Crossbow Proficiency

Crossbow Proficiency
Link (The Legends of Zelda) shows great efficiency handling a crossbow, rapid firing with great accuracy and range.
Power/Ability to:	Possess great proficiency, capabilities and knowledge in crossbows.

The ability to possess great proficiency, capabilities and knowledge in crossbows. Variation of Ranged Weapon Proficiency and Enhanced Archery.

Also Called

• Adept/Expert/Gifted/Intuitive/Master/Professional/Skilled/Specialized/Talented Arbalist/Arrowgunner/Bowgunner/Crossbowman
• Arbalest Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Arrowgun Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Bowgun Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Crossbow Aptitudet/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Enhanced Crossbowmanship

Capabilities

Users possess great proficiency, capabilities and knowledge in crossbows, ranged weapons using an elastic launching device similar to a bow. They can reload the weapon rapidly and efficiently, even with heavy mechanisms.

Applications

• Bolt Proficiency
  • Trick Bolts
• Enhanced Accuracy
• Enhanced Archery
• Enhanced Precision
• Targeting
  • Peak Human/Enhanced Vision
  • Telescopic Vision via a telescopic sight
• Super Speed Combat Archery

Variations

• Ballista: An ancient missile weapon that launches either bolts or stones at a distant target. Combination of Crossbow Proficiency and Artillery Proficiency.
• Compound Crossbow: A crossbow that uses compound pulley systems called "cams" to get more power from the crossbow with less limb length.
• Dual Crossbows
• Pistol Crossbow: A crossbow that can be easily wielded with one hand.
• Recurve Crossbow: A crossbow that features two limbs mounted horizontally on a stock and barrel.
• Repeating Crossbow
• Reverse-Draw Crossbow: A crossbow that has its limbs 'reversed' from the typical crossbow configuration.
• Wrist-Mounted Crossbow

Associations

• Arrow Generation
• Bow Construction
• Enhanced Agility
• Enhanced Combat Mastery
• Enhanced Dexterity
• Enhanced Reflexes
• Hunting Mastery
• Weapon Proficiency
  • Ranged Weapon Proficiency

Limitations

• Most users need both of their hands to use crossbow effectively.
• User relies on arms and eyes, so Body Manipulation and Blindness Inducement can negate them.
• User may have difficulty if fighting in the dark or in specific weather conditions such as rain or snow.
• May be limited to distant range combat, which can be a problem in close quarters.
• Can run out of ammo, as the crossbow can only shoot one arrow at a time before manually reloading.

Known Users

See Also: Bows versus Crossbows.

• 5 (9 2009 film)
• Soshun (Afro Samurai)
• Marcy Wu (Amphibia)
• Geoffrey St. John (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• The Survivor (Ark: Survivar Evolved)
• Aciddrop (Arknights)
• Adnachiel (Arknights)
• Avdotya "Pozëmka" Razorpen (Arknights)
• Beanstalk (Arknights)
• Blacknight (Arknights)
• Blue Poison (Arknights)
• Firewatch (Arknights)
• GreyThroat (Arknights)
• Justyna "Fartooth" Valentine (Arknights)
• Kross (Arknights)
• Meteorite (Arknights)
• Provence (Arknights)
• Rosalind "Leto" Larina (Arknights)
• Sasha "Faust" (Arknights)
• Schwarz (Arknights)
• Szewczyk (Arknights)
• Totter (Arknights)
• Arno Dorian (Assassin's Creed)
• Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)
• Lara Tybur (Attack on Titan); as the War Hammer Titan
• Guts (Berserk)
• Zemeckis (Brigandine)
• Dart Monkey (Bloons Tower Defense); via "Crossbow Master" upgrade.
• Quanxi (Chainsaw Man)
• Nebres (Chaotic)
• Archer Queen (Clash of Clans/Clash Royale)
• Sneaky Archers (Clash of Clans)
• Archers (Crucible: Conquest of the Final Realm)
• Artemis Crock/Tigress (DC Comics)
• Helena Bertinelli/Huntress (DC Comics)
• Jonah Hex (DC Comics)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Pajiramon (Digimon)
• Trigger (Disney's Robin Hood)
• Doomguy/Doom Slayer (Doom)
• Various Night Sentinels (Doom)
• Tiny Kong (Donkey Kong)
• Inquisitors (Dragon Age)
• Varric Tethras (Dragon Age)
• Various Crossbow users (Final Fantasy series)
  • Edgar Roni Figaro (Final Fantasy VI)
  • Time Battlemage (Final Fantasy XII)
  • Machinists (Final Fantasy XIV)
  • Ardyn Izunia (Final Fantasy XV)
  • Noctis Lucis Caelum (Final Fantasy XV)
  • Prompto Argentum (Final Fantasy XV)
  • Archers (Final Fantasy Tactics)
• Rick (Fox n Forests)
• Imani (Gigantic)
• Gager (Girls' Frontline)
• Millenia (Grandia II)
• Wendy Corduroy (Gravity Falls)
• Gordon Freeman (Half-Life)
• Various Resistance members (Half-Life)
• Princess 30 (Half-Minute Hero)
• Gretel (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters)
• Kai (Heavenly Sword)
• Cherubs (Helluva Boss)
• Grimmel the Grisly (How to Train Your Dragon)
• Isa (Infinity Blade)
• Grim Buccaneer (Jake and the Never Land Pirates)
• Yusuke Godai/Kamen Rider Kuuga (Kamen Rider Kuuga); via Pegasus Form and Rising Pegasus
• Ren Akiyama/Kamen Rider Knight (Kamen Rider Ryuki); via Survive
• Deneb/Kamen Rider Zeronos Vega Form (Kamen Rider Den-O)
• Yuto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos (Kamen Rider Den-O)
• Takeru Tenkuji/Kamen Rider Ghost (Kamen Rider Ghost); via Robin Damashii
• Jogen/Kamen Rider Zamonas (Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer)
• Desire Grand Prix Players (Kamen Rider Geats); via the Arrow Buckle
• Suzuya (Kantai Collection); as Suzuya Kou Kai Ni
• Kumano (Kantai Collection); as Kumano Kou Kai Ni
• Taihou (Kantai Collection)
• Xigbar/Braig/Luxu (Kingdom Hearts)
• Etienne Navarre (Ladyhawke)
• Link (The Legend of Zelda)
• Linkle (Hyrule Warriors)
• Player (Madness: Project Nexus)
• Marksman (MapleStory)
• Merlin (Merlin)
• The Fear (Metal Gear)
• Artyom (Metro)
• Various Piglins (Minecraft)
• Pillagers (Minecraft)
• Player (Minecraft)
• Graze (Dáinsleif Mounted) pilots (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)
• Various Heavy Bowgun users (Monster Hunter)
• Various Light Bowgun users (Monster Hunter)
• Various Slinger users (Monster Hunters)
• Fujin (Mortal Kombat)
• Mercedes (Odin Sphere)
• Galaxy Megazord (Power Rangers Lost Galaxy)
• Mr. Ratwell (Power Rangers Ninja Storm)
• Chip Thorn/Yellow Mystic Ranger (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
• Noah Carver/Megaforce Blue (Power Rangers Megaforce)
• Hunter (Power Rangers Dino Super Charge)
• Favaro Leone (Rage of Bahamut: Genesis)
• Vicente "Capitão" Souza (Rainbow Six)
• Crossbow wielders (Redwall series)
  • Constance
  • Beaver
  • Ketral Vane
• Ada Wong (Resident Evil)
• Zhuge Liang (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
• Karil the Tainted (RuneScape)
• Nebula Violette (RWBY)
• Robyn Hill (RWBY)
• Hanabi Kitaoji (Sakura Wars); via her Koubu F
• GingaiOh (Seijuu Sentai Gingaman)
• Chupid (Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger)
• Tsubasa Ozu/Magi Yellow (Mahou Sentai Magiranger)
• Hyde/Gosei Blue (Tensou Sentai Goseiger)
• Debo Karyudosu (Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger)
• Bowguns (Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger)
• Balance/Tenbin Gold (Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger)
• ZenkaiOh VroonMagine (Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger)
• Byun Diesel/Byunbyum Mach Robo (Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger)
• Chris Yukine (Senki Zesshou Symphogear)
• Favaro Leone (Shingeki no Bahamut)
• Pestilence (Six-Guns: Gang Showdown)
• Rioha (Skylark)
• Bentley (Sly Cooper)
• Chewbacca (Star Wars)
• Finn (Storm Hawks)
• Lu (Suikoden)
• Battle (Superior Defender Gundam Force)
• Tytree Crowe (Tales of Rebirth)
• V1 (Ultrakill)
• Ashley Riot (Vagrant Story)
• Badrach (Valkyrie Profile)
• Janus (Valkyrie Profile)
• Gabriel Van Helsing (Van Helsing)
• Various crossbow users (The Walking Dead)
  • Daryl Dixon
  • Rick Grimes
• Various
• Tenno (Warframe)
• Victor Saltzpyre (Warhammer)
• Timmy (Winx Club)
• Robyn Goodfellow (Wolfwalkers)

Known Crossbows

• Hidden Bolt (Assassin's Creed)
• Phantom Blade (Assassin's Creed)
• Repeater Crossbow (Berserk)
• X-Bows (Clash of Clans/Clash Royale)
• Ballista (Doom)
• Bianca (Dragon Age)
• Auto Crossbow (Final Fantasy series)
• Black Mesa Crossbow (Half-Life)
• Resistance Crossbow (Half-Life)
• Pegasus Bowgun (Kamen Rider Kuuga)
  • Rising Pegasus Bowgun
• Darkvisor Zwei (Kamen Rider Ryuki); as Darkarrow
• Zero Gasher (Kamen Rider Den-O); via Bowgun Mode
• Gan Gun Saber (Kamen Rider Ghost); via Arrow Mode with the Condor Denwor attached
• Raise Arrow (Kamen Rider Geats)
• Arrowguns (Kingdom Hearts)
• Spreadshot Crossbows/Crossbow V2s (Madness: Project Nexus)
• Speadshot Heavy Deuces/Crossbow V3s (Madness: Project Nexus)
• Standard Crossbows/Crossbow V1s (Madness: Project Nexus)
• "Little Joe" (Metal Gear)
• "William Tell" (Metal Gear)
• Helsing (Metro)
• Dáinsleif (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)
• Heavy Bowguns (Monster Hunter)
• Light Bowguns (Monster Hunter)
• Slingers (Monster Hunters)
• Condor Galactazord (Power Rangers Lost Galaxy); via Missile Mode
• Yellow Mystic Ranger's Magi Staff (Power Rangers Mystic Force); via crossbow mode
• Yellow Legend Ranger's Mystic Lion Staff (Power Rangers Mystic Force); via crossbow mode
• Shark Bowgun (Power Rangers Megaforce)
• TAC Mk0 Tactical Crossbow (Rainbow Six)
• Silver Starbeast Gingalcon (Seijuu Sentai Gingaman); as the Galcon Bowgun
• MagiYellow's MagiStick (Mahou Sentai Magiranger); via a crossbow form
• Legend MagiYellow's Dial Rod (Mahou Sentai Magiranger); as the Dial Rod Bowgun
• Seaick Bowgun (Tensou Sentai Goseiger)
• Kyu Crossbow (Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger)
• Vroom Picker (Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger)
• Bakuage Charger (Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger)
• Contagion Crossbow (Six-Guns: Gang Showdown)
• Bowcasters (Star Wars)
• Sawblade Launchers (Ultrakill)
  • Attractor Sawblade Launcher
  • Overheat Sawblade Launcher
  • Jumpstart Sawblade Launcher
• Attica (Warframe)
• Sonicor (Warframe)
• Timmy's Crossbow (Winx Club)

Gallery

Soshun (Afro Samurai)

Geoffrey St. John (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) wields a wrist-mounted crossbow.

Aciddrop (Arknights)

Adnachiel (Arknights)

Avdotya "Pozëmka" Razorpen (Arknights)

Beanstalk (Arknights)

Blacknight (Arknights)

Blue Poison (Arknights)

Firewatch (Arknights)

GreyThroat (Arknights)

Justyna "Fartooth" Valentine (Arknights) wielding her weird, sword-shooting crossbow.

Kross (Arknights)

Meteorite (Arknights)

Provence (Arknights)

Rosalind "Leto" Larina (Arknights)

Sasha/Faust (Arknights)

Schwarz (Arknights)

Szewczyk (Arknights)

Totter (Arknights)

Arno Dorian (Assassin's Creed) firing a blade from his Phantom Blade.

Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)

Guts (Berserk) using his Repeater Crossbow.

Quanxi (Chainsaw Man)

Nebres (Chaotic) is skilled with his signature weapon, a wrist mounted crossbow that fires small energy bolts.

Archer Queen (Clash of Clans/Clash Royale)

An X-Bow (Clash of Clans/Clash Royale)

Sneaky Archers (Clash of Clans)

Helena Bertinelli/Huntress (DC Comics)

Helena Bertinelli/Huntress (Justice League Unlimited)

Pajiramon (Digimon)

Trigger (Disney's Robin Hood)

Doomguy/Doom Slayer (Doom)

Ballista (Doom)

Tiny Kong (Donkey Kong)

Prompto Argentum (Final Fantasy XV)

Gager (Girls' Frontline)

Gordon Freeman (Half-Life)

Black Mesa Crossbow (Half-Life)

Resistance Crossbow (Half-Life)

Grimmel the Grisly's (How To Train Your Dragon) primary weapon was a small hand-held crossbow he created himself that can launch arrows that contain dangerous dragon venom that can control dragons and allow them to resist the alpha dragon.

Linkle (Hyrule Warriors) is an excellent archer with dual crossbows.

Isa (Infinity Blade)

Yusuke Godai/Kamen Rider Kuuga (Kamen Rider Kuuga) with the Pegasus Bowgun in Pegasus Form...

...and the Rising Pegasus Bow in Rising Pegasus.

Ren Akiyama/Kamen Rider Knight Survive (Kamen Rider Ryuki)

Darkarrow (Kamen Rider Ryuki)

Deneb/Kamen Rider Zeronos Vega Form (Kamen Rider Den-O)

Yuto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos (Kamen Rider Den-O)

Zero Gasher Bowgun Mode (Kamen Rider Den-O)

Kamen Rider Ghost Robin Damashii (Kamen Rider Ghost)

Gan Gun Saber Arrow Mode (Kamen Rider Ghost)

Raise Arrow (Kamen Rider Geats)

Suzuya Kou Kai Ni (Kantai Collection)

Kumano Kou Kai Ni (Kantai Collection)

Taihou (Kantai Collection)

Xigbar/Braig/Luxu (Kingdom Hearts)

The Player (Madness: Project Nexus) uses a Standard Crossbow/Crossbow V1,...

...a Spreadshot Crossbow/Crossbow V2,...

...and a Spreadshot Heavy Deuce/Crossbow V3.

The Fear (Metal Gear)

Helsing (Metro)

Pillagers (Minecraft)

Player (Minecraft)

Grazes (Dáinsleif Mounted) (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)

A Hunter (Monster Hunter) wielding a Heavy Bowgun.

A Hunter (Monster Hunter) wielding a Light Bowgun.

Vicente "Capitão" Souza (Rainbow Six) wields his TAC Mk0 Tactical Crossbow.

Ada Wong (Resident Evil)

Hanabi Kitaoji's Koubu F (Sakura Wars)

GingaiOh (Seijuu Sentai Gingaman)/Galaxy Megazord (Power Rangers Lost Galaxy) uses Gingalcon as the Galcon Bowgun/Condor Galactazord Missile Mode to fire Meteor Bullet/Missile Launch.

Tsubasa Ozu/MagiYellow (Mahou Sentai Magiranger)/Chip Thorn/Yellow Mystic Ranger (Power Rangers Mystic Force) using his MagiStick/Magi Staff in its crossbow form.

Hyde/Gosei Blue (Tensou Sentai Goseiger)/Noah Carver/Megaforce Blue (Power Rangers Megaforce) using his Seaick Bowgun/Shark Bowgun.

Debo Karyudosu (Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger)/Hunter (Power Rangers Dino Super Charge)

Bowguns (Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger)

Chris Yukine (Senki Zesshou Symphogear)

Chewbacca (Star Wars) with a bowcaster.

Battle (Superior Defender Gundam Force)

V1 (Ultrakill)

Attractor Sawblade Launcher (Ultrakill)

Overheat Sawblade Launcher (Ultrakill)

Jumpstart Sawblade Launcher (Ultrakill)

Gabriel Van Helsing (Van Helsing film) wields his repeating crossbow.

Daryl Nixon (The Walking Dead)

Videos

ジョジョ- Joseph vs. Wamuu (4)『 HD』-2

Accidentally stealing in games-2