The Best Powers...?

[TenTigerz]

I gotta be honest; the powers portrayed in Anime are way more interesting than those shown in their North American counterparts. I kinda like how one of the staf of Shonen Jump U.S.A put it, that N.American superheroes tend to get their powers "For free".:wink
MY personal favorite power/skill of all time is and always will be Hokuto Shinken (The Sacred Fist of the North Star):nuts . But, in not confusing favorites with what's actually the best, let's hear the votes for greatest Superpower/Jutsu of all time.To start things off, I vote for Son Goku's Cho Genki Dama; it's ultra-destructive and draws on the power of life itself! What more could you ask for?
(My daughter casts her vote for Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. Pretty good insight for an 8yr old):nod
BTW, I gotta be an @$$hole about this, but LEARNABLE powers only, like in anime, though there are SOME N.American heroes whom learned theirs, like Marvel's Iron Fist and Shiang-Chi (I THINK I spelled his name right).
So,for example, if you wanted to go with D.C characters, you could vote for Batman's style of Ninjutsu, but not for Supe's powers.

[Slug]

i vote for henge for urban use... it would be nice to be a different person every day. for actual powers.... i vote gambit's power.

[Weedy]

Im going to go with

1. Ed from FMA - able to transmute anything

2. The paper ROD - able to manipulate paper

3. Roy Mustang The Flame Alchemist - create fire with a snap of a finger

[HugeGuy]

I vote for Goku's Kamehameha. Man, DB and DBZ were badass. Period. Those who think otherwise are just old guys who have forgotten childhood happiness.:noworry

[Code]

Well Hellmaster Phibrizo from Slayers Next appearantly had the power to control death of a human. Simply materialize something and break it instantly and they are in a situation where they'll die in time with nothing they can do if it's one on one (from what I recall.)

Goku's Genki-Dama as stated already, basically gather energy from any source, basically nearly unlimited potential power.

There's also the technique used by Gennosuke in Basilisk, one look forces the person to commit suicide.

If I were to pick one I would possibly pick the 1st skill, since Goku's Genki Dama requires time to charge up, and both the 1st and 3rd has basically the same results but no look is required or even being near the person. Though that's if their opponnent isn't some undead being with no soul or whatever...

[Cthulhu-versailles]

Sigh, being a sucessor of THE HOKUTO NO KEN style pwns everything.

[Bullet]

Sigh, being a sucessor of THE HOKUTO NO KEN style pwns everything.

Agreed! smile-big

[omg laser pew pew!]

Genki Dama isn't that great. I mean if you want to be able to kill anything then you're just gonna stay still for around 15 minutes (which in normal time is many many hours)

[Rice Ball]

Sharingan

Its one thing to have a fast body, its another to have a fast eye/mind able to react to it.


can we say a devils fruit ability? :D

[Devin]

ulitmate power eh?

obviously it should be the ability to harpoon Barney at will (that purple dinosaur is going down!)

who agrees?

[CrazyMoronX]

Well, learnable powers only, I'd say Kenshiro's Fist of the North Star, Hokuto No Ken is the best.

However, best power overall, or at least on of the better ones, is Juggernaut's various powers. Doesn't need to sleep, eat, or drink. Never gets tired, super strong, and cannot be stopped. It has a lot of uses to it if you think about it. I'd like to have a car with the crimson powers.

[Final Ultima]

Sigh, being a sucessor of THE HOKUTO NO KEN style pwns everything.The name of the style is "Hokuto Shinken". Hokuto no Ken is the name of the series.

For that matter, Original Hokuto > Hokuto Ryuuken > Hokuto Shinken, but Kenshiro was a successor of Original Hokuto too, so no problems there.

Hmm, as far as best power go, if we're counting comics too, then what about the power Cosmic? It's both incredibly strong and incredibly vague.

[Spacey]

I'm gonna go with Ryuugan and the Shun Goku Satsu(瞬獄殺)

[Quoll]

I'd say Kurapica's nen mastery. Sucks that he had to restrict himself so heavily to get that power.

[Green Lantern]

IMO there is no best ability, just some abilities which are more powerful then others.

Example:Ability to alter molecular structure of an element- ie Metamorpho, or Element Lad

Simply turn the air molecules around your oponent into admantium thus crushing them, or alter the calcium in your opponents body and turn it into a posionous gas.

Alternatively, you could disable an entire army by reducing their guns into sand, or by simply turning them all into oxygen, thus unable to punch or kick or affect anything.

There is literally nothing a person who can alter molecular structures cannot do.

Another tactic- turn yourself into oxygen. Let your opponent breathe you in, then turn your entire body into a giant field of titanium spikes, thus ripping your opponents body up from the inside out.

There is no such thing as a useless superpower.

The trick is to exploit the advantage you have gained.

Example- People think that empathy (the ability to control emotions) is the weakest power, and the most useless power.
However, every living being who feels emotions can simply be negated by fear or stopped from hurting someone by feeling shame. There are few beings in the world that can truly control the emotions they feel on the inside.

Telekinesis is a power which also has many uses. Rather then crushing your opponent with your TK, rip them from the inside out!

Another example of creative usage of a power- Marksmanship (like Green Arrow or Bullseye).
People think that those heroes aren't really that useful. Sure they can shoot straight, but what so good about that?
Read Ultimates #10- Hawkeye has no weapons in hand, so he tears off and flicks his fingernails into his enemy's throats and foreheads, and kills all the guards in the facility which he has been captured in.

Really, at the end of the day, all superpowers are equally good, depending on the creativity of the user. Some maybe marginally more powerful then others, but all powers are generally equal as they simply represent something greater then 'normality'

The Best power thus is omnipotence.

[Havoc]

Tk on an atomic level. I'd split an atom in your body and watch the city your in go boom.

[Havoc]

IMO there is no best ability, just some abilities which are more powerful then others.

Example:Ability to alter molecular structure of an element- ie Metamorpho, or Element Lad

Simply turn the air molecules around your oponent into admantium thus crushing them, or alter the calcium in your opponents body and turn it into a posionous gas.

Alternatively, you could disable an entire army by reducing their guns into sand, or by simply turning them all into oxygen, thus unable to punch or kick or affect anything.

There is literally nothing a person who can alter molecular structures cannot do.

Another tactic- turn yourself into oxygen. Let your opponent breathe you in, then turn your entire body into a giant field of titanium spikes, thus ripping your opponents body up from the inside out.

There is no such thing as a useless superpower.

The trick is to exploit the advantage you have gained.

Example- People think that empathy (the ability to control emotions) is the weakest power, and the most useless power.
However, every living being who feels emotions can simply be negated by fear or stopped from hurting someone by feeling shame. There are few beings in the world that can truly control the emotions they feel on the inside.

Telekinesis is a power which also has many uses. Rather then crushing your opponent with your TK, rip them from the inside out!

Another example of creative usage of a power- Marksmanship (like Green Arrow or Bullseye).
People think that those heroes aren't really that useful. Sure they can shoot straight, but what so good about that?
Read Ultimates #10- Hawkeye has no weapons in hand, so he tears off and flicks his fingernails into his enemy's throats and foreheads, and kills all the guards in the facility which he has been captured in.

Really, at the end of the day, all superpowers are equally good, depending on the creativity of the user. Some maybe marginally more powerful then others, but all powers are generally equal as they simply represent something greater then 'normality'

The Best power thus is omnipotence.


An empath can only sense emotions, they can't control them.

[Azure-kun]

Im going to go with

1. Ed from FMA - able to transmute anything

2. The paper ROD - able to manipulate paper

3. Roy Mustang The Flame Alchemist - create fire with a snap of a finger


roy still needs a transmutation circle, the ring for him to use his palor attacks are in his gloves. tricky but none the less powerful, oh wait that's right. all I have to do is take off his glove and he's a stiting duck



moving on there's no such thing as a absolute super power, however there are variations of super powers that can make one an extremlly tough match. hence to say a human's Imagination is techneclly the most powerful wepon in any super power, can you Imagene. . . . the power to make special abblites in the blink of an eye. . . . I'd like to have a power like that, oh wait I already do! :amuse

[K I S K E]

The Spectre. He can do ANYTHING he can imagine.
But seriously, I think Tetsuo from Akira is a serious contendor..

[Azure-kun]

even though no super power is perfect. . . . super strenght and speed!

[Zouri]

Genki Dama isn't that great. I mean if you want to be able to kill anything then you're just gonna stay still for around 15 minutes (which in normal time is many many hours)

Not to mention that if the person is pure of heart, then all you've done is waste time.

If I had to go with learnable powers, I think that I would probably go with one of Choji's jutsus. Let's face it, rolling around as a giant ball and towering over your opponent are some pretty kick ass abilities.

If it wasn't learnable, I would probably go with Gambit or Marrow. Gambit's power is pretty kick ass and Marrow is like Kimmimaro times 10. Yep, both are hard to contol, but so awesome.

[Azure-kun]

Not to mention that if the person is pure of heart, then all you've done is waste time.

If I had to go with learnable powers, I think that I would probably go with one of Choji's jutsus. Let's face it, rolling around as a giant ball and towering over your opponent are some pretty kick ass abilities.

If it wasn't learnable, I would probably go with Gambit or Marrow. Gambit's power is pretty kick ass and Marrow is like Kimmimaro times 10. Yep, both are hard to contol, but so awesome.


I see we have an X-men fan. yeah I think have colouisis powers would be great too, then again I would settle for dark phoenix and night crawler :P

[Zouri]

I see we have an X-men fan. yeah I think have colouisis powers would be great too, then again I would settle for dark phoenix and night crawler :P

Nightcrawler would have been a choice of mine, but knowing me I'd forget to keep working out and just teleprot everywhere. Eventually, I would become the Blob plus Nightcrawler. :laugh

[Azure-kun]

noata's Imagenation- power to think of anything and have it apper in reality. FLCL is awsome. the only thing is the anime was too limited since noata always acted like an adult

[Coaxmetal]

2. The paper ROD - able to manipulate paper

Paperkenices pwns all. If you have that power and the fight is in a library, Bookstore, or Newspaper factory you are invincible.:P

[Azure-kun]

lol I just watched the movie last night. . . what a kick-ass liberian

[Lee Rock]

I say the best power you can have is telekinesis. It's the most versatile power by far. Unlike super strength or the sharingan, this is something you could really benefit from in your everyday life. Running late for work? Fly there. Remote across the room? No need to get up.

Plus, in a comic book mentality of who wins in a fight, telekenesis trumps all. Afterall, it allows you to:

1) Fly
2) Defend yourself via telekinetic forcefield
3) Attack from range with telekinetic "force-bolt"
4) Attack from short range -- add telekinetic weight to your blows
5) Instant kill

I'll explain the last one a little more. Telekinetics can attack someone from the inside out. An instant lobotomy at the speed of thought. No power should realistically be able to stand up to that.

[Spacey]

IMO there is no best ability, just some abilities which are more powerful then others.

Example:Ability to alter molecular structure of an element- ie Metamorpho, or Element Lad

Simply turn the air molecules around your oponent into admantium thus crushing them, or alter the calcium in your opponents body and turn it into a posionous gas.

Alternatively, you could disable an entire army by reducing their guns into sand, or by simply turning them all into oxygen, thus unable to punch or kick or affect anything.

There is literally nothing a person who can alter molecular structures cannot do.

Another tactic- turn yourself into oxygen. Let your opponent breathe you in, then turn your entire body into a giant field of titanium spikes, thus ripping your opponents body up from the inside out.

There is no such thing as a useless superpower.

The trick is to exploit the advantage you have gained.

Example- People think that empathy (the ability to control emotions) is the weakest power, and the most useless power.
However, every living being who feels emotions can simply be negated by fear or stopped from hurting someone by feeling shame. There are few beings in the world that can truly control the emotions they feel on the inside.

Telekinesis is a power which also has many uses. Rather then crushing your opponent with your TK, rip them from the inside out!

Another example of creative usage of a power- Marksmanship (like Green Arrow or Bullseye).
People think that those heroes aren't really that useful. Sure they can shoot straight, but what so good about that?
Read Ultimates #10- Hawkeye has no weapons in hand, so he tears off and flicks his fingernails into his enemy's throats and foreheads, and kills all the guards in the facility which he has been captured in.

Really, at the end of the day, all superpowers are equally good, depending on the creativity of the user. Some maybe marginally more powerful then others, but all powers are generally equal as they simply represent something greater then 'normality'

The Best power thus is omnipotence.

Okay how can I defeat opponents with my superpower, I happen to have very very spiky hair

[Azure-kun]

. . . . perhaps telekenesis is okay as well. I mean look at dark phoenix, sexy and powerful. it took almost the whole X-men to simply calm her down :woot

[Darts]

Time travelling owns every ability mentioned, if it counts. :)

[Azure-kun]

time travel cant pwn specture powers-(abblites to do ANYTHING as long as the person thought of it). Imagenation > you

[Zouri]

Okay how can I defeat opponents with my superpower, I happen to have very very spiky hair

That one is easy. All you have to do is tram into someone using your spikey hair. This will perce their flesh and if your hair is long could lead to instant death. Also, hair care products poison the blood stream. :amuse

[Darts]

time travel cant pwn specture powers-(abblites to do ANYTHING as long as the person thought of it). Imagenation > you
Whats imagenation :laugh

if you mean imagination, :laugh
it'll depend on who has that power.

I dont think these 2 counts anyways though, since i cant think of anyone who actually learned these powers

[Hype]

I would kill to have the power to

1) Cure hangovers in a instant

2) Click my fingers and induce sleep in a instant

Just wait till we have anime/comic charaters with those powers the will own all :)

[Azure-kun]

Whats imagenation :laugh

if you mean imagination, :laugh
it'll depend on who has that power.

I dont think these 2 counts anyways though, since i cant think of anyone who actually learned these powers


well I'm not from america so my english isnt. . . set in stone as they say. but yes noata from FLCL has specture based abblites. since he acts like a grown up though he can never control what's REALLY on his mind :sweatdrop

[Spacey]

I would kill to have the power to

1) Cure hangovers in a instant

2) Click my fingers and induce sleep in a instant

Just wait till we have anime/comic charaters with those powers the will own all :)


I like the way you're thinking!

*reps*

[Azure-kun]

. . . . .perhaps the powers to "destory" verginity

[TenTigerz]

IMO there is no best ability, just some abilities which are more powerful then others.

Example:Ability to alter molecular structure of an element- ie Metamorpho, or Element Lad

Simply turn the air molecules around your oponent into admantium thus crushing them, or alter the calcium in your opponents body and turn it into a posionous gas.

Alternatively, you could disable an entire army by reducing their guns into sand, or by simply turning them all into oxygen, thus unable to punch or kick or affect anything.

There is literally nothing a person who can alter molecular structures cannot do.

Another tactic- turn yourself into oxygen. Let your opponent breathe you in, then turn your entire body into a giant field of titanium spikes, thus ripping your opponents body up from the inside out.

There is no such thing as a useless superpower.

The trick is to exploit the advantage you have gained.

Example- People think that empathy (the ability to control emotions) is the weakest power, and the most useless power.
However, every living being who feels emotions can simply be negated by fear or stopped from hurting someone by feeling shame. There are few beings in the world that can truly control the emotions they feel on the inside.

Telekinesis is a power which also has many uses. Rather then crushing your opponent with your TK, rip them from the inside out!

Another example of creative usage of a power- Marksmanship (like Green Arrow or Bullseye).
People think that those heroes aren't really that useful. Sure they can shoot straight, but what so good about that?
Read Ultimates #10- Hawkeye has no weapons in hand, so he tears off and flicks his fingernails into his enemy's throats and foreheads, and kills all the guards in the facility which he has been captured in.

Really, at the end of the day, all superpowers are equally good, depending on the creativity of the user. Some maybe marginally more powerful then others, but all powers are generally equal as they simply represent something greater then 'normality'

The Best power thus is omnipotence.

Being the one whom STARTED this thread, I must say, this is (at least one of ) the best posts I've read yet. I guess it really would boil down to the skill & creativity of the user.(example: For all his potential, didnt Molecule Man settle on petty theivery?) Furthermore, this post puts the thread back on track, by mentioning learned skills (I did NOT know that about Hawkeye:huh . I used to think he was the lamest member of the Avengers:nod !)

[Chaos Lier Len]

IDK about other series, but in naruto, the best learned power belongs to...Sakon/Ukon. Radishbak is mostley right. Powers are useless without creativity. But that means that there IS a best power, AKA the most versitile.

Since Sakon can control EVERY atom in his body, he could change his genetic structure. Through some work, he could gain every advanced bloodline. The physical part of his chakra would have not limits. Age would never kill him(and orochimaru focused on kimimaro?ha!). He could split himself into multiple, real, people(multiples of both brothers), and never be killed by other people. Through extensive work, he could learn to copy grey matter and take the experiences and knowledge of others, which would in turn make the mental portion of his chakra near infinite. He could also steal jutsus without seeing them performed.

[az0r]

I Lovee Byakugan in test im always assured an +A

well If i sit next to the nerd i am XD

[Havoc]

Telekinesis on a sub-atomic level would be the best power. With enough knowledge you could do almost anything.

[Quoll]

Immortality is good as well.

[Valdens]

The power to never lose.....

The power to take other people powers away and use them yourself

The power to own even Smoker Prime N/A

The power to automatically make everyone else ever die as soon as you were born.

[Green Lantern]

As I have mentioned- the 'best power' is omnipotence.
Anything less is irrelevant

[Genis-Vell]

As I have mentioned- the 'best power' is omnipotence.
Anything less is irrelevant
I agree.

Give me the HOTU, Sword of Truth, an IG, Primal Force or to a lesser extent a Cosmic Cube…..the ability to do whatever the fuck you want seems vary um….Godish.

[Final Ultima]

I assumed omnipotence wouldn't be considered in this, or else I would've said it before. But yeah, obviously.

[blazingshadow]

reality marbles or marble phantasms from tsukihime and fate/stay night are some of the best around. basically a marble phantasm you can interact with nature and do whatever you want with it as long as it is posible to do so with out a special ability. (turning a forest into your own personal hell)

reality marbles are like making your own dimension where one specific ability can be done beyond the realm of posibility (time control, instantaneous contruction of a sword that can slice the world in half, etc.)

[Azure-kun]

Immortality is good as well.

yeah. . . that's a nice one :amuse

[Kuya]

Vegeta's Final Flash

[Rice Ball]

Changing my mind... 7th Sence

[Endless Mike]

Learnable powers?

Damn.

There go most of my choices (Power Cosmic, Light Hawk Wings, Psyker abilities, Shrike powers).

I guess I'll say Dark Force powers from Star Wars.

[Genis-Vell]

Well aside from reality warping.

Saint Seiya Cosmo Power with the 7 + 8 sense would kick ass. And I mean every technique in SS, plus a Kamuis (Hades Armor please) for protection or Phoenix Devine Cloth.

Tenbu Horin
Starlight Extinction.
Aurora Execution,
Phoenix Houou Genma Ken
Stringer Nocturn
Guenrou-Maou-ken
Sekishiki Meikai-ha
Rikudo Rinne
Ka-an,
Tenkuuhaja Chimmimoryo
Rozan Hyakuryu-ha
Scarlet Needle
Infinity Break
Photon Burst
String Requiem
Maha Roshini
Dead End Climax
Dead End Symphony
:eek

[Suzumebachi]

The Lord of Nightmares has the best powers.

[lekki]

If we're going by learnable powers only, any class 1 or omega level mutant.
Of these, I'd go with Iceman.

He doesn't have a body in Iceform so he can be shattered and all that stuff and will simply pull himself back together, can freeze things in instants, can freeze the blood in your body(let's see the sharingan predict that).

It is simply god-mode as far as I'm concerned.
Ultimate Iceman takes out all the Ultimates and their goons in 1 move and this is Iceman at 15, 616 Iceman can make his body so cold that it actually hurts to even touch him.

Yeah, I go with this mutie.

[Comic Book Guy]

Motel, resting.

-omnipotence (come on, who wouldn't?)

-nigh omnipotence (if I can't be truly omnipotent)

-reality warping on the scale of 616 Mad Jim Jaspers, 5th Dimensional Imp, or full-potential Franklin Richards with no ill side-effects like insanity (the ultimate comicdom power, barring nigh and absolute omnipotence)

-psionic powers (telekinesis & telepathy) of Shaman X-Man or "Jesus" Cable (one of the most versatile and useful set of powers)

-the Force, as demonstrated by Luke Skywalker, manipulating things like BLACK HOLES (Star Wars goodness)

-immortality + able to manipulate my age & appearance -- able to be a teen or an adult, benefits, benefits (personal use & benefit)

-Saint of Killers powers (cheap & broken to the power of infinity)

-the Flash (super-speed reflexes, metabolism, movement, & thinking? hell yeah)

-healing factor (why not?)

-Black Bolt's powers (eh, I'll live with being a mute; I'll whisper to anyone I don't like)

Any one of these is fine by me.

[Spacey]

Actually omnipotence loses to the ability to never have hangovers, man that power would've been handy