- "I'm getting pretty good at this tree traveling business."
- ― Arthur Leywin (The Beginning After the End)
The power to climb effortlessly over/on angled and/or vertical surfaces, either innately or through training. Opposite to Rappelling Mastery. Not to be confused with Enhanced Mountain Ascending.
Also Called[]
- Climbing Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency
- Wall Climbing
- Hyper Climbing
- Surface Climbing
Capabilities[]
User, either innately or through training, is a master of climbing, able to climb and otherwise move effortlessly and smoothly on angled and/or vertical surface and take advantage of any handholds they find, no matter how small, on trees, rocks, walls, etc. This is mostly done as a type of vertical ascent.
Applications[]
Variations[]
- Brachiation: is a specialized form of arboreal locomotion, mostly used by primates to moves very rapidly while hanging beneath branches. Arguably the epitome of arboreal locomotion, it involves swinging with the arms from one handhold to another.
- Hyper Pole Swinging
- Hyper Swinging
- Wallrunning
Levels[]
- Basic: The user possesses climbing skills at a peak human level, able to easily scale surfaces, hold themselves up, and identify handholds.
- Enhanced: The user can climb effortlessly, scaling along walls and ceilings, holding themselves up, and identifying whatever handholds they can find.
- Supernatural: The user can climb at a superhuman level, climbing along vertical surfaces without aid or support of any kind.
Associations[]
- Adhesive Skin
- Claw Retraction
- Dromaeosaur Physiology; Dromaeosaurs have these abilities.
- Enhanced Agility and Enhanced Dexterity increase the possibilities and range of this ability enormously.
- Enhanced Balance is vitally important.
- Enhanced Leap to overcome the distances.
- Feline Physiology; Felines have these abilities.
- Pincer Grip
- Prehensile Feet
- Primate Physiology; Humans, apes and monkeys have these abilities.
- Wallcrawling is enhanced version of this ability, because the user isn't limited to surfaces, they can gain friction.
Limitations[]
- Unlike Wallcrawling, user isn't able to climb completely smooth surfaces or move upside down without something to hold onto.
- May require a degree of training or exposure.
Known Users[]
- The Survivor (Ark: Survivar Evolved)
- Via Climbing Pick
- Assassins (Assassin's Creed)
- Templars (Assassin's Creed)
- Claire Stanfield (Baccano!)
- Various Characters (Baki the Grappler)
- Yuujiro Hanma
- Baki Hanma
- Retsu Kaiou
- Sikorsky
- Vulpimancers (Ben 10 Series)
- Wildmutt
- Polar Manzardill (Ben 10 Series)
- Articguana
- Freezelizard
- Yoruichi Shihouin (Bleach)
- Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Teru Sakurada (Castle Town Dandelion)
- Mindy Wonderful (Catdog)
- Monkey King (Chinese Mythology)
- Crash Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot)
- Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
- Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
- Midnighter (DC Comics/Wildstorm)
- Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong)
- Rats (DUSK)
- Rue (The Hunger Games)
- Protagonist (I Am Alive)
- Cole MacGrath (inFamous)
- Delsin Rowe (inFamous: Second Son)
- Link (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
- Bunga (The Lion Guard)
- Jack (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Mash Burnedead (Mashle: Magic and Muscles)
- Disciples of the Mount Hua Sect (Return of the Blossoming Blade)
- Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (Marvel Comics)
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Venom Snake (Metal Gear series)
- Enma (Naruto)
- Enpo (Kingdom)
- Hi Shin Infantry (Kingdom)
- Fisher Tiger (One Piece)
- Genji (Overwatch)
- Hanzo (Overwatch)
- Hisuian Sneasel and Sneasler (Pokémon)
- Pokémon that can use "Rock Climb" (Pokémon)
- Pokémon that can use "Waterfall" (Pokémon); limited to waterfalls
- Wander (Shadow of the Colossus)
- Wash Buckler (Skylanders Swap Force)
- Sly Cooper (Sly Cooper)
- Cooper Clan (Sly Cooper)
- Caveman "Bob" Cooper (Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time)
- Rodents (S.T.A.L.K.E.R Series)
- Various characters (Super Mario)
- Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
- Beast Man (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe)
- Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
- Nathan Drake (Uncharted)
- Cimmerians (Conan the Barbarian)
- Conan
- Rezkin (King's Dark Tidings)
- Strikers (King's Dark Tidings)
- Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Dr. Smolder Bravestone (Jumanji)
- Patience Phillips/Catwoman (Catwoman 2004)
- Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell)
- Bruce Wyane/Batman (DC Comics)
- Grant Dynasty (Castlevania)
- Kratos (God of War)
- Gargoyles (Gargoyles)
- Laura Kinney/X-23/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
- SCP-1529 - King of the Mountain (SCP Foundation)
Gallery[]
To make up for his lack of balance, Caveman "Bob" Cooper (Sly Cooper) uses his climbing skills to steal pterodactyl eggs to feed his tribe.
Link (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) is able to climb any/all vertical surfaces with ease.
Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Extended Universe) rapidly climbs along walls and ceilings to escape a shotgun wielding GCPD officer.
Gargoyles like Goliath (Gargoyles) can use their claws to scale entire skyscrapers from ground level.