Peak Human Swordsmanship/Enhanced

For a gallery of examples for Enhanced Swordsmanship, see here.

"Without subtlety, a sword is but an iron bar."

― Dracule Mihawk (One Piece) on Yoru.

The ability to be highly proficient in the way of the sword. Sub-power of Weapon Proficiency, variation of Enhanced Combat.

Also Called

Enhanced Swordplay
Master Swordsmanship/Swordplay
Supreme Swordsmanship/Swordplay
The Way of The Sword

Capabilities

Users are able to demonstrate a natural aptitude for the ways of the sword. The user is able to wield a sword with great proficiency in speed, power, and skill, allowing them to perform feats such as stopping and deflecting bullets, decimate large objects or areas, cutting through hard materials such as steel, and even hold back their strength to deal damage to their foes without killing them.

The user is also able to operate with little or no effort, deliver skillful strikes to weak points with great precision and cut only and exactly what they want. This ability also allows the users to become naturally skilled with multiple swords or any bladed weapon regardless of shape or size to suit their needs in combat. The users incredibly fast weapon control may allow them to bypass obstacles in order to cut their intended target.

Applications

Counter an enemy's attacks and use their own strength against them.
Cutting with swords.
Deflection
Dual Wielding and/or Multi-Weapon Wielding
Impale with a sword.
Pulverization with a sword.
Razor Wind cutting and slicing using the air.
Slash Projection

Variations

Associations

If users posses energy capabilities, they may be able to perform:
- Energy Blades
- Spatial Slicing
- Temporal Slicing
- Sword Beam Emission
- Weapon Energizing

Limitations

Slicing through solid objects (Bricks, Metals, Lava etc.) would destroy most conventional weaponry (non-enchanted steel weapons, etc.)
User may be heavily reliant on sword-based combat and can be vulnerable if their swords are destroyed or taken away.
May be limited to close range combat, which can have difficulty against opponents that can fight at a distance.

Known Users

See also: Implausible Fencing Powers.

Elise (Dan Vs.)
Kagura Mikazuchi (Fairy Tail)
Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)
Imitatia (Fairy Tail)
Pantherlily (Fairy Tail)
Freed Justine (Fairy Tail)
Ikagura (Fairy Tail)
Hiroshi (Fairy Tail)
Yomazu (Fairy Tail)
Sugarboy (Fairy Tail)
Sasaki Kojirou (Fate/Stay night)
Saber-class Servants (TYPE-MOON)
War (Darksiders)
Excalibur (WARFRAME)
Kenjutsu Ninjas (Naruto)
Samurai (Naruto)
Shinigami (Bleach)
Arrancar (Bleach)
Espada (Bleach)
Visored (Bleach)
Ali Baba Saluja (Magi - The Labyrinth of Magic)
Ferris Eris (Legend of the Legendary Heroes)
Goemon Ishikawa XIII (Lupin III)
Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
Dracule Mihawk (One Piece)
Brook (One Piece); fencing specialist
Kin'emon (One Piece)
Hatchan (One Piece)
Hyouzou (One Piece)
Kaku (One Piece)
Vista (One Piece)
Ryuma (One Piece)
Shiliew (One Piece)
Issho/Fujitora (One Piece)
Cavendish (One Piece)
Jean Pierre Polnareff (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)
Chaka & Anubis (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
Himura Kenshin (Samurai X)
Shishio Makoto (Samurai X)
Syaoran Li (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservior Chronicle)
Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Zero (Mega Man X/Mega Man Zero series)
Model Z and Model ZX (Mega Man ZX series)
Kaguro (Kekkaishi)
Saeko Busujima (Highschool Of The Dead)
Gohan (Dragon Ball Z/GT)
Haru Glory (Rave Master)
Lucia Raregroove (Rave Master)
Future Trunks (Dragon Ball Z)
Yajirobe (Dragon Ball franchise)
Tapion (Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon)
King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Ling Yao (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Sayaka Miki (Puella Magi Madoka)
The One Being Sought (Code: Breaker)
Ogami Rei (Code: Breaker)
Shibuya (Code: Breaker)
Guts (Berserk)
Griffith (Berserk)
Deadpool (Marvel)
Deathstroke (DC)
Damian Wayne (DC)
Dick Grayson (DC)
Jason Todd (DC)
Tim Drake (DC)
Blade (Marvel)
Swordsman (Marvel)
Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
The Jedi (Star Wars)
The Sith (Star Wars)
Tinisha Dolaira (The Young Guardians)
Richard Rahl (Sword of Truth series/Legend of the Seeker)
Gene Ferraro (Castle Perilous series)
Breaker/Sword (Annals of the Chosen)
Gilgamesh (Final Fantasy/Legend of Uruk)
Keyblade wielders (Kingdom Hearts Series)
Swordsmen (Final Fantasy series)
Trish (Devil May Cry)
Sparda (Devil May Cry)
Dante (Devil May Cry)
Vergil (Devil May Cry)
Nero (Devil May Cry)
Gallade (Pokémon)
Scyther (Pokémon)
Drizzt Do'Urden (Forgotten Realms)
Travis Touchdown(No More Heroes)
Kratos (God of War)
Ares (God of War)
Athena (God of War)
Deimos '('God of War)
Strider Hiryu (Strider)
He-Man (Masters of the Universe)
She-Ra (Princess of Power)
Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Master Pendao (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Zuko (Avatar:The Last Airbender)
Ulrich Stern (CODE: LYOKO)
William Dunbar (CODE: LYOKO)
Agent Six (Generator Rex)
Rex Salazar (Generator Rex)
Castiel (Supernatural)
Jack (Samurai Jack)
Finn (Adventure Time)
Various Power Rangers and villains (Power Rangers franchise)
Various Super Sentai rangers and villains (Super Sentai franchise)
Augus (Asura's Wrath)
Durza (Super/Lette)
Date Masamune (Azuchi-Momoyama Japan)
Killer (Super Smash Stadium)
Swordblade (Super Smash Stadium)
The Darkness (Stupid Mario Brothers)
Nox Decious (Stupid Mario Brothers)
Metallix (Super Mario Bros. Z)
Merlin (Stupid Mario Brothers)
Antoine D'Coolette (Sonic the Hedgehog/Archie Comics)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic and the Black Knight)
Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic and the Black Knight)
Blaze the Cat (Sonic and the Black Knight)
Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic and the Black Knight)
Slayers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel)
Cordelia Chase (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel)
Leon S. Kennedy (Resident Evil)
Ace Bunny (Loonatics Unleashed)
Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
Maximo (Maximo: Ghosts to Glory)
Chakan (Chakan: The Forever Man)
Marth (Fire Emblem)
Roy (Fire Emblem)
Ike (Fire Emblem)
Lon'qu (Fire Emblem)
Sephiria Arks (Black Cat)
Creed Diskenth (Black Cat)
Cyborg Ninja (Metal Gear Solid)
Batman (DC Comics)
Rex (Jurassic Strike Force 5)
Vilgax (Ben 10)
Yuu Kanda (D Gray Man)
Cloud Strife (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII/Kingdom Hearts)
Squall Leonhart/Leon (Final Fantasy VIII/Kingdom Hearts)
Noctis Lucis Caelum (Final Fantasy XV)
Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII)
Mecha Sally (Sonic the Hedgehog/Archie Comics)
Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden series)
Adam Monroe (Heroes)
Hiro Nakamura (Heroes)
Ra's al Ghul (DC Comics)
Sephiroth (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII/Kingdom Hearts)
Tidus (Final Fantasy X)
Yuna, Rikku, and Paine (Final Fantasy X-2)
Yoh Asakura (Shaman King)
Vamp (Metal Gear Solid)
Saya Otonashi (Blood+)
Diva (Blood+)
Samurai (Rurouni Kenshin)
Yang (Yin Yang Yo!)
Rika Sasaki (CardCaptor Sakura); via The Sword card
Fighter McWarrior (8-bit Theater)
Black Gold Saw (Black★Rock Shooter)
Chariot (Black★Rock Shooter)
Ravager (DC)
Alex (Lunar: Silver Star Story)
Dyne/Laike (Lunar: Silver Star Story)
Kyle (Lunar: Silver Star Story)
Hiro (Lunar 2: Eternal Blue)
Leo (Lunar 2: Eternal Blue)
Dart Feld (Legend of Dragoon)
Rose (Legend of Dragoon)
Zieg Feld (Legend of Dragoon)
Lloyd (Legend of Dragoon)
Hot Shot (Transformers Armada)
Megatron (Transformers Unicron Trilogy)
Gabriel Statler (Charmed)
Inuyasha (InuYasha)
Sesshōmaru (InuYasha)
The Immortals (Highlanders)
Snake Eyes (GI Joe)
Strom Shadow (GI Joe)
All Swordsmen (The Blade of the Immortals)
Honoka (The Third: Girl with the Blue Eye)
Gen (Saga Frontier)
Mugen (Samurai Champloo)
Jin (Samurai Champloo)
Tadase Hotori (Shugo Chara!); as Platinum Royale
Kairi Sanjo (Shugo Chara!); in Character Change and as Samurai Soul
Ikuto Tsukiyomi (Shugo Chara!); as Seven Seas Treasure
Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls)
Lucas Parker (Shadow Falls)
Mario Esparza (Shadow Falls)
John Esparza (Shadow Falls)
Lucinda Esparza (Shadow Falls)
Sgt. Kabukiman, N.Y.P.D (Sgt. Kabukiman, N.Y.P.D)
Evil Kabukiman (Citizen Toxie - The Toxic Avenger IV)
Sword Kirby (Kirby)
Katana (DC Comics)
Kazehaya Kamito (Spirit Elementalist's Blade Dance)
Gintoki Sakata (Gintama)
Ash Blake (Seikoku no Dragonar)
Dark Schneider (Bastard!!)
Arshes Nei (Bastard!!)
Ninja Master Gara (Bastard!!)
Speed of Sound Sonic (One Punch Man)
Waka (Okami)
Augus (Asura's Wrath)
Various Mobile Suit Pilots (Mobile Suit Gundam franchise)
Tenchi Masaki (Tenchi Muyo!)
Yosho/Katsuhito Masaki (Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki and Tenchi Universe)
Achika Masaki (Tenchi Muyo! in Love)
Tatsumi (Akame ga Kill)
Akame (Akame ga Kill)
Otoya Takechi (Akuma no Riddle)
Chitaru Namatame (Akuma no Riddle)
Various RPG characters
Sir Alonne (Dark Souls 2)

Known Swords

Some swords are the source of known or unknown power, others are simply a preferred item of a known user, some of these include:

Archenemy (Fairy Tail)
Master Sword (The Legend of Zelda series)
Four Sword (The Legend of Zelda series)
The Sword of Truth (Legend of the Seeker/Sword of Truth series)
Icingdeath (Forgotten Realms)
Samehada (Naruto)
Lightsabers (Star Wars)
Beam Sabers (Gundam)
Zanpakuto (Bleach)
Katanas/Sabers (CODE:LYOKO; wielded by Ulrich Stern)
Zweilander (CODE: LYOKO; wielded by William Dunbar)
Excalibur (The Once and Future King)
Six-Fingered Sword (The Princess Bride)
Tessaiga (Inuyasha)
Tenseiga (Inuyasha)
Banyru (Inuyasha)
The Ten Commandments (Rave Master; wielded by Haru Glory)
True Dragon Sword (Ninja Gaiden)
The Power Sword (He-Man and The Masters Of The Universe)
Saba (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)/Byakkoshinken (sentai equivalent, Gosei Sentai Dairanger)
Z-Saber (Mega Man franchise)
Mugen (D Gray Man)
Keyblade (Kingdom Hearts)
Soul Edge (Soul Calibur)
Soul Calibur (Soul Calibur)
Absolution Sword (CreativeZoneHappyPlaceLand)
Christ (Black Cat)
Imagine Blade(Black Cat)
Z Sword (Dragon Ball)
Quasar Sabers (Power Rangers Lost Galaxy)/Star Beast Swords (sentai equivalent, Seijuu Sentai Gingaman)
Spin Swords (Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai)/Secret Playback Katana Shinkenmaru (sentai equivalent, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger)
Super Mega Saber (Power Rangers Super Megaforce)/Gokai Sabre (sentai equivalent, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger)
Zyuden Sword Zandar Thunder (Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger)
Sword of Acorns (Sonic the Hedgehog/Archie Comics)
Soul Reaver/Blood Reaver (Legacy of Kain)
Blade of Olympus (God of War)
Blades of Chaos/Athena/Exile (God of War)
Power Swords (Warhammer 40000)
The Kensei sword (Heroes)
Harusame (Shaman King)
Futunomitama no Turugi (Shaman King)
Rei Ken/Spirit Sword (Yu Yu Hakusho)
The Wailing Dark (Asura's Wrath)
Sword of Omens (ThunderCats)
Sword of Plun-Darr (ThunderCats)
Magna Blade (Generator Rex)
Yoru (One Piece)
Shusui (One Piece)
The Sword Card (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Devilish Sword Shimesaba (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
Reiki (Tenjho Tenge)
Excaliferb(Phineas and Ferb)
Star Saber (Transformers Armarda)
Energon Sword/Megatron's Sword (Transformers Energon)
Rebellion (Devil May Cry series)
Yamato (Devil May Cry series)
The Starsaber (Transformers series)
Kylie's Sword (Shadow Falls)
Soul Sword (DC Comics)
Anaklusmos (Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus); wielded by Percy Jackson
Althena's Sword (Lunar series)
Various Muramasa Blades (Oboro Muramasa)
Tenchi-ken/Sword Tenchi (Tenchi Muyo!)
Light Hawk Sword (Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki)
Sir Alonne's Bewitched Sword (Dark Souls 2)