The ability to enhance the speed of oneself or others. Sub-power to Velocity Manipulation. Variation of Physical Augmentation. Opposite to Speed Reduction. Not to be confused with Speed-Based Enhancement.
Also Called
- Speed Amplification/Amplifying/Boosting/Enhancement/Enhancing/Increase/Strengthening/Supercharging
- Enhanced/Increased Super Speed
- Super Enhanced Speed
Capabilities
The user can enhance the speed of themselves and/or others so that they can reach incredible velocities instantaneously, even reaching levels of speed that are usually beyond their limits alone.
Applications
- Hyper Acceleration
- Impact Augmentation
- Molecular/Particle Acceleration
- Overclocking
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Agility
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Reflexes
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Speed
- Reflex Augmentation
Associations
- Acceleration Inducement
- Augmentation
- Inverse Activity
- Limitation Transcendence
- Limiter Removal
- Quality Enhancement
- Situational Speed
- Speed Accumulation
- Speed Calling
- Support Powers
Limitations
- Amplified abilities may get to the point that their user harms themself/others.
- Augmented speed usually fades over time.
- Usually, the target has to be in contact/range of whatever method is used to augment.
Known Users
- Aristocracy (Age of Empires); game mechanic only
- Sun Wukong (Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon)
- Jota (Azure Striker Gunvolt)
- Wolfball League players (Battle Realms)
- Omni-Kix XLR8 (Ben 10 Reboot)
- Martyr (The Citadel); via Greed
- Negative Speed Force users (DC Comics)
- Speed Force users (DC Comics)
- Users of Total Concentration Breathing (Demon Slayer: Kimestu no Yaiba)
- Hector "High Five" Nieves (Glitch Techs); via Speed Boost
- Miko Kubota (Glitch Techs); via Speed Boost
- Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Hellboy)
- Dyspo (Dragon Ball Series)
- Users of One For All (My Hero Academia)
- All Might; formerly
- Izuku Midoriya
- Starlight Glimmer (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Cavendish (One Piece); via Hakuba
- Lucio (Overwatch); via Crossfade
- Pokémon that can use Speed raising moves (Pokémon)
- Pokémon who can use increased priority moves (Pokémon)
- Pokémon who have Speed raising abilities (Pokémon)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Ha Dowan (Reality Quest)
- Medusa Gorgon (Soul Eater)
- Sven (Dota 2)
- Dark Seer (Dota 2)
- Centaur Warrunner (Dota 2)
- Sandevistan users (Cyberpunk)
- Speed Gear users (Mega Man 11)
- Warbandit (Medabots)
- Haru Glory (Rave Master); via Silfarion
- Dazzael (Retired Demon King); via Hyper Acceleration
- Users of Force Speed (Star Wars)
- Joseph de Gallia (Zero no Tsukaima)
- Dashell (Super Paper Mario)
- Wenqi (unOrdinary)
- Doug Houser (Dark Deception)
- Various Demons (Konjiki no Gash!!)
- Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto)
- Witches who can use speed augmentation ability (World Witches Series)
- Charlotte E. Yeager
- Waltrud Krupinski
- Kim Suhyeon (QUESTISM)
- Yun Jo (QUESTISM)
- Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask (The Mask)
- Assassins (Strike Force Heroes); via Absolute Precision and Extreme Focus (work on melee weapons)
- Medics (Strike Force Heroes); via Overclock
- Ed Hayes/Comms Officer (Tempest Rising); game mechanic only
- Mykyta Moroz/Line Officer (Tempest Rising); game mechanic only
- Grandma (Tex Avery)
- Beetlee (Car Eats Car)
- Doomguy/Doom Slayer (Doom); via Savagery and Blood Fueled
Known Objects
- Wheel (Age of Empires); game mechanic only
- Kataparuto (Age of Empires II); game mechanic only
- Thumb Ring (Age of Empires II); game mechanic only
- Boots of Kick Everything/Hermes' Winged Sandals (Age of Mythology)
- Box of Ushapti (Age of Mythology)
- Bust of Tawaret (Age of Mythology)
- Golden Camel Statue (Age of Mythology)
- Jade Hare (Age of Mythology)
- Kithara of Apollo (Age of Mythology)
- The Mithril Horseshoes/Dwarven Horseshoes (Age of Mythology)
- Oseberg Wagon (Age of Mythology)
- Pharaoh's Sandals (Age of Mythology)
- Root of Yggdrasil (Age of Mythology)
- Saddle of Arion (Age of Mythology)
- Skadi's Skis (Age of Mythology)
- Dash shoe (Kirby Fighters and Kirby Fighters Deluxe)
- Issyl's Boon (Battle Realms)
- Whips and Spurs (Battle Realms)
- Speed Seeds (Cautious Hero)
- Mark V Hazardous Environment (HEV) Suit (Half-Life)
- Red Heart Seeds (Heartcatch Precure!)
- Excalibur Rapidly (High School DxD)
- Knight and Queen Evil Pieces (High School DxD)
- Rabbit Talisman (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Double Gear System (Mega Man 11); via Speed Gear
- Super Speed Shoes (Phineas and Ferb)
- Ten Commandments (Rave Master); via Silfarion form
- Serious Speed (Serious Sam)
- Speed Shoes/Power Sneakers (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Amber Leopard (Spirit Animals)
- Mushrooms (Super Mario Bros. series)
- Turbo Motion Booster System (System Shock)
- Speed Boosters (System Shock 2)
- +10% Firing Speed (Team Fortress 2)
- +10% Movement Speed (Team Fortress 2)
- +10% Sentry Firing Speed (Team Fortress 2)
- +20% Reload Speed (Team Fortress 2)
- +25% Projectile Speed (Team Fortress 2)
- Baby Face's Blaster (Team Fortress 2)
- Canteens (Team Fortress 2); via Become Crit Boosted and work on the Sentry Gun
- Concheror (Team Fortress 2)
- Escape Plan (Team Fortress 2)
- Gloves of Running Urgently (Team Fortress 2)
- Haste Powerup (Team Fortress 2)
- Rocket Specialist (Team Fortress 2)
- Red Energon (Transformers: Prime)
- Power Gauntlets (SuperMansion)
- Sandevistan (Cyberpunk)
- Supercharged Alterant (Chaotic)
- The Mask of Loki (The Mask)
- Arrows of Swiftness (Minecraft)
- Beacons (Minecraft); when set to Speed
- Potions of Swiftness (Minecraft)
- Splash Potions of Swiftness
- Lingering Potions of Swiftness
- Splash Potions of Swiftness
- Comms Rigs (Tempest Rising); via Comms Mode, game mechanic only
- Drone Command Units (Tempest Rising); game mechanic only
- Support Beacons (Tempest Rising); game mechanic only
- Helixes (Command & Conquer: Generals); via Speaker Tower upgrades, game mechanic only
- Overlord Tanks (Command & Conquer: Generals); via Speaker Tower upgrades, game mechanic only
- Emperor Overlord Tanks; game mechanic only
- Speaker Towers (Command & Conquer: Generals); game mechanic only
- Hyper Ring (Overwatch)
- Sonic Amplifier (Overwatch); via Speed Boost
- Dash Pads (Pizza Tower)
- Regeneration technology (Titanfall)
- Stims (Titanfall/Apex Legends)
- Yellow Implants/Speed Implants (Alien Shooter)
- Mach Jaguar (Kamen Rider Blade)
- Antigaves (Car Eats Car)
- Engine upgrades (Car Eats Car)
- Pulverizer (Doom); via the Runic Skull (charges by killing demons based on their size until the upgrade is at maximum charge)
- Ravager (Doom)
Known Locations
- Dry Dock (Age of Empires II); game mechanic only
- Stronghold (Age of Empires II); game mechanic only
Known Powers/Techniques
- Polytheism (Age of Empires)
- Zealotry (Age of Empires)
- Drill (Age of Empires II); game mechanic only
- Fervor (Age of Empires II)
- Husbandry (Age of Empires II); game mechanic only
- Leafstep (Battle Realms)
- Greed (The Citadel)
- Total Concentration Breathing (Demon Slayer: Kimestu no Yaiba)
- Blood Fueled (Doom); after perfoming Glory Kills or using Chainsaws
- Haste (Doom)
- Overdrive (Doom)
- Savagery (Doom)
- Speed Boost (Madness Combat)
- Speed (Minecraft)
- Moves that increase Priority or Speed (Pokémon)
- Agility
- Overclock (Strike Force Heroes)
- Comms Field (Tempest Rising); game mechanic only
- Inspire Troops (Tempest Rising); game mechanic only}}
Gallery
Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Hellboy) can enhance his speed and reflexes by cranking the key on his clockwork heart...
...making him fast enough to deflect bullets with his swords.
Using the Sonic Boost, Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) enhances his speed to the extent that he breaks the sound barrier and creates a distortion in space.
Medusa (Soul Eater) uses Vector based magic that can enhance her speed.
Excalibur Rapidly (High School DxD) can enhance incredibly the wielders speed and reflexes.
Mega Man (Mega Man 11) enhancing his speed with Speed Gear.
While he's already naturally gifted in melee combat, Ted (Konjiki no Gash!!) can use body enhancement spells to increase the power and speed of his strikes.
When the Scout shoots at his opponents, the Baby Face's Blaster (Team Fortress 2) allows him to upgrade his speed to a limit.
Drinking the Bonk! Atomic Punch (Team Fortress 2) will not only cause the Scout to become temporarily invulnerable, but also amplifies his speed to a certain extent.
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When Cavendish's (One Piece) alter-ego Hakuba takes over, he gains incredible speed as he indiscriminately cuts down both allies and enemies alike.
Rabbit Talisman (Jackie Chan Adventures)
The One For All (My Hero Academia) is a quirk that can stockpile power, increasing this power for every inherited user and granting them unmatched physical speed, including...
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...All Might...
...and most recently Izuku Midoriya.
Power Sneakers (Sonic the Hedgehog)
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Supercharged Alterant (Chaotic) can boost a Creature's Speed up to 100x.
Omni-Kix XLR8 (Ben 10 Reboot)
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Red Energon (Transformers: Prime)
Adam X (Marvel Comics) can use his hemopyrokinesis to boost his speed & enhanced his combat.
The Mask (The Mask) spinning Tina Carlyle rapidly enough that her heels produce smoke before she appears as a tornado.
Grandma (Tex Avery) demonstrates a Toon-Force based form of Speed Augmentation by instantly boosting her own speed far beyond normal limits, allowing her to launch herself at extreme velocity toward the Wolf.
Videos
God Speed - Hunter X Hunter
Speedrunner Mario VS Melee Fox - 1M Subscriber Special! - SOMETHING VERSUS 🍄🦊
Tina Spin
Best of XLR8 ⚡️ Ben 10 - Cartoon Network