- "Hello Scout, may I borrow your powers?"
- ― Doppelgänger to Major Scout Guy (TF2 Freak)
The power to temporarily borrow the powers of others. Sub-power of Superpower Manipulation. Variation of Power Absorption. Counterpart of Power Sharing.
Also Called[]
- Ability Borrowing
- Ability/Power Swiper
- Charyeok (God Of Highschool)
- Temporary Power Absorption
Capabilities[]
The user can temporarily borrow the powers and/or skills of another and use it as their own, which may cause the target to lose borrowed powers in a similar fashion of Power Absorption.
They may be able to borrow powers from powerful objects and/or drawing power from even deceased beings.
Applications[]
Variations[]
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- Users of Power Anchoring are immune.
- May have limited range, including touch only.
- Time limit of borrowed powers may vary.
- Powers that can be borrowed may be limited to a certain type.
- May not be able to choose whose power the user borrows.
- The power does not grant innate knowledge of the power the user obtains, meaning they may not have knowledge of the dangers of their borrowed power.
- If the target dies, the link to their powers may sever before normal limit.
- May leave the user without their power.
- If the user dies, borrowed powers may return to the original user.
Known Users[]
- Asta (Black Clover); via Demon-Dweller Sword
- Dazu Tayaku (Black Clover)
- Jugram Haschwalth (Bleach)
- 07 (Psyren)
- Evos (Caster Chronicles)
- Mason Ravenwood
- Althea Duchannes
- Shido Itsuka (Date A Live)
- Lori Zechlin/Black Alice (DC Comics)
- Azul Ashengrotto (Disney: Twisted-Wonderland); via It's a Deal
- Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail); via Star Dress
- R (God of High School); via Original Greed
- Charyeok users (God of High School)
- Ex (Grimms Notes)
- Mirei Kudo (Inou Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de); via Grateful Robber
- Leol (Hunter x Hunter)
- Chrollo Lucifer (Hunter x Hunter)
- Kamen Riders of Kamen Rider Blade (Kamen Rider Blade)
- Magicians (Kubera)
- Kaga Kaguya (Marugoto Anju Gakuen)
- Ann Marie LeBeau/Rogue (Marvel Comics)
- Alex Power (Marvel Comics); able to borrow the powers of his siblings if they don't resist the process
- Negi Springfield (Negima); briefly via his Pactio Artifact
- Chihaya Ohtori (Rewrite)
- Helbram (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Ayaka Kagari (Witch Craft Works)
- Athena Browning/Penelope Gardiner (Witches of East End)
- Yumeji Fujiwara (Yumekui Merry); via Lucid Gadget
- Parautilitarians (Remedy Connected Universe); via Binding to Objects of Power
- Jesse Faden
- Dylan Faden
- Broderick Northmoor
- Zachariah Trench
- Incarnations (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint); via Sponsor contracts.