Cutlass Proficiency

Cutlass Proficiency
Gold Roger (One Piece) wielding his legendary sword, Ace against his archrival/friend, Edward Newgate/Whitebeard.
Power/Ability to:	Be a master of wielding cutlasses.

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

Also Called

• Cutlass Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery
• Falchion Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency

Capabilities

The user, either innately or through training, is a master of wielding a cutlass, a short, broad sabre or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket-shaped guard. Often associated with sailors like pirates and the navy.

Applications

• Bisection
• Countering Mastery
• Cutting
  • Speed Cutting
• Decapitation
• Defense Bypassing
• Deflection
• Dual Sword Proficiency
  • Multi Slash
• Enhanced Precision
• Impale
• Precise Strike
• Pressure Strike
  • Sword-Pressure Emission
• Severing
• Slash Effect/Projection
  • Cutting Wave
  • Razor Wind
  • Sword Beam Emission

Variations

• Dual Cutlass Proficiency
• Multi-Cutlass Proficiency

Associations

• Enhanced/Supernatural Swordsmanship
• Fencing Mastery
• Piracy Mastery
• Enhanced Swordsmanship

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.

• Various Characters (Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag)
• Various Characters (Black Sails)
• Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
• Ra's Al Ghul (DC Comics)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Core five Gokaigers (Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger)
• Kiso (Kantai Collection)
• Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (Marvel Comics)
• Charlotte "Big Mom" Linlin (One Piece); with "Napoleon"
• Gol D. "Gold" Roger (One Piece); with "Ace"
• Wanda (One Piece)
• Morgana (Persona 5)
• Various Characters (Pirates of the Caribbean)
• Captain Mutiny (Power Rangers Lost Galaxy)
• Core five Super Megaforce Rangers (Power Rangers Super Megaforce)
• Cutlass wielders (Redwall series)
  • Ungatt Trunn
• Scarlet David (RWBY)
• Captain Zahab (Seijuu Sentai Gingaman)
• Joker (Smile Pretty Cure!)
• Bluebird Azurite (Steven Universe)
• Lee Oreum (Ultra-Alternate Character)

Gallery

Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)

Ra's Al Ghul (DC Comics)

Kiso (Kantai Collection)

Charlotte "Big Mom" Linlin (One Piece) wields her personal bicorne/sword homie, Napoleon with destructive and monstrous strength as she clashes equivalently with her former crewmate turned archrival Kaidou, the strongest creature in the world.

Wanda (One Piece) carries a large cutlass, which she can infuse her Electro into.

Morgana (Persona 5) used curved swords as his melee weapon.

Captain Zahab (Seijuu Sentai Gingaman)/Captain Mutiny (Power Rangers Lost Galaxy)

Nightcrawler (X-Men 97)

Scarlet David (RWBY)

Videos

Jack Sparrow vs Will Turner-2

Black Sails S01E01 - Flint and Singleton fight scene-2

The Devil's Spear (Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag)