- "You don't need a machine to amplify your powers. You have me."
- ― Apocalypse (X-Men: Apocalypse)
The ability to enhance the powers of oneself and/or others. Sub-power of Superpower Manipulation. Variation of Augmentation. Opposite to Power Reduction and Downgrading.
Also Called
- Build-Up
- Enhancer Physiology
- Power/Ability Amplification/Amplifying/Boosting/Enhancement/Enhancing/Increase/Increasing/Strengthening/Supercharging
- Power Build-Up
- Statistics Amplification
- Supercharging
Capabilities
The user can enhance the powers of themselves and/or others' so that they can reach high level mastery and control instantaneously, even reach a level of power that is usually beyond their limits alone. Users cannot steal or give power, only enhance the ones their targets already have.
Applications
- Ability Mastering
- Efficiency Augmentation
- Potential Enhancement
- Physical Augmentation
- Quality Enhancement
- Self-Power Augmentation
Techniques
- Glowing Eyes - When the user’s powers are active.
- Power Overload
Variations
- Effect Stacking
- Energy Amplification
- Healing Augmentation
- Life-Force Augmentation
- Luck Augmentation
- Magic Augmentation
- Neural Jumpstart
- Power Apex Inducement
- Power Bestowal
- Power-Boosting Blood
- Psionic Augmentation
- Restoration Augmentation
- Song Augmentation
- Sound Augmentation
- Superpower Evolution
Associations
- Affinity/Affinity Manipulation
- Alien Physiology
- Life-Force Manipulation
- Powerful Objects
- Remolding
- Superior Human Physiology
- Support Powers
Limitations
- Target effects usually fade over time, sometimes only lasting moments.
- May have limited range, including touch only.
- Amplified abilities may get to the point that their user harms themselves.
- May be limited to enhancing at certain places or times.
- Over-dosage may result in subject getting delirious, in some rare cases, death is likely.
- May be limited to enhancing themselves or enhancing others
Known Users
Cartoons/Comics
- Avatars (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra), via the Avatar State
- Firebenders (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra) via Sozin's Comet
- Waterbenders (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra) via the Full Moon
- High Override (Ben 10 2016)
- Poltis Altiare (Ben 10: Cosmic Destruction)
- Celestialsapiens (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Force)
- Alien X
- Kim Il Sung/Scrambler (Marvel Comics)
- Power Augmentation Users (Danny Phantom)
- Danny Fenton/Phantom
- Vlad Masters/Plasmius
- Eriol Hiiragizawa (Cardcaptor Sakura); via his Staff
- Blue Lanterns (DC Comics); in the presence of a Green Lantern, the Green Lantern's Power Levels equal out to 200% capacity
- Raven (DC Comics)
- Various Metahumans (DC Comics)
- Amp (Generator Rex)
- God of Stories Loki (Marvel Comics)
- Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
- African American mutants
- Asian mutants
- Kim Il Sung/Scrambler (Marvel Comics)
- Zachary/Amp (Marvel Comics)
- En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (Marvel Comics); via Celestial Technology
- Hispanic mutants
- Native American mutants
- White mutants
- Fabian Cortez (Marvel Comics)
- Hope Summers (Marvel Comics)
- Sage (Marvel Comics)
- The Phoenix Force (Marvel Comics)
- Victor Alvarez/Power Man (Marvel Comics)
- Nico Minoru (Marvel Comics); via "Caffeine Infection" spell
- Wanda Maximoff (Marvel Comics)
- Nathalie Sancoeur/Catalyst (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Jaune Arc (RWBY)
- Fandango (Slugterra)
- Elemental Princesses (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power); via Aura Generation
- William Walter Thompson/Wally T (Teen Titans Go!)
Literature
- Cole Randolph (Five Kingdoms); amplifies shaping power of others
- Demigod Children of Bellona (Heroes of Olympus)
- Invisible Dragon (Invisible Dragon)
- Clary Fray (The Mortal Instruments); empowers angelic runes
- Blue Sargent (The Raven Cycle); amplifies magical/mystical energy of others
Live Television/Movies
- Empaths (Charmed)
- Billie Jenkins (Charmed); via Projection
- Wyatt Halliwell (Charmed); via Projection
- Shinichi Ozaki (Godzilla: Final Wars)
- Ando Masahashi (Heroes)
- Paulette Hawkins (Heroes)
- Users of the Holy Pearls (Holy Pearl)
- Various Power Rangers (Power Rangers) via upgraded morphers and weapons
- Lucifer (Supernatural)
- En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (X-Men Movies)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Hougkyoku (Bleach)
- Visored (Bleach)
- Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)
- Sir Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott (Date A Live)
- Digimon (Digimon) via Digivice
- Guru (Dragon Ball Z)
- Old Kai (Dragon Ball Z)
- Babidi (Dragon Ball Z); via Mind Control
- Goku (Dragon Ball Z); via Kaio-Ken
- Kyouka (Fairy Tail)
- Issei Hyoudou (Highschool DxD); via Boosted Gear
- Siegfried (Highschool DxD); via Twice Critical
- Haki Users (One Piece); via actual combat or training
- Chandra (Kubera)
- Sister Nana/Nana Habutae (Magical Girl Raising Project)
- Merlin (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Vivian (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic X)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic X)
Video Games
- Mithra (Asura's Wrath)
- Lumen (Azure Striker: Gunvolt)
- The Canadian (The Guardian 30)
- The Beast/John White (inFamous Series)
- Power Gear Users (Mega Man 11)
- Mega Man
- Block Man
- Impact Man/Pile Man
- Torch Man
- Blast Man
- Mawverne
- Wily Machine 11
- Hero (Patapon 2)
- Uberhero (Patapon 3)
- Pokemon that can use "Helping Hand" (Pokemon)
- Chaos Emeralds users (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Knuckles the Echidna
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Mighty the Armadillo
- Ray the Flying Squirrel
- Chaos
- Flickies
- Gemerl
- Mecha Sonic
- Madame Web (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions)
- Geno (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)
- Sister Ulicia (Sword of Truth series: Blood of the Fold)
- Sister Armina (Sword of Truth series: Blood of the Fold & Confessor)
- Sister Tovi (Sword of Truth series: Blood of the Fold)
- Sister Nicci (Sword of Truth series: Blood of the Fold)
- Sister Cecilia (Sword of Truth series: Blood of the Fold)
- Sister Merissa (Sword of Truth series: Blood of the Fold)
- Sister Greta (Sword of Truth series: Confessor)
- Sister Julia (Sword of Truth series: Confessor)
- The Tick (The Tick); via "drama power" his other abilities increase as the situation becomes more dramatic
- Satono Nishida (Touhou Project)
- Mai Teireida (Touhou Project)
- Warframes (Warframe)
Podcasts
- Flanagan (The Adventure Zone: Commitment)
Web Original
- SCP-423 - Self-Inserting Character (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-826 - Draws You into the Book (SCP Foundation)
- Mobile Task Force Omega-9 ("The Scrubs")/Gloria Stanfeld (GRRGRL)/Jim Yearden (WTF_STFU)/Thomas Warden (BOOGER)/SCP-2639 - Video Game Violence (SCP Foundation)
Known Objects
- Full Moon (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra)
- Rising Sun (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra)
- Sozin's Comet (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra)
- The Ultimatrix (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Potis Altiare (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Cosmic Destruction)
- X-Antibody (Digimon)
- Crests (Digimon Adventure series)
- Destiny Stone (Digimon Adventure 02)
- Digicore (Digimon Adventure 02)
- Shikon Jewel Shards (InuYasha)
- The Scrolls of Forbidden Spinjitzu (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Double Gear System (Mega Man 11); via Power Gear
- Second Prana (Sidekicks)
- Holy Fluid (Sidekicks)
- Chaos Emeralds (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- The Master Emerald (Sonic the Hedgehog series)
- The Sol Emeralds (Sonic the Hedgehog series)
- Crystals (The Secret Circle)
- Crystal Skull
- Various upgraded Morphers and weapons (Power Rangers)
- Photostims (Alphas)
- Evil Eye (Charmed)
- Power Tripling Potion (Charmed)
- Key Of Domination (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Jewel of Charta (Teen Titans)
- Wands (Wizards of Waverly Place)
- Blast Cores (Infamous and Infamous 2)
- Core Relays (Infamous: Second Son)
- Rooster Booster (Xiaolin Chronicles)
- Eriol's Staff (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Cristal de Caballero (Every Witch Way)
- Winged Ring (Geronimo Stilton: The Dragon of Fortune)
- Boosted Gear (Highschool DxD)
- Twice Critical (Highschool DxD)
- King Piece (Highschool DxD)
- Malebranche (Highschool DxD)
- Mind Stone ("Marvel Cinematic Universe")
- Power Gem (Marvel Comics)
- Celestial Technology (Marvel Comics)
- Trigger (My Hero Academia)
- Quirk Amplification Device (My Hero Academia: Two Heroes)
- Glorbs (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
Gallery
Vizards (Bleach) can supplement their Shinigami/Soul Reaper powers with Hollowfied spiritual energy, vastly boosting their abilities
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Ichigo Kurosaki's (Bleach) powers were tremendously amplified after he fully Hollowfied,...
...transcending even the strongest Shinigamis/Soul Reapers and Arrancars.
Goku (Dragon Ball Z) using the Kaio-Ken to boost his Power Level.
Guru (Dragon Ball Z)
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John White/The Beast (InFamous 2) enhances Cole's Radar Pulse, enabling him to identify the Conduit gene and the Ray Field Plague.
The Blue Lantern Ring (DC Comics) can power up any and all Lantern Rings by 200% capacity.
The Blue Entity (DC Comics) can power a Green Lantern ring the same way as a Blue Lantern ring.
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Lucifer's (Supernatural) mere presence on Earth augments Jesse Turner's Cambion power to a godlike level.
Warframes' (Warframe) can become stronger with affinities.
Billie Jenkins (Charmed) boost Christy's Pyrokinesis, so that they could vanquish a demon thought impossible to be vanquished.
Enhanced by Ando, Hiro (Heroes) is able to teleport every carny away to an unknown location
Issei Hyoudou (Highschool DxD) via Boosted Gear.
Kyoka (Fairy Tail) can use her Enhancement Curse to increase her own power or others.
Mithra (Asura's Wrath) typically uses her power over Mantra to augment the powers of other demigods.
Merlin (Nanatsu no Taizai) uses Power Amplify to amplify the magic of her allies, making their techniques considerably more powerful.
Trigger (My Hero Academia) is a drug that enhances the quirks of individuals at the expense of their capacity to reason.
The Power Gem (Marvel Comics) can augment the power of its wielder infinitely.
Turbo K.O. (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes) was able to temporarily increase his power by eating glorbs.
Despite Haki (One Piece) being a finite source, being unusable for a set period if overused in battle. It can also grow stronger if the user trains or fights stronger foes, advancing in their Observation, Armament or Conqueror's Haki' to their highest potential'…
…Observation Haki at its peak can evolve into being able see into the future…
…Armament Haki at its peak can evolve into emit his Haki without the use of a medium and at a higher level, destroy opponents from the inside out…
…a "hanful" of the strongest Conqueror's Haki users can evolve it into being able to infuse it into oneself and/or their weapons, granting them an immense boost in power.
The Phoenix Force (Marvel Comics) can enhance the powers of its host.
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En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
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Fabian Cortez (Marvel Comics)
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Nico Minoru (Marvel Comics)
Hope Summers (Marvel Comics)
As Catalyst, Nathalie Sancoeur (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) has the power to augment and enhance other powers.
The Elemental Princesses (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) amplifying their abilities by generating their respective auras.
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The Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu) can increase an elemental master's powers.
Chaos Emeralds (Sonic the Hedgehog)
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When Blackfire (Teen Titans) had the Jewel of Charta it increased her natural alien abilities giving her a resistance against her sister Starbolts, changed her purple starbolts to red, and allowing her to create an energy force field to defend herself against Starfire’s rapid star blast.
Rooster Booster (Xiaolin Chronicles)
