Broadsword Proficiency

Broadsword Proficiency
Bai Li (Power Rangers Jungle Fury) is a highly skilled fighter with his broadsword as he overpowered Lily and Casey the Red and Yellow Power Rangers in a fight with both his martial arts and swordsmanship.
Power/Ability to:	Wield a broadsword with masterful skill.

The ability to be a master of wielding a broadsword. Variation of Enhanced Swordsmanship.

Also Called

• Broadsword Aptitude/Combat/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery

Capabilities

The user, either innately or through training, is a master of wielding a Broadsword, a sword type of the early modern era characterized by a basket-shaped guard that protects the hand.

Applications

• Absolute Piercing
• Absolute Slicing
• Attack Movement Manipulation
• Counter
• Slashing
• Deflection
• Defense Bypassing
• Dual Wielding and/or Multi-Weapon Wielding
• Enhanced Precision
• Iaijutsu Mastery
  • Quick-Draw Mastery
• Razor Wind
• Impale
• Martial Arts Mastery
• Multi Slash
• Pressure/Precise Strike
• Speed Cutting
• Severing
• Slash Effect/Projection
  • Cutting Wave
  • Sword Beam Emission

Variations

• Cutlass Proficiency
• Dual Sword Proficiency
• Transcendent Sword Proficiency
• Sabre Proficiency (Chinese counterpart)
• Rapier Proficiency
• Katana Proficiency
• Jian Proficiency

Associations

• Alien Physiology
  • Half-Alien Physiology
• Archetype:Assassin
• Archetype:Bounty Hunter
• Archetype:Princess
• Archetype:Knight
• Archetype:Supernatural Hunter
• Archetype:Mercenary
• Kendo Mastery
• Demonic Weaponry
• Divine Weaponry
• Enhanced Weaponry
• Empathic Weaponry
• Enhanced/Supernatural Swordsmanship
• Magic Weaponry
• Mortal Physiology
• Sentient Weaponry
• Sharpness Manipulation
• Soul-Bound Weapon
• Superior Human Physiology
• Sword Manipulation
• Weapon Creation
• Weapon Manipulation
• Weapon Physiology
• Weapon Proficiency Touch

Limitations

• May require a degree of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users

See Also: Implausible Fencing Powers and Master Swordsman.

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa/Donghua/Manhua/

• Tatsumi (Akame Ga Kill!)
• Ayato Amagiri (The Asterisk War)
• Licht (Black Clover)
• Asta (Black Clover)
• Skull Knight (Berserk)
• Nosferatu Zodd (Berserk)
• Guts (Berserk)
• Casca (Berserk)
• Trevor Belmont (Castlevania)
• Alucard (Castlevania)
• Claymores (Claymore)
• Seiya Ryuguin (Cautious Hero: The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious)
• Tohka Yatogami (Date A Live)
• Patrick (Mr. Devourer, Please Act Like a Final Boss)
• Veronica Lautreamont (Dragonar Academy)
• Future Trunks (Dragon Ball series)
• Dabura (Dragon Ball Z)
• Various Characters (The Heroic Legend of Arslan)
• Block Master M (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
• Ijincheon (Hero Killer)
• Ihwa/Hero Killer (Hero Killer)
• Xenovia (Highschool DxD)
• Yuuto Kiba (Highschool DxD)
• Chaos Edge Siegfried (Highschool DxD)
• Kang Han Soo (FFF-Class Trashero)
• Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)
• Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail)
• King Bradley/Wrath (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Goblin Slayer (Goblin Slayer)
• Guin (Guin Saga)
• Shin Walford (Kenja no Mago)
• Various Characters (Rave Master)
• Diamante (One Piece)
• Kyros (One Piece)
• Charlotte Cracker (One Piece)
• Charlotte Smoothie (One Piece)
• Lee Hwa Myung (Nano Machine)
• Lumi (Parallel Paradise)
• Ryu Han-Bin (Survival Story of a Sword King in a Fantasy World)
• Stella Vermilion (Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuutan)
• Edelweiss (Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuutan)
• Fran (Reincarnated as a Sword)
• Reinhard van Astrea (Re:Zero ~Starting Life From Zero in a Different World~)
• Theresia van Astrea (Re:Zero ~Starting Life From Zero in a Different World~)
• Wilhelm van Astrea (Re:Zero ~Starting Life From Zero in a Different World~)
• Arata Kasuga (Trinity Seven)
• Gourry Gabriev (Slayers)
• Crona (Soul Eater)
• Baran (Solo Leveling)
• Igris (Solo Leveling)
• Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
• Various Characters (Sword Art Online)
• Various Characters (Vinland Saga)
  • Thors Snorresson
  • Askeladd
  • Snake
  • Thorgill

Cartoons/Comics

• Finn the Human (Adventure Time)
• Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Cerebus (Cerebus the Aardvark)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Soul Shredder Users (Danny Phantom)
  • Danny Fenton/Phantom
  • The Fright Knight
• Gary (Gary and His Demons)
• Dane Whitman/the Black Knight (Marvel Comics)
• Helmut Zemo (Marvel Comics)
• Tony Masters/Taskmaster (Marvel Comics)
• He-Man (Masters of the Universe)
• Obsidian (Steven Universe)
• Gilad Anni-Padda/Eternal Warrior (Valiant Entertainment Comics)
• Lotor (Voltron: Legendary Defender)
• Illyana Rasputina/Magik ("Marvel Comics")

Literature

• Conan the Cimmerian (Conan the Barbarian)
• Various Characters (Inheritance Cycle)
• Various Characters (Lord of the Rings)
• Broadsword wielders (Redwall series)
  • Boar the Fighter
  • Rawnblade Widestripe with Verminfate

Live Television

• Various Characters (Game of Thrones)
• Various Power Rangers and villains (Power Rangers franchise)
  • Bai Li (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
• Various Characters (Super Sentai Franchise)

Video Games

• Ragna the Bloodedge (BlazBlue)
• Various Bosses (Dark Souls Series)
• Sparda (Devil May Cry)
• Dante (Devil May Cry)
• Various Characters (The Witcher)
• Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII)
• Kratos (Gods of War)
• Himeko Murata (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• Neptune/Purple Heart (Hyperdimension Neptunia series)
• Link (The Legend of Zelda series)
• Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda series)
• Yomi (Senran Kagura)
• Nightmare (Soulcalibur)
• Arthas Methril (Warcraft)

Web Animation/Comics

• Doraleous (Doraleous and Associates)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa/Donghua/Manhua

Tatsumi (Akame ga Kill!) killing Ogre with his broadsword.

Ayato Amagiri (The Asterisk War) applies his family's Amagiri Shinmei ryu into broadsword type Lux.

Skull Knight (Berserk)

Guts and Nosferatu Zodd (Berserk) are some of the greatest wielders of giant broadswords. With Guts being one of the few humans to survive a fight with the God of the Battlefield and Zodd being able to annihilate whole armies of soldiers.

Licht (Black Clover)

Asta (Black Clover)

Alucard (Castlevania)

Whether its defensive or offensive, Claymores (Claymore) are all-powerful and highly skilled masters of their individual styles of swordsmanship with their signature claymore broadswords...

...said to be the strongest Claymore to ever have existed, Teresa of the Faint Smile could easily kill and completely slaughter the strongest and craftiest of Yoma..

...even Awakened Beings called her a monster...

…due to the fact she was very strong, Priscilla could fight hordes of Yoma with her Yoki completely suppressed…

…Ophelia's technique Rippling Sword vibrates her arm so fast it appears motionless…

Seiya Ryuguin (Cautious Hero: The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious)

Tohka Yatogami (Date A Live) is highly skilled with her Broadsword type, Angel Sandalphon.

Veronica Lautreamont (Dragonar Academy) is a master swordswoman with a giant broadsword, having not only been powerful enough to kill an entire army but also precise enough to cut Silvia's clothing without hurting her.

Future Trunks (Dragon Ball Z) is able to wield his sword with effective finesse and speed, allowing him to take down nearly all of Frieza's soldiers and even ultimately kill Frieza himself.

Dabura (Dragon Ball Z) possesses incredible prowess in swordsmanship, able to use his Darkness Sword to force even Son Gohan on the defensive for a time.

With his Dimension Sword, Janemba (Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn) is able to channel his reality warping powers through it...

..., allowing him to slice through absolutely anything.

Minervamon (Digimon) wields the Great sword Olympia with superhuman strength.

VictoryGreymon (Digimon) relied on unique swordsmanship with his great sword Dramon Breaker.

Mervamon (Digimon) wield the Olympic Kai Great Sword with refined dance like elegance compared to Minervamon.

Imperialdramon Paladin Mode (Digimon) is the strongest of the Royal Knights who wields the Omega Blade.

Knightmon (Digimon)

Emperorgreymon (Digimon) is the transcendental warrior of fire with its Ryugonken broadsword, channeling powers from leylines to empower his swordsmanship.

AncientGarurumon (Digimon) wields the Sharpness Claymore.

Extremely skillful in swordsmanship, The Goblin Slayer's (Goblin Slayer) skills emphasize pragmatism, effectively improvising with any swords or blades he can get his hands on...

...swiftly slaying multiple goblins at once with masterful dexterity...

...aim at their vitals with stealthily precision like an assassin when ambushing them...

...counterattack an ambushing goblin hiding in pitch-black darkness...

...as well as kill more powerful monsters like an Ogre...

...and is also capable of fighting other highly skilled adventurers.

Aisha Udgard (Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki) is the strongest swordswoman of Elfrieden Kingdom.

Block Master M (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)

Raised and trained since his youth, Hilmes (The Heroic Legend of Arslan) is a powerful master swordsman with abilities and skill on par with a Marzbān...

...his skills nearly overwhelming Daryun, a former Marzbān and one of the most powerful warriors in Pars, while enraged...

...take on both Narsus and Daryun while guarding his exposed face...

...disarm and force Kishward to wield one sword...

While a master tactician, Narsus (The Heroic Legend of Arslan) is also a master swordsman with expectational swiftness and power in his sword skill as he blitzes two opponents in a second.

As a Marzbān, Sām (The Heroic Legend of Arslan) is a master swordsman with decades of experience as he easily kills enemy soldiers in seconds...

...and duels Kharlan, a fellow Marzbān, on equal footing in a powerful exchange.

A Marzbān, Kishward (The Heroic Legend of Arslan) is a swift and deadly dual wieldier as he kills enemy soldiers...

...and their commander with ease.

Trained and fostered by his father, Zandeh (The Heroic Legend of Arslan) is a powerful swordsman on par with a Marzbān.

Alfarid (The Heroic Legend of Arslan)

Etoile (The Heroic Legend of Arslan)

As displayed by his Ama no Murakumo, Admiral Kizaru (One Piece) is extremely proficient in swordsmanship as he battled legendary figures such as Silvers Rayleigh, a master and powerful swordsman himself,…

…and his former mentor, Zephyr/Z to a standstill.

A legendary warrior and powerful master swordsman, Kyros (One Piece) won over 3,000 matches of the Corrida Coliseum with only a broadsword.

Thousand Arms, Charlotte Cracker (One Piece) is extremely skilled in wielding his huge broadsword sword Pretzel.

Charlotte Smoothie (One Piece)

Known to have an inhuman level of skill in swordsmanship, King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist) was the greatest swordsman in Amestris,…

…being able to wield up to five swords simultaneously while fighting an overwhelming his older sibling Greed, despite the homunculus having over a century of combat experience…

…and shows off his inhuman speed, as he instantly kills Isaac McDougal…

…and strength as he sliced through a ballistic tank missile…

…and mudguard in half.

Gourry Gabriev (Slayers)

Kirito (Sword Art Online) dual wielding his Elucidator and Dark Repulsor.

Alice Zuberg (Sword Art Online)

Eugeo (Sword Art Online)

Yuuto Kiba's (Highschool DxD) superior talent and relentless training honed his skills with his Broadsword Balance Breaker Sword of Betrayer to utmost perfection.

Chaos Edge Siegfried (Highschool DxD) is extremely capable of wielding legendary, Demon Swords.

Xenovia (Highschool DxD) wielding Durandal.

Shin Walford (Kenja no Mago)

Arata Kasuga (Trinity Seven)

Edelweiss (Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuutan) is the strongest Blazer swordswoman with her twin Broadsword Device Testament...

...her technique with Testament was described as god like.

Shiba Roses (Rave Master)

Haru Glory (Rave Master)

Lucia Raregroove (Rave Master)

Stella Vermilion (Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuutan) is extremely skilled in Imperial Style swordsmanship with her Broadsword Device Laevatein

she was able to fought equivalently with Ikki's Seven Secret Sword during the the Seven Star Festivals, she forced him to push his limits to the point of defying fate and awaken as a Desparado.

Lumi (Parallel Paradise) is a skilled paladin with her broadsword...

...swiftly killing a dragon...

...with one slash.

Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail) has wielded various magic broadswords with utmost skill...

...her ability is so extraordinary she can not only dual wield...

...and even multi wield broad swords carrying them with her feet.

Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail) wielding his Cold Excalibur Broadsword

Crona (Soul Eater)

Igris (Solo Leveling)

Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)

Thors Snorresson (Vinland Saga)

Cartoons/Comics

Lotor (Voltron: Legendary Defender)

Deathstroke, the Terminator (DC Comics)

Acknowledged by various masters of swordsmanship and swordplay as the one of, if not, the greatest swordsman in the world, Dane Whitman/the Black Knight (Marvel Comics) wields the Ebony Blade the cursed magical broadsword of his family with the finesse of a master.

Tony Masters/Taskmaster (Marvel Comics) having replicated the swordsmanship of the Black Knight, can used any broadswords like a master.

Illyana Rasputina/Magik (Marvel Comics) is a master in wielding her Soulsword.

He-Man (Masters of the Universe)

Finn the Human (Adventure Time)

Michael Lane/Azrael (DC Comics) dual-wielding the Sword of Salvation and the Sword of Sin.

Obsidian (Steven Universe)

Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom) briefly wielding the Fright Knight's Soul Shredder.

The Fright Knight (Danny Phantom) with his famous sword, the Soul Shredder.

Krysta (No One Left to Fight)

Video Games

Ragna the Bloodedge (BlazBlue)

The Dark Knight, Sparda (Devil May Cry) was the most powerful demon swordsman ever known, having defeated his former master Mundus along with his entire armies of demons alone.

As the second son of the Dark Knight Sparda, Dante (Devil May Cry), with his trusty Rebellion, has immense prowess as a demonic swordsman that surpass even his father's…

...his own Swordmaster Style being able to match his twin brother, Vergil's Dark Slayer Style.

Clouds Strife (Final Fantasy series) wields the massive Buster Sword he can swing much faster than normal humans.

Himeko Murata (Honkai Impact 3rd)

Nightmare (Soulcalibur)

A veteran Spartan General, Kratos (Gods of War) has tremendous power and skill in wielding divine swords such as the Blade of Olympus.

Arthas Methril (Warcraft) wielding the all-powerful cursed rune broadsword, Frostmourne can destroy entire armies as the Lich King.

Lucina (Fire Emblem)

Link (The Legend of Zelda series)

Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda series)

Yomi (Senran Kagura)

Seofon/Siete (Granblue Fantasy)

Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden) wielding the mighty Broadsword Enma Fang to kill entire armies of Fiends.

Videos

Fights & Demonstrations

Aragorn vs Nazgul LOTR 1.06 -HD 1080p-

The Lord of the Rings - They have a Cave Troll (HD)

LOTR- The Fellowship of the Ring - The Death of Boromir

-One Piece- - Borsalino(Kizaru) vs Z(Zephyr) -1080p--2

World of Warcraft- Wrath of the Lich King Cinematic Trailer

Game of Thrones- Bronn vs. Ser Vardis-2

GoT 3x2 - Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth Sword Fight scene - HD --2

Ser Arthur Dayne, Sword of the Morning, vs young Ned Stark and Howland Reed-2

Vikings Season 1 Sword Fight Ragnar Lothbrok Vs Earl Haraldson Burial of the Dead-2

Guts Vs. Zodd 1(Berserk 1997)-2

Gary and His Demons - Still The One (Full Episode)

Shadow Of Mordor - Live Action (OFFICIAL)

When the guard wont defend you-2

Just get an adventurer to do it

How to team up with an OP guard-2

Picking a fight with the wrong NPC - Hostile-2

The shame of reducing the difficulty-2

Guts VS Nightmare (Berserk VS Soul Calibur) DEATH BATTLE!

Deadpool VS Deathstroke (Marvel VS DC) DEATH BATTLE!

Link VS Cloud (2012) - DEATH BATTLE!

Link VS Cloud (Legend of Zelda VS Final Fantasy VII) - DEATH BATTLE!

Dante VS Bayonetta DEATH BATTLE!

Gray VS Esdeath (Fairy Tail VS Akame ga Kill!) - DEATH BATTLE!-2

One Minute Melee - Link Vs Sora (Zelda vs Kingdom Hearts) 60fps

Analysis & Discussions

An example of a "true" bastard sword - hand-and-a-half sword-2

Swordsmanship- The Basic Types of Defense-2