Blueflame

Blueflame is the Quirk used by Dabi.

Description
Like his father's Quirk, Hellflame, Blueflame grants Dabi fire-based abilities, particularly creating and generating fire from his body at will. However, unlike Hellflame, Dabi's are blue in color as a result of burning much hotter.

The user can ignite blue fire anywhere on their body with minimal effort or movement almost instantaneously. They can also combust anything they touch almost instantly, including robust minerals and living creatures alike. For example, by touching a single tree in The Beast's Forest, Dabi was able to set the majority of the forest ablaze, trapping everyone there in a ring of fire.

The flames of this Quirk are extremely hot, burning at a temperature of at least 2,000°C (3,632°F), which is higher than that of lava and normal fire, signified by its blue coloration. Dabi's flames were hot enough to burn an entire group of villains into ash in mere seconds. Furthermore, they are also hot enough to burn through the Hero, Endeavor, despite the latter having a huge resistance to heat. They're also quite bright, making them effective against Dark Shadow.

His flames are powered by his hatred and rage, so the greater his anger, the hotter his flames are.

Whilst on the verge of death, Blueflame's power increased to the point of manifesting a new ability, the ice from his mother's Quirk, Frost, causing Blueflame to become a Quirk similar to Half-Cold Half-Hot. This new-found power is described as something "different" to a Quirk Awakening and is used to fuel his Phosphor Ultimate Move.

Weaknesses
The major drawback of Dabi's ability is that his body can't handle the heat due to inheriting his mother's genes which grant resistance to freezing temperatures instead of intense heat. Overusing his flames will cause his skin to swell, sizzle, and slowly burn over time. This prevents Dabi from fighting prolonged battles and severely limits his endurance. As stated by Dabi upon overusing his Quirk, prolonged usage of it causes him to lose sensation in his body and possibly render himself completely numb. Losing control of his emotions will cause his flames to run wild or ignite hotter than his body can handle.

During the Final War, the danger of this weakness has become more apparent as Dabi continues to abuse his Quirk. This has led to his already burned flesh beginning to crisp away and fall off, effectively destroying his body. Dabi confirms himself that at the rate his flames are going, his body will eventually give out.

Usage
As a child, Toya was born from a Quirk Marriage between Enji and Rei Todoroki. As a result, he ended up inheriting a fire Quirk even stronger than his father's. While it was not the ideal combination of fire and ice that he was hoping for, Enji still found Toya promising and began training him to become a Hero. Things took a downward turn however when it was revealed that Toya took after his mother physically rather than his father, meaning that his body was unable to handle his own flames. Deeming the Quirk unsuitable for hero work, Enji quickly stopped Toya's training in fear for his physical health.

Toya however would refuse to quit and continued training his Quirk in secret, hoping to regain his father's attention and pride. To that end, he would continuously train his flames at Sekoto Peak, burning himself in the process. One day, when his father refused to meet with him to see how strong he had become, Toya broke down emotionally and was consumed by his out of control flames, nearly burning himself to death. Toya tried to put out the flames, but couldn't, as his father only taught him how to turn up the heat.

Upon surviving and becoming a villain, Dabi would begin honing his Quirk specifically to kill his father, memorizing all of his techniques and ultimate moves.

Dabi primarily uses his Quirk to fight from a distance and burn his enemies using waves of fire and flamethrowers. He can also release a short burst of flames for roasting his targets at close range. Dabi often relies on the brute force of his powerful Quirk to overwhelm his enemies. His fire blasts are powerful enough to collapse building walls and were enough to completely repel Snatch's Quirk.

Dabi also uses his Quirk tactically, creating walls of fire to trap his targets within a fixed area or to propel himself in midair through the soles of his feet. This Quirk also combos well with Compress, as anyone compressed along with some of Dabi's flames will be burned to death.

Because Dabi's flames tend to weaken his body with prolonged use, he is unable to release successive attacks for long. To counter this, he will often engage in rattling the enemy in order to buy himself some cooldown time. Additionally, Dabi has learned to take some heat off his attacks in order to reserve more power for himself for critical situations.

During the height of the Final War, it is revealed that Dabi has been internalizing his heat ever since freeing himself from Shoto's ice, and that in the span of ten minutes, he will explode and cremate everything within a 5 kilometer radius, intending to use this suicidal move to take out his father and any remaining bystanders.

Trivia

 * The flames of Dabi's Quirk used to be red, and turned blue when Dabi hit puberty. This implies that "Blueflame" is the current designation of the Quirk's name, and that it was referred to as something else prior to becoming blue.

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