Enhanced Clawmanship

Enhanced Clawmanship
Ian (Marchen Awakens Romance) can easily strike down powerful enemies like Chimera with a claw ÄRM after surviving the most rigorous Training Gate.
Power/Ability to:	Be a master of wielding claws.

"The tip of these claws... the slightest touch will crush your skull like a twig."

― Sabo (One Piece)

The ability to be a master of wielding claws. Variation of Fistload Weapon Proficiency.

Also Called

• Claw Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Tekkō-Kagi (Japanese: 手甲鉤) Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent

Capabilities

Users, either innately or through training, are masters of wielding claws as weapons. 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.

Applications

• Access and Occlusion: Use claws to pick locks.
• Climbing/Wallcrawling: By digging one's claws into surfaces.
• Countering Mastery
  • Physical Attack Reversal: Counter an enemy attack on different sides.
• Cutting
  • Multi Slash
  • Speed Cutting
• Deflection
• Dual Wielding
• Enhanced Dexterity
• Enhanced Precision
• Mauling Mastery
• Impale
• Severing
• Slash Effect/Projection
  • Air Cutting
  • Cutting Wave

Variations

• Elemental Claw Proficiency
• Osteokinetic Claw Proficiency
• Poisonous Claw Proficiency

Associations

• Adoptive Muscle Memory
• Claw Retraction
• Elemental Claws
• Enhanced Combat Mastery
• Natural Weaponry
  • Organic Weaponry
• Venomous Claws
• Wrist-Mounted Weapon Proficiency
  • Wrist-Mounted Blade Proficiency

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.
• May require a degree of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users

See also: Absurdly Sharp Claws

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa/Manhua

• Nami Kusonoki (Alive: The Final Evolution)
• Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (Bleach)
• Cang Du (Bleach)
• Sister Jill (Cutey Honey)
• Allen Walker (D.Gray-man)
• WarGreymon (Digimon)
• Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimestu no Yaiba)
• Urogi (Demon Slayer: Kimestu no Yaibaa)
• Kotomine Kirei (TYPE-MOON)
• Chiffon Fairchild (Freezing)
• Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Laura (Goblin Hill/Why did you come to Goblin Hill?)
• Puppet Nurse (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
• Killua Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter)
• Suikotsu (InuYasha)
• Inuyasha (InuYasha)
• Kōga (InuYasha)
• Moroha (Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon)
• Koruru (Konjiki no Gash Bell!)
• 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)
• Huan Yi (Nano Machine)
• Yugito Nii (Naruto)
• Sora (Naruto Anime)
• Kazuma (Naruto)
• Beast King (One-Punch Man)
• Zoan Devil Fruit Users (One Piece)
• Kuro (One Piece)
• Monet (One Piece)
• Kishasha Vixyabi (Pick Me Up!)
• Kirika (Puella Magi Oriko Magica)
• Setsuna (Redo of Healer)
• Mizore Shirayuki (Rosario + Vampire)
• Kurumu Kurono (Rosario + Vampire)
• Han'nya (Rurouni Kenshin)
• Hydra Ichi (Saint Seiya)
• Docrates (Saint Seiya)
• Alioth Epsilon Fenrir (Saint Seiya)
• Denkibō (Samurai Champloo)
• Haihane (Sekirei)
• Jaw Titan Shifters (Shingeki no Kyojin)
• Antares (Solo Leveling)
• Rakan/The Monarch of Fangs (Solo Leveling)
• Beru (Solo Leveling)
• Baek Yoon-Ho (Solo Leveling)
• Ikuto Tsukiyomi (Shugo Chara!)
• Jushi Mataza Tsumuji (Tenjho Tenge!)
• Kamijou Touma (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
• Diablo (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken)
• Overhaul/Leobreaker (Transformers Cybertron)
• Kusanagi Shiyū (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle)
• Hidaka Ken (Weiss Kreuz)
• Taylean (Bakugan)
• Chocolove McDonell (Shaman King)

Cartoons/Comics

• Kuasa (Arrowverse)
• Dark Danny (Danny Phantom)
• Any wielders of the Ghost Gauntlets (Danny Phantom)
• Nightmerica (Danny Phantom)
• Johnny 13's Shadow (Danny Phantom)
• Wulf (Danny Phantom)
• Selina Kyle/Catwoman (DC Comics)
• Mad Harriet (DC Comics)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Vixen (DC Comics)
• Warblade (DC Comics/Wildstorm Universe)
• Sa'Luk (Disney's Aladdin)
• Akihiro/Daken (Marvel Comics)
• Eddie Brock/Venom (Marvel Comics)
• James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
• Kyle Gibney/Wild Child (Marvel Comics)
• Laura Kinney/X-23/Wolverine II (Marvel Comics)
• Marrow (Marvel Comics)
• Romulus (Marvel Comics)
• Silas Burr/Cyber (Marvel Comics)
• Victor Creed/Sabretooth (Marvel Comics)
• Yuriko Oyama/Lady Deathstrike (Marvel Comics)
• Kasha (Mysticons)
• Cringer/Battle Cat (Netflix's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe)
• Thrax (Osmosis Jones)
• Megabyte (ReBoot)
• Gigabyte (ReBoot)
• Claw (Samurai Jack)
• Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
• Oroku Saki/Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Jennika (IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV Series)
• Lion-O (Thundercats)
• Nepeta Leijon (Homestuck)
• Eddy Cougar (Tiny Toons Adventures)
• Users of the Golden Tiger Claws (Xiaolin Showdown)

Folklore/Mythology

• Werewolves (Folklore/Mythology)
• Vampires (Folklore/Mythology)
• Wendigos (Native American Folklore)

Literature

• Owlivia (Geronimo Stilton: The Dragon of Fortune)

Live Action Movies/Television Series

• Marique (Conan the Barbarian 2011)
• Han (Enter the Dragon)
• Destwilder (Kamen Rider Ryuki)
• Masashi Sudo/Kamen Rider Scissor (Kamen Rider Ryuki); via the Scissorspinch Strike Vent Advent Card
• Satoru Tojo/Kamen Rider Tiger (Kamen Rider Ryuki); via the Destclaws Strike Vent Advent Card
• Volcancer (Kamen Rider Ryuki)
• Takato Shiramine/Kamen Rider Rey (Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World)
• Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO (Kamen Rider OOO); via the Tora Medal
• Gentaro Kisaragi/Kamen Rider Fourze (Kamen Rider Fourze); via the Scissors Switch and/or Claw Switch
• Kamen Rider Mage (Kamen Rider Wizard)
• Chase/Mashin Chaser (Kamen Rider Drive); via the Brake Gunner and Spider Viral Core
• Shinnosuke Tomari/Kamen Rider Drive (Kamen Rider Drive); via Type Formula and the Shift Sparner F03 Car
• Sento Kiryu/Kamen Rider Build (Kamen Rider Build); via the Panda Fullbottle, Wolf Fullbottle, Kuma Fullbottle, and Tora Fullbottle
• Sougo Tokiwa/Kamen Rider Zi-O (Kamen Rider Zi-O); via OOO Armor
• Isamu Fuwa/Kamen Rider Orthros Vulcan (Kamen Rider Zero-One)
• Naki/Kamen Rider Naki (Kamen Rider Zero-One)
• Yua Yaiba/Kamen Rider Valkyrie (Kamen Rider Zero-One); via Justice Several
• Desire Grand Prix Players (Kamen Rider Geats); via the Claw Buckle
• Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
• Yautja (Predator)
• Many characters (Power Rangers)
  • Kai Chen/Galaxy Blue (Lost Galaxy)
  • Ronny Robinson/Yellow Overdrive Ranger (Operation Overdrive)
  • Core three Jungle Fury Rangers (Jungle Fury); via Jungle Master Mode
  • Gia Moran/Megaforce Yellow (Megaforce)
• Many characters (Super Sentai)
  • Fumiya Hoshikawa/Five Black (Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman)
  • Seikai/Ninja Yellow (Ninja Sentai Kakuranger)
  • Tsuruhime/Ninja White (Ninja Sentai Kakuranger)
  • Gouki/Ginga Blue (Seijuu Sentai Gingaman)
  • Princess Lilina/Natsuki Mamiya/Bouken Yellow (GoGo Sentai Boukenger)
  • Super Gekirangers (Juken Sentai Gekiranger)

Tabletop Games

• Makyura the Destructor (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Video Games

• The Survivor (Ark: Survivar Evolved)
• Isabelle "Dagda" Montague (Arknights)
• Mousse (Arknights)
• Bayonetta (Bayonetta)
• Hsien-Ko (Darkstalkers)
• Digimon with claws (Digimon)
• Cat Sidhe (Fantasy War Tactics)
• Claw-wielding Characters (Final Fantasy series)
  • Monk (Final Fantasy series)
  • Yang Fang Leiden (Final Fantasy IV)
  • Edward "Edge" Geraldine (Final Fantasy IV)
  • Princess Ursula (Final Fantasy IV: The After Years)
  • Sabin Rene Figaro (Final Fantasy VI)
  • Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy VII)
  • Amarant Coral (Final Fantasy IX)
  • Rikku (Final Fantasy X)
  • Puglists (Final Fantasy XIV)
  • Benjamin (Final Fantasy Mystic Quest)
• Benares (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• Peashy/Yellow Heart (Hyperdimension Neptunia series)
• Mawra (Jeanne D'Arc)
• Pit (Kid Icarus)
• Larxene (Kingdom Hearts)
• Evelyn (League of Legends)
• BeastMan.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)
• SlashMan.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)
• Wolf Woods (Mega Man StarForce)
• Ryu Hasabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
• Teddie (Persona 4)
• Pokémon with claws (Pokémon)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype)
• James Heller (Prototype)
• Maron Makaron (Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos)
• Alcina Dimitrescu (Resident Evil Village)
• Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog); via Werehog Form
• 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)
• Wonder-White/Momoe Byakkoin (Wonderful 101)
• Therizinosaurus (Dinosaur King)
• Tora (Mini Ninjas)

Web Animation/Comics

• John Doe (unOrdinary); via Aura Manipulation
• Members of EMBER (unOrdinary)
• Beowolf (RWBY)
• Griffon (RWBY)
• Ghira Belladonna (RWBY)
• Tukson (RWBY)
• Ravager (RWBY)
• Sabyr (RWBY)
• Teryx (RWBY)
• Tevin Charles (Ordeal)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

Nami Kusunoki (Alive: The Final Evolution) favors forming claws out of ice that suits well with her martial arts.

Train Heartnet (Black Cat) using velocity from firing his gun to slash with like claws.

Cang Du (Bleach) using Shé Jìn Zhǎo to fire off a blast from his claws that are formed out of spirit-particle.

Washio (Buso Renkin) is very proficient with his claws and wings.

Fūko Kirisawa (Flame of Recca) forming claws out of compressed air.

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.

Suikotsu (InuYasha) is a deadly fighter with his iron claw gloves.

Kōga (InuYasha) possesses the Goraishi, a powerful claw-like heirloom of the Wolf Demon Tribe.

Moroha (Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon)

Nezuko Kamado (Kimetsu no Yaiba)

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.

Version 6 - Puss in Boots (Marchen Awakens Romance) impressively uses his claws against Phantom.

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.

Shijima (Ninja Scroll) fights via firing his retractable chained Demon Claw from inside his shadow.

Kuro (One Piece) uses his overly large Cat Claws and his speed to deadly yet indiscriminate effects...

...which is the principle of his signature technique, Shakushi.

Eustass Kid (One Piece) using magnetism to take a whole heap of scrap metal to form a gigantic claw.

Monet (One Piece) expertly using her harpy talons in her fight against Tashigi.

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.

Haihane (Seikrei) can use her barbed claws to slice through steel.

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.

Makyura the Destructor (Yu-Gi-Oh!) wields massive knife-claws to live up to its name.

When Shiori uses the Zeruku spell, Koruru (Konjiki no Gash Bell!) grows a pair of claws and attacks the enemy without mercy.

The Beast King's (One-Punch Man) Lion Slash technique dices and slices...

...buildings like butter.

Sora (Naruto) having trained with his preferred weapon since childhood is highly skilled with his ninja claws able to crush boulders with a single strike and...

...hold his own against his father Kazuma a former member of the Guardian Shinobi twelve for a while in a fight.

Kazuma (Naruto) is a skilled fighter with his tripled bladed claws made from Chakra Metal able to compete against his old ally and now enemy Asuma Sarutobi a famous melee fighter of his village with his chakra blade trench knives brass knuckles.

Yugito Nii (Naruto) using Claw Creation Technique...

...and in her transformed state, Yugito using Cat Claws that slashes the opponent with a powerful and quick swipe with the extended nails on her hands.

Laura (Goblin Hill/Why did you come to Goblin Hill?)

Killua Zoldyck (Hunter X Hunter)

Baek Yoon-Ho (Solo Leveling)

WarGreymon (Digimon)...

...charges at Machinedramon, uses his claws and slices him.

Setsuna (Redo of Healer)

Chocolove McDonell and Mic the Jaguar (Shaman King)

Diablo (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken)

Kishasha Vixyabi (Pick Me Up!) is a fierce fighter capable of slicing apart her prey in a single strike from claws and completely obliterating opponents...

...naturally using her beast-like speed to leave behind afterimages of strikes.

Cartoons/Comics

Before his transformation into Dark Danny (Danny Phantom) the ghost half of Danny Phantom used the Ghost Gauntlet’s, the future version of the Fenton Ghost Gloves, retractable claws to rip Vlad into ghost Plasmius and human Masters.

Nightmerica (Danny Phantom) wears gray gloves with green claws.

Vixen (DC Comics)

T'Challa/Black Panther (Marvel Comics)

Venom (Marvel Comics)

Selina Kyle/Catwoman (DC Comics) wears clawed gloves and is skilled with them.

Wolverine (Marvel Comics)

Silas Burr/Cyber (Marvel Comics)

Victor Creed/Sabretooth (Marvel Comics) is a deadly force with his claws and physical prowess.

Like her father Wolverine, Laura Kinney/X-23 (Marvel Comics) is a deadly fighter with her claws.

Lady Deathstrike (Marvel Comics) is a powerful fighter with her claws.

Akihiro/Daken (Marvel Comics), the son of Wolverine...

...is a powerful fighter with his bone claws.

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.

Jennika (IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV Series) in addition to his sai can fight with other weapons like a pair of custom made Tekko-Kagi with two blades instead of three with flamethrowers able to take down several Foot Ninja during his Vision Quest.

The Golden Tiger Claws (Xiaolin Showdown) grants the users the ability to open wormholes, which is useful, despite not causing direct damage.

Kuasa (Arrowverse)

Mashin Chaser (Kamen Rider Drive) with his Busou Chaser Spider form.

A Wendigo (Marvel Comics)

Eddy Cougar (Tiny Toon Adventures)

Megabyte (ReBoot) is a Master of Claw Fighting on his Knuckles...

...and his Fingertips,

Gigabyte (ReBoot) has 3 long claws on his right hand.

Despite not being claws, Drusillia's (Buffyverse) fingernails have very sharp edges that can slice through flesh.

Beast-Man (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe).

Warblade (Wildstorm Universe)

Oroku Saki/Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Movies

Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) wields clawed gloves.

A Yautja (Predator) wielding his Wrist-blades.

Sa'Luk (Aladdin and the King of Thieves)

Quint Lane (Underworld: Awakening)

Video Games

The weapon of choice for the Assassin Class (Diablo 2) is the claw.

MirageGaogamon (Digimon)

Gatomon (Digimon)

Grizzlymon (Digimon)

Therizinosaurus (Dinosaur King)

The Lone Wanderer (Fallout 3) wielding a Deathclaw gauntlet.

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.

While skilled in the ways of archery, Pit (Kid Icarus) is very proficient is wielding claws for extended melee attacks and swift speed.

BeastMan.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)

SlashMan.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)

Wolf Woods (Mega Man StarForce)

Ryu Hasabusa (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.

Koga (Paladins)

Teddie (Persona 4) fights with different claws and claw enhancements.

Alex Mercer (Prototype)

James Heller (Prototype)

Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog) using his Shovel Claws, which can dig through the ground.

Sonic the Hedgehog's (Sonic the Hedgehog) main weapons are his over-sized claws in Werehog form.

Vega (Street Fighter) is a Spanish ninja with a claw glove on his right hand.

Poison Claw (Valkyrie Crusade)

Web Comics/Animations

John Doe (unOrdinary)

Tevin Charles (Ordeal)

Videos

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