Dermal Armor

Dermal Armor
Benjamin Grimm/The Thing (Marvel Comics) has an innate rock-like covering that makes up the outer layer of his body.
Power/Ability to:	Have innate physical armor.

"I gotta admit...your crummy heat ray...sure hurts. But this ugly hide of mine's taken a lot worse over the years...from joes a whole lot better'n you!! I've taken my lumps from the Silver Surfer...The Hulk!!"

― Ben Grimm/The Thing to Umbra (Marvel Comics)

"Bruise yer knuckles, didja? I been punched out by the best of em!"

― The Rhino to Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics)

The power to have innate physical armor for protection.

Also Called

• Armored Skin
• Hardened Skin
• Natural/Strong Armor
• Skin Armor
• Thick Skin
• Tough Skin

Capabilities

The users have or can generate an innate armor as a part of their body, which is resistant to attacks, harm or pain, and temperature extremes. The armor varies from obvious, physical defenses, such as scales, thick skin/fur, natural shield, armor or shell, in-organic skin, etc, to bone-nodules below the skin, particularly wide/sturdy rib cage, blubber, or simply dense muscle.

Applications

• Bulletproof Durability
• Enhanced Durability
• Deflection
• Natural Weaponry
• Pain Suppression
• Thermal Resistance
  • Cold Immunity
  • Fire Immunity

Variations

• Internal Reinforcement
• Fat Armor
• Layered Durability
• Muscle Armor
• Organic Metal Skin
• Organic Rock Skin
• Rough Armor
• Scale Manifestation
• Shell Formation
• Skin Hardening
• Supernatural Durability
• Telekinetic Durability
• Unbreakable Skin

Associations

• Biological Manipulation
• Body Manipulation
• Defense Powers
• Density Manipulation
• Elemental Mimicry/Elemental Exoskeleton: the skin may be formed from a strong element (stone, gem, metal, etc).
  • Crystal Mimicry
  • Diamond Mimicry
  • Metal Mimicry
  • Stone Mimicry
• Fur Generation
• Invulnerability
• Shield Protrusion
• Skin Manipulation

Limitations

• Weak against Deoxygenation.
• Depending on how heavy armor users may sink in water.
• If one were to disrupt the process of "armoring up" the results would be user losing the ability to armor up for quite awhile.
• Selective armoring is rare, in short it is an "all or none" principle, either fully armored or not at all.
• May sacrifice speed for durability.
• Reverting back to original form or natural state may be moderately difficult or irreversible.

Known Users

Mythology/Folklore

• Nemean Lion (Greek Mythology)

Literature

• Trolls (Discworld)
• Sun Wukong (Journey To The West)
• Derek Marvin (The Young Guardians)

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Gai (Angel Tales)
• Users of the Armored Titan's power (Attack on Titan)
  • Reiner Braun
• Arrancar (Bleach); via Hierro
  • Nnoitra Gilga
• Quincy (Bleach); via Blut Vene
• James Ironside (Blood+)
• The Blue (Blue Gender); via adaptation
• Botamo (Dragon Ball Super); via Botamo Shield
• Crimson Riot (My Hero Academia)
• Eijiro Kirishima/Red Riot (My Hero Academia)
• Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu/Real Steel (My Hero Academia)
• Hiryu Rin/Dragon Shroud (My Hero Academia)
• Dauf (Claymore)
• Sendou Ryuuichi (Code: Breaker)
• Ryūichi Sendō (Code: Breaker)
• Skin Bolic (D.Gray-man)
• Madmole (Fairy Tail)
• Gajeel Redfox (Fairy Tail)
• Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist)
  • Ling Yao (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood); when Greed possessed him
• Tōkajin (InuYasha)
• Kido Takeshi (Killing Bites)
• Kongoh family (Kongoh Bancho)
• Kakuzu (Naruto Shippuden); via Earth Release heart
• Third Raikage (Naruto Shippuden)
• Hiruko (Naruto Shippuden: Will of Fire); via Steel Release
• Tatsunosuke (Ninja Scroll series)
• Busoshoku/Armament Haki Users (One Piece)
• King Bear (One Piece)
• Jozu (One Piece); via the Kira Kira no Mi
• Tetsuhito Kagiroi (Tenjho Tenge)
• Ghouls (Tokyo Ghoul)
• Mutikapa (Utawarerumono)

Comics

• NKVDemon (DC Comics)
• Doomsday (DC Comics)
• Lennox (DC Comics)
• Killer Croc (DC Comics)
• Brick (DC Comics)
• Benjamin Grimm/The Thing (Marvel Comics)
• The Abomination (Marvel Comics)
• Bling! (Marvel Comics)
• Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Hulkling (Marvel Comics)
• She-Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Skaar (Marvel Comics)
• Indra (Marvel Comics)
• Luke Cage (Marvel Comics)
• Norman Osborn/Green Goblin (Marvel Comics); in the Ultimate Spider-Man universe
• Nemean Lion (Marvel Comics)

Cartoons

• Clone Betty 2 (Atomic Betty)
• Humungosaur (Ben 10); when he increases in size
• Orishans (Ben 10)
• Ultimate Humungosaur (Ben 10)
• Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• Kevin 11 (Ben 10)
• Guilmon (Digimon Tamers)
• Bunga (The Lion Guard)
• Gavin (unOrdinary)
• Thuma (Kulipari)

Television

• The Beast (Angel)
• Skip (Angel)
• Judoon (Doctor Who)
• Haruka Mizusawa (Kamen Rider Amazon)
• Jin Takayama (Kamen Rider Amazon)
• Jun Maehara (Kamen Rider Amazon)
• Chihiro (Kamen Rider Amazon)
• Ethan James (Power Rangers Dino Thunder)
• Various villains (Power Rangers series)
• Various Kaiju (Ultraman series)

Live Movies

• Iktotchi (Star Wars)
  • Saesee Tiin
  • Darth Havok
• Rodan (MonsterVerse: Godzilla)

Video Games

• Vladitor (Bakugan The Game)
• Titan (COVEN)
• Armadillos (Crypt of the NecroDancer)
• Sekka (Double Dragon V)
• Harold (Fallout series)
• Kain (Legacy of Kain)
• The Lone Wanderer (Fallout 3); via barkskin perk
• Delsin Rowe (inFAMOUS : Second Son)
• Ghirahim (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
• Svalbard (Leyendas Dracomanas)
• Wall-nut (Plants vs. Zombies)
• Tall-nut (Plants vs. Zombies)
• Pumpkin (Plants vs. Zombies)
• Gargantuar (Plants vs. Zombies)
• Pokemon with the ability "Battle Armor" (Pokemon)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype series)
• James Heller (Prototype 2)
• Wario (Super Mario 64 DS; via Metal Block)
• Parasite Units (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain); via One That Covers, Armor Variant
• Rhino (Warframe)
• MetalEtemon (Digimon)

Gallery

The Armored Titan (Attack on Titan) is called that because it's covered completely in nigh-impenetrable organic armor.

Nnoitra Gilga (Bleach) using Hierro to pressurize his spiritual energy onto his skin, turning it iron hard.

A Quincy (Bleach) such as Ichigo Kurosaki can use Blut Vene to flow spiritual energy into their bloodstream, making it inhumanly hard.

Cang Du (Bleach) lives up to his epithet, "I - The Iron".

Doomsday (DC Comics)

Killer Croc (DC Comics)

Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist) is known as the Ultimate Shield due to his Carbon Dermal Armor.

Due to its evolution, Kain's (Legacy of Kain) skin was hardened and made of hard flexible plates, giving it a natural armor that protects him from damage and sunlight.

Alex Mercer (Prototype) in his armor.

James Heller (Prototype 2)

Luke Cage (Marvel Cinematic Universe) has such thick skin that a thug breaks his hand trying to punch him.

Indra (Marvel Comics) in his armor.

Bling! (Marvel Comics) deflecting bullets off her skin.

The Hulk's (Marvel Comics) skin can withstand virtually anything.

Skaar's (Marvel Comics) skin has incredible durability.

Due to cellular degeneration, the Guardian's (Marvel Comics) skin is five times as dense as the original Spider-Man's.

Norman Osborn/Green Goblin (Ultimate Marvel Comics)

Ethan James' (Dino Thunder) skin is impenetrable.

Kakuzu (Naruto) can change his skin to harder-than-steel earth armor.

The Third Raikage's (Naruto) body has earned the epithet of the "Strongest Shield" due to it being near-impenetrable, which, when combined with his Lightning Release Armor, is even more so.

Ryūichi Sendō (Code:Breaker) turning his skin's texture to steel and other hard substances to block attacks.

Tetsuhito Kagiroi (Tenjho Tenge) possesses an iron-hard body due to his clan's women drinking iron sand every night.

Brick (DC Comics)

Rhydon (Pokemon) has powerful rock-like skin.

Skarmory (Pokémon) has a powerful steel-like skin.

Living up to his nickname, Jozu (One Piece) has diamond-hard skin whenever he wants to.

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) using Busoshoku Haki/Armament Haki to darken and harden the skin of his arm.

Skin Bolic (D.Gray-Man) can change his skin into a golden armor of solidified lightning.

Tōkajin (InuYasha) implanted Shikon shards into his body, turning it into an armor of stone.

Samedi endures being thrown into a car unscathed.

Gatasubal (Yu Yu Hakusho) is composed entirely of a hybrid metal of combined steel and living cells, making it very difficult to pierce through

True to his surname, James Ironside (Blood+) can harden his skin to the point where it can easily withstand bullets and blades...

...when he transforms.

The nanomachines in Senator Steven Armstrong's (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance) body harden in response to physical trauma, granting him nearly impenetrable skin.

Mutikapa's (Utawarerumono) fur is so tough that it can withstand virtually anything, including attacks from superweapons.

The NKVDemon's (DC Comics) skin has been artificially hardened.

Judoon's (Doctor Who) thick skin allows them to be impervious to most physical attacks.

Torafusa (Fairy Tail) can alter the density of his skin that can not only stop Gajeel's magical iron but break it as well.

Iktotchi (Star Wars) possess thick skin to protect them from the high winds of their homeworld.

Guilmon (Digimon Tamers) possesses such thick skin that Renamon's Diamond Storm attack bounces right off of him.

Ghouls such as Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul) have such thick skin that conventional blades break if they try to pierce it.

The Beast (Angel) possesses such thick skin that only a knife forged from his own bones could pierce it.

Parasite Unit (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain) hardens his skin into rock-like armor.

Kevin 11 (Ben 10) possesses Diamondhead's and Four Arms' enhanced durability.

Humungosaur (Ben 10)

Ultimate Humungousaur (Ben 10)

Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) possesses Humungousar, Ultimate Humungosaur, Four Arms, and Ultimate Aggeregor's enhanced durability.

MetalEtemon (Digimon)

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