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

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
• No Pain No Gain
• Pay Back Time

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
• Self-Power Augmentation
• Self-Sustenance

Variations

• Self-Harm Empowerment

Associations

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

Limitations

• User can't use this ability if they are dead.
• User has to withstand the pain of the damage they receive, so a lot of willpower is required to use this.
• Some damage can immobilize the user, so they become easy target.
• Taken damage is one thing, however, unless they can recover from it, they'll wear out eventually.

Known Users

• Bouncers (Disgaea)
• Ryohei Sasagawa (Katekyo Hitman Reborn)
• Sing (Kung Fu Hustle)
• The Soldier (Team Fortress 2); when the equalizer is equipped and active.
• Dharok the Wretched's equipment set (Runescape)
• Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)
• Meliodas (Seven Deadly Sins); via Revenge Counter
• Spartacus (TYPE-MOON)
• Pokemon that can use "Bide" (Pokemon)
• Urouge (One Piece)
• Candice (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Rubilax (Wakfu)
• Gerard Valkyrie (Bleach)
• Metal Bat (One-Punch Man)
• Tree Ragnarok (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
• Goku Black (Dragon Ball Super)

Gallery

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.

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

Gerard Valkyrie (Bleach) with "the Miracle" can turn all the damage he takes to pure power and even increases his size.