- “But oh, no, you still think it's neat having Slayer strength. Ooh, big deal! Stronger than humans! Who isn't?”
- ―Glorificus[src]
Strength was the ability to exert physical force, notable when it was greater than what their body would allow.[1] It was a common power among many supernatural beings, though their exact level of strength could vary between beings and species.[2][3][4]
Strong beings[]
Vampires[]
- Vampire: Some had described as rising already stronger than when they were humans.[5][6][7]
- Turok-Han: A Slayer, with experience against multiple vampires, had significant difficulty against the strength of a Turok-Han when fighting one for the first time.[8]
- Van-Tal: Theorized as the purest form of a vampire's demonic being, Van-Tals didn't include the overall weakness of a vampire's human form.[9]
- Zompire: It was observed that zompires had enhanced strength in comparison to a common vampire.[10][11]
- Slaypire: They possessed the combined strength of a Slayer and vampire, being notably stronger than before[2][12] and their vampire counterparts.[11]
- New vampire: Their strength was superior to common vampires by definition; one was able to toss a car aside while an experienced vampire recognized he could not,[4] at least not with the same ease.[13]
- Dracula: His strength was more powerful than of new vampires, being able to behead one just by strangling them with his bare hands.[14]
Demons[]
- Vengeance demon: With strength greater than humans', it rivaled that of Slayers.[15] They were able to lift a human[16] and throw an opponent flying.[15]
- Mok'tagar demon: Kathy Newman was able to throw a human in the air and overpower the Slayer during a fight.[17]
- M'Fashnik: Could lift and throw humans.[18]
- Fyarl demon: Could break solid wood with ease.[19]
- Kailiff demon: Often employed as muscle-for-hire.[20]
- Vyasa: Could be decapitate humans with ease.[21]
- Lorophage demon: Much stronger than vampires, could overpower multiple humans as well as a 250-year-old vampire with ease.[22][23]
- Baphon: Stronger than vampires.[24]
- Brotherhood of seven demons: Could break free from a wooden coffin.[25]
- Nezzla demon: Could throw humans around.[26]
- Burrower demon: Human hosts possessed great strength.[27]
- Ovu Mobani: Possessed humans have great strength.[28]
- Tothric Clan: Could overpower humans with ease.[29]
- Eyghon: Possessed humans had great strength.[30]
- Puppet demon: Had great strength relative to their small size, able to overpower humans.[31]
- Granok demon: Could move two tons with ease.[32]
- Lei-ach demon: Could throw humans around.[33]
- Hellion: Capable of decapitating a vampire with their bare hands.[34]
- Bug crew: Could smash through concrete walls.[35]
Other supernatural beings[]
- Mummy: Could overpower humans larger than them.[36]
- Olaf: Even without his Enchanted Hammer, the trollgod had strength enough to throw a Slayer flying by slapping her.[37]
- The Beast: Greater than a Slayer.[38]
- Ugly Man: Greater than a Slayer.[2]
- Whistler: Being a demon/higher being hybrid, Whistler possessed strength inherited from both species, especially in his demonic form.[39] He was capable of throwing Angel through a wall[40] and punching through the vampire's chest.[41] Whistler also cracked the ceiling by punching the powerful half-demons Pearl and Nash into it.[42]
Humans[]
- Slayer: Capable of lifting and throwing human-sized subjects sizable distances,[5][43][44][45][46][47][48][10] propelling enemies into the air with a single blow,[43][49][50][51][52][53] bending solid metal with their bare hands,[5][54][55][56][57][58] breaking human bones with ease,[59][60] and punching into concrete walls to no ill effect.[38]
- Buffy Summers: In addition to being a Slayer strength, she had her strength temporary increased under a enjoining spell, when she was capable of punching through Adam's armored hide;[61] and while empowered by the Twilight prophecy, when she could lift a train with one hand.[62]
- Caleb: Empowered by the First Evil, he was able to shatter solid concrete with his bare hands, snap people's necks with ease, and send an opponent flying dozens of feet with a single blow.[63]
- Marcus Hamilton: Could punch a hole through a man's chest with ease.[64]
- Primal: When possessed, could be almost as strong as a Slayer.[65]
- Severin: After he absorbed large amounts of mystical energy, Severin was strong enough to physically overpower even Illyria.[66]
Robots[]
- April: Could lift and throw humans.[67]
- Bio-mechanical demonoid: Greater than demons, vampires and Slayers.[68][69][70]
- The Buffybot: Could shatter bricks by punching them.[34]
- Moloch the Corruptor: His robotic body gave him strength greater than a Slayer and he could smash through solid walls with ease.[71]
Higher beings and Old Ones[]
- Glorificus: Greater than Slayers[72] and vampires.[73] Could level a building by stomping her foot[72] and slaughter hundreds of men in seconds.[74]
- Illyria: While in a human shell, she still possessed tremendous superhuman strength that allowed her to overpower two 100+ years old vampires simultaneously.[75] Even after a Mutari generator stripped much of her strength, she could shatter a demon's head with a single punch[76] and Spike likened a blow from Illyria to being hit by a Mack truck.[77] After her resurrection, she could throw a Slayer and a car flying high into the air.[78]
Enhancements[]
There were several means to temporarily increase one's strength considerably.
- Peter Clarner used a special formula to enhance his strength. He was strong enough to break open the library cage door used to house werewolves.[79]
- The drugs the Initiative agents took that were administered by Maggie Walsh enhanced their physical attributes, but not to a supernatural level.[80]
- Equipping the Orbs of Nezzla'khan would grant a human enough strength to raise the back end an armored car.[81]
- Casting a spell on oneself would grant strength enough to challenge a Slayer.[56]
- Vampires could enhance their strength by drinking special blood.[76]
- A mystical drug could make a Kwaini demon 20 times stronger than its innate strength.[82]
- When Andrew Wells drank from the Asclepian vial, his ideal self included increased strength described as close to "Golden-Age Superman."[83]