- "When out of ideas, just make a weapon firing a large beam."
- ― Velocithor V2-10 flavor text.
The ability to launch a massive wave of energy/matter at a target. Sub-power of Attack Powers.
Also Called
- Giant Beam Emission
- Wave Motion Attack/Beam/Gun
Capabilities
The user can emit/release an enormous and destructive wave of energy at a desired target and most likely destroy the surrounding area.
Applications
Associations
- Arcing Blasts
- Attack Powers
- Charged Attacks
- Concussion Beams
- Elemental Attacks
- Energy Attacks
- Giant Ball Projection
- Magic
- Oversized Attacks
- Wave Emission
- Wave Manipulation
Limitations
- As it's not a precision attack, large-scale destruction is practically guaranteed.
- Requirements maybe costly or it maybe a one-off.
- May require time-consuming charging and recharging.
Known Users
Comics/Cartoons
- Way Big (Ben 10)
- Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
- Cyclops (Marvel Comics)
- Superman (DC Comics)
- Starfire (DC Comics)
- The Guardians of the Universe (DC Comics)
- Lantern Corps (DC Comics)
- Manchester Black (DC Comics)
- Wildfire (DC Comics)
- Scott Summers/Cyclops (Marvel Comics)
- Alex Summers/Havok (Marvel Comics)
- Gabriel Summers/Vulcan (Marvel Comics)
- Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Comics)
- Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Lord Tirek (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Chiro (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!)
- Unbeatable Foe (Sonic the Comic)
- Sweet (Teen Titans Go!)
Anime/Manga
- Shizuri Mugino (A Certain Magical Index)
- Dark Schneider (Bastard!!)
- Uriel (Bastard!!)
- Train Heartnet (Black Cat)
- Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach); via Getsuga Tenshō & Cero
- Various Kidō Users (Bleach)
- Visoreds (Bleach); via Cero
- Menos - class Hollows and Arrancars (Bleach); via Cero
- Buranki Epinew (Bubuki/Buranki)
- Various Cross Marks (Code:Breaker)
- Tyki Mikk (D.Gray-Man)
- Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
- Guyvers (Guyver)
- Various Hyper-Zoanoids (Guyver)
- InuYasha (InuYasha)
- Sesshomaru (InuYasha)
- Kōga (InuYasha)
- Bankotsu (InuYasha)
- Nanoha Takamachi (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
- Hayate Yagami (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
- Nejire Hado ("My Hero Academia")
- Tailed Beasts (Naruto)
- Zaku Abumi (Naruto)
- Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto)
- Mecha-Naruto (Naruto)
- Portgas D. Ace (One Piece)
- Enel (One Piece)
- Borsalino/Kizaru (One Piece)
- Boros (One-Punch Man)
- Genos (One-Punch Man)
- Keith Silver (Project ARMS)
- Celestial Dragon of Osiris (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- The Devil's Eraser (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Layfon "Wolfstein" Alseif (Chrome Shelled Regios)
- Brain/Zero (Fairy Tail); via "Dark Rondo"
- Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
- Acnologia (Fairy Tail)
- Users of the Deadly Wind Vacuum Wave (The Otokojuku franchise)
- Daigouin Jaki
- Daigouin Kouki
- Kei-man
- Vash the Stampede (Trigun)
- Momoyo Kawakami (Maji De Watashi Ni Koi Shinasai!)
- Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Live Television
- Adam Davenport (Lab Rats)
Movies
- Various Kaiju (Kaiju series)
Video Games
- Gohma Vlitra (Asura's Wrath)
- Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath)
- Asura (Asura's Wrath)
- Golem (Castlevania Judgement)
- Saber (Fate/Stay Night)
- Gilgamesh (Fate/Stay Night)
- Yuffie Kisaragi (Final Fantasy VII); via All Creation
- Lucario (Pokémon)
- Any Pokémon that can learn "Hyper Beam" (Pokémon)
- Max (Tales of Eternia)
- Samus Aran (Metroid)
- Mario (Super Mario/Super Smash Bros.)
- Dark Gaia (Sonic Unleashed)
- Alchemax CEO (Spider-Man: Edge of Time)
Known Weapons
- Blast-o-Matic (Donkey Kong 64)
- System Destroyer (Gall Force)
- Blade of Olympus (God of War)
- Planetary Annihilator (Futurama)
- The Heavy Barrel (Heavy Barrel)
- Infinity Buster (Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite)
- Cyclone (Sonic Adventure 2); via Power Laser
- Egg Walker (Sonic Adventure 2); via Power Laser
- Eclipse Cannon (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Yamato's Wave Motion Gun (Space Battleship Yamato)
- Subspace Gunship (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
- Wave Motion Cannon (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Gallery
Shizuri Mugino (A Certain Magical Index) using her Meltdowner, which is a "Particle Waveform High-Speed Cannon".
Train Heartnet (Black Cat) firing his Railgun Burst to fire a blast of intensely concentrate electromagnetic energy.
Tessai Tsukabishi (Bleach) using Hadō #88: Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō to fire off a tremendous blast of spiritual electricity.
Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (Bleach) using Gran Rey Cero, a blast of such power that it disturbs the fabrics of space as it travels.
Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) unleashing Getsuga Tenshō, a torrent of spiritual energy slashing through anything in its path.
... Saigo no Getsuga Tenshō: Mugetsu to unleash a very powerful wave of jet-black spiritual energy blade...
...and Getsuga Jūjishō to fire a crossing wave that easily dispersed Candice's Electrocution and severed her arm.
The Golem (Castlevania Judgement) using Thunder Beam to fire a massive wave of electricity from his mouth.
Some Cross Marks (Code:Breaker) have the ability, Wave Motion, which they indiscriminately release a stream of energy from their mouths.
Tyki Mikk (D.Gray-Man) using his Choose ability to reject atmospheric air in a specific area, firing it off in a very destructive and widespread blast.
Superman (DC Comics) was capable of incinerating planets with his Heat Vision, when he absorbed half the sun's energy.
King K. Rool (Donkey Kong 64) preparing the Blast-o-Matic, a massive raygun powerful enough to destroy Donkey Kong Island.
Master Roshi (Dragon Ball) fires his MAX Power Kamehameha, a beam powerful enough to destroy entire mountains and the Earth's moon.
Son Goku and Vegeta (Dragon Ball) firing their Kamehameha and Galick Gun, respectively, powerful waves of energy capable of destroying a planet.
Cell (Dragon Ball Z) fires his Solar Kamehameha, so named because it has the power to obliterate an entire solar system.
Hirudegarn (Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon) uses his Gigantic Flame to exhale a massive burst of fire.
Naturon Shenron (Dragon Ball GT) fires his Dragon Kamehameha, a much larger version of the basic Kamehameha.
Using Lightning Fire Dragon's Roar, Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail) unleashes a massive burst of mixed fire and lightning, powerful enough to cross the entire distance of Tenrou Island.
Acnologia (Fairy Tail) unleashing a massive breath attack, powerful enough to obliterate Tenrou Island and leave a massive crater.
The Planetary Annihilator (Futurama) fires an intense energy beam that incinerates anything it touches and increase in diameter as it travels further.
Using the Blade of Olympus, Zeus (God of War) fires a massive wave of energy powerful enough to kill every soldier in Rhodes.
The Guyver (Guyver) charging his Mega-Smasher, a particle cannon powerful enough to gouge through a mountain.
Manchester Black (Superman vs. the Elite) firing a massive beam of psychic energy, powerful enough to pierce through mountains and even injure Superman.
InuYasha (InuYasha) using his Kaze no Kizu to fire off a powerful wave of demonic energy that can slay 100 demons in one strike...
...Bakuryūha, which combines Kaze no Kizu with his enemy's attack to create a deadly wave of energy.
When he had four Shikon Jewel shards embedded in his Banryū, Bankotsu (InuYusha) could channel their power to unleash his Dragon Hammer, releasing a destructive wave of energy that rivaled Inuyasha's Wind Scar...
...and when he possessed seven Shikon Jewel shards, he was able to channel their power into his Banryū to fire off his Heat Blast, cancelling out Inuyasha's Wind Scar...
...and Having beheaded 1,000 humans and 1,000 demons, Bankotsu's Banryū became a demonic weapon. This, combined with the power of the Shikon Jewels in his weapon, allowed Bankotsu to channel the layers of power to unleash his Banryū Flash, a powerful wave of energy that was capable of completely overwhelming Inuyasha's Wind Scar.
Gamera (Kaiju series) can summon Mana Energy from the Earth, before unleashing it in the form of his Ultimate Plasma.
Adam Davenport (Lab Rats) preparing the Blast Wave, a wave of energy powerful enough to destroy buildings and induce seismic activity.
Momoyo Kawakami (Maji De Watashi Ni Koi Shinasai!) preparing the Kawakami Style Star Destroyer, an energy beam powerful enough to destroy a planet.
Empowered by the Infinity Stones, Mega Man X (Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite) fires a massive energy beam from the Infinity Buster to destroy Ultron-Sigma.
Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) using a powerful and expanding magic blast in her fight against Lord Tirek.
Zaku Abumi (Naruto) using Extreme Decapitating Airwaves to fire off very destructive waves of sound and air.
Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto) using Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave to create a massive surge of water that crushes everything in a widespread area.
Gyūki (Naruto) firing an uncompressed Tailed Beast Ball in the form of a gigantic explosive wave, capable of leveling an entire valley.
Kurama (Naruto) compresses his Tailed Beast Ball in his mouth and then fires it in the form of a massive energy beam.
Eva Unit-01 (Neon Genesis Evangelion) utilizing its A.T. Field-made arm into a very powerful and destructive shock wave.
Portgas D. Ace (One Piece) using his Hiken (Fire Fist) technique to fire a massive wave of fire, powerful enough to destroy an entire fleet of ships.
Jesus Burgess (One Piece) using Hadō Elbow to create a powerful burst of shock wave that causes destruction from afar.
El Drago (One Piece) using his Goe Goe no Mi to scream out a powerful beam of sound that can destroy anything in its path, though it can be reflected.
Boros (One-Punch Man) can use the latent energy that his body produces to fire large energy blasts from the eye in his chest with great destructive power...
...and while in his Meteoric Burst form, he can launch his Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon a massive beam of energy from his chest-eye which is much larger than his average Energy Beam.
Tails and Dr. Eggman (Sonic Adventure 2) firing the Power Laser, a massive, multi-colored energy beam.
The Unbeatable Foe (Sonic the Comic) unleashes its Apocalypse Blast, a breath weapon powerful enough to destroy an entire Zone of Mobius.
When powered by all seven Chaos Emeralds, the Eclipse Cannon (Sonic the Hedgehog) can fire energy beams capable of piercing stars and destroying entire planets.
Even when powered by only six Chaos Emeralds, the Eclipse Cannon (Sonic the Hedgehog) is powerful enough to destroy half of the moon.
Yamato (Space Battleship Yamato) firing its Wave Motion Gun, which is the signature weapon that gave this ability its name.
Ryu (Street Fighter) using one of his trademark attacks, the Shinku Hadoken, a powerful beam of Ki that can strike multiple times and destroy weaker projectiles.
Mario (Super Mario/Super Smash Bros.) projects the Mario Finale, a massive two-pronged wave of fire.
Chiro (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!) is able to channel it in the form his Monkey Fu as he is gifted with the energy of the Power Primate.
The Subspace Gunship (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) fires a very powerful blast that can infinitely rend space, sending everything it hits into the void of subspace.
Vash the Stampede (Trigun) preparing his Angel Arm, a massive cannon that fires an energy blast powerful enough to obliterate a city.
Osiris the Heavenly Dragon (Yu-Gi-Oh!) using Super Conductor Wave: Thunder Force to fire off a powerful heavenly lightning blast.