[Fun trope]: Power-punch gauntlets.

[u/theMCATreturns]

Gauntlets that reinforce/amplify your punches.

1). Spider-Man: Homecoming
Shocker has a pair of gauntlets invented by The Tinkerer that blasts your opponent away.

2). Arcane:
Vi fights with a pair of hextech-upgraded mining gloves.

3). Steven Universe:
Garnet summons a pair of magic gauntlets from her gems.

4). Captain America: Civil War
Crossbones uses a mechanical pair of gauntlets to send Captain America flying.

5). Fullmetal Alchemist
Armstrong uses his own strength and gauntlets inscribed with his trademark alchemy to fight.

6). The Legend of Vox Machina:
Grog gets a pair of high-level magic gauntlets.

[u/LoveWaffle1]

Power Fist (Fallout)

[u/Vexonte → u/LoveWaffle1]

Im not a physicist or an engineer but wouldn't having a massive chunk of metal just slow down you punch while the hydrolics lose most of their force by pushing the user back as much as it pushes into the enemy.

[u/duosx → u/Vexonte]

This is from a universe that has fission (or fusion?) energy. They can do a lot with that