Knife Proficiency

Knife Proficiency
A powerful master of Tantojutsu, Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) can create a Flying Slash Attack strong enough to cut down his target and a building as well as multiple highly skilled Samurai with a simple Tanto.
Power/Ability to:	Possess great skill with a knife.

"Oh Good. I so much prefer blades to bows. There's always so much more blood."

― Constantine Drakon (DC Comics)

"You see, it's the slow knife... the knife that takes its time, the knife that waits years without forgetting, then slips quietly between the bones... that's the knife that cuts deepest."

― Talia al Ghul (The Dark Knight Rises)

"You hold him down while we knife him, and then we'll all go out for ice cream and strippers."

― Dean Winchester to Kevin Tran (Supernatural)

The power to possess great skill in wielding a knife. Variation of Weapon Proficiency.

Also Called

• Dagger Proficiency
• Enhanced Dagger Fighting/Proficiency/Throwing
• Enhanced Daggermanship
• Enhanced Knifemanship
• Enhanced Knifeplay
• Enhanced Knife Fighting/Proficiency/Throwing
• Enhanced Trench Knife Skill
• Tantōjutsu

Capabilities

Users have an incredible aptitude for the ways of the knife. They are able to wield small blades with great proficiency and cunning as well as stealth; concealing multiple knives on their person flawlessly, to be retrieved at will in combat.

Applications

• Extreme skill with all forms of a knife, paired with the ease with which such weapons may be hidden on the body, allows the user to employ a richly varied fighting style: switching between any number of exotic types of knife mid-battle to hack, jab, hook or otherwise harm a target. More powerful users of this ability may even use some specialized varieties of a knife in ways they were not designed for, such as throwing a stiletto accurately or impaling with a curved blade.
• Trick moves, misdirection, and feints to add to the user's abilities in combat as well as for the purposes of display.
• The ability to target and exploit an opponent's vital points with flawless accuracy, often in order to make a swift, silent kill, or disable without inflicting lethal wounds.
• Some varieties of knives lend themselves to throwing, in which case the user's aim can be expected to be nigh perfect, even in the middle of combat or when throwing multiple weapons. In addition, this may allow the user to pin targets down through their opponent's clothing or flesh, preventing them from moving without actually killing them.
• The shortness of a knife offers a smaller blind-spot than long swords, while at the same time allowing them to take advantage of such spots in the face of swordsmen.

Variations

• Tanto Proficiency

Associations

• Adoptive Muscle Memory
• Demonic Weaponry
• Divine Weaponry
• Empathic Weaponry
• Enhanced Combat
• Intuitive Aptitude
• Magic Weaponry
• Sentient Weaponry
• Soul-Bound Weapon
• Weapon Creation
• Weapon Manipulation
• Weapon Physiology
• Weapon Proficiency Touch

• If the user possesses energy capabilities, they may be able to perform:
  • Dagger-shaped Energy Beam Emission
  • Energy Blast via swings
  • Energy Infusion
  • Ergokinetic Blade Construction
  • Spatial Slicing
  • Temporal Slicing

Limitations

• User may not be able to handle a larger blade with similar skills.
• Aside from the actual act of eliminating a target, this ability does not enhance a user's stealth.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Kenny Ackerman (Attack On Titan)
• Levi Ackerman (Attack On Titan)
• Tokaku Azuma (Akuma no Riddle)
• Isuke Inukai (Akuma no Riddle)
• Judeau (Berserk)
• Guts (Berserk)
• Kranz Maduke (Black Cat)
• Kensei Mugurama (Bleach)
• Shaz Domino (Bleach)
• Neutrophils/White Blood Cells (Cells at Work!)
• Kid (Chrono Cross)
• Maes Hughes (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
• King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
• Jacob Lessio (Fairy Tail)
• Various Characters (Naruto)
• Sid Barrett (Soul Eater)
• Dracule Mihawk (One Piece)
• Sanji (One Piece)
• Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
• Nobume Imai (Gintama)
• Goblin Slayer (Goblin Slayer)
• Dao Ma (Blades of the Guardian)
• DIO Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
• Bruno Bucciarati (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)
• Enrico Pucci (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean)
• AU Diego Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run)
• Yuji Itadori (JUJUTSU KAISEN)
• Kento Nanami (JUJUTSU KAISEN)
• A Ka Kin (Kingdom)
• San (Princess Mononoke)
• Juuzou Suzuya (Tokyo Ghoul)
• Tooru Mutsuki (Tokyo Ghoul:re)
• Izaya Orihara (Durarara!!)
• Kyoma Mabuchi (Dimension W)
• Dorothy (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Babbo Version 6 - Puss in Boots (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Guardian ÄRM, X (Zehn) (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Hati (Saint Seiya Ω)
• Favaro Leone (Shingeki no Bahamut)
• Sung Jin-Woo (Solo Leveling)
• Kang Tae-Shik (Solo Leveling)
• Baruka (Solo Leveling)
• Baran (Solo Leveling)
• Shiki Tohno (Tsukihime)
• Shiki Ryougi (Kara no Kyoukai)
• Silica / Ayano Keiko (Sword Art Online)
• Shizuku Sangou (Kampfer)
• Belphegor (Katekyō Hitman Reborn)
• Rasiel (Katekyō Hitman Reborn)
• Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia)
• Thorfinn (Vinland Saga)
• Jirou Sorashima (Wallman)
• Alibaba Saluja (Magi Series)
• Hans Humpty (Rokka no Yuusha)

Cartoons/Comics

• Razor the Shark (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Mai (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Black Manta (DC Comics)
• Constantine Drakon (DC Comics)
• Roy Harper (DC Comics)
• Morgan Ducard/Nobody (DC Comics)
• Talons (DC Comics)
• Drax the Destroyer (Marvel Comics)
• James "Bucky" Barnes/Winter Soldier (Marvel Comics)
• T'Challa/Black Panther (Marvel Comics)
• Tandy Bowen/Dagger (Marvel Comics)
• Elektra Natchios (Marvel Comics)
• Ororo Munroe/Storm (Marvel Comics)
• James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
• James Proudstar/Warpath (Marvel Comics)
• Sarah/Marrow (Marvel Comics)
• Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven the Hunter (Marvel Comics)
• Anastasia Kravinoff (Marvel Comics)
• Diego Hargreeves/Number Two/The Kraken (The Umbrella Academy/Dark Horse Comics)
• Eyeball Ruby (Steven Universe)
• Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
• Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
• Brock Samson (The Venture Bros.)
• Knives Chau (Scott Pilgrim)
• Aerrow (Storm Hawk)
• Angor Rot (Tales of Arcadia)
• Walter Stricklander (Tales of Arcadia)
• Jim Lake Jr. (Tales of Arcadia)
• Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo)

Literature

• Alex (A Clockwork Orange)
• Konrad (All Tomorrow's Parties)
• Briar Moss (Circleverse)
• Bell Cranel (Danmachi)
• Osprey (Devils Cape)
• Amy (Dorothy Must Die)
• The Fremen of Arrakis (Dune)
• Laura Bodewig (Infinite Stratos)
• Connovan (King's Dark Tidings)
• Rezkin (King's Dark Tidings)
• Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Heroes of Olympus)
• King's Rangers (Ranger's Apprentice Series/Royal Ranger Series
• Shadowhunters (Shadowhunter Chronicles)
• Black Knights (The Apprentice Rogue)
• Declan (The Edge)
• Toothiana/The Tooth Fairy (The Guardians of Childhood)
• Elmindreda "Min" Farshaw (The Wheel of Time)
• Thomdril "Thom" Merrilin (The Wheel of Time)

Video Games

• Robloxians (Roblox); via /catalog/121946387/Bombos-Survival-Knife Bombo's Survival Knife
• Alice Liddell (American McGee's Alice)
• Knife-Wielding Operators (Arknights)
  • Projekt Red
  • Gravel
  • Jaye
  • Phantom
• Larxene (Kingdom Hearts)
• Assassins (Assassin's Creed series)
• Rogues (Warcraft)
• Warlocks (Warcraft)
• Hikage (Senran Kagura)
• Valentine (Skullgirls)
• Sakuya Izayoi (Touhou Project)
• Hassan-i-Sabbah (Assassin) (Fate/stay night)
• Jack the Ripper (Fate/Apocrypha)
• Leon S. Kennedy (Resident Evil)
• Jack Krauser (Resident Evil)
• Echidna (Queen's Blade)
• Irma (Queen's Blade)
• Shizuka (Queen's Blade)
• Eleanor Schariac (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• Dr. Mundo (League of Legends)
• Zidane (Final Fantasy series)
• Rem Tomikiya (Final Fantasy series)
• Terumi Yuuki (BlazeBlue)
• Rogues (Dragonfable)
• Dampierre (Soulcaliber)
• Greed (Soulcaliber)
• Hawkeye (Seiken Densetsu 3)
• Sothe (Fire Emblem)
• Heather (Fire Emblem)
• Player Character (Runescape)
• Jack the Ripper (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Maya (Killer Instinct)
• Various Characters (Far Cry series)
• Kanna Totomi (My Harem Heaven is Yandere Hell)
• Spy (Team Fortress 2)
• William "B.J." Blazkowicz (Wolfenstein series)
• Cidd (Epic Seven)
• Judith (Epic Seven)
• Coil (Epic Seven)
• Lincoln Clay (Mafia III)
• The Marstons (Red Dead Redemption series)
  • John Marston
  • Jack Marston
• Lord's Blade Ciaran (Dark Souls)
• Feower/Quatre (Granblue Fantasy)
• Kiryuu Kazuma (Yakuza Series)
• Goro Majima (Yakuza Series)
• Frisk (Undertale)
• Imposter ("Among Us")

Live Television/Movies

• Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
• Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
• Angels (Supernatural)
• Ghostface (Scream)
• Clove (The Hunger Games)
• Enobaria (The Hunger Games)
• Richard B. Riddick (The Chronicles of Riddick)
• Yeong-Shin (Netflix's Kingdom)
• Fuu Houhou (The Outcast)
• V (V for Vendetta)
• Oishi Kawaii (Oishi High School Battle)
• Trini Kwan/Yellow Ranger (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers)
• Sakuya Izayoi (Touhou Project)
• William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting (Gangs of New York)
• Michael Myers (Halloween Series)
• Cicada (Arrowverse)
• Black Noir (The Boys)
• Diego Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy)
• Navajo code talkers (Windtalkers)
  • Pvt. Ben Yahzee
  • Pvt. Charlie Whitehorse

Web Animation/Comics/Original

• Paris the Puppet (The Dummy's Dummy)
• Lie Ren (RWBY)
• Octavia Ember (RWBY)
• Russel Thrush (RWBY)
• Corsac Albain (RWBY)
• Fennec Albain (RWBY)

Others

• Jeff The Killer (Creepypasta)
• Colet (Jeanne D'Arc)
• Tarzan (Tarzan Series)

See Also

For fan-fictional to non-canon characters, see here.

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Kenny Ackerman (Attack On Titan)

Tokaku Azuma (Akuma no Riddle) is an expert knife user, whether its throwing or fighting with them.

Guts (Berserk)

Kranz Maduke (Black Cat) wielding his Mars knife that vibrates at high-frequency, slicing through bullets with ease.

Kensei (Bleach) wielding his knife-like Zanpakuto

Shaz Domino (Bleach) utilizes knives created from reishi as throwing weapons.

Thanks to his high Agility Stat and a ton of knowledge towards combat, Bell Cranel (DanMachi) is an extremely proficient Knife fighter...

...as he is capable of slicing his opponents with swift & effective strikes.

Kyoma Mabuchi (Dimension W) wields his Wire Daggers with skillful proficiency.

Jacob Lessio (Fairy Tail) is a skilled knife user and can throw them at ludicrous speed.

Shizuku Sangou (Kampfer)

Belphegor (Katekyō Hitman Reborn) is great in using knives.

Like his brother, Rasiel (Katekyō Hitman Reborn) also uses knives.

Darkray (Kurohime) wielding the Death Angel Dagger in her weapon form (who transformed into an additional hand for her master), along with five others.

Dorothy (Marchen Awakens Romance) possesses a Weapon ÄRM called Ring Dagger which she can wield with great skill.

Danzo Shimamura (Naruto) use his Wind Release/Style to enhanced the lethalness of a Kunai which he wielded with incredible skill.

Minato Namikaze (Naruto) made full use of his Flying Thunder God Kunais which he imbued Space-Time Ninjutsu...

...allowing him to instantly teleport in mid-battle with an accurately thrown Kunai.

Asuma Sarutobi (Naruto) was very skilled with his trench knives.

Superior to other Jonin, Kakashi Hatake (Naruto) has exceptional skills in wielding kunai knives as he is able to fight more dangerous Shinobi like Hidan with an ordinary kunai.

Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto) has great skills in wielding kunai knives as he can hold his own against opponents like the Animal Path of Pain and enhance the cutting power of a one with his wind release chakra.

Dracule "Hawk-Eye" Mihawk's (One Piece) supreme swordsmanship skills…

…extends to daggers and knives...

...defeating powerful swordsmen like Roronoa Zoro with ease.

Though it goes against his style as a chef, Sanji (One Piece) is able to use kitchen knives in combat.

While growing up with the wolf clan, San (Princess Mononoke) trained herself with knives.

Since his childhood in the slum streets of London, DIO (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) was proficient in wielding knives, later using his skills with The World's ability to stop time...

...to throw multiple knives at Jotaro Kujo.

Bruno Bucciarati (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V/5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)

Yuji Itadori (JUJUTSU KAISEN)

Along with his powerful swordsmanship, King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) can wield knives and daggers with equal potency.

Nobume Imai (Gintama) wielding her tanto short blade.

Tooru Mutsuki's (Tokyo Ghoul:re) advanced knife throwing technique – juggling…

…and throwing.

Jirou Sorashima (Wallman) shows off his proficient skill with a combat trench knife on some hitmen.

Since his Double Awakening, Sung Jin-Woo (Solo Leveling) has wielded daggers...

...with extreme proficiency as he fought...

...and defeated a C-Rank Boss with his newly acquired strength as a Player...

...sliced apart a grown man into pieces with potent precision...

...fought and held his own against Kang Tae-Shik, who was an experienced knife fighter himself.

As an assassin class B-Rank Hunter, Kang Tae-Shik (Solo Leveling) was exponentially deadly and skilled with knives...

...blitzing the likes of Song Chi-Yui, a master swordsman and a mage-class hunter with just one arm.

Shiki Ryougi (Kara no Kyoukai) with her speed and Mystic Eyes of Death Perception...

...is excellent and graceful while using a knife in battle.

Armed with masterful accuracy, A Ka Kin the Eternal 1000-man commander (Kingdom)...

...uses his throwing knives as potent distractions while saving 1st commander, A Kou from Ba Nan Ji, and Gyou' Un's Combo Podao attack.

With masterful skill, Thorfinn (Vinland Saga) wielded his father's knife and his own with exponential speed and precision...

...as he would always target an opponents' weak point like their fingers.

A master of Balbadd Royal swordsmanship, Alibaba Saluja (Magi Series) is extremely proficient with his Royal Sword dagger,...

...wielding it at almost a superhuman level of skill.

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Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia)

Hans Humpty (Rokka no Yuusha) has to be one of the most bizarre knife fighters, his movement is not only incredibly fast but extremely unpredictable. There's no way to read Hans and be able to predict what he'll do next. He's also as flexible and agile as a cat, able to walk on his hands and climb anything.

As part of his pragmatic fighting style, Goblin Slayer (Goblin Slayer) has excellent skills with knives as he improvises them against goblins for slashing, thrusting, and throwing with lethal results.

Cartoons/Comics

Razor the Shark (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)

Black Manta (DC Comics)

His favorite weapon of choice, Constantine Drakon (DC Comics) is exceptionally skilled with knives...

... as he uses his inhuman speed...

...to slit his opponent's throat without them noticing they've been cut.

The Court of Owls' Talons (DC Comics) are extremely skilled in wielding short blades and knives.

Nobody (DC Comics)

Stewie Griffin (Family Guy) showing complete mastery in bladed weapons, using a knife against his mother's makeshift spear.

Brock Samson (The Venture Bros.)

T'Challa/Black Panther (Marvel Comics)

Mister Negative (Marvel Comics) is extremely skilled in wielding short blades and knives for combat...

...brutally slaughtering his minions.

April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)

Video Games

Alice Liddell (American McGee's Alice)

Larxene (Kingdom Hearts)

Jack the Ripper (Valkyrie Crusade)

A Vietnam veteran, Lincoln Clay (Mafia III) knows his way around a knife.

Yuki Terumi (Blazblue)

Shiki Ryougi (Kara no Kyoukai) is deadly enough with her knife and her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to even be able to sever the existence of a constructed future.

As an Eternal, Feower/Quatre (Granblue Fantasy) is one of the most powerful knife wielders throughout the skies.

Sakuya Izayoi (Touhou Project)

Stucker (Slush Invaders) is skilled in the use of his twin knives, able to fight off multiple Blues and control his blades remotely.

Kazuma Kiryuu (Yakuza Series) is an expert in Tantojutsu.

Live Television/Movies

Riddick (The Chronicles of Riddick) is skilled with using knives, particularly ulaks.

Drax the Destroyer (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Ghostface (Scream) kills his victims by stabbing the vital points of the body or slitting their throats.

Micheal Myers (Halloween)

Trini Kwan/Yellow Ranger (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers) uses the Power Daggers with skill.

Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (center) (Gangs of New York) lives up to his name.

An adept knife fighter, Dean Winchester (Supernatural) can subdue human assailants with ease and best physically more powerful supernatural creatures with only a blade.

Like his brother, Sam Winchester (Supernatural) is adept in knife fighting and has killed multiple supernatural creatures with just a blade.

Tandy Bowen or Dagger (Marvel Cinematic Universe/MCU's Cloak & Dagger) has shown to be quite skilled and fond of using her light daggers

V (V for Vendetta)

Others

Colet (Jeanne D'arc)

Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson)

Videos

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