The power to kill the target in a single hit. Variation of Absolute Attack, Death Inducement and Probability Manipulation.
Also Called
- Death in One Strike
- Instant Kill Attack
- One Hit Knock-Out
- One Shot Kill
- Single Hit Kill
Capabilities
The user can kill the target with a single strike. The attack carries special attributes, such as lethal poison or death inducement, that would result in an instant death the moment it connects, disregarding on the location of contact or the target's remaining vitality.
Other, less sophisticated methods are either the attack strikes the target's vital point, or it just carries devastating firepower and brute force to outright kill the opponent.
The instant kill is capable of bypassing regeneration of any level, as it deals death before the opponent has a chance to rejuvenate.
Variations
- Death Inducement
- Fatal Touch
- Kiss of Death
- Vision of Death
- Double Hit Kill
Associations
- Absolute Attack
- Absolute Strength
- Conceptual Attacks
- Destiny Manipulation
- Irreversible Destruction
- Luck
- Probability Manipulation
- Special Attacks
Limitations
- If the attack is blocked or evaded, it becomes useless.
- Friendly fire or misfire will lead to unintentionally killing an ally or oneself.
- Useless against users of Immortality or Resurrection.
- May only work under certain conditions/targets.
Known Users
See Also: One-Hit Kill.
Mythology/Folklore
- Basilisk (Mythology/Folklore)
- Cockatrice (Mythology/Folklore)
- Grim Reaper (Mythology/Folklore)
Manga/Anime
- Fiamma of the Right (A Certain Magical Index)
- Akame (Akame Ga Kill!)
- Gozuki (Akame Ga Kill!)
- Kagerou (Basilisk)
- Saechika (Code:Breaker)
- Devil Man (Dragon Ball)
- Zeref (Fairy Tail)
- Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
- Ai Enma (Hell Girl)
- Alan (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Itachi Uchiha (Naruto)
- Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
- Magellan (One Piece)
- Saitama (One Punch Man)
Literature
- Farslayer (Book of Swords)
- Jadis/White Queen (Chronicles of Narnia)
- Basilisk (Harry Potter)
- Users of Killing Curse (Harry Potter)
- Francisco Scaramanga (James Bond: The Man with the Golden Gun)
Comics
- Gudra (DC Comics)
- Saint of Killers (DC Comics)
- Death (Family Guy)
Video Games
- Akuma (Street Fighter)
- White Bomber (Bomberman 64: The Second Attack)
- Regulus/Bulzeeb (Bomberman 64: The Second Attack)
- Astral Knights (Bomberman 64: The Second Attack)
- Goëtz von Berlichingen (Dies Irae)
- Reinhard Heydrich (Dies Irae)
- Machina's (Dies Irae)
- Death (Dragon's Dogma)
- Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts II)
- (Awakened) Zero (Mega Man X5)
- Pokemon who can use "Fissure", "Guillotine", "Horn Drill", or "Sheer Cold" (Pokemon)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)
- Silver the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog 2006)
- The Ghost (Spelunky)
- Inklings (Splatoon)
- Agent 3
- Octarians (Splatoon)
- DJ Octavio
- Boss Bass (Super Mario Bros.)
- Bubba (Super Mario 64)
- Link (The Legend of Zelda)
- Silent Realm Guardians (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
- Li Shuwen (TYPE-MOON)
- Illidan Stormrage (Warcraft)
- Lich King (Warcraft)
- Deathwing (Warcraft)
Known Items
Manga/Anime
- Murasame (Akame Ga Kill!)
- Death Note (Death Note)
- The Vorpal Blade/Sword (Jabberwock)
- Sword of Totsuka (Naruto)
- Kinjite poison (One Piece)
- Gae Bolg (TYPE-MOON)
Literature
- Deplorable Word (Chronicles of Narnia)
- Ivory Knife (Chronicles of the Kencyrath)
- Killing Curse (Harry Potter)
- Golden Gun (James Bond: The Man with the Golden Gun)
- God-Killer Sword (Skulduggery Pleasant)
- Sceptre of the Ancients (Skulduggery Pleasant)
Video Games
- Gravity Bomb (Bomberman 64: The Second Attack)
- Genmurei (Mega Man X5)
- Last Word (Planescape)
- Death Skills (Shin Megami Tensei)
- Certain Inkling weapons (Splatoon)
- Certain Octarian weapons (Splatoon)
- Boomerang (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
- Light Arrows (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker)
- Saibamen (Dragon Ball Xenoverse)
Cartoons
- Rose's Sword (Steven Univere); technically
Gallery
Akame's (Akame Ga Kill!) One Cut Killer: Murasame kills any it cuts with a cursed poison, even the user if not careful while cleaning the blade.
White Bomber (Bomberman 64: The Second Attack) detonating a Gravity Bomb, which will kill any and all it sucks in instantly, including White Bomber if he's not careful.
The moment Itachi's (Naruto) Sword of Totsuka pierces a target, it is sealed into a "world of drunken dreams" inside the sake jar, for all eternity.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Naruto) firing her All-Killing Ash Bones that will cause her victims to disintegrate into ashes the moment it pierces the body.
Magellan's (One Piece) Kinjite poison spreads like disease through organic material and rocks, and kills instantly the moment it infects the target.
Link's (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) Light Arrows will instantly kill any evil forces it pierces, bypassing any defenses and vanquishing it in pure light.
Gae Bolg (TYPE-MOON) divides into countless thorns that destroy target's innards when it pierces the heart.
Certain weapons the Inklings (Splatoon) use deal enough damage in one hit to "splat" their enemies instantly.
Agent 3 (Splatoon)
Certain weapons the Octarians (Splatoon), such as DJ Octavio, use deal enough damage in one hit to "splat" Agent 3 instantly.
The Vorpal Sword from Jabberwocky by Lewis Carrol can kill the Jabberwocky with one hit. In other lore, it can kill anything with a single cut.
Alan’s (Marchen Awakens Romance) superhuman strength lets him even destroy enormous monsters with a single punch.
Machina's (Dies Irae) Briah, Midgardr Völsunga Saga, allows him, with merely a single blow, to erase the existence of anything with a history, including living beings, inanimate objects and even concepts.
Rose's Sword (Steven Universe) was made to be able to destroy an gem's physical form with a single swipe.