Iron Fist

:For the Motörhead album see Iron Fist (album)

Powers and abilities

Plunging his fists into the molten heart of Shou-Lao the Undying gave Rand the power of the Iron Fist, allowing him to focus his chi and enhance his natural abilities to extraordinary levels. His strength, speed, reflexes and senses can all be intensified, making his already formidable martial arts skills even more so. The ultimate expression of this focus is the ability to concentrate his body's natural energies into his hand, manifesting as a supernatural glow around his clenched fist. So concentrated, this "iron fist" can smash into its target with superhuman hardness and impact. However, the feat of summoning the power required leaves Rand physically and mentally drained, unable to repeat the act for a time.

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Other applications of the Iron Fist power include the ability to focus the energy inward to heal himself or outward to heal others of injury, as well as being able to telepathically meld with another person's mind. Even without the Iron Fist, Rand is an accomplished martial artist, and is easily one of the most skilled practitioners of unarmed combat in the Marvel Universe, almost as skilled as Shang-Chi.

Related Topics:
Telepathically - Marvel Universe - Shang-Chi

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