Skillful
Skillful adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.
Usage example: performance testing of automobiles that should be done only by skillful drivers on a closed course
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Performer: Zig-zagged; while Faye's natural talent lets her run circles around the well-trained Toshiko, Jake's greater power does not generally keep him from getting smacked around by the more skillful Madi.
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An earlier example is Aaron Allston's run on X-Wing, which retconned the cartoonish, stupid Imperial villains of The Courtship of Princess Leia as skillful Intelligence-trained types who project the stereotype as an act to make their enemies underestimate them.
Source: Armed with Canon
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