Raw Power

Raw Power
Asura (Asura's Wrath) outmatching Chakravartin, a creator deity, through sheer strength alone.
Power/Ability to:	Resist and defy through sheer power alone.

"Strength to make the most learned techniques outmoded. That is strength absolute!"

― Younger Toguro to Genkai after dispersing her Spirit Energy with 80% of his demonic power, (Yu Yu Hakusho)

"You think that fancy visor's gonna stop me? Nothing stops me! I'm raw power!"

― The Juggernaut when defending against Cyclop's Optic Blasts, (X-Men: Evolution)

"Power without a purpose is meaningless and worthless. A purpose that is firm can change the impossible to the possible."

― Deus (Asura's Wrath)

The ability to resist and defy through sheer power alone. Sub-power of Ultipotence.

Also Called

• Overwhelming Force/Might/Power/Strength
• Power-Breaking Strength
• Raw Might/Strength
• Sheer Force/Might/Power
• Unrivaled Power/Strength

Capabilities

The user can resist, breakthrough, and may become immune to powers/abilities, laws, natures, illness, etc, through sheer force and strength alone. The user may even become completely immune to weaker opponents. Strong enough users may be able to negate durability and possibly defy logic itself.

Applications

• Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Combat
• Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Strength
• Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Durability
• Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Survivability
• Environmental Adaptation
• Immunity Bypassing
• Indomitable Will
• Non-Physical Interaction
• Opposition Immunity
• Power Anchoring
• Power Negation
• Power Resistance
• Uniqueness

Associations

• Badassery
• Divine Combat
• Enhanced Power Potential
• Freedom
• Meta Combat
• Psionics
• Strength Infinitum
• True Power

Limitations

• The magnitude of this ability depends on the power of the user.

Known Users

Cartoons/Comics

• Super Scourge (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Superman (DC Comics)
• Captain Marvel/Shazam (DC Comics)
• Doomsday (DC Comics)
• Spawn (Image Comics)
• Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Juggernaut (Marvel Comics)
• Thor (Marvel Comics)
• T.K.O. (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
• Super Sonic (Sonic the Comic)

Manga/Anime

• Dark Schneider (Bastard!!)
• Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach)
• Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)
• Alsherya Almonise (Chrome Shelled Regios)
• Devilman (Devilman)
• Son Goku (Dragon Ball series)
• Vegeta (Dragon Ball series)
• Frieza (Dragon Ball series)
• Cell (Dragon Ball Z)
• Whis (Dragon Ball series)
• Broly (Dragon Ball Super)
• Kale (Dragon Ball Super)
• Jiren (Dragon Ball Super)
• Garlic Jr. (Dragon Ball Z)
• Kenshirō (Fist of the North Star)
• Black Shadow (F-Zero: GP Legend)
• Bellcross (Heroic Age)
• Sairaorg Bael (High School DxD)
• Bankotsu (InuYasha)
• Tohru (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)
• Toshinori Yagi/All Might (My Hero Academia)
• All For One (My Hero Academia)
• Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto)
• Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)
• Might Guy (Naruto); via the Eight Gates Released Formation
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
• Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
• Saitama (One Punch Man)
• Kazuma (s-CRY-ed)
• Ryūhō Ryu (s-CRY-ed)
• Hearts (Super Dragon Ball Heroes)
• Midora (Toriko)
• White Demon (Toriko)
• Megatron/Galavatron (Transfomers: Cybertron)
• Fuuzuyora Kogarashi (Yuragi-Sou no Yuuna-San)
• Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Bui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Shinobu Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Brago (Zatch Bell!)
• Vincet Bari (Zatch Bell!)
• Zeno Bell (Zatch Bell!)
• Geno Breaker (Zoids)

Video Games

• Asura (Asura's Wrath)
• Augus (Asura's Wrath)
• Dante (Devil May Cry series)
• Azrael (Blazblue)
• Cunber (Dragon Ball Heroes)
• Kratos (God of War series)
• The Beast (Kingdom Hearts)
• Avatar (Sonic Forces)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Users of the Satsui no Hado (Street Fighter series)
  • Akuma
  • Evil Ryu

Visual Novels

• Hadou/Gudou Gods (Masadaverse)
• Helios (Silverio Trinity)

Other

• Lunk (Cyanide and Happiness Show)
• Segata Sanshiro (Sega)
• Emperor of Mankind (Warhammer 40,000)

Known Powers

• Ultimate Skills (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)

Gallery

Anime/Manga

Ichigo Kurosaki's (Bleach) power in his Hollowfied form allowed him to easily break the nigh-indestructible Chains and Gates of Hell...

...and with his full potential realized had enough raw power that even the impressively powerful Yhwach considered him a threat...

..for good reasons.

Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach) has no special skills, but can defeat anyone, even reality warpers...

...and gods, through sheer might alone.

Alsheyra Almonis (Chrome Shelled Regios) has monstrous power beyond that of the Twelve Heavens Blade, so much so that even the strongest weapons in their world couldn't handle it without breaking.

As a Super Saiyan God, Goku (Dragon Ball series) was able to hold his own against Beerus, a God of Destruction, their clash sending ripples through the universe that nearly destroyed everything.

Using the sheer power of X10 Super Saiyan Blue Kaio-ken, Goku (Dragon Ball series) resists and breaks through Hit's Time-Skip technique.

In his mastered Ultra Instinct form, Goku (Dragon Ball Super) had the raw power to catch Jiren's super-charged and compressed Power Impact and disperse it with his bare hand.

Frieza (Dragon Ball series) was able to contain Sidra's Energy of Destruction with the power of his Golden Form.

Already a massively powerful Saiyan, Cunber (Dragon Ball Heroes) reaches new heights as a Super Saiyan 3, enough to allow him to bypass the instantaneous defense impulse of Goku's Ultra Instinct form.

Jiren's (Dragon Ball Super) sheer overwhelming power acts as an automatic shield against weaker attacks like Goku's Kamehameha...

... Resisted and broke through Hit’s Time Manipulation with sheer strength...

...and in his Burning Ultimate Warrior form is able to fight toe-to-toe with Ultra Instinct Goku, who wields power surpassing the gods.

Vegeta (Dragon Ball series) was able to punch straight through Top's Energy of Destruction with a single strike of his Super Saiyan Blue・Shinka Godly Ki.

Broly (Dragon Ball Super: Broly) possesses immense destructive power rivaling that of a God of Destruction. In his base form, his raw might allowed him to hold his own against Vegeta before the latter accessed his Super Saiyan transformation…

...He was able to use Goku's God Bind against him by merely overflowing his ki...

…After accessing his Wrathful state, his power skyrocketed to the point where was able overwhelm Goku in his Super Saiyan God form, and smash him across the Arctic…

… after accessing his Super Broly form, his raw destructive grew beyond control, allowing him to overwhelm both Goku and Vegeta in their Super Saiyan Blue forms, and pummel Frieza in both his base and his True Golden form…

...and shatter the fabric of reality during his fight with Gogeta...

…In his Legendary Super Saiyan form, Broly's sheer power is comparable to that of a God of Destruction. His power grew to where to he was able to push back Super Saiyan Gogeta before the latter turned Super Saiyan Blue.

Gogeta's (Dragon Ball Super) sheer power vastly eclipses that of even Broly's…

…allowing him to beat back the Legendary Super Saiyan with ki-laced punches.

When the Makyo Star approached the Earth's orbit, Garlic Jr. (Dragon Ball Z) gained a massive increase in power, shattering the dimensional wall of the Dead Zone to escape.

In his Perfect Form, Cell's (Dragon Ball Z) sheer power is such that he survived being struck in the neck by a Destructo Disc, an attack said to be capable of slicing through any substance, without harm.

Black Shadow (F-Zero: GP Legend) possesses such sheer power…

…that he can contain the destructive energies of the planet-destroying Reactor Might with his bare hands.

Sairaorg Bael (High School DxD) has undeniable might that can destroy even the hardest defenses using his fists and being covered in touki caused an earthquake from the sheer pressure…

…activating his balance breaker caused an artificial space to almost break apart and its Breakdown the Beast allowed him to break apart a portal meant to absorb/redirect his attack using his fists.

Tohru (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid) possesses immense destructive power capable of causing Armageddon, allowing her such feats as blocking and dispersing a powerful beam of electricity with one hand.

With his One For All Quirk, Toshinori Yagi/All Might (My Hero Academia) was able to negate a Nomu's Shock Absorption Quirk with the force of his punch and send it flying into a forest 400 miles away.

All For One's (My Hero Academia) sheer power is enough to effortlessly counter and repel All Might.

In Bound Man Form, Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) broke the control of Doflamingo's strings using raw power alone, breaking Spider Web and God Thread with strength that could topple a town, causing the ground to fold in.

Although, he isn't a Devil Fruit user, Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) has shown monstrous strength that rivals even strong Devil Fruit users and his Captain. Using his Ichidai Sanzen Daisen Sekai he was able to defeat an enormous mountain-sized Devil Fruit User and could later split a meteor in half.

Saitama (One Punch Man) possesses unlimited raw power to endure any form of attacks without leaving a single scratch in his body...

...destroying virtually anything with one punch.

In his Proud Fist form, Kazuma (s-CRY-ed) can tear open rifts in dimensions with the sheer force of his punches.

In his Zetsuei Touryudan form, Ryūhō Ryu (s-Cry-ed) can cut through the fabric of space with the force of his blades.

As the Ultimate Godslayer, Hearts (Super Dragon Ball Heroes) could restrain and crush Fused Zamasu with the sheer force of his Gravity Cage...

...and fight Super Saiyan Blue Gogeta on even footing.

The Armor of Unicron gives Megatron (Transformers: Cybertron) immeasurable power great enough to tear open a hole in dimensions with his bare hands.

With only 80% of his demonic power, Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho) was able to completely negate Genkai's blast of Spirit Energy with only one hand…

…and at 100% of his power he was able to block Yusuke's Energy infused punch with only his thumb…

…as well as block Yusuke's Spirit Gun bullet by flexing, before dispelling it.

Kenshirō (Fist of the North Star)

By simply flexing the power of his Sacred Energy, Shinobu Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho) was to completely overcome Koenma's Mafuken spell and destroy the Mafuken afterwards.

Brago (Zatch Bell!) is one of the Mamodo who is able to fight without his book. His strength is even great enough to bypass the strengthening effect of Zatch's Rauzaruk spell.

Vincent Bari (Zatch Bell!) is one of the few Mamodo is able to fight the use of his book. His raw power is great enough to disperse Zatch's Zakeruga with a single punch.

Cartoons/Comics

Scourge the Hedgehog (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) effortlessly breaks free of Silver's psychokinesis through the sheer power of his Super Form.

Through his sheer power, Superman (DC Comics) can pull off such feats as briefly lifting the Spectre, the living embodiment of the Presence's vengeance…

…holding a miniature black hole in his fist...

...moving the Earth itself alongside Wonder Woman and the Martian Manhunter...

...and shattering the boundaries of space and time while fighting his Earth-Two counterpart.

Captain Marvel/Shazam (DC Comics) creates a black hole through the sheer force of a punch.

Doomsday (DC Comics) wields incredible power, enough to punch out of the Phantom Zone with his bare hands.

Due to being empowered by the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak, Cain Marko/Juggernaut (Marvel Comics) possesses virtually limitless superhuman strength…

…great enough to break multiple dimensional barriers.

Hulk (Marvel Comics) possesses the raw power to hold back antimatter spheres with his bare hands…

…and punch through a timestorm.

During his debut, T.K.O. (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes) was more than powerful enough to overwhelm all of Lakewood Plaza Turbo's heroes and destroy the plaza with his power.

Super Sonic (Sonic the Comic) possesses such raw power that he was able to continue moving slightly even after being frozen in time by the Omni-Viewer…

…and super-charge his body into an electron bomb, turning the asteroid he was sealed in into a second sun.

Video Games

Using the immense strength of his Mantra form, Asura (Asura's Wrath) was able to punch back Oni's Gohadoken.

Kratos (God of War) resisting Modi's electric attacks through the power of his Spartan Rage.

Using Double Boost, Sonic and the Avatar (Sonic Forces) power up and speed off with enough raw might to break out of the supposedly-inescapable Null Space.

In his Darkspine form, Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog series) yielded physical strength great enough to kick Alf Layla wa-Layla's Spirit Blast back at him despite the former telling him that it would take a miracle for him to avoid it…

…before proceeding to furiously beat the power of the World Rings out of the reality warping Alf Layla wa-Layla soon after.

Empowered by the Satsui no Hado, Akuma (Street Fighter) destroys a meteorite approaching Earth with a single punch.

After fully giving himself over to the Satsui no Hado, Akuma (Street Fighter/Asura's Wrath) became the demonic entity Oni, wielding enough power to fight the demigod Asura to a stalemate.

Augus (Asura's Wrath) relies on his own physical strength rather than the usage of Mantra, and was able to match Asura in his six-armed form using sheer power alone.

Other

Segata Sanshiro (Sega) can pull off incredible feats through sheer martial arts prowess, such as stopping a missile with his bare hands…

…and redirecting it into space.