Halberd Proficiency

The power to be a master of wielding halberds. Sub-power of Halberd Manipulation. Variation of Polearm Proficiency.

Also Called[]

Arbir Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Specialism
Bladed Staff Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Specialism
Fauchard Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Specialism
Glaive/Glave Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Specialism
Guandao Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Specialism
Halberd Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Specialism
Sovnya Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Specialism
War Scythe Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Specialism
Woldo Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Specialism

Capabilities[]

Users, either innately or through training, are masters of wielding halberds, a two-handed pole weapon akin to a spear combined with an axe, beyond that of the peak members of their species The user is able to wield any kind of halberds with great speed, power, and skill. As one of the largest (or at least longest) classes of weapon that can be carried by normal humans, users of this ability excel in keeping enemies at bay and maintaining a superior position in combat, having a great advantage, at a distance, over opponents wielding smaller melee weapons.

Less conventional techniques employed by masters halberdier include stopping large incoming objects, cleaving massed ranks of opponents in single swings, breaking through any number of obstructions with powerful thrusts, using the tip as a precise long-range slicing tool, and blocking incoming attacks with the shaft.

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Limitations[]

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

Known Users[]

See Also: Blade on a Stick.

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

Lu Bu (Hardcore Leveling Warrior)
Chungha Kim (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
Lu Bu Fengxian (History of Three States)
Lu Bu (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie/Record of Ragnarok)
Tao Ren (Shaman King)
Leysritt (TYPE-MOON)
Hak (Yona of the Dawn)

Cartoons/Comics

Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
Nex (Winx Club); via Halberd of the Wind

Literatures

Pike wielders (Redwall series)
- Bluebane
- Lady Cregga Rose Eyes
- Cuthbert Blanedale Frunk
- Ffring
- Trubbs
- Wother

Live Action Movies/Television Series

Shoichi Tsugami/Kamen Rider Agito (Kamen Rider Agito); via Storm Form and Trinity Form
Kamen Rider Poseidon (Kamen Rider OOO)
Redyue (Kamen Rider Gaim)
Woz/Kamen Rider Woz (Kamen Rider Zi-O)
GoGoFive (Kyukyu Sentai GoGoFive)
Stinger/Sasori Orange (Uchu Sentai Kyuranger)
Jiro Momotani (Avataro Sentai Donbrothers); as Don Doragoku
Lightspeed Rangers (Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue)

Video Games

Amanra (Age of Mythology)
Frostleaf (Arknights)
Plume (Arknights)
Vanilla (Arknights)
Halberd-wielding Characters (Final Fantasy series)
- Cid Highwind (Final Fantasy VII series)
- Kimahri Ronso (Final Fantasy X)
- Dragoons (Final Fantasy XI)
- Uhlan (Final Fantasy XII)
- Oerba Yun Fang (Final Fantasy XIII)
Tatsuta (Kantai Collection)
G03LM Mk.2s (Madness: Project Nexus (Classic))
G03LM Mk.3s (Madness: Project Nexus)
Player (Madness: Project Nexus)
Users of Model L (Mega Man ZX)
- Aile
- Thetis
- Vent
Glycine Bleumer (Sakura Wars)
Arkhos (Shadow Fight)
Bolo's sixth clone (Shadow Fight)
Real Bolo of Itu's Plane (Shadow Fight)
Shadow (Shadow Fight)
Shadow's Descendant (Shadow Fight)
Shang (Shadow Fight)
Stranger/Real Shadow's Descendant (Shadow Fight)
Hood Sickle (Skylanders)
Seong Mi-na (Soulcalibur)
Lu Bu (Versus Tales X)

Web Animations

Mag Agent: V3 (Madness Combat)
Mag Agent: V5 (Incident: 110A)
Ruby Rose (RWBY)