What Are The Powers of Bakugo in My Hero Academia?

Bakugo is the deuteragonist in the by My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi.

Bakugo is one of the most powerful students in the UA Academy. 

Bakugo is fearless and good at everything he tries, and he is also blessed with a very awesome quirk. Bakugo has a great sense of Justice.

He has the most destructive powers of them all. He has developed and created some very powerful explosive moves and attacks with the help of his quirk.

Bakugo has immense potential. Along with great quirk and abilities, Bakugo is quite intelligent and reliable. 

Bakugo has excellent speed and agility.

Even the League of Villains found Bakugo a great asset and tried to make Bakugo join them. But just like Midoriya, Bakugo admired All Might and always wanted to be a great hero like him.

He is considered one of the most destructive quirk users in the UA.

All Might recognizes Bakugo as a great student and a future hero with bright prospects. 

People were always fawning over Bakugo as he deserved such a great quirk or not, and that is the reason he turned out to be like he is.

Bakugo has a short temper but can maintain his cool while on a mission or fight.

Bakugo has an excellent combat sense.

Izuku Midoriya always admires Bakugo because Bakugo has one goal that he always fights for, and everything he does is that he is always the winner.

Bakugo always believed that the most amazing hero always wins, and, in the end, they come out on top no matter what. Therefore, Bakugo aims to become the number one hero, like All Might.

Bakugo is trying harder than anyone in his pursuit to become the top hero.

Bakugo designed his costume the way he did so that he could be able to fire off more enormous blasts than his body usually allows him to. 

He is also a great analyzer.

In addition to all this, Bakugo is also an excellent Cook.

Bakugo has a mighty arsenal of weapons created by his quirk, which includes the following.

Howitzer Impact

Bakugo used Howitzer Impact in his fight against Shoto Todoroki in the tournament as a finishing move. He also used it against Uraraka in the same tournament. Howitzer Impact is Bakugo’s Ultimate move. 

This is an explosive attack where Bakugo seems like a missile, and there is an explosion at the target’s touch. He turns himself into a Projectile. 

Bakugo adds momentum and rotation. This speed and spin are combined with a massive blast which significantly impacts the target. 

The speed of the Howitzer Impact is quite incredible, and it is immensely destructive.

AP Shot

AP Shot is also known as Armour Piercing Shot. As the name of this attack suggests, it pierces through any defence. In this explosive move, Bakugo has put together multiple moves. 

First, Bakugo concentrates his blast from an entire palm to a single concentrated point. And then he blasts the explosion from a single focused point. More precisely, it is a concentrated beam of firepower or blast.

This creates a sword like an attack powerful concentrated attack. This is a very dangerous attack and can pierce through anything.

 During the training, Bakugo made a hole through a thick boulder with the help of this attack. This shows the power and intensity of AP Shot or Armour Piercing Shot.

Stun Grenade

This is an attack which just acts like a real-world stun grenade. The stun grenade creates a great flash of light rendering his opponents blind for a fraction of seconds, giving him an opening to attack. 

In addition, the Stun Grenade also immobilizes the target for a moment.

The Stun Grenade comes as an element of surprise for everyone.

Bakugo first used his Stun Grenade in the fight against Tokoyami Fumikage. This huge flash helped Bakugo to suppress the powerful Dark Shadow of Tokoyami.

There is also one more type of Stun Grenade that Bakugo Katsuki uses, named Point Zero Stun Grenade.

Explode-a- Pult

Explode a pult is another great weapon in Bakugo’s Arsenal. This is a mid-air technique.

Bakugo grabs his opponent in mid-air with one of his arms and uses another arm as a propulsion creator. This, in turn, leads to a spinning motion by the arm, creating propulsion using immense explosive power. He then throws his opponent with another explosion setting him fly, given enough momentum.

He tried to use it against Shoto Todoroki but was unsuccessful in doing so because of Todoroki’s counterattack. However, Bakugo managed to use it in the fight against Togaru Kamakiri.

One For All

In the My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, Bakugo broke through the ceiling of his limits and activated one for all when Midoriya transferred his quirk One For All to Bakugo.

There was an immense boost in Bakugo’s power, speed and agility.

One For All increased made Bakugo’s explosive powers super destructive. As a result, Midoriya was able to defend Nabu Island with the help of Bakugo’s explosive powers increased exponentially because of One For All.

However, Bakugo still did not have this quirk as a part of him.

Explosive Speed

Bakugo uses his arms to propel himself. He throws his hands opposite the direction he is supposed to move and then sets out explosions, giving him momentum to drive and fly at incredible speed.

This propulsion is just like the propulsion that we see in Jets.

We saw a great example of Explosive Speed when Bakugo was saved from the League of Villians by Midoriya and his friends during the fight of All Might and All For One.

Land Mine Blast

The name Land Mine Blast itself is a pretty good definition of this explosive move.

Bakugo places his grenadier bracelets on the ground, and then he creates a massive explosion fired straight in the downward direction into the ground.

This explosion leads to a destructive shock wave destroying any obstacles he faces in his surroundings.

Blasting Speed Turbo

Blasting Speed Turbo attack follows the same basics as Howitzer Impact and is a combination of both Howitzer Impact and Explosive Speed.

He condenses his explosive blasts and unleashes them all at once, giving him a great speed, much faster than the Explosive speed.

This allows him to chase and capture superfast targets and also to move at a significantly faster rate.

Bakugo used Blasting Speed Turbo in the Paranormal Liberation Arc.

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