Defense Bypassing

Defense Bypassing
Gáe Dearg (TYPE-MOON) is a spear that renders magical enhancements and projections useless by severing all ties with magical energy, such as Saber's armor.
Power/Ability to:	Bypass defenses.

"When I defeat you, I'll be a man who can even cut steel."

― Roronoa Zoro to Daz Bones/Mr.1 (One Piece)

"It burns!!! I-I got burned!! Even my bones feel hot! They're broken!! Iron Body isn't working at all!! What's with that kick?! Dammit!!"

― Jabra (One Piece) after taking a hit from Sanji's Diable Jambe.

"There is no such thing as true invulnerability. Struck with enough skill and strength, even a steel man can be brought down."

― Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger to Stalnoivolk (DC Comics)

The ability to bypass any kind of defenses. Sub-power of Defense Manipulation and Absolute Attack. Opposite to Attack Bypassing.

Also Called

• Armor/Defense Break
• Armor/Defense Piercing

Capabilities

The user is able to bypass an opponent's defenses and does equal damage no matter how strong, durable, magically enhanced or seemingly impenetrable the defense is.

Applications

• Near Absolute Attack
• Crushing
• Force-Field Penetration
• Impale
• Internal Rupturing
• Shield Penetration

Variations

• Defensive Damage
• Shield Removal

Associations

• Defense Manipulation
• Armor Piercing Bullets

Limitations

• Cannot bypass users of an Absolute Defense.
• Some targets may be able to withstand more damage anyway, such as if the target has Regenerative Healing Factor or if it is very large.
• Users of Bypassing Immunity are unaffected.
• If the target is immune to the attribute of the attack (such as Intangibility or Spatial-Temporal Lock) instead of defense-based resistance, then it is useless.
• Weak against Defense Recovery.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Yuujiro Hanma (Baki the Grappler)
• Guts (Berserk)
• Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto (Bleach)
• Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach)
• Sōsuke Aizen (Bleach)
• Baraggan Louisenbairn (Bleach)
• Moe Shishigawara (Bleach)
• Bambietta Basterbine (Bleach)
• Lille Barro (Bleach)
• Ibuki (Chaos Dragon)
• Tohka Yatogami (Date A Live)
• Wei Zhijun (Darker than Black)
• Normas (Cross Ange Rondo Of Angel And Dragon)
• Gankoomon X (Digimon)
• Nappa (Dragon Ball Z)
• Piccolo (Dragon Ball series); via Special Beam Cannon
• Jin Mu-Won (Legend of the Northern Blade)
• Laxus Dreyar (Fairy Tail); via Mercury Fulminate: Thunder God
• Kenshirō (Fist of the North Star)
• Souther (Fist of the North Star)
• Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Oboro (Gintama)
• Utsuro (Gintama)
• Yushin (Hero Killer)
• Ihwa/Hero Killer (Hero Killer)
• Issei Hyoudou (Highschool DxD)
• Miyamoto Mamoru (Infinite Leveling Murim)
• Inuyasha (InuYasha); via Meido Zangetsuha
• Sesshōmaru (InuYasha)
• Anubis (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders)
• Mahoraga(Jujutsu Kaisen); via Superior Adaptation
• Ryomen Sukuna (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Cheon Ma (Myst, Might, Mayhem/Nano Machine)
• Cheon Yeo Woon (Nano Machine)
• Mun Ran-Yeong (Nano Machine)
• Gaara (Naruto)
• Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)
• Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto)
• Users of Dust Release (Naruto)
• Might Guy (Naruto)
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
• Isshiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
• Aruka Schild (Needless)
• Busoshoku/Armament Haki Users (One Piece)
• Kozuki Oden (One Piece)
• Marshal D. Teach/Blackbeard (One Piece)
• Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
• Rob Lucci (One Piece)
• Bartholomew Kuma (One Piece)
• Scratchman Apoo (One Piece)
• Trafalgar D. Water Law (One Piece)
• Edward Newgate/Whitebeard (One Piece)
• Sanji (One Piece)
• Franky (One Piece)
• Sakazuki/Akainu (One Piece)
• Hasshoken Practitioners (One Piece)
  • Don Chinjao
  • Sai
  • Boo
• Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece)
• Lee Geon (Return of the Disaster-Class Hero)
• Cheongmyeong (Return of the Blossoming Blade)
• Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?/Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?)
• Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
• Sung Suho (Solo Leveling: Ragnarök)
• Futae no Kiwami Practitioners (Rurouni Kenshin)
• Misaka Mikoto (Toaru Majutsu no Index); with Shokuhou Misaki via Liquid Proof Railgun
• Trismegistus (Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index)
• Levi Kazama (Trinity Seven)
• Tsuyoshi Kawabata (TSUYOSHI)
• Direct Attackers (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Byakko (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Hyuk Musang (World’s Greatest Senior Disciple)

Cartoons

• Ghostly Wail Users (Danny Phantom)
  • Danny Fenton/Phantom
  • Dark Danny/Dan Phantom
• Yuck (Yin Yang Yo!) via Fists of Fire
• Yang (Yin Yang Yo!) via Fists of Fire

Comics

• Bruce Banner/Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Sean Cassidy/Banshee (Marvel Comics)
• Danny Rand/Iron Fist (Marvel Comics)
• Ninjak (Valiant Entertainment Comics)

Live Television

• Bad Wolf (Doctor Who)

Video Games

• Stun Thrust (Alter Echo)
• Batman (Batman: Arkham); via Beat Down
• Asura (Asura's Wrath)
• Nortrom (DOTA)
• Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII series)
• Kain (Legacy of Kain); via Fury
• Mega Man X (Mega Man X)
• Raiden (Metal Gear)
• Various Characters (Paper Mario series)
• Pokémon capable of using Chip Away, Feint, Phantom Force or Shadow Force (Pokémon)
• Pokémon with the Ability Infiltrator, Mold Breaker, Teravolt or Turboblaze (Pokémon)
• Hoopa (Pokémon); via Hyperspace Hole and Hyperspace Fury
• Spyro (Spyro series); via Superflame
• Galeem (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
• Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Culex (Super Mario RPG)
• All PLayable Characters (Elsword)
• Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima); via Dance of Wrath

Literature

• Voldemort (Harry Potter)
• Death Eaters (Harry Potter)

Web Animation/Comics

• Seraphina (unOrdinary)
• John Doe (unOrdinary)
• Tyrian Callows (RWBY)
• Adam Taurus (RWBY)
• SCP-096 - The "Shy Guy" (SCP Foundation); whenever someone sees its face
• Monsters (Sleepless Domain)

Known Objects

• Cutter of Creation: Extase (Akame Ga Kill!)
• Shock Gloves (Batman: Arkham Origins)
• Orichalcum Bullet (Black Cat)
• Shieldbreaker (Book of Swords)
• Chaos Claws (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow)
• Light Arrow (The Legend of Zelda)
• Pile Bunker (Lost Planet)
• Judas Bullet (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Blunt Blade the Helmet Splitter: Kabutowari (Naruto)
• Lance of Longinus (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
• True Dragon Sword (Ninja Gaiden)
• Blade of the Archfiend (Ninja Gaiden)
• Impact Dial (One Piece)
• Reject Dial (One Piece)
• Houtengageki (TYPE-MOON)
• Gáe Dearg (TYPE-MOON)
• Gae Bolg (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
• Piercing Crossbow (Minecraft)
• Coconuts (Paper Mario)
• Dusty Hammers (Paper Mario)
• Pebbles (Paper Mario)
• Snowman Dolls (Paper Mario)
• D-Down Jump (Paper Mario)
• Power Quake (Paper Mario)
• Mega Quake (Paper Mario)
• Coconut Bombs (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
• Courage Meals (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
• Earth Quakes (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
• Ice Storms (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
• Zess Dynamites (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
• Fire Drive (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
• Super Hammer (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
• Ultra Hammer (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
• Egg Bombs (Paper Mario series)
• Fire Flowers (Paper Mario series)
• Mystery Boxes (Paper Mario series)
• POW Blocks (Paper Mario series)
• Shooting Stars (Paper Mario series)
• Thunder Bolts (Paper Mario series)
• Thunder Rages (Paper Mario series)
• Piercing Blow (Paper Mario series)
• Quake Hammer (Paper Mario series)

Known Powers

• Senescencia (Bleach)
• Zanka no Tachi (Bleach)
• The X-Axis (Bleach)
• Shrine (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Agnis Schiwattas (Needless)
• Pierce (Shin Megami Tensei)
• Fists of Fire (Yin Yang Yo!)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Sheele (Akame Ga Kill!) wielding Cutter of Creation: Extase, which is sharp enough to cut through any physical defense, even the impenetrable armor, Incursio.

Train Heartnet (Black Cat) firing an Orichalcum bullet out of Hades, which is capable of destroying any material on Earth.

Baraggan Louisenbairn's (Bleach) time acceleration powers can disintegrate anything from powerful Kido barriers to his own Resurrección enhanced Hierro.

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's (Bleach) Zanka no Tachi, Higashi: Kyokujitsujin will incinerate everything that touches the edge of the blade into nothingness, with no known defense able to block it.

Bambietta Basterbine (Bleach) transforms anything her The Explode power touches into bombs, bypassing any shields and physical defenses.

Moe Shishigawara's (Bleach) Jackpot Knuckle grants all of his strikes incredible luck, allowing even a regular punch of him to instantly dislocate bones of a powerful opponent.

Lille Barro's (Bleach) The X-Axis does not use bullets, but simply pierces everything between the muzzle of his rifle and the target, with no barriers in between capable of blocking it.

As a pure spirit, Tohka Yatogami (Date A Live) is the only one who is able to injure Mio, In fact Tohka was only able to pierce her Astral Dress after she drew power from all of the other Spirits, including Mio herself.

Wei Zhijun (Darker than Black) can teleport using his blood as a catalyst, hence once his blood is on the target, there is no defense.

Gankoomon X's (Digimon) Kyūkyoku Sengi Tengyouken concentrates all of its power into a single, defense-ignoring attack.

Nappa (Dragon Ball Z) using his Break Cannon, a powerful mouth energy beam that pierces through the foe's defenses.

Piccolo's (Dragon Ball Z) Special Beam Cannon, when charged enough, can pierce through enemy defenses and foes whose raw strength would ordinarily block Ki attacks...

...and pierces through Babidi's magical barrier.

Yajirobe's (Dragon Ball) Ka-Blam Slicer is a powerful sword beam that penetrates the opponent's defenses.

Laxus Dreyar (Fairy Tail) uses Mercury Fulminate: Thunder God to beat an electrically immune Wall Eehto.

Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star) using Hokuto Jūha Zan to harden Heart's skin, allowing him to bypass Heart's body fatty defenses.

Souther (Fist of the North Star) using Tensho Juji Ho to glide through Kenshiro's defenses.

Oboro (Gintama) using Hakkei to strike Gintoki's pressure points, causing a disruption of the meridian flow, thus cannot be blocked.

Utsuro (Gintama) using Hakkei to strike Kagura's pressure points, causing a disruption of the meridian flow, which leads to internal damage.

Yushin's Shadowless Blade - Phantasm (Hero Killer) breaking apart the Skysword's defenses with Imperceptible Attacks.

While Issei Hyoudou's (Highschool DxD) Dress Break is generally used for perverted reasons, it can also be used to destroy armor.

Inuyasha (InuYasha) using Meido Tessaiga to rip apart a Shikon no Tama protected Naraku.

Cheon Yeo Woon (Nano Machine) Cutting through and Freezing Cha Yunkang's Diamond Skin with his Extreme Yin Invisible Sword.

The Shukaku's Pike/Spear of Shukaku (Naruto) is formed from the sharpest minerals compressed together and can pierce through even the Infinite Armor.

Particle Style/Dust Release techniques (Naruto) cannot be blocked since it will disintegrate any and all matter that it touches.

Using the hammer to add force to the ax, the Bluntsword/Blunt Blade the Helmet Splitter: Kabutowari (Naruto) can cut through all defenses.

The Third Raikage's (Naruto) Thrust of Hell: One Fingered Assault/Hell Stab: One Finger Nukite is his strongest spear and can pierce through even his own superhuman body.

Using the Chidori, Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) was able to pierce clean through Gaara's sand-based defenses and make him bleed…

…and firing chakra arrows through his Susanoo with such piercing force that no physical defense can block it, especially if he imbues it with the black flames that will incinerate anything they pierce…

…infusing lightning chakra into his blade to enhance its cutting power, allowing him to cut down armored samurai with ease.

Might Guy's (Naruto) Night Guy technique strikes at such intense power that it distorts the space of his immediate vicinity, bypassing defenses.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Naruto) firing her "All-Killing Ash Bones" with such force that it pierced through Kakashi's "Susanoo".

Aruka Schild (Needless) using Agni Schiwattas to accelerate the kinetic movement of molecules, causing combustion that can bypass defense.

As a Rubber Human, Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) was able to bypass Enel's electricity-based Logia defense and injure him…

…and later used his Gear Second’s Gum Gum/Gomu Gomu Jet Gatling to smash through Rob Lucci's Tekkai/Iron Body...

...and after two years of training, he can use Busoshoku/Armament Haki to break through the strongest of defenses, like the New Fishman Pirates' Steel Shell Formation.

Usopp (One Piece) using an Impact Dial to create a condensed shock wave that bypassed Monkey D. Luffy's rubbery body.

A Reject Dial (One Piece) possesses the same ability as the Impact Dial, but with 10 times the output that its defense-penetrating power can cause lethal damage, both ways.

Sanji's (One Piece) Diable Jambe can burn through any defenses, even the iron like defenses of a Tekkai/Iron Body master.

Rob Lucci (One Piece) using Ultimate Radius: Six King Gun/Sai Dai Rin: Rokuogan to produce a powerful shock wave that bypassed Monkey D. Luffy's rubber-based defenses.

Bartholomew Kuma (One Piece) using Pad Cannon/Pad Ho, piercing through every defense and obstacles with high-pressure air blasts.

Marshal D. Teach/Blackbeard (One Piece) can use his Dark-Dark Fruit/Yami Yami no Mi to nullify any Devil Fruit based defenses from Paramecia to Logia, making them more vulnerable to physical harm.

Edward Newgate/Whitebeard (One Piece) using Kabutowari to enhance his punch with vibrations, shattering defenses and causing tremendous damage.

As magma is superior to fire, Sakazuki/Akainu (One Piece) was able to bypass Ace's Logia defense and mortally wound him.

Users of Busoshoku Haki (One Piece)...

...can use the intangibility defense to touch and strike Logia Devil Fruit users.

...Roronoa Zoro's mastery of Busoushoku Haki allows him to slice through the toughest of Haki-enhanced defenses...

...By coating his pointed head with Busoshoku Haki, Chinjao performed a headbutt powerful enough to split open the immensely hard ice continent...

The Chinjao Family's Hasshoken style (One Piece) generates shock waves that can shatter defenses, such as shields and armor.

Trafalgar D. Water Law (One Piece) has mastered his spatial slicing powers to the point he can cut through the hardest physical objects and bypass powerful Haki-based defenses…

…and uses Gamma Knife, which bypasses any defenses to directly rupture the target's internal organs, making it almost impossible to survive...

...after awakening his Devil Fruit powers, he is able to use KROOM creating a spherical space above his hand and coat it with his Kikoku, allowing it to pierce through anything without harming the target...

...and uses Shock Wille technique which releases an electrical shock wave through it that fries the target from the inside, ignoring whatever external defenses the target may have. This attack was able to bypass Big Mom's monstrous defense body and even making her bleed from her mouth.

Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece) can easily smash the hardest defenses with her punches.

As a skilled alchemist, Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) can transmute Greed's skin from graphene to graphite, which allows for his shield to be breached with excessive force.

Jabberwock (Project ARMS) releasing hypersonic vibrations from his body to shatter and disintegrate his victims' molecules, even the vibration-resistant Successors.

Yukyuzan Anji (Rurouni Kenshin) using Futae no Kiwami/Mastery of Two Layers, which uses the first strike to nullify an object's resistance, and the second strike (made within 1/75th of a second) as he easily destroys Budda statues.

Sanosuke Sagara (Rurouni Kenshin) using Futae no Kiwami/Mastery of Two Layers to easily destroy the ground.

Levi Kazama's (Trinity Seven) Shadowless Slash technique has an incorporeal edge, meaning her blade does not exist under any physical laws and allows her to bypass barriers.

Trismegistus (Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index) was able to break Accelerator's cell into pieces and break all the electronics support in the room, burying Accelerator beneath under the rubble to immobilize him using his cane sword. Something Accelerator previously failed to do as this prison was especially made to counter his vector manipulation ability.

Shield Crush!!! (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Penguin Torpedo (Yu-Gi-Oh!) is a Direct Attacker, allowing it to bypass and Wall monsters and attack the opponent directly.

Ectoplasmer (Yu-Gi-Oh!) is a Direct Attack Magic Card, allowing the user to sacrifice their monster to bypass wall monsters...

...or attack-stopping Magic Cards like Nightmare Steel Cage, and directly striking the defenseless opponents.

Byakko (Yu Yu Hakusho) using Meiko Shōkai-Ha to release a densely oscillating scream that can break molecular bonds, meaning it cannot be blocked, only dodged.

Ippo Makunouchi (Hajime no Ippo) has punches that can break through guards.

Cartoon/Comics

Dark Danny (Danny Phantom) was able to break through the impenetrable artificial ghost shield by using his Ghostly Wail to overload it towers, allowing him to waste the last city of Amity Park.

Danny Fenton/Phantom's (Danny Phantom) Ghostly Wail was the only thing strong enough to visibly injure Dark Danny, a feat no human or other full ghost could achieve.

Yuck (Yin Yang Yo!) can use the level 2 Woo Foo move Fists of Fire that are powerful enough to break through a defensive Woo Foo move like Foo-Field even one that was used by Master Yo himself.

Yang (Yin Yang Yo!) can use the Fists of Fire like Yuck to break through defensive moves like the Foo-Field.

Live Television

Judas Bullets (Marvel Cinematic Universe) are one of the few things able to pierce through Luke Cage's Unbreakable Skin.

By summoning the Iron Fist, Danny Rand/Iron Fist (Marvel Cinematic Universe) was able to bypass Luke Cage's Unbreakable Skin, injuring him and sending him flying.

Video Games

Batman's Shock Gloves (Batman: Arkham Origins) allow him to pierce through enemy shields and body armor, and cause damage to Venom users even while the drug is active.

Using the Beat Down, Batman (Batman: Arkham) unleashes a rapid flurry of punches to pierce through an enemy's defenses.

Using the Chaos Claws, Gabriel Belmont/Dracula (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow) can break enemy defenses using brute force and heat.

Using the Fury Dark Gift, Kain (Legacy of Kain) deals a single powerful strike that cannot be blocked.

When using Ripper Mode, Raiden's (Metal Gear) attacks are enhanced to the point that he can easily cut through enemy shields and body armor.

Metal Sonic's (Sonic the Hedgehog) V. Maximum Overdrive Attack can reportedly penetrate any substance. However, it shorts him out temporary after usage.

Zelda's (The Legend of Zelda) Light Arrow can pierce through all defense, causing normal targets to be vaporized in a flash of light.

The True Dragon Sword (Ninja Gaiden) forged from a dragon's fangs and empowered by a dragon's soul is immensely sharp, able to cut through armored tanks and jets of steel and slice down the immortal bodies of Evil Deities such as Vigoor Emperor and Vazdah.

The Blade of the Archfiend (Ninja Gaiden) was forged from Vazdah's demonic magic infused meteorite, making it powerful enough to rip through the immortal body of the gigantic Goddess which has complete immunity to modern firearms and artillery.

When using the Superflame, Spyro (Spyro series) can pierce through the defenses of enemies immune to his normal Fire Breath.

Web Animation/Comics

John Doe (unOrdinary) breaking through Arlo's passive Barrier with a headbutt.

Adam Taurus (RWBY) easily pierces Yang's Aura-based defenses and severs her right arm.

Tyrian Callows' (RWBY) Semblance, Aura Disruption, allows him to bypass an opponent's Aura.

When SCP-096 - The "Shy Guys" (SCP Foundation) face has been seen, no materials or methods will affect its progress as it tears through anything in its path to reach the target.

Videos

Gold Amazo finally meets Lex Luthor to destroy him - Justice League Unlimited

Doctor Who - Complete Bad Wolf Speech

Kenshiro vs heart

Dragonball Z Piccolo Vs Babidi (HD)-2

Second Gear - One Piece

Zoro's Attack - Asura

Sanji Defeats Queen - One Piece-2

Saber vs Lancer Epic Fight fate zero-2

Jotaro VS Kenshiro (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure VS Fist of the North Star) - DEATH BATTLE!-2