- "Silent Kill: River Styx Slash!"
- ― Brook (One Piece)
- "Even a group of 50 assassins would be slain by him before they realized it."
- ― Jango on Kuro’s Pussyfoot Maneuver (One Piece)
The ability to utilize stealth with physical combat. Technique of Stealth Mastery. Variation of Combat Merging.
Also Called[]
- Hyper-Stealth Combat
- Stealth Fighting
- Stealth Physical Combat
- Stealth Striking
Capabilities[]
User can combine stealth with physical fighting, allowing them to make surprise attacks on opponents and attack without being seen or caught. They can sneak around an opponent unnoticed and strike when they have the chance, move around their opponent while possibly playing tricks or doing stealthy attacks on them, etc.
Applications[]
- Ambush Mastery
- Assassination Mastery
- Camouflage
- Cloaking
- Enhanced Anticipation
- Enhanced Caution
- Enhanced Concealment
- Espionage Mastery
- Evading Mastery
- Flash Step
- Hiding Mastery
- Hunting Mastery
- Imperceptible Movement
- Inaudible Movement
- Infiltration Mastery
- Killing Mastery
- Manipulation Mastery
- Observation Detection
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural Stealth
- Sabotage Mastery
- Stealth Mastery
- Tracking Evasion
- Trap Evasion
Associations[]
- Ghost Mode
- Inaudibility
- Inodorosity
- Invisibility
- Invisibility Combat
- Ninjutsu
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Combat
- Shadow Stealth
- Special Ops Mastery
- Stealth Mode
- Umbrakinetic Invisibility
- Unnoticeability
Limitations[]
- Efficiency depends on the user's own level of skill.
- Most effective only when the user is not caught.
- May have a hard time finding the opponent if they have the same power.
Known Users[]
- Ao Oni (Ao Oni)
- Assassins (Assassin's Creed)
- Various Templars (Assassin's Creed)
- Black Cross
- Azumi (Azumi)
- Claire Stanfield (Baccano!)
- Various Characters (Baki the Grappler)
- Yuujiro Hanma
- Baki Hanma
- Gaia
- Rumor (The Batman)
- Members of the Onmitsukidō (Bleach)
- Yoruichi Shihoin
- Suì-Fēng
- Shunsui Kyōraku (Bleach)
- Toru Acura (Hitsugi no Chaika As Chaika The Coffin Princess)
- The Bat-Family (DC Comics)
- Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
- Midnighter (DC Comics/WildStorm)
- Nobody (DC Comics)
- Karen (Disciple of the Holy Sword)
- Satou Pendragon (Death March to Parallel World Rhapsody)
- Yu IlHan(Everyone Else is a Returnee)
- Jacob Lessio (Fairy Tail)
- Jason Brody (Far Cry 3)
- Colonel (Fist of the North Star)
- Jason Vorhees (Friday the 13th)
- Various Characters (The Order of the Stick)
- Michael Myers (Halloween)
- Tatsuya Shiba (The Irregular at Magic High School)
- Haruki Ito (Isekai ni Shoukan Saretan Dakedo, Nandemo Kireteshimau Kennou wo Teni Ireta node Easy Mode Deshita)
- Risotto Nero (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo); via Metallica
- Maki Zenin (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Toji Fushiguro (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Obanai Iguro (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Various Characters (Kingdom)
- Keill Randor (Last Legionary)
- Toru Hagakure/Stealth Hero: Invisible Girl (My Hero Academia)
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics); via Stealth Suit
- Akihiro Daken (Marvel Comics)
- Callisto (Marvel Comics)
- Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven The Hunter (Marvel Comics)
- Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
- Laughing Octopus (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
- Parasite Unit (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain)
- Quiet (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain)
- Ban (Nanatsu no Taizai/The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Various Shinobi/Ninja (Naruto)
- Zabuza Momochi
- Hatake Kakashi
- Hayate Gekkō
- Kuro (One Piece)
- Brook (One Piece)
- Dr. Victor Von Doom (Marvel Comics)
- Pyo Wol (The Reaper)
- SCP-173 - The Sculpture (SCP Foundation)
- Various Assassins/Hitmen (Sakamoto Days)
- Natsuki Seba
- Jack (Samurai Jack)
- Shinobi (Samurai Jack)
- Loid Forger/Twilight (Spy x Family)
- Espio the Chameleon (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
- Kang Taeshik (Solo Leveling)
- Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Ayame (Tenchu Series)
- Rikimaru (Tenchu Series)
- Tatsumaru (Tenchu Series)
- Tesshu (Tenchu Series)
- Sam Fisher (Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series)
- Hojo Tokiyuki (The Elusive Samurai)
- Cris (The Golden Man)
- Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
- Ultra V (War Of The Monsters)
- Hyuk Musang (World’s Greatest Senior Disciple)
- Murong Geomhwa (World’s Greatest Senior Disciple)
- Tae Hyeongwoon (World’s Greatest Senior Disciple)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa[]
The Colonel (Fist of the North Star) using Nanto Muon Ken (South Dipper Silent Fist), which he describes as the "deadliest assassination technique".
Ban's (Nanatsu no Taizai/The Seven Deadly Sins) technique, Fox Hunt allows him to 'grab' far away objects, including his opponent's heart.
Zabuza Momochi (Naruto) was infamous for his mastery of Silent Killing, capable of taking out his targets before they even know they're dead.
Kuro's (One Piece) technique Stealth Foot, allows him to move at high speed, allowing him to take out his enemies quickly by surprise.
As a former member of Clan Shiyuu, Kyou Kai (Kingdom) can silently kill anyone in her path with expert stealth.
Various Shinobi (Naruto) like Zabuza Momochi use stealthy fighting skills like the Silent Killing technique.
Hayate Gekkō (Naruto) was a master of using the Transparency Jutsu able to use it to turn himself invisible and get the jump on opponents even highly skilled ones like Sakura Haruno.
With Stealth, Kang Taeshik (Solo Leveling) could become completely imperceptible until the moment he strikes
Cartoons[]
Comics[]
Live Action Movies/TV Series[]
Michael Myers (Halloween) is completely silent, allowing him to take out many of his victims by surprise.
Despite his great size, Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th series) is surprisingly stealthy.

















