The ability to wield flails or chained weaponry with great skill. Variation of Weapon Proficiency.
Contents
Also Called
- Ball & Chain Proficiency
- Bola Proficiency
- Chained Weapon Proficiency
- Enhanced Chained Weaponmanship
- Flail Proficiency
Capabilities
Users are able to demonstrate a nimble aptitude for swinging weaponry. The user is able to wield swinging weaponry with great skill in hand condition, agility, and moderate attack power.
Applications
- Beat your enemies silly.
- Immobilize your opponent.
- Whirl your weapon to counter or block attacks.
- Be able to use the weapon as a rope if the length of the rope or chain is long enough.
- Strangle your opponent with the rope or chain.
Associations
- Adoptive Muscle Memory
- Crushing
- Empathic Weaponry
- Enhanced Combat
- Enhanced Whipmanship
- Enhanced Yo-yo Proficiency
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Metal Manipulation
- Sentient Weaponry
- Soul-Bound Weapon
- Supernatural Flailmanship
- Weapon Manipulation
- Weapon Creation
- Weapon Manipulation
- Weapon Proficiency Touch
- Wrecking Ball Proficiency
- If users possess energy capabilities, they may be able to perform:
- Energy Blades
- Energy Blast via swings
- Energy Infusion
- Spatial Slicing
- Temporal Slicing
- Flail-shaped Beam Emission
Known Users
Cartoons/Comics
- Uncle Ruckus (The Boondocks)
- Matthew "Matt" Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
- Elektra Natchios (Marvel Comics)
- Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
- Danny Ketch
- J. T. Slade/Hellfire (Marvel Comics)
- Marc Spector/Moon Knight (Marvel Comics)
- Carl "Crusher" Creel/Absorbing Man (Marvel Comics)
- Starling (Storm Hawks)
- Yang (Yin Yang Yo!)
- Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Chloé Bourgeois/Queen Bee (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Boris (Bondi Band)
- Sugilite (Steven Universe)
- Alexandrite (Steven Universe)
- Texas (Motorcity)
- Pantro (Thundercats)
- Axel the Water Buffalo (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
Anime/Manga
- Tomoe Tachibana (Absolute Duo)
- Seryu Ubiquitous (Akame ga Kill)
- Baldorias S. Fanghini (Black Cat)
- Ikkaku Madarame (Bleach)
- Hollow Ichigo (Bleach)
- Marechiyo Ōmaeda (Bleach)
- Gyomei Himejima (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Killua Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter)
- Vikemon (Digimon)
- M.M. (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
- Ginta Toramizu (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Phantom (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Saturn (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Shuten/Anubis (Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers/Ronin Warriors)
- Jakotsu (InuYasha)
- Might Guy (Naruto)
- Tenten (Naruto)
- Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto)
- Ban (Nanatsu no Taizai/The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Rakuyo (One Piece)
- Krieg (One Piece)
- Zeo (One Piece)
- Franky (One Piece)
- Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
- Rem (Re:Zero ~Starting Life in Another World~)
- Kan Mei (Kingdom)
- Blossom (Powerpuff Girls Z)
- Rinku (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Maruss (Zatch Bell!)
Video Games
- Deus (Asura's Wrath)
- Bayonetta (Bayonetta)
- Ness (Earthbound/Super Smash Bros.)
- Lucas (Earthbound/Super Smash Bros.)
- "Yoyo Yoko" Koshibojin (Ehrgeiz)
- Bridget (Guilty Gear)
- Malin (King of Fighters)
- Kirby (Kirby)
- Murai (Ninja Gaiden)
- Ryu Hasabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
- Melpha (Queen's Blade)
- Sigui (Queen's Blade: Rebellion)
- Acolytes (Ragnarok)
- Priest (Ragnarok)
- Naraku (Senran Kagura)
- Bolo (Shantae)
- Mike Jones (StarTropics)
- Captain Blue Jr. (Viewtiful Joe)
- Trick Chain (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Kratos (God of War series)
- Kim Wu (Killer Instinct series)
- Conquerer (For Honor)
- Shinobi (For Honor)
Television/Movies
- Sam Puckett (iCarly)
- Sister (Kubo and the Two Strings)
- Trey Davies (Reboot: The Guardian Code); via Guardian form
- Kai (Kung Fu Panda)
- Mike Fukunaga (Supah Ninjas)
Web Animation
- Sun Wukong (RWBY)
Gallery
Baldor (Black Cat) wielding Heimdall, a rocket-boosted Orichalcum flail with a control at the handle, so powerful it is capable of shattering a city block.
Ōmaeda Marechiyo's (Bleach) Shikai, Gegetsuburi, takes the form a spiked ball attached to a long chain...
Darkray (Kurohime) wielding the Death Angel Hammer in her weapon form (though Hammer resembles more of a flail), along with five others.
Rakuyo (One Piece) wielding a sentient spiked flail with a canine-like face, biting its opponents at the same time as impact.
After upgrading his Billy Club, Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics) gained the ability to use his grappling hook to connect both parts to serve in a variety of ninja-themed flail weapons.
Sam (iCarly) often carries around a sock full of frozen butter to swing and hit people she dislikes.
Kratos (God of War) wields the Blades of Chaos, two short blades connected to his wrists by chains that extend outward.
When his ÄRM, Babbo is in his base form, Ginta (Marchen Awakens Romance) sometimes ignores his true usage and chooses to throw him at the enemy.
Saturn's (Marchen Awakens Romance) Weapon ÄRM, Eisenkugel summons a chain with a heavy ball at the end. Sadistic and insane, Saturn takes his time battering his opponent before killing them.
With the finesse of a master, Jakotsu (InuYasha) wields her/his Jakotsutō, a sword with multiple blades linked together for great lengths of slashing.
His favorite weapon of choice, Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star) is a master in wielding nunchaku...
Kan Mei, the Giant of Chu (Kingdom) wielding his oversized flail-like weapon, turning his opponents into bloody pulp.
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