The power to augment one's own powers. Sub-power of Power Augmentation. Technique of Personal Mastery.
Also Called
- Self-Ability Amplification/Amplifying/Augmentation/Boosting/Enhancement/Enhancing/Increase/Strengthening/Supercharging
- Self-Power Amplification/Amplifying/Boosting/Enhancement/Enhancing/Increase/Strengthening/Supercharging
Capabilities
User can empower their existing abilities to higher levels, in some cases certain users can even augment their powers to their highest/absolute level.
Applications
Variations
- Ancestral Evocation - Call upon one's ancestors to enhance/augment one's abilities.
- Cosmic Symbiosis - By being the host of a cosmic entity, users powers can become augmented.
- Energy Generation/Quintessence Force - Generate the energy needed to augment one's powers.
- Power Compression - Compress one's power to amplify it.
- Power Expansion - Expand one's power to amplify it.
- Powerful Objects - Some objects may augment the users pre-existing powers.
- Soul Absorption - Absorb souls and use them to augment one's powers.
Examples
- Ability Learning to Enhanced Ability Learning
- Atomic Manipulation to Subatomic Manipulation
- Biological Manipulation to Life Mastery
- Cosmic Manipulation to Universal Manipulation
- Enhanced Condition to Supernatural Condition
- Equality to Superiority
- Healing to Regeneration Manipulation
- Immortality to Absolute Immortality
- Luck Bestowal to Luck Energy Manipulation
- Molecular Manipulation to Atomic Manipulation
- Regenerative Healing Factor to Ultimate Regeneration
- Reactive Adaptation to Superior Adaptation
- Restoration to Absolute Restoration
- Supernatural Condition to Absolute Condition
- Supernatural Speed to Absolute Speed
- Subatomic Manipulation to Particle Manipulation
- Telepathy to Omnipathy
- Telekinesis to Omni-Manipulation
- Universal Manipulation to Omniverse Manipulation
Associations
- Augmentation
- Personal Mastery
- Power Augmentation
- If combined with Power Replication, the user may gain Enhanced Power Replication
Limitations
- May strain the body/mind, especially with too much/long use.
- Too much improvement too fast may knock them unconscious.
- May be subconscious.
- Effects may be temporary.
- Some users may be in need of certain artifacts before they can augment their current powers.
Known Users
Anime/Manga
- Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)
- Visored (Bleach); by accessing their Hollow powers
- Aaroniero Arrururerie (Bleach); by devouring dead Hollows
- Driscoll "The Overkill" Berci (Bleach)
- Chuya Nakahara (Bungou Stray Dogs); via incantation
- Saiyans (Dragon Ball series); via the exclusive Zenkai gene
- Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
- Kyouka (Fairy Tail)
- Issei Hyoudou (Highschool DxD); via Boosted Gear
- Bell Cranel (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?); via Heroes Wish/Argonaut
- Dōjustu Users (Naruto)
- Users of the Eight Gates (Naruto)
- Breed (One Piece); via using Peto-Peto power on himself
- Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon)
- Kazuma (s-CRY-ed)
- Ryuho (S-CRY-ed)
- Straight Cougar (s-CRY-ed)
- Kyoji Mujo (s-CRY-ed)
- Nagasumi Michishio (Seto No Hanayome)
- Merlin (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Rebecca Reed (Shakugan no Shana)
- Angeloids (Sora No Otoshimono); via Pandora System
- Answer Talker Users (Zatch Bell!)
Cartoons/Comics
- Avatars (The Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra); via the Avatar State
- Mento (DC Comics); via his helmet
- Ma-Mutt (ThunderCats)
Live Television/Movies
- Castiel (Supernatural); after absorbing souls from Purgatory
Video Games
- Asura (Asura's Wrath)
- Seven Deities (Asura's Wrath)
- Dante (Devil May Cry series); via Devil Trigger
- Mega Man/Robot Master (Mega Man 11); via Power Gear
- Pokemon who can learn "Nasty Plot" (Pokemon)
- Rin Tohsaka (TYPE-MOON); using her jewelry
- Azaka Kokutou (TYPE-MOON); using her salamander gloves
Other
- Mara Shin (Dorothy of Oz)
- Jaune Arc (RWBY); via Semblance Aura Amplification
- The Young Guardians (The Young Guardians)
Known Powers
- Avatar State (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Awakening (Saga Frontier)
Known Objects
- Double Gear System (Mega Man 11); via Power Gear
- Second Prana (Sidekicks); of its owner
Gallery
Avatar Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender) synchronizing with the Avatars of the past
Vizards (Bleach) can channel the spiritual energy of their inner Hollow to increase their powers.
As a Full Hollow Ichigo's (Bleach) innate hollow-based powers are fully unleashed, enhancing his powers tremendously.
Due to the his Saiyan heritage, Son Goku (Dragon Ball series) possesses Zenkai, the Saiyans' exclusive genetic trait that allows him to reactively enhance his own strength every time he recovers from a near-fatal injury.
The Young Guardians can subconsciously accelerate the development of their powers faster than normal neohumans.
Castiel (Supernatural) augmented his angelic powers to a godlike level by absorbing 30-40 million souls from Purgatory.
Kyouka's (Fairy Tail) curse "Strengthen" can increase her own power exponentially.
The Rinnegan (Naruto) can accelerate a Ninja's ability to unimaginable and uncontrollable power levels.
By using Power Gear,Mega Man (Megaman 11) can fire second Charged Mega Buster with increase attack power...
... while using the Power Gear to its maximum power, he is able to fire the extra-powerful Final Charge Shot.
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