- "Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome."
- ― Terry Pratchett, Mort
The ability to be highly skilled in wielding any scythe. Variation of Weapon Proficiency.
Also Called
Capabilities
The user can wield a scythe with tremendous dexterity and skill, accurately and precisely slicing through the enemies without being hindered by the scythe's heavy weight. Minor variations include a sickle — a smaller variation of the scythe — or a kusarigama — a sickle with a chain attached.
Associations
- Adoptive Muscle Memory
- Death Infusion
- Demonic Weaponry
- Divine Weaponry
- Empathic Weaponry
- Enhanced Combat
- Grim Reaper Physiology
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Magic Weaponry
- 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
- Scythe-shaped Energy Beam Emission
- Spatial Slicing
- Temporal Slicing
Known Users
See Also: Sinister Scythe.
Comics/Cartoons
- Zs'Skayr (Ben 10)
- Reaper (DC Comics)
- Scarecrow (DC Comics)
- Karkat Vantas (Homestuck)
- Pitch Black (Rise of the Guardians)
- Ruby Rose (RWBY)
- Qrow Branwen (RWBY)
- Grim (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- Mandy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- Ghoul Tar (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
- Alopex (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
- Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
- Shadowmen (Valiant Entertainment)
Mythology/Folklore
- Chronos (Greek Mythology)
- Grim Reaper (Mythology/Folklore)
- Father Time (Mythology/Folklore)
Manga/Anime
- Koshirō Chikuma (Basilisk)
- Undertaker (Black Butler)
- Dead Master (Black★Rock Shooter)
- White Rock Shooter (Black★Rock Shooter)
- Shūhei Hisagi (Bleach)
- Kazeshini (Bleach)
- Nnoitra Gilga (Bleach)
- Dark Rukia (Bleach)
- Athena (Campione!)
- Metis (Campione!)
- Rui Hachiōji (Code: Breaker)
- Goku Black Rose (Dragon Ball Super)
- Mr. Kisaragi (Dragon Crisis)
- Celty (Durarara!)
- Erigor (Fairy Tail)
- Kama (Fairy Tail)
- Rory Mercury (Gate)
- Dark Grasper/Tail Black (Gonna Be The Twintail!)
- Zorin Blitz (Hellsing)
- Kohaku (InuYasha)
- Shinigami (Kyōkai no Rinne)
- Rinne Rokudo (Kyōkai no Rinne)
- Ageha (Kyōkai no Rinne)
- March (March Story)
- Orb of Caldia (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Peta (Marchen Awakens Romance); Weapon ÄRM, Sickle Death
- Hidan (Naruto)
- Charlotte Brûlée (One Piece)
- Doc Q (One Piece)
- Kneesocks (Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt)
- Airi (Queen's Blade)
- Sailor Saturn (Sailor Moon)
- Dr. Franken Stein (Soul Eater)
- Kami (Soul Eater)
- Shinigami (Soul Eater)
- Maka Albarn (Soul Eater)
- Irene Urzaiz (The Asterisk War)
- Alexander "Sasha" Nikolaevich Hell (The Qwaser of Stigmata)
- Yūki Cross (Vampire Knight)
- Guardian Deathscythe (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Tobio Ikuse (Highschool DxD)
- Bennia (Highshool DxD)
- Shinoa Hīragi (Seraph of the End)
- Shikama Dōji (Seraph of the End)
Video Games
- Ragna the Bloodedge (BlazBlue)
- Gehrman, the First Hunter (Bloodborne)
- Martyr Logarius (Bloodborne)
- Lynx (Chrono Cross)
- Magus (Chrono Trigger)
- Crossbreed Priscilla (Dark Souls)
- Nashandra (Dark Souls II)
- Great Scythe Skeleton Lord (Dark Souls II)
- Sister Friede (Dark Souls III)
- Dante (Dante's Inferno)
- Death (Darksiders)
- Trish (Devil May Cry)
- Jokermon (Digimon)
- Sice (Final Fantasy)
- Charon (God of War)
- Testament (Guilty Gear)
- Marluxia (Kingdom Hearts)
- Uncle Death (Let It Die)
- Red (Mega Man X)
- Ryu Haybusa (Ninja Gaiden)
- William Adams (Nioh)
- Oz Vessalius (Pandora Hearts)
- Alice (Pandora Hearts)
- Scyther (Pokemon)
- Specter Knight (Shovel Knight)
- Hood Sickle (Skylanders)
- Grim Creeper (Skylanders)
- Zasalamel (Soul Calibur)
- Komachi Onozuka (Touhou Project)
- Moloch (Valkyrie Crusade)
Movies
- Sister (Kubo and the Two Strings)
Gallery
Koshirō Chikuma (Basilisk) wields dual sickles (kama) with great skills, and even throw them with perfect accuracy as boomerangs.
Undertaker (Black Butler) is able to use his Death Scythe with great skill even though he is far sighted.
Ragna the Bloodedge (BlazBlue) has the Blood-Scythe turned from sword to scythe as its awakened form.
Nnoitra Gilga (Bleach) wields six scythes upon his Resurrección, Santa Teresa, which he wields destructively and skillfully.
Shūhei Hisagi (Bleach) wielding Kazeshini, a pair of dual-bladed kusarigama, with tremendous skills and dexterity.
Dark Rukia (Bleach) wielding her scythe that can erase memories of those it cleaves, and create energy rifts.
Rui Hachiōji (Code: Breaker) wielding a shadow scythe with deadly skills.
Trish (Devil May Cry) awakened the Sword of Sparda's dormant state that it turned into a scythe.
Zorin Blitz (Hellsing) wielding her scythe with great skill, easily cleaving a man in two and even throwing it with deadly accuracy.
Marluxia (Kingdom Hearts), also known as "The Graceful Assassin", wields the power of "flower, conjuring it through his scythe.
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Rinne Rokudo (Kyōkai no Rinne) wields his Shinigami scythe with great proficiency when fighting demons or purifying evil spirts.
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The young Shinigami Ageha (Kyōkai no Rinne) wields her scythe to battle and purify evil spirits.
Hidan (Naruto) wielding his Triple-Bladed Scythe with tremendous agility and dexterity, thanks to the attached cable.
Doc Q (One Piece) wielding a giant double sided scythe with great proficiency despite his ailing health.
Scyther (Pokemon) lives up to its name, using its scythe hand appendages with deadly sharpness and speed, and even fire off Razor Wind.
Alexander Nikolaevich Hell (The Qwaser of Stigmata) wields his signature iron scythe with tremendously deadly skills.
Yuki Cross (Vampire Knight) wielding the Artemis scythe with enough proficiency to kill a powerful pure-blood vampire.
Guardian Deathscythe (Yu-Gi-Oh!) wields a gigantic Reaper Scythe that is empowered by her fallen comrades, making her Forbidden Requiem technique a very deadly force to be reckoned with.
Moloch (Valkyrie Crusade)
Ruby Rose (RWBY)
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Gehrman (Bloodborne) was known for his trick weapon "Burial Blade", a blade that can become a scythe.
Crossbreed Priscilla (Dark Souls)
Sister Friede (Dark Souls III)
Peta (Marchen Awakens Romance) can bring out a scythe Weapon ÄRM called Sickle Death
One of the Sisters (Kubo and the Two Strings) is adept at the use of a chain-scythe/claw weapon.
In his final form, Orb (Marchen Awakens Romance) acquires an enormous scythe which he is shown to wield with great speed.
Uncle Death (Let It Die)
Ryu Haybusa (Ninja Gaiden) wielding the Eclipse Scythe with tremendous skill and dexterity.
Sailor Saturn (Sailor Moon) in her role as Goddess of Death and Deity of Destruction weilds the The Silence Glaive ( referred to as the scythe of the Goddess of Death),
Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series), despite not using them as his main weapon, can use Banrai with great skill.
Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
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Alopex (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
Erigor (Fairy Tail) is a masterful scytche user, earning him the nickname "Grim Reaper."
Kama (Fairy Tail) is a profficent user of Scythe Proficiency.
Each generation of Shadowmen (Valiant Entertainment) has wielded the Shadow Scythe, a powerful mystic weapon capable of truly killing the undead and residents of the Deadside.
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Tobio Ikuse (Highschool DxD) mastery of the scythe is far deadlier than the strongest Grim Reapers.
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