- "My Mind is the only Sanctuary that Has not been Stolen from Me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've Learned to Defend it vigorously, for I am only safe with my Innermost thoughts."
- ― Murtagh Morzansson (Inheritance Cycle)
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
- Mental Shield
- 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
Associations
- Alien Mind
- Control Negation
- Imperceptibility
- Mental Manipulation
- Mind Anchoring
- Psychic Immunity
- Psychic Shadow
- Thought Regulation
- The 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)
- Sir George (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- 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)
- Arnold Wesker/The Ventriloquist/Scarface (DC Comics); via Divided Mind
- Martians (DC Comics)
- Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman (DC Comics); via "Torquasm-Vo"
- Raven (DC Comics)
- Gene-Actives (DC Comics)
- 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)
- Marc Spector/Moon Knight (Marvel Comics)
- Luna Maximoff (Marvel Comics)
- Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics); via training from Stick.
- Magik/Illyana Rasputina (Marvel Comics)
- Nathan Summers/Cable (Marvel Comics)
- Monet St. Croix (Marvel Comics)
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Wilson Fisk/Kingpin (Marvel Comics); via Indomitable Will
- Virgil Hawkins/Static (Static Shock)
Anime/Manga
- Tetsuo Shima (Akira)
- Misaka Mikoto (A Certain Scientific Railgun)
- Utsuro (Gintama)
- Inuyasha (InuYasha); via Feral Mind
- Saitama (One Punch Man)
- Sakamaki Izayoi (Problem Children are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?)
- Users of The Darkness (Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V)
- Jaden Yuki (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX); via fusing Yubel
- Kaoru Akashi (Zettai Karen Children)
Literature
- Occlumens (Harry Potter)
- Magicians (Inheritance Cycle)
- Eragon
- Murtagh
- Roran (Inheritance Cycle)
- Nasuada (Inheritance Cycle)
- Mages (King's Dark Tidings)
- Rezkin (King's Dark Tidings)
- Beaufort "Beau" Swan (Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined)
- Jeb Batchelder (Maximum Ride)
- Foster (The Medusa Project)
- Ghost-Whispering Supernaturals (Shadow Falls)
- Yuuzhan Vong (Star Wars)
- Isabella "Bella" Swan (Twilight Saga)
- Fanoxean (The Young Guardians)
- Unknown wielder (The Young Guardians)
Live Television/Movies
- Vampires (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- The Doctor (Doctor Who)
- Changelings (Star Trek)
- Cardassians (Star Trek)
- Eli's Clones (Heroes)
- Joshua King (No Ordinary Family)
- Daphne Powell (No Ordinary Family)
- JJ Powell (No Ordinary Family)
- Jessica Jones (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Supernatural Hunters (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
- Brotherhood of the Five
- Jeremy Gilbert
Video Games
- Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
- Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
- Gene (Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops)
- Dark-type Pokémon (Pokémon)
- Razputin Aquato (Psychonauts)
- Dragons (Skylanders)
Tabletop Games
- Sisters Of Silence (Warhammer 40k)
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)
- Black Ops Psionic Amplifier/Psi Amp (System Shock 2)
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.
After fusing with Yubel's spirit, Jaden Yuki (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX) can't be deceived by any supernatural effects such us disguises, lies and making him immune to any and all psychic effects etc.
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.
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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.
Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics) was trained by Stick to resist telepathy to prevent his mind from being read.
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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.
Mentally disciplined, Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin (Marvel Comics) is immune to hypnotism or anything that results him losing his will. Even the will-sapping Purple Man couldn't control him.
James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
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Emma Frost (Marvel Comics)
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.
Gene's (Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops) mental shielding is so powerful that not even his psychic henchman, Ursula, can read his mind.
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.
Due to his split personality Scarface, Arnold Wesker/The Ventriloquist (DC Comics) is resistant to psychic powers and empathic powers..
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.
Through the Kryptonian martial discipline Torquasm-Vo, Superman (DC Comics) can protect his mind from mental assaults.
Blaire Vherestorm (Stupid Mario Brothers) is able to block Ness' telepathy.
Sir George (Ben 10) is immune to mind control, thanks 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.
Sisters of Silence (Warhammer 40k) are a group of soulless warriors, 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.
Raven (Teen Titans)
The Joker (DC Comics)
After all the times he's been a victim of mind control, Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) has developed a mental defense system in the form of multiple copies of himself, which viciously attack anyone who invades his mind.