Staff Proficiency

Staff Proficiency

Supernatural

Staff Proficiency
Robin (Teen Titans/DC Comics) is well trained in combat skills with his staff as his favorite weapon of choice.
Power/Ability to:	Be a master of wielding staffs.

The ability to be a master of wielding staffs. Variation of Polearm Proficiency and Stick-Fighting Mastery.

Also Called

• Staff Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Bartitsu/Bōjutsu Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Gun Staff Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Quarterstaff Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent

Capabilities

Users, either innately or through training, are masters of wielding staffs, being able to wield it with great proficiency and skill for close quarter combat purposes that can be used to their advantages.

If the staff possesses magical properties users' channel/harness arcane energies/magic for conjuring spells, incantations and fight against mythical repelling their magical powers.

Application

• Attack Movement Manipulation
• Deflection
  • Parrying Mastery
• Enhanced Precision
  • Precise Strike
• Enhanced Strike
  • Crushing
  • Heavy Strike
  • Multi Strike
    • Multi-Hit Strike
  • Weighted Attacks
    • Facial Disfiguration
• Magic
  • Spell Casting
    • Magic Attacks/Combat
      • Spell Attacks/Combat
• Physical Attack Reversal
  • Countering Mastery
• Pole Vaulting Mastery
• Pressure Strike

Variations

• Arnis Mastery
• Bo Proficiency
• Bubble Wand Proficiency
• Cane Proficiency
• Khakkhara Proficiency
• Knobkerrie Proficiency
• Prayer Wheel Proficiency
• Retractable Staff Proficiency
• Rod Proficiency
• Ruyi Jingu Bang Proficiency
• Staff Magic
• Sceptre Proficiency
  • Magic Scepter
• Science Staff
• Stick-Fighting Mastery
• Three-Section Staff Proficiency
• Wand Proficiency

Levels

• Staff Proficiency
• Supernatural Staff Proficiency
• Absolute Staff Proficiency

Associations

• Adoptive Muscle Memory
• Intuitive Aptitude
• Magic
  • Magic Augmentation
  • Magic Bestowal
• Magic Weaponry
• Rod Manipulation
  • Rod Retraction
• Stick-Fighting Mastery

Limitations

• May not be able to wield any other polearm-based weapons with other proficiency because the staff is considered a two-handed weapon to the inexperienced.
• May only be effective against opponents from a long distance but not in close range combat.
• May render the user powerless if they are disarmed, unless they can use magic without the object.
• May require a degree of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Azan (Berserk)
• Shen Xiang (Undead Unluck)
• Son Goku (Dragon Ball Series)
• Angemon (Digimon)
• BishopChessmon (Digimon)
• Kuzuhamon (Digimon)
• Lotosmon (Digimon)
• QueenChessmon (Digimon)
• Sakuyamon (Digimon)
• Gokuwmon (Digimon)
• Bō Masters (Gosuverse)
  • Yongbi
  • Gang Ryong
  • Doh Gyeom
  • Doh Gyeol
• Dan Yuseong (Infinite Leveling: Murim)
• Cheolgungi (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
• Hiruzen Sarutobi (Naruto)
• Konohamaru Sarutobi (Naruto)
• Isshiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
• Miroku (Inuyasha)
• Mystogan (Fairy Tail)
• Brain (Fairy Tail)
• Keyes (Fairy Tail)
• Hughes (Fairy Tail)
• Mary Hughes (Fairy Tail)
• Irene Belserion (Fairy Tail)
• August (Fairy Tail)
• Milen Kula (Hero Killer)
• Momo Yaoyorozu/Creati (My Hero Academia)
• Nami (One Piece)
• Sabo (One Piece)
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
• Vergo (One Piece)
• Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord)
• Yalung/Pochiro (Eto Rangers)
• Buddha (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie)
• Miyako Gotokuji (Powerpuff Girls Z)
• Suchie-Pai (Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai/Queen's Gate)
• Alleyne (Queen's Blade)
• Nowa (Queen's Blade)
• Nyx (Queen's Blade)
• Imu (Senran Kagura)
• Tsao-Lon and Gensou (Zatch Bell!)
• Nemus (Bakugan: Battle Brawlers)
• Jin Mori (God of the High School)
• King Aultcray Melromarc XXXII (The Rising of the Shield Hero)
• Laufen (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End)
• Übel (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End)

Cartoons/Comics

• Prince Spark (Spark a Space Tail)
• Various characters (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Emily Hayes (Amulet series)
• Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Hex (Ben 10)
• Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
• Charmcaster (Ben 10)
• Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
• Richard "Dick" Grayson/Nightwing (DC Comics)
• Oliver Queen/Green Arrow (DC Comics)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Tim Drake/Robin (DC Comics)
• Anansi (DCAU/Static Shock)
• Trigon (Teen Titans)
• Lin Chung (Hero:108)
• Wolf (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts)
• Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Master Cyclonis (Storm Hawks)
• Piper (Storm Hawks)
• Monkey King (Lego Monkie Kid)
• MK (Lego Monkie Kid)
• Master Wu (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
• Harvey Elder/Mole Man (Marvel Comics)
• Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
• Marc Spector/Moon Knight (Marvel Comics)
• Remy LeBeau/Gambit (Marvel Comics)
• Sun Wukong/Monkey King (Marvel Comics)
• Kiva Andru (MEGAS XLR)
• Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
• Copycat (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
• Lê Chiến Kim/King Monkey (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
• Azari (Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow)
• Palisman staff users (The Owl House)
  • Luz Noceda
  • Eda Clawthorne
• 2nd-Dimension Candace Flynn (Phineas and Ferb)
• Rex (PopPixie)
• Shinobi (PopPixie)
• Jack Frost (Rise of the Guardians)
• Jack (Samurai Jack)
• White Ape Tribe (Samurai Jack)
• Monkey Man (Samurai Jack)
• African Tribe (Samurai Jack)
  • African Chief
  • African Prince
• Adora (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
• Glimmer (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
• Rukh (Star Wars Rebels)
• Oogway (Kung Fu Panda)
• Monkey (Kung Fu Panda)
• Rafiki (The Lion King)
• Larmina (Voltron Force)
• Brandon (Winx Club)
• Nabu (Winx Club)
• Ninfea (Winx Club)
• Saladin (Winx Club)
• Angor Rot (Tales of Arcadia)
• Claire Nunez (Tales of Arcadia)
• Te Xuan Ze (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee)
• Moses (The Prince of Egypt/The Ten Commandments)
• Zodak (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 2002)
• Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl (DC Comics)
• Garrett (Quest for Camelot)
• Kratt Brothers (Wild Kratts) via Giant Panda Power Disc
• Master Yo (Yin Yang Yo)
• Madame Gasket ("Robots")

Literature

• Rezkin (King's Dark Tidings)
• Parker Farmer (King's Dark Tidings)
• Gandalf (Lord of the Rings)
• Saruman (Lord of the Rings)
• Pedro Penduko (Pedro Penduko)
• Robin Hood (Robin Hood)
• Little John (Robin Hood)
• Blackthorn Stick wielders (Redwall series)
  • Abbey Germaine
  • Sister Setiva
• Abbess Songbreeze Swiftetye (Redwall: Marlfox)

Live Television/Movies

• Prince Spark (Spark a Space Tail)
• Michie Rapisora/Sandara Park (Super Noypi)
• Various Characters (Power Rangers series)
• Various Characters (Super Sentai series)
• Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin (Once Upon a Time)
• Fairies (Once Upon a Time)
• Emma Swan (Once Upon a Time)
• Lai (Warriors of Virtue)
• Owen Reynolds (Supah Ninjas)
• Rey (Star Wars)
• Courtney/Stargirl/Merlin (Arrowverse)
• Diego Hargreeves/Number Two/Kraken (The Umbrella Academy)
• Thena (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• John Mclver/Bushmaster (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Koba (Planet of The Apes reboot series)
• Wish Star (Power Rangers Dino Charge)

Mythology

• Merlin (Arthurian Legends)
• Sun Wukong (Chinese Mythology)

Video Games

• Alice Liddell (American McGee's Alice)
• Lady Arkham (Batman: Telltale Series)
• The Destined One (Black Myth: Wukong)
• Litchi Faye-Ling (Blazblue)
• Jade (Beyond Good and Evil)
• Archon (Darksiders 2)
• Dante (Devil May Cry); via King Cerberus
• Dragonlord (Dragon Quest)
• Hargon (Dragon Quest)
• Justin (Grandia)
• Liete (Grandia)
• Milda (Grandia)
• Sue (Grandia)
• Elena (Grandia II)
• Alfina (Grandia III)
• Palutena (Kid Icarus)
• Kirby (Kirby); via Staff Ability
• Jammerjab (Kirby Star Allies)
• Jade (Mortal Kombat)
• Raiden (Mortal Kombat)
• Master Eon (Skylanders)
• Double Trouble (Skylanders)
• Fire Kraken (Skylanders)
• Enigma (Skylanders)
• Dune Bug (Skylanders)
• Chompy Mage (Skylanders)
• Sheep Mage (Skylanders)
• Golden Queen (Skylanders)
• Mysticat (Skylanders)
• Pit Boss (Skylanders)
• Phantom (MapleStory)
• Battle Mage (MapleStory)
  • Brighton
• Richard (Jeanne D'Arc)
• Claire (Jeanne D'Arc)
• Various Mages (Warcraft series)
• Priests (Warcraft series)
• Warlocks (Warcraft series)
• Several Mages (League of Legends)
• Alfred (Fantasy War Tactics)
• Billy Kane (Fatal Fury/King of Fighters)
• Various Staff wielders (Final Fantasy series)
  • Black Mage (Final Fantasy I)
  • White Mage (Final Fantasy I)
  • Minwu (Final Fantasy II)
  • Devouts (Final Fantasy III)
  • Sage (Final Fantasy III)
  • Fusoya (Final Fantasy IV)
  • Porom (Final Fantasy IV)
  • Rosa Joanna Farrell (Final Fantasy IV)
  • Rydia of Mist (Final Fantasy IV)
  • Tellah (Final Fantasy IV)
  • Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII series)
  • Vivi (Final Fantasy IX)
  • Yuna (Final Fantasy X)
  • Paine (Final Fantasy X-2); via Black Mage and White Mage dresspheres.
  • Rikku (Final Fantasy X-2); via Black Mage and White Mage dresspheres
  • Penelo (Final Fantasy XII)
  • Oerba Dia Vanille (Final Fantasy XIII)
  • Lightning (Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII)
  • Conjurers (Final Fantasy XIV)
  • Thaumaturges (Final Fantasy XIV)
• Rapunzel (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Venom (Guilty Gear)
• Mike Chilton (Motorcity)
• Elhaym "Elly" Van Houten (Xenogears)
• Merasmus (Team Fortress 2)
• Rei Ryghts (Hyperdimension Neptunia)
• Donald Duck (Kingdom Hearts)
• Tidus (Kingdom Hearts)
• Hoy Quarlow ("Super Punch-Out!!")
• Wei Shen (Sleeping Dogs); When wearing the Sun Wukong outfit
• Galen (Shadow Fight)
• Shadow (Shadow Fight)
• Shadow's Descendant (Shadow Fight)
• Dragon (Shadow Fight)
• Cypher (Shadow Fight)
• Fisher (Shadow Fight)
• Monkey King (Shadow Fight)
• Yunlin (Shadow Fight)
• Fox McCloud (Star Fox Adventures)
• Cooper Clan (Sly Cooper)
  • Sly Cooper
• Kilik (Soul Calibur)
• Xiba (Soul Calibur)
• Destined One (Black Myth: Wukong)
• Son Biten (Touhou Project)

Web Animation/Series

• Rose Lalonde (Homestuck)
• Eridan Ampora (Homestuck)
• Damara Megido/The Handmaid (Homestuck)
• Conner Hearst (Summoned Hero Hunter)
• Sun Wukong (RWBY)
• Madame Gasket (Robots)

Known Objects

• Staff of Ages (Ben 10)
• Power Pole (Dragon Ball)
• Golden Staff (Spark a Space Tail)
• Art of Weather (One Piece)
• Wizard Staff (The Lord of the Rings)
• Airbender Staff (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Courtney's Staff (Arrowverse)
• Lancing Spear (DC Comics)
• Shinobi's Staff (PopPixie)
• Staff of Moses (The Prince of Egypt/The Ten Commandments)
• Blackthorn Stick (Redwall)
• Leafwood (Redwall)
• Vassal Staff (The Rising of the Shield Hero)
• Sun Wukong Outfit (Sleeping Dogs)
• Nyoi-Kinko Staff (Undead Unluck)
• Command Stick (Winx Club)
• Laser Staff (Winx Club)
• Nabu's Staff (Winx Club)
• Saladin's Staff (Winx Club)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Nemus (Bakugan New Vestroia) is highly skilled with his signature staff in combat using it both offensively and defensively.

Son Goku (Dragon Ball series) has been a highly skilled staff fighter since he was a boy.

Angemon (Digimon) fights with his Angel Rod.

BishopChessmon (White) Digimon)

Gokuwmon (Digimon) is master fighter with his extendable Nyoikinkobou staff.

Kuzuhamon (Digimon)

Lotosmon (Digimon)

QueenChessmon (Digimon) fights with her Queen Stick.

Sakuyamon (Digimon) wields her exorcism staff, the Kongou Shakujou, with great proficiency.

With masterful skill, Nami (One Piece) wields her weather manipulating staff the Clima-Tact with powerful results.

Since his childhood, Vergo (One Piece) has been a powerful and brutal staff fighter,...

...later imbuing his trusty bamboo stick with Busoshoku/Armament Haki...

...to enhance his blows.

Since his childhood with Ace and Luffy, Sabo's (One Piece) signature weapon has been a pipe, which he wields at a very proficient level.

Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord) in his made form is skilled in using his powerful staff.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage (Naruto) wielding Monkey King Enma's Adamantine Noyoi staff form.

Mary Hughes (Fairy Tail)

After abandoning the use of a spear, Yongbi (Yongbi the Invincible) took up the Bō...

...incorporating his prowess with Lu Family's Spear Style as he defeats and blows away opponents…

...with his staff.

Shen (Undead Unluck)

Cartoons/Comics

Monkey Khan (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)

Clove the Pronghorn (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)

White Ape Tribe (Samurai Jack) after receiving defense and combat training from Samurai Jack the White Ape Tribe became highly skilled with staffs, they use from the sticks of their forest home able to use their skills to defeat the Red Gorilla Tribe who are larger and stronger than them.

African Tribe (Samurai Jack) were one of the many skilled teachers who taught Jack stick fighting.

The African Chief (Samurai Jack) like many teachers of Jack is a highly skilled warrior especially in staff fighting able to defeat a stronger built rival tribal chief to defend his son and Jack when he was still just a child.

The African Prince (Samurai Jack) like the rest of his tribe is skilled in the art of stick fighting and his skill was great enough to match Jack in their childhood.

Charmcaster (Ben 10)

Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10) briefly using the Staff of Ages at a young age.

Hex (Ben 10) usually channels his powers through the Staff of Ages, which can only be used by a "master magician".

Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom) using the Fenton Rod, one of his parent's ghost hunting devices as a weapon, which can split into two separate Kali Sticks.

Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics) is very skilled with his retractable pellet-shooting Ballistic Staff.

Specifically devoted to stick fighting, Dick Grayson/Nightwing (DC Comics) is a master in Eskrima fighting of the Philippines.

Oliver Queen/Green Arrow (DC Comics) demonstrates his Bōjutsu on some muggers.

Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) is prolific in the use of his staff.

Possessing Cat Noir's appearance, voice and "Cataclysm" ability, Copycat (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) also wields an identical staff with similar proficiency.

Lê Chiến Kim/King Monkey (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) can wield his Ruyi Jingu Bang with great ability.

Mole Man (Marvel Comics)

Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics)

Remy LeBeau/Gambit (Marvel Comics) is a profound wielder in the art of Bōjutsu.

Nightwing (Teen Titans) stick-fighting abilities improve from when he was Robin.

Donatello (Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles) is a master of bōjutsu. He is able to use his staff for defensive maneuvers and counterattacks but can also deliver powerful strikes.

Like his son, Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is a master of bōjutsu.

The Te Xuan Ze (The Life & Times of Juniper Lee) signature weapon is the Wushu staff, which has several magical properties as it can withstand things that is impossible for a regular stick and can perform magic spells.

Oogway (Kung Fu Panda) has a long staff made from the wood of a peach tree, which he used it as a walking stick due to his old age and used to balance himself on during his meditation. He also capable of using it in combat and preform techniques like the Nerve Attack.

Larmina (Voltron Force) has an energized staff as her Voltcom weapon.

Master Wu (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu) is skilled in using his father's staff in combat, able to defeat all of his students in a few blows.

Zodak (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 2002)

Marc Spector/Moon Knight (Ultimate Spider-Man) is a master of different fighting styles including staff fighting able to use it against opponents larger and stronger than him.

Stargirl (DC Comics)

Anansi (DCAU/Static Shock) is a spider themed hero in West Africa whose fighting style revolves around hand to hand combat and staff fighting.

and defensively to block attacks and combine it with his combat skills to overpower foes like his enemy Osebo who is bigger and physically stronger than him.

Rukh (Star Wars Rebels) a Noghri assassin who is highly skilled with his electrostaff able to overpower and disarm Kanan Jarrus a Jedi Knight in a duel and prevent him from retrieving it until losing to Kanan when he used the Force to defeat him...

...and hold his own against Ezra Bridger, Kanan's apprentice, until he lost due to Bridger's combination of his lightsaber skills, The Force, and resourcefulness.

Kratt Brothers (Wild Kratts) Giant Panda Creature Power Suit gives them the powers and abilities of a Panda bear even their unique wrist bone Panda thumbs which gives them the ability to handle Bamboo sticks as well as a real Panda and even use them as staffs for combat to take down enemies like robots.

Master Yo (Yin Yang Yo) as a Woo Foo Master skilled in the style of Might and Magic and his skill was so great he could defeat several members of the Night Master's army with only a bamboo staff.

Azari (Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow)

Donatello (Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles) is a master of bōjutsu. He is able to use his staff for defensive maneuvers...

...and counterattacks but can also deliver powerful strikes.

Madame Gasket (Robots) She has to use metal piper used as makeshift staff fight Wonderbot in sword fight

Literature

Sun Wukong (Chinese Mythology)

Live Television/Movies

Gandalf (Lord of the Rings) has quite impressive skills with his staff.

Michie Rapisora (Super Noypi) is a skilled staff wielder.

Lai (Warriors of Virtue)

Koba (Planet of The Apes reboot series) a super intelligent ape and strong fighter and surprisingly good melee fighter able to use a metal rod from a construction site as a makeshift staff to fight and...

pressure Caesar at first because he was reluctant to fight his former friend and fellow ape brother.

WIsh Star (Power Rangers Dino Charge) is a skilled fighter with his bamboo staff able to overpower a demorphed Red Ranger Tyler in their first fight.

Video Games

Jade (Mortal Kombat) is an expert in Bojutsu.

Sly Cooper (Sly Cooper series)

Rajan (Sly 2: Band of Thieves) with his staff.

Rioichi Cooper (Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time)

Tennessee Kid Cooper (Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time)

Caveman "Bob" Cooper (Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time)

Sir Galleth Cooper (Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time)

Salim Al-Kupar (Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time)

Kilik (Soul Calibur)

Elhaym "Elly" Van Houten (Xenogears) carries a rod, which looks like a staff, as her main weapon of choice.

The Archon (Darksiders 2) wielding the Rod of Arafel.

Jade (Beyond Good & Evil) is a highly skilled user of the daï-jo staff.

Staff Kirby (Kirby Star Allies)

Donald Duck (Kingdom Hearts)

Tidus (Kingdom Hearts)

Rapunzel (Goddess of Victory: Nikke) wields a staff capable of firing bullets.

Destined One (Black Myth: Wukong)

Son Biten (Touhou Project)

Videos

LOTR The Fellowship of the Ring - Saruman the White-2

Lord of the Rings - Gandalf vs Balrog -Entire Battle HD 1080p--2

The Lord of the Rings - ''You Have No Power Here'' - (HD)-2

Batman Beyond - "Terry Meets Batman" - Warner Bros. Entertainment

Test of Nami's new Clima Tact-2

Huey Vs. Uncle Ruckus

The OMEn Chronicles - Harry Potter - 4K

-스페셜 본편- 철원의 숲 속 퇴마사, 철궁이 - 깹이들을 위한 신비아파트 스페셜 본편 공개! - 신비아파트 공식 채널

Cheolgungi (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)

Hercules VS Sun Wukong - DEATH BATTLE!-2

Goku VS Superman - DEATH BATTLE!

Deadpool VS Deathstroke (Marvel VS DC) DEATH BATTLE!

Nightwing VS Daredevil (DC VS Marvel) - DEATH BATTLE!-2