Scatter Shot

Scatter Shot
By shooting her Meltdowner through silicon cards, Mugino Shizuri (Toaru Majutsu no Index) can cause the beams to split apart.
Power/Ability to:	Fire projectiles that split into multiple fragments.

The ability to fire projectiles that split into multiple smaller ones. Sub-power of Attack Powers. Variation of Missile Generation.

Also Called

• Shotgun Effect/Shell
• Shrapnel Beam
• Split Missile
• Spread Shot

Capabilities

The user is able to generate and launch projectiles, whether energy, elemental or physical, that can split up into several smaller ones, enabling them to hit a wider range of targets.

Applications

• Multi-Ball Projection
• Multi-Beam Emission

Variations

• Bullet Hell

Associations

• Attack Powers
• Bullet Projection
• Elemental Attacks
• Energy Attacks
• Energy Manipulation
• Missile Generation

Limitations

• Fragments may be weaker than the initial blast.
• Targeting multiple attacks to multiple targets may be harder than single one.

Known Users

Cartoons

• Alexandrite (Steven Universe)
• Opal (Steven Universe)
• Blue Diamond (Steven Universe)

Comics

• Scott Summers/Cyclops (Marvel Comics)

Movies

• Gigan (Godzilla: Final Wars)

Live Television

• The Beast (Angel)

Anime/Manga

• Helios MK2 (Bakugan)
• Uryu Ishida (Bleach)
• Mr. Tear (Denma); via Cut Quanx ability (with his mask)
• Krillin (Dragon Ball series)
• Gildarts Clive (Fairy Tail)
• Opera (Mairimashita! Iruma-Kun)
• Magaki Group (Naruto)
• Sakazuki/Akainu (One Piece)
• Hody Jones (One Piece)
• Sei (Only Sense Online)
• Sailor Venus (Sailor Moon)
• Hecate (Shakugan No Shana)
• Mugino Shizuri (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
• Enryu (Tower of God)
• Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Video Games

• Bone Balls (New Blood Interactive's DUSK)
• Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts)
• Xigbar (Kingdom Hearts)
• Samus Aran (Metroid)
• Dark Samus (Metroid)
• Hanzo (Overwatch); via Storm Bow
• Gabriel Reyes/Reaper (Overwatch)
• Death/Hell Knights (Quake series)
• Statue Death/Hell Knights (Quake: Dissolution of Eternity)
• Ice Elemental (Serious Sam)
• Stone Elementals (Serious Sam)

Literature

• Jackson Collins (Frenzy Series)

Known Objects

• Power Rings (DC Comics)
• Magic Missile Launcher (Serious Sam series)
• Stinger (Unreal series)

Gallery

Hal Jordan's (DC Comics) Sling technique.

Krillin (Dragon Ball Z) fires his Scattering Bullet which rains destructive ki-blasts down on his opponents.

Scott Summers/Cyclops (Marvel Comics) eventually learned to utilize this aspect of his power.

Dark Samus (Metroid Prime) unleashing her Shrapnel Beam.

The pores that are seen all over the Bone Ball's (New Blood Interactive's DUSK) body, allows them to emit the shrieking skulls in a scattered, erratic pattern. This can be much more dangerous when they do so within tight, enclosed areas.

Akainu (One Piece) using his Meteor Volcano to launch magma meteors all over the area, causing widespread damage.

Hody Jones (One Piece) using Yabusame to launch a barrage of water bullets with great force.

Opal (Steven Universe) shooting a single energy arrow that splits into multiple bolts.

Once the Meltdowner (Toaru Majutsu no Index) beams split apart, they can cover a tremendous range to compensate her low firing rate, ...

... inflicting tremendous and widespread damage.

Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho) using the Spirit Shotgun to scatter his Spirit Gun bullet into multiple shots.

Death/Hell Knights (Quake series) can project fireballs and scatter them in a horizontal pattern.

As their main power, the Ice Elementals (Serious Sam) can simultaneously, throw and scatter three prism-shaped ice at their foes in a horizontal pattern.

Stone Elementals (Serious Sam) can both throw and scatter three balls of rock at their enemies in a straight, horizontal pattern.

As a secondary option, the Stinger (Unreal series) can launch tarydium needles in a widespread attack.

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