The power to possess great skills to wield claws. Variation of Weapon Proficiency.
Also Called
- Claw Proficiency
Capabilities
Users are able to demonstrate a savage aptitude for the ways of the claw. The user is able to wield claws with great proficiency in brute power and close quarter combat. When it comes to wielding different weapons, the claws are the closest to hand to hand combat.
Associations
- Adoptive Muscle Memory
- Claw Retraction
- Demonic Weaponry
- Divine Weaponry
- Elemental Claws
- Empathic Weaponry
- Enhanced Combat
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Magic Weaponry
- Nail Manipulation
- Natural Weaponry
- Sentient Weaponry
- Soul-Bound Weaponry
- Venomous Claws
- Weapon Creation
- Weapon Manipulation
- Weapon Physiology
- Weapon Proficiency Touch
- If the user possesses energy capabilities, they may be able to perform:
- Claw-shaped Energy Beam Emission
- Energy Blast via slicing
- Energy Infusion
- Ergokinetic Blade Construction
- Spatial Slicing
- Temporal Slicing
Limitations
- Organic claw-breakage may be surprisingly painful.
- May not be able to wield other bladed weapons with the same proficiency.
- May only be effective against other melee fighters.
Known Users
TV Series
- Chase aka Mashin Chaser (Kamen Rider Drive); via Brake Gunner and Spider Viral Core
Manga/Anime
- Nami Kusonoki (Alive: The Final Evolution)
- Cang Du (Bleach)
- Chiffon Fairchild (Freezing)
- Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- Killua Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter)
- Suikotsu (InuYasha)
- Inuyasha (InuYasha)
- Kōga (InuYasha)
- Due (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)
- Nao Yūki (Mai-HiME)
- Peta (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Chaton (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Ian (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Guardian ÄRM, Body Eye (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Babbo Version 6 - Puss in Boots (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Candice (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Rapunzel (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Girom (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Sora (Naruto)
- Kuro (One Piece)
- Monet (One Piece)
- Various Zoan-class Devil Fruit users (One Piece)
- Kirika (Puella Magi Oriko Magica)
- Mizore Shirayuki (Rosario + Vampire)
- Kurumu Kurono (Rosario + Vampire)
- Han'nya (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Hydra Ichi (Saint Seiya)
- Docrates (Saint Seiya)
- Alioth Epsilon Fenrir (Saint Seiya)
- Denkibō (Samurai Champloo)
- Haihane (Sekirei)
- Ikuto Tsukiyomi (Shugo Chara!)
- Jushi Mataza Tsumuji (Tenjho Tenge!)
- Overhaul (Transformers Cybertron)
- Kusanagi Shiyū (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle)
- Hidaka Ken (Weiss Kreuz)
- Kolulu (Zatch Bell!)
Comics/Cartoons
- Catwoman/Selina Kyle (DC Comics)
- Mad Harriet/NewGod (DC Comics)
- Vixen (DC Comics)
- Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
- X-23 (Marvel Comics)
- Sabretooth (Marvel Comics)
- Lady Deathstrike (Marvel Comics)
- Daken (Marvel Comics)
- Marrow (Marvel Comics)
- Romulus (Marvel Comics)
- Megabyte (Reboot)
- Gigabyte (Reboot)
- Shredder/Oroku Saki (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Liono (Thundercats)
- Nepeta Leijon (Homestuck)
Video Games
- Bayonetta (Bayonetta)
- Hsien-Ko (Darkstalkers)
- Digimon with claws (Digimon)
- Mawra (Jeanne D'Arc)
- Pit (Kid Icarus)
- Larxene (Kingdom Hearts)
- Ryu Hasabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
- Pokémon with claws (Pokémon)
- Alex Mecer (Prototype)
- James Heller (Prototype)
- Maron Makaron (Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos)
- Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog); only in Werehog form
- Voldo (Soul Calibur)
- Vega (Street Fighter)
- Geki (Street Fighter)
- Poison Claw (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Deathclaws (Fallout)
- The Lone Wanderer (Fallout 3)
- Assassin Class (Diablo 2)
Films
- Saluk (Aladdin and the King of Thieves)
- Marique (Conan the Barbarian 2011)
- Han (Enter the Dragon)
- Freddy Kruger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
- Most Yautja (Predator)
Gallery
Anime/Manga
Nami Kusunoki (Alive: The Final Evolution) favors forming claws out of ice that suits well with her martial arts.
Train Heartnet (Black Cat) using velocity from firing his gun to slash with like claws.
Cang Du (Bleach) using Shé Jìn Zhǎo to fire off a blast from his claws that are formed out of spirit-particle.
Washio (Buso Renkin) is very proficient with his claws and wings.
Fūko Kirisawa (Flame of Recca) forming claws out of compressed air.
Lust (Fullmental Alchemist: Brotherhood) extending (with no known limit) her fingers into thin, sharp blades capable of cut through anything.
InuYasha (InuYasha) is adapt at fighting with his claws and can even send blades of blood through of them.
Sesshōmaru's (InuYasha) claws are deadly as they are, with the corrosive poison being secreted is even more lethal.
Suikotsu (InuYasha) is a deadly fighter with his iron claw gloves.
Behaving like a wild beast in battle, Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance) uses tactics such as enhancing her sharp nails with magical power to tear apart her enemies.
Chaton (Marchen Awakens Romance) uses her Weapon ÄRM, Para Claw with remarkable proficiency and speed.
Ian (Marchen Awakens Romance) possesses an ÄRM that turns his hands into long claws. After taking the most rigorous Training Gate, Ian's speed has greatly increased allowing him to slash down powerful enemies with great proficiency.
Version 6 - Puss in Boots (Marchen Awakens Romance) impressively uses his claws against Phantom.
Peta (Marchen Awakens Romance) mercilessly uses his Ghost ÄRM, Garnet Claw to torment Nanashi.
Nao Yūki (My-HIME) wields dual metal claws with metal wires that she can use to ensnare and cut her targets. She has a tendency to lick the claws.
Shijima (Ninja Scroll) fights via firing his retractable chained Demon Claw from inside his shadow.
Kuro (One Piece) uses his overly large Cat Claws in conjunction with his speed to deadly yet indiscriminate effects.
Eustass Kid (One Piece) using magnetism to take a whole heap of scrap metal to form a gigantic claw.
Monet (One Piece) expertly using her harpy talons in her fight against Tashigi.
Sabo (One Piece) comparing his fingers as dragon claws, rending arrogance, while crushing a giant's skull and weapon with ease.
Mega Charizard X (Pokémon) using its "Dragon Claw" move, capable of causing massive damage via the energy coating its talons.
Glameow (Pokémon) using "Shadow Claw" to create a claw out of shadowy energy, which has a high chance of inflicting critical hits.
Ryo Takatsuki (Project ARMS) wielding his Jabberwock ARMS claw with deadly skills, along with its many special powers.
Kurumu Kurono (Rosario + Vampire) can extend her nails and turn them into razor-sharp claws, being a powerful fighter with them.
Mizore Shirayuki (Rosario + Vampire) can form claws out of ice and can be a powerful fighter with them.
Haihane (Seikrei) can use her barbed claws to slice through steel.
Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog) using his Shovel Claws, which can dig through ground.
Jushi Mataza Tsumuji (Tenjho Tenge) forming his near impossibly sharp Dragon Claws that can slice through a forest.
After being turned into a zombie, Fu Chi'en's (Tenjho Tenge) lost arms have been installed with massive steel claws that he wields very powerfully.
Makyura the Destructor (Yu-Gi-Oh!) wields massive knife-claws to live up to its name.
When her partner Lori casts the spell Zeruku Kolulu (Zatch Bell!) attacks ferociously her enemies with claws.
Comics/Cartoons/Films
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) wields clawed gloves.
A Yautja (Predator) with his Wrist-blades.
Selina Kyle/Catwoman (DC) wears clawed gloves and is skilled with them.
Shriek's (DC) sound-suit is equipped with sharp claws for close-quarter combat.
Wolverine (Marvel) is a deadly fighter with the bone claws in his knuckles.
In some depictions, Wolverine's claws are made of steel-like composition.
X-23 (Marvel), being a modified clone of Wolverine, is a deadly fighter with her one claws.
Sabretooth (Marvel) is a deadly force with his claws and physical prowess.
Lady Deathstrike (Marvel) is a powerful fighter with her claws.
Daken (Marvel), the son of Wolverine, is a powerful fighter with his bone claws.
Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) lives up to his names with the wear-on gloves, along with the other blades on his body.
The Golden Tiger Claws (Xiaolin Showdown) grants the users the ability to open wormholes, which is useful, despite not causing direct damage.
Mashin Chaser (Kamen Rider Drive) with his Busou Chaser Spider form.
Video Games
While skilled in the ways of archery, Pit (Kid Icarus) is very proficient is wielding claws for extended melee attacks and swift speed.
Larxene can hold her throwing knives between her fingers to act like claws for rapid attacks.
Alex Mercer morphing his hand into a claw.
Sonic the Hedgehog's (Sonic the Hedgehog) main weapons are his over-sized claws in Werehog form.
Vega is a Spanish ninja with a claw glove on his right hand.
Poison Claw (Valkyrie Crusade)
The Lone Wanderer (Fallout 3) wielding a Deathclaw gauntlet
The weapon of choice for the Assassin Class (Diablo 2) is the claw.
Ryu (Ninja Gaiden) immense martial art skills allow him to maximize the full lethality of the Falcon Talons when used able to decimate numerous powerful enemies.