Energy Absorption

Energy Absorption
Neliel (Bleach) using Cero Doble after absorbing Nnoitra's Cero.
Power/Ability to:	Absorb energy.

The power to absorb various forms of energy and utilize it in some way. Sub-power of Energy Manipulation. Variation of Absorption and Elemental Absorption. Users of this power are sometimes called Absorbers.

Also Called

• Absorber Physiology
• Energy/Ergokinetic Draining
• Energy/Ergokinetic Drainage
• Energy/Ergokinetic Leeching
• Energy/Ergokinetic Siphon
• Ergokinetic Absorption

Capabilities

The user can absorb various forms of energy, while removing it from the source, into their body and use it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage. Either by enhancing themselves, gaining the drained power, using it as power source etc., either temporarily or permanently.

Applications

• Capacitor
• Bio-Energy Manipulation
• Elemental Enhanced Condition
• Energy Attacks
• Energy Conversion
• Energy Empowerment
• Energy Immunity/Energy Resistance
• Energy Redirection
• Energy Regeneration
• Energy Infusion
• Energy Metabolization
• Energy Signature Alternation
• Energy Strike
• Energy Transferal
• Power Absorption (limited to energy-based powers)

Techniques

• Remote Energy Absorption

Variations

• Ambient Energy Absorption: Absorb all ambient energy in the surrounding, whether it is natural, gravitational, electromagnetic, wind or life.
• Concept Absorption: Absorb concepts/conceptual energy.
• Cosmic Energy Absorption: Absorb cosmic energy.
  • Stellar Energy Absorption: Absorb stellar energy.
    • Solar Energy Absorption: Absorb solar energy.
• Demonic Energy Absorption: Absorb demonic energy.
• Dimensional Energy Absorption: Absorb dimensional energy.
• Divine Energy Absorption: Absorb divine energy.
• Energized Body: Absorb energy to improve or strengthens the bodily functions.
• Energy Drain: Absorb energy from an object, creature, or existing energy.
• Energy Redirection: Taking the energy absorbed, and redirect it as their own energy.
  • Energy Conversion: Exact energies are converted, such as Fire being converted to electrical energy or vice versa.
• Electromagnetic Absorption: Absorb electromagnetic energy
  • Electricity Absorption: Absorb electricity.
  • Light Absorption: Absorb light.
• Energy Transferal: Take energies from one object/person and put it into another object/person.
• Explosion Absorption: Absorb explosions.
• Fire Absorption: Absorb flames.
• Heat Absorption: Absorb heat.
• Kinetic Energy Absorption: Absorbing the kinetic energy, or energy in physical movement. Being able to absorb the energy of physical attacks, such as punches, bullets, and concussive forces, making this person very hard to fight or incapacitate.
• Life-Force Absorption: Absorb the life-force of living beings.
  • Chi Absorption: Absorb chi.
  • Soul Energy Absorption: Absorb spiritual/soul energy.
• Lunar Energy Absorption: Absorb lunar energy.
• Magical Energy Absorption: Absorb magical energy.
• Natural Energy Absorption: Absorb ambient energy from nature and surroundings, such as air and plant energy.
• Planetary Energy Absorption: Absorb planetary energy.
• Plasma Absorption: Absorb plasma energy.
• Psychic Energy Absorption: Absorb psychic energy.
  • Psionic Energy Conversion: Convert and transform psychic energy into another psionic abilities and/or different energies.
• Radioactive Energy Absorption: Absorb radioactive energies or radioactive ways (Gamma, X-Ray etc.).
• Sound Absorption: Absorb sound.
• Time Energy Absorption: Absorb time energy.

Associations

• Absolute Energy Absorption
• Absorption
• Elemental Absorption
• Energy Assimilation
• Energy Manipulation
• Energy Negation
• Energy Sourcing
• Telekinesis

Limitations

• Can't absorb self-generated energy.
• May have limited range, including touch only.
• May be limited to how much one can absorb.
  • Overloading: Too much power could result in incapacitation, corruption or death.
  • Overuse: Using more power than stored may exhaust the user after expending too much energy.
  • Under Loading: User may not be in a position to absorb power for some time, causing them to deplete their power supply. Attackers who know of the weakness may hide or wait until the absorber has little or no energy left and take them to a secure location when they are weakened.
• Crossed Energies: If the person has an specific energy absorption (such as kinetic, electric, or solar energy) other energies may be in-absorbable.
• May not absorb energy for sustenance.

Known Users

Cartoons/Comics

• Petrosapiens (Ben 10 series)
  • Diamondhead
• Osmosians (Ben 10 series)
  • Kevin Levin
  • Aggregor
• Crystalsapiens (Ben 10 series)
  • Chromastone
  • Ultimate Kevin
• Jetray (Ben 10: Alien Force)
• Michael Morningstar/Darkstar (Ben 10 series)
• AmpFibian (Ben 10 Ultimate Alien)
• NRG (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien/Omniverse)
• P'andor (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien/Omniverse)
• Conductoids (Ben 10: Omniverse)
  • Feedback
  • Omniverse Kevin
• Shock Rock (Ben 10: Reboot)
• Energy Absorption users (Danny Phantom)
  • Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
  • Vlad Masters/Plasmius (Danny Phantom)
• Gigabyte (ReBoot)
• NOS-4-A2 (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)
• Laserblast (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
• Starchild KISS (Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery)
• Crimson Witch (Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery)
• Super Sonic (Archie's Sonic the Comic)
• Superman (DC Comics)
• Supergirl (DC Comics)
• The Batman Who Laughs(DC Comics)
• Icon (DC Comics)
• Parasite (DC Comics)
• The Lantern Corps (DC Comics)
• Tokamak (DC Comics)
• Captain Atom (DC Comics)
• Killer Frost (DC Comics)
• Starfire (DC Comics)
• Blackfire (DC Comics)
• Grail (DC Comics)
• Various Metahumans (DC Comics)
• Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
  • African American mutants
  • Asian mutants
  • Hispanic mutants
  • Native American mutants
  • White mutants
• Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)
• Electro (Marvel Comics)
• Karl Lykos/Sauron (Marvel Comics)
• Adam Warlock (Marvel Comics)
• Lucas Bishop (Marvel Comics)
• Maverick/Agent Zero (Marvel Comics)
• Meggan Puceanu (Marvel Comics)
• Victor Alvarez/Power Man (Marvel Comics)
• Sebastian Shaw (Marvel Comics)
• Strong Guy (Marvel Comics)
• Sunspot (Marvel Comics)
• Speedball (Marvel Comics)
• Thor (Marvel Comics); via Mjolnir
• Ultron (Marvel Comics)
• Pumpkin Mechamon (Miniforce)
• Luke Washington (UN Comics)
• Nikolas Kamarov/Winter (Wildstorm)
• Patrick Donovan (The Young Guardians)

Live Television

• Kilobyte (Ace Lightning)
• Severin (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Axos (Doctor Who)
• Mindy Sprague (Heroes)
• Energy Transference Users (Lab Rats: Bionic Island)
  • Dr. Gao
  • Victor Krane
  • Leo Dooley
• Many villains (Power Rangers series)
  • Magnetox (Power Rangers Lost Galaxy)
• Sidmodius (Sendokai Champions)
• Lana Lang (Smallville)
• Parasite alien (Supergirl)
• Many Ultramen/kaiju (Ultraman series)
  • Zetton

Anime/Manga

• Yo-kai Watches (Yo-Kai Watch films)
• Quincies (Bleach)
• Neliel Tu Odelschwanck (Bleach)
• Nozomi Kujo (Bleach)
• Kazuki Muto (Buso Renkin)
• Victor Powered (Buso Renkin)
• Toki Fujiwara (Code:Breaker)
• Monkey guy (Denma); via Energy Adjustment and Transmission Quanx ability
• Shakkoumon (Digimon)
• Various Characters via Ki Transfer (Dragon Ball series)
• Son Goku (Dragon Ball series)
• Android 19 (Dragon Ball Z)
• Dr. Gero/Android 20 (Dragon Ball Z)
• Cell (Dragon Ball Z)
• Medas (Dragon Ball Z)
• Super 17 (Dragon Ball GT)
• Users of the Life Drain Technique (Gosu)
  • Gha Woobok
• Vali Lucifer (Highschool DxD)
• Albion (Highschool DxD)
• Phantom (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Kapellmeister (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Orb of Caldia (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Fat Gum (My Hero Academia)
• Hamelin (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Yoroi Akadō (Naruto)
• Jirōbō (Naruto)
• Ten-Tails (Naruto)
• Madara Uchiha (Naruto); via Rinnegan
• Nagato/Pain (Naruto); via Rinnegan
• Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto); via Rinnegan
• Jūgo (Naruto)
• Hiruko (Naruto)
• White Zetsu (Naruto)
• Black Zetsu (Naruto)
• Kaguya Ōtsusuki (Naruto)
• Toneri Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
• Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
• Urashiki Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
• Nue (Naruto)
• Kazuma (s-CRY-ed)
• Kawarino (Yes! Precure 5)
• Towa Higurashi (Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon)

Movies

• King Ghidorah (Godzilla)
• Meganulon/Meganula (Godzilla)
  • Megaguirus
• Force Users (Star Wars)
• Bishop (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
• Vuk (X-Men: Dark Phoenix)

Video Games

• Traveller ("Genshin Impact")
• Vorahk (Bionicle)
• Vezon (Bionicle)
• Fire Lord (Hero Factory)
• Herrscher of the Void (Honkai Impact 3rd); limited to Honkai Energy
• Cole MacGrath (inFamous/inFamous 2)
• Kessler (Infamous)
• Jak (Jak and Daxter)
• Glacius (Killer Instinct)
• Meltlilith (Nasuverse)
• Pokémon that can use "Absorb", "Giga Drain", "Leech Life", "Leech Seed" or "Mega Drain" (Pokémon)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• N'rrgal (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Several Monsters (Monster Hunter Series)
  • Nergigante
  • Xeno'jiiva

Other

• Shadow Hand (RWBY)
• SCP-076 - Hevel, Ab-Lesha (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-1887 - Quantum Mechanic (SCP Foundation)
• Olympia (SCP Foundation)
• Frankenstein's monster (TYPE-MOON)

Known Objects

• Axonite (Doctor Who)
• Blue Crystal (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu); when combined with Chronosteel
• Chronosteel (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu); via Elemental Absorption and Power Absorption, only generated Elemental Energy.
• Chakra Armour (Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow)
• Yo-kai Watches (Yo-Kai watch films); via Power Absorption only generated yo-kai energy
• Infinite Kujaku Armour (Naruto)
• Samehada (Naruto)

Gallery

Charmcaster (Ben 10)

Ultimate Aggregor (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)

Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) possesses Chromastone's energy absorption.

Omniverse Kevin (Ben 10: Omniverse) possesses feedback's energy absorption.

Shock Rock (Ben 10: Reboot)

Crystalsapiens (Ben 10 series)

Conductoids (Ben 10: Omniverse) like Feedback can Absorb Energy.

Petrosapiens (Ben 10 series)

NRG (Ben 10)

Jetray (Ben 10: Alien Force)

AmpFibian (Ben 10 Ultimate Alien)

Victor Powered (Buso Renkin) is in a state where he absorbs life force from all living beings around him, this power being like breathing that he cannot turn it off.

When Blue Crystal (Ninjago) is combined with Chronosteel it can absorb and drain energy and elemental energy and store it as a power.

Kazuki Mutō (Buso Renkin) is in a state where he absorbs life force from all living beings around him, this power being like breathing that he cannot turn it off.

Android 19 (Dragon Ball Z) using the pads on his palm to absorb ki energy, taking in Son Goku's Kamehameha.

Son Goku (Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13) absorbing a Spirit Bomb.

Goku (Drgaon Ball GT) absorbing Great Ape Baby Vegeta's Revenge Death Ball Final.

Super 17 (Dragon Ball GT) has an energy absorption barrier installed in him, absorbing energy attacks to increase his own strength, even the 10x Kamehameha.

Uryu (Bleach) like all Quincies can absorb Reishi to create spirit weapons or increase power.

Nozomi Kujō (Bleach) using her Arazome Shigure to absorb spiritual energy and is then free to use it as she pleases.

Ōko Yushima (Bleach) using Hajō Kūri to absorb energy and converting it into blasts.

Ōko Yushima (Bleach) using Renzan: Hajō Kūri to absorb energy at a much higher scale, and firing it back as destructive beams.

Cole Macgrath (Infamous 1 & 2)

Yoroi (Naruto) absorbing Sasuke's chakra.

Nagato/Pain's Gakido/Preta Path (Naruto) using the Blocking Technique Absorption Seal to absorb chakra from a technique/jutsu.

Nagato (Naruto) using the Gakido/Preta Path's Blocking Technique Absorption Seal to absorb chakra from a technique/jutsu.

Samehada (Naruto) shaves off chakra from its foes and devours it.

Kisame (Naruto) merged with Samehada, shares its energy shaving function via his skin.

With her absolute mastery of chakra, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Naruto) can absorb chakra from any source.

Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki (Naruto) absorbing Kurama's chakra from Naruto.

Toki Fujiwara (Code:Breaker) absorbs geomagnetism to replenish his powers.

Sebastian Shaw (Marvel Comics) absorbs the kinetic energy of Colossus's punch and redircts back at him.

Guido Carosella/Strong Guy (Marvel Comics)

Lucas Bishop (Marvel Comic)

Lucas Bishop (Ultimate Comics)

Maverick (Marvel Comics)

Sunspot (Marvel Comics)

Stardust (Marvel Comics)

Speedball (Marvel Comics) makes multicolored bubbles around him to absorb and redirect kinetic energy, usually for bouncing.

Meggan (Marvel Comics)

Carol Danvors (Marvel Comics)

The Entities (DC Comics) controls and absorbs emotional energy.

Monica Rambeau (Marvel Comics) is capable of absorbing energy given her own energy form is at the right wavelength.

Lantern Power Rings (DC Comics)

Captain Atom (DC Comics)

Starfire (Dc Comics)

Blackfire (DC Comics)

Patrick Donovan (The Young Guardians) can absorb thermal and heat energy to augment his strength, stamina, and durability to superhuman levels.

Jak (Jak and Daxter) can absorb and channel the various kinds of Eco energy to incredible affect.

Lana Lang (Smallville) absorbs Kryptonite radiation.

Sean Kelvin (Smallville) drains Clark of his body heat.

Kazuma (s-CRY-ed) is able to use the duct embedded in his Shell Bullet to absorb atmospheric traces of "Alter" energy in the local environment and redirect it into his personal reserves.

Tiir (The Legend of the Legendary Heroes) absorbing a huge blast of energy to augment his physical capabilities.

Sebastian Shaw (X-Men First Class) absorbing thermal energy.

Luke Washington (UN Comics) absorbing solar energy.

By using its Staff of Hunger, Vorahk (Bionicle) was able to absorb energy from others and amplify its own strength.

Kapellmeister (Marchen Awakens Romance) turns on his own Ghost Chess soldiers and absorbs them into his body.

Orb (Marchen Awakens Romance) can absorb any magical power that makes contact with him.

Hamelin (Marchen Awakens Romance) can absorb the magical power from whoever hears the melody of his Darkness ÄRM, Soul Flute.

Nergigante (Monster Hunter Series) absorbs large amounts of bioenergy off of Elder Dragons it consumes.

Starchild Paul Stanley (Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery)

Victor Alverez/Power Man (Marvel Comics)

The Staff of Elements (Ninjago) is created from both Blue Crystal and Chronosteel

Vlad and Danny (Danny Phantom) can either absorb energy and redirect it back at the attacker...

… or absorb the attacker's energy attacks into themselves gaining their arsenal of powers after they project it to them.

Leo Dooley (Lab Rats) Bionic Arm grants him super strength, Laser Spheres Generation, and Energy Transference.

Lana Lang (Smallville) nantie body absorb all the energy from the Kryptonite Bomb into her body, but at a cost she was infected with Kryptonite and had to leave Clark.

Gigabyte (Reboot)

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