Weakness Empowerment

Weakness Empowerment
Ipsens Castle (Final Fantasy IX) reverses the strength of anyone inside of it, so that the weaker they are the stronger their attacks and powers become.
Power/Ability to:	Gain strength from weakness.

"You're merely defective. You aren't special. Not in the slightest. But that's exactly what makes you special. In your presence all magic is useless."

― The Queen of Witches describing Asta's nature (Black Clover)

"He is the strongest....Sickly King!"

― Narrator describing Phoenix Joe (Show By Rock!!)

The power to gain strength from weakness. Technique of Weakness Manipulation. Variation of Affinity. Opposite of Power Empowerment.

Also Called

• Defect Affinity/Empowerment
• Error Affinity/Empowerment
• Fault Affinity/Empowerment
• Flaw Affinity/Empowerment
• Handicap Affinity/Empowerment
• Impairment Affinity/Empowerment
• Powerlessness Affinity/Empowerment
• Vulnerability Affinity/Empowerment
• Weakness Affinity
• Weakness Reversal

Capabilities

User becomes stronger, faster, more durable, etc. from the weakness of oneself or others, possibly unlocking abilities related to the affinity and enhancing their existing powers. Some users may be able to draw sustenance from weakness or even slow or stop aging.

As long as the user is weak, she/he gets stronger until she/he is strong.

Applications

• Decelerated Aging/Semi-Immortality
• Enhanced Condition or Supernatural Condition
  • Enhanced Durability
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Stamina
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Strength
  • Regenerative Healing Factor/Supernatural Regeneration
• Metabolization
• Self-Power Augmentation
• Self-Sustenance

Associations

• Affinity
  • Entropy Empowerment
  • Failure Empowerment
  • Invulnerability Empowerment
  • Stamina Empowerment
• Fortitude Weakening
• Relative Strength Perception
• Weakness Creation
• Weakness Detection
• Weakness Embodiment
• Weakness Inducement
• Weakness Manipulation

Limitations

• May only empower the users abilities/powers.
• Weak against Strength Manipulation.
• Users of Perpetual Augmentation are immune.
• This ability might not last for long, because as soon as the person gets strong they're empowerment might wear off.
  • This ability is kind of an oxymoron, It may induce paradoxes

Known Users

• Ayla (Chrono Trigger); via Dino Tail
• Frog (Chrono Trigger); via Frog Squash
• Mario (Paper Mario); via Danger Mario mode
• Pokémon with Blaze, Torrent, or Overgrow (Pokémon)
• Gremloblin (Gravity Falls)

Known Locations

• Ipsens Castle (Final Fantasy IX)

Known Objects

• Valiant Knife (Final Fantasy VI)