Art of Weather

The Clima-Tact (天候棒(クリマタクト) Kurima Takuto) is the upgraded form of Nami's signature weapon. It is called the Climate Baton in the Viz manga and FUNimation/Toei simulcast subs, the Weather Forcer in the 4Kids dub, and the Clima Takt in the FUNimation dub and DVD subtitles. Created by Usopp, it resembles a bo-staff that can be separated into three pieces, just like Nami's old one. Using it along with Nami's knowledge of weather conditions, it has proven to be an effective weapon and put Nami on par with the rest of crew. This staff was later modified and renamed the Perfect Clima-Tact. This page lists and details all the various versions of the Clima-Tact as well as the various functions of it that have either been installed by Usopp or devised by Nami's ingenuity that have been revealed so far in the story.

History
Sometime before the events in Arabasta, Nami explained to Usopp a revelation she had over the course of their voyages. Upon examining the monstrous strengths of the rest of the crew, Nami noticed that she and Usopp were practically the weakest ones. Seeing as there was no possible way that they could ever match the strengths of Luffy and the like, and that there would come a time when they could no longer depend solely on the help of others, she figured that the only way they could compensate is with the use of their wits and some formidable weapons. She thus asked Usopp to make her a weapon so that she could fight with the others. Upon that request, Usopp went to work on her new weapon and by the time the Straw Hats reached Rainbase, he finished it. He thus gave her the Clima-Tact. This proved to be a very useful weapon in many situations.

Sometime later, after the events in Skypiea, Usopp upgraded the Clima-Tact into the Perfect Clima-Tact. Having a better knowledge of Nami's preferences and handful of Dials to spare, he made it into a more lethal weapon capable of amazing powers that only Nami could unleash. With this Nami became even more capable of fighting on her own. She is now just as super humanly powerful, in a sense, as any other crew member. The way her staff operates has also led others to question if Nami is using a form of magic.

Clima-Tact
Introduced when the Straw Hats reached Rainbase, the Clima-Tact is a weapon that resembles Nami's original three piece bo-staff only made of steel and are hollow. In the manga, a scene depicting Usopp working on it on the title page of Chapter 165 and on the cover of Volume 23, showed it is colored red. In the anime however, it is depicted colored blue. Despite being shown earlier, the Clima-Tact was first fully used during Nami's battle against Miss Doublefinger.

Each piece of the Clima-Tact has a button and is capable of creating a bubble of air each with its own different properties. When the pieces are put together in certain combinations and activated by a button located on a piece connected within the combination, they can produce a variety of different results.

Some of these results are useful in a combat situation, others are completely useless in battle. Each of these are called Tempo which, in Italian and Portuguese, is the word for "weather". In the 4Kids adaptation, the majority of these results are renamed Tempest.

Basics
Each separate piece of the Clima-Tact is capable of producing a bubble of air. The bubbles produced from each piece have different properties. With certain combinations of these bubbles and Nami's knowledge of weather conditions, Nami is able to simulate different weather patterns to aid her.


 * Heat Ball (熱気泡(ヒートボール), Hīto Bōru): Produced from the "Heat Pole" either when air is blown into the end of it or it is shaken, the Heat Ball is a red bubble of heated air that drifts along in the air. It heats up the temperature of the area surrounding it. After the Clima-Tact gets upgraded to the Perfect Clima-Tact, this attack becomes powerful enough to do damage to an opponent in its basic form. It is called Heat Orb in the 4Kids adaptation.


 * Cool Ball 冷気泡(クールボール), Kūru Bōru): Produced from the "Cool Pole" when air is blown into the end of it, the Cool Ball is a blue bubble of cold air that drifts along in the air. It cools down the temperature of the area surrounding it. After the Clima-Tact gets upgraded to the Perfect Clima-Tact, this attack becomes powerful enough to do damage to an opponent in its basic form. It is called Cool Orb in the 4Kids adaptation.


 * Thunder Ball (電気泡(サンダーボール), Sandā Bōru): Produced from the "Electric Pole" when air is blown into the end of it, the Thunder Ball is a yellow bubble of electrified air that drifts along in the air. It electrifies the air of the area surrounding it. After the Clima-Tact gets upgraded to the Perfect Clima-Tact, this attack becomes powerful enough to do damage to an opponent in its basic form. It is called Thunder Orb in the 4Kids adaptation.

Party Uses
Due to a miscommunication, between Nami and Usopp, on the design of the Clima-Tact, Usopp installed the Clima-Tact with functions which he described were to be used in parties for entertainment purposes. The majority of these functions served no other purpose than being parlor magic tricks, making them useless in an actual battle. These, along with some poorly written instructions, created a rather frustrating (and comical), not to mention life-threatening, situation for Nami during her battle with Miss Doublefinger.

 
 * Cloud Screen- enables Nami to create a thick mass of fog-like cloud that is capable of suffocating any person who stays inside longer and maing the enemy hardly see or look inside as the cloud penetrateds their eyes.
 * Rain Sprinkler- enables Nami to create a heavy rain all over the entire area that puts all fires out, reduces the heat and humidity rate of the place and making the tidal waves in the sea, get bigger.
 * Sunny Day- enables Nami to create a sunny weather that is not too hot to go a sail.
 * Winter Tempo- enables Nami to create a snow weather in the place when the heat is too much scorching.



Battle Uses
Despite the various problems associated with the Clima-Tact, Nami was able to make use of it and come up with a variety of uses suited for battle. Using her knowledge and some creativity, these combinations often left her opponents in bewilderment.




 * Tornado Tempest- an attack that enables Nami to summon or create a hurling tornado capable of blowing the enemy and destructing whatever it hits or passes.
 * Blizzard Chill- an attack which enables Nami to summon or create a freezong blizzard ina specified place. It is capable of turning all landsacpes into ice or covered with snow and too much exposure to this weather condition can make you freeze or totally encapsulated in a block of ice.
 * Tsunami Wave- an attack that enables Nami to summon or create a devastating tsunami but she may only do this if she is near of the sea, ocean or large river. It is capable of drowning the enemy unless he/she is a good swimmer(but actually, no one escapes a tsunami even youre a good swiimer) or he/she has a life-saving device or an ability to create a shield or barrier.
 * Thunderstorm- an attack that enables Nami to summon or create a thunderstorm in a specified place. The thunderstorm when summoned or created, will make the place really dark because of its dark and lumpy clouds covering the sky and may bring thundershocks and lightning strikes together with the heavy rain.
 * Drought Heat- an attack that enables Nami to summon or create a drought in a specified place. Under this weather condition, the place will suffer from too much heat and all the plants and water surfaces will dry until they all disapper. Numerous bush and forest fires may also happen and may burn the enemy when prolonged in this condition.
 * Spring Windstorm- creates a massive cyclone in a place that may bring all kinds of weather condition together. This technique must be used only once beacuse it consumes a lot of energy and life force of Nami.

Perfect Clima-Tact
The Perfect Clima-Tact (完全版"天候棒" (パーフェクトクリマタクト) Paafekuto Kurima Takuto) was first introduced when Nami and the crew were trying to catch up to the Puffing Tom with the Rocket Man. In the Viz manga, it is called the Perfect Climate Baton, and in the FUNimation dub, this is called the Complete Clima Takt. There is now a ball on each piece, containing what can be assumed to be a dial, due to Usopp's speech about improving his inventions with dials at the end of the Skypiea arc. All of the Perfect Clima-Tact's offensive uses are several times stronger than they were before and there is now almost no indication of it having any useless functions to hinder Nami. However, there are still a few design flaws as seen when Nami attempted to use it the first time at Enies Lobby.

Battle Uses
With the Perfect Clima-Tact, all of the combinations and uses of the Clima-Tact have been upgraded exceptionally. The attacks now hit harder and with a greater range than before.


 * Thunderbolt Tempo (サンダーボルト テンポ, Sandāboruto Tenpo): An upgraded form of the move Nami could use with the Clima-Tact. With the Perfect Clima-Tact, the lightning created is now larger and strikes multiple times. Unfortunately due to its increased range and power, Nami has little control over it. This means that both friend and foe alike would be electrocuted. According to Usopp, the Perfect Clima-Tact wasn't designed by him to use such a technique.


 * Thunder Charge (サンダー チャージ, Sandā Chāji): Nami creates a "Thunder Ball" on the ball end of a piece. With the "Thunder Ball" on the tip, she can then perform "Swing Arm".
 * Swing Arm (風速計(スイングアーム, Suingu Āmu): After charging the piece with electricity from Thunder Charge, Nami twirls the piece on its connecting socket with the rest of staff. After several spins, she swings the electrified piece at the enemy for a powerful electric attack. This was first seen being used against Kalifa.


 * Cool Charge (クール チャージ, Kūru Chāji): Nami creates a "Cool Ball" on the ball end of a piece. With the "Cool Ball" on the tip, she can then perform an upgraded version of "Mirage Tempo".
 * Mirage Tempo (蜃気楼(ミラージュ) テンポ, Mirāju Tenpo): An upgraded version of the "Mirage Tempo" used in the original Clima-Tact. Nami is still able to create mirages to distract opponents however with the Perfect Clima-Tact, she is able to do more. Using the "Cool Ball" located on the staff, created by "Cool Charge", she is able to cloak herself in blanket of air to make herself invisible. This first seen being used against Kalifa.
 * Mirage Tempo: Fata Morgana (蜃気楼(ミラージュ) テンポ 幻想妖精(ファタ・モルガナ),Mirāju Tenpo: Fata Morugana): An advanced version of the Mirage Tempo technique that creates multiple images of Nami using reflections and refractions within the air. The images that are created consist of a long and tall skinny version, a short kid version, a fat version, a big, muscular version, and a normal version of Nami. Only one of these images is real, however, it isn't necessarily the normal looking one. Each of these images is capable of moving in unison with the real Nami due to their reflective nature. Any attack Nami produces while surrounded by these images will also be replicated, creating a barrage of projectiles. Although only 20% of the attacks are real, so this tactic confuses even fast opponents into getting hit. This first seen being used against Kalifa. This is called Mirage Tempo: Fattah Morgana in the FUNimation dub


 * Cyclone Tempo (サイクロン テンポ, Saikuron Tenpo): An upgraded form of the original Cyclone Tempo that can be used with the original Clima-Tact. Nami bends one end of the entire staff and connects the piece to the adjacent piece. She then throws the oblong two-piece shaped combination at an opponent. The upgraded form appears to be more powerful. This was first seen being properly used against Kalifa.


 * Cloudy Tempo (クラウディ テンポ, Kuraudei Tenpo): A completely revamped version of Cloudy Tempo. With this, Nami creates a small cloud capable of producing rain. This was first seen being used along with the Perfect Clima-Tact's Rain Tempo by Nami to cure herself of Kalifa's Devil Fruit powers.
 * Rain Tempo (レイン テンポ, Rein Tenpo): A completely revamped version of Rain Tempo. With this, Nami is able to create rain from an already existing cloud. This was first seen being used along with the Perfect Clima-Tact's Cloudy Tempo by Nami to cure herself of Kalifa's Devil Fruit powers.


 * Dark Cloud Tempo (黒雲(ダーククラウド) テンポ, Dāku Kuraudo Tenpo): Nami forms a small, condensed, electrically charged cloud. This is called Storm Cloud Tempo in the FUNimation dub
 * Thunder Lance Tempo (雷光槍(サンダーランス) テンポ, Sandā Ransu Tenpo): One of Nami's most powerful moves. Using a cloud previously formed with Dark Cloud Tempo, Nami creates a lightning bolt going directly from the cloud to her Perfect Clima-Tact. Any opponent, should they be in the path of lightning bolt, would be pierced by the bolt like a lance and given extreme electric damage to their body. This was first seen being used to defeat Kalifa.


 * Cyclone Burst (サイクロン･バースト, Saikuron Bāsuto): A move used in the anime only Straw Hat Separation arc, where Nami attaches her Cool Ball and Heat Ball ends to the Wind Knot. It starts with Nami spinning the Cool Ball over her head and charging the Heat Ball below her. Then she throws up her Cool Ball end upwards and at the same time, releases all of the Wind Knot's knots. This creates a powerful cyclone that can disperse an extremely large storm cloud.

Anime and Manga Differences
While the first version of Nami's Clima-Tact is depicted as blue in the anime, it is originally colored differently in the manga. A small scene in the title page of Chapter 165 of the manga shows the coloring intended. The scene shows Usopp working on a piece of the Clima-Tact which is red. This coloring scheme for the Clima-Tact is further seen on the cover of Volume 23.

Interestingly in most One Piece games, Nami's Clima-Tact is colored red.

Oda later made the coloring of the Perfect Clima-Tact blue in the manga to match the anime.