Power to subject enter into primal rage.
Also Called
- Berserker
- Ire State
- Rage Mind
- Wild Mind
Capability
User is able to tap into primal, unstoppable rage that allows them to perform in vastly increased capacity, taking and inflicting damage that they wouldn't in their normal state.
Applications
Associations
Limitations
- May be unable to separate friend from foe and attacks everyone.
- May be unable to remember activity in primal rage.
- May revert to a state of mind where the users only thoughts are simply: fight, flight, or mate.
Known Users
- Bane (DC Comics) via Venom overdose
- Brick Baxter/Cyber Shadow (The Young Guardians book series)
- Robert Bruce Banner/The Savage Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
- Ichigo Kurosaki/Hollow Ichigo (Bleach)
- Naruto Uzumaki; formally due to possession by the Nine-Tails Fox Kurama (Naruto)
- Great Apes (Dragon Ball)
- Oozaru (Dragonball Evolution)
- Ultimo Excalibur (Ultimo X)
- Jennifer Tate (Primal)
- David Sullivan (Heroes)
- Sabertooth (Marvel)
- Kevin Levin and other Osmosians (Ben 10) when under the influence of absorbing pure energy
- Saix (Kingdom Hearts) when under the influence of the full moon
- Teon Macik/Primal (Marvel Comics) his only thoughts are: Fight Flight or Mate. In fact he is so detached from his human side that he had to be "tamed"
- Pete Clarner (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Inuyasha (InuYasha)
- Asuras when exposed to high Solar Noise (Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga)
- John White/The Beast (inFamous 2) (Temporarily)
- Joseph Bertrand III (inFamous 2)
- The Corrupted (inFamous 2)
- Peyton Westlake/Darkman (Darkman)
- Arlong (One Piece)
- Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece); formerly via Monster Point (pre-timeskip), now able to control it.
- Franky (One Piece); while in Chopper's body during the Punk Hazard arc via Monster Point.
- Atrocity (Spider-Man: Edge of Time)
- Superboy (Young Justice television series)
- Ghouls (Fallout series)
- Turok-Han (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Van-Tal demons (Angel)
- Zompires (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine and Angel & Faith)
- Iblis (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Super Sonic (Sonic the Comic)
- Viera (Final Fantasy)
- Violet Wisps (Sonic Colors)
- Slash (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- SA-X (Metroid Fusion)
- Heartless (Kingdom Hearts)
- Asura (Asura's Wrath)
- Nemesis T-Type (Resident Evil)
- Feral Chaos (Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy)
- The Toa Hordika (Bionicle)
- Barbarians (Dungeons and Dragons)
- SkullGreymon (Digimon Adventure and Adventure 02)
- Megidramon (Digimon Tamers)
- ShineGreymon Ruin Mode (Digimon Savers/Data Squad)
- Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
Gallery
After being grafted to experimental technology, Brick Baxter/Cyber Shadow (The Young Guardians) enters a mindset of feral hatred, anger, and insanity.
Jennifer Tate (Primal)
Peyton Westlake (Darkman)
Teon (Marvel) is so detached from his humanity that he is little more than a tamed dog.
The Atrocity's (Spider-Man: Edge of Time) only coherent thought is getting revenge on Spider-Man for his perceived role in its creation.
When overdosing on Venom, Bane enters a mindset of berserk rage.
The Turok-Han (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) are ancient and powerful vampires who are as feral and single-minded as animals.
Iblis (Sonic the Hedgehog) is the raw power of Solaris, who's only coherent thoughts are wreaking havoc and causing destruction.
When faced with life-threatening situations and deprived of his sword, Inuyasha (InuYasha) is taken over by his demonic blood, increasing all of his physical abilities, but leaving him in a berserker rage in which he cannot tell friend from foe.
When Super Sonic (Sonic the Comic) manifests and takes over Sonic's body, he is hyperaggressive, violent, and a danger to friend and foe alike.
While in the form of Great Apes (Dragon Ball), Saiyans are typically mindless and destructive.
Saïx (Kingdom Hearts) enters a berserker rage whenever he is under a full moon.
After losing his memory of the last six months of his life, Superboy (Young Justice), having not even existed six months ago, is reduced to a mindless animal driven by basic instincts.
The SA-X (Metroid Fusion) in its monster form.
The Viera (Final Fantasy) enter a frenzy when exposed to magical mist, which grants them enough strength to break metal chains and kill armored humans with their bare hands.
Slash (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
The Heartless (Kingdom Hearts) are limited to functioning on instinct.
The Hulk (Marvel Comics) is well known for this ability.
Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
After witnessing the destruction of an entire village, Asura (Asura's Wrath) enters an incredibly powerful berserker state.
After extensive damage and mutation, Nemesis (Resident Evil) loses track of his programmed objectives and becomes a mindless beast.
Seras Victoria (Hellsing: Ultimate) can enter a berserker state when under extreme stress or pain.
Chopper (One Piece) has a transformation which makes him incredibly powerful but loses all sense and rationality