- "Shake off your slumber. The time is at hand. By the judgment of thunder, slay God."
- ― Elsa (The Sacred Blacksmith)
- "Lightning strikes twice in this town—and the second time I strike—it's for keeps! "
- ― Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning (DC Comics)
The ability to release/use electricity to various attacks. Sub-power of Electricity Manipulation. Variation of Elemental Attacks and Energy Attacks. Opposite to Electricity Defense.
Also Called
- Electrical Attacks/Techniques
- Electricity-Charged Impacts/Techniques
- Electrokinetic Attacks/Techniques
Capabilities
The user can release/use electricity to attacks of various shapes and/or intensities, either projected, used as a part of melee attacks, etc.
Applications
- Electric Bomb Generation: Create bombs/explosions of electricity.
- Electric Blast: Release electricity over a specific target area.
- Electric Breath: Discharge electricity from the mouth.
- Electric Bullet Projection: Fire in short sequence over a wide area.
- Electric Cutting: Uses electricity to cut opponents.
- Electric Pillar Projection: Project electricity pillars.
- Electric Shock: Release extreme electric current in a person or object.
- Electric Spike Projection: Project electricity spikes.
- Electric Vortex Creation: Create spiral/vortex of electricity.
- Electric Wave Emission: Send out a wave of electricity that repels everything.
- Electrical Arc Emission: Release continuous streams of electricity.
- Electrical Beam Emission: Release beams of electricity.
- Electrical Bolt Projection: Release low powered bursts of electricity.
- Electrified Surface: Cause surfaces to emit electricity.
- Electricity Infusion: Empower and energize anything touched or used (usually a weapon) with electricity.
- Expanding Electricity Bolts: Project electricity that expands rapidly on contact with an object.
- Formulated Electricity Blast: Release blasts of electricity in a form of a creature or object.
- Hand Blasts: Discharge electricity from the hands.
- Hidden Attacks: Channel attacks through a medium.
- Lightning Ball Projection: Create and launch spheres of electricity.
- Lightning Bolt Projection: Create, summon, and/or discharge lightning bolts.
- Lightning Vision: Emit electricity from one's eyes.
- Missile Generation: Create missiles of electricity.
- Omnidirectional Electricity Waves: Send out a wave of electricity in all directions.
- Reflective Attacks: Release attacks of electricity that can bounce off any surface.
- Scatter Shot: Release electricity blasts that split into multiple fragments.
- Sword Beam Emission: Release electrical blasts from swords and other such bladed weapons.
- Wave Motion Blast: Launch a massive wave of electricity.
- Zap: A tiny short release of electricity to cause pain or discomfort, usually too low-powered to be destructive.
Associations
- Electric-Fire Attacks
- Electrical Constructs
- Electricity Manipulation
- Electricity Mimicry
- Electrokinetic Combat
- Force-Field Generation
- Power Augmentation
- Projectile Enhancement
- Solidification
- Volatile Constructs
- Weather Attacks
Limitations
- Users may require outside sources of electricity to create a blasts.
- Users may not be immune to effects of own blast.
- Firing may be an involuntary reaction, or released in a constant stream.
- Users will be exhausted when too much energy is used.
- Users may be overcharged/wounded if too much energy is used at once.
- Users need control to avoid unnecessary destruction.
- Electricity can be insulated by the air.
Known Users
Anime/Manga
- Budo (Akame Ga Kill!)
- Denki Kaminari (Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia)
- Mikoto Misaka (A Certain Scientific Railgun/A Certain Magical Index)
- Cure Sparkle/Hinata Hiramitsu (Healin' Good Pretty Cure)
- Killua Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter)
- Iris Heart/Plutia (Hyperdimension Neptunia)
- Raimeiki (Owari no Seraph)
- Laxus Dreyar (Fairy Tail)
- Charotte (Jewelpet Kira Deco!)
- Nami (One Piece); via Clima-Tacts
- Enel (One Piece)
- Trafalgar D. Water law (One Piece)
- Mink Tribe (One Piece)
- Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece); via Zeus
- Vinsomke Judge (One Piece)
- Vinsomke Niji (One Piece)
- Lightning Release Users (Naruto)
- Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon)
- Sesshōmaru (InuYasha)
- Meifon Sakura (Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid)
- Zatch Bell and Kiyo Takamine (Zatch Bell!)
- Zeno Bell and Dufort (Zatch Bell!)
Cartoons/Comics
- Avatars (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- General Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Mako (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)
- Ozai (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Ultimate Aggregor (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Omniverse Kevin (Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Kevin 11,000 (Ben 10)
- Shocksquatch (Ben 10)
- Garth Ranzz/Lightning Lad/LiveWire (DC Comics)
- Ayala Ranzz/Lightning Lass/Spark (DC Comics)
- Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning (DC Comics/Black Lightning)
- Virgil Hawkins/Static (Milestone/DC Comics)
- Leslie Willis/Livewire (DCAU/DC Comics)
- Speedsters (DC Comics); via the Speed Force
- Mark Mardon/Weather Wizard (DC Comics)
- Sparx (DC Comics)
- Spark (DC Comics: New 52)
- Jennifer Pierce (DC Comics/Black Lighting)
- Giovanni Zatara (DC Comics/Young Justice)
- Gwendolyn (Saga) (Image Comics)
- Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)
- Maxwell Dillon/Electro (Marvel Comics)
- Ororo Munroe/Storm (Marvel Comics)
- Zeus (Marvel Comics)
- James “Bucky” Barnes/Winter Soldier (Marvel Comics)
- Turbo K.O. (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
- Scorpia (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Unagi (Sushi Pack)
- Derek Maza/Talon (Gargoyles)
- Quick Charge (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
- Hotwire (The Awesomes)
- Baal (The Wicked + The Divine)
- Juice (Justice League Unlimited/DC Animated Universe/DCAU)
- Ternion (Teen Titans)
- Peridot (Steven Universe); via Limb Enhancers
Live Television
- Leo (Charmed)
- Elders (Charmed)
- Zygons (Doctor Who)
Movies
- King Ghidorah (Godzilla)
- Commander Drex (Super Buddies)
- Thor Odinson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Spaceman KISS (Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery)
- Tazerling (Slugterra)
- Tecna (Winx Club)
- Stormy (Winx Club)
- Dark Side users (Star Wars); via Force Lightning
- Yoda (Star Wars); as a Force spirit
Video Games
- Cole McGrath (Infamous)
- Phosphora (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
- Elecman (Megaman)
- Guardians (Destiny); when using Arc Subclasses
- Kratos (God of War series)
- Zeus (God of War series)
- Poseidon (God of War series)
- Mei Raiden/Herrscher of Thunder (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Osiris (Age of Mythology)
- Son of Osiris (Age of Mythology)
- Guy (Draglade)
- Rio (Draglade)
- Thunder Breaker (MapleStory)
- Hawkeye
- Dark Jixuanyuan (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Electric-type Pokémon (Pokémon)
- Pokémon that can use Electric-type moves (Pokémon)
- Ness (Super Smash Bros)
- Lucas (Super Smash Bros)
- Tenebria (Epic Seven)
- Vortigaunts (Half-Life)
- Electric-Type NetNavis (Mega Man Battle Network)
- Lightning dinosaurs/Ceratopsids (Dinosaur King)
Known Objects
- Adramelech (Akame Ga Kill!)
- Thunderbolts of Zeus (Marvel Comics)
- Goro Goro no Mi (One Piece)
Gallery
Budo (Akame Ga Kill!) firing his Solid Shooter, a beam of destructive black lightning.
Ultimate Aggregor (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
Kevin 11,000 (Ben 10) possesses Buzzshock's electrokinesis.
Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) possesses Brainstorm, AmpFibian and Dr. Viktor's electrokinesis.
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Omniverse Kevin (Ben 10: Omniverse) possesses Feedback and Shocksquatch's electrokinesis.
Shocksquatch (Ben 10)
Jennifer Pierce (Black Lighting/DC Comics)
Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning (DC Comics) releasing a powerful Electro-Blast.
Leslie Willis/Livewire (DC Comics/Superman: The Animated Series) shows off her tender touch...
...and gives shocking tongue.
With the ability to project powerful blasts and/or bursts of electromagnetic energy, Virgil Hawkins/Static Shock (Static Shock) can administer it in a range of different attacks...
A Zygon (Doctor Who:The Zygon Invasion) using its electricity to stun Osgood.
Crazy Jane/Lucy Fugue (Doom Patrol/ DC Comics)
Jackie Chun (Dragon Ball) using his Bankoku Bikkuri Shō to fire dual beams of very high voltage, painfully shocking Son Goku and potentially lethal at prolonged exposure.
Derek Maza/Talon (Gargoyles) blasting Goliath with electricity.
Cole Macgrath (inFAMOUS) can use attacks such as electricity grenades, blasts and rockets.
Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)
Max Dillon/Electro (Marvel Comics) shooting electric beams for attack...
...releasing a wide spread burst for defense...
...and disrupt the human nervous system.
Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) using Lightning Style/Release: Kirin to drop a gigantic bolt of lightning onto Naruto during their fight.
Darui (Naruto) using Storm Release: Laser Circus to fire multiple beams of electricity that can be guided.
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Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece) can summon and use her thundercloud Zeus to create massive amount of lightning for combat.
Nami's (One Piece) Black Ball: Thundercloud Rod.
Trafalgar D. Water Law's (One Piece) Counter Shock technique, releases a strong electrical surge like a defibrillator.
While in her Sulong form, Carrot (One Piece) uses Electro to electrify multiple enemies.
Raimeiki (Owari no Seraph) is able to release powerful electricity to an extensive range.
Ash's Pikachu (Pokémon) using Electro Ball, a ball of electricity that strikes harder against slower enemies.
Magneton (Pokémon) using "Discharge", a wave of electrical energy that hits multiple targets.
Pikachu (Pokkén Tournament) using "Volt Shock Fist", an enlarged, electrified punch.
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Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon)
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Spaceman KISS (Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery)
Unagi (Sushi Pack)
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Mark Mardon/Weather Wizard (The Flash/DC Comics)
Giovanni Zatara (DC Comics/Young Justice)
Herrscher of Thunder (Honkai Impact 3rd)
Denki Kaminari's Indiscriminate Shock 1,300,000 Volts (My Hero Academia)
Quick Charge (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
Juice (Justice League Unlimited/DC Animated Universe/DCAU)
ElecMan (Megaman)
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Leo Wyatt (Charmed)
Triceratops/Chomp (Dinosaur King) charge up a ball of electricity in its horns, then shoot a bolt of lightning.
General Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Ternion (Teen Titans) possesses Overload's electrokinesis.
King Ghidorah (Godzilla)
Killua Zoldyck (Hunter X Hunter)