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The Beardforces activates the moment Gonad percieves an enemy, and no, Negatomsk is bending the truth in his description because he's severely wishing he hadn't taken that headbutt dead on. Here's the Beardforce's relevant description straight from the article-

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Gonad can harness the raw energies of manliness itself, a power known as the [color=ed1c24]Beardforce[/color] which only those known as the Beardlords may use. It allows him to scale in physical might that his capabilities may be matched evenly in comparison to those of any foe more powerful than him...
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Gonad's power ups are nearly all physical in nature, and as such [color=ed1c24]if an opponent relies heavily upon auxillary abilities, Gonad will be able to easily outmatch them in strength and speed. Think of an armored man with a machine gun facing a naked man wielding only his fists. A good comparison to the Beardforce's application is to think of how physically capable the fistfighter would need to be to stand a perfectly fair chance of beating the armored gunman. Obviously this means that in close range, an enemy who uses powers and technology in addition to martial arts would be at a severe disadvantage in the martial arts category next to Gonad.[/color]

Gonad is a one trick pony, a purist. What he lacks in long ranged versatility and multiple complex abilities, he more than makes up for by having all of his strengths accumulated into nothing less than the ultimate form of unarmed martial arts.
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Gonad's unarmed strikes are of the highest caliber, and taking into consideration the formidable equalization of the Beardforce, this means no foe in this realm or in any other can easily withstand even one direct hit to a vital point, much [color=ed1c24]like how no human mortal may fairly survive a sword through the torso or a mace to the skull, as Gonad's limbs are surely lethal weapons. [/color]The Beardforce is based upon Gonad's perception of an opponent along with the opponent's full latent power, and as such the Beardforce cannot be fooled or bypassed, making it effective against abstract concepts or inanimate objects for so long as Gonad thinks of the thing as a foe or said thing presents a threat. The opposite stands true, however, as [color=ed1c24]Gonad himself wears little armor and will always be equally susceptible to the attacks of any superhuman enemy he faces, unless the enemy is launching a sneak attack (such as the shot of a sniper or a a suicide bomb, not counting tricks used mid-combat. [/color]In other words, Gonad cannot be killed unless he registers the presence of an enemy), in which case the Beardforce will alert Gonad in advance. Whether it be a normal man with a pickaxe or Superman with a pickaxe, if either buried the point of the weapon in Gonad's skull he would die just the same. If Gonad is facing a group of empowered enemies, his might will be equalized with that of the strongest.[/color]

Direct references are made between Gonad's attacks and the damage inflicted by medieval weaponry on a human body. He's a form of glass cannon that relies on manhandling opponents in CQC. His strikes are not mere kicks and punches, but murderous blows that break bones and rupture organs. He doesn't negate supernatural defenses, he powers through them with his glass cannon-esque equalisation power. The Beardforce is like a power level scouter from DBZ, it DOES NOT give Gonad meta information, as Negatomsk keeps suggesting.