Regenerative Empowerment

Regenerative Empowerment
In her berserk state, Priscilla's (Claymore) instant regeneration becomes even more incredible, losing all vitals and growing exponentially stronger with each recovery.
Power/Ability to:	Recover from any damage and grow much stronger.

"What doesn't kill me only makes me stronger."

― Friedrich Nietzsche

"As long as the nucleus in my head is intact, my body can continue to regenerate. And a nice benefit of this most recent rebirth is... thanks to the Saiyan cells in me, I grow stronger after every near-fatal injury."

― Cell, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai

The power to recover from any damage and grow much stronger. Variation of Empowering Affinity and Supernatural Regeneration.

Also Called

• Crying Warmonger (Nasuverse)
• Empowering Regeneration
• Recovery Empowerment/Affinity
• Regenerative Affinity
• Regenerative Evolution

Capabilities

Users experience empowerment through their exceptional healing factor in many ways, significantly enhancing their physical capabilities. This enhancement can manifest through a range of mechanisms, such as the consistent stress and micro-tears in their muscle fibers, which, when healed, result in increased strength and endurance. This biological process allows them to tap into a higher overall bodily capacity, enabling feats of strength that far exceed the typical for their race.

Additionally, while their physical form may adapt and grow stronger, their sensory perception remains intact and often sharper than that of ordinary individuals. This heightened sensitivity allows them to process their environment more acutely, giving them advantages in both combat and situational awareness. The degree of strength enhancement, however, isn’t uniform across all users; it is intricately tied to the specificity of a user's healing factor.

For some, regular exposure to physical damage followed by a regenerative process is essential to achieve substantial and consistent improvements in their abilities. Others, however, may experience immediate and significant upticks in power with very little provocation, a testament to the variance in healing capabilities.

Moreover, there exists a subset of users who exhibit particularly reckless behavior, intentionally inflicting harm upon themselves as a means to expedite their growth. This dangerous practice involves self-destructive actions that allow them to heal at an accelerated pace, leading to rapid empowerment. For these individuals, the pursuit of strength can blur the lines between self-care and self-destruction, ultimately posing risks not only to their well-being but also to those around them.

Applications

• Condition Augmentation
  • Mental Augmentation
  • Physical Augmentation
• Empowered State
  • Self-Power Augmentation
  • Self-Power Bestowal
• Enhancement Calling
  • Potential Enhancement
  • Quality Enhancement
  • Skill Enhancement
• Metabolization
  • Self-Restoration
  • Self-Sustenance
• Mode Switching
  • Power Mixture
  • Power-Shifting
• Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Condition
  • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Body
    • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Agility
    • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Dexterity
    • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural Durability/Invulnerability
    • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Endurance
    • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Health
      • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural Longevity/Immortality
    • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Reflexes
    • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Senses
    • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Speed
    • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Stamina
    • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Strength
    • Regenerative Healing Factor
      • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Regeneration
  • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Mind

Techniques

• Various Adaptation Powers
  • Adaptive Regeneration
• Various Regenerative Powers
  • Regenerative Immortality

Associations

• Adaptive Regeneration
  • Damage Empowerment
    • Adaptive Power Level
• Adaptive Replication
• Adaptive Resurrection
• Affinity
  • Pain Empowerment
  • Resurrection Empowerment
  • Self-Harm Empowerment
  • Survival Empowerment
• Mimetic Regeneration
  • Property Absorption
• Mutative Evolution
  • Evolution
• Mutative Regeneration
  • Regenerative Transformation
  • Accelerating Regeneration
  • Intelligent Regeneration
• Reactive Adaptation
  • Damage Memorization
• Reactive Attribute Enhancement
• Regeneration Manipulation
  • Self-Regeneration Manipulation
    • Regenerative Absorption
    • Regenerative Durability
    • Regenerative Replication
  • Self-Resurrection
• Weaponized Body
  • Natural Weaponry Manipulation
    • Idiosyncratic Manipulation

Limitations

• Effects may be temporary
• User may be vulnerable to neutralization methods that cause no damage.
• Powers capable of causing instant death may be able to bypass this ability.
• The endless reconstruction/upgrading may chip away the user's humanity.
• Healing Factor Nullification can prevent the user from regenerating.
• Might be partially countered by Healing Impairment.

Known Users

• Mohra Demons (Angel)
• Slug Count (Berserk)
• Gerard Valkyrie (Bleach); via "The Miracle"
• Kang Jihyoung (Bones)
• Priscilla (Claymore)
• Makina Hoshimura (Corpse Princess)
• All Shikabane Hime (Corpse Princess); after killing 108 Shikabane
• Gozu (Area D-Inou Ryouiki)
• Genocyber (Genocyber)
• Bruce Banner/The Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Doomsday (DC Comics)
• Evangelion Mark. 09 (Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo)
• Saiyans (Dragon Ball series); via Zenkai
• Cell (Dragon Ball Z)
• Meta Cooler (Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler)
• Goku Black (Dragon Ball Super); via Zenkai
• Phoenix Ikki (Saint Seiya)
• Spartacus (TYPE-MOON); via Crying Warmonger
• Tennyo (Whateley Academy)
• Waylon Jones/Killer Croc (Batman: Arkham)
• Viltrumites (Image Comics/Invincible)
• Allen the Alien (Image Comics/Invincible)
• SCP-682 Hard-to-Destroy Reptile] (SCP Foundation)
• R.E.G.I.S. Mark V (Megas XLR)
• Bizarro/Doomsday (Superman & Lois)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

The Count (Berserk) regenerates stronger limbs each time one is chopped off, resulting in him growing larger and stronger as the battle draws out.

Gerard Valkyrie (Bleach) using The Miracle to regenerate his severed arm stronger than it used to be.

As long as the nucleus in his head is intact, Cell (Dragon Ball Z) can regenerate after every near fatal experience, allowing him to increase his already destructive power.

Priscilla's (Claymore) one arm lost...

...five gained...

Wounded and exhausted...

...stronger than ever.

Do it yourself.

Gozu (Area D-Inou Ryouiki), the representative leader of Area D's southern gangs' power of anthropo transmorphism....

...enables the complete Regenesis, alteration and fortification of the bodily frame bestowing new weaponizable organs...

...coupled with a far stronger bodily frame specifically evolved to be more resilient, withstanding any opposition.

The effects of which still persist so long as one's taken damage....

...continuing with greater effect after every recovery....

...to the point where he truly becomes....

...A full on multipurpose siege engine.

Each time Genocyber (Genocyber) is defeated, it returns even stronger...

... becoming a beast of mass destruction.

Kang Jihyoung (Bones)

Comics

The Hulk (Marvel Comics)

Due to his healing factor, Wolverine (Marvel Comics) has increase physical abilities.

Allen the Alien (Image Comics/Invincible) becomes more powerful after recovering from near death.

Live Action Movies/Television

If severely injured, Mohra Demons (Angel) can regenerate, increasing in size and strength each time.

Bizarro/Doomsday (Superman & Lois)

Video/Tabletop Games

James Heller (Prototype)

Alex Mercer (Prototype)

Videos

Allen Is ALIVE & Makes A Shocking Discovery - Invincible S2-2

Superman and Lois - Bizarro becomes Doomsday-2

R.E.G.I.S Mark V vs MEGAS (FULL FIGHT)-2

Hulk VS Doomsday (Marvel VS DC) - DEATH BATTLE!