- "I've cut down more than cherry trees with this axe child!"
- ― George Washington to Robin before they battle each other. (Teen Titans Go!)
The ability to possess the skills to wield an axe. Variation of Weapon Proficiency.
Also Called
- Axe Proficiency
- Enhanced Tomahawk Proficiency
Capabilities
Users demonstrate an aptitude for the ways of the axe. The user is able to wield an axe with great proficiency in brute power and destructive features to kill strong enemies. They are able to perform feats such as stopping large incoming objects, break through objects (possibly even steel), and use wide sweeps to attack many enemies at once, they may also be proficient in wielding throwing axes to add a ranged attack to their repertoire.
Applications
Associations
- Adoptive Muscle Memory
- Demonic Weaponry
- Divine Weaponry
- Empathic Weaponry
- Enhanced Combat
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Magic Weaponry
- Sentient Weaponry
- Soul-Bound Weapon
- Weapon Creation
- Weapon Manipulation
- Weapon Physiology
- Weapon Proficiency Touch
- If the user possesses energy capabilities, they may be able to perform:
- Axe-shaped Energy Beam Emission
- Energy Blast via swings
- Energy Infusion
- Ergokinetic Blade Construction
- Spatial Slicing
- Temporal Slicing
- If the user is strong enough, they may be able to perform:
- Fissure Creation by slamming it into the ground.
- Razor Wind
Limitations
- May not be able to wield other bladed weapons with the same proficiency.
- May only be effective against other melee fighters.
Known Users
See also: An Axe to Grind.
Anime/Manga
- Daidara (Akame Ga Kill!)
- Baraggan Louisenbairn (Bleach)
- Nnoitra Gilga (Bleach)
- Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach)
- Lulu (Blood+)
- Victor Powered (Buso Renkin)
- Kotori Itsuka (Date A Live)
- Alphamon Ouryuken (Digimon)
- Boltmon (Digimon)
- Korikakumon (Digimon)
- Olegmon (Digimon)
- Taurus (Fairy Tail)
- Candice (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Jinin Akebino (Naruto)
- Mangetsu Hozuki (Naruto)
- Morgan (One Piece)
- X Drake (One Piece)
- Sentomaru (One Piece)
- Vander Decken IX (One Piece)
- Ba Tei (Kingdom)
- Eliza Faust (Shaman King)
- Bui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Maximum Gorar (Binan Koukou Chikyu Bouei-bu Love! Love!)
- Hansel (Black Lagoon)
- Escanor (Seven Deadly Sins)
- Thorkell (Vinland Saga)
Comics
- The Woodsman (Fables)
- Bor Burison (Marvel Comics)
Television
- Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)
- Axe Cop (Axe Cop)
- Kintaros/Kamen Rider Den-O Ax Form (Kamen Rider Den-O)
- Traximus (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Optimus Prime (Transformers)
- Wiro Sableng (Wirosableng Pendekar 212)
- Various Power Rangers and Villains (Power Rangers franchise)
- Various Super Sentai Rangers and Villains (Super Sentai franchise)
- Sunder (Ben 10: Alien Force/Ultimate Alien)
- Jean-bot (Ultraman series)
- Barabas (Ultraman Ace)
- Tyrant (Ultraman series)
- Mold (Ultraman series)
Cartoons
- Woodsman (Scooby Doo Camp Scare)
Literature
- Rezkin (King's Dark Tidings)
- Gimli (Lord of the Ring)
- Johanna Mason (The Hunger Games)
Mythology/Folklore
- Paul Bunyan (American Folklore)
- Minotaur (Greek Mythology)
- Skarphéðinn Njalsson (Icelandic Sagas)
Movies
- Abraham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter)
- Victor Crowley (Hatchet)
- Astrid Hofferson (How to Train Your Dragon)
- Steppenwolf (DC Extended Universe)
Other
- Axon (Bionicle)
Tabletop Games
- Egil Styrbjorn (Warhammer)
- Angron the Red Angel (Warhammer 40,000)
- Khârn the Betrayer (Warhammer 40,000)
- Khorne (Warhammer 40,000)
Video Games
- Assassins (Assassin's Creed franchise)
- Father Gascoigne (Bloodborne)
- Eddie Riggs (Brütal Legend)
- Dante Alighieri (Dante's Inferno)
- Manus, Father of the Abyss (Dark Souls)
- Elana, the Squalid Queen (Dark Souls II)
- Absalom (Darksiders)
- Death (Darksiders)
- Dante (DmC: Devil May Cry); via Arbiter
- La Hire (Jeanne D'Arc)
- Rufus (Jeanne D'Arc)
- Bartolomeo (Jeanne D'Arc)
- Blaze (Jeanne D'arc)
- Thunder (Killer Instinct)
- Aeleus (Kingdom Hearts)
- Lexaeus (Kingdom Hearts)
- Kongol (Legend of Dragoon)
- William Adams (Nioh)
- Ymir (Queen's Blade)
- Astaroth (Soulcaliber)
- Aeon Calcos (Soulcaliber)
- Cress Albane (Tales of Phantasia)
- Presea Combatir (Tales of Symphonia)
- Forest Ledoyen (Tales of the Tempest)
- Horseless Headless Horseman (Team Fortress 2)
- Last Dragonborn (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
- Bloody Mary (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Kratos (God of War)
- Threo/Sarasa/Thalatha (Granblue Fantasy)
Gallery
Daidara (Akame Ga Kill!) wielding the Double-Bladed Axe: Belvaac, a very heavy ax that possesses tremendous offensive power and can be split apart and thrown with homing capabilities.
Nnoitra Gilga's (Bleach) pre-released Zanpakuto, Santa Teresa, is more like an ax, which he is masterful in wielding with one hand.
Baraggan Louisenbairn (Bleach) was skilled wielding his gigantic battleax Zanpakuto, Arrogante, with just one hand...
...and wields the Gran Caida upon releasing Arrogante, a sleeker battleax infused with accelerated aging powers.
Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach) releasing his Zanpakuto, Nozarashi, which becomes a gigantic ax that can slice a meteor to pieces...
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...and allows him to fight a nigh-unstoppable demigod on equal footing.
Victor Powered (Buso Renkin) is very powerful with his Buso Renkin of the Great Axe: Fatal Attraction, controlling gravity with it to increase its strike...
...and in taking apart his Fatal Attraction into two smaller tomahawks, each with an energy blade.
Kotori Itsuka (Date A Live) wielding her giant halberd, Camael, which possesses side blades like an ax, and can be dismantled into the cannon, Megiddo.
Rex (Generator Rex) wielding two giant battleaxes generated from his nanites within his own body.
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Kratos (God of War) wielding the Leviathan Axe with enough skill to defeat legions of enemies and even other gods.
Darkray (Kurohime) wielding the Death Angel Axe in her weapon form, along with five others.
Gimli (Lord of the Ring) is quite impressive with his skills with an ax.
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Jinin Akebino (Naruto) using the Bluntsword/Blunt Blade the Helmet Splitter: Kabutowari's hammer to add force to the ax like a wedge, allowing him to cut through all defenses.
X Drake (One Piece)
Sentomaru (One Piece) wielding his giant battleax that he only uses in tougher situations, or to smash the annoying Demaro Black to the ground.
Eliza Faust (Shaman King) wielding a halberd with a razor attached, similar to an ax, with great dexterity and can cleave through normal material via Oversoul.
Jean Bison (The Sly Cooper) was a skilled lumberjack, able to clear an entire forest alone with nothing but an ax.
Bui (Yu Yu Hakusho) wielding a very large battleax with tremendous force, splattering his victim's pieces all over the audience.
Bloody Mary (Valkyrie Crusade)
Because of the film and how he died, Victor Crowley's (Hatchet) signature weapon is a hatchet.
Astrid Hofferson (How to Train Your Dragon)
Taurus (Fairy Tail) has extraordinary skills in wielding his battle-ax.
The Woodsman (Fables) the unknown-by-name lumberjack who saved Little Red Riding Hood from the Big Bad Wolf (now Bigby Wolf) in the Homelands.
Ba Tei of Rigan (Kingdom) is a powerful wielder in the art of Yue/鉞/Heavy Axes...
...demonstrating his prowess as he kills multiple opponents with just one swing...
Woodsman (Scooby-Doo Camp Scare)
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Escanor (Seven Deadly Sins) is the strongest Holy Knight with the Divine Axe Rhitta.
Abraham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) has fantastic martial arts dexterity with his axe to slayed vampires.
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