The ability to possess the skills to wield gauntlets. Variation of Weapon Proficiency.
Also Called
- Battle Gauntlet Proficiency
- Cestus Proficiency
- Combat Glove Proficiency
- Enhanced Gauntlet Proficiency
- Metal Knuckle Proficiency
Capabilities
Users have aptitude for the ways of the gauntlet. They are able to wield gauntlets with great proficiency in brutal fist fights and hand-to-hand combat features, allowing them to fight on equal terms with larger and/or stronger opponents, or those holding larger weapons. Some users can savagely beat and pummel their opponent, and even slash them if their gauntlets are bladed.
Applications
- Deal incredible damage to your enemy.
- Fracture your enemies bones and disrupt their tissue.
- Counter
- Enhanced Combat
- Rapid Physical Combat
Associations
- Adoptive Muscle Memory
- Demonic Weaponry
- Divine Weaponry
- Earthquake Generation
- Empathic Weaponry
- Enhanced Combat
- Enhanced Clawmanship
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Magic Weaponry
- Power Fists
- Sentient Weaponry
- Soul-Bound Weaponry
- Weapon Creation
- Weapon Manipulation
- Weapon Physiology
- Weapon Proficiency Touch
- If the user possesses energy capabilities, they may be able to perform:
- Energy Blast via swings
- Energy Infusion
- Ergokinetic Blade Construction
- Gauntlet-shaped Energy Beam Emission
- Spatial Slicing
- Temporal Slicing
Limitations
- User may have difficulty handling larger blades.
- Users are limited to close-range combat.
Known Users
- Apollo Gauntlet (Apollo Gauntlet)
- Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach)
- Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)
- Knuckles The Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Risty (Queen's Blade: Rebellion)
- Kratos (God of War series)
- Dante (Devil May Cry series)
- Vergil (Devil May Cry series)
- Hulk (Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction)
- Invisible Ultra-Robot (Samurai Jack)
- Thanos (Marvel Comics)
- Sara Pezzini (Witchblade)
- War (Darksiders)
- Death (Darksiders)
- Miss Monday (One Piece)
- Kirikou Rung (Soul Eater)
- Aryutta Katz (Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos)
- Kazuma (s-CRY-ed)
- Issei Hyōdō (Highschool DxD)
- Kinjo (Buso Renkin)
- Usui Horokeu (Shaman King)
- Garnet (Steven Universe)
- Luciela R. Sourcream (Elsword)
- Jacoba (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Ginta Toramizu (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Batman (Batman Arkham series)
- Protagonists (Fallout series)
- Rassilon (Doctor Who)
- WarGreymon (Digimon Adventures)
- Scaraba (Power Rangers Megaforce)
- Shovel Knight (Shovel Knight)
- Olympia (Hero Heights)
- Shocker (Marvel Comics)
Gallery
Yang Xiao Long (Rwby) using her gun gauntlet's to make her attacks stronger as she fights
The Gauntlet of Zeus (God of War:Chains of Olympus) is a powerful weapon that was forged by Hephaestus to bind the Titans to the walls of Tartarus.
Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog) his well known for dealing powerful punches to his enemies, as well as dealing extra damage with his Shovel Claws.
Knuckle's Shovel Claws (Sonic The Hedgehog series).
The Tremor Gauntlet (Darksiders).
Kazuma's (s-CRY-ed) Alter ability is Shell Bullet. He is able to form the material around him over his right arm into a powerful gauntlet that increases his strength and allows him to increased his mobility for incredible striking power.
Issei Hyōdō's Boosted Gear (Highschool DxD)
Dosu Kinuta (Naruto)
Kinjo (Buso Renkin)
The Nemean Cestus (God of War series) increase the strength of wielder,allowing them to shake the ground beneath them and deliver powerful punches.
Pit and Dark Pit (Kid Icarus series) about to clash with their Upperdash Arm and Electroshock Arm respectively.
Kirikou Rung (Soul Eater) with his weapons Fire and Thunder.
Jacoba (Valkyrie Crusade)
Usui Horokeu (Shaman King) can channel his guardian ghost, Kororo, into his snowboard to create his O.S. Kororo-Snowboard, a knucke-hammer of hardened ice.
Babbo Version 1A - Hammer ÄRM turns Ginta's (Marchen Awakens Romance) hand into a gauntlet which through brutal training, he has learned to wield at a master level.
Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach) used Anti-Hierro gauntlets in conjunction with her martial arts skills to overpower Aizen.