Psychological Combat

Psychological Combat
Kumokawa Seria (Toaru Majutsu no Index) uses psychology and subtle hypnotism to influence the combat patterns of her opponents to control the flow of the battle in her favor. She even is skilled enough to use Autosuggestion to dull her pain and to increase her striking power.
Power/Ability to:	Incorporate psychology into ones fighting style.

The power to incorporate psychology into one's fighting style. Technique of Psychological Intuition. Variation of Combat Merging. Not to be confused with Psionic Combat. Not to be confused with Mind Combat.

Also Called

• Psychological Warfare
• Trolling Combat

Capabilities

The user combines psychology with combat, making them very manipulative and very tricky opponents, causing their opponents to mentally breakdown during combat and using subliminal hypnosis to influence their opponent's tactical thinking during combat.

The user can use the psychology of seduction to fluster and throw off their opponent.

Applications

• Behavior Manipulation
• Body Language Analysis
  • Combat Perception
• Bond Destruction
• Fear Inducement
• Humor Intuition
  • Sarcasm Intuition
• Hypnosis
• Lie Detection
• Logic Intuition
• Logic Mandate
• Mental Pressure
• Persuasion
• Photographic Deduction
  • Scanner Vision
• Political Intuition
• Relationship Identification
• Seduction Intuition
  • Sex Appeal Combat
• Sexual Intuition
• Social Intuition
• Subliminal Messaging
• Subliminal Seduction
• Tactical Genius
  • Technique Reading
• Treachery Inducement
• Weakness Detection
  • Weakness Strike
• Will Breaking

Variations

• Metaphoric Combat

Associations

• Color Manipulation; via Color Psychology
• Emotion Manipulation
• Empathic Combat
• Essence Reading
• Hypnosis
• Mental Manipulation
• Mind Combat
• Personality Alteration
• Sex Appeal Combat
• Sex Specialist
• Tactical Analysis

Limitations

• Ineffective against unpredictable opponents.
• May need extremely strategic mind to use effectively.

Known Users

• Influencers (Alphas)
  • Nina Theroux
• Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Sōsuke Aizen (Bleach); mixes this with his Illusion Manipulation
• Shūkuro Tsukishima (Bleach)
• Gin Ichimaru (Bleach)
• Askeladd (Vinland Saga)
• Lucifer Morningstar (Vertigo/DC Comics)
• Rainbow Raider (DC Comics)
• Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Peter Dickinson (The Flight of Dragons)
• Kiyokawa Hiroto (Kou 1 Desu ga Isekai de Joushu Hajimemashita)
• Kan Ki (Kingdom)
• Kumagawa Misogi (Medaka Box)
• Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
• Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
• Karnak (Marvel Comics)
• Kumokawa Seria (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
• Alejandro Burromuerto (Total Drama)
• Pitch Black/The Bogeyman (Rise of the Guardians)
• Professor Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes novels)
• Neyla (Sly Cooper series)
• Joseph Joestar (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Gallery

Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) often uses his opponents' complexes or his own voice against them.

Joseph Joestar's (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) favorite strategy is to psyche out his opponents.