Scatter Shot

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

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

Also Called

• Birdshot
• Blunderbuss/Shotgun Effect
• Buckshot
• Bullet/Shot Split
• Canister Shot
• Cluster Munition
• Grapeshot
• 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

• Explosive Hell
• Multi-Ball Projection
• Multi-Beam Emission

Variations

• Bullet Hell

Associations

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

Limitations

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

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Infinity Helios (Bakugan Original series)
• Drago (Bakugan Original Series)
• Uryu Ishida (Bleach)
• Mr. Tear (Denma); via Cut Quanx ability (with his mask)
• Krillin (Dragon Ball series)
• Gildarts Clive (Fairy Tail)
• Kirara Amanogawa/Cure Twinkle (Go! Princess Precure)
• Itsuki Myoudouin/Cure Sunshine (Heartcatch Pretty Cure!)
• Mashiro Nijigaoka/Cure Prism (Hirogaru Sky! Precure)
• Kang-lim Choi (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
• Himari Arisugawa/Cure Custard (KiraKira☆Precure A La Mode)
• Opera (Mairimashita! Iruma-Kun)
• Dot Barret (Mashle)
• Magaki Group (Naruto)
• Sakazuki/Akainu (One Piece)
• Hody Jones (One Piece)
• Sei (Only Sense Online)
• Sailor Venus (Sailor Moon)
• Hecate (Shakugan No Shana)
• Fumina Konoe (Shakugan no Shana)
• Miyuki Hoshizora/Cure Happy (Smile Precure)
• Mugino Shizuri (Toaru Majutsu no Index/A Certain Magical Index)
• Enryu (Tower of God)
• Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)

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)
• Ultraman Ace (Ultraman)

Video Games

• Issac (Binding of Issac); via many items
• Bone Balls (New Blood Interactive's DUSK)
• Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts)
• Xigbar (Kingdom Hearts)
• Ashe (League of Legends)
• 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)
• Users of Dust Crusher (Mega Man)
  • Dust Man
  • Mega Man

Literature

• Jackson Collins (Frenzy Series)

Known Objects

• Burst Missiles (Armored Core)
• Multi Missiles/Split Missile Launchers (Armored Core)
  • BML-G2/P16SPL-08 (Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon)
  • BML-G2/P19SPL-12 (Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon)
  • BML-G2/P17SPL-16 (Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon)
  • HML-G3/P08SPL-06 (Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon)
• Scatter Missiles (Armored Core 4 series)
• BML-G1/P29CNT Container Missile Launcher (Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon)
• WR-0999 DELIVERY BOY Cluster Missile Launcher (Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon)
• Cavalry Carbine (The Citadel); via the Dispersion Cannon
• Flash (The Citadel); via the Air-Burst Warhead
• Flash II (The Citadel); via its secondary fire and Cluster Warhead
• LAW (The Citadel); via the Cluster Warhead
• Meta-Magnum (The Citadel); via Magnum Grenades with the HV Grenade mod
• Xeta Rifle (The Citadel); via its secondary fire
• GLA's Baikonur Cosmodrome missile (Command & Conquer: Generals)
• Power Rings (DC Comics)
• Magic Missile Launcher (Serious Sam)
• Starkiller Base (Star Wars)
• Shotguns (Various Fiction)
• Stinger (Unreal)

Gallery

The Cavalry Carbine (The Citadel) fires its Dispersion Cannon.

The Flash II (The Citadel) firing a canister shot.

The Meta-Magnum (The Citadel) firing a Magnum Grenade with the HV Grenade mod.

Xeta Rifle (The Citadel)

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.

Itsuki Myoudouin/Cure Sunshine (HeartCatch Precure!) firing her Sunshine Flash.

Miyuki Hoshizora/Cure Happy (Smile Precure!) fires a massive barrage of lasers.

Mashiro Nijigaoka/Cure Prism (Hirogaru Sky! Precure) unleashes a scattering shot of light projectiles.

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

Ashe (League of Legends) using Volley.

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

Hecate (Shakugan no Shana) Aster is one of her Unrestricted Spells, she releases a rain of bright Power of Existence which forms a large swarm of energy blasts in a binding speed, making it a difficult technique to avoid. She effectively uses this technique with her Treasure Tool Trigon.

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

Kang-lim Choi (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)

Infinity Helios' (Bakugan Original Series) Warfire can shoot a ball of dark energy that explodes and scatters into smaller bolts to attack his enemies.

Starkiller Base (Star Wars)

Drago (Bakugan Original Series) uses Core Buster to fire an energy blast from his mouth that splits into multiple shots.

Dot Barrett (Mashle) casting his "Machine-Gun Explomb" Spell.

Mega Man (Mega Man) using Dust Crusher, a Special Weapon that break apart upon impact.

Ultraman Ace (Ultraman) using Ultra Guillotine.