Striking & Shielding

The ability to strike through others' protecting powers while shielding oneself from others' penetrating attacks. Sub-power of Protection Manipulation. Technique of Defense Manipulation. Variation of Absolute Lock Manipulation.
==Also Called==
*Attack & Defend
*Invading & Protecting
*Protection
*Penetrate & Protect
*Penetration & Protection
*Strike & Parry
*Sword & Shield
==Capabilities==
The user has the ability to penetrate any shield-like/protection related powers and a counter that blocks or protects oneself from others' penetrating/protecting powers.
==Applications==
Penetration
*Access Manipulation
**Access and Occlusion
*Attack Augmentation
*Defense Break
*Fortitude Weakening
*Layer Removal
*Lock Manipulation
*Mental Shield Penetration
*Microscopic Weakening
*Passageway Manipulation
*Shield Penetration
*Transparency Inducement
Protection
*Armor Creation
*Defense Augmentation
*Exoskeleton
*Force-Field Generation
*Layer Reinforcement
*Protection Inducement
*Psychic Shield
*Shield Construction
*Surface Creation
*Ultimate Intangibility
*Wall Generation
==Variations==
*Bodily Entry Protection
*Demonic Protection
*Divine Protection
*Omni-Protection
*Residential Protection
*Prophecy Protection
*Sacrificial Protection
*Temporal Protection
==Associations==
*Absolute Lock Manipulation
*Binding
*Defense Manipulation
*Orifice Manipulation
==Limitations==
*Absolute Defense may counter any penetration.
*Absolute Attack may counter any protection.
*User may be unable to use both penetration and protection simultaneously.
*May be limited to penetration or protection.
==Known Users==
*Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
*Syaoran Li (Cardcaptor Sakura)
*Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)
*Megumi Kurugane (Gate Keepers)
*Cal Shekar (Taboo Tattoo)
*Yuma (Towa no Quon)
*Renesmee Cullen (The Twilight Saga)
* Iron Clefts (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
* Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)
*Sonic (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
*Harry Potter (Harry Potter)
*Valerie (Valerie and her week of wonders); via magical pearls
==Gallery==
Sakura & Syaoran.jpg|Due to their magical abilities, Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li (Cardcaptor Sakura) have a degree of protection against such things as the Freeze Card's Ice Magic and the Time Card's Time Magic.
Archie_V._Maximum_Overdrive.jpg|Metal Sonic's (Sonic the Hedgehog) V. Maximum Overdrive Attack enables him to penetrate any substance.
Iron_Cleft_Red.png|The spikes of an Iron Cleft (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year-Door) can penetrate any substance...
PMTTYD_Gulp.png|...including the body of another Iron Cleft.
File:One_Billionth_Ring.jpeg|After collecting his one billionth Power Ring, Sonic (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) was surrounded with a protective mystical aura, allowing such things as partially protecting his psyche and free will after his roboticization.
Protection_by_Buffy_Summers_1.jpg|While she sleeps, Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is mystically protected from threats...
Protection_by_Buffy_Summers_2.jpg|...causing such things as daggers to split apart so as not to pierce her skin.
Harry_Potter_touches_Quirrel_face.gif|Due to his mother's sacrifice, Harry Potter (Harry Potter) is protected against Lord Voldemort, preventing Voldemort from even touching him without experiencing horrific pain.
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