Damage Empowerment

Damage Empowerment
Ryohei Sasawaga (Katekyo Hitman Reborn) can use this ability when he is in his Cambio Forma.
Power/Ability to:	Become more powerful from damage.

"Never wound... what you can't kill."

― Eddie Brock Jr. (Spider-Man 3)

"You can bleed us to the brink of death, crush every bone in our bodies, it only makes us more powerful!"

― Vegeta, (Dragon Ball Z)

"There is power in the Blood, for those with the fortitude to pay the price."

― The Ancestor (Darkest Dungeon)

The ability to become more powerful after being damaged. Sub-power of Damage Manipulation. Variation of Affinity. Not to be confused with Pain Empowerment.

Also Called

• Damage Affinity
• Fightin' Spirit (One-Punch Man)
• No Pain No Gain
• Pay Back Time
• Saiyan Power (Dragon Ball series)
• Wound Empowerment

Capabilities

The user becomes stronger, faster, more durable, etc. as they receives damage from their opponents, environment or by themselves. They may be empowered by physical damage, mental damage or soul damage. Lethal damage can give a (near) maximum boost on the attacks of the user of this ability.

Applications

• Decelerated Aging/Semi-Immortality
• Enhanced Condition or Supernatural Condition
  • Enhanced Durability
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Stamina
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Strength
  • Regenerative Healing Factor/Supernatural Regeneration
• Metabolization
• Pain Suppression
• Self-Power Augmentation
• Self-Sustenance

Variations

• Self-Harm Empowerment

Associations

• Affinity
• Anger Empowerment
• Combat Empowerment
• Damage Manipulation
• Pain Empowerment
• Regenerative Empowerment

Limitations

• User has to withstand the pain of the damage they receive.
• Some types of damage may immobilize the user.
• May have limit to how much damage user can take.
• May lose the power they gained after/if they heal.
• Users of Damage Negation are immune.

Known Users

• Characters with To The Limit advantage (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
  • Griever
  • Hringham
  • Maximo Ligori
• Gerard Valkyrie (Bleach)
• Bouncers (Disgaea)
• Flagellant (Darkest Dungeon)
• Saiyans (Dragon Ball series)
• Bergamo (Dragon Ball Super)
• Ryohei Sasagawa (Katekyo Hitman Reborn)
• Sing (Kung Fu Hustle)
• Abaddon (League of Legends); via Borrowed Time
• Candice (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Urouge (One Piece)
• Metal Bat (One-Punch Man)
• Pokemon that can use "Bide", "Payback" or "Revenge" (Pokemon)
• Lucario (Pokémon/Super Smash Bros.)
• Dharok the Wretched's equipment set (Runescape)
• Yang Xiao Long (RWBY); via Semblance
• Meliodas (Seven Deadly Sins); via Revenge Counter
• Original Demon (Seven Deadly Sins)
• The Soldier (Team Fortress 2); when the equalizer is equipped and active.
• Spartacus (TYPE-MOON)
• Tree Ragnarok (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
• Rubilax (Wakfu)

Known Objects

• Revenge Sword (Final Fantasy Legend)
• Rage Blaster (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
• Panic Attack (Team Fortress 2); Before Gun Mettle update
• Shahanshah (Team Fortress 2)

Gallery

Gerard Valkyrie (Bleach) can use The Miracle to turn all the damage he takes to pure power...

...regenerating his limbs stronger than they used to be...

...regrowing his entire body into an even stronger form...

...and even drastically increasing his size if he is damaged enough.

Son Goku (Dragon Ball series) possesses Zenkai (or "Full Recovery"), a trait genetically exclusive to the Saiyan race that allows him to enhance his own strength every time he recovers from near-fatal damage.

Goku Black's (Dragon Ball Super) Full Recovery has evolved to the point that any damage he suffers, including minor wounds and pain, allows him to adapt and grow stronger.

Candice's (Marchen Awakens Romance) ÄRM, Scale of Blessing summons a clock that moves its hand each time she takes damage. For twelve turns, any damage Candice receives is turned into magical power.

Lucario's (Pokémon/Super Smash Bros.) Aura grows more powerful the more damaged it is.

Yang Xiao Long (RWBY) has this ability as her Semblance.

Yang (RWBY) has absorbed enough power from the damage she's taken to overpower Roman Torchwick's Atlesian Paladin mech.

The Rage Blaster's (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate) shots grow more powerful the more damage the wielder suffers.

The Panic Attack (Team Fortress 2) is tied to the wielder’s heart rate, allowing it to shoot faster and faster at the cost of accuracy when its wielder has been injured without getting killed.

Spartacus (TYPE-MOON)

Rubilax (Wakfu) in his unleashed form becomes larger and stronger when Grovy keeps hitting him.