Speed Combat

Speed Combat
Cavendish (One Piece) will slice down people around him at very high speeds whenever his vicious alter-ego Hakuba takes over.
Power/Ability to:	Infuse speed with physical combat.

"Next time we meet, I'm gonna land a thousand strikes on that face of yours."

― Jotaro Kujo to Steely Dan/Dan of Steel (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders)

The ability to infuse speed with physical combat. Variation of Combat Merging.

Also Called

• High Speed Combat
• Hyper Fighting
• Hyper-Speed Combat
• Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs
• Rapid Physical Combat
• Speed Blitz/Fighting/Striking

Capabilities

User is able to fight at incredible speed, 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

• Critical Impact
• Death Inducement
• Defense Break
• Flash Step
• Flowmotion
• Heavy Strike
• Hyper Acceleration
• Multi-Hit Strike
• Multi Strike
• Shockwave Snap
• Slow-Motion
• Speed Clones
• Speed Strike

Associations

• Enhanced Combat
• Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Reflexes
• Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Speed
• Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Stamina
• High-Speed Flight
• Hyperkinetic Exertion
• Megaton Kick
• Megaton Punch
• Molecular Manipulation
• 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

• Shinigami/Soul Reapers (Bleach)
  • Sosuke Aizen
  • Yoruichi Shihoin
  • Suì-Fēng
  • Byakuya Kuchiki
  • Ichigo Kurosaki; via Bankai
  • Gin Ichimura
• Quincies (Bleach)
• Fullbringers (Bleach)
• Arrancars (Bleach)
• Vizards (Bleach)
• Agatsuma Zenitsu (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
• Racer (Fairy Tail)
• Jellal Fernandez (Fairy Tail)
• Rebecca (Edens Zero)
• Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
• Rei (Fist of the North Star)
• Souther (Fist of the North Star)
• Raoh (Fist of the North Star)
• Muneshige Tachibana (Horizon In The Middle of Nowhere)
• Yo Tan Wa (Kingdom)
• Kyou Kai (Kingdom)
• Ou Hon (Kingdom)
• Mou Ten (Kingdom)
• Earl Shi (Kingdom)
• Jotaro Kujo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure); via Star Platinum
• Jean Pierre Polnareff (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure); via Silver Chariot
• DIO Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via The World
• 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)
• Minato Namikaze (Naruto)
• Rock Lee (Naruto)
• Might Guy (Naruto)
• Third Raikage (Naruto)
• Fourth Raikage Ay/A (Naruto)
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece); Gear Second & Gear Fourth: Snakeman
• Users of the Rokushiki/Six Powers (One Piece)
  • CP9
  • Various High Ranked Navy Officers
• Vinsmoke Sanji (One Piece)
• Brook (One Piece)
• Borsalino/Kizaru (One Piece)
• Bepo (One Piece)
• Bellamy (One Piece)
• Cavendish (One Piece); as Hakuba
• Gedatsu (One Piece)
• Boros (One-Punch Man)
• Saitama (One-Punch Man)
• Speed O' Sonic (One-Punch Man)
• Kamikaze/Atomic Samurai (One-Punch Man)
• Genos (One-Punch Man)
• Ranma Saotome (Ranma 1/2)
• Seta Soujirou (Rurouni Kenshin)
• Straight Cougar (s-CRY-ed)
• Ukaku-type Ghouls (Tokyo Ghoul)
  • Touka Kirishima
  • Ayato Kirishima
  • Renji Yomo
  • Yoshimura
• Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul)
• Eto Yoshimura (Tokyo Ghoul)
• Kishou Arima (Tokyo Ghoul)
• The Four Heavenly Kings (Toriko)
• The Eight Kings (Toriko)
• Acacia/Neo (Toriko)
• Acacia's Disciples (Toriko)

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)
• Gene (God Hand)
• TJ Combo (Killer Instinct); via Glory Days Instinct Mode
• Ralf Jones (King of Fighters)
• Larxene (Kingdom Hearts series)
• Quick Man (Mega Man)
• Pokemon who can learn "Bullet Punch" (Pokemon)
• Kim Kaphwan (SNK)
• Sonic (Sonic The Hedgehog series)
• Chun-Li (Street Fighter)
• E. Honda (Street Fighter)

Cartoons/Comics

• Kinecelerans (Ben 10 series)
  • XLR8
• Citrakayah (Ben 10 series)
  • Fasttrack
• Kevin 11 (Ben 10 series); as a mutant
• 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)
• Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)
• Sandy Cheeks (SpongeBob SquarePants)
• Alopex (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Mal (UN Comics)

Live Television/Movies

• Daphne Millbrook (Heroes)
• Stephanie Powell (No Ordinary Family)

Web Series

• 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

Yoruichi (Bleach) has absolute mastery of Shunpo, allowing her to take down numerous enemies in an instant.

Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) using his Bankai's high speed combat in conjuncture with Shunpo to move at hyper speed.

Hollow Ichigo (Bleach) via Bankai.

Gin Ichimaru (Bleach) using Buto Renjin to extend and retract his blade very rapidly.

Vizards (Bleach) can vastly increase their speed.

Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) gained overwhelming speed after he fully hollowfied, allowing hin to overpower Ulquiorra with speed.

Sosuke Aizen's (Bleach) supreme mastery of Shunpo allows him to cut down enemies with lightning fast slashes.

Agatsuma Zenitsu (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) using Thunder Breathing First Form: Thunderclap and Flash.

Jackie Chun (Dragon Ball) using the Afterimage Strike to create multiple speed clones to attack Tenshinhan in eight directions.

Son Goku and Meta-Cooler (Dragon Ball Z: the Return of Cooler) locked in rapid physical combat.

Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star) possesses very quick fighting techniques…

…like his signature Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken/Hokuto Hundred Crack Fist.

Kyou Kai (Kingdom)

Earl Shi of the Wei Fire Dragon (kingdom)

Jotaro Kujo's Stand, Star Platinum (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) is incredibly fast during combat that it can throw thousands of its ORA ORA punches within seconds…

...surpass the watery Stand, Geb while striking down its user N'doul...

…exchanging super-speed blows with DIO Brando's The World, one of the fastest Stand on the planet.

Jean Pierre Polnareff's Satnd, Silver Chariot (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders) can attack enemies with barrages of sword slashes and thrusts before the opponent can even react.

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.

All Might (My Hero Academia) is not only strong, but is immensely fast in his battle against Nomu.

Tenya (My Hero Academia) is capable of high speed and mobility in combat due to his Quirk.

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Bakugo (My Hero Academia) can move with great speed and agility in combat through his Quirk, Explosion.

Through the use of One For All: Full Cowl, Deku (My Hero Academia) becomes fast enough to ambush Stain…

…and pulls off similar maneuvers from Bakugo against the villain.

Minato Namikaze, the Yellow Flash (Naruto)

After Minato Namikaze's death, Ay/A the Raikage (Naruto) was known to be the fastest Shinobi alive…

…until Minato's son, Naruto Uzumaki had surpassed the both of them becoming the fastest person in the Ninja World.

Might Guy (Naruto) using Morning Peacock, punching Kisame at such rapid speed that flames are created from sheer friction…

…using Evening Elephant to punch five times at tremendous speed and force, each one progressively stronger, creating vacuums of devastating damage…

…and his ultimate technique, Night Guy a kick of such intense speed and strength that it distorts the space of his immediate vicinity to bypass any defense.

With his Gear Second, Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) can use the Rokushiki/Six Powers' Soru/Shave technique with extreme mastery...

...allowing him to use one of his most powerful speed based attacks, Gum Gum/Gomu Gomu no Jet Gatling, a barrage of super sonic punches...

...and while using Gear Fourth: Snakeman, he sacrifices defense to gain far greater offense and speed.

Sanji (One Piece)

Brook's Gentle Blade Type (One Piece) relies on blinding and quick Iaidō strikes.

Admiral Borsalino/Kizaru (One Piece) can strike his opponents at the speed of light due to the power of the Pika Pika no Mi.

Speed O'Sound Sonic (One-Punch Man)

Atomic Samurai (One-Punch Man) performing his signature technique, the Atomic Slash.

Genos vs. Speed O'Sound Sonic (One-Punch Man)

Dark Sonic (Sonic X) tears two Metarex apart in mere seconds.

Kishou Arima (Tokyo Ghoul) possesses monstrous speed in combat to the point of being known as the Undefeated Ghoul Investigator.

Comics/Cartoons

Wally West/The Flash vs. Zum (DC Comics)

Reverse Flash's (DC Comics) past and present incarnations can "deliver millions of blows in less than a second"...

...often employing hypersonic waves in battle by snapping his fingers.

Red & Blue Trinity (DC Comics) engage in speedy combat.

Monica Rambeau (Marvel Comics) is able to move and react at superhuman speeds ranging from the speed of sound to lightspeed.

Jacqueline Falsworth/Spitefire (Marvel Comics) using her super speed in her fight with Blade.

Sandy Cheeks (SpongeBob SquarePants) beats up Patrick Star with a rapid flurry of punches and kneeing.

Kevin 11 (Ben 10) possesses XLR8's speed.

Movies

Dash (Incredibles) can punch at incredible speed.

Faora Hu-Ul (DC) is able to effortlessly dispatch enemy soldiers by combining her combat abilities with her superhuman speed.

Live Television

Daphne (Heroes) can run at incredible speeds to the point of being able to resist by Hiro's power manipulate time.

Video Games

Onion Knight (Final Fantasy III/Dissidia)

Chun-Li's (Street Fighter) high speed kicks are famous.

Web Animation

Ruby Rose (RWBY) can move at blinding speeds through the use of her semblance.

Ozpin (RWBY) displays immense speed to the point of defending against a barrage of attacks from Cinder Fall in less than a second...

...and is capable of dishing out attacks in similar fashion.

After being trained in combat, Oscar Pine (RWBY) is able to overwhelm Lionheart, a veteran huntsman and a headmaster, with his own speed and strength...

...and after being forcibly taken possession by Ozpin, Oscar's speed and strength has become formidable to the point of being able to fight against Hazel Rainart, who empowered himself with Lighting-type Dust.