- For a gallery of examples for Invulnerability, see here.
The power to be immune to all forms of physical damage. Not to be confused with Immortality, although some users are Immortal. A physical equivalent to Psychic Shield.
Also Called
- Impenetrable Skin/Impervious Skin
- Imperviousness
- Indestructibility
- Invincibility
- Unharmable
Capabilities
The user is immune to all forms of conventional physical damage, unable to feel physical pain, is immune to bleeding or loss of limb. Death due to old age (as opposed to preemptive death) is seemingly the only cause of death to the user.
Applications
Techniques
- Atomicity: to never be physically divided.
Variations
- Bulletproof Durability: a form of invulnerability that only applies to gunfire.
- Density Manipulation: increase one's density to make it much harder and more difficult to be harmed.
- Elasticity: users body simply absorbs attacks.
- Immutability: the ability to be impervious to all forms of external physical change.
- Impact Absorption: absorb mechanical and physical impacts.
- Intangibility: becoming intangible to allow all offensive attacks to phase through.
- Mobile Invulnerability: a form of invulnerability that only works if the holder of the power is in motion
- Reactive Invulnerability: a form of Invulnerability that only works if the user is in danger.
- Regenerative Healing Factor- Heal rapidly from any wound
- Selective Invulnerability: a form of invulnerability that only works on a certain attack, similar to Evolution.
- Supernaturally Dense Tissue: users body-tissue is supernaturally dense making them incredibly hardy.
- Temporary Invincibility: a form of invulnerability that only works for a limited period of time.
Associations
- Absolute Defense
- Immobility
- Immortality
- Immutability
- Reflective Immutability
- Self-Molecular Manipulation
Limitations
- May be vulnerable to certain conditions, substances or simply have a place that is vulnerable to damage.
- May become Immobile.
- Doesn't mean immortality unless otherwise bestowed.
- May require learning defenses to particular dangers.
- May be vulnerable to telepathic abilities
- May only protect external attacks, so internal attacks, such as Internal Rupturing, Dehydration and Deoxygenation, can bypass this ability.
Known Users
- The Ethereal (Aladdin: the Animated Series)
- Duryodhana (Mahabharata)
- Juggernaut (Marvel Comics)
- Latonya Jefferson (Marvel Comics)
- Redmond (Whiplash)
- David Dunn (Unbreakable)
- All Kryptonians under a yellow sun (DC Comics)
- Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
- John Hancock (Hancock)
- Icon (DC Comics)
- Invincible (Image Comics)
- All Viltrumites (Image Comics)
- Black Adam (DC Comics)
- Marvel family/Black Marvel family (DC Comics)
- Achilles ( Greek Myhology ); except his heel
- Lar Gand (DC Comics)
- WordGirl (WordGirl)
- All Daxamites under a yellow sun (DC Comics)
- The Tick (The Tick); described as "nigh-invulnerability"
- Baron Samedi (Heroes)
- Butterball (Marvel Comics)
- Omerta (Marvel Comics)
- Rogue (Marvel; formerly with Ms. Marvel's power set)
- Lionblaze (Warriors)
- Golden Boy (Wild Cards)
- Demi-Fiend with Masakados (Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne)
- Instructo-Bob (Yin Yang Yo!)
- Hexadecimal (ReBoot)
- GigaByte (ReBoot)
- Daemon (ReBoot)
- Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Elie/Resha Valentine (Rave Master); by the Etherion
- Gods (Charmed)
- Tull (Charmed) via the Eternal Spring
- Cole Turner (Charmed)
- The Man in Black (Lost)
- The Guardian (The Ultima series)
- Aku (Samurai Jack)
- Paragon (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects)
- Grandma (The Twilight Zone: I Sing the Body Electric)
- Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight)
- Angel/Twilight (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight)
- Conner McKnight (Power Rangers: Dino Thunder)
- G-Girl (My Super Ex-Girlfriend)
- The Sentry (Marvel)
- Akua Shuzen (Rosario + Vampire)
- Saitama (OnePunch-Man)
- Shedinja (Pokemon); unless hit with Soak.
- Rahkshi or Kraata of Invulnerability (Bionicle)
- Warp/Kaiba (Kaiba)
- Pulgasari (Pulgasari)
- Galgameth (The Adventures of Galgameth)
- Poli Truper (Supertorpe)