Heavy Payload
CharacterHeavy Payload is one of the many Quirks All For One handed down to Tomura Shigaraki, its original owner never identified. Its contribution is simple amplification: whatever attack it accompanies lands with considerably more force behind it, and Tomura folds it into his most devastating Quirk combinations.
Overview
Heavy Payload, given in Japanese as Jūka, is a long-range Emitter Quirk that reached Tomura Shigaraki through All For One's transfer of stolen powers. Whoever held it first has never been named. It enters the story in Chapter 330 of the manga and Episode 139 of the anime.
Mechanics
What the Quirk appears to do is raise the damage its holder's attacks inflict, functioning as a multiplier rather than a weapon in its own right.
The effect is pronounced. Applied to Air Cannon, it lifts that Quirk's destructive output by a considerable margin, which is why Tomura reaches for it when he needs a single strike to matter.
Notable Users
An unidentified former holder possessed the Quirk before it passed to Tomura Shigaraki, who is the only user seen employing it.
He deploys it alongside Radio Waves and Air Cannon, chaining the three into an immense beam of electrical energy and compressed air fired at Cathleen Bate, known as Star and Stripe, and the fighter jets flying with her. That stack registers at roughly the same level of force as All For One's own signature combination, which drew on Springlike Limbs, four instances of Kinetic Booster, and three of Brawn Boost.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Heavy Payload quirk do in My Hero Academia?
Heavy Payload is a long-range Emitter Quirk that amplifies the damage of its holder's attacks, functioning as a multiplier rather than a weapon on its own.
Who uses Heavy Payload?
Tomura Shigaraki is the only user seen employing Heavy Payload, which he received through All For One's transfer of stolen quirks from an unidentified former holder.
How does Tomura Shigaraki use Heavy Payload?
Tomura Shigaraki chains Heavy Payload together with Radio Waves and Air Cannon to fire an immense beam of electrical energy and compressed air, a combination he used against Star and Stripe and her fighter jets.
How did Tomura Shigaraki get Heavy Payload?
Tomura Shigaraki gained Heavy Payload when All For One transferred it to him as one of many stolen quirks.
When did Heavy Payload first appear in My Hero Academia?
Heavy Payload debuted in Chapter 330 of the manga and Episode 139 of the anime.
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