The power to deflect attacks and other forms of harm. Sub-power of Repulsion Manipulation. Related to Superpower Reflection.

Also Called

• Deviation
• Parrying
• Projectile/Weapon Deflection/Repulsion
• Redirection/Reflection
• Attack Rebound/Redirecting

Capabilities

Users are capable of deflecting attacks and other forms of harm, normally projectiles or blunt force, away from themselves or other subjects. While usually a defensive method, it can be utilized as an offensive technique by redirecting the deflected attacks against others, or even against the original attacker.

Applications

• Attack Reversal
• Bullet Redirection
• Energy Contact
• Power Reflection
  • Meta Power Reflection
• Repulsion Field
  • Aversion Field
• Surface Creation

Techniques

• Deflection Inducement
• Deflection Jump

Variations

• Elemental Deflection

Associations

• Blocking Mastery
• Bounciness Manipulation
• Defense Powers
• Dermal Armor
• Enhanced/Supernatural Swordsmanship
• Force-Field Generation
• Meta Power Reflection
• Molecular Combustion
• Parrying Mastery
• Power Echo
• Reflection Manipulation
• Reflective Exoskeleton
• Reflective Immutability
• Telekinesis
• Telekinetic Teleportation
• Vector Manipulation

Limitations

• May only be able to deflect projectiles with their hands.
• May not work on attacks from behind if at a low level.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

Cartoons/Comics

Literature

• Wizards (Harry Potter); via the Protego spell

Live Television/Movies

Web Animation/Comics/Series

• Hank J. Wimbleton (Madness Combat)
• Users of Aura (RWBY)
• Morgan le Fay (Runaways)
• Gravity Guy (Spenn)

Video Games

Known Objects

• Sword of Light (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Black Narcissus' mirror (Sonic X)
• ISO Field Generator Rings (Batman Beyond)
• Ascalon (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• The Mirror Card (Cardcaptor Sakura)
• Reflect Card (Card Captor Sakura: Clear Cards)
• Bracelets of Submission (DC Comics)
• Power Rings (DC Comics)
• Arms of Sparta (God of War)
• Dauntless Shield (God of War)
• Golden Fleece (God of War)
• Guardian Shield (God of War)
• Sun Shield (God of War)
• L’évasion light guide stick (Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger)
• Mirror Shield (The Legend of Zelda)
• Ancient Shield (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
• Guardian Shields (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
• Aegis/Aegis Breastplate (Marvel Comics)
• Paw-Paw Fruit/Nikyu Nikyu no Mi (One Piece)
• Dragon Shield (Power Rangers)
• Reflector (Star Fox)
• Lightsabers (Star Wars)
• Reflectium (Steamlands)
• The Reaper's Scythe (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
• Processor Suit (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
• Impact Hammers (Ultrakill)
• Wushu Helmet (Xiaolin Showdown)

See Also

For fan-fictional to non-canon characters, see here.

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

The Argyre (Aldnoah.Zero) deflects bullets with "Beam Katana".

Rokutaro (Afro Samurai) like his son Afro was a master swordsman and Number One warrior of the world before Justice and Afro and was skilled and fast enough to dodge and deflect gunfire at close or mid-range.

Orihime Inoue (Bleach) uses Shiten Kōshun against Kūgo.

Nianzol Weizol (Bleach) using The Wind to bend all attacks, thus shifting the directions of the enemies' blade stabs to harmlessly slide away, or even cause his victims to twist and split apart.

Yuta (Code:Breaker) reflecting all special abilities back at his enemies.

Lobomon (Digimon) deflects the opponent's blasts with his Licht Schwert.

WarGreymon (Digimon) can use his Brave Shield to deflect the opponent’s attacks right back.

Omnimon (Digimon) sending back the Diaboromon copies' Web Wreckers with a swing of his Transcendent Sword...

...or it can use an energy shield from its Brave Shield Omega to deflect projectiles.

Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z) deflects Zarbon's Elegant Blaster.

Son Goku (Dragon Ball Z) deflects a barrage of Frieza's Death Beam ki Blasts...

...doing the same as a Super Saiyan during his fight with Meta Cooler.

Future Trunks (Dragon Ball Z) deflects a Frieza Soldier's attack.

Piccolo (Dragon Ball Z) deflects Cell's Makankosappo/Special Beam Cannon with a Ki Blast Deflect.

Evil Buu (Dragon Ball Z) using his Super Breath to deflect Innocent Buu's Transfiguration Beam.

Janemba (Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn) opening portals in front of himself to...

...redirect any incoming attacks.

Gyutaro (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) using his Blood Demon Art - Rampant Arc Rampage technique to deflect kunai knives.

Lucy (Elfen Lied) deflecting bullets with her vectors.

Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail) deflecting his opponents' magical energy back at the Alvarez soldiers.

Serpent Vampire/Vamp Wolf (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment) can deflect Sara's fire.

Flect Turn's (My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission) Quirk allows him to reflect anything that comes into contact with him, including any attacks and the effects will turn back on the attackers.

Zaku (Naruto) increasing the air pressure to 100% and reducing sound waves to 0% to create blunt air blasts that can deflect kunai.

Madara Uchiha (Naruto) using Uchiha Return to...

...absorb an attack with his gunbai and convert it into the wind for deflection.

The Ten-Tails (Naruto) deflects Gyūki's Tailed Beast Ball with a single finger.

Dracule "Hawk-Eye" Mihawk (One Piece) gracefully deflects oncoming gunfire.

Skilled swordsmen like Roronoa Zoro and Wano Samurai, Kine'mon (One Piece) can easily deflect gunfire.

Trangfalar D. Water Law (One Piece) deflecting Doflamingo's thread bullets with his sword.

Bartholomew Kuma (One Piece) using Puni/Squish,...

...a defensive posture that uses his paw pads to repel and counter enemy attacks.

Guile Hideout's (Pokémon Manga) sword, Instant, can deflect all physical and special attacks in an instant slash.

Cubone (Pokémon) can deflect electric attacks with its bone, despite being a Ground-type.

Mewtwo (Pokémon) deflects Gyarados' Hyper Beam.

Farfetch'd (Pokémon) deflecting a Poison Sting attack with its leek.

Ri Shin's (Kingdom) skill with his King's Sword and incredible senses allows him to deflect arrows, even ones fired by a member of the Ten Bows of China.

Like all Stands, illuso's Man In The Mirror (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V/5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo) could deflect projectiles.

Black Narcissus (Sonic X)

Using his Mimiruo Mifanon spell, Momon (Zatch Bell!) fires a bizarre beam from his ears that deflects enemy attacks.

Silver Fang (One-Punch Man) can defect almost any physical attack thrown at him due to his mastery of Fist of the Flowing Stream Crushing Rock

Issei Hyoudou (High School DxD) casually deflecting Diodora's energy attacks.

Weather Report (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean) can create thick layers of the air to block and redirect projectiles

Melodious (Nanatsu no Taizai/The Seven Deadly Sins)

Yuichi Jin (World Trigger)

Tokita Ohma (Kenganverse) using Niko Style's Redirection Kata: Weeping Willow.

Demonic Wind Deity - Hyuga/Kazejin (Yu-Gi-Oh!) using "Storm Barricade" to deflect attacks.

Demonic Water Deity - Suga/Suijin (Yu-Gi-Oh!) using "Water Wall" to deflect attacks.

Gyomei Himejima (Kimestu no Yaiba) deflecting Muzan's attacks.

Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star) deflecting throwing knives with nunchaku, sending them into their throwers skills.

Mash Burnedead (Mashle)

Cartoons/Comics

Sonic (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) using the Sword of Light to deflect Ixis Naugus' magical attacks.

Using special ISO field generator rings, Repeller (Batman Beyond) possesses an impenetrable aura that allows him to deflect anything.

The blade of Ascalon (Ben 10 series) is powerful enough to block or reflect energy blasts.

Wonder Woman's (DCAU) Bracelets of Submission are often used to deflect gunfire, small missiles, and other projectile weaponry.

"Shirley" (The Jimmy-Timmy Power Hour) manifests laser-deflecting bracelets via Reactive Adaptation.

Wushu Helmet (Xiaolin Showdown) protects the user's head by deflecting attacks.

Loki (Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose) was able to deflect every form of magic thrown at him.

Those such as Master Yoda (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) who are skilled in lightsaber combat can utilize Form V to deflect blaster fire back at their opponent.

Mace Windu (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) utilizing Form V.

Lantern Power Rings (DC Comics)

Kavaxas (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012) deflecting oncoming missiles.

Experiment 608 "Slugger" (Lilo & Stitch)

Red Tornado (DC Comics)

Ghost Shields Users (Danny Phantom)

Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom) can reflect any attacks, physical or energy, thanks to his Ghost Shield.

Vlad Masters/Plasmius (Danny Phantom) is able to catch a Ghost Ray and redirect it back at Danny.

Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) (1987 TV series) can deflect objects with his nunchaku.

Batman (Batman: The Brave and the Bold) deflects the laser blasts with his Batarangs.

Arlo (unOrdinary)

Wesley Gibson (Wanted)

Clark Kent/Superman (My Adventures with Superman) possesses a bio-electric aura that he can control in a variety of ways...

such as deflecting Livewire's attacks.

Kavaxas (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012) deflecting missiles.

Live Television/Movies

Prue Halliwell (Charmed) deflects a energy beam.

Prue Halliwell (Charmed) deflecting Rodriguez's energy ball.

Paige Matthews (Charmed) orbing a fireball to deflect it.

Piper Halliwell (Charmed) explodes a fireball in the air to deflect it.

Phoebe Halliwell (Charmed) deflecting two fireballs via Empathy.

Vivian (Charmed) deflects a fireball back at Eames.

Darth Vader (Star Wars) deflects blaster shots from Han Solo's blaster with The Force using his right hand and taking it with his left hand.

Rey (Star Wars) using her lightsabers to deflect lightning back at Palpatine.

Ishmael (Arrowverse) as a master assassin and swordsman is able to use his quick reflexes with his scimitar swords to deflect bullets at close-range.

Deadpool (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Video Games

Vergil (Devil May Cry) was fast enough to deflect and catch the bullets fired from Dante's Ebony and Ivory but sent them all back toward his younger brother.

Floyd Leech's (Disney: Twisted-Wonderland) unique magic Bind the Heart deflects any magic directed at him.

Sora and Riku (Kingdom Hearts) deflecting all of Xemnas' lasers with everything they've got...

...the former is capable of even deflecting Sephiroth's vicious Swift Strike.

Genji (Overwatch) can deflect projectile attacks such as Pharah's rockets.

Silver the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog), using psychokinesis to reflect attacks.

Kyle Katarn (Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II) utilizing Form V.

Jedi master Kao Cen Darach (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) deflects Darth Vindican's Force lightning at his Sith apprentice Malgus.

Mario (Super Mario/Super Smash Bros.) deflects an attack with his cape.

Heihachi Mishima (Tekken) deflects incoming missiles with powerful punches and kicks.

Lars Alexandersson (Tekken) easily deflects an incoming missile with just a single open-palm uppercut.

Reina (Tekken) deflects bullets with only a horizontal karate chop.

Link (The Legend of Zelda) can deflect projectiles such as energy blasts via a technique widely known as the Dead Man's Volley...

...or he can use the Mirror Shield to reflect attacks, magic, and light.

Ancient/Guardian Shield (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild).

Videos

Wade Wilson (Deadpool) Deflecting Bullets Scene - X-Men Origins- Wolverine (2009) Movie CLIP HD

Wonder Woman - No Man's Land Battle - Warner Bros. Entertainment-2

Naofumi vs Glass - The Rising of the Shield Hero-2

Swing Away, Luffy! - ONE PIECE - Ep. 1145 - Official Clip

Elfen Lied - Lucy vs. Bando