Stealth/Enhanced

Peak Human

Enhanced

Supernatural

Absolute

Enhanced Stealth
Snake Plissken (Escape from New York)
Power/Ability to:	Possess expertise in stealth

"Most of the intelligence community doesn't believe he even exists. The ones that do call him the Winter Soldier. He's a ghost. You'll never find him."

― Natasha Romanoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

"Are you some sort of ghost?"

― Ryuu Tou to Kyou Kai (Kingdom)

The ability to possess extraordinary expertise in stealth. Technique of Enhanced Condition. Advanced version of Peak Human Stealth.

Also Called

• Advanced/Augmented/Heightened/Increased/Inhuman Stealth
• Enhanced Stealth Skills
• Expert/Master Stealth Skills
• Near/Nigh/Semi-Supernatural Stealth
• Stealth Combatant/Fighter
• Stealth Expertise
• Stealth Master
• Stealth Tactics
• Superhuman Stealth

Capabilities

The user possesses incredibly extensive knowledge and skill in many types and ways of stealth tactics, enabling them to easily slip in and out of areas undetected. Their abilities in all manners of stealth are so refined they appear as mere illusions to those who have been lucky to spot the user. The users of this ability are highly skilled at stealth and can move throughout even the most guarded of areas and act in true discretion.

Applications

• Ambush Mastery
• Assassination Mastery
• Enhanced Anticipation
• Enhanced Caution
• Enhanced Concealment
• Espionage Mastery
• Hiding Mastery
• Hunting Mastery
• Inaudible Movement
• Infiltration Mastery
• Manipulation Mastery
• Observation Detection
• Lock-Picking Mastery
• Pick-Pocketing Mastery
• Safecracking Mastery
• Sabotage Mastery
• Sleight of Hand Mastery
• Social Cloaking
• Thievery Mastery
• Tracking Evasion
• Trap Evasion

Levels

• Peak Human Stealth: Users' stealth ability is at the peak of perfection. Although not a supernatural level.
• Enhanced Stealth: Users' stealth ability may be augmented, but not to supernatural levels.
• Supernatural Stealth: Users' stealth ability is superior to what natural can accomplish.
• Absolute Stealth: Users' stealth is so great even godly beings or those with absolute senses can't see them.

Associations

• Alien Physiology
• Bionic Physiology
  • Android Physiology
    • Biodroid Physiology
  • Artificial Physiology
  • Technorganic Physiology
• Camouflage
  • Body Heat Camouflage
  • Shadow Camouflage
• Enhanced Agility
• Enhanced Athleticism
• Enhanced Thievery
• Hunting Intuition
• Imperceptibility
  • Inaudibility
  • Indorosity
  • Invisibility
  • Unnoticeability
• Killing Intuition
• Mortal Physiology
• Ninjutsu
• Predator Instinct
• Prey Instinct
• Stealth Combat
• Stealth Intuition
• Superior Human Physiology
• Unaffecting Speed
• Visible Stealth

Limitations

• As this isn't a supernatural ability, the user isn't absolutely undetectable.

Known Users

See Also: Stealth Tropes.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Various Characters (Assassination Classroom)
• Azumi (Azumi)
• Yuujiro Hanma (Baki the Grappler)
• Gaia (Baki the Grappler)
• Mienumon (Digimon Universe: App Monsters)
• Suika (Dr. Stone)
• Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
• Goblin Slayer (Goblin Slayer)
• Alucard (Hellsing)
• Seras Victoria (Hellsing)
• Zoldyck Family (Hunter × Hunter)
  • Illumi Zoldyck
  • Killua Zoldyck
  • Kalluto Zoldyck
• Chrollo Lucilfer (Hunter × Hunter)
• Knov (Hunter × Hunter)
• Donovan (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency)
• Kyou Kai (Kingdom)
• Edgeshot (My Hero Academia)
• Eraserhead (My Hero Academia)
• Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia)
• Kyoka Jiro (My Hero Academia)
• Toru Hagakure (My Hero Academia)
• Shinobi/Ninja (Naruto series)
• Dwarves (One Piece)
• Monet (One Piece)
• Pyo Wol (Reaper of the Drifting Moon)
• Han Sangdo (Regressing with the King’s Power)
• Loid Forger/Twilight (Spy x Family)
• D (Vampire Hunter D)
• Hyuk Musang (World’s Greatest Senior Disciple)

Cartoons

• Snake Eyes (G.I. Joe)
• Beshte (The Lion Guard); in water only
• Blake Belladonna (RWBY)
• Cinder Fall (RWBY)
• Daughters of Aku (Samurai Jack)
• Hunter (Star Wars: The Bad Batch)

Comics

• Balera (Archangels: The Saga)
• Cameron (Archangels: The Saga)
• Kai (Archangels: The Saga)
• Shiro (Archangels: The Saga)
• Tanya (Batman & Dracula: Red Rain)
• Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
• Selina Kyle/Catwoman (DC Comics)
• Thomas Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
• J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
• M'gann M'orzz/Megan Morse/Miss Martian (DC Comics)
• Garfield "Gar" Logan/Beast Boy/Animal Man (DC Comics)
• The Bat Family (DC Comics)
  • Richard "Dick" Grayson/Nightwing
  • Damian Wayne/Robin
  • Tim Drake/Red Robin
  • Barbara Gordon/Batgirl
  • Stephanie Brown/Spoiler
  • Katherine Kane/Batwoman
• Floyd Lawton/Deadshot (DC Comics)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Helena Bertinelli/Huntress (DC Comics)
• Agent (DC Comics)
• Talia al Ghul (DC Comics)
• Ra's al Ghul (DC Comics)
• David/Black Manta (DC Comics)
• Theo Galavan/Azrael (DC Comics)
• The Batman Who Laughs (DC Comics)
• Midnighter (DC Comics/Wildstorm)
• Chuck Norris (The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu)
• Chastity (Evil Ernie)
• Chiana (Farscape: War Torn)
• John Crichton (Farscape: War Torn)
• Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Hellboy/BPRD)
• Whisper the Wolf (IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Spawn (Image Comics)
• Flaming Carrot (Image Comics)
• Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
• Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven The Hunter (Marvel Comics)
• Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics)
• T'Challa/Black Panther (Marvel Comics)
• Elektra (Marvel Comics)
• Lester/Bullseye (Marvel Comics)
• Eye-Scream (Marvel Comics)
• Anthony "Tony" Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Comics)
• James “Bucky” Barnes/Winter Soldier/White Wolf (Marvel Comics)
• Felicia Hardy/Black Cat (Marvel Comics)
• Cessily Kincaid//Mercury (Marvel Comics)
• Akihiro Daken (Marvel Comics)
• Frank Castle/Punisher (Marvel Comics)
• Matthew Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
• Leland Owlsley/The Owl (Marvel Comics)
• Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
• James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
• Akihiro Daken (Marvel Comics)
• Laura Kinney/Wolverine II (Marvel Comics)
• Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock/Psylocke (Marvel Comics)
• Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (Marvel Comics)
• Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat (Marvel Comics)
• Victor Creed/Sabretooth (Marvel Comics)
• Edward "Eddie" Brock/Venom (Marvel Comics)
• Cletus Kasady/Carnage (Marvel Comics)
• Scott Summers/Cyclops (Marvel Comics)
• Remy LeBeau/Gambit (Marvel Comics)
• Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Marvel Comics)
• Norrin Radd/Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)
• Susan "Sue" Storm-Richards/The Invisible Woman (Marvel Comics)
• Kyle Gibney/Wild Child (Marvel Comics)
• Mr. A (Mr. A)
• Flo Langer (RoboCop versus the Terminator)
• The Shadow (The Shadow)
• Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
• The Darkness (Top Cow Comics)
• Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo)
• Katherine Hanks (Katherine)

Literature

• Adsden (King's Dark Tidings)
• Connovan (King's Dark Tidings)
• Rezkin (King's Dark Tidings)
• Gollum (The Lord of the Rings)
• Shelob (The Lord of the Rings)
• Count Olaf (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
• Count Dracula (Dracula)

Live Television/Movies

• Xenomorphs (Alien series)
• Connor (Angel)
• Jason Bourne (The Bourne series)
• Translucent (The Boys)
• Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Faith Lehane (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
• Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
• Peyton Westlake (Darkman)
• The Man with No Name (Dollars Trilogy)
• Snake Plissken (Escape from New York)
• River Tam (Firefly/Serenity)
• Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
• Pamela Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
• Arya Stark (Game of Thrones)
• Michael Myers (Halloween)
• Sylar (Heroes)
• Indoraptor (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom)
• Geiz Myokoin (Kamen Rider Zi-O)
• Many villains (Power Rangers series)
• Yautja (Predator series)
• John Rambo (Rambo)
• James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
• Worf (Star Trek)
• Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek)
• Jedi (Star Wars)
• Sith (Star Wars)
• Many Bounty Hunters (Star Wars):
  • Boba Fett
  • Fennec Shand
  • Jango Fett
  • Zam Wesell
• Mandalorians (Star Wars)
• Jennifer Pierce/Lightning (Arrowverse)
• JJ Stewart/Ionosphere (Arrowverse/Black Lightning)
• The Mariner (Waterworld)
• Winter Soldiers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Christopher Smith/Peacemaker (DC Extended Universe)
• Nanaue/King Shark (DC Extended Universe)

Tabletop Games

• Drizzt Do'Urden (Forgotten Realms)

Video Games

• Wraith (Apex Legends)
• Mirage (Apex Legends)
• Revenant (Apex Legends)
• Ash (Apex Legends)
• Aragami (Aragami)
• The Assassin Brotherhood (Assassin's Creed)
• Some Templars (Assassin's Creed)
  • Shay Cormac
  • Haytham Kenway
  • Juhani Otso-Berg
• Rayne (BloodRayne)
• Creeps (Bulletstorm)
• Corvo Attano (Dishonored)
• Emily Kaldwin (Dishonored)
• Daud (Dishonored)
• Imps (Doom Series)
• Vulgars (Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil)
• Rats (DUSK)
• Protagonist characters (The Elder Scrolls): via Sneak skill
• Protagonist characters (Fallout); via Sneak and Ninja perks
• Deacon (Fallout 4)
• Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima); optional
• Headcrabs (Hλlf-Life series)
• Agent 47 (Hitman)
• Terra (Kingdom Hearts)
• Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts)
• Teemo (League of Legends)
• Link (The Legend of Zelda series)
• Yiga Clan (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
• Marked Ninja (Mark of the Ninja)
• Dosan (Mark of the Ninja)
• Zero (Mega Man)
• Sam Fisher ("Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series")
• Solid Snake (Metal Gear series)
• Raiden (Metal Gear series)
• Big Boss (Metal Gear series)
• The End (Metal Gear Solid 3)
• Laughing Octopus (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
• Talion (Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor )
• Celebrimbor (Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor)
• Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
• Miles Upshur (Outlast)
• Blake Langermann (Outlast II)
• Sombra (Overwatch)
• Hoxton (Payday: The Heist)
• Cloaker (Payday 2)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype series)
• James Heller (Prototype series)
• Chris Redfield (Resident Evil series)
• Sekiro (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
• Stealth Elf (Skylanders)
• Trap Shadow (Skylanders)
• Sly Cooper (Sly Cooper)
• Rouge the Bat (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Spider-Man Noir (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions)
• Inklings (Splatoon series)
• Octolings (Splatoon)
• Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell)
• Styx (Styx)
• Spy (Team Fortress series)
• Garret (Thief)
• Lara Croft (Tomb Raider series)
• Turok (Turok: Dinosaur Hunter)
• Nathan Drake (Uncharted series)
• Spade (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Robert Locksley (Volume)

Other

• SCP-236 - Mimic "Crabs" (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-2863 - がしゃどくろ (SCP Foundation)
• Jeff the Killer (Creepypasta)
• Eyeless Jack (Creepypasta)
• Mecha Sonic (Super Mario Bros. Z)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

As a former member of Clan Shiyuu, Kyou Kai (Kingdom) can easily infiltrate anywhere she pleases.

Monet (One Piece) displayed admirable stealth when she sneaked behind Monkey D. Luffy with little to no sound.

Arsène Lupin III (Lupin III)

Kalluto Zoldyck (Hunter × Hunter) is a master of stealth, completely able to hide his presence as he is able to appear behind a foe or comrade only to completely disappear in seconds.

Illumi (Hunter × Hunter), the eldest son of the Zoldyck Family of assassins, infiltrates and kills the Mafia's Ten Dons.

Sung Jin-Woo (Solo Leveling) using [Stealth Skill].

Cartoons/Comics

As ninja, Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) are well versed in the art of stealth techniques.

James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)

Lester/Bullseye (Marvel Comics)

Asajj Ventress (Star Wars) can conceal her presence from other Force-users.

Victor Creed/Sabretooth (Marvel Comics)

Live Television/Movies

Despite his robotic suit and heavy breathing, Darth Vader (Star Wars) like the other Sith was fully capable of ambushing his opponents.

Jason Bourne was formerly employed to spy on important government officials.

Batman (DC Extended Universe) battling stealthily.

Video Games

Big Boss (Metal Gear) was well known for his stealth.

Hoxton (PayDay) uses his stealth abilities to pull off major crimes without the police ever being called

Ezio Auditore (Assassin's Creed 2) was an Assassin with extraordinary killing skills that were so superior, that many much tougher opponents fell before him.

Inklings (Splatoon) are skilled at sneaking around their opponents for surprise attacks...

...and being able to submerge in ink while in squid form helps.

Octolings (Splatoon) are skilled at sneaking around Agent 3 for surprise attacks...

...and being able to submerge in ink while in octopus form helps.

Despite his whimsical nature, Deacon (Fallout 4) is a cunning master of disguise, plus his perk is among the most sort after by stealthy players.

Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden) is a master of stealth and infiltration.

Adam Jensen (Deus Ex)

Videos

LOTR The Return of the King - The Choices of Master Samwise Part 1 (Shelob's Lair Part 4)-2