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My Hero Academia's Shigaraki Tomura is one of the main antagonists of the story and an exceptionally powerful villain. As the protege of the former greatest villain, All For One, Shigaraki Tomura was raised to become the next big menace to the world after him, and currently, he's doing just that.

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Shigaraki is exceptionally powerful, especially after his surgery at the hands of Dr. Kyudai Garaki. Currently, nobody appears to be able to take him down, thanks to his new body that is filled with new powers capable of achieving the impossible. Not all of his strengths, however, are made equally.

8 Awakened Decay Quirk

My Hero Academia decay quirk shigaraki

One of Shigaraki Tomura's most dangerous abilities is his Quirk, known as Decay, the power of which allows him to decay anything that he touches extremely fast. After awakening the power of this Quirk, Shigaraki can now set decay to things within a matter of seconds as opposed to it spreading slowly earlier.

What's more, this Quirk is much stronger than before since the Decay can also be spread with indirect contact, making it a fearsome ability to have in combat. Even the likes of Re-Destro stood no chance against him in battle.

7 All For One

My Hero Academia Shigaraki All For One

Thanks to Dr. Kyudai Garaki, Shigaraki Tomura was able to receive the power of All For One from All For One, who kept a duplicate of the power for himself. This Quirk was passed on to him after a long surgery and made him every bit as fearsome as All For One himself.

Using this Quirk, Shigaraki Tomura can steal the Quirks of other people, stockpile them and even distribute them among people, if that's what he wants to do. All For One has made Shigaraki Tomura a massive threat to the Hero Society that very few people can stand up to.

6 Other Stolen Quirks From All For One

Search Quirk Shigaraki

It's been quite a while since Shigaraki Tomura received the power of All For One and he has, since then, only gone on to strengthen his power even more. As expected of a user of the All For One, Shigaraki Tomura is exceptionally skilled when it comes to stealing Quirks from others.

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He's already amassed quite a few of them, such as the Search Quirk, which allows him to search and study people quite easily, even going as far as to find out their weaknesses in the process. Along with Search, Shigaraki Tomura has stolen several other Quirks, all of which make him a menace to even the strongest of Heroes in combat.

5 Super Stamina & Regeneration

Shigaraki Tomura Regeneration

Another one of Shigaraki's powers that stems from his surgery is his incredible stamina. Shigaraki can keep on fighting for hours even after sustaining several attacks from top Pro Heroes. In the War arc, he single-handedly destroyed almost everyone in combat and was far from done.

Even without the Super Regeneration Quirk, Shigaraki could withstand an immense amount of pain. That, tagged with his Super Regeneration quirk, makes his regeneration ability even stronger and allows him to heal from all injuries within a matter of seconds.

4 Strength Of All Might

All Might's smash in My Hero Academia

Dr. Kyudai Garaki worked wonders on Shigaraki's body and made him extremely powerful even without his Quirks. In the War arc, Shigaraki's strength was compared by Endeavor to the likes of All Might. What's even more surprising is the fact that he did this while Aizawa had deactivated all his Quirks with his Erasure ability.

With his Quirks, Shigaraki Tomura is simply unstoppable at the moment and nobody aside from Izuku Midoriya at 100% or more of his One For All can come close to him in terms of power.

3 Speed Of All Might

Shigaraki Tomura Speed

Along with incredible strength, Shigaraki Tomura was also offered incredible speed, thanks to his surgery. In combat, Shigaraki was fast enough to completely blitz the likes of the average Heroes, while even Endeavor had trouble keeping up with him. Izuku Midoriya, at 100% of his power, was a match for him, which just goes to show that his speed is comparable to All Might himself.

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As his body adapts to All For One, his speed and his strength are sure to increase and Shigaraki will inevitably become the greatest threat known to the Hero Society.

2 Durability Of All Might

My Hero Academia Shigaraki Tomura Durability

Shigaraki also has incredible durability, as seen when even Endeavor's fire wasn't able to do any significant damage to him. Even when Aizawa erased his Quirk, Shigaraki was still powerful enough to keep up with Endeavor and even push him back without much trouble.

His body was great enough to keep up with Hellflame without too much effort. Just like his strength, however, Shigaraki isn't able to take as much damage for sustained periods of time. This is largely because his surgery was stopped before it was finished and Shigaraki had to make do with what he had.

1 The Nomu

Hood Nomu fighting Endeavor and Hawks

The Nomu were created by Dr. Kyudai Garaki and were introduced quite early in My Hero Academia. With time, Dr. Garaki's Nomu grew even stronger, and eventually, he created the High-Ends, which are Nomu powerful enough to fight even the Number One Hero. Currently, all of the Nomu are under the control of Shigaraki Tomura, the leader of the Paranormal Liberation Front. Shigaraki can 'activate' the Nomu anytime he wants and have them fight on his behalf. A demonstration of this was given to the fans in the War arc of the story.

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