Howitzer Impact

Howitzer Impact
Move Information
Japanese Name	榴弾砲着弾 (ハウザーインパクト)
Rōmaji Name	Hauzā Inpakuto
User	Katsuki Bakugo
Move Range	Medium-range
Capabilities	Offense
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 43
Anime Debut	Episode 25

Howitzer Impact (榴弾砲着弾 (ハウザーインパクト) , Hauzā Inpakuto^?) is an Ultimate Move performed by Katsuki Bakugo using the Explosion Quirk.

Description

This move is one of the strongest moves in Katsuki's arsenal, which involves him taking to the air, and then using explosions to propel himself in a circular motion to create a tornado. The ensuing twister collects oxygen and momentum to fuel the subsequent explosion. Katsuki releases the enhanced, aforementioned blast upon impact with the ground. The technique and its effectiveness are comparable to that of a missile, and Katsuki often uses it as a finishing move.

He has also shown that he can release the fueled explosion in mid-air, without having to make contact with the target. Katsuki is capable of maintaining the tornado's gyration even as he attacks, as shown during his battles with Nine, the Serpenters, and All For One.

Katsuki first uses it during his match with Shoto Todoroki in the U.A. Sports Festival. It had enough destructive force to completely destroy Shoto's Heaven-Piercing Ice Wall.

During the I-Island Incident, Katsuki uses this move to easily defeat Daigo in his beast form.

In Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki's rematch with Nine, Katsuki, in conjunction with Izuku's Detroit Smash, attempts to use this move to thwart a powerful tornado created by the villain, though to no avail.

During Katsuki's clash with the Serpenters, he manages to use this move to defeat the pair after trapping them in rubble. The attack is so powerful that it reduced the entrance of the Humarise headquarters' to rubble, leaving the Serpenters trapped under the debris.

During the Gollini Invasion, Katsuki uses Howitzer Impact against Dark Might's alchemical monster form, with the attack blasting Dark Might back, though it didn't do any lasting damage.

During the Final War, Katsuki, during his clash with All For One, unleashes a Howitzer Impact against All For One's Omni-Factor Unleash. Using Cluster and maintaining the gyration even as he attacks, this attack's power increased significantly, before hitting All For One directly on the head and blowing up the surface of the Omni-Factor Unleash. He then overcomes All For One's retaliation by firing dozens of explosions all over the giant mass, reducing his mutated body to just his upper torso and head. After one final, point-blank explosion, the aftermath of the attack rewound All For One into an infant within a massive crater.

Gallery

Howitzer Impact (Two Heroes)

Howitzer Impact (World Heroes' Mission)

Howitzer Impact (You're Next)

Katsuki uses Howitzer Impact on All For One (Final War)

Related Techniques

Howitzer Impact: Cluster (ハウザーインパクト クラスター, Hauzā Inpakuto Kurasutā?): Katsuki employs the Cluster technique and the Strafe Panzer support item to empower his Howitzer Impact by creating larger explosions to propel himself with, as well as launching explosions in all directions. This version of the attack is far more destructive and powerful than the original, with the explosions being sprayed in numerous directions. Katsuki first uses this move against Tomura Shigaraki during the Final War.

Trivia

• A howitzer is a weapon similar to a mortar or cannon that can fire projectiles at long range.
• Howitzer Impact is featured as an attack for Katsuki in Jump Force.