Demonic Sword Proficiency

Demonic Sword Proficiency
Skilled in wielding the legendary demonic blades of their late father Sparda, Dante and Vergil (Devil May Cry Series) are two of the most iconic and deadliest demonic master swordsmen in fictional history.
Power/Ability to:	Wield a demonic sword with mastery.

"A lethal, legendary blade known to kill a hundred in one stroke...Tessaiga."

― Sesshōmaru (InuYasha) referring to the Tessaiga's power.

The ability to be a master of wielding a demonic sword. Variation of Enhanced Swordsmanship and Demonic Weaponry.

Also Called

• Demon Blade/Sword Aptitude/Combat/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency
• Demonic Blade/Sword Aptitude/Combat/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery
• Demonic Swordsman/woman

Capabilities

Users, either innately or through training, are masters of wielding a sword of demonic power and origin or they can inherently imbued demonic energy into their sword which can grant them demonic related abilities and powers while acting an enhancement to the user’s swordplay abilities.

Applications

• Absolute Attack: Users are capable of bypassing any type of defense as well as leveling entire landscapes in a single strike with their sword.
  • Absolute Slicing
  • Conceptual Attacks: Certain users can use their sword to rewrite or outright destroy the natural concepts of the human and demonic plane.
• Absolute Defense: User's sword can act as the perfect guard for any type of attack, making it virtually invincible.
• Adaptive Weaponry: Due its demonic nature and properties, certain swords are capable of adjusting to any situation.
• Breakdown Slash: Users' sword can cause it cuts to break down/deteriorate.
• Corruption Inducement: Certain swords are capable of bringing out the absolute worst of their users and possibly allow them to bring the worst out of others.
• Demonic Empowerment: In some cases, the sword is even capable of absorbing demonic power in order to grow stronger.
• Demonic Force Manipulation: Certain users and their swords are capable of controlling vast incredible demonic powers and malevolent forces capable of mass destruction and manipulation of the very scales of reality itself.
  • Demonic Element Manipulation: Take control of powerful demonic, destructive elements as well as infuse one's sword with them.
  • Demonic Energy Manipulation: The user's sword is capable of controlling an unlimited reservoir of destructive demonic energy.
  • Demonic Magic: Users' sword is imbued with powerful satanic and demonic magic that allows them to gain control over demonic related magic.
  • Demonic Infusion: Users are too able to channel the demonic power into their sword.
• Solo Army
  • Army Annihilation
• Power Manifestation: Certain swords may be a manifested physical form of their user's power.
• Powerful Objects: Certain swords can enhance one's previous assets to innumerable levels of power.
• Reanimation/Resurrection: Certain swords are capable of bringing the dead back to life under the users' control.
  • Weapon Transmutation: Users may be able to take the form of their weapon and shift it into the form of another, fitting it for any situation.
  • Weapon Summoning/Weapon Calling: The user can call their sword to them from afar.
• Weaponry Refinement: The user can utilize supernatural means to enhance the strength and power of their sword.
• Worthiness Enchantment: Some users can surround their sword with enchanted magic that prevents it from being wielded by anyone unless they are deemed worthy of its power.

Variations

• Broadsword Proficiency
• Dual Sword Proficiency
• Sabre Proficiency
• Sentient Sword Proficiency
• Magical Sword Proficiency
• Katana Proficiency

Associations

• Cursed Sword Proficiency
• Daiyokai
• Enhanced Weaponry
• Supernatural Swordsmanship
• Supernatural Weapon Proficiency

Limitations

• May be equaled by wielders of a Divine Sword or Divine Weaponry.
• May require a host.
• The weapon may overwhelm the will of the wielder.
• May require a degree of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users

See Also: Katanas Are Just Better and Master Swordsman.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Janemba (Dragon Ball series)
• Ezel (Fairy Tail)
• Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail)
• Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail); via Ice Devil’s Chill
• Yuto Kiba (Highschool DxD)
• Siegfried (Highschool DxD)
• Various Characters (InuYasha)
  • Inuyasha
  • Sesshomaru
  • Toga
• Kou Yoku (Kingdom)
• Cheon Ma (Nano Machine)
• Cheon Yeo Woon (Nano Machine)
• Various Characters (The Sacred Blacksmith)
• Baran (Solo Leveling)
• Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
• Igris (Solo Leveling)

Cartoons/Comics

• Finn Mertens (Adventure Time)

Video Games

• Sparda (Devil May Cry)
• Dante (Devil May Cry)
• Vergil (Devil May Cry)
• Yone (League of Legends)
• Demise (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
• Various Characters (Ninja Gaiden)
• Hotsuma (Shinobi)
• Xeno Goku (Dragon Ball Hero's)
• Nightmare (Soul series)
• Various Characters (TYPE-MOON)
  • Arturia Alter
  • Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
  • Lancelot
  • Mordred
  • Sigurd
  • Sieg
  • Siegfried

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

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.

Tōga (InuYasha)

Sesshōmaru (InuYasha) wields the Tenseiga, which was once a part of Tessaiga,...

...can resurrect 100 beings in one swing...

...It can kill beings who were not from the world of the living, such as spirits, hellhounds, and the undead...

...he also wielded Tōkijin, an incredibly powerful sword forged from the fangs of Goshinki by Kaijinbō...

...Its power rivaled that of the Tessaiga, and it could use Kenatsu to attack in the form of...

...,blast,...

...energy needles...

...waves, and...

...its destructive Dragon Strike...

...and after regaining his left arm, he gained the Bakusaiga, the physical manifestation of his power...

...It can decompose any organic material while negating any regenerative abilities, and unleash powerful demonic energy that is capable of destroying 1,000 demons.

Inuyasha (InuYasha) wields the Tessaiga, a sword forged from his father’s fang. It possesses a barrier that prevents any demon other than Inuyasha from wielding it, can kill 100 demons with the Wind Scar technique, redirect demonic energies with the Backlash Wave, and assimilate demonic energies and abilities to convert them into a cutting nature.

Siegfried (Highschool DxD)

Shin Regalia (Misfit of Demon King Academy)

Sung Jin-Woo (Solo Leveling)

Video Games

The most powerful demon swordsman to have ever lived, Sparda The Dark Knight (Devil May Cry series) defeated the Dark Emperor Mundus along with his legions of demons after rebelling against his former lord and master.

A dangerous master swordsman like his late father, Vergil (Devil May Cry series) wields his demonic katana, the Yamato with unrivaled precision and versatility...

...with techniques based on Japanese Iaijutsu,...

...he developed his own personalized style of swordsmanship called the Dark Slayer, which made more powerful by incorporating his own demonic powers...

...On lesser foes, the speed, precision, and discipline bestowed to him allows him to outpace and utterly them cut down as if akin to an artform.

Surpassing even his late father's skills and rivalling that of his brother, Dante (Devil May Cry) has immense prowess as a demonic swordsman...

...his own Swordmaster Style matching his twin brother, Vergil's Dark Slayer Style.

Yone (League of Legends) wields a blade of a demon that hunted him.

Doku (Ninja Gaiden) also wielded the Kitetsu, a cursed Tachi that feeds on the souls of those slain by its blade.

Nightmare (Soul series)

Videos

Dante VS Bayonetta DEATH BATTLE!

Sephiroth VS Vergil (Final Fantasy VS Devil May Cry) DEATH BATTLE!

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

Kin of the Stained Blade - Spirit Blossom 2020 Cinematic - League of Legends