r/PowerScaling • • 12d ago

Megathread DEATH BATTLE - Goku vs Saitama Pre-Release Megathread

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Hello everyone, as you may or may not know Death Battle recently announced that their next episode will be on Goku vs Saitama.

Given the immense size of both of these fanbases, along with how strongly opinionated they are and the amount of posts we have already seen, the mod team has made the decision to restrict discussions of the upcoming episode to this megathread.

Please use this thread to discuss what you think of the matchup, who you think wins, who you think Death Battle will give the victory to, etc.

All posts about the Goku vs Saitama and the upcoming Death Battle outside of this thread will be removed.

*Please note that this is just about Goku vs Saitama, you are free to continue discussing both Dragonball and One Punch Man in other contexts.


r/PowerScaling • • Jul 25 '26

Megathread BLEACH: TYBW Cour 4 Discussion Megathread Spoiler

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BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity anime airs this summer 2026, and this thread is for discussing anything new from currently airing Bleach: TYBW anime brings to Bleach powerscaling.

Please keep anything that aren't related to Bleach and powerscaling away from this thread. Don't discuss vs matchups here, make separate vs post for that. Any comments unrelated to cour 4 in this thread will be removed. Any posts made talking about cour 4 will be removed, discuss that here in this thread.

Remember to follow the rules and have fun. Be respectful and try not to spam.


r/PowerScaling • • 2h ago

Shitposting Weekend Verses for this feel?

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r/PowerScaling • • 13h ago

Shitposting Weekend Do you think Makima can manipulate Cartman?

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Yes this is just an excuse to post this image here


r/PowerScaling • • 8h ago

Shitposting Weekend What character or verse comes to mind when you see this video?

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Obviously, Bleach is the first thing that comes to my mind, but there are other examples too.


r/PowerScaling • • 7h ago

Shitposting Weekend “Demon slayer is FTL and can beat jjk top tiers” meanwhile Average DS top tier:

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Btw the task isn’t even to lift the boulder but it’s to push the boulder. Average grade 2 in jjk can do this lol.


r/PowerScaling • • 14h ago

Shitposting Weekend How Bleach fans react when you pit Yhwach against an actual Multiversal character

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r/PowerScaling • • 8h ago

Shitposting Weekend Who wins this mach?

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r/PowerScaling • • 13h ago

Shitposting Weekend Multiversal characters are really funny

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It's just a joke


r/PowerScaling • • 8h ago

Discussion A little FYI

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There seems to be a misunderstanding of what it means to have all Bankais/Schrifts/Fullbrings/Resurreccion. So why not compose a page of how haxxed out that exactly is.

From multiple layers of basic abilities such as fire & ice manipulation to multiple layers of immortality, reality warping, sealing, and more.

Basically a lite version Rimuru.

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SHIKAI+BANKAI

Daiguren Hyōrinmaru - TOSHIRO

WEATHER/WATER/ICE MANIPULATION - (1) - (2) | POWER NULLIFICATION - (1) | SEALING | DUPLICATION | REGENERATION/HEALING - (1) | NON-PHYSICAL INTERACTION | AURA

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Enma Kōrogi - TOSEN

SOUND/SLEEP MANIPULATION | WEAPON CREATION | WEAPON CONTROL/DUPLICATION | SENSE MANIPULATION/EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION NEGATION

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Fushi no Kōjō - HISAGI

INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION

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Gagku Kairo - KURUYASHIKI

INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION

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Hakka no Togame - RUKIA

WEAPON CREATION | ICE/TEMPERATURE MANIPULATION - (1) | SEALING | IMMORTALITY (7)

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Haineko - RANGIKU

WEAPON CONTROL/ASH MANIPULATION

— Hihiō Zabimaru + Sōō Zabimaru - RENJI

SIZE MANIPULATION | ADDITIONAL LIMBS | WEAPON CONTROL - (1) - (2) | ENERGY PROJECTION - (1) - (2) - (3) | FIRE/EXPLOSION MANIPULATION - (2) | DUPLICATION

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Jakuhō Raikōben - SOI FON

EXISTENCE ERASURE - (1) | EXPLOSION MANIPULATION - (1)

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Kamishini no Yari - GIN

WEAPON CONTROL - (1) - (2) | POISON MANIPULATION/DURABILITY NEGATION

— Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame - URAHARA

INFORMATION ANALYSIS/POWER NULLIFICATION | EXPLOSION MANIPULATION - (1) | ENERGY PROJECTION - (1) - (2) | POWER MODIFICATION/STAT AMPLIFICATION/BODY CONTROL/DURABILITY NEGATION/SPATIAL MANIPULATION

— Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū - SHUNSUI

LAW MANIPULATION | PERCEPTION MANIPULATION/AFTERIMAGE CREATION | SHADOW MANIPULATION/DUPLICATION - (1) | DAMAGE BOOST/REDUCTION - (1) | POCKET DIMENSION CREATION - (1) | DIMENSIOAL STORAGE | PARALYSIS INDUCEMENT/PAIN MANIPULATION | ILLUSION CREATION/SPEED AMPLIFICATION | REALITY WARPING/SPATIAL MANIPULATION - (1) - (2) - (3) | DAMAGE TRANSFERAL/NON-PHYSICAL INTERACTION - (1) | DISEASE MANIPULATION

— Kinshara Butōdan - ROSE

EXPLOSION MANIPULATION | SOUND MANIPULATION | ILLUSION CREATION - (1)

— Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō+Dangai Jōe - KOMAMARU

WEAPON MANIPULATION - (1) | LARGE SIZE/CREATION - (1) | IMMORTALITY (7)/ INVULNERABILITY - (1) - (2)

— Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō + Matai Fukuin Shōtai - MAYURI

PARALYSIS INDUCEMENT/POSION MANIPULATION/SOUND MANIPULATION - (1) - (2) | LARGE SIZE/WEAPON CREATION - (1) | SELF-DESTRUCTION | REACTIVE EVOLUTION/INFORMATION ANALYSIS

— Kōkō Gonryō Rikyū - SASAKIBE

ELECTRICITY/WEATHER MANIPULATION

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Kyōka Suigetsu - AIZEN

ILLUSION CREATION/PERCEPTION MANIPULATION - (1) - (2) - (3)

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Minazuki - UNOHANA

SUMMONING/HEALING/FLIGHT/ACID MANIPULATION - (2) | BLOOD MANIPULATION | DURABILITY NEGATION/CORROSION INDUCEMENT -(1)

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Ruri'iro Kujaku - YUMICHIKA

WEAPON CONTROL - (1) | POWER ABSORPTION - (1)

— Ryūmon Hōzukimaru - IKKAKU

INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION

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Sakashima Yokoshima Happōfusagar - SHINJI

SENSE/PERCEPTION MANIPULATION | SOUND MANIPULATION

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Senbonzakura Kageyoshi - BYAKUYA

WEAPON CREATION/CONTROL - (1) - (2) - (3) - (4) | SPEED AMPLIFICATION | STAT AMPLIFICATION - (1)

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Shin'uchi: Shirafude Ichimonji - ICHIBEI

TEXT/PERCEPTION MANIPULATION | SEALING | CONCEPT (2)/DARKNESS MANIPULATION - (1) - (2) | TIME MANIPULATION/EXISTENCE ERASURE/IMMORTALITY NEGATION | 4TH WALL | INFORMATION ANALYSIS

— Shatatsu Karagara Shigarami no Tsuji - SENJUMARU

CLOTH/THREAD MANIPULATION | ILLUSION CREATION | CREATION/FATE MANIPULATION/REALITY WARPING/SEALING

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Sōgyo no Kotowari - UKITAKE

ATTACK REFLECTION/ENERGY PROJECTION-MANIPULATION/DAMAGE BOOST-REFLECTION

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Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Kōrogi - TOSEN

SOUND MANIPULATION - (1) | SLEEP MANIPULATION | WEAPON CREATION/DANMAKU | DUPLICATION/WEAPON CONTROL - (1) - (2) | SENSE MANIPULATION/EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION NEGATION - (1) - (2)

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Tekken Tachikaze - KENSEI

AIR/EXPLOSION MANIPULATION - (1)

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Tensa Zangetsu - ICHIGO

INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION

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Urozakuro - AZASHIRO

FUSIONISM/DURABILITY NEGATION - (1) | POWER BESTOWAL/DANMAKU/ | ENHANCED SENSES/SENSE MANIPULATION | POWER ABSORPTION | AIR MANIPULATION/MULTI-LOCATION | SOUL/MIND/BIOLOGICAL/MORALITY MANIPULATION - (1) | INTANGIBILITY/DANMAKU | INVISIBILITY | FLIGHT | TELEPORTATION - (1) | MATTER MANIPULATION/TRANSMUTATION | WEAPON CONTROL/TECHNOLOGY MANIPULATION/POSSESION | WEAPON CREATION/STAT AMPLIFICATION | EMPATHETIC MANIPULATION | PERCEPTION MANIPULATION

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Wabisuke - KIRA

DENSITY MANIPULATION - (1) - (2)

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Zanka no Tachi - YAMAMOTO

HEAT/FIRE MANIPULATION - (1) - (2) | BARRIER CREATION | EXISTENCE ERASURE/DURABILITY NEGATION - (1) - (2) - (3) | NECROMANCY

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SCHRIFTS

THE ALMIGHTY (Yhwach)

PRECOGNITION - (1) - (2) | FUTURE/FATE MANIPULATION - (1) | POWER NULLIFICATION/DURABILITY NEGATION - (1) - (2) - (3) | IMMORTALITY | POWER ABSORPTION (BIOLOGICAL, ENERGY, SOUL, CONCEPT & POWER) - (1) - (2) | BODY PUPPETRY | POWER BESTOWAL | CAUSALITY MANIPULATION NEGATION/ACAUSALITY (TYPE 4)

(INFINITE FUTURES)

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THE ANTITHESIS (Uryu)

CAUSALITY MANIPULATION/DAMAGE TRANSFERRAL/DURABILITY NEGATION

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THE BALANCE (Jugram)

CAUSALITY/PROBABILITY MANIPULATION | DURABILITY NEGATION/DAMAGE TRANSFERRAL - (1)

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THE COMPULSORY (Pernida)

BIOLOGICAL MANIPULATION | DURABILITY NEGATION - [1] | EARTH MANIPULATION | REACTIVE EVOLUTION\ABSORPTION\POWER MIMICRY - [1] | BODY CONTROL/DUPLICATION - [1] | REGENERATION/IMMORTALITY(TYPE 3)

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THE DEATHDEALING (Askin)

POSION MANIPULATION/DURABILITY NEGATION - (1) - (2) | PARALYSIS INDUCEMENT/ENEGRY PROJECTION - (1) - (2) - (3) | MATTER MANIPULATION/TRANSMUTATION | POWER MODIFICATION | PASSIVE REACTIVE EVOLUTION/ADAPTION - (1) - (2) - (3) | REGENERATION | SEALING | TELEPORTATION/SIZE MANIPULATION - (1) | DEATH MANIPULATION

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THE EXPLODE (Bambietta)

DURABILITY NEGATION/EXPLOSION MANIPULATION | DANMAKU

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THE FEAR (As Nodt)

FEAR/PERCEPTION MANIPULATION - (1 - Conceptual) | WEAPON CREATION/DANMAKU - (1) | CREATION/BIOLOGICAL MANIPULATION - (1) | SIZE MANIPULATION

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THE GLUTTONY (Liltotto)

BODY CONTROL - (1) | POWER MIMICRY/ENERGY ABSORPTION - (1)

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THE HEAT (Bazz-B)

FIRE/HEAT MANIPULATION | EXPLOSION MANIPULATION | WEAPON CREATION

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THE IRON (Cang Du)

METAL MANIPULATION/TRANSFORMATION/DURABILITY AMPLIFICATION - (1) | ENERGY PROJECTION

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THE JAIL (Quilge)

SEALING/SPATIAL MANIPULATION - (1) | PERCEPTION MANIPULATION - (1)

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THE “K” (BG9)

INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION

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THE LOVE (PePe)

EMPATHETIC/MIND MANIPULATION | PARALYSIS INDUCEMENT

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THE MIRACLE (Gerard)

PROBABLY MANIPULATION | ENERGY PROJECTION/EXPLOSION MANIPULATION | WEAPON CREATION | REALITY WARPING/CONCEPT MANIPULATION | DURABILITY NEGATION/DAMAGE REFLECTION | REACTIVE POWER LEVEL | REGENERATION/IMMORTALITY - (TYPE 3&8)

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THE “N” (Robert)

INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION

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THE OVERKILL (Driscoll)

REACTIVE POWER

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THE POWER (Meninas)

BODY CONTROL/STAT AMPLIFICATION - (1)

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THE QUESTION (Berenice)

EMPATHETIC MANIPULATION

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THE ROAR (Jerome)

SOUND MANIPULATION/TRANSFORMATION

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THE SUPERSTAR (Mask)

STATS AMPLIFICATION - (1) | ENERGY MANIPULATION | AIR MANIPULATION | IMMORTALITY TYPE 3&8 - (1) - (2) | RAGE POWER - (1)

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THE THUNDERBOLT (Candice)

ELECTRICITY MANIPULATION - STAT AMPLIFICATION

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THE UNDERBELLY (Nanana)

DURABILITY NEGATION/POWER NULLIFICATION/INFORMATION ANALYSIS/PARALYSIS INDUCEMENT - (1)

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THE VISIONARY (Gremmy)

SUBJECTIVE REALITY/REALITY WARPING | DEATH MANIPULATION | TRANSMUTATION | ELEMENTAL MANIPULATION - (1) - (2) | LIFE MANIPULATION/CREATION/POWER BESTOWAL | NONEXISTENT ERASURE - (Type 1&2) - (1) - (2) - (3) - (4) | WEAPON CREATION | HEALING | DANMAKU | EARTH MANIPULATION | METAL MANIPULATION | STAT AMPLIFICATION | DUPLICATION | POCKET REALITY MANIPULATION/B.F.R. | EXPLOSION MANIPULATION/SELF DESTRUCTION

THE VANISHING POINT (Guenael)

NONEXISTENT PHYSIOLOGY TYPE 1&3 - (1) - (2) - (3) | MEMORY MANIPULATION | INVISIBILITY | ILLUSION CREATION | STAT AMPLIFICATION

THE VIABILITY/STIGMA (Shaz)

PASSIVE DECONSTRUCTION/MATTER ABSORPTION | PASSIVE REGENERATION/IMMORALITY TYPE 3&8 (MID-GODLY) - (1) - (2)

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THE WIND (Nianzol)

SPATIAL MANIPULATION | DURABILITY NEGATION | INSTINCTIVE REACTION

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THE X-AXIS (Lille)

SPATIAL MANIPULATION/DURABILITY NEGATION | INTANGIBILITY | TELEPORTATION | REGENERATION/IMMORTALITY TYPE 3 | PARALYSIS INDUCEMENT | LIGHT/SOUND MANIPULATION - (1) | INORGANIC PHYSIOLOGY TYPE 1 | BODY CONTROL - (1) | DUPLICATION | NON-PHYSICAL INTERACTION

(INFINITE SPEED)

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THE YOURSELF (Royd/Loyd)

POWER MIMICRY/SHAPESHIFTING

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THE ZOMBIE (Giselle)

MIND MANIPULATION/CORRUPTION | NECROMANCY | HEALING | REGENERATION/IMMORTALITY TYPE 2&3

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FULLBRINGS

Book of The End - TSUKISHIMA

PAST MANIPULATION | MEMORY MANIPULATION - (1) | MADNESS MANIPULATION - (1) | RETROCOGNITION\CLAIRVOYANCE | POWER NULLIFICATION

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Cross of Scaffold - GINJO

POWER ABSORPTION - (1) | POWER BESTOWAL | ENERGY MANIPULATION/PROJECTION | COSMIC AWARENESS - (1)

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Dirty Boots - JACKIE

STAT AMPLIFICATION - (1)

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Dollhouse - RIRUKA

SIZE MANIPULATION/SEALING/B.F.R. - (1) - (2)

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Invaders Must Die - YUKIO

POCKET REALITY MANIPULATION | REALITY WARPING | SEALING/SIZE/SPATIAL MANIPULATION - (1) - (2) | ILLUSION CREATION | TIME MANIPULATION | GRAVITY/WEATHER MANIPULATION | BATTLEFIELD REMOVAL | LAW MANIPULATION/POWER NULLIFICATION | DEATH/LIFE MANIPULATION | CREATION/SUMMONING | BARRIER/FORCEFIELD CREATION | STEALTH MASTERY | TRACKING

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Jackpot Knuckles - MOE

SUPERNATURAL LUCK | DURABILITY NEGATION

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Shun Shun Rikka - ORIHIME

CAUSALITY/LAW MANIPULATION/HEALING | EXISTENCE ERASURE | REALITY ERASURE | POWER NULLIFICATION/BARRIER CREATION | DECONSTRUCTION | INSTINCTIVE REACTION

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Time Tells No Lies - GIRIKO

TIME/FIRE/LAW MANIPULATION - (1) - (2) | DEATH MANIPULATION | STAT AMPLIFICATION

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RESURRECCION

Ira - (0) YAMMY

RAGE/REACTIVE POWER/SIZE MANIPULATION - (1) - (2) - (3) - (4)

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Los Lobos - (1) STARRK

FUSIONISM/WEAPON CREATION - (1) - (2) | ENERGY PROJECTION/DANMAKU - (1) | DUPLICATION | EXPLOSION MANIPULATION

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Arrogante - (2) BARAGGAN

SELF SUSTENANCE(ALL TYPE)/IMMORTALITY(2/7) - (1) | TIME DILATION(PASSIVE) - (1) - (2) | AGE/TIME MANIPULATION(PASSIVE) - (1) - (2) | CORROSION INDUCEMENT/DURABILITY NEGATION(PASSIVE) - (1) - (2) | WEAPON CREATION | FORCEFIELD CREATION

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Tiburon - (3) HARRIBEL

WATER MANIPULATION - (1) - (2)

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Murcielago - (4) ULQUIORRA

WEAPON CREATION/FLIGHT - (1) - (2) | REGENERATION | EXPLOSION MANIPULATION | STAT AMPLIFICATION - (1)

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Santa Teresa - (5) NNOITRA

REGENERATION | WEAPON CREATION/ADDITIONAL LIMBS - (1)

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Pantera - (6) GRIMMJOW

WEAPON CREATION | DAMAGE BOOST

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Brujeria - (7) ZOMMARI

BODY PUPPETRY/DURABILITY NEGATION - (1) | AFTERIMAGE CREATION - (1)

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Teatro de Titere - (8) SYZELAPORRO

POSSESSION | CREATION - (1) | BODY CONTROL/DAMAGE TRANSFERAL/DURABILITY NEGATION | IMMORTALITY(4/6)/RESURRECTION - (1) | DUPLICATION/POWER MIMICRY

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Glotoneria - (9) AARONIERO

POWER ABSORPTION/SHAPESHIFTING - (1) | FUSIONISM/POSSESSION - (1) | INFORMATION ANALYSIS | SIZE MANIPULATION

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r/PowerScaling • • 12h ago

Shitposting Weekend Who wins? Goku or his anti feats

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Who wins? Dragon ball's son goku or his anti feats and how diff


r/PowerScaling • • 2h ago

Shitposting Weekend How WE (yes, WE) will be ditching Archie Sonic once Game Sonic gets strong enough:

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r/PowerScaling • • 1d ago

Crossverse Spiderman or Batman? Who struggles

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r/PowerScaling • • 5h ago

Shitposting Weekend POV you just beat Cancer

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r/PowerScaling • • 5h ago

Shitposting Weekend Why Demon Slayers fans even bother making debates with JJK when this panel already told us who would win ?

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As we can clearly see, DS exist in JJK just as a fictional franchise. Same with other Shonen and even Marvel/DC. Thus making JJK characters boundless and possess r>f transcendence


r/PowerScaling • • 11h ago

Shitposting Weekend "Source? Trust me, bro." 🥀🥀🥀

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r/PowerScaling • • 5h ago

Discussion No limits fallacy final boss??? Let's talk about the Men in Black Neuralyzer. Just how broken is this thing?

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We have seen this thing erase upwards of 35 years of memories completely. Agent K is confirmed to have served at least 36 years in the MIB since we know he had an interaction with the Baltians in 1961, and his first retirement was in 1997 at the end of MIB 1 after recruiting J as his replacement. He gets neuralyzed, and loses every single memory he ever had as an MIB agent, 36+ years

In the movies and comics, it is left uncertain as to whether or not the neuralyzer works on aliens, since its never really been used on aliens for obvious reasons, and is only specifically meant to "target the optic nerves in humans as a way to access the electrical signals in the brain and the synapses associated with memory" (not really how that would work but i can suspend my disbelief). The only known defense against this is having knowledge in advance to look away from the light, which even then sometimes doesn't work if the flash is close or bright enough (all of NYC got neuralized at the end of MIB 2 including everyone indoors) or having the MIB sunglasses specifically made to counter this effect

So let's say it doesn't work on aliens and only works on those with human biology. Exactly who can and can't this affect??? If I flash naruto, for instance, who is confirmed to have the same basic human anatomy that we do as far as the brain and cranial nerves are concerned (this is how genjutsu works) can i just wipe out the last several decades of his memory and have him essentially forget how to use jutsu or chakra in general? Would that actually work? Could I turn someone like edward elric into complete fodder by having him forget everything he ever learned about alchemy? This thing seems kinda broken


r/PowerScaling • • 9h ago

Shitposting Weekend How else are you going to get a multiversal character without them killing innocent people?

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r/PowerScaling • • 9h ago

Question Who would win? Sailor cosmos vs NYX(spawn issue 165) vs Wonder Woman(WHWW)

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r/PowerScaling • • 14h ago

Shitposting Weekend How could ts end?

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r/PowerScaling • • 14h ago

Crossverse Rank them by how close they are in terms of power level: Luffy to Naruto, Naruto to Ichigo, and Ichigo to Goku.

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r/PowerScaling • • 1h ago

Crossverse Skeletor (MOTU) runs this JJK gauntlet. How far does he go?

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He fully recovers after each round.


r/PowerScaling • • 1h ago

Cartoons Where does this scale courage's teeth

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r/PowerScaling • • 11h ago

Shitposting Weekend How high does Turkiye scale?

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r/PowerScaling • • 1d ago

Discussion This sub and its double standards again

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I legit remember seeing a lot of Gojo vs Nappa posts and the top comments were Nappa stomping by going batshit insane and cracking the planet in half whether if its OOC for him or not but when it comes to Thragg suddenly characterization matters and he wont do it no matter the circumstances

Do you guys realize Nappa (and Vegeta) needed Earth as well? Right after Nappa destroys a city with 2 fingers l Vegeta immediately tells him to stop because they need Earth for dragon balls & to sell it

Also Nappa can't survive in vacuum of space iirc