Do you think it’s easy to manipulate, control, or move metal or iron? It might seem a little crazy, but yes, this is possible. Today we shall talk about an interesting power, Ferrokinesis that allows you to play with metal or iron for your benefit or against your opponent.
Remember Dr. Polaris from the famous DC Comics? He possessed the power of controlling magnetic fields. However, this shouldn’t be confused with metal manipulation. Both are quite different from each other.
Metal manipulation allows the users to shape, manipulate, and create metal into different structures. Let’s dig deep into this superpower and know it well through this article.
Ferrokinesis – What Superpower is This?
Metal is considered a solid alloy, compound, or element that possesses thermal conductivity, and is shiny and hard. They can be pressed or hammered to give a permanent shape without cracking or breaking. In short, it is a solid material that isn’t easy to deal with. But not anymore.
Ferrokinesis is one of the popular superpowers, often possessed by Anime and Manga characters, that allow them to control, shape, and generate metal according to their needs or wishes. The sub-powers of metal manipulation include magnetism manipulation, elemental manipulation, solid manipulation, and earth manipulation.
What are the Other Names of Ferrokinesis Superpower?
Ferrokinesis – Is it hard to pronounce? This power has many other simple nicknames to remember. Here is the list.
- Metal Control/ Bending
- Metallic Manipulation/ Control
- Metal Element Manipulation/ Control
- Metallokinesis or Metalkinesis
- Ferrous Manipulation/ Control
What are the capabilities of Ferrokinesis?
Talking of the capabilities of Ferrokinesis, the list includes many plus points.
Firstly, the Ferrokinesis superpower allows the user to manipulate, create, or shape metal. Apart from this, here are the other capabilities of Ferrokinesis.
- It allows the users to manipulate or move ores and metals
- Users can detect precious ores or metals
- The users experience metallurgic sensitivity
- The users can also perform acts like cold welding, metal purification, and ally synthesis
- The users can carry out heavy metal damages
- Users can improve the strength and durability of any weapon by increasing the power of its tensile
What are the Popular Applications of Ferrokinesis?
There are numerous cases where this amazing superpower can be applied. Scroll down to check the list of popular applications of Ferrokinesis.
- Manipulating the metal properties (including polish metals, metal attacks, and repair metal objects)
- Metal detection
- Metal constructs
- Metal generation
- Metal dust manipulation
- Metal solidification
- Metal generation
- Life or move metal (including elemental flight and matter surfing)
- Metal teleportation
What are the different techniques of Metal Manipulation?
Here is a small yet effective list of Ferrokinesis techniques:
- Ferrokinesis combat
- Ferrokinesis regeneration
- Ferrokinesis invisibility
- Ferrokinetically enhanced condition
- Metal aura
- Metal absorption
- Metal defense
- Metal bestowal
- Metal empowerment
- Metal swimming
- Metal mimicry
- Wire manipulation
- Metal transmutation
What are the different variations of Ferrokinesis?
Here is the list of various variations the users can experience regarding metal manipulation.
- Alloy manipulation
- Wire manipulation
- Bronze manipulation
- Brass manipulation
- Copper manipulation
- Esoteric manipulation (including Bio-metal, Demonic metal, Divine metal, Digital metal, Pure metal, Psychic metal, and Spiritual metal manipulation)
- Fantastic-metal manipulation (including Adamant manipulation, Hihi’irokane manipulation, and Orichalcum manipulation)
- Gold or Silver manipulation
- Ferro energy manipulation
- Iron or steel manipulation
- Lead manipulation
- Magnesium manipulation
- Liquid metal manipulation
- Metal embodiment or magic
- Molten metal manipulation
- Plutonium manipulation
- Platinum manipulation
- Titanium or Tin manipulation
- Trace metal manipulation
- Zinc manipulation
- Uranium manipulation
Ferrokinesis Superpower Associations
Want to know what are the different associations of Ferrokinesis? Here you go.
- Bullet manipulation
- Architecture manipulation
- Conductivity manipulation (as metals are good conductors of sound, heat, and electricity)
- Cold manipulation (as metals conductive heat, they remain cold)
- Corrosion manipulation
- Electron manipulation (including elemental manipulation and electromagnetism manipulation where the metals are inclusive of free-flowing electrons)
- Gun manipulation
- Furniture manipulation
- Jewelry manipulation
- Magma manipulation
- Matter manipulation (in which non-metallic objects are tested by the metallic particles present in them)
- Magnetic skin
- Metal morphing
- Magnetism manipulation (as only metals are magnetic by nature)
- Technology manipulation
- Mineral manipulation
- Weapon manipulation
Apart from all these, metals are also associated with Venus, Old Prime, and Autumn manipulation.
What are the Limitations of Ferrokinesis?
As with every other superpower, the metal manipulation superpower also has it’s own limitations. The holders of this power need to use it with some limitations failing which can lead to dangerous outputs. Here are the limitations the users must note down for Ferrokinesis.
- The power of the users might be limited to particular metals only
- Users might fail to generate metal as they have limited manipulating powers and thus can control merely the existing ones
- Metals are prone to get affected by natural metals, and hence, the users despite using their powers correctly, might fail to return the metal to its original shape or control it under the following situations:
- Freezing – in which the metals are shattered or brittle
- Thermal manipulation, Magma manipulation, or Fire manipulation – when the metals are heated to an extreme point
- Plasma or Acid manipulation – The metal is susceptible to corroding
- Rust manipulation, Water manipulation, or Oxygen manipulation – where metals can be tarnished
- The power of metal manipulation might fail against Magnesium manipulation as certain metals aren’t magnetic
- When the metals are completely susceptible to electricity manipulation
Apart from all these, the user might not be able to manipulate the metals that are derived through Earth manipulation like refined or pure metals.
Who are the known users of Ferrokinesis?
Here is the complete list of the known users of Ferrokinesis bifurcated into different niches.
Anime/ Mahwa/ Manga
- Dalk from Bleach
- Toki Fujiwara from Code: Breaker
- Watts and Grigory from Darwin’s Game
- Gajeel Redfox from Fairy Tail
- Alchemists and Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist/FMA: Brotherhood
- Luca from Metallica Metalluca
- Sasha, Eva Silver, and Jackal from Seikon no Qwaser
- Sasori from Naruto: Shippuden
- Wolfram from My Hero Academia
Cartoons
- The Silver Scorpio by Silver Scorpion
- Metalbenders from Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra
- Karlof from Lego Ninjago: Master of Spinjitzu
- Cornelia Hale from W.I.T.C.H.
- Peridot from Steven Universe
- Mallory Mastermind from Loonatics Unleashed
- Metalfoes Archetype from Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Metal Elementor from Max Steel 2013
Comics
- Scrapmetal, Shrapnel, Iron Butterfly, and Cosmic Boy by DC Comics
- Doctor Octopus by Ultimate Marvel Comics
- Crystal by Marvel Comics
- Max Eisenhardt and Magneto by Marvel Comics
Literature
- Declan O’Carroll from Demon Accords
- Magnetrons from Red Queen
- All Mistborn, Lurchers, and Coinshots from Mistborn Series
- Jesper Fahey from Six of Crows
- Irina and David from The Grisha Trilogy
- Hazel Levesque from Heroes of Olympus
Live Action Movies/ TV
- Mimos from Ultraman Gaia
- Cape-Guy from Black Lightning/ Arrowverse
- Nudge from Maximum Ride
- Amunet Black from The Flash
- Hector Harris from Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes
- Joey Gutierrez from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Bobo Del Rey from Wynonna Earp
Mythology
- White Tigers from Chinese mythology
- Hephaestus/Vulcan from Greco-Roman Mythology
- Hades/Pluto from Greco-Roman Mythology
Toys and Video Games
- Toa of Iron and Zaria from BIONICLE
Video Games
- Patchouli Knowledge and Suwako Moriya by Touhou Project
- Tremor by Mortal Kombat X
- White Tiger by Valkyrie Crusade
- Mario by SuperMario 64
- Lucy by Ninjala
- Pokemon by Pokemon
Web Comics/ Original
- Cuff and Adamant from Worm
- Robert Bumaro and SCP-070 – Iron Wings from SCP Foundation
- The Fragmented One, Sophia, The Great Voice, Mekhane, Fuxi, and many more from SCP Foundation
- All Metal Mustangons, All Metal Dragons, and Lethal Ethal from Nindrogan: Scale Squad 5
Conclusion
Wrapping up, metal is considered among the strong materials highly used for various purposes. Ferrokinesis is a superpower that gives you the ability to control this metal at your will. This ability makes it one of the most powerful superpowers with endless supremacies and manipulation metal and other metallic elements. However, it should be noted that just as it is beneficial, it is equally dangerous as well. Hence, it is important to take a look at the pros and cons well before practicing it.