Giant Sword Proficiency

Giant Sword Proficiency
Tōga (InuYasha) wields the Tessaiga, a giant powerful demonic blade forged from his fang.
Power/Ability to:	Wield a giant sword.

"It was too big to be called a sword. Massive, thick, heavy, and far too rough. Indeed, it was a heap of raw iron."

― Narrator describing Dragon Slayer (Berserk)

"I got a big ass sword and I'm more than willin' to use it."

― Kenta Daisuke (No Need For Bushido)

The ability to possess great skill in wielding a giant or extremely large sword. Variation of Enhanced/Supernatural Swordsmanship and Giant Weapon Proficiency.

Also Called

• Giant Sword Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Massive Sword Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Oversized Sword Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Slabsword Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent

Capabilities

The user is a master in wielding a sword of gigantic properties that is notably, sometimes massively so, larger than the user's size.

Applications

• Attack Movement Manipulation
• Cutting
  • Bisection
  • Decapitation
• Defense Bypassing
• Deflection
  • Parrying Mastery
• Enhanced Precision
  • Precise Strike
• Enhanced Strike
  • Crushing
  • Heavy Strike
  • Weighted Attacks
    • Body Destruction
• Impale
• Physical Attack Reversal
  • Countering Mastery
• Pressure Strike
  • Sword-Pressure Emission
• Severing
• Slash Effect/Projection
  • Air Cutting
  • Cutting Wave
  • Sword Beam Emission

Associations

• Broadsword Proficiency
• Enhanced/Supernatural Strenth
• Enhanced Weaponry
• Great Sword Proficiency
• Longsword Proficiency

Limitations

• If the user doesn't have at least some degree of superhuman strength, they cannot properly use much less hold the blade.
• May be useless or difficult against fast targets.
• May require a degree of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users

See also: Cool Sword & BFS

• BlackRose (.hack)
• Akatsuki Ousawa (Aesthetica of A Rogue Hero)
• Sheele (Akame ga Kill!)
• Hoederer (Arknights)
• Quarts (Arknights)
• Sideroca (Arknights)
• Skadi (Arknights)
• Surtr (Arknights)
• Augus (Asura's Wrath)
• Takumi Atsuta (Battle Moon Wars)
• Guts (Berserk)
• Zodd (Berserk)
• Asta (Black Clover)
• Es (BlazBlue/XBlaze)
• Kagura Mutsuki (BlazBlue)
• Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)
• Ikkaku Madarame (Bleach); via Bankai Form
• Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach); via Shikai Form
• Akiko Yosano (Bungou Stray Dogs)
• Claymores (Claymore)
• William Dunbar (Code Lyoko)
• War (Darksiders)
• Tohka Yatogami (Date A Live)
• Millenium Earl (D.Gray-man)
• Allen Walker (D.Gray-man)
• Wonder Woman of the Absolute Universe (DC Comics)
• Tengen Uzui (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Sparda (Devil May Cry)
• Dante (Devil May Cry)
• Various armed Digimon (Digimon)
• Veronica Lautreamont (Dragonar Academy)
• Zephyr (Doom Breaker)
• Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail)
• Angeal Hewley (Final Fantasy VII series)
• Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII series)
• Zack Fair (Final Fantasy VII series)
• Ichinose Zenmaru (Gamaran)
• Claymore wielders (Genshin Impact)
• Executioner (Girls' Frontline)
• Ziorexius (The Greatest Estate Developer)
• Ramlethal Valentine (Guilty Gear)
• Various characters (Gundam franchise); via mobile suits that are armed with beam sabers or other giant swords
  • Amuro Ray (Gundam Universal Century); via the RX-78-2 Gundam and RX-93 Nu Gundam
  • Graham Aker (Mobile Suit Gundam 00); via the SVMS-01 Union Flag, SVMS-01E Graham's Union Flag Custom, SVMS-01X Union Flag Custom II, GNX-704T/AC Ahead Sakigake, GNX-U02X Masurao, GNX-Y901TW Susanowo, and GNX-903VW Brave Commander Test Type
  • Setsuna F. Seiei (Mobile Suit Gundam 00); via the GN-001 Gundam Exia, GN-0000 00 Gundam, GN-0000+GNR-010 00 Raiser, and GNT-0000 00 Qan[T]
  • McGillis Fareed (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans); via the V08-1228 Grimgerde, EB-06rs Graze Ritter Commander Type, and ASW-G-01 Gundam Bael
  • Mikazuki Augus (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans); via the ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos and ASW-G-09 Gundam Barbatos Lupus
• Guido-Gon (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
• Sarimgui (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
• Saulcai/Prosecutor (Hero Killer)
• Victoria (Hero Killer)
• Vasco Strada (High School DxD)
• Husk-Nihilism (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• Raiden Mei (Honkai Impact 3rd); as the Herrsher of Thunder
• Prince Aechmea (Houseki no Kuni)
• Impa (Hyrule Warriors)
• Al Simmons/Spawn (Image Comics)
• Sesshōmaru (InuYasha); briefly
• Inuyasha (InuYasha)
• Tōga (InuYasha)
• Setsu Suzaki (Isekai Shoukan wa Nidome Desu)
• Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade (Kamen Rider Decade); via Final FormRide: Blade Blade
• Sento Kiryu/Kamen Rider Build (Kamen Rider Build)
• Ryo Ogami/Kamen Rider Buster (Kamen Rider Saber)
• Magnus (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
• Kirby (Kirby series)
• Zeon Bell (Konjiki no Gash!!/Zatch Bell!)
• Player (Madness: Project Nexus)
• Various Tower Guards (Madness: Project Nexus); except the Yellow Tower Guard
  • The Blackguard
  • Blue Tower Guard
• Freya/Frigga (Marvel Comics)
• Illyana Rasputin/Magik (Marvel Comics)
• Doom (Mashle: Magic and Muscles)
• Various Hunters (Monster Hunter)
• Wang Jing (Nano Machine)
• Chōjūrō (Naruto)
• Darui (Naruto)
• Killer B (Naruto)
• Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto)
• Obito Uchiha (Naruto)
• Suigetsu Hozuki (Naruto)
• Zabuza Momochi (Naruto)
• Kenta Daisuke (No Need for Bushido)
• Arlong (One Piece)
• Charlotte Cracker (One Piece)
• Dracule Mihawk (One Piece)
• Iron Gakki (Ordeal)
• Haru Glory (Rave Master)
• Uta the Eternal (Rave Master)
• Lee Geon (Return of the Disaster-Class Hero)
• Tsubasa Kazanari (Senki Zesshou Symphogear)
• Yomi (Senran Kagura)
• Marcus (Shadow Fight)
• Shadow's Descendant (Shadow Fight)
• Titan (Shadow Fight)
• Yoh Asakura (Shaman King)
• Makoto Maruta (Shingan no Yuusha)
• Isami Kondo (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie/Record of Ragnarok)
• Bellion (Solo Leveling)
• Igris (Solo Leveling)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Nightmare (Soulcalibur)
• Siegfried Schtauffen (Soulcalibur)
• Stag (Spider Riders)
• Trudgen (Star Wars)
• Yui (Sword Art Online)
• Su Jinlei (Taimanin)
• Madoka Mawari (Tenjho Tenge)
• Omega Prime (Transformers: Robots in Disguise 2001 TV series)
• Kicker Jones (Transformers: Energon)
• Nanase (Under Night In-Birth)
• Wakaba Saegusa (Vividred Operation)
• Arthas Methril (Warcraft)
• Various Duel Monsters (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Fu Inubozaki (Yuki Yuna is a Hero)
• Soukaku (Zenless Zone Zero)

Known Giant Swords

• Dragon Slayer (Berserk)
• Buster Sword (Final Fantasy VII series)
• Sword of Nunoboko (Naruto)
• The Answerer (Hero Killer)
• Kokutō Yoru (One Piece)
• Pretzel (One Piece)
• Same-kiri Bocho (One Piece)
• Object Eraser (Sword Art Online)

Gallery

As a Heavy Blade class, BlackRose (.hack) wields a massive double-handed sword with ease.

Hoederer (Arknights)

Quartz (Arknights)

Sideroca (Arknights)

Skadi (Arknights)

Surtr (Arknights)

Takumi Atsuta (Battle Moon Wars) wields the high-tech Futsuno. With it, he is able to deliver strikes powerful enough to, as he claims, even "cut gods".

Having wield them since he was six years old, Guts (Berserk) defined the norm of using an oversized sword half his size...

...He culminates his incredible strength to wield the sword as he has cut down grown men with every swing of his huge broadsword,...

...overpowered and defeated powerful mercenaries like Bazuso,...

...survived a grueling swordfight with the vicious Nosferatu Zodd...

...and over 50 palace guards, blowing through them like a whirlwind...

...And since becoming the Black Swordsman,...

...Guts has used and wielded the massive 400 pounds Dragon Slayer, a legendary slab of a sword that's said to be capable of killing even dragons,...

...He wields it as if it's a part of him as he parries high-speed attacks,...

...which has helped him in his quest as he killed and destroyed over thousand evil spirits, Apostles and their spawn since being branded by the God Hand and surviving the Eclipse.

Zodd (Berserk)

Asta (Black Clover) wielding the Anti-Magic sword, Demon-Slayer Sword to face down magical foes by negating their powers.

Es (BlazBlue/XBlaze)

Kagura Mutsuki (BlazBlue)

Ichigo Kurosaki's (Bleach) Zangetsu

Ikkaku Madarame (Bleach) wielding his Bankai, Ryūmon Hōzukimaru.

War (Darksiders) always carries his immensely powerful Chaos Eater in the never-ending war between the kingdoms of Heaven and Hell.

Yatogami Tohka (Date A Live) wielding her Halvanhelev, a powerful blade which can destroy a city and the mountains behind it with a single swing at full power.

Wonder Woman of the Absolute Universe (DC Comics)

AncientGarurumon (Digimon) wielding his Two Greatswords.

EmperorGreymon (Digimon) wielding his Ryugoken.

Imperialdramon Paladin Mode (Digimon) wields the almighty Omni Sword/Omega Blade.

Knightmon (Digimon)

Mervamon (Digimon) wielding the Olympic Kai Great Sword.

VictoryGreymon (Digimon) wielding his giant sword Dramon Breaker.

Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII series) with his trademark Buster Sword.

Beidou (Genshin Impact)

Diluc (Genshin Impact)

Eula (Genshin Impact)

Noelle (Genshin Impact)

Executioner (Girls' Frontline)

Ramlethal Valentine (Guilty Gear)

The RX-78-2 Gundam (Gundam Universal Century) wielding a beam saber.

The Gundam Exia (Mobile Suit Gundam 00) with the GN Sword.

The Gundam Exia Repair (Mobile Suit Gundam 00) with the broken GN Sword.

The Gundam Exia Repair II (Mobile Suit Gundam 00) with the GN Sword Kai.

The 00 Raiser (Mobile Suit Gundam 00) with the GN Sword II...

...and the GN Sword III.

The 00 Qan[T] (Mobile Suit Gundam 00) with the GN Sword IV.

Sarimgui (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)

Saulcai/Prosecutor (Hero Killer)

Victoria (Hero Killer)

Impa (Hyrule Warriors) is able to wield the Giant's Knife with speed and strength great enough to dispatch an entire hoard of enemies and powerful opponents.

Al Simmons/Spawn (Image Comics)

Inuyasha (InuYasha) armed with the giant fang sword of his father, the Tessaiga.

Setsu Suzaki (Isekai Shoukan wa Nidome Desu)

Magnus (Kid Icarus: Uprising) easily wields his massive sword, the Magnus Club, with ease.

Whenever Kirby (Kirby series) inhales a Super Blade Knight, he gains the ability of the Ultra Sword.

Zeon (Konjiki no Gash!!/Zatch Bell!) shapes powerful lightning magic into a giant sword with the Sorudo Zakeruga spell.

The Blackguard (Madness Combat) wields his Megaslayer.

Freya/Frigga (Marvel Comics)

Illyana Rasputin/Magik (Marvel Comics) is a master at wielding a greatsword called the Soulsword.

Doom (Mashle: Muscles and Magic)

Wang Jing (Nano Machine) wields his twin great swords with incredible superhuman ability, having created his own personal swordsmanship that perfectly combines the elements of great and soft sword wielding in perfect unison...

...and single handily slaughtered over 3000 pirates of the Yangtze River families after they murdered his wife.

Claiming that his sword "never cut a second time", Zabuza Momochi (Naruto) wielded the Kubikiribōchō',...

...as he was capable of decimating numerous opponents with a few slashes.

As a former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto) wielded his chakra devouring sword, Samehada/Shark Skin with extreme proficiency.

The youngest in his generation to be a member of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, Chōjūrō (Naruto) is a master swordsman with his 'Hiramekarei...

...to form various chakra blades and weapons for combat.

As the World's Greatest Swordsman, Dracule Mihawk (One Piece) wields his 12 Saijo O' Wazamono sword, Kokutō Yoru...

...with subtly but great enough strength to deflect bullets with a simple turn...

...and destructive power, as he projects a giant Flying Slash Attack with his Kokuto Issen/Black Blade Brandish/One Flash.

Charlotte Cracker (One Piece) effortlessly wields his one-of-a-kind huge longsword Pretzel which can even bypassed and cut through Luffy's Gear 4's Armament/Busoshoku while also cutting his arm.

Iron Gakki (Ordeal)

Haru Glory (Rave Master) wields the Ten Commandments.

Uta the Eternal (Rave Master) wields his 100-foot long-sword.

Tsubasa Kazanari's (Senki Zesshou Symphogear) second Armed Gear, Giant Sword.

Yomi (Senran Kagura)

Marcus (Shadow Fight)

Titan (Shadow Fight) using his signature giant sword, the Desolator.

Yoh Asakura (Shaman King) armed with his gigantic double medium Over Soul, Spirit of Sword.

Bellion (Solo Leveling)

Igris (Solo Leveling)

Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) using the Knight Titan's own giant sword against it.

Nightmare (Soulcalibur)

Siegfried Schtauffen (Soulcalibur)

Knight of Ren member known as Trudgen (Star Wars) carried an enormous vibrocleaver.

Yui (Sword Art Online) wielding the two-handed great sword Object Eraser.

Madoka Mawari (Tenjho Tenge)

Whenever the need called for it, Omega Prime (Transformers: Robots in Disguise 2001 TV series) can utilize the full energy of the Matrix of Leadership and shape it into the powerful Matrix Blade.

Kicker Jones (Transformers: Energon) wielding the Energon Saber.

Nanase (Under Night In-Birth)

Lich King (Warcraft) wielding the all-powerful cursed rune blade, Frostmourne.

Fu Inubozaki (Yuki Yuna is a Hero)

Soukaku (Zenless Zone Zero)

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