Power Opposition

Power Opposition
As a Magma Human, Sakazuki/Akainu (One Piece) Mag-Mag Fruit/Magu Magu no Mi powers overcame Portgas. D Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit/Mera Mera no Mi abilities.
Power/Ability to:	Develop an ability to counteract another person's power.

"You may be made of fire, but my magma burns even hotter than that!"

― Akainu to Portgas D. Ace (One Piece).

"Save your sympathy for robot-brain here. Now that he's close, I've transformed my body into neutronium, an element which absorbs all energy. It knocked out his power system. Before you vote, I'd better tell you my power is limited. I've never tried it on more than one adversary at a time."

― Hart Druiter/Nemesis Kid, both demonstrating and explaining about his signature power (DC Comics)

The ability to have or develop super powers to counteract another person's power. Sub-power of Reactive Adaptation, Power-Shifting, Aversion Manipulation, and Superpower Manipulation.

Also Called

• Counter/Counteraction/Nemesis Power
• Power Domination
• Superpower Reaction

Capabilities

User either has or can develop a super power to counteract another person's abilities. For example, if the other person is using Fire Manipulation, the user could develop Water Manipulation to counteract that power. Also, if the opponent has Super-speed, the user could develop Slowness Manipulation to counteract that power.

Applications

• Absolute Counter if the opponent has a weakness to the awoken power.
• Adaptive Power Level
• Can be used to defend against the other person's power.
• Can develop powers to counteract obstacles around the user.
• Can turn the tide of a battle.
• Develop counter powers to counter others' abilities.
• Self-Adaptive Power
• Useful against multiple power holders having both passive and active ability counters.
• Reactionary Immunity

Examples

• Energy Manipulation: Anti-Energy Manipulation, Personal Anti-Energy, Energy Immunity, Energy Negation, Energy Containment and/or Energy Erasure
  • Sound Manipulation: Sound Nullification, Sound Immunity, Silence Manipulation and/or Sound Containment
  • Light Manipulation: Light Negation, Photokinetic Immunity, Darkness Manipulation, Reflection Manipulation, Light Boundary and/or Light Sealing
    • Solar Energy Manipulation: Solar Immunity, Solar Negation and/ Solar Energy Absorption
    • Light Defense : Darkness Bomb Generation, Umbrakinetic Polearm Construction, Darkness Artillery and/or Defense Ignoring
  • Electricity Manipulation: Electrical Immunity, Electricity Negation, Wood Mimicry, Plastic Mimicry, Glass Mimicry, Earth Mimicry, Magnetism Manipulation and/or Concrete Mimicry
    • Electricity Attacks: Magnetic Armor, Crystal Defense, Earth Shield Construction, Attack Break and/or Sand Armor
    • Bio-electricity Manipulation: Nervelessness, Personal Electricity and/or Bio-Magnetism Manipulation
  • Radiation Manipulation: Radiation Immunity
    • Gamma Radiation Manipulation: Anti-Energy Manipulation, Concrete Manipulation, Lead Manipulation, Iron Manipulation, or Radiation Immunity
    • Radiation Magic: Magic Intangibility, Magic Destabilization, Magic Adaptation and/or Dispel Magic
  • Heat Manipulation: Heat Immunity or Cold Manipulation
  • Electromagnetism Manipulation: Anti-Electromagnetic Field Projection
  • Energy Attacks: Energy Redirection, Anti-Energy Defense and/or Attack Reversal
• Invisibility: Invisibility Awareness, Invisibility Cancellation , Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced Smell, Mind Reading and/or Thermoreception
• Shapeshifting: Shapeshifting Awareness, Shapeshifting Negation, Mind Reading and/or DNA Vision
• Reality Warping: Reality Anchoring, Reality Perception, Reality Restoration, Reality Separation, Reality Alteration Negation, Reality Awareness or Reality Perception
  • Cartoon Physics: Real World Enforcement
  • Gesturify: Molecular Immobilization, Inanimation, Body Immobilization or Time Stopping
  • Logic Manipulation: Logic Independence, Logic Immunity, Logic Negation, Logic Removal, or Logic Adaptation
  • Pathifery: Emotion Absorption and/or Emotion Negation
  • Phenomenon Manipulation: Phenomenon Elimination
  • Magical Warping: Personal Anti-Magic, Magic Sealing, Magic Negation and/or Magic Resistance
  • Vocifery: Mouth Removal, Muting, Reality Anchoring and/or Silence Manipulation
• Superpower Manipulation: Power Anchoring or Probability Manipulation
  • Power Absorption: Power Absorption Immunity, Power Anchoring, Absorption Immunity and/or Absorption Negation
  • Power Replication: Power Mimicry Immunity, Singularity, Replication Negation and/or Uniqueness
    • Defense Replication: Defense Immunity, Defense Break and/or Defense Reversal
    • Attack Replication: Attack Immunity, Attack Cancellation, Attack Prevention, Attack Break and/or Attack Ignoring
  • Power Negation: Negation Immunity, Power Activation, Negation Countering and/or Cancellation Bypassing
  • Power Erasure: Power Restoration, Power Bestowal and/or Ability Creation
• Psionics: Psychic Immunity, psychic Inhibitors, Anti-Psychic Presence and/or Psychic Falsification
  • Telekinesis: Telekinesis Immunity, Telekinesis Negation or Psychic Energy Absorption
  • Telepathy: Psychic Shield and/or Psychic Shadow
  • Illusion Manipulation: Illusion Awareness Illusion Negation and/or Illusion Destruction
• Sonic Scream: Muting and/or Sound Immunity
• Enhanced Senses: Sensory Deprivation, Sensory Overload or Sense Removal
  • Enhanced Vision: Blindness Inducement, Invisibility, and/or Light Generation
  • Enhanced Smell: Anosmia Inducement, Scent Shifting, Indorosity, Deodorization and/or Stench Generation
  • Enhanced Taste: Ageusia Inducement
  • Enhanced Touch: Innervation Inducement
  • Enhanced Hearing: Deafness Inducement, Inaudibility, Inaudible Movement, Sound Nullification, Sonic Scream and/or Enhanced Roar
  • Thermoreception: Body Heat Camouflage
• Gravity Manipulation: Gravitation Adaptation, Gravity Defiance, Gravity Independence, Gravity Immunity, Personal Gravity, Gravity Negation and/or Gravity Infringement
  • Gravitational Phenomenon Inducement: Phenomenon Elimination
  • Gravity Decrease: Lightworlder Physiology
  • Gravity Increase: Heavyworlder Physiology
• Power Immunity: Immunity Bypassing and/or Immunity Negation
• Freezing: Heat Generation, Cold Immunity, Fire Generation, Fire Mimicry, Ice Negation and/or Ice Sealing
  • Cold Attacks: Fire Defense, Fire Shield Construction, Heat Defense, Attack Immunity and/or Fire Armor
  • Ice Constructs: Pyrokinetic Constructs, Melting and/or Ice Erasure
    • Ice Shield Construction: Fire Whip Generation, Fire Artillery, Heat Bullet Projection, Heat Beam Emission, Shield Penetration and/or Fire Vision
  • Psychic Ice Manipulation: Psychic Flame Manipulation, Psychic Fire Generation and/or Psychic Shield
• Fire Manipulation: Fire Immunity, Deoxygenation, Fire Negation, Fire Sealing and/or Water Manipulation
  • Fire Attacks: Water Defense, Water Shield Construction and/or Attack Ignoring
  • Fire Armor: Water Bow Construction, Hydrokinetic Whip Generation, Water Breath and/or Shield Break
• Vibration Negation: Vibration Negation or Vibration Defiance
• Regenerative Healing Factor: Healing Erasure, Healing Factor Nullification, Unhealing, Anti-Regeneration, Healing Impairment and/or Radiation Generation
  • Absorbing Regeneration: Absorption Immunity and/or absorption Negation
  • Emotion Regeneration: Emotion Negation and/or Emotion Absorption
  • Magical Regeneration: Magic Negation, Magic Destabilization And/or Dispel Magic
  • Regenerating Defense: Damage Amplification, Defense Break, and/or Radiation Attacks
• Vector Manipulation: Vector Defiance
• Precognition: Precognitive Immunity, Psychic Falsification And/or Precognitive Diversion
  • Accelerated Probability: Improbability Manipulation, Probability Manipulation, Personal Probability Manipulation and/or Unpredictability
  • Empathic Precognition: Apathy and/or Emotion Negation
  • Precognitive Smelling: Anosmia Inducement
  • Precognitive Dreaming: Awakening, Dream Negation and/or Oneiric Immunity
  • Divination: Magic Invisibility, Personal Anti-Magic and/or Magic Immunity
• Magnetism Manipulation: Demagnetization, Magnetism Negation, Magnetism Immunity, Magnetism Defiance Magnetism Infringement, Heat Generation an/or Molten Metal Mimicry
  • Magnetic Defense: Glass Artillery, Xylokinetic Blade Construction, Earth Spike Projection, Defense Reversal, Fire Weaponry, Crystal Bomb Generation, Heat Blast and/or Sand Breath,
  • Magnokinetic Combat: Heat Combat, Pyrokinetic Combat, Geokinetic Combat, Concrete Combat and/or Combat Adaptation
• Intangibility: Non-Physical Interaction, Intangibility Immunity and/or Intangibility Cancellation
• Time Manipulation: Temporal Independence, Temporal Immunity, Timing Defiance, Time Defiance, Personal Time and/or Time Distortion
  • Temporal Rewind: Temporal Awareness, Timeline Memory Retainment, Temporal Protection and/or Temporal Defiance
  • Time Reduction: Enhanced Speed, Enhanced Reflexes And/or Temporal Walking
  • Temporal Looping: Timeline Memory Retainment , Space-Time Restoration and/or Memory Restoration
• Soul Manipulation: Soul Anchoring
  • Soul Destruction: Soul Recreation
  • Soul Mutilation: Soul Healing
• Possession: Exorcism, Possession Immunity and/or Indomitable Will
• Technology Manipulation: Electromagnetic Pulse Emission, Crash!, Technology Stopping, Technological Invisibility, Technological Intangibility, and/or Electronic Disruption
  • Psychic Technology Manipulation: Psychic Magnetism Manipulation Psychic Lightning Manipulation, Psychic Water Manipulation and/or Psychic Energy Containment
  • Artificial Intelligence Manipulation: Malware Generation, Computer Virus Manipulation and/or Glitching
• Magic: Anti-Magic, Magic Immunity, Magic Invisibility, Magic Intangibility Magic Reflection and/or Magic Destabilization
  • Magic Defense: Anti-Magic Attacks, Magic Bypassing, Defense Ignoring, Anti-Magic Artillery and/or Anti-Magic Weaponry
  • Spell Casting: Spell Immunity, Spell Negation, Spell Destabilization, Spell Reflection and/or Counterspell Casting
  • Destruction Magic: Restoration Magic, Creation Magic an/or Destruction Negation
  • Magic Combat: Anti-Magic Combat, Combat Perception and/or Combat Opposition
  • Curse Inducement: Curse Empowerment, Curse Immunity, Curse Negation, Curse Removal and/or Curse Transferal
• Enhanced Speed: Speed Cancellation, Speed Immunity, Friction Negation, Timing Defiance, Time Reduction, Stillness Inducement And/or Enhanced Reflexes
• Enhanced Strength: Strength Negation, Strength Reduction, Muscle Mass Weakening, Dermal Armor and/or Enhanced Endurance
• Unbreakable Skin: Internal Rupturing, Invulnerability Bypassing, Dehydration, Deoxygenation and/or Intangible Attacks
• Environment Manipulation: Environmental Adaptation, Environmental Destabilization and/or Environmental Defiance
  • Coast Manipulation: Maritime Adaptation, Amphibian Adaptation, Aquatic Adaptation and/or Water Negation.
  • Arctic Manipulation: Arctic Adaptation, Fur Generation, Cold Immunity and/or Cold Resistance
  • Magical Environment Manipulation: Magic Adaptation, Magic Destabilization, Personal Anti-Magic and/or Magic Negation Field
  • Psychic Environment Manipulation: Psychic Energy Containment, Anti-Psychic Presence and/or Psionic Negation
• Force-Field Generation: Shield Break, Force-Field Penetration, Defense Prevention, Defense Immunity, Intangible Attacks and/or Defense Cancellation
• Adhesive Secretion: Chemical Generation, Adhesion Immunity and/or Anti-Adhesion
• Probability Manipulation: Probability Stabilization, Probability Defiance, Improbability Manipulation, Probability Destruction and/or Coincidence Nullification
• Physics Manipulation: Physics Negation, Physics Defiance, Physics Independence, Physics Retention, Physics Infringement, Physical Law Immunity, Physical Law Adaptation and/or Physics Distortion
• Space Manipulation: Spatial Immunity, Spatial Defiance, Personal Spatiality, Spatial Independence and/or Spatial Distortion
• Death Inducement: Life Resilience, Death Prevention, Resurrection, Death Negation and/or Death Transferal
• Affinity: Affinity Negation
  • Anger Empowerment: Serenity Inducement and/or Anger Negation
  • Luck Empowerment: Jinx, Luck Nullification, Luck Erasure and/or Luck Absorption
  • Age Empowerment: Youth Inducement, Age Transferal and/or Age Negation
  • Solar Empowerment: Solar Negation, Night Inducement, Solar Energy Absorption and/or Sun Blocking
  • Pollution Empowerment: Pollution Absorption, Purifier Manipulation and/or Pollution Erasure

Variations

• Meta Power Opposition
• Combat Opposition

Associations

• Anti-Power Combat
• Anti-Power Manipulation
• Anti-Power Weaponry
• Aversion Manipulation
• Equality
• Omnicounter
• Opposite Mimicry
• Power Reversal
• Reactive Adaptation
• Reactive Invulnerability
• Slayer Powers
• Strategy Adaptation
• Superiority
• Superpower Manipulation
• Tactile Power Replication

Limitations

• Some powers don't have an opposite or a counteractive ability.
• Users may or may not be able to control adaptations.
• Combat sense or team-up tactics may cause problems.
• May need to observe targets powers to know what powers to use.
• Physical counter powers like Auxiliary Organs, may be painful to obtain.
• May still be effected by the environment and thus, cannot make a counter against environmental dangers.

Known Users

See also: Man of Kryptonite

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi (Bleach)
• Apocryphos (D.Gray-Man)
• Wall Eehto (Fairy Tail)
• Enzyme (Guyver)
• Angra Mainyu (High School DxD)
• Hamon/Ripple Users (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
• Kuyo (Rosario + Vampire)
• Victoria (Hero Killer); to Engen/Smiling Man
• Yukishiro Enishi (Rurouni Kenshin)
• The Demonkind (Steel Angel Kurumi)
• Himegami Aisa (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
• Specific Devil Fruit Users (One Piece); to other specific users
  • Monkey D. Luffy; to Enel
  • Sakazuki; to Portgas D. Ace and Sabo
  • Kuzan; to Monet
  • Baby 5; to Daz Bonez
  • Machvise; to Mikita

Cartoons

• Stalker (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• Techadon Robots (Ben 10 series)
• Captain Planet (Captain Planet)
• Captain Pollution (Captain Planet)
• Rubberband Man (DC Animated Universe)
• Red X (Teen Titans); via suit
• Hot Spot (Teen Titans)

Comics

• Hart Druiter/Nemesis Kid (DC Comics)
• Metallo (DC Comics)
• Swamp Thing (DC Comics)
• Conduit (DC Comics)
• Kryptonite Man (DC Comics)
• Devastator (DC Comics)
• Firestorm (DC Comics)
• Human Flame (DC Comics)
• Sinestro Corps members (DC Comics)
• Aaron Nicholson/The Answer (Marvel Comics)
• David Haller/Legion/Endgame (Marvel Comics); persona of Legion
• Super-Adaptoid (Marvel Comics)
• Protégé (Marvel Comics)
• X-Ray (Marvel Comics)
• Kaine Parker (Marvel Comics)
• Anti-Venom (Marvel Comics)
• Magneto (Marvel Comics)
• Godzilla (Monsterverse/Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong)
• Megatox (Sonic the Comic)
• Teräs Käsi practitioners (Star Wars/Star Wars Legends)
  • Arden Lyn
  • Qi'ra

Video Games

• Guardians (Breath of Fire III)
• Sam Porter Bridges (Death Stranding)
• Samus Aran (Metroid)
• Scissors (Paper Mario: The Origami King)
• Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapons (Persona)
  • Aigis
  • Labrys
• Type: Null (Pokémon)
• Mech-Zangief (Street Fighter series)
• Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls); while in protector mode

Web Comics/Original

• For Whom The Death Tolls (Grrl Power)
• Umeko Tanaka (Inou battle wa Nichijou-kei no Nada de)
• Silver-Eyed Warriors (RWBY)

Live Television/Films

• Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Mechagodzilla (MonsterVerse)
• Mark X/Future Sentinels (Marvel Comics/X-Men Movie Series); via Superior Adaptation

Known Objects

• Nemetrix (Ben 10: Omniverse)
• Dragon Slaying Magic (High School DxD)
• Red X Suit (Teen Titans)
• Leviathan Axe (God of War); to Mjölnir
• Devil Fruit (One Piece); to other specific fruits
  • Magu Magu no Mi; to the Mera Mera no Mi
  • Hie Hie no Mi; to the Yuki Yuki no Mi
  • Buki Buki no Mi; to the Supa Supa no Mi
  • Ton Ton no Mi; to the Kiro Kiro no Mi

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Mayuri Kurotsuchi (Bleach) using his "Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō: Makai Fukuin Shōtai" to create a Modified: Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō which is functioned to counter any powers given the proper data.

Created from pure Innocence, Apocryphos (D.Gray-man) is specifically designed to kill Akumas and Noahs, and is immune to any innocence-type attacks.

Wall Eehto robot (Fairy Tail) can create Weakness Soldiers to counter the magic of his enemies.

As a Rubber Human, Monkey D. Luffy's (One Piece) rubbery body makes him the most direct opposition to Enel, a Thunder Human.

The various incarnations of Enzyme (Guyver) were created to oppose the powers of the Guyver...

...by producing corrosive enzymes that directly attack the Guyver's armor and tissue.

Angra Mainyu (High School DxD) wields Dragon Slaying Magic, a form of magic specifically created to slay dragons.

The Hamon/Ripple (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) channels energy identical to that of the sun, making it the perfect way to combat creatures like vampires, zombies, and the Pillar Men.

Kuyo's (Rosario + Vampire) fox-fire makes him an especially deadly opponent to the heat-averting yuki-onna Mizore.

Himegami Aisa's (Toaru Majutsu no Index) is a Gemstone whos power, Deep Blood, attracts vampires to her blood...

...and kills them.

Yukishiro Enishi's (Rurouni Kenshin) fighting style, Watōjutsu, is specifically designed to counter and oppose Kenshin's Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū.

Comics

As they are direct opposites on the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum, the yellow fear energy of the Sinestro Corps (DC Comics) directly counters/opposes the green willpower energy of the Green Lanterns.

Metallo (DC Comics) takes full advantage of his Kryptonite heart when fighting Superman.

Swamp Thing (DC Comics) adapting his body to fight vampires, growing wooden stakes for fingers...

...and unleashing garlic gas.

Rubberband Man's (DC Animated Universe) rubbery body makes him a perfect counter to Static's electrical powers.

Conduit (DC Comics) hitting Superman with Kryptonite radiation.

The Kryptonite Man (DC Comics) truly lives up to his name.

The Human Flame's (DC Comics) fire suit makes him a deadly opponent to the fire-averting Martian Manhunter.

By actively capitalizing on his Reactive Adaptation, the Devastator (DC Comics) has tailored his powers to Superman's weaknesses.

Endgame (Marvel Comics)

X-Ray (Marvel Comics) can generate "anti-gamma radiation" that can depower the Hulk and revert him to Bruce Banner.

Hart Druiter/Nemesis Kid (DC Comics) gains powers that counteract/oppose his enemies', but only one per enemy.

As a master of magnetism, Magneto (Marvel Comics) is a particularly dangerous opponent to those with metal in their bodies, such as Wolverine...

...and the Predator X's.

Kaine Parker's (Marvel Comics) Mark of Kaine makes him a fearsome opponent for heat-averting symbiotes like Carnage.

While he doesn’t have any other power, Aaron Nicholson/The Answer (Marvel Comics) has the ability to develop counteractive/opposite powers against his opponents, but only one or two per enemy.

The Anti-Venom symbiote (Marvel Comics) has anti-symbiote powers, its very touch burning Venom...

...Carnage/Red Goblin..

...and Poisons, as they are predators that thrive off of symbiotic biomass.

The Omni Mind and Community or O.M.A.C's for short, (DC Comics) are a hive mind observational/termination phalanx of bionic individuals tailored for the specific purpose of counteracting and nullifying the abilities of any metahumans they encounter.

Godzilla's (Monsterverse/Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong) Atomic Breath possesses a radioactive signature identical to Kryptonite...

...allowing it to critically injure and nearly kill Superman.

Megatox (Sonic the Comic) is composed of and manipulates Mega Mack, a toxic chemical specifically designed as a weapon against Sonic.

Arden Lyn (Star Wars Legends) is a master of Teräs Käsi, a martial arts discipline specifically created to oppose and counter the powers of the Jedi.

Cartoons

As bearer of the Nemetrix, Zed (Ben 10: Omniverse) can turn into the natural predators of the Omnitrix aliens, making her a perfect counter to Ben Tennyson.

Techadon Robots (Ben 10 series)

The Stalker (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) was specifically created to oppose the powers of all of Ben's Ultimatrix aliens, except Nanomech and Way Big.

Duke Nukem's (Captain Planet) power over radiation makes him a deadly opponent to the pollution-averting Captain Planet.

As Captain Planet (Captain Planet) is weak to pollution and Captain Pollution is weak to pure elements, their powers directly oppose and counteract the other's.

Red X's (Teen Titans) suit and main weapon systems are specifically designed to combat all of the Teen Titans barring Robin.

Hot Spot's (Teen Titans) Fire Manipulation makes his very touch agonizing to Madame Rouge.

Live Television/Films

Spider-Man's (Marvel Cinematic Universe) spider-sense makes him the perfect counter to Mysterio's illusions, as they only affect normal senses.

Mark X/Future Sentinels (X-Men Movie Series) generate heat to counteract the power of Iceman.

Mechagodzilla (MonsterVerse) is specifically designed to oppose Godzilla's power, being custom-built to exploit his weaknesses.

After undergoing LuthorCorp's Project Prometheus, Lana Lang (Smallville) gained the power to absorb and emit Kryptonite radiation...

...sadly making her unable to continue being around Clark.

Video Games

Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds) can cast a Sun Spell, making her a perfect counter to vampires.

As a repatriate, Sam Porter Bridges' (Death Stranding) bodily fluids can counter BTs, ward them off, and send them back to the other side.

Kratos' (God of War) Leviathan Axe was specifically forged to oppose the power of Mjölnir.

Firestorm (Injustice) generating Kryptonite radiation to weaken Supergirl.

Samus Aran (Metroid) regularly makes use of her Ice Beam to combat the cold-averting Metroids...

...and after being transfused with Metroid DNA, she gained the power to assimilate and kill X Parasites by physical contact, as the Metroids were the X's natural predators.

Mech-Zangief (Street Fighter series) was specifically created to counter and combat Zangief.

Type: Null (Pokémon) was created by the Aether Foundation to oppose the powers of the Ultra Beasts.

Aigis (Persona) is an Anti-Shadow Suppression weapon, an android created to oppose the powers of Shadows and destroy them.

The Guardians (Breath of Fire III) were created by Myria to oppose the powers of the Brood.

Scissors' (Paper Mario: The Origami King) very nature makes him a deadly opponent to the residents of the Paper Mario world.

Web Original

Ruby Rose and Maria Calavera (RWBY) are Silver-Eyed Warriors, wielding a great power...

...that makes them the bane of the Creatures of Grimm.