The ability to wield flails or chained weaponry with great skill. A variation of Weapon Proficiency.
Also Called
- Ball & Chain Proficiency
- Bola Proficiency
- Chained Weapon Proficiency
- Flail Proficiency
- Nunchaku Proficiency
- Yo-Yo Proficiency
Capabilities
Users are able to demonstrate 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.
Associations
- Adoptive Muscle Memory
- Empathic Weaponry
- Enhanced Combat
- Enhanced Whipmanship
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Metal Manipulation
- Sentient Weaponry
- Soul-Bound Weaponry
- Weapon Manipulation
- Weapon Creation
- Weapon Manipulation
- Weapon Proficiency Touch
- If users possess energy capabilities, they may be able to perform:
- Energy Blades
- Energy Infusion
- Spatial Slicing
- Temporal Slicing
- Energy Blasts via swings
- Flail-shaped Beam Emission
Known Users
Comics/Animation
- Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
- Elektra (Marvel Comics)
- Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
- Moon Knight (Marvel Comics)
- Starling (Storm Hawks)
- Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Yang (Yin Yang Yo!)
- Boris (Bondi Band)
- Sugilite (Steven Universe)
- Texas (Motorcity)
Manga/Anime
- Baldorias S. Fanghini (Black Cat)
- Marechiyo Omaeda (Bleach)
- Hollow Ichigo (Bleach)
- M.M. (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
- Might Guy (Naruto)
- Tenten (Naruto)
- Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto)
- Rakuyo (One Piece)
- Zeo (One Piece)
- Momoko Akatsutsumi/Hyper Blossom (Powerpuff Girls Z)
- Pantro (Thundercats)
- Rinku (Yu Yu Hakusho)
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)
- Mike Jones (StarTropics)
- Captain Blue Jr. (Viewtiful Joe)
- Trick Chain (Valkyrie Crusade)
Gallery
Baldor (right) wielding Heimdall, a rocket-boosted Orichalcum flail with a control at the handle, so powerful it is capable of shattering a city block.
Ōmaeda's Shikai, Gegetsuburi, takes the form a spiked ball attached to a long chain. It has little defensive power, and is more for simple offensive force.
Darkray wielding the Death Angel Hammer in her weapon form (though Hammer resembles more of a flail), along with five others.
Yo-Yo Kirby wielding his namesake weapon as a flail.
Malin wielding bladed yo-yo as flails.
Samehada's handle extending, changing it into a shark's skin flail.
Rakuyo wielding a spiked flail with a canine-like face. It seems to be sentient to a level, and can bite at the same time as impact.
Hyper Blossom wielding a yo-yo as a flail.
The Shizuru Kuwabara: Reikibuki
After upgrading his Billy Club, Daredevil gained the ability to use his grappling hook to connect both parts to serve in a variety of ninja-themed flail weapons.
Trick Chain (Valkyrie Crusade)
Sugilite (Steven Universe) uses a flail made from Garnet's gauntlets and Amethyst's whip.