- "Flash Fact: Relativistic effects take over as a body approaches light speed. Visual input will begin to blueshift and my body's mass will increase to infinity. At these speeds, I'll appear to him as a continuous beam of light. I could hit him a thousand times before he had a chance to blink."
- ― Wally West/The Flash (DC Comics)
The power to infuse speed with physical combat. Variation of Combat Merging, Science Combat, and Physics Combat.
Also Called[]
- Speed-Enhanced Combat
Capabilities[]
User is able to fight at incredible speeds, striking their opponent in rapid succession that may even kill opponents instantly. Their attacks may cause more damage than normal due to gaining kinetic energy, and thus momentum, produced through the speed of each hit. If the speed is fast enough, it can distort space to bypass defenses.
Applications[]
- Afterimage Creation
- Flash Step
- Flowmotion
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Reflexes
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Speed
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Stamina
- Slow-Motion
- Speed-Based Strength
Associations[]
- Combat Merging
- High-Speed Flight
- Hyperkinetic Exertion
- Megaton Kick
- Megaton Punch
- Molecular Manipulation
- Multiple Activity
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Combat
- Photokinetic Combat
- Speed Accumulation
- Sound Manipulation
- Time Perception Manipulation
- Time Speeding
- Velocity Manipulation
- Vibration Manipulation
Limitations[]
- The efficiency of power depends on the user's own level of skill.
- If the opponent possesses speed, strength, and stamina that far surpasses the user, then this ability is rendered ineffective.
Known Users[]
See Also: Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs and Speed Blitz.
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- Kotton (Ayashimon); via yokai form
- Mikazuchi Rei (Kengan Ashura)
- Azumi (Azumi)
- Claire Stanfield (Baccano!)
- Yuujiro Hanma (Baki the Grappler)
- Various Characters (Black Clover)
- Various Characters (Bungo Stray Dogs)
- Satou Pendragon (Death March to Parallel World Rhapsody)
- Various Characters (Dragon Ball Series)
- Racer (Fairy Tail)
- Jellal Fernandez (Fairy Tail)
- Rebecca Bluegarden (Edens Zero); via Cat Leaper
- Sloth (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Members of the Yato tribe (Gintama)
- Abuto
- Housen
- Umibouzu
- Kagura
- Kamui
- Muneshige Tachibana (Horizon In The Middle of Nowhere)
- Yellow Diamond (Houseki No Kuni)
- Various Characters (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Various Characters (Legend of the Northern Blade)
- Various Characters (Kingdom)
- LLENN (Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online)
- Alviss (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Jack (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Dorothy (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Guardian ÄRM, Kung-Fu Frog (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Mash Burnedead (Mashle: Magic and Muscles)
- Various Characters (Medaka Box)
- Ranma Saotome (Ranma 1/2)
- Various Characters (Record of Ragnarok)
- Seta Soujirou (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Straight Cougar (s-CRY-ed)
- Acacia's Disciples (Toriko)
- The Four Heavenly Kings (Toriko)
- The Eight Kings (Toriko)
- Acacia/Neo (Toriko)
- Various Characters (So I'm a Spider, So What?)
- Kumoko/Shiraori
Video Games[]
- Asura (Asura's Wrath)
- Augus (Asura's Wrath)
- Yasha (Asura's Wrath)
- Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath)
- Taokaka (BlazBlue); via Unlimited Form
- The Master (Destroy All Humans!); via Temporal Fist.
- Dante (Devil May Cry)
- Vergil (Devil May Cry)
- Nero (Devil May Cry)
- Lidica Asin (Epic Seven)
- Yelan (Genshin Impact)
- Gene (God Hand)
- Rita Rossweisse (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- TJ Combo (Killer Instinct); via Glory Days Instinct Mode
- Ralf Jones (King of Fighters)
- Larxene (Kingdom Hearts Series)
- Quick Man (Mega Man)
- Swashbucklers (Pirate 101)
- Pokemon who can learn "Bullet Punch" (Pokémon)
- Kim Kaphwan (SNK)
- Various Characters (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Chun-Li (Street Fighter)
- E. Honda (Street Fighter)
- Asagi Igawa (Taimanin Asagi)
- Wolfgang Schreiber (Dies Irae)
Cartoons/Comics
- Kinecelerans (Ben 10 series)
- XLR8
- Citrakayah (Ben 10 series)
- Fasttrack
- Kevin 11 (Ben 10 series); as a mutant
- Gespedan (Chaotic)
- Ultadur (Chaotic)
- Midnighter (DC Comics)
- Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
- Speedsters (DC Comics)
- Kryptonians (DC Comics); via yellow sun radiation
- Martians (DC Comics)
- Dash Parr (The Incredibles)
- Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver (Marvel Comics)
- Tommy Shepherd/Speed (Marvel Comics)
- Jacqueline Falsworth/Spitefire (Marvel Comics)
- Monica Rambeau/Specturm (Marvel Comics)
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Tony Masters/Taskmaster (Marvel Comics)
- Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)
- Sandy Cheeks (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Alopex (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
- Mal (UN Comics)
Live Television/Movies
- Daphne Millbrook (Heroes)
- Stephanie Powell (No Ordinary Family)
- Hudram (Ultraman Series)
- Ultraman Tiga (Ultraman Series); via Sky Type
- Ultraman Trigger (Ultraman Series); via Sky Type
Web Animation/Comics/Series
- Azam (Ordeal)
- Ruby Rose (RWBY)
- Weiss Schnee (RWBY)
- Blake Belladonna (RWBY)
- Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)
- Ozpin (RWBY)
- Oscar Pine (RWBY)
Known Objects[]
- Hyper Fighting equipped (Punch Quest)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
Agatsuma Zenitsu (Kimetsu no Yaiba) using Thunder Breathing First Form: Thunderclap and Flash can slash with immense speed & thus immense power...
Muichiro Tokito (Kimetsu no Yaiba) using Fifth Form: Sea of Clouds and Haze, a high-speed multiple slashing attack
Despite his size Guardian ÄRM, Kung-Fu Frog (Marchen Awakens Romance) is the fastest of all guardians. With his speed and martial arts skills Kung-Fu Frog is one of the most formidable ÄRM in the series.
Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance) is the fastest of the 13 Zodiac Knights and on par if not faster than Dorothy of Mär. Her style of fighting includes ripping her opponents apart with high-speed attacks.
Tenya (My Hero Academia) is capable of high speed and mobility in combat due to his Quirk. With his increased speed, his strikes deal heavy damage.
Through the use of One For All: Full Cowl, Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia) gains a boost in speed & strength. By moving like Bakugo, he can propel himself at high speeds into a powerful blow.
Goku (Dragon Ball) Super God Fist
Cartoons[]
Comics[]
Eobard Thawne/Reverse Flash's (DC Comics) past and present incarnations can "deliver millions of blows in less than a second"...
...and after learning from his successor, Hunter Zolomon, he employed hypersonic waves in battle by snapping his fingers.
Louis Lane of the Dark Multiverse (DC Comics) when bonded to Eradicator gained the powers of a Kryptonian. With the speed of a Kryptonian, she used the negative effects of high-speed travel (high friction) to kill Lex Luthor.
Kryptonians (DC Comics) are able to effortlessly dispatch opponents by combining her superhuman speed, strength, & built-up momentum.
Monica Rambeau (Marvel Comics) is able to move and react at superhuman speeds ranging from the speed of sound to lightspeed.
A mind-controlled, Jacqueline Falsworth/Spitefire (Marvel Comics) using her super-speed in her fight with Blade.
Omni-Man (Image Comics) can utilize his supernatural speed in various offensive ways such as to cleave through metal like a blade...
...or fly fast enough to create tailwinds powerful enough to destroy cities as well as creating shockwaves as powerful as a nuke.
Adam X (Marvel Comics) can use his hemopyrokinesis to boost his speed & enhanced his combat.
Movies[]
Teth-Adam/Black Adam (DC Extended Universe) with the Swiftness of Heru, he can strike and take out Intergang soldiers.
Michael Morbius (Sony's Morbius) can move at superhuman speeds, that can leave a mist like aura in a blink of an eye.
Live Television[]
Daphne (Heroes) can run at incredible speeds to the point of being able to resist by Hiro's power manipulate time.