Rufus DeMagerie/Abilities and Powers

Abilities and Powers
Rufus is a powerful swordsman, favouring the unique shape and structure of his sword to inflict strong, physical blows to the opponent. He can cunningly adapt his fighting techniques to the current situation. It is due to to this ability that he has been given a large bounty.

He has a large amount of physical strength, being able to easily swing a sword almost larger than himself, with the capability of causing an incredible damage to the target or even smash a large boulder with little effort. His speed and endurance are also something to behold, quickly evading and even recieving close range physical blows from a martial arts specialist and quickly counter with a head strike with his blade.

Due to being a fishman his strength and speed are ten times that of an average human but twice that underwater. He has also shown a strange ability to ride on waves and stand on water as if it were a solid. He can actually skate across water or even sink into it for a surprise attack.

Also, he can breathe underwater due to being a fishman, but he can store and expel water from his body, originally thought to be the product of eating a Devil Fruit. This allows him to increase his fighting abilities even when there is no water around him. This seems to be a product of his incredible lung power, where he can absorb water into his lungs and store it there for release later.

It is obvious that he has not consumed a devil fruit due to his underwater activity, where most of his battles have taken place.

Swordsmanship
His swordsmanship skills easily surpass most master swordsman, this shows his incredible motivation and intense training method, which consists of repeatedly punching coral on the sea floor in order to increase his strength and endurance further. His technique is unusual and often considered cowardly by other swordsman, as it uses a large sword, wrapped in bandages and covered in scales which actually shred the skin instead of simply cutting it like an ordinary blade, he also uses the blade's hilt to attack and the actual bandaged portion to block or even deflect attacks.

Further Information: Ittoryu
He is a practicioner of the Ittoryu (一刀流), in that he only uses one sword. He states that he could easily use more than one sword if need be although this has yet to be seen. He is able to bind the enemy in place with the Saw Shark's bandages and then attack with the blade, using powerful blows while using Saw Shark, but when he uses a nodachi, he attacks with swift yet powerful attacks, relying more on speed than strength. He doesn't seem to realise that he does this.