Best Uses of Superman’s Powers in Superman (2025)

Superman uses a multitude of his impressive powers to prove that he’s the most powerful being on planet Earth, despite not being a native to Earth. Superman in Superman (2025) has great powers and shows that he’s not only one of the strongest depictions of Superman in live-action, but one of the wittiest of them all, with such creative uses of these powers.

Throughout the 2 hours of runtime in Superman (2025), Superman uses his powers for good, proving how he’s the greatest hero in the DCU, and the biggest focus of Lex Luthor’s hatred. Listed below are some of Superman’s best uses of his powers featured in the movie, and the strongest powers that prove why he’s unbeatable.

Spoilers ahead for Superman (2025)!

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Examining a Kaiju’s Internal Organs with X-Ray Vision

Superman Can See Vital Organs With Just His Eyes

Superman’s compassion is a power in itself, but he uses this compassion to make sure the Kaiju that he fights is okay. Superman’s X-Ray vision is used to check in on the Kaiju’s organs, where he sees Mr. Terrific’s T-Spheres enter the creature’s stomach and explode. While it’s not exactly a super strong use of a super power, it’s still one worth mentioning, as there is no other time in the movie where audiences get to see Superman use his X-Ray vision.

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Withstanding All Damage with Invulnerability

Superman Proves How Impervious He Is to Damage

Superman is nearly invincible, but he can still be hurt – physically and emotionally. While emotional wounds are more common for Superman, he can still be hurt without the vulnerabilities from Kryptonite and magic. In fact, the start of Superman shows him 3 minutes after losing his first fight. However, crashing into the snow at intense height and speed, or having fire breathed onto him, and being punched in the face, seems to barely do anything to Superman to prove how incredible his invulnerability is.

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Flying Up, Up and Away to Dive Bomb a Kaiju

Superman Can Fly High and Fast

Flying is easily one of Superman’s best and most recognizable powers. Superman flies at great speeds and heights throughout the runtime, but perhaps one of his most impressive uses would be during his fight against the Kaiju. Superman flies up high and fast and then cannonballs into the Kaiju to provide it with a whopping headache. This use of his speed to drag him down like a dangerous bomb of steel is creative and fun, and that’s not the only great use of his flight, since he manages to fly directly upwards and out of orbit while being held back from the Engineer and Ultraman.

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Accelerated Healing Mends His Bones and Internal Bleeding

Superman Can Easily Heal From Wounds Thanks to the Sun

An essential power for Superman is his accelerated healing, aided by the yellow Sun. Superman’s powers come from the Sun, and the more intense the Sun’s light, the stronger the powers. With an intense dose of radiation from the yellow Sun, Superman is able to heal extremely fast, and within seconds, his broken bonds are mended, and any internal bleeding in his organs is healed. It might be a painful process, but it shows how strong Superman is since he can heal so fast and use that, along with his stamina, to get immediately back into a fight.

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Holding Up a Building with Super Strength

Superman’s Physical Strength is Boundless

As the pocket dimension created by Lex Luthor begins to tear Metropolis in two because of the black hole it’s created, buildings begin to lose their structure and start to fall. One of the exit bridges to evacuate Metropolis has a building about to fall onto it, until Superman comes in to hold it back. Only Superman has the strength capable of holding an entire building, a gigantic one that’s held up with Superman’s own two hands, just a day after Kryptonite poisoning. This immense strength to literally stop the weight and speed of a building from falling shows just how incredible the Man of Steel is.

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Swiftly Saves a Girl With Super Speed

Superman’s Speed is Faster Than a Speeding Bullet

During the Kaiju’s rampage across Metropolis, a girl is innocently playing when the stomp of the Kaiju sends metallic canisters flying towards her. Faster than a speeding bullet, Superman rushes forward to protect the girl, holding her close to him as he takes the hit from the canisters. Superman’s fast reflexes and super speed allow him to make some great saves with immense urgency, and the little girl is just one of many, just like saving a squirrel and a dog, because all life is worthy of his powers.

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Creating a Heat Vision Tornado to Non-Lethally Defeat Luthor’s Raptors

Superman’s Heat Vision Tears Through Expensive Armor

“Good luck with that!” Superman proclaims with confidence as an entire army of Lex Luthor’s powerfully armored Raptors come to kill him. What awaits next is a beautiful symphony of action where Superman uses his powers to fight the Raptors in quick, unblinking succession. Superman spins himself extremely fast while using his heat vision to create a powerful tornado of red lasers from his eyes, which results in destroying the armored shells of Lex Luthor’s goons to defeat them through non-lethal means. It looks as cool as it would hurt those hit by it.

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Using His Super Breath to Escape a Black Hole

Superman’s Breath Can Compete With a Black Hole

Superman can hold his breath for a long time, and with that, he can exhale to produce an immense level of cold breath to not only freeze the air in front of him, but to propel himself backwards with a single powerful blow of air. Even with Kryptonite poisoning deeply rooted in his blood, Superman manages to use his super breath to propel himself, Krypto, Metamorpho, and baby Joey out of the infinitely powerful suction of a black hole – an impressive and strong feat that no Superman has done on screen before.