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Implausible Fencing Powers
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Implausible fencing powers are, collectively, the ability to do things with swords that really shouldn't be possible. This superhuman capability with a blade usually comes from pure skill in the art of swordplay and generally constitutes a Charles Atlas Superpower, though occasionally its backed up with explicit powers like Super-Strength, Super-Speed, and/or Combat Clairvoyance, as well. Often the purview of the Master Swordsman, implausible fencing powers are virtually a requirement to give swords a fighting chance in Guns vs. Swords. The scope of implausible fencing powers is broad enough to be considered a Super-Trope, covering a number of Sub Tropes. Below is a list of them: BFS: Using a sword that's absurdly large, which would require impressive skill to wield as a sword instead of as an enormous, vaguely sword-shaped bludgeon. Blade Run: Dodging an enemy blow by leaping up and balancing on the blade of their sword. Somehow. Blade Spam: Attacking extremely quickly — sometimes to the point individual strikes are impossible to see with the naked eye. Clean Cut: Making a single, perfect slash that bisects the target with ease. Diagonal Cut: Making a single, perfect slash that results in a cut so fine, the target remains intact for a Beat before falling to pieces. Cutting Through Energy: Slicing through intangible things, like Pure Energy or Hard Light. Dodge the Bullet: Using fancy footwork and incredible reflexes to just dodge the shots entirely. Flynning: Swordfighting that looks cool, but would be useless or worse than useless in real life. Ludicrous Mêlée Accuracy: Inhuman feats of accuracy, like deliberately causing Clothing Damage in lieu of injury (possibly pinning the target down in the process) or minor cosmetic wounds instead of landing a serious blow. One-Handed Zweihänder: The ability to effortlessly wield a Zweihander (or other similar sized blade) with one hand, usually with superhuman speed and precision. Parrying Bullets: Using a blade to parry incoming weapons fire. Sword Beam: Using a sword to make a ranged attack by slashing in the general direction of something, likely as a form of Razor Wind or Ki Manipulation. See Improbable Aiming Skills for the ranged weapon counterpart. Implausible fencing powers are the leading reason why Guns Are Useless. You might also want to check out our Useful Notes page on Swords. |
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Lampshaded by the Show Within a Show Lonely Blade, whose signature "Boomerang Blade" technique is criticized as "unrealistic"... by Pearl herself. | |
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This is the signature ability of metalcrafters in Codex Alera. Especially Araris Valerian, widely recognized as the greatest swordsman in the world. Talented metalcrafters can move their swords absurdly fast, slice through just about anything, and tell the location of an opponent's weapon with incredible precision; the setting doesn't have guns, but they can and do swat arrows out of the air. | |
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Killer Bee. He wields seven (later eight) swords at once, and is able to out-fence Sharingan-powered Sasuke, who's normally able to predict the incoming attacks, simply because there are so many blades moving too randomly for even him to follow. | |
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In one of his Genius Ditz moments, Fighter survives a fatal fall by parrying. He figures it is Not the Fall That Kills You…, that because impact causes damage it is therefore an attack, and that he can block any attack. He blocks the ground and is unaffected by Falling Damage. He explains this to his teammates, who are dumbfounded. | |
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In Star Wars, implausible fencing powers abound. Mostly justified by the fact that both Jedi and Sith are using lightsabers and have Combat Clairvoyance via the Force. This lets them parry blaster bolts (or just avoid the shot instead), strike with unerring accuracy and slice things apart with one blow as standard abilities. Non-Force users occasionally get in on the action by being combat droids or aliens with absurd (by human standards) reflexes. | |
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Madara Uchiha's Perfect Susanoo carries two gigantic katanas and the shockwave created by a casual warm up swing from just one of these blades can cut mountains in two. | |
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There is also Jax, a champion so masterful with a sword that he instead fights with a lamppost as a Self-Imposed Challenge. He still swings it around as if it were made of bamboo. | |
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Enriqueta-2856 from v4 of Open Blue was a Little Miss Badass Distaff Counterpart of King Bradley, having been trained since three via The Spartan Way, which included an expy of him as her sword instructor. | |
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Razor Wind | |
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Most notable is Riven, being able to wield a BFS that, as her lore states: "was heavier than a kite shield". Her skills also include swinging it around like crazy and her ultimate which allows her to cast Wind Slash. Three guesses what it does, the first two don't count. | |
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