Psychic Shield

Psychic Shield
As a side effect of his healing factor, Deadpool's (Marvel Comics) brain cells are perpetually dying and regenerating in equilibrium, rendering him nearly invulnerable to psychic and telepathic powers.
Power/Ability to:	Be highly resistant to psychic attacks.

The power to be highly resistant to psychic attacks. Opposite to Mental Shield Penetration. Not to be confused with Psychic Shadow. Lesser version of Psychic Immunity.

Also Called

• Occlumency
• Perspicuity
• Psychic Resistance

Capabilities

The user is highly resistant to any/all mental intrusion, including psychic or empathic powers, Hypnosis, Mental Hallucination, deception, etc. Mind readers only “hear” static, while mind controllers are incapable of manipulating those shielded.

Applications

• High resistance to mental intrusion.
• Illusion Awareness

Techniques

• Anamnesis: to resist or withstand Memory Manipulation.
• Compulsion Immunity: to withstand abilities that compel the user to perform an action
• Empathic Shield: to resist or withstand Emotion Manipulation.
• Mental Shield Creation: to create a psychic shield on others.
• Psionic Shield: to protect oneself or others from psychic penetration.
• Seduction Immunity: to withstand seductive love, lust and sex-based abilities.

Variations

• Psychic Feedback

Associations

• Control Negation
• Imperceptibility
• Mental Manipulation
• Mind Anchoring
• Psychic Immunity
• Psychic Shadow
• Psychic version of Tracking Evasion.
• Reflective Immutability
• Telekinesis Immunity

Limitations

• Users are only resistant, not immune.
• Doesn't work against physical abilities or actual attacks.
• May require mental discipline and focus to prevent external penetration.
• Mental Shield Penetration may be able to penetrate the shield.
• Meta Fear Inducement can affect them directly regardless of how powerful their psychic shielding is.
• Powerful opponents may still be able to affect the user to some extent.
• Shield may have to be consciously activated.
• May have weakness against Consciousness Separation and Consciousness Shattering.

Known Users

See Also: Psychic Block Defense and Psychic Static.

Cartoons/Comics

• Ice King (Adventure Time)
• Helryx (BIONICLE)
• Order of Mata Nui Members (BIONICLE)
• Ce-Matoran (BIONICLE)
• Toa Orde (BIONICLE)
• Toa Varian (BIONICLE)
• Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
• Joker (DC Comics); via Alien Mind
• Bane (DC Comics)
• Plastic Man (DC Comics); via Alien Mind
• Rose Wilson/Ravager (DC Comics)
• Martians (DC Comics)
• Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman (DC Comics); via a mental martial art called "Torquasam-Vo"
• Raven (DC Comics)
• Gene-Actives (DC's New 52)
• Phillip J. Fry (Futurama)
• Sage (Marvel Comics)
• Ruth Aldine/Blindfold (Marvel Comics)
• Damask (Marvel Comics)
• Elizabeth Braddock/Psylocke (Marvel Comics)
• Rachel Summers (Marvel Comics)
• Emma Frost (Marvel Comics); via her Diamond form
• Xi'an Coy Manh/Karma (Marvel Comics)
• Cain Marko/Juggernaut (Marvel Comics); when wearing his helmet
• Max Eisenhardt/Magneto (Marvel Comics)
• Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
• Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic (Marvel Comics)
• Franklin Richards (Marvel Comics)
• Remy LeBeau/Gambit (Marvel Comics)
• James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
• Charlie Cluster-7/Fantomex (Marvel Comics); when wearing his mask
• Crimson Commando (Marvel Comics)
• Jessica Jones (Marvel Comics)
• Luna Maximoff (Marvel Comics)
• Magik/Illyana Rasputina (Marvel Comics)
• Nathan Summers/Cable (Marvel Comics)
• Monet St. Croix (Marvel Comics)
• Virgil Hawkins/Static (Static Shock)

Anime/Manga

• Tetsuo Shima (Akira)
• Misaka Mikoto (A Certain Scientific Railgun)
• Utsuro (Gintama)
• Saitama (One Punch Man)
• Inuyasha (InuYasha); via Feral Mind
• Sakamaki Izayoi (Problem Children are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?)
• Kaoru Akashi (Zettai Karen Children)
• Jaden Yuki (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX); via fusing Yubel
• Users of The Darkness (Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V)

Literature

• Beaufort "Beau" Swan (Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined)
• Isabella “Bella” Swan (Twilight Saga)
• Jeb Batchelder (Maximum Ride)
• Occlumens (Harry Potter)
• Foster (The Medusa Project)
• Yuuzhan Vong (Star Wars)
• Ghost-Whispering Supernaturals (Shadow Falls)
• Magicians (Inheritance Cycle)
  • Eragon
  • Murtagh
• Roran (Inheritance Cycle)
• Nasuada (Inheritance Cycle)
• Fanoxean (The Young Guardians)
• Unknown wielder (The Young Guardians)
• Mages (King's Dark Tidings)
• Rezkin (King's Dark Tidings)

Live Television/Movies

• Vampires (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
• The Doctor (Doctor Who)
• Supernatural Hunters (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
  • Brotherhood of the Five
  • Jeremy Gilbert
• Changelings (Star Trek)
• Cardassians (Star Trek)
• Eli's Clones (Heroes)
• Joshua (No Ordinary Family)
• Jessica Jones (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Video Games

• Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
• Gene (Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops)
• Dark-type Pokémon (Pokémon)
• Dragons (Skylanders)
• Razputin Aquato (Psychonauts)

Web Series

• Blaire Vherestorm (Stupid Mario Brothers)

Known Objects

• Metebelis Crystal (Doctor Who)
• Adamantine (Marvel Comics)
• Magneto's Helmet (Marvel Comics)
• Mind Gem (Marvel Comics)
• Juggernaut's Helmet (Marvel Comics)
• Fantomex's Mask (Marvel Comics)

Gallery

Ice King (Adventure Time) possesses a natural immunity to the Empress's hypnotic eyes.

Utsuro (Gintama) is the embodiment of emptiness, as the mind-reading Batou stated his mind is the first he could not read.

Dark-type Pokémon (Pokémon) like Umbreon are completely immune to Psychic-type attacks.

As a vampire, Angel's (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) mind is similar to his reflection in a mirror, rendering him immune to telepathic probing.

Luna Maximoff (Marvel Comics)

Due to his split personality, Moon Knight (Marvel Comics) is resistant to psychic powers and attacks.

Jessica Jones (Marvel Cinematic Universe) developed a natural immunity to Killgrave's Hypnotic Pathogen.

Due to what he describes as an "elastic consciousness," mind control is rarely effective on Reed Richard/Mister Fantastic (Marvel Comics) and even when it is, it wears off more quickly than on a normal person.

Max Eisenhardt/Magneto (Marvel Comics) has trained himself extensively to resist telepathy, and the effect is enhanced by his helmet.

The Mind Gem (Marvel Comics) grants protection over its user's mind.

James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)

Gene's (Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops) mental shielding is so powerful that not even his psychic henchman, Ursula, can read his mind.

The darkness in Fanoxean's (The Young Guardians) mind is so great that it renders him immune to all forms of telepathic assault.

Daphne Powell (No Ordinary Family)

JJ Powell (No Ordinary Family) can resist his sister's "Telepathic Push" due to his brain functioning more powerfully.

Solid Snake (Metal Gear) was able to block out Psycho Mantis' mind-reading ability.

Severus Snape (Harry Potter) an accomplished practitioner of Occlumency.

Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter) is an accomplished practitioner of Occlumency.

Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter) is a practitioner of Occlumency, enough to train her nephew in the art.

Thanks to his strong will, Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics) is resistant to mind control.

Preus's (DC Comics) breastplate both protects him from telepathic penetration and allows him to eavesdrop on telepathic conversations.

Superman (DC Comics) is protected from telepathic penetration by a series of psychic blocks.

Blaire Vherestorm (Stupid Mario Brothers) is able to block Ness' telepathy.

Sir George (Ben 10) is immune to mind control, hanks in part due to his suit of armor.

In his full demon form, Inuyasha's (InuYasha) mind is consumed with nothing but anger and primitive bloodlust, rendering him immune to telepathic probing.

Kalimba of the Tiki Tak Tribe (Donkey Kong Country Returns) fails to hypnotize Donkey Kong.

Because of his sheer willpower, Saitama (One-Punch Man) is unaffected by all types of psychic powers, all of which only make his muscles slightly twitch.

Murtagh (Inheritance Cycle) knows how to generate powerful mental barriers, allowing him to protect his mind from some of Algaësia's best magicians. Only King Galbatorix himself was able to break through his defenses and submit him to his will.

Razputin Aquato (Psychonauts) possesses mental durability so strong a fully-trained psychonaut like Coach Oleander was not able breach his mind to learn his name.

Sister Of Silence (Warhammer 40k) are the group of soulless warrior, which makes them immune to any kinds of physic attacks and influence.

Misaka Mikoto (A Certain Scientific Railgun S) due to her electromagnetic barrier prevents Shokuhou's Mental Out abilities from working.