Sky Warfare

Sky Warfare

On Sky Islands, battles are fought much different than down in the Blue Sea. Oftentimes weapons are upgrade, or even combined with Dials. This allows for incredibly powerful weapons. Many times Dials are used in creative ways. Milky Dials, for example, are commonly used to rush towards an enemy, if the user has some sort of device to help traverse the path created by the Dial. Heat Dials are usually found inside weapons. Breath Dials are commonly used to create a stink-cloud or produce a poisonous gas. Impact Dials, and to some extent, Axe Dials, are commonly used in Sky Warfare, likely 50% or more of Dials used in Sky Warfare or another type of Combat are Impact Dials and Axe Dials, Impact Dials being much more common outside of standard-issue Dials. Many times, tactics revolve around Dials, and fighting an opponent with Dials while you have none yourself will usually put you at a huge disadvantage. An opponent using a Milky Dial, along with a type of transportation across the Milky Dial's path, and a Light or Heat Dial in their weapon, will have no problem moving to a more convenient location, and then having a leg-up on firepower and/or aim. A person may be blinded by a Light Dial, while the user uses the Milky Dial to move to a better location, and then uses a Heat Dial to shoot an extremely powerful shot at the blinded opponent.

Impact Dials, as well as Reject Dials and Axe Dials, are generally hidden under Bandages or a Glove during Sky Warfare. Sometimes even Breath Dials, filled with noxious or stinky smells, will be hidden as well. This allows for sneaky attacks, because the opponent likely will not know what kinda of Dial, or if there even is one, until they are hit by it. Even then some tricks may prevent the victims from knowing exactly where the Dial is. Many warriors in a Sky Island will be almost entirely immune to an Impact Dial, which would normally kill, or badly injure a normal person, or even a soldier! However, not many can take a hit form a Reject Dial and come out alive. The Reject Dial is generally frowned upon by allies of a user, because it may very well annihilate the user as well as the victim, even when perhaps the extra Energy was not needed, and an Impact Dial may have done almost as good of a job. This makes the Impact Dial much more popular. The Reject Dial even almost killed Enel once, however, he survived by reviving himself, using his Devil Fruit powers, he pulsed his heart until it started itself again.