Scythe Proficiency

Scythe Proficiency
Ruby Rose (RWBY) is able to use her scythe Crescent Rose to take on an army of Beowolves.
Power/Ability to:	Be a master of wielding scythes.

"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 a master of wielding scythes. Variation of Polearm Proficiency and Improbable Weapon Proficiency. Not to be confused with Sickle Proficiency.

Also Called

• Scythe Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent

Capabilities

Users, whether through innate ability or training, are masters of wielding scythes—agricultural hand tools traditionally used for mowing grass or gleaning crops. These users can accurately and precisely slice through enemies with ease, unaffected by the scythe's heavy weight or unique blade shape, effortlessly cleaving through opponents.

Applications

• Agriculture Mastery
  • Harvest Inducement
• Attack Movement Manipulation
• Cutting
  • Bisection
  • Multi Slash
  • Speed Cutting
• Defense Bypassing
• Deflection
  • Parrying Mastery
• Enhanced Precision
  • Precise Strike
• Impale
• Physical Attack Reversal
  • Countering Mastery
• Pressure Strike
• Severing
• Slash Effect/Projection
  • Air Cutting
  • Cutting Wave

Variations

• Chain Scythe Proficiency
• Double-Sided Scythe Proficiency
• Dual Scythe Proficiency
  • Multi-Scythe Proficiency
• Elemental Scythe Proficiency
  • Ergokinetic Scythe Proficiency
  • Pyrokinetic Scythe Proficiency
  • Umbrakinetic Scythe Proficiency
• Giant Scythe Proficiency
• Whip Scythe Proficiency

Associations

• Adoptive Muscle Memory
• Bladed Weapon Proficiency
• Enhanced Combat Mastery
• Death Weaponry
• Gardening Tool Proficiency
• Grim Reaper Physiology
• Halberd Proficiency
• Melee Weapon Proficiency
• Sickle Proficiency
• Soul-Bound Weapon
• Workplace-Acquired Abilities

Limitations

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

Known Users

See also: Sinister Scythe

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

• Ryu Min/Black Scythe (The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player)
• Irene Urzaiz (The Asterisk War)
• Undertaker (Black Butler)
• Dead Master (Black★Rock Shooter)
• White Rock Shooter (Black★Rock Shooter)
• Dark Rukia (Bleach)
• Kazeshini (Bleach)
• Nnoitra Gilga (Bleach)
• Shūhei Hisagi (Bleach)
• Jayeong Shin (The Blood of the Butterfly)
• Jeda the Wind God (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
• Athena (Campione!)
• Metis (Campione!)
• Rui Hachiōji (Code:Breaker)
• Jokermon (Digimon)
• Phantomon (Digimon)
• Digimortal (Digimortal)
• Goku Black (Dragon Ball); via Super Saiyan Rosé
• Mr. Kisaragi (Dragon Crisis!)
• Celty (Durarara!)
• Erigor (Fairy Tail)
• Kama (Fairy Tail)
• Rory Mercury (Gate)
• Chloe Love (Ghost Reaper Girl)
• Grim Reaper (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
• Jack O Lantern (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
• Zorin Blitz (Hellsing)
• Bennia (High Shool DxD)
• Tobio Ikuse (High School DxD)
• Kohaku (InuYasha)
• Mannish Baby (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure); via Death 13
• Sumire (Kaibutsu Maid no Kareinaru Oshigoto)
• Kumoko/Shiraori (Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?/So I'm a Spider, So What?)
• Ageha (Kyōkai no Rinne)
• Rinne Rokudo (Kyōkai no Rinne)
• Shinigami (Kyōkai no Rinne)
• March (March Story)
• Duo Maxwell (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing); via the XXXG-01D Gundam Deathscythe and XXXG-01D2 Gundam Deathscythe Hell
• Deed (Superior Defender Gundam Force)
• Caldea's Orb (MÄR/Märchen Awakens Romance)
• Peta (MÄR/Märchen Awakens Romance)
• Hanzō (Naruto)
• Hidan (Naruto)
• Charlotte Brûlée (One Piece)
• Doc Q (One Piece)
• Killer (One Piece)
• Dark Grasper/Tail Black (Ore, Twin-Tail ni Narimasu/Gonna be the Twin-tail!!)
• Kneesocks (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt)
• Kazumi Subaru (Puella Magi Kazumi Magica)
• Arisa Narumi (Puella Magi Suzune Magica)
• Airi (Queen's Blade)
• Alexander "Sasha" Nikolaevich Hell (The Qwaser of Stigmata)
• L'Arc Berg Sickle (The Rising of the Shield Hero); Vassal Scythe
• Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn (Sailor Moon)
• Kirika Akatsuki (Senki Zesshou Symphogear)
• Shikama Dōji (Seraph of the End)
• Shinoa Hīragi (Seraph of the End)
• Dr. Franken Stein (Soul Eater)
• Kami (Soul Eater)
• Maka Albarn (Soul Eater)
• Shinigami (Soul Eater)
• Juuzou Suzuya (Tokyo Ghoul)
• Yūki Cross (Vampire Knight)
• Bickuribox (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Guardian Deathscythe (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Cartoons/Comics

• Clove the Pronghorn (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Zs'Skayr (Ben 10)
• Briar Harvestar (Bone Comics)
• Grim Reapers (Boom! Studios)
  • Jessica
• Lady Death (Chaos Comics)
• Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
• Black Racer (DC Comics)
• Grail (DC Comics)
• Harvest (DC Comics)
• Nekron (DC Comics)
• Mistress Riellda (Dark Horse Comics)
• Grim (Grim & Evil/The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
• Sister (Kubo and the Two Strings)
• Cole (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
• Alejandra Jones/Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
• Madelyne Pryor/Goblin Queen (Marvel Comics)
• Pitch Black/The Bogeyman (Rise of the Guardians)
• Spinel (Steven Universe)
• Shadowmen (Valiant Entertainment)

Folklore/Mythologies

• Chronos (Greek Mythology)
• Father Time (Western Folklore)
• Grim Reaper (Western Folklore)

Live Action Movies/TV Series

• Makoto Fukami/Kamen Rider Specter (Kamen Rider Ghost); via Tutankhamen Damashii, combined with Rod Proficiency and Rifle Proficiency
• Woz/Kamen Rider Woz (Kamen Rider Zi-O); combined with Halberd Proficiency and Staff Proficiency
• Yua Yaiba/Fighting Jackal Raider (Kamen Rider Zero-One)
• Sakura Igarashi/Kamen Rider Jeanne (Kamen Rider Revice); via Lovekov Hashibiroko Genome
• Glotta Stomach (Kamen Rider Gavv)
• Rakia Amarga/Granute Lage 9/Kamen Rider Vram (Kamen Rider Gavv); combined with Chainsaw Proficiency and Enhanced Archery
• Vicrul (Star Wars)
• Naga Ray/Hebitsukai Silver (Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger)
• Glodi Leucodium (Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger)
• Hymeno Ran/Kamakiri Ohger (Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger); combined with Enhanced Swordsmanship and Sickle Proficiency

Video Games

• Isaac "Zack" Foster (Angels of Death)
• La Pluma (Arknights)
• Highmore (Arknights)
• Humus (Arknights)
• Ragna the Bloodedge (BlazBlue); combined with Great Sword Proficiency
• Gehrman, the First Hunter (Bloodborne); combined with Enhanced Swordsmanship
• Martyr Logarius (Bloodborne)
• Osamu Dazai (Bungo to Alchemist)
• Lynx (Chrono Cross)
• Magus (Chrono Trigger)
• Dante (Dante's Inferno)
• Crossbreed Priscilla (Dark Souls)
• Great Scythe Skeleton Lord (Dark Souls II)
• Nashandra (Dark Souls II)
• Sister Friede (Dark Souls III)
• The Miller (Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness)
• Death (Darksiders)
• Jedah Dohma (Darkstalkers)
• Jevil (Deltarune); combined with Axe Proficiency
• Dante (Devil May Cry); combined with Great Sword Proficiency and Enhanced Spearmanship
• Trish (Devil May Cry); combined with Great Sword Proficiency and Enhanced Spearmanship
• Haste (Epic Seven)
• Kise (Epic Seven)
• Sigret (Epic Seven)
• Dark Knights (Final Fantasy XI)
• Botanists & Reapers (Final Fantasy XIV)
• Sice (Final Fantasy Type-0)
• Jeritza (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
• Arlecchino (Genshin Impact); combined with Enhanced Spearmanship
• Nyto White (Girls' Frontline)
  • Alina
• Charon (God of War)
• Harran (Goddess of Victory: Nikke); combined with Sniper Rifle Proficiency
• Testament (Guilty Gear)
• Rita Rossweisse (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• Seele Vollerei (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• Veliona (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• Magic The Hard/CFW Magic (Hyperdimension Neptunia)
• Marluxia (Kingdom Hearts)
• Thresh (League of Legends)
• Uncle Death (Let It Die)
• MPN Arena Mode Protagonist (Madness Combat)
• S-3LF Eater (Madness Combat)
• Ren Isuzu (Magia Record)
• Rui Mizuki (Magia Record)
• Sigkin/Sigma (MARIKINonline)
• Red (Mega Man X)
• Prometheus (Mega Man ZX)
• EraseMan.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)
• Sally (Metal Slug)
• Ryu Haybusa (Ninja Gaiden)
• William Adams (Nioh)
• Margaret Moonlight (No More Heroes)
• Oz Vessalius (Pandora Hearts)
• Alice (Pandora Hearts)
• Scyther (Pokémon)
• Fallen Dread (Roblox; HOURS)
• Shiki (Senran Kagura)
• Shadow (Shadow Fight); combined with Kama Proficiency and Axe Proficiency
• Shroud (Shadow Fight); combined with Axe Proficiency
• Specter Knight (Shovel Knight)
• Hood Sickle (Skylanders)
• Grim Creeper (Skylanders)
• Zasalamel (Soulcalibur)
• Ky (Soundfall)
• Felicia (Taimanin Asagi)
• Elly (Touhou Project)
• Komachi Onozuka (Touhou Project)
• Medusa (Lily) (TYPE-MOON)
• Gordeau (Under Night In-Birth)
• Moloch (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Whirlweasel (Yo-kai Watch)

Other

• Karkat Vantas (Homestuck)
• Ruby East (Knight of Abyss)
• Orion (Ordeal)
• Reaper Sans (Reapertale)
• Maria Calavera (RWBY); combined with Cane Proficiency
• Qrow Branwen (RWBY); combined with Halberd Proficiency, Shotgun Proficiency, and Bladed Tonfa Proficiency
• Ruby Rose (RWBY); combined with Sniper Rifle Proficiency and Halberd Proficiency
• Death (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark)
• Kaizo Koorumaniru (SMG4)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

Ryu Min/Black Scythe (The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player)

Undertaker (Black Butler) is able to use his Death Scythe with great skill even though he is far sighted.

Dark Rukia (Bleach) wielding her scythe that can erase memories of those it cleaves and create energy rifts.

Nnoitra Gilga (Bleach) wields six scythes upon his Resurrección, Santa Teresa, which he wields destructively and skillfully.

Shūhei Hisagi (Bleach) wielding his Kazeshini, a pair of dual-bladed kusarigama, with tremendous skills and dexterity.

Rui Hachiōji (Code:Breaker) wielding a shadow scythe with deadly skills.

Jokermon (Digimon)

Phantomon (Digimon)

Digimortal (Digimortal)

Erigor (Fairy Tail) is a masterful scythe user, earning him the nickname "Grim Reaper."

Kama (Fairy Tail)

Grim Reaper (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)

Jack O Lantern (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)

Zorin Blitz (Hellsing) wielding her scythe with great skill, easily cleaving a man in two and even throwing it with deadly accuracy.

Tobio Ikuse (High School DxD) mastery of the scythe is far deadlier than the strongest Grim Reapers.

Death 13 (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Rinne Rokudo (Kyōkai no Rinne) wields his Shinigami scythe with great proficiency when fighting demons or purifying evil spirts.

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.

The XXXG-01D Gundam Deathscythe (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing) with its Beam Scythe.

The XXXG-01D Gundam Deathscythe Hell (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing) with its Beam Scythe.

Deed (Superior Defender Gundam Force)

In his final form, Caldea's Orb (MÄR/Märchen Awakens Romance) acquires an enormous scythe which he is shown to wield with great speed.

Peta (MÄR/Märchen Awakens Romance) can bring out a scythe Weapon ÄRM called Sickle Death.

Doc Q (One Piece) wielding a giant double-sided scythe with great proficiency despite his ailing health.

Killer (One Piece) is hailed as the Soldier of Massacre for his formidable skills with sickles, Punishment.

Alexander Nikolaevich Hell (The Qwaser of Stigmata) wields his signature iron scythe with tremendously deadly skills.

Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn (Sailor Moon) in her role as Goddess of Death and Deity of Destruction wields the Silence Glaive (referred to as the scythe of the Goddess of Death).

Kirika Akatsuki (Senki Zesshou Symphogear) wielding her Armed Gear, Igalima.

Yuki Cross (Vampire Knight) wielding the Artemis scythe with enough proficiency to kill a powerful pure-blood vampire.

Bickuribox (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

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.

Cartoons/Comics

Clove the Pronghorn (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)

Zs'Skayr (Ben 10)

Jessica (Boom! Studios), like all Grim Reapers, have their own scythes & are skilled at wielding them.

Lady Death (Chaos! Comics)

Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)

Black Racer (DC Comics)

Grail (DC Comics)

Harvest (DC Comics)

Nekron (DC Comics)

Mistress Riellda (Dark Horse Comics)

Grim (Grim & Evil/The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) is skilled in using his trusty scythe.

Cole (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)

Alejandra Jones/Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)

Madelyne Pryor/Goblin Queen (Marvel Comics)

Pitch Black/The Bogeyman (Rise of the Guardians) taking on the Guardians with his black dreamsand scythe.

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.

Live Action Movies/TV Series

Yua Yaiba/Fighting Jackal Raider (Kamen Rider Zero-One)

Vicrul (Star Wars) carried an ultrasonic vibro-scythe.

Video Games

La Pluma (Arknights)

Ragna the Bloodedge (BlazBlue) has the Aramasa turned from a sword to a scythe as its awakened form.

Gehrman (Bloodborne) was known for his trick weapon Burial Blade, a sword that can become a scythe.

Crossbreed Priscilla (Dark Souls)

Sister Friede (Dark Souls III)

Trish (Devil May Cry) awakened the Sparda Devil Arm's dormant state that it turned into a scythe.

Arlecchino (Genshin Impact) using her Crimson Moon's Semblance, a spear that can become a scythe.

Nyto White (Girls' Frontline)

Harran (Goddess of Victory: Nikke) with her Death Sentence, a scythe that can transform into a sniper rifle.

Testament (Guilty Gear)

Rita Rossweisse (Honkai Impact 3rd)

Seele Vollerei (Honkai Impact 3rd)

Veliona (Honkai Impact 3rd)

CFW Magic (Hyperdimension Neptunia)

Marluxia (Kingdom Hearts) wields the power of Flower, conjuring it through his scythe.

Uncle Death (Let It Die)

The S-3LF Eater (Madness Combat) wields its Megascythe.

Sigkin/Sigma (MARIKINonline) wields his scythe, Nitetsu Kama with great skill.

Red (Mega Man X)

Prometheus (Mega Man ZX)

EraseMan.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)

Sally (Metal Slug)

Ryu Haybusa (Ninja Gaiden) wielding the Eclipse Scythe with tremendous skill and dexterity.

Margaret Moonlight (No More Heroes)

Scyther (Pokémon) lives up to its name, using its scythe hand appendages with deadly sharpness and speed, and even fire off Razor Wind.

Shiki (Senran Kagura)

Shadow (Shadow Fight) wields a Grim Scythe,...

...a pair of Mowers,...

...and an axe that can turn into a scythe called the Reaver.

Shroud (Shadow Fight) with a Reaver.

Grim Creeper (Skylanders)

Ky (Soundfall)

Komachi Onozuka (Touhou Project)

Elly (Touhou Project)

Moloch (Valkyrie Crusade)

Whirlweasel (Yo-kai Watch)

Web Comics

Ruby East (Knight of Abyss)

Orion (Ordeal) with Silha.

Videos

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