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Amplivolt

Character

A villain's answer to the problem of making lightning: skip the making. Amplivolt takes a charge in from outside the body, multiplies it internally, and throws the result. Its owner keeps a taser on his person for exactly that reason, and shrugs off shocks that would flatten anyone standing near him.

Japanese: 増電
Quirk Type: Emitter
Anime Debut: Episode 115
Quirk Range: Long Range
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Overview

Written in Japanese as Zōden, this Meta Ability carries the same name as the villain who wields it. The Emitter classification fits its habit of taking a modest jolt in and sending a long-range attack back out. Readers meet it in Chapter 263, and the anime introduces it during Episode 115.

Amplification, not creation, is the whole idea. Current that enters the body gets conducted, stacked up, and finally let go through the hands once it has been raised to a level worth firing.

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Mechanics

Charging requires an outside supply. Nothing here sparks current from nothing the way Electrification does, so the user shocks himself with a taser to prime the ability. Hand him more tasers and his output ceiling climbs accordingly.

Electricity running through his body injures him not at all, a resistance he demonstrates plainly by tasing himself without flinching. Once the charge is built high enough, it exits through his palms as blasts.

The counter is anything thirsty for current. Objects or Quirks that draw and conduct electricity, with Electrification the clearest example, can swallow the discharge whole and leave nothing to land.

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Notable Users

The villain Amplivolt is the sole known holder. He brings the ability out when a hero army storms the Gunga Mountain Villa, opening with Supreme Discharge: Thundernet, the most powerful technique in his arsenal, hoping to stop the assault where it stands.

That move starts with a taser jolt to the hand and finishes as an enormous spread of current washing over many opponents together. It fails anyway: Denki Kaminari, fighting as Chargebolt, absorbs everything through Electrification and lets his allies press on.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Amplivolt Quirk in My Hero Academia?

Amplivolt is an Emitter Quirk in My Hero Academia used by the villain of the same name. Rather than generating electricity from nothing, it takes in an outside electrical charge, amplifies it, and releases the result as a long-range attack.

How does the Amplivolt Quirk work?

The user of Amplivolt has to shock himself with a taser to build up charge, since the Quirk cannot generate electricity on its own. Once enough current has accumulated, it is released as blasts fired from his hands, and he takes no damage from the electricity running through his body.

What is Amplivolt's weakness?

Amplivolt can be countered by anything that draws and conducts electricity, with Electrification being the clearest example. Such Quirks or objects can absorb the discharge entirely and leave nothing to land.

What is Amplivolt's most powerful technique?

Amplivolt's strongest technique is Supreme Discharge: Thundernet, which starts with a taser jolt to the hand and ends in a massive spread of current meant to overwhelm many opponents at once. It was used during an assault on the Gunga Mountain Villa but was absorbed by Denki Kaminari's Electrification.

When did the Amplivolt Quirk first appear?

Amplivolt debuted in Chapter 263 of the My Hero Academia manga and appeared in Episode 115 of the anime.

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