Obliteration has enough control over his powers to not melt objects he wants to keep intact, such as his sword and clothes. Furthermore, storing an excessive amount of heat makes him shine brightly, and produce copious amounts of heat, to the point where mere skin contact can cause severe burns. These blasts do not seem to produce any radiation. There is no known limit as to how much concentrated energy he can unleash in a single burst, as he is capable of unleashing a heat wave massive enough to melt the entirety of Houston at once.

At any time, he can unleash the absorbed heat or dissipate it harmlessly. He can absorb heat at an astonishing rate, causing a tree to frost over and wither in a mere eyeblink. There is no known upper limit to how much energy he can store, however storing an excessive amount of heat makes it difficult for him to teleport and retain the stored heat. Obliteration is capable of absorbing the heat out of any object he touches, including humans.

Attributes and Abilities Epic Abilities Heat Manipulation Regalia claims that Obliteration never got over the initial phase of destruction that all Epics have. Obliteration constantly makes biblical references, going as far to believe he is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, given divine power by the 'archangel' Calamity to end humanity and its corruption. Obliteration is described as an indiscriminant killer and 'creepy', but also rather clever. He usually wears spectacles and a trench coat, and his weapon of choice is a sword. Obliteration has a narrow face with a goatee and long, straight black hair that falls past his shoulders.

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