- "Im not a fan of fights...that involve pansy ass footwork and crap like that."
- ― Seok Kang to Gukja Yang (QUESTISM)
- "Techniques without power are useless. Even if you have the knowledge of a thousand fighting techniques, if you do not have the strength necessary to execute them, you just as powerless as a brittle fly."
- ― Sairaorg Bael (Highschool DxD)
The power to infuse strength with physical combat. Variation of Combat Merging.
Also Called[]
- Strength-Based Fighting
- Strong Combat
Capabilities[]
The user can mix physical strength with close-quarters combat, giving their attacks great force which can potentially cripple, maim, and kill their opponents.
Applications[]
- Critical Impact
- Defense Bypassing
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Strength
- Power Fists/Power Legs
- Strength Concentration
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- Simply relying on brute force is never a decent strategy, especially against opponents with superior power or skill.
- The efficiency of power depends on the user's level of skill.
- Extensive use may be damaging.
Known Users[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua
- Thrym (Ah! My Goddess)
- Yuujiro Hanma (Baki the Grappler)
- Guts (Berserk)
- Pippin (Berserk)
- Apostles (Berserk)
- Sōsuke Aizen (Bleach)
- Teru Sakurada (Castle Town Dandelion)
- Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
- Shizuo Heiwajima (Durarara!)
- Raoh/Ken-Oh (Fist of the North Star)
- Sloth (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- Members of the Yato tribe (Gintama)
- Abuto
- Housen
- Umibouzu
- Kagura
- Kamui
- Various Characters (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Wakatsuki Takeshi (Kenganverse)
- Akaza (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Various Characters (Kingdom)
- Badigadi (Mushoku Tensei)
- Various Characters (One Piece)
- Various Characters (One-Punch Man)
- Myu (Only Sense Online)
- Mash Burnedead (Mashle: Magic and Muscles)
- Various Characters (Naruto)
- Naruto Uzumaki
- Philionel El Di Saillune (Slayers)
- Various Characters (QUESTISM)
- Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Cartoons/Comics
- Bunnie D'Coolette (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Olympia (Hero Heights)
- Sugilite (Steven Universe)
- Alexandrite (Steven Universe)
- Jasper (Steven Universe)
- Popeye (Popeye)
- Variation Users (Various Forms of Western Comic Media)
- Mr. Incredible (The Incredibles)
- Brick (The Incredibles); she is stronger than Mr. Incredible
- Uma Thermal (SheZow)
- Superman (DC Comics)
- Superboy Prime (DC Comics)
- Bane (DC Comics)
- Starfire (DC Comics)
- Darkseid (DC Comics)
- Doomsday (DC Comics)
- Shazam (DC Comics)
- Black Adam (DC Comics)
- Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
- Bulleteer (DC Comics)
- Midnighter (DC Comics/Wildstorm)
- Viltrumites (Image Comics)
- Mark Grayson/Invincible
- Conquest
- Omni-man/Nolan
- Korgoth (Korgoth of Barbaria)
- Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)
- Sentry (Marvel Comics)
- Blue Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- Anti-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Luke Cage (Marvel Comics)
- Spider Man (Marvel Comics)
- Juggernaut (Marvel Comics)
- The Thing (Marvel Comics)
- Colossus (Marvel Comics)
- Hercules (Marvel Comics)
- Mangog (Marvel Comics)
- Picchu (Maya and the Three)
- Garen (Skylark)
- Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
- Leonard Williams/Tyrone Cash (Ultimate Marvel Comics)
Live Television/Movies
- Hyperadrenal Alphas (Alphas)
- Glory (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Nam-Ek (DCEU)
- Niki Sanders (Heroes)
- Owen Davidson (Master Z: Ip Man Legacy)
- Jessica Jones (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Alisa Jones (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Luke Cage (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Kurse (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Form V/Shien/Djem So Users (Star Wars)
- Various Characters (Supernatural)
- Terminators (Terminator)
- Various Characters (Ultraman series)
- Queen Maeve (The Boys)
- Annie January/Starlight (The Boys)
Video Games
- Doom Slayer (DOOM)
- Gigas (Tekken)
- Asura (Asura's Wrath)
- Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)
- Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Mighty the Armadillo (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong/Super Smash Bros.)
- Terra (Kingdom Hearts)
Known Objects[]
- Silver Skin (Buso Renkin)
- Silver Skin: Alternate Type (Buso Renkin)
- Smartskin (DC Comics)
- Strong Suit (Image Comics)
- Crimson Gem of Cyttorak (Marvel Comics)
- Gauntlets of Ares (Marvel Comics)
- The Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
- Perfected Hulk Serum Pill (Ultimate Marvel Comics)
- Fist of Tebigong (Xiaolin Showdown)
Known Techniques/Powers[]
- Limit Over (Castle-Town Dandelion)
- Divine Hammer (Dragon Ball Super)
- Gō no Ken/Fist of Strength (Fist of the North Star)
- Strong Fist (Naruto)
- Shatterspin (Ninjago: Dragons Rising)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua[]
Sōsuke Aizen's (Bleach) tremendous strength combined with his sword-skill allows him to slice through Shikai and Bankai with ease.
Son Goku (Dragon Ball Z) upon activating his Super Saiyan transformation uses his newfound strength to brutally overwhelm Frieza.
Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z) often focuses on overwhelming his opponents with heavy blows using his strength, amplified by his Super Saiyan transformation.
Cooler (Dragon Ball Z: Revenge of Cooler) fights primarily using immense physical strength to overwhelm opponents.
After mutating his left arm, Fused Zamasu (Dragon Ball Super) created his own fighting style, Divine Hammer, to make full use of his massive arm and strength.
Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece) makes full use of her titanic strength, using brute force to destroy anything in her path...
Roronoa Zoro's (One Piece) Gorilla technique involves him increasing his arm muscle size to amplify his strength in combat.
Sanji (One Piece) utilizes the immense strength of his legs with attacks like "Anti-Manner Kick Course" to overwhelm opponents in combat.
Mou Bu (Kingdom) demonstrates his immense strength during combat as he turns his opponents into bloody pulp.
Ri Shin (Kingdom) frequently Infuses his monstrous strength with his Swordsmanship...
Like his rival Shin, Kou Yoku (Kingdom) frequently Infuses his own monstrous strength with his Swordsmanship,...
...demonstrating his prowess with the incredible feat of blocking and stopping the huge Great General level warrior, Tou's Faru Faru sword strike.
All Might (My Hero Academia) using the power of One For All can magnify his strength in combat with attacks such as Plus Ultra.
Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia) using the power of One For All" can overwhelm foes in combat with strength.
Raoh, Ken-Oh/King of Fists's (Fist of the North Star) Gō no Ken style of the Hokuto Shin Ken focuses on overpowering opponents with nothing but sheer, immense and destructive power.
Comics[]
Mark Grayson/Invincible (Invincible/Image Comics) gives a Kryptonian like Superboy Prime a bloody nose while trapped in between dimensions.
Diana of Themyscira/Wonder Woman (DC Comics) primarily fights using her divine strength, great enough to hurt someone as powerful as Clark Kent/Superman.
Adam Brashear/The Blue Marvel and Conner Sims/Anti-Man (Marvel Comics) engaging each other in physical combat.
The Hulk (Marvel Comics) has fought numerous beings, creatures, entities with nothing but his limitless strength...
...has gone toe to toe with Cain Marko, the Unstoppable Juggernaut, one of the strongest beings in the universe...
While untrained in combat, The Sentry (Marvel Comics) makes heavy use of his superhuman strength as created a sonic boom just by punching Ultron Janet...
...and sent Ares, a God of War, flying with one punch.
Anna Marie/Rogue (Marvel Comics) fights mainly using her strength burrowed from others with her Absorption powers.
Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) using his proportional strength of a spider to overwhelm opponents often greater in strength and power than himself...
Live Television/Movies[]
Terminators (Terminator) make heavy use of their cybernetic strength when forced into melee combat, with the T-800 easily outmatching a biker in a bar brawl...
Video Games[]
Dante (Devil May Cry) using Devil Arms such a Gilgamesh has fighting style focused primarily on strength.
Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda) thanks to the Triforce of Power can use his own physical strength effectively in combat.
Senator Steven Armstrong (Metal Gear) thanks to nanomachines fights primarily with his own tremendous strength.
Wario (Super Mario Bros) being much stronger than Mario and Luigi, mainly fights using pure physical might.
Zangief (Street Fighter) is master of "Muscle Power/Muscle Sprit" and thus bases his fighting style around pure physical strength.
The Morlock Brute-Giant (X-Men Legends/X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse) with his ability to use physical brute strength into combat.