The power to possess great skill in wielding a dagger. Variation of Weapon Proficiency.
Also Called
- Enhanced Dagger Fighting/Proficiency/Throwing
- Enhanced Knifemanship
- Enhanced Knifeplay
- Enhanced Knife Fighting/Proficiency/Throwing
- Enhanced Trench Knife Skill
- Tantojutsu
Capabilities
Users have an incredible aptitude for the ways of the dagger. They are able to wield small blades with great proficiency and cunning as well as stealth; concealing multiple knives on their person flawlessly, to be retrieved at will in combat.
Applications
- Extreme skill with all forms of dagger, paired with the ease with which such weapons may be hidden on the body, allows the user to employ a richly varied fighting style: switching between any number of exotic types of knife mid-battle to hack, jab, hook or otherwise harm a target. More powerful users of this ability may even use some specialized varieties of dagger in ways they were not designed for, such as throwing a stiletto accurately or impaling with a curved blade.
- Trick moves, misdirection and feints to add to the user's abilities in combat as well as for the purposes of display.
- The ability to target and exploit an opponent's vital points with flawless accuracy, often in order to make a swift, silent kill or disable without inflicting lethal wounds.
- Some varieties of dagger lend themselves to throwing, in which case the user's aim can be expected to be nigh perfect, even in the middle of combat or when throwing multiple weapons. In addition, this may allow the user to pin targets down through their opponent's clothing or flesh, preventing them from moving without actually killing them.
Associations
- Adoptive Muscle Memory
- Demonic Weaponry
- Divine Weaponry
- Empathic Weaponry
- Enhanced Combat
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Magic Weaponry
- Sentient Weaponry
- Soul-Bound Weaponry
- Weapon Creation
- Weapon Manipulation
- Weapon Physiology
- Weapon Proficiency Touch
- If the user possesses energy capabilities, they may be able to perform:
- Dagger-shaped Energy Beam Emission
- Energy Blast via swings
- Energy Infusion
- Ergokinetic Blade Construction
- Spatial Slicing
- Temporal Slicing
Limitations
- User may not be able to handle a larger blade with similar skill.
- Aside from in the actual act of eliminating a target, this ability does not enhance a user's stealth.
Known Users
- Kensei Mugurama (Bleach)
- Shaz Domino (Bleach)
- Colet (Jeanne D'Arc)
- Hughes (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Bell Cranel (Danmachi)
- Jacob Lessio (Fairy Tail)
- Larxene (Kingdom Hearts)
- Assassins (Assassin's Creed series)
- Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Heroes of Olympus)
- Rogues (Warcraft)
- Warlocks (Warcraft)
- Dorothy (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Asuma Sarutobi (Naruto)
- Ninjas (Naruto)
- Hati (Saint Seiya Ω)
- Sakuya Izayoi (Touhou Project)
- Knives Chau (Scott Pilgrim)
- Shiki Ryougi (Kara no Kyoukai)
- Shiki Tohno (Tsukihime)
- Hassan-i-Sabbah (Assassin) (Fate/stay night)
- Jack the Ripper (Fate/Apocrypha)
- Kranz Maduke (Black Cat)
- Laura Bodewig (Infinite Stratos)
- Echidna (Queen's Blade)
- Irma (Queen's Blade)
- Shizuka (Queen's Blade)
- Zidane (Final Fantasy series)
- Rem Tomikiya (Final Fantasy series)
- Shizuku Sangou (Kampfer)
- Jeff The Killer (Creepypasta)
- Mai (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Dampierre (Soulcaliber)
- Greed (Soulcaliber)
- Dracule Mihawk (One Piece)
- Vinsmoke Sanji (One Piece)
- Belphegor (Katekyō Hitman Reborn)
- Rasiel (Katekyō Hitman Reborn)
- Aerrow (Storm Hawk)
- Alice Liddell (American McGee's Alice)
- Kid (Chrono Cross)
- Sothe (Fire Emblem series)
- Heather (Fire Emblem series)
- Leon S. Kennedy(Resident Evil)
- Jack Krauser (Resident Evil)
- Dio Brando (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders)
- Enrico Pucci (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean)
- Valentine (Skullgirls)
- Sid (Soul Eater)
- Drax the Destroyer (Marvel)
- Winter Soldier (Marvel)
- Black Panther (Marvel)
- Dagger (Marvel)
- Clove (The Hunger Games)
- Shadowhunters (Shadowhunter Chronicles)
- Player Character (Runescape)
- Rogues (Dragonfable)
- Izaya Orihara (Durarara!!)
- Tokaku Azuma (Akuma no Riddle)
- Isuke Inukai (Akuma no Riddle)
- Richard B. Riddick (The Chronicles of Riddick)
- Jack the Ripper (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Ghostface (Scream)
- Fuu Houhou (The Outcast)
- Elmindreda "Min" Farshaw (The Wheel of Time)
- Thomdril "Thom" Merrilin (The Wheel of Time)
- V (V for Vendetta)
- Oishi Kawaii (Oishi High School Battle)
- Kyoma Mabuchi (Dimension W)
- Maya (Killer Instinct)
- Numerous Characters (FarCry series)
- Jack Carver
- The Mercenary
- Jason Brody
- Vaas Montenegro
- Buck Hughes
- Hoyt Volker
- Ajay Ghale
- Takkar
- Tarzan (Tarzan franchise)
- Ruby Eyeball (Steven Universe)
Gallery
Kensei (Bleach) wielding his dagger like Zanpakuto
Shaz Domino (Bleach) utilizes daggers created from reishi as throwing weapons.
Darkray (Kurohime) wielding the Death Angel Dagger in her weapon form (who transformed into an additional hands for her master), along with five others.
Stewie Griffin (Family Guy) showing complete mastery in bladed weapons, using a knife against his mother's makeshift spear.
Kranz Maduke (Black Cat) wielding his Mars knife that vibrates at high-frequency, slicing through bullets with ease.
Alice Liddell (American McGee's Alice)
Shizuku Sangou (Kampfer)
As a chef Sanji (One Piece) is able to use 2 kitchen knives in combat.
Belphegor (Katekyō Hitman Reborn) is great in using knives.
Like his brother, Rasiel (Katekyō Hitman Reborn) also uses knives.
Larxene (Kingdom Hearts)
Asuma (Naruto) is very skilled with his trench knives.
Riddick (The Chronicles of Riddick) is skilled with using knives, particularly ulaks.
Tokaku Azuma (Akuma no Riddle) is expert knife user, whether its throwing or fighting with them.
Drax the Destroyer (Marvel Comics)
Jack the Ripper (Valkyrie Crusade)
Ghostface (Scream) kills his victims by stabbing the vital points of the body or slitting their throats.
Jacob Lessio (Fairy Tail) is a skilled knife user and can throw them at ludicrous speed.
Dorothy (Marchen Awakens Romance) possesses a Weapon ÄRM called Ring Dagger which she can wield with great skill.