Durability-Based Strength

Durability-Based Strength
Anissa Pierce/Thunder (Black Lightning) has increased strength due to her increased density.
Power/Ability to:	Have increased strength based on one's durability.

"The stronger your body, the stronger you become."

― (Anonymous)

"He shot you? With a Judas bullet?"
"Point blank. Honestly, I don’t know how I’m standing. I’m lucky. Damn lucky."
"I think that second bath in the barn may have strengthened the abalone shell on your skin. The Velcro effect is even tighter now."
"So you’re saying I’m even more indestructible than I was before?"
"I think we need to test you."

― Claire Temple and Luke Cage (Marvel Cinematic Universe) on how his bulletproof skin is even stronger

The power to possess increased strength from one's durability. Combination of Enhanced Durability and Enhanced Strength. Opposite of Strength-Based Durability

Also Called

• Invulnerability-Based Strength
• Enhanced/Supernatural Strength via Invulnerability
• Indestructible/Invincible/Impervious/Impenetrable Strength
• Invulnerable Strength

Capabilities

The user possesses increased strength driven by their high durability. Due to the user possessing increased durability, their strength has been augmented to some degree of superhuman strength to lift heavy material and perform actions that can destroy a large region.

Applications

• Hyperkinetic Exertion
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Strength
  • Immobility - Possible do to resistance by external forces.
• Situational Strength
• Strength Combat
• Supernatural Durability/Invulnerability/Nigh-Absolute Invulnerability/Absolute Invulnerability - Only physically.

Variations

• Invulnerability Empowerment
• Power Acquirement

Associations

• Absolute Strength - If the user is absolute or at least nigh-absolute invulnerable.
• Bionic Physiology
  • Artificial Physiology
  • Android Physiology
• Density Manipulation
• Diamond Mimicry
• External Invulnerability/Internal Invulnerability
• Metal Mimicry
• Multi-Power Use
• Power Mixture
• Secondary Power
• Self-Power Bestowal
• Stone Mimicry
• Superior Human Physiology

Limitations

• Some users may not be fully invulnerable.
• Users may not be as strong as those with Strength-Based Invulnerability since their invulnerability only allows them to exert more force than a normal human without breaking, rather than possessing greater levels of physical strength.
• Users may be affected by Invulnerability Bypassing/Negation and Durability Negation.

Known Users

• Anissa Pierce/Thunder (Arrowverse)
• Bulleteer (DC Comics)
• Ray Manchester/Captain Man (Henry Danger)
• Brit (Image Comics)
• Britney (Image Comics)
• Ben Grimm/The Thing (Marvel Comics)
• Bruce Banner/The Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Luke Cage (Marvel Comics)
• Hercules Panhellenios (Marvel Comics)
• Emma Frost (Marvel Comics)
• Piotr Rasputin/Colossus (Marvel Comics)
• Alonzo Lincoln/Tombstone (Marvel Comics)
• Vision Family (Marvel Comics)
  • Vision
  • Virginia
  • Vivian
  • Vin
• Hannibal White/Wise Son (Milestone Comics)
• Frank Shaver (Project Power)
• Archie Andrews (Riverdale)
• David Dunn (Unbreakable)
• Emma Silverfox (X-Men Movies)

Gallery

Hannibal White/Wise Son (Milestone Comics)

Emma Frost (Marvel Comics)

Brit (Image Comics) is by far one of the best users of this power, his main powers being based on invulnerability.

Colossus (Marvel Comics)

The Thing (Marvel Comics)

Frank Shaver's (Project Power) augmented durability allows him to exert more force than humanly possible.

David Dunn's (Unbreakable) invulnerability also grants him superhuman strength, exerting inhuman amounts of force without harming himself in the process, the true limit of this strength is unknown, though his invulnerability did leave him the sole survivor of a horrific train crash without a single scratch.

Ray Manchester/Captain Man (Henry Danger)

Fred Dukes/Blob (Marvel Comics)

Alonzo Lincoln/Tombstone (Marvel Comics)

Videos

Analysis & Discussions

The THING - The Origin of Ben Grimm-2