Ground Pounding

Ground Pounding
Lucifer (Dante's Inferno) possesses powerful ground pounds.
Power/Ability to:	Pound/attack the ground causing various effects.

The ability to pound/attack the ground causing various effects. Sub-power of Ground Manipulation. Opposite to Atmospheric Pounding.

Also Called

• Ground Hammering/Pound/Pounding/Slam/Wave

Capabilities

The user can pound the ground causing various effects, either by punching, kicking or weapons.

Applications

• Concussive Force
• Earthquake Generation
• Fissure Creation
• Ground Rupturing
• Shockwave Generation
  • Shockwave Stomp
• Pygakinetic Combat

Variations

• Using varying types of blunt-type weaponry to accomplish the feat.
• In some rare cases, a user can channel a guided Pulverization effect.

Associations

• Atmospheric Pounding
• Enhanced Strength/Supernatural Strength/Absolute Strength
  • Power Fists
  • Power Headbutt
  • Power Body
  • Power Elbow
• Ground Manipulation
• Hard Falling
• Hyper Landing
• Piston Protrusion
• Vibration Emission

Limitations

• It only works on the ground.
• Anyone who doesn't come in contact with the ground, such as Flight, Levitation or Avian Physiology, the power is useless.
• Can be avoided simply by jumping high enough.

Known Users

See Also: Ground Pound.

• The Lurker (Aliens: CM Multiplayer)
• Wyzen (Asura's Wrath)
• Yuujiro Hanma (Baki the Grappler)
• Banjo (Banjo-Kazooie)
• Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie)
• Cycloid (Bakugan)
• Cheshire (Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon)
• Tetramands (Ben 10)
• Vaxasaurians (Ben 10)
• Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10)
• Slamvil (Cosmic Shake)
• Crash Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot)
• Lucifer (Dante's Inferno)
• Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman (DC Comics)
• Doomsday (DC Comics)
• The Boss (Saints Row); via Simulation and Power Armor in Saints Row IV
• Ayane (Dead or Alive/Ninja Gaiden)
• Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
• Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong)
• Gohan (Dragon Ball)
• Arale Norimaki (Dr. Slump)
• Sloth (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Goliath (Gargoyles)
• Hellboy (Hellboy/BPRD)
• Lee Geon (Return of the Disaster-Class Hero)
• Catastrophic Quakens (How To Train Your Dragon)
• Doc Seismic (Invincible/Image Comics)
• Cole MacGrath (Infamous)
• Jak (Jak and Daxter)
• Akaza (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• TJ Combo (Killer Instinct)
• Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
• Goron Link (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
• Steven Armstrong (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
• Mushmoms (Maple Story)
  • Blue Mushmom
  • Zombie Mushmom
• King Slime (Maple Story)
• Benjamin Grimm/The Thing (Marvel Comics)
• Luke Cage (Marvel Comics)
• Bruce Banner/The Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Rictor (Marvel Comics)
• Piotr Rasputin/Colossus (Marvel Comics)
• Mash Burnedead (Mashle: Magic and Muscles)
• Jax (Mortal Kombat)
• Shokans (Mortal Kombat)
• Sakura Haruno (Naruto)
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
• Marshall D. Teach/Blackbeard (One Piece); via Gura Gura no Mi
• Edward Newgate/Whitebeard (One Piece); via Gura Gura no Mi
• Saitama (One-Punch Man)
• Genos (One-Punch Man)
• Pokémon who can use Stomp, Earthquake, Fissure or Bulldoze (Pokémon)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype)
• Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank)
• Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire)
• Yukyuzan Anji (Rurouni Kenshin)
• Anji's (Rurouni Kenshin)
• Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)
• Polar Knight (Shovel Knight)
• Steve Stronghold aka The Commander (Sky High)
• Will Stronghold (Sky High)
• Murray (Sly Cooper)
• Inklings (Splatoon); via Splashdown
• Octolings (Splatoon); via Splashdown
• Octostamps (Splatoon)
• The Mighty Octostomp (Splatoon)
• Various characters (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Crimson Viper (Street Fighter IV)
• Akuma (Street Fighter series)
• Various Characters (Super Mario)
• Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
• Taven (Mortal Kombat: Armageddon)
• Shindo Susumu (Vibration Man)
• Marcus (World War Blue)
• Tsuchigumo (Yokai: Rise of the Nura Clan)
• Hercules (Once Upon a Time)
• Ogrest (Wakfu)
• Rhino (Warframe) by using Rhino Stomp ability
• Aniki (World's End Club)
• Gloria (Madagascar)
• Starfishman (SpongeBob)
• Cinderblock (Teen Titans)
• Emmet Brickowski (The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part)
• Rex Dangervest (The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part)
• Cole (The Lego Ninjago Movie)
• Muddy (Snow White's Happily Ever After)

Known Objects

• Gura Gura no Mi (One Piece)
• Krystal's staff (Star Fox Adventures)

Gallery

Tetramands (Ben 10)

Evolved Vaxasaurians (Ben 10)

Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) possesses Humungousaur, Ultimate Humungousaur, Armordrillo, Four Arms and Ultimate Aggeregor's strength.

Luke Cage (Marvel Comics)

Gohan (Dragon Ball series) pounding the ground, knocking several enemies off their feet.

Will Stronghold (Sky High)

Arale Norimaki (Dr. Slump) pounds the ground with such force that it cracks the planet.

Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong/Super Smash Bros.) pounds the ground using his Hand Slap.

The Hulk (Marvel Comics)

Mario (Super Mario) pounds the ground.

Snorlax (Pokémon) using its exclusive Z-Move, Pulverizing Pancake.

Slaking (Pokémon)

Senator Armstrong (Metal Gear)

Anji's (Rurouni Kenshin) unique Ground Pound...

...coupled with its devastating aftereffects.

Murray (Sly Cooper)

Cole MacGrath (Infamous) performing his Thunder Drop, stomping the ground from a high distance to produce a powerful electrical shockwave.

Using the Art of the Raging Mountain God, Ayane (Dead or Alive/Ninja Gaiden) gathers and compresses natural energy into her body before releasing it in the form of a destructive shockwave by punching the ground.

Goliath (Gargoyles)

In boulder form, Catastrophic Quakens (How To Train Your Dragon) can create a shockwave that is strong enough to knock both dragons and humans off their feet or flying dragons out of the sky.

Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)

Octostamps (Splatoon)

The Mighty Octostomp (Splatoon)

Wario (Wario/Super Mario) performing an Earthshake Punch.

Yang Xiao Long (RWBY) demonstrates.

Using Dark Bomb, Jak (Jak and Daxter) pounds the ground to create a destructive Dark Eco shockwave.

Banjo and Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie)

Using Bakuryuujin, Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire) punches the ground to produce a powerful Yoki shockwave.

Tsunade Senju (Naruto)

Sakura Haruno (Naruto) using Cherry Blossom Impact.

Edward Newgate/Whitebeard (One Piece)

Genos (One-Punch Man)

Fox McCloud (Star Fox) using the mystical Ground Quake to slam the ground and produce shockwaves...

...and its upgrade, the Super Ground Quake.

Cinderblock (Teen Titans)

Anissa Pierce/Thunder (Black Lightning/DC Comics)

Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)

Spartan IV Ground Pound (Halo 5 Guardians)

Emmet Brickowski (The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part)

Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Amy Rose (Sonic Boom)

Cheshire (Bayonetta Origins) in his stone form.

Silverback (Heroes of Goo Jit Zu) using Boom Crash.

Sargon (Prince of Persia) Athra Surge

Warpath (Marvel Comics)

Videos

-PROTOTYPE- - Opening Cinematic Trailer

Official PROTOTYPE 2 - The Red Zone

Hulk VS Doomsday (Marvel VS DC) - DEATH BATTLE!

Akuma VS Shao Kahn (Street Fighter VS Mortal Kombat) - DEATH BATTLE!

One Minute Melee - Akuma vs Kenpachi Zaraki (Street Fighter vs Bleach)

One Minute Melee - Oni vs Kenpachi (Street Fighter vs Bleach)

One Minute Melee S4 EP1 - Oni vs Kenpachi Round 3 (Street Fighter vs Bleach)

Whitebeard vs Akainu-2