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)

"I can't believe it! What kind of strength allows a person to fight against and overcome their own enslaved body?"

― Supreme Kai (Dragon Ball series)

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
• Power of Destruction (One Piece)
• Destructive Power (Kingdom)

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 Emotions
• 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)
• Doomsday (DC Comics)
• Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman (DC Comics)
• Billy Batson/Shazam (DC Comics)
• Spawn (Image Comics)
• Kurr/Savage Dragon (Image Comics)
• Viltrumites (Image Comics)
  • Thragg
  • Conquest
  • Nolan
  • Mark Grayson/Invincible
• Thokk/Battle Beast (Image Comics)
• Allen (Image Comics)
• Bruce Banner/The Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Cain Marko/Juggernaut (Marvel Comics)
• Hercules (Marvel Comics)
• Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)
• Robert Reynolds/The Sentry (Marvel Comics)
• T.K.O. (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
• Super Sonic (Sonic the Comic)

Manga/Anime

• Dark Schneider (Bastard!!)
• Guts (Berserk)
• Megicula (Black Clover)
• 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); Anime Only
• Kenshirō (Fist of the North Star)
• Raoh (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)
• Might Guy (Naruto); via the Eight Gates Released Formation
• Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto)
• Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)
• Edward Newgate/Whitebeard (One Piece)
• Kaido (One Piece)
• Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece)
• Dracule Mihawk (One Piece)
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
• Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
• Vergo (One Piece)
• Saitama (One-Punch Man)
• Kazuma (s-CRY-ed)
• Ryūhō Ryu (s-CRY-ed)
• Hearts (Super Dragon Ball Heroes)
• Ri Shin (Kingdom)
• Ou Ki (Kingdom)
• Ren Pa (Kingdom)
• Mou Bu (Kingdom)
• Hou Ken (Kingdom)
• Kan Mei (Kingdom)
• Kou Yoku (Kingdom)
• Earl Shi (Kingdom)
• Zen Ou (Kingdom)
• Gyou'Un (Kingdom)
• Ba Nan Ji (Kingdom)
• Sou Tan (Kingdom)
• 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)
• Segata Sanshiro (Sega)
• Emperor of Mankind (Warhammer 40,000)
• 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)

Web Animations/Series/

• Lunk (The Cyanide and Happiness Show)

Known Powers

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

Known Objects

• Crimson Gem of Cyttorak (Marvel Comics)
• Gauntlets of Ares (Marvel Comics)
• Power Gem (Marvel Comics)

Known Weapons

• Dragon Slayer (Berserk)
• Bakuya Sword (Kingdom)
• Ou Ki's Podao (Kingdom)

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.

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 break free of Babidi's mind control magic through sheer will and raw might...

...and 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 to Bind against him by merely overflowing his ki...

…and After accessing his Wrathful state, his power skyrocketed to the point where he was able to 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 breaking 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.

Much like his former student Zoro, Dracule Hawk Eye Mihawk (One Piece) isn't a Devil Fruit user himself, but he maintains the title of the Strongest Swordsman in the World with supreme mastery over the Gentle and Strong Blade Styles…

…far surpassing Roronoa Zoro, a Strong Blade master swordsman, while wielding a small dagger…

…unleash an enormous slash that traveled a great distance from him, which some dubbed a slash from the world's strongest swordsman…

…and split an enormous iceberg from the top using a single slash.

In his Gear Fourth: Bound Man Form, Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) broke the control of Doflamingo's strings using raw power alone along with his Spider Web and God Thread with the strength that could topple a town,...

...causing the ground of Dressrosa to fold in.

While he isn't a Devil Fruit user, Roronoa Zoro's (One Piece) supreme mastery as a Strong Blade swordsman along with his usage of the Power of Destruction,...

...enables him to rival even strongest of Devil Fruit users like the steel bound Dice Dice Fruit eater, Daz Bones/Mr.1...

...his captain, Monkey D. Luffy and equally physically strong crewmate Sanji...

...and by using his Santoryu Ogi: Ichidai Sanzen Daisen Sekai/Three Blade Style Secret Skill: Great Three Thousand Great Thousand Worlds he was able to defeat the enormous mountain-sized Pica's golem form...

...and later 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...

A bidding Destructive Power warrior since his childhood, Ri Shin (Kingdom) has pulled off incredible feats with nothing but his raw strength like when he sent Tajifu, a grown man half his size, flying with a single punch...

...and with the same awesome might...

...toppled multiple opponents like a group of armored soldiers while wielding his King's Sword despite being only a child at the time...

...and as a young man, his strength has only increased as he pulls off even more incredible feats like destroying an entire cavalry of Zhao soldiers...

...and wall infantry soldiers with each swing of his podao.

A vicious Destructive Power user, Zen Ou (Kingdom) completely obliterates his opponents with savage power while wielding his war mace.

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.

Kenshirō (Fist of the North Star)

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.

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 afterward.

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 who 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…

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

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

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

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

...K.O. Superman...

With raw strength alone, Doomsday (DC Comics) can easily...

...punch and tunnel his way through the Earth's curst...

...and 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…

…is great enough to break multiple dimensional barriers...

...contend and fight with the strongest beings in the universe like the Green Scar persona, Hulk...

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 into a second sun.

As one of the strongest Viltrumites to be born in the known galaxy, Thragg's (Image Comics) raw strength and power allowed him to pull off incredible feats completely outside the normal range of his already powerful race...

...like killing and ripping in half Thaedus, one of the oldest and strongest Viltrumites while enraged...

...completely destroy and almost kill Oliver Grayson with a simple punch...

...throw aside Thokk, the Battle Beast...

...brush aside Mark Grayson/Invincible's attacks while beating him within an inch of his life...

...and blow a hole through Nolan/Omni-Man's chest...

Video Games

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

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.

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...

...and after fully giving himself over to the Satsui no Hado, he became the demonic entity Oni, wielding enough power to fight the demigod Asura to a stalemate.

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.