Elemental Claws

Elemental Claws
Penny (Zatch Bell!) using Akarouk to form claws.
Power/Ability to:	Create claws out of the elements.

The power to create claws out of elemental forces. Combination of Claw Retraction and Elemental Constructs.

Capabilities

The user can project and retract razor-sharp claws of the different elemental forces from their fingertips for offensive purposes.

Applications

• Access and Occlusion - use claws to pick locks.
• Climbing/Wallcrawling - by digging one's claws into surfaces.
• Cutting
• Enhanced Clawmanship

Techniques

• Bullet Projection - launch one's claws as projectiles.

Variations

• Aerokinetic Claws
• Cryokinetic Claws
• Ectoplasmic Claws
• Electrokinetic Claws
• Ergokinetic Claws
• Hydrokinetic Claws
• Pyrokinetic Claws
• Terrakinetic Claws
• Umbrakinetic Claws

Associations

• Claw Retraction
• Elemental Blade Construction

Known Users

Cartoons

• Waterbenders (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Comics

• Jean Grey (Marvel Comics)
• Rina Logan (Marvel Comics)

Manga/Anime

• Nami Kusunoki (Alive: The Final Evolution)
• Cang Du (Bleach)
• Eis Shenron (Dragon Ball GT)
• Fūko Kirisawa (Flames of Recca)
• InuYasha (InuYasha)
• Kōga (InuYasha)
• Kagome Higurashi (InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time)
• Gaara (Naruto)
• Shukaku (Naruto)
• Sora (Naruto)
• Mizore Shirayuki (Rosario + Vampire)
• Penny (Zatch Bell!)

Video Games

• Gabriel Belmont (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow)
• "Shadow Claw" users (Pokémon)

Gallery

Nami Kusunoki (Alive: The Final Evolution) forming ice claws by freezing water moisture, and can fire them off as bullets.

Hama (Avatar: The Last Airbender) extracting water from thin air and plants, and then freezing them into sharp ice claws.

Cang Du (Bleach) forms claws from spirit particles and energy, and can even fire a blast of spiritual energy from them.

Gabriel Belmont/Dracula (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow) forms his Chaos Claws from fire, capable of breaking through defenses via smashing and burning.

Eis Shenron (Dragon Ball GT) forming his Icicle Claws, sharp enough to slice through a skyscraper, in a final attempt to kill Goku.

Fūko Kirisawa (Flames of Recca) compressing air to form her Wind Claw that she can fire off as projectiles and manipulate.

InuYasha (InuYasha) infusing his natural claws with demonic energy, forming the aura-infused Soul-Scattering Iron Claws.

Kōga (InuYasha) can use the Goraishi to fire off electrical energy that can cleave through almost anything.

Kagome Higurashi (InuYasha) forms claws of energy while possessed by one of Menomaru's moths, capable of slashing through even InuYasha.

Jean Grey (Marvel Comics) forming a psychic firebird whose psychic-fiery claws claws can inflict physical and mental damage.

Wild Thing (Marvel Comics/MC2) forms claws of psychic energy that causes mental injuries, though she can solidify them into physical weapons.

Tailed Beasts (Naruto) can create clawed arms out of their intense chakra, which can extend to tremendous lengths and strengths.

Shukaku (Naruto) forms its claws out of compressed sand, which it uses to capture and brutally crush.

Gaara (Naruto) forming his Spear of Shukaku, sand compressed to absolute levels that take the form of a claw, capable of piercing defenses.

Sora (Naruto) using Beast Tearing Gale Palm to form a gigantic claw out of compressed wind chakra, capable of tearing its targets apart easily.

Glameow (Pokémon) using Shadow Claw to create a claw out of shadowy energy, capable of inflicting critical hits.

Mizore Shirayuki (Rosario + Vampire) forms ice claws, her signature weapons for close combat.

Jushi Mataza Tsumuji (Tenjho Tenge) concentrating his ki to his fingertips, creating the razor-sharp Dragon Claws.