The power to possess great physical strength and speed or a unique power or form in one's arms and upper body.
Also Called
- Power/Powerful/Strong/Super/Weaponized Fist
Capabilities
The user's arms and upper body are either abnormally strong, physically unique, or have been weaponized in some way (claws, blades, projectile weaponry, protective armor etc.) to increase combat performance with those particular limbs.
Applications
- The user's arm(s) possesses immense physical strength capable of breaking strong material such stone or steel with their bare hands.
- Concussive Force
- Earthquake Generation by slamming fist into the ground.
- Enhanced Strike
- Megaton Punch
- Powered Palm
- Pressure Strike
- Propulsive Strike
- Pulse Strike
- Shockwave Clap
Associations
- Blade Retraction
- Body Part Substitution
- Claw Retraction
- Demonic Arm
- Energy Concentration
- Energy Strike
- Enhanced Speed
- Enhanced Strength
- God Arm
- Gun Protrusion
- Muscle Arm
- Razor Hand
- Robot Arm
- Rocket Fists
Limitations
- The hands and arms may be disproportionately large to the rest of the user's body.
- Must be able to use their arms.
- Excessive use could cause strain to the arms.
- The effectiveness of this ability can be affected by the environment around the user
- If the user lacks superhuman strength in the rest of their body, the arm can't be used to lift heavy objects without damaging the rest of the body.
Known Users
- Jotaro Kujo (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part III Stardust Crusaders & Part IV Diamonds are Unbreakable)
- Joseph Joestar (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part II Battle Tendency & Part III Stardust Crusaders)
- Jonathan Joestar (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part I Phantom Blood)
- Josuke Higashikata (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV Diamonds are Unbreakable); via Crazy Diamond
- Okuyasu Nijimura (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV Diamonds are Unbreakable)
- DIO (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part I Phantom Blood)
- Oryx (Destiny)
- Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
- Laxus Dreyar (Fairy Tail)
- Gildarts Cleve (Fairy Tail)
- Gajeel Redfox (Fairy Tail)
- Wahl Icht (Fairy Tail)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype); via Hammerfists
- Allen Walker (D.Gray-man)
- Ashley J. Williams (Evil Dead series)
- Asura (Asura's Wrath)
- Batman (DC Comics)
- Black Baron (Madworld)
- Captain Falcon (F-Zero)
- Daigoro Oume (Denshi Sentai Denziman)
- Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
- Fighter Kirby (Kirby)
- Gene (God Hand)
- Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
- Gorons (The Legend of Zelda)
- Guts (Berserk)
- Kuro (Kurokami)
- Haschel (Legend of Dragoon)
- Hayato Shingu (Project ARMS)
- Heavy (Team Fortress 2); via Apoco Fists DLC
- Hiroto Sutou (Engine Sentai Go-Onger)
- Potemkin (Guilty Gear)
- Nova (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!)
- Hellboy (Hellboy)
- Aqua (Konosuba)
- Pokemon able to use "Mach Punch", "Focus Punch" or "Dynamic Punch" (Pokémon)
- Iron Fist (Marvel Comics)
- Kamala Khan (Marvel Comics)
- Speedsters (DC Comics/The Flash)
- The Flash
- Reverse-Flash
- Zoom
- Jack Cayman (Madworld)
- Jax (Mortal Kombat: Annihilation)
- Jean (Lunar 2: Eternal Blue); after switching to a martial arts garb
- Jenny Wakeman (My Life as a Teenage Robot)
- Johnny Alpha (Strontium Dog)
- Jūgo (Naruto)
- Kazuma (s-CRY-ed)
- Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
- Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Magnamon (Digimon series)
- Marco (Animorphs) via gorilla form
- Mazinger Z (Mazinger Z)
- Megatron (Transformers: Cybertron) via Dark Claw Mode
- Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
- Bear King (One Piece)
- Cyborg Franky (One Piece)
- Whitebeard (One Piece)
- Z (One Piece)
- Ideo (One Piece)
- Bartolomeo (One Piece)
- Saitama (One Punch Man)
- Optimus Prime (Transformers: Cybertron); via Savage Claw Mode
- Owen Burnett (Gargoyles)
- Tree Rex (Skylanders)
- Night Shift (Skylanders)
- Potemkin (Guilty Gear)
- Rassilon (Doctor Who)
- Rex Salazar (Generator Rex)
- River Tam (Firefly/Serenity)
- Robo (Chrono Trigger)
- Ryo Takatsuki (Project ARMS)
- Shego (Kim Possible)
- Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000)
- Steve Fox (Tekken)
- Tifa Lockhart (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
- Big Boss (Metal Gear)
- Venom Snake (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain); via cybernetic arm
- The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
- Colonel Volgin (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
- War (Darksiders)
- Wolf Predator (Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem)
- Ralph (Wreck-It Ralph)
- Wyzen (Asura's Wrath)
- Yasutora "Chad" Sado (Bleach)
- The Player (Punch Quest)
- Younger Tugoro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Zell Dinchet (Final Fantasy VIII)
- Ziggaurat 8 (Xenosaga)
- Owen Burnett (Gargoyles)
- Protagonist Characters (Fallout);via Power Fist
- The Lone Wanderer; via Iron Fist Perk
- The Sole Surivivor; via Iron Fist Perk
- Subaru Nakajima (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
- Meisuke Nueno (Hell Teacher Nube)
- Sugilite (Steven Universe)
- Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)
- War (Darksiders)
- The Player (Paint the Town Red); via Berserk Mode
- Renet (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
- Hitmonchan (Pokémon)
- Mister Shifter (Sonic the Comic)
- Robotboy (Robotboy)
- Various Ultramen/kaiju (Ultraman series)
- Balrog (Street Fighter)
- TJ Combo (Killer Instinct)
Known Objects
- Power Fist (Fallout)
- Ember Celica (RWBY)
Gallery
Gildarts Clive (Fairy Tail) uses his "Crushing Evil, Spreading the Truth: Empyrean" to punch Bluenote all the way up into the highest of skies.
Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail) uses his "Fire Dragon King's Demolition Fist" to utterly destroy a God of War.
Majin Boo (Dragon Ball) punches so hard, he blasted Babidi's head clean off.
Whenever his anger it at its most focused, Asura (Asura's Wrath) is able to achieving his highest degree of power and become Mantra Asura. In this form, the size and power of his arms increase to hulking, armored proportions and he is able to vents jets of Mantra to increase his maneuverability and striking power.
Duo (Mega Man)
Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) is well known for delivering powerful punches with his Gomu Gomu no Pistol.
Megatron: Dark Claw Mode (Transformers: Cybertron)
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Optimus Prime: Savage Claw Mode (Transformers: Cybertron)
Kazuma (s-CRY-ed) posses an Alter power that allows him to reconstruct matter over his right arm, forming the matter into a powerful metallic alloy, creating his Shell Bullet and increasing his strength.
He is also capable of increasing his power by using his 'Shell Bullet Ultimate'.
Hitmonchan (Pokemon) about to unleash a powerful Mach Punch.
Jenny Wakeman/XJ-9 (My Life as a Teenage Robot) ready with her Fists of Fury.
Yang (Yin Yang Yo!) with his Paws of Pain.
Heavy (Team Fortress 2) with the Apoco Fists.
Chad (Bleach) can use Brazo Izquierda del Diablo
Subaru Nakajima (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha) uses Belka magics in the form of hand-to-hand combat to amplify the strength of her Revolver Knuckle.
True to his name and programming, Ralph (Wreck-It Ralph) is capable of using his powerfully giant hands to wreck anything that gets in his way.
Ganondorf's Warlock Punch carries intense magic force.
Captain Falcon's Falcon Punch carries intense fiery force.
Kamui (Gin Tama) punching Nobu Nobu so hard he sent the man flying out of the tower.
Kakuzu (Naruto) using Earth Spear to harden his fist to enhance the physical power tremendously.
Night Shift (Skylanders SWAP Force)
Kamala Khan (Marvel)
After sticking it in the Cauldron of Life, Owen Burnett's (Gargoyles) left hand was petrified in the shape of a clenched fist, which he uses to his advantage to deliver powerful punches to his opponents.
Ideo's (One Piece) fists have an incredible destructive power Sugilite can combine both arms and deliver a massive punch
Infernape (Pokémon) using Mach Punch.
Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Renet (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
Wahl Icht (Fairy Tail) while in Assault Mode uses his unique robotic arms to deliver ah struck blows.
Mister Shifter (Sonic the Comic) attacks Sonic with an enlarged, hardened fist.
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