The ability to avoid linear attacks with incredible ease.
Also Called
- Evasive Action
- Kenbunshoku Haki
Capabilities
The user can avoid linear attacks such as bullets and lasers by simply quickly positioning themselves away from the path of the attack before it is fired. This can allow the user to avoid attacks that travel much faster than the user themselves.
Techniques
- Dodge Roll - Various tuck and roll maneuvers.
- Flowmotion
- Sliding Dash
Associations
- Accelerated Perception
- Attack Prediction
- Body Language Analysis
- Danger Intuition
- Enhanced Agility
- Enhanced Defense
- Enhanced Reflexes
- Enhanced Speed
- Evasion
- Evasion Calling
Limitations
- May not work on unpredictable attacks that do not travel in a straight path.
- May not be able to avoid an Absolute Attack.
Known Users
- Ultra Instinct Goku (Dragon Ball Super)
- Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Spider-Girl (Marvel Comics)
- Nightcrawler (Marvel Comics)
- Daken (Marvel Comics)
- Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
- Captain America/Steve Rogers (Marvel Comics)
- Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
- Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes (Marvel Comics)
- Shatterstar (Marvel Comics)
- Superman (DC Comics): to a limited level
- Batman (DC Comics)
- Risk (DC Comics)
- Cassandra Kain (DC Comics)
- Wonder Woman (DC Comics): to a limited level
- Deathstroke (DC Comics)
- Kotaro Nanbara (Hand Maid May)
- John Marston (Red Dead)
- Max Payne (Max Payne)
- Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
- Kenbunshoku Haki users (One Piece)
- Kami-e users (One Piece)
- Dufort (Zatch Bell!)
- Sōsuke Aizen (Bleach)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype)
- Cole MacGrath (inFamous)
- Nix (inFamous 2)
- Lucy Kuo (inFamous 2)
- X5-Series (Dark Angel)
- Ian Archer (Tower Prep)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Cameron Hicks (Alphas)
- Asura (Asura's Wrath)
- Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Alek Filipov (Ripley's Bureau of Investigation)
- A (Naruto)
- Third Raikage (Naruto)
- Sharingan users (Naruto)
- Ichi-kun Ichinohei (Ninja High School)
- XLR8 (Ben 10)
- Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
- Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Faith Lehane (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slater)
- Vash the Stampede (Trigun)
- Spinzaku (Code Geass)
- Sloth (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- Train Heartnet (Black Cat)
- Max Guevara (Dark Angel)
- Goku (Dragon Ball)
- Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Connor (Angel)
- Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat)
- Jedi (Star Wars)
- Vampires/Originals/Hybrids (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
- Drake (Blade: Trinity)
- Xenomorphs (Aliens vs. Predator)
- Augments (Star Trek)
- Grey Fox (Metal Gear)
- Faith (Mirror's Edge)
- Jack (Samurai Jack)
- Samus Aran (Metroid)
- Link (The Legend of Zelda)
- Zack Fair (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
- Sakura Haruno (Naruto)
- Suzaku Kururugi (Code Geass)
- Pokémon with increased evasiveness (Pokémon)
- Pokémon with the Sand Veil/Snow Cloak/Tangled Feet abilities (Pokémon)
- Pokémon holding Bright Powder or Lax Incense (Pokémon)
- Pokémon who can learn Double Team or Minimize (Pokémon)
- Pokémon with the "Contrary" or "Moody" abilities (Pokémon)
- Pokémon affected by "Acupressure" (Pokémon)
- Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones)
- Terminators (Terminator)
- Dillon (Power Rangers RPM)
- Street Samurai (Shadowrun)
- Terry McGinnis (Batman Beyond)
- Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Agents (The Matrix)
- Neo (The Matrix)
- Joukkyu (Aiki)
- Vamp (Metal Gear Solid)
- Albert Wesker (Resident Evil franchise)
- Various Gundam characters (Mobile Suit Gundam franchise)
- Rahkshi of Dodge (Bionicle)
- Makuta (Bionicle)
- Lastikman (Lastikman)
- Lux Acadia (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
- Sans (Undertale)
- Frisk (Undertale)
- Chara (Undertale); inside Frisk's body
- Rise Kujikawa (Persona 4)
- Big Boss (Metal Gear)
- Pyrrha Nikos (RWBY)
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
- Dracula (The Batman vs. Dracula)
- Infinite (Sonic Forces)
Gallery
Batman (DC Comics) dodges Darkseid's Omega Beams, a feat previously thought impossible.
Ventus (Kingdom Hearts) uses a Dodge Roll to avoid enemy attacks.
Big Boss (Metal Gear) dodges Ocelot's bullets.
Albert Wesker (Resident Evil) easily dodges numerous bullets.
Neo (The Matrix) dodges bullets.
Agent Jones (The Matrix) dodges a hail of bullets without even moving his feet.
Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) dodges projectiles thrown at him by Bullseye.
Dufort's (Zatch Bell!) psychic powers allow him to predict his opponents' attacks and dodge them with great ease.
Thanks to his ultimate eye, King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist) dodged numerous bullets including cutting a tank's missile in half with his sword.
Angel (Angel) dodging stakes launched at incredible speeds.
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) dodging machete attacks from Jason Voorhees.
Dracula (The Batman vs. Dracula) casually dodges a hail of Batarangs thrown at him by Batman.
Pyrrha Nikos (RWBY) dodges fireballs thrown at her by Cinder Fall.
Sanji's (One Piece) immense mastery of Kenbunshoku Haki allow him to dodge unexpected attacks.
Goku (Dragon Ball) uses the Afterimage Technique to dodge bullets.
Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
Wolverine (Marvel Comics) dodging point blank firing.
Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
Sōsuke Aizen's (Bleach) tremendous mastery of Shunpo allows him to evade the fastest attacks.
Infinite (Sonic Forces) casually dodges Sonic's super-fast charge.