (Logan)
• Bruce Banner/The Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
• Green Goblin (Marvel Comics)
• Piotr Rasputin/Colossus (Marvel Comics)
• Nagi Springfield (Mahou Sensei Negima)
• Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto)
• Kaguya Otsutsuki (Naruto)
• Hody Jones (One Piece)
• Saitama (One-Punch Man)
• Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)
• Thog (The Order of the Stick)
• Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon)
• Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)
• Sung Suho (Solo Leveling: Ragnarök)
• Necalli (Street Fighter series)
• Sugou Nobuyuki (Sword Art Online)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog film series)
• Bowser (Super Mario Bros series)
• Gigas (Tekken series)
• Terminators (Terminator series)
• Nathan Drake (Uncharted series)
• Michael Corvin (Underworld series)
• Yuji Itadori (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Mahito (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Various Characters (QUESTISM)
• Younger Togoro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Various Characters (unOrdinary)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Gotenks (Dragon Ball series) is arrogant, obsessed with making flashy but ineffective techniques, and outmatched against stronger and more skilled opponents, but is nonetheless one of the most powerful warriors in Universe 7.

Xenovia Quarta (High School DxD) was dubbed the "Power Idiot" for her preference in attempting to overwhelm her opponents with pure power and strength over being subtle or using skills.

Inuyasha (InuYasha) often wins fights through raw power and instinct over techniques and tactics.

Nagi Springfield (Mahou Sensei Negima) only knows a few spells by heart but compensates with his raw magical power.

As Jinchūriki of Kurama, Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto) possesses vast chakra reserves, allowing him to more readily rely on raw-power ninjutsu instead of the more fine-control techniques his peers have learned.

Saitama (One-Punch Man) is so powerful compared to anyone else that all he needs to do is punch someone to win.

Sugou Nobuyuki/Oberon (Sword Art Online) has no real combat skill but compensates by using his admin privileges to give himself overpowered stats, equipment, and magic.

While he has actual combat training, Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho) much preferred relying on his overwhelming strength in a fight.

Yuji Itadori (Jujutsu Kaisen) while a gifted fighter has a very little expertise at Jujutsu Sorcery...

But is nevertheless so strong that curses like Mahito gets beaten up with just a headbutt from him.

Mahito (Jujutsu Kaisen) like his Arch-Nemesis Yuji has very little experience at Jujutsu Sorcery due to being a young Curse...

But compensates this by utilizing dirty tactics like when he pushes both Yuji and Nanami back with his Domain Expansion.

Cartoons/Comics

In his youth, Ben Tennyson (Ben 10) much preferred brute force over strategy or tactics, with Fourarms being his go-to form in a fight.

Alastor (Hazbin Hotel) is a powerful mage...

... but is reliant on his magic almost entirely in battle and becomes openly vulnerable if he loses access to it.

Hulk (Marvel Comics)

While superhuman due to the Goblin Serum, Norman Osborn/Green Goblin (Marvel Comics) is a businessman and scientist first and foremost rather than a fighter and thus relies more on unrefined moves in combat...

...but he is nonetheless able to catch a punch from the Raimiverse incarnation of Spider-Man before sending him flying with a single kick...

...and overpower the MCU incarnation, breaking his ribs with a body slam.

Live TV/Movies

Empowered by the Orbs of Nezzla'Khan, Warren Mears (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) effortlessly overpowers Buffy with brute strength alone.

Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) depends heavily on his raw strength and undead nature in a fight...

...leading to him being outmatched by Kay-Em 14, an android programmed with martial arts and gunplay skills...

...until his Cybernetic Enhancement.

Sonic the Hedgehog (Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog)

Although Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars) was the most powerful Force user in history, he neglected to learn how to use the Force into his attacks, which allowed Obi-Wan to match a Force push with him on Mustafar...

...although when he became Darth Vader, he studied more in his Force abilities and became far stronger despite his missing limbs.

Programmed specifically to kill rather than fight in close quarters, Terminators (Terminator franchise) largely rely on brute strength, whether on humans or each other.

Though he lacked any skill or fighting experience, Michael Corvin's (Underworld) raw strength as a Hybrid enabled him to fight the Vampire Elder Viktor and briefly overpower him...

...before Viktor's superior fighting experience enabled him to turn the tables.

After impersonating his brother as the new Zangetsu-Shin Mitsuzane Kureshima (Kamen Rider Gaim) has all of the raw power of a New Generation Rider but none of his brother's skills as shown when he was outed as an imposter by Oren just by analyzing his fighting style and get's his butt handed to him by his brother Takatora, Kouta, Kaito, Oren and Jonouchi when they go out in each of their bouts with him.

Video Games

Nathan Drake (Uncharted) has no known formal hand-to-hand or martial arts training, but is a skilled street fighter who can throw a good haymaker and improvise a pretty effective counter in a fight and come out on top...

...though this puts him at a disadvantage against Nadine Ross, a trained mercenary and martial artist.

Videos

The Galleria (T-800 vs T-1000) - Terminator 2 -Remastered-

He'll Live - Terminator 2 -Remastered--2

Pescadero Hospital Escape - Terminator 2 -Remastered--2

Maxing out intimidation stats