Elastic Combat

Elastic Combat
Monkey D. Luffy's (One Piece) fighting style revolves around supplementing his Gum Gum Fruit/Gomu Gomu no Mi powers with his street brawling skills, powerful strength, and Haki mastery.
Power/Ability to:	Combine physical combat with elasticity.

The power to fuse elasticity and physical combat. Technique of Elasticity. Variation of Combat Merging.

Also Called

• Rubber Combat
• Gumby Style
• Elasticity-Enhanced Combat

Capabilities

The user is able to utilize elasticity with their physical combat, granting them impressive selection offensive and defensive abilities depending on the user's inventiveness with their unique physical properties.

Applications

• Constriction
• Defense Break
• Heavy Strike

Associations

• Combat Merging
• Critical Impact
• Elasticity
• Enhanced Combat
• Multi-Hit Strike
• Multi Strike
• Power Fists
• Power Headbutt
• Power Legs
• Reach Mode

Limitations

• May be at a disadvantage against cutting or piercing attacks.
• May require the user to be creative in order to achieve significant results from a seemingly underwhelming power.

Known Users

• Seiya Ryuguin (Cautious Hero); via Eternal Sword
• Piccolo (Dragon Ball series)
• Elastigirl/Helen Parr (The Incredibles)
• Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath)
• Clone Betty 3 (Atomic Betty)
• Segmentasapiens (Ben 10: Omniverse)
• Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• Plastic Man (DC Comics)
• Kilua Zoldyck (HunterxHunter); via The Snake Awakens
• Lastika (Lastikman Film)
• Lastikman (Mars Ravelo's Komiks)
• Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic (Marvel Comics)
• Super-Skrull (Marvel Comics)
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
• Parasites (Parasite)
• Ashi (Samurai Jack); after being corrupted by Aku
• Dhalsim (Street Fighter series)
• Seth (Street Fighter IV)
• Necro (Street Fighter III)
• Rubberbandman (Static Shock)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog); only in werehog transformation
• Madame Rouge (Teen Titans)
• Bogey Woods (Toriko)
• Spinel (Steven Universe Movie)
• Jonathan Rook/Stretch Monster (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
• Jake Armstrong/Stretch (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
• 2-D Man (Batman Beyond/DC Animated Universe/DCAU)

Gallery

Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) possesses Goop's elasticity.

With little help from the Dark Knight, Plastic Man (DC Comics) gums up Tezumak's internal systems.

Piccolo (Dragon Ball) using his Mystic Attack technique.

Elastigirl (The Incredibles)

Reed Richards' (Marvel Comics) Spring defense.

Mr. Fantastic vs. Doppelganger Reed (Marvel Comics)

Super-Skrull (Marvel Comics)

Kilua Zoldyck (HunterxHunter) using Snake Awakens.

Boogie Woods (Toriko)

Spinel (Steven Universe Movie) utilizing her stretchy limbs in combat.

Jonathan Rook/Stretch Monster (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)

Rubberbandman (Static Shock)

Jake Armstrong/Stretch (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)

2-D Man (Batman Beyond/DC Animated Universe/DCAU)