Metal Claw

Metal Claw (Metaru Tsume) is a powerful slashing move, aligned with the advanced element of Metal. However, it is one of the few metallic techniques which can be used by fighters without this element, creating a pseudo-metal variant.
==Description==
In the pseudo-metal variant, the user extends their claws/fingernails/blade and hardens them to the strength of steel. In most cases, this is accompanied with a white or silver glow, or a gray aura around the claw. Following this, the user launches out with a sharp and sudden slash, strong enough to break stone or ice, but lacking the strength to cut steel itself. 
In the true version, the user converts the claw/sharp striking point into their metal of choice, typically steel, and then slashes with it, identically to the original technique, barring the full conversion to metal, rather than simply the strength of it. This version is strong enough to cut through metal, although to reach that strength a fighter has to have trained their strength to the point where they can pierce the metal. Alternatively, the user may have to sense the imperfections in the target item in order to perform the initial piercing strike.
However, at least one in every ten uses of this technique in both of it's forms, the attack can provide a boost to the user's physical strength, making their physical strikes stronger. 
== Users ==
====Pseudo-Metal Form Users====
*ApocalyptiCinos
*Berugu the Stag Beetle
*Cassimolar the Lemur
*Celeritas
*Daisy the Otter
*Dantalian the Possum
*Ereshkigal the Nightmare
*Etugen
*Furtur the Elk
*Gamygin the Echidna
*Gavin Lightfoot
*Haeos
*Lucius the Ferret
*Nisroch the Chameleon
*Orobas the Ram
*Roneve the Wallaby
*Sumugan
*The Towerkeeper
*Turoka-Nukora
*Ukobach the Viper|Ukobach the Viper
*Vira the Acara
*Zuuroth the Werechidna
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====Metal Form Users====
*Alison the Cyborg Echidna
*Anne the Power Hedgehog
*Cole the Power Hedgehog
*Georgi the Hedgehog
*Grace the Hedgecat
*Jerbel the Seedrian
*Kraklow the Reindeer
*Lance the Power Hedgehog
*Maëlys Mari
*Scouarge the Hedgehog
*Temblor
*Victoria the Power Hedgehog
*Kaiser Saito (with claws)
===Pokemon Users===
*Brutus the Lucario
*Cass the Raikou (Mobianised)
*Dialga
*Palkia
*Silver the Lucario
== Variants ==
*Dragon Claw: A variant used by dragons.
*Shadow Claw: Shadow variant of equal power
*Night Slash: Dark variant of equal power
*Slash: Elementless variant of equal power
*Illusion Claw: Illusion variant
*Lightning Slash: Electric variant
*Freezing Slash: Ice variant
*Inferno Slash: Fire variant
*Holy Slash: Light variant
*Psycho Cut: Psychic variant
*Toxic Claw: Poison variant
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==Technique Rank==
Due to it's self-boosting properties and the strength of the technique, it possesses a C-rank in both forms, although the pseudo-metal version is ranked somewhat lower. 
Category:Techniques
Category:Abilities
Category:Physical Attacks
Category:Metal Abilities
Category:Attack-Boosting Attacks