Metal Bat

Metal Bat is a member of the Hero Association, being ranked as S-Class Rank 16, one of only 17 people who are in S-Class, the highest class possible containing the most powerful heroes. Metal Bat has a younger sister named Zenko who he tries to be supportive of, but is often obstructed by his duties as a registered hero. Nothing is known of Metal Bat’s past or personal life outside of his close relationship with his sister, other than he is a very brash and short-tempered individual. His fighting style is rough and undisciplined but he is a force to be reckoned with regardless.

Equipment and Abilities

• Metal Bat’s bat: Once Metal Bat was promoted to S-Class, the Hero Association provided him an incredibly strong bat to fight monsters with at his own request. (source)
• Killer Move: Dragon Pummelin’ (source)
• Killer Move: Brutal Tornado (source)
• Pumped Up: Metal Bat has the ability to increase in speed, power and seemingly durability the more damage he takes during a fight. He simply refers to this as him getting ‘pumped up’, or his ‘Fightin’ Spirit’. (source)

Physicals

• Hits Melzargard’s flying head so hard it dents, then splatters. (source) (OPM #32, PG 67-68)
• Easily destroys Melzargard’s marble in a single swing. (source) (OPM #33, PG 11)
• Kills one monster and cripples the other in a seemingly short amount of time. (source) (OPM #52-54, PG 12-2)
• Knocks off Senior Centipede’s mandible with a swing after getting pumped up. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #55, PG 9)
• One-shots both Rafflesidon and Senior Centipede. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #55, PG 10-14. Murata stated only Genos’ upgraded attacks can harm Senior Centipede (M).)
• Brings Elder Centipede’s charge to a halt. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #56, PG 10-11)
• Killer Move: Dragon Pummelin’ hurts Elder Centipede’s face. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #57, PG 5-6)
• Severely cracks the ground and fractures the side of a building with a whiffed strike. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #58, PG 20)
• Hits the ground hard enough to cause several cars to bounce from the impact. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #58, PG 21-22)
• Cracks the ground with a shock wave, not even hitting Garou. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #58, PG 42. Murata stated that had the strike connected, it probably would have killed Garou (M).)

Speed

• Deflects one of Melzargard’s tendrils. (source) (OPM #34, PG 27)
• Deflects and dodges Rafflesidon’s tendrils. (source) (OPM #55, PG 2)
• Blocks Garou’s strike with his bat. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #57, PG 14)
• Surprises Garou with his speed. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #58, PG 17-18)
• Reacts to and knocks back a manhole cover hit at him by Garou. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #58, PG 27-28)
• Performs his ‘Brutal Tornado’ and swings himself around fast enough to create a tornado. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #58, PG 33-34)
• Appears right behind Garou after seemingly being knocked out. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #58, PG 38-42)

Durability and Resiliency

• Tanks Senior Centipede’s ‘Centipede Parade’. (source) (OPM #55, PG 3-4)
• Takes a barrage from Senior Centipede while affected by Rafflesidon’s sleeping gas, then wakes himself up by bashing his head in with his own bat and is fine afterwards. (source) (OPM #55, PG 5-10)
• Shrugs off being hit into a building by Elder Centipede. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #56, PG 12-13)
• Gets right back up after being flung dozens of metres into the sky, landing on the ground and hitting a fence. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #57, PG 10-12)
• Takes every one of Garou’s strikes and keeps coming at him, fighting with blood loss and multiple broken bones. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #58, PG 14-31)
• Takes a finishing move from Garou that seemingly knocks him out and gets right back up just a few seconds later. (source) (Pumped Up, OPM #58, PG 38-42)
• Survives 3 minutes against Carnage Kabuto in the VGS, and claims he could’ve kept going if he could get pumped up. (source) (GT. Carnage Kabuto easily defeats G4 Genos 55 times (GT).)