- "The tip of these claws... the slightest touch will crush your skull like a twig."
- ― Sabo (One Piece)
The power to possess great skills to wield claws. Variation of Weapon Proficiency.
Contents
Also Called
- Claw Proficiency
Capabilities
Users are able to demonstrate a savage aptitude for the ways of the claw. The user is able to wield claws with great proficiency in brute power and close quarter combat. When it comes to wielding different weapons, the claws are the closest to hand to hand combat.
Associations
- Adoptive Muscle Memory
- Claw Retraction
- Demonic Weaponry
- Divine Weaponry
- Elemental Claws
- Empathic Weaponry
- Enhanced Combat
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Magic Weaponry
- Nail Manipulation
- Natural Weaponry
- Sentient Weaponry
- Soul-Bound Weapon
- Venomous Claws
- Weapon Creation
- Weapon Manipulation
- Weapon Physiology
- Weapon Proficiency Touch
- If the user possesses energy capabilities, they may be able to perform:
- Claw-shaped Energy Beam Emission
- Energy Blast via slicing
- Energy Infusion
- Ergokinetic Blade Construction
- Spatial Slicing
- Temporal Slicing
Limitations
- Organic claw-breakage may be surprisingly painful.
- May not be able to wield other bladed weapons with the same proficiency.
- May only be effective against other melee fighters.
Known Users
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Nami Kusonoki (Alive: The Final Evolution)
- Clawed Weapon-Wielding (Arknights)
- Mousse
- Cang Du (Bleach)
- Sister Jill (Cutey Honey)
- Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Urogi (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Wargreymon (Digimon)
- Chiffon Fairchild (Freezing)
- Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- Killua Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter)
- Suikotsu (InuYasha)
- Inuyasha (InuYasha)
- Kōga (InuYasha)
- Due (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)
- Nao Yūki (Mai-HiME)
- Peta (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Chaton (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Ian (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Guardian ÄRM, Body Eye (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Babbo Version 6 - Puss in Boots (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Candice (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Rapunzel (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Girom (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Sora (Naruto)
- Yugito Nii (Naruto)
- Beast King (One-Punch Man)
- Kuro (One Piece)
- Monet (One Piece)
- Various Zoan-type Devil Fruit users (One Piece)
- Kirika (Puella Magi Oriko Magica)
- Mizore Shirayuki (Rosario + Vampire)
- Kurumu Kurono (Rosario + Vampire)
- Han'nya (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Griffon (RWBY)
- Beowolf (RWBY)
- Ravager (RWBY)
- Sabyr (RWBY)
- Teryx (RWBY)
- Hydra Ichi (Saint Seiya)
- Docrates (Saint Seiya)
- Alioth Epsilon Fenrir (Saint Seiya)
- Denkibō (Samurai Champloo)
- Haihane (Sekirei)
- Jaw Titan Shifters (Shingeki no Kyojin)
- Baek Yoon-Ho (Solo Leveling)
- Ikuto Tsukiyomi (Shugo Chara!)
- Jushi Mataza Tsumuji (Tenjho Tenge!)
- Overhaul (Transformers Cybertron)
- Kusanagi Shiyū (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle)
- Hidaka Ken (Weiss Kreuz)
- Kolulu (Zatch Bell!)
Cartoons/Comics
- Selina Kyle/Catwoman (DC Comics)
- Mad Harriet (DC Comics)
- Vixen (DC Comics)
- James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
- Laura Kinney/X-23 (Marvel Comics)
- Victor Creed/Sabretooth (Marvel Comics)
- Yuriko Oyama/Lady Deathstrike (Marvel Comics)
- Silas Burr/Cyber (Marvel Comics)
- Akihiro Daken (Marvel Comics)
- Marrow (Marvel Comics)
- Romulus (Marvel Comics)
- Venom (Marvel Comics)
- Kasha (Mysticons)
- Megabyte (Reboot)
- Gigabyte (Reboot)
- Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Oroku Saki/Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Jennika (IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Lion-O (Thundercats)
- Nepeta Leijon (Homestuck)
- Nightmerica (Danny Phantom)
- Eddy Cougar (Tiny Toons Adventures)
- Users of the Golden Tiger Claws (Xiaolin Showdown)
Video Games
- Bayonetta (Bayonetta)
- Hsien-Ko (Darkstalkers)
- Digimon with claws (Digimon)
- Cat Sidhe (Fantasy War Tactics)
- Benares (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Peashy/Yellow Heart (Hyperdimension Neptunia series)
- Mawra (Jeanne D'Arc)
- Pit (Kid Icarus)
- Larxene (Kingdom Hearts)
- BeastMan.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network 3)
- SlashMan.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network 6)
- Ryu Hasabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
- Pokémon with claws (Pokémon)
- Alex Mecer (Prototype)
- James Heller (Prototype)
- Maron Makaron (Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos)
- Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog); only in Werehog transformation
- Voldo (Soul Calibur)
- Vega (Street Fighter)
- Geki (Street Fighter)
- Poison Claw (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Deathclaws (Fallout)
- The Lone Wanderer (Fallout 3)
- Assassin Class (Diablo 2)
- Seox/Six (Granblue Fantasy)
- Therizinosaurus (Dinosaur King)
Movies
- Sa'Luk (Aladdin and the King of Thieves)
- Marique (Conan the Barbarian 2011)
- Han (Enter the Dragon)
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
- Yautja (Predator)
Folklore/Mythology
- Werewolves (Folklore/Mythology)
- Vampires (Folklore/Mythology)
- Wendigos (Native American Folklore)
Literature
- Owlivia (Geronimo Stilton: The Dragon of Fortune)
Television
- Chase aka Mashin Chaser (Kamen Rider Drive); via Brake Gunner and Spider Viral Core
- Gia the Yellow Ranger (Power Rangers Megaforce)
- Yellow Power Ranger (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
- Green Beetleborg (Big Bad Beetleborgs)
Gallery
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
Nami Kusunoki (Alive: The Final Evolution) favors forming claws out of ice that suits well with her martial arts.
Cang Du (Bleach) using Shé Jìn Zhǎo to fire off a blast from his claws that are formed out of spirit-particle.
Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) extending (with no known limit) her fingers into thin, sharp blades capable of cut through anything.
Inuyasha (InuYasha) is very adept at fighting with his claws and can even send blades of blood through them.
Sesshōmaru's (InuYasha) claws are deadly as they are, with the corrosive poison being secreted is even more lethal.
Behaving like a wild beast in battle, Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance) uses tactics such as enhancing her sharp nails with the magical power to tear apart her enemies.
Chaton (Marchen Awakens Romance) uses her Weapon ÄRM, Para Claw with remarkable proficiency and speed.
Peta's (Marchen Awakens Romance) hand is cursed by the Ghost ÄRM, Garnet Claw allowing him to form long red claws at will.
Nao Yūki (My-HIME) wields dual metal claws with metal wires that she can use to ensnare and cut her targets. She has a tendency to lick the claws.
Eustass Kid (One Piece) using magnetism to take a whole heap of scrap metal to form a gigantic claw.
Sabo (One Piece) comparing his fingers as dragon claws, rending arrogance, while crushing a giant's skull and weapon with ease.
Mega Charizard X (Pokémon) using its "Dragon Claw" move, capable of causing massive damage via the energy coating its talons.
Glameow (Pokémon) using "Shadow Claw" to create a claw out of shadowy energy, which has a high chance of inflicting critical hits.
Ryo Takatsuki (Project ARMS) wielding his Jabberwock ARMS claw with deadly skills, along with its many special powers.
Kurumu Kurono (Rosario + Vampire) can extend her nails and turn them into razor-sharp claws, being a powerful fighter with them.
Mizore Shirayuki (Rosario + Vampire) can form claws out of ice and can be a powerful fighter with them.
Jushi Mataza Tsumuji (Tenjho Tenge) forming his near impossibly sharp Dragon Claws that can slice through a forest.
After being turned into a zombie, Fu Chi'en's (Tenjho Tenge) lost arms have been installed with massive steel claws that he wields very powerfully.
When her partner Lori casts the spell Zeruku Kolulu (Zatch Bell!) attacks ferociously her enemies with claws.
...and in her transformed state, Yugito using that slashes the opponent with a powerful and quick swipe with the extended nails on her hands.
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Cartoons/Comics
Oroku Saki/Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), lives up to his names with the wear-on gloves, along with the other blades on his body.
The Golden Tiger Claws (Xiaolin Showdown) grants the users the ability to open wormholes, which is useful, despite not causing direct damage.
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Movies
Video Games
While skilled in the ways of archery, Pit (Kid Icarus) is very proficient is wielding claws for extended melee attacks and swift speed.
Ryu (Ninja Gaiden) immense martial art skills allow him to maximize the full lethality of the Falcon Talons when used able to decimate numerous powerful enemies.
As an Eternal and being born from a clan of assassins, Seox/Six (Granblue Fantasy) is one of the deadliest claw wielders and hand to hand fighters throughout the skies.
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