- "If someone fights with me, it's quite common for their heads to end up as a wreck like this."
- ― General Ou Ki to Mister Shi Shi (Kingdom)
The power to be a master of wielding a podao. Variation of Halberd Proficiency.
Also Called[]
- 朴刀 (Chinese)
- Podao Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery
- Pudao Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency
Capabilities[]
Users, either innately or through training, are masters in the way of podao, a Chinese single-edged infantry weapon used in various Chinese martial arts. The user is able to wield a podao with great speed, power, and skill.
The user can fight with little or no effort, deliver powerful strikes, cut through entire groups of opponents while delivering instant kills with inhuman precision.
Applications[]
- Bisection
- Countering Mastery
- Decapitation
- Deflection
- Impale
- Pressure Strike
- Slash Effect/Projection
- Severing
- Enhanced Strike
- Quick-Draw Mastery
- Strength Combat
Associations[]
- Adoptive Muscle Memory
- Chinese Deity
- Chivalric Knight
- Cavalry Combat
- Peak Human Combat/Enhanced Combat
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Demonic Weaponry
- Divine Weaponry
- Empathic Weaponry
- Halberd Proficiency
- Knight
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Martial Artist
- Magic Weaponry
- Mortal Physiology
- Melee Fighter
- Soldier
- Sentient Weaponry
- Sharpness Manipulation
- Shield Proficiency
- Soul-Bound Weapon
- Weapon Creation
- Weapon Manipulation
- Weapon Physiology
- Weapon Proficiency Touch
- If the user possesses energy capabilities, they may be able to perform:
- Weapon Wielder
- Guisarmier
Limitations[]
- May require a degree of training or exposure.
- A user may be heavily reliant on pole-weaponry based combat and can be vulnerable if their podao are destroyed or taken away.
- May be limited to close-range combat, which can have difficulty against opponents that can fight at a distance.
- May take time to achieve mastery.
Known Users[]
See Also: Blade on a Stick.
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- Various Podao Wielders (Kingdom)
- Hak (Yona of the Dawn)
Video Games[]
- Hwang Seong-gyeong (Soulcalibur)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
With years of combat experience and his own incredible martial prowess, Ren Pa (Kingdom) is one of the strongest podao masters of the central plains, with his abilities rivaling that of some the greatest warrior Great Generals of the previous era like his old rival, Ou Ki...
...easily destroying entire battalions of enemy soldiers...
...to nearly killing Shin with a powerful strike.
Arguably the greatest wielder in the Zhao Military and the most skilled of the Three Great Heavens' second generation, Hou Ken (Kingdom) was an extremely powerful podao master, cutting numerous opponents in his wake with vicious ease...
...deflect thrown spears with incredible reflexes...
...destroy an opponent's internal organs with qi strike...
...slay powerful opponents like Geki Shin, a Great General renowned for his part in saving the State of Yan...
...and elite combat centered soldiers like the Hi Hyou Unit.
Man'U (Kingdom)
Like his best friend Man'U, Sen To'Un (Kingdom) is a powerful podao master easily tearing through entire battalions of enemy soldiers with ease...
...and take on powerful opponents like Roku O Mi, the strongest general in the Tou Army and Ran Bi Haku, the berserker warrior at the same time without the slightest hint of difficulty.
While he hasn't shown the full scope of his skills yet, Ou Sen (Kingdom) is a master podao wielder as he can easily kill elite cavalry soldiers.
In order to prepare himself to wield General Ou Ki's Podao, Ri Shin (Kingdom) changed his main weapon into a podao and slowly became a destructively powerful podao master...
...training himself with the weapon and compensating his lack of skill and technique with his immense strength...
...as he blew away entire enemy battalions with just a swing of his blade...
...fought and clashed with powerful opponents like Gai Mou, despite himself being a far more experienced master,...
...and after finally taking up General Ou Ki's Podao, he wielded it with monstrous prowess as cut through an entire unit of enemy soldiers despite not yet mastering the use of it...
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...fight and destroy elite units like the Rai'Un while fighting alongside Ou Hon...
...fought and held his own against the likes of Gyou'un as he sent the monstrous Zhao General reeling with his power strikes...
...perfectly replicated General Ou Ki's deadly finisher Slash as he killed Gaku'Ei in an instant...
...clashed against Hou Ken, the Bushin and First Great Heaven...
...as he defeated him in their final climatic duel.
While not the most skilled in technique, Mou Gou (Kingdom) was a powerful podao wielder as he used his decades worth of resentments to overpower his archrival Ren Pa despite the Great General's own monstrous strength.
Heki (Kingdom)
Roku O Mi (Kingdom)
Kan Ou (Kingdom)
A Kou (Kingdom)
With decades of experience and his own powerful martial prowess, Gai Mou (Kingdom) is one of the greatest podao wielding Great General in the Wei Military, his abilities rivalling that of the late General Ou Ki and Ren Pa.
Ran Bi Haku (Kingdom)
Since his youth,...
...Ki Sui (Kingdom) has been a powerful podao master.
Armed with ferocious strength, Ba Nan Ji (Kingdom) wields his podao with powerful mastery as he...
...kills multiple soldiers of the A Kou army...
Gyou'Un (Kingdom) demonstrates his prowess with the Rin Family's Podao as he kills multiple Qin soldiers with ease...
...match Ba Nan Ji in speed and power during their attack on A Kou.
While not as ferocious as his friend, Gyou'Un, Chou Ga Ryuu (Kingdom) was a powerful podao master himself.
Rozo (Kingdom) wielded his podao with brutal and ferociousness strength...
...easily destroying the powerful Feego Tribe while dueling their king, Danto.
While one of the greatest strategists of the central plains, Shou Hei Kun (Kingdom) is also an extremely powerful podao master with martial strength that is said to either rival or even surpassed that of Great General, Mou Bu...
...easily sweeping through entire cavalries of opponents with a single swing of his blade.
Ri Boku (Yasuhisa Hara's Ri Boku/Li Mu)
Videos[]
OPs, Themes, and EDs[]
TVアニメ「キングダム」第4シリーズ：第2クール ノンクレジットOPムービー／zonji「geki」
TVアニメ「キングダム」第4シリーズ：第2クール ノンクレジットEDムービー／みさき「Believe」