The ability to be a master of wielding wires. Variation of Weapon Proficiency.
Also Called[]
- Enhanced Wiremanship/Threadmanship/Stringmanship
- String Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency
- Thread Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency
- Wire Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery
Capabilities[]
Users, either innately or through training, are masters of using the wire or thread as a weapon/tool. They can wield a wire or thread with great proficiency in range, accuracy and speed allowing them to perform feats such as wrapping then pulling things or bringing them closer, binding their opponents, scaring/lashing opponents, binding then snatching others weapons, swinging from high altitudes and slicing the flesh of their enemies when striking at great speed.
Applications[]
- Grants a great attack range and versatility, distant or close.
- Wide area attacks taking down multiple opponents.
- Impale
- Strangulation or even break an opponent's neck with wires.
- Utilize wires as an extension of fingers for claws.
- Use wires/threads as slicing whips, due to them being as malleable as whips and sharp as swords.
- Use wires to conduct fire or electricity to increase damage.
- Infuse poison, in wires to increase the lethality of cuts.
- Swing and grapple from structures, targets, or even clouds.
- Control the sharpness of the wires with delicate movements, allowing one to cut through matter or pick up objects without harming them.
- Create cocoons with wires to gather air bubbles for breathing in air-lacking areas.
- Use wires/threads to retrieve severed limbs and reattach them.
- Take control over opponents like puppets by attaching wires onto their limbs or spinal nerves.
- Combine with Needle Proficiency to sew things together.
- Set innovative traps beforehand or even during combat.
- Bind enemies by entangling them.
- Create webs for widespread capture.
- Attach wires to projectiles to control their trajectory.
- Compress and wrap wires/threads together to form weapons and armors.
Associations[]
- Adoptive Muscle Memory
- Demonic Weaponry
- Divine Weaponry
- Empathic Weaponry
- Enhanced Combat
- Hair Manipulation
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Magic Weaponry
- Sentient Weaponry
- Soul-Bound Weapon
- Thread Manipulation
- Weapon Creation
- Weapon Manipulation
- Weapon Physiology
- Weapon Proficiency Touch
- Wire Manipulation
- If the user possesses energy capabilities, they may be able to perform:
- Energy Blast via swings
- Energy Infusion
- Ergokinetic Blade Construction
- Spatial Slicing
- Temporal Slicing
- Wire/Thread-shaped Energy Beam Emission
Limitations[]
- Mostly used for long ranged user, may be at a disadvantage at close range.
- If using multiple wires, there's a possibility for them to get tangled.
- Length of wire may limit one's overall range.
- May require a degree of training or exposure.
- May take time to achieve mastery.
Known Users[]
See also: Razor Floss.
Anime/Manga[]
- Kaori Kanzaki (A Certain Magical Index)
- Lubbock (Akame Ga Kill!)
- Alice Fuji (Arachnid)
- Kumo (Arachnid)
- Yashamaru (Basilisk)
- Yuzuki Katagiri (Black Bullet)
- Jenos Hazard (Black Cat)
- Rika Aragami (Corpse Princess)
- Rui (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Kyōma Mabuchi (Dimension W)
- Kasane Kujiragi (Durararax2)
- Walter C. Dornez (Hellsing)
- Machi (Hunter X Hunter)
- Porschen (The Hunters Guild: Red Hood)
- Yura (InuYasha)
- Renkotsu (InuYasha)
- Nao Yūki (Mai-Hime)
- Kyoichiro Yozakura (Mission: Yozakura Family)
- Wire String Users (Naruto)
- Kidōmaru (Naruto)
- Kushimaru Kuriarare (Naruto)
- Yurimaru (Ninja Scroll)
- Yuu Akiyama (Kongo Bancho)
- Takuma's unnamed mother (Ninja Scroll series)
- Jin Ja Gang (Legend of Asura – The Venom Dragon)
- Kubinashi (Nurarihyon's Grandson)
- Donquixote Doflamingo (One Piece)
- Apart (Sakamoto Days)
- Lyserg Diethal (Shaman King)
- Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?)
- Belphegor (Reborn!!)
- Haruki Sagae (Riddle Story of Devil)
- Gein (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Odie (Stitch!)
- Hyuk Musang (World’s Greatest Senior Disciple)
Cartoons/Comics
- Metalbenders (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)
- Selina Kyle/Catwoman (DC Comics)
- Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
- Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
Video Games
- Kurenai (Red Ninja: End of Honor)
- Sharon Kreuger (The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 1&2)
Literature
- Ingrid Beauchamp (Beauchamp Family)
Other
- The Wooden Girl (Fear Mythos)