Sword Skills

are both «Sword Art Online's» and «ALfheim Online's» combat movements that are assisted by the system. Most Sword Skills are named in English, the only exception being Katana and certain Martial Arts category skills, which are named in Japanese, but written in the English alphabet.
In ALO, an update created modified Sword Skills. One of these changes was the addition of six elemental damage properties: , , , , , and , which supplement the usual physical damage Another change allowed players to create their own skills.
==Mechanics==
Sword Skills are activated when a player performs the appropriate for a skill, such as raising a sword above one's shoulder. As soon as the system recognizes the motion, the player's weapon begins to glow in a color specific to a Sword Skill. The player can then allow the system to take over and automatically complete the skill at a speed that is normally near impossible for a player to achieve and dealing much more damage than a regular sword swing. In SAO, a sword skill consumes an amount of SP, Spirit Points. The SP gauge is located under the player's HP bar.
After a skill is completed, the user is temporarily rendered rigid in a state called a , during which the user is made vulnerable to any counter-attacks. The higher the level of the Sword Skill used, the longer the «Post-Motion» period is. However, anyone who can exploit the small window in time before the start of the Post-Motion can chain the completed sword skill into a second successive one. This exploitation named Skill Connect is most effectively used with two weapons although it can also be used with one.Annulment Volume 1, Chapter 1, Acumen of Silent Bitterness
After a Sword Skill has been used, the skill enters a period, which is displayed as a cooling icon at the bottom of the player's view. Until this period ends, the same Sword Skill cannot be used, however, any other learned skills that are not in a cooling period can still be used.
The number of available Sword Skills and their type depends on the Weapon Skills that the player has trained.
==Known Sword Skills==
===One-handed Sword===
English Name 	Japanese Name 	Description 	Combo	Ref
Horizontal 	ホリゾンタル 	A simple sword skill that unleashes a straight slash from left to right. AOE. 25% Earth, 25% Water, 25% Wind, 25% Fire. 	1 	
Horizontal Arc 	ホリゾンタル・アーク 	A flat two-part skill that involves a horizontal swing from left to right, followed by another horizontal swing in from right to left. 10% Fire, 30% Water, 60% Holy. 	2 	Annulment Volume 1, Chapter 2, Prelude to Star-crossed Joy
Horizontal Square 	ホリゾンタル・スクエア 	A mid-level sword skill tracing the shape of a rhombus. AOE. 50% Water, 50% Dark. 	4 	Annulment Volume 1, Chapter 1, Ode to Infinite Madness
Rage Spike 	レイジ・スパイク 	A charge-type sword skill that could easily close a distance of 5 meters. 100% Fire. 	1 	Annulment Volume 1, Prologue
Slant 	スラント 	A simple sword skill slashing diagonally. 70% Physical, 30% Wind. 	1 	
Sharp Nail 	シャープ・ネイル 	A Sword Skill that consists of an upward right to left diagonal slash, followed by a left to right horizontal slash, ending with a downward right to left diagonal slash. An alternative execution of the skills consists of three vertical slashes. AOE. 50% Physical, 40% Water, 10% Dark.	3 	Annulment Volume 1 Chapter 2, Dance of the Crane
Sonic Leap 	ソニック・リープ 	A charge-type sword skill that dashes toward the enemy to deal a downward strike. 50% Physical, 50% Wind. 	1 	
Vertical 	バーチカル 	A simple sword skill slashing up and down. 50% Phyiscal, 50% Holy. 	1 	
Vertical Arc 	バーチカル・アーク 	A simple sword skill creating a 'V' shape trajectory. 50% Physical, 25% Dark, 25% Holy. 	2 	Annulment Volume 1, Chapter 2, Calypso of Two Swords
Vertical Square 	バーチカル・スクエア 	A mid-level sword skill tracing the shape of a square. 50% Physical, 50% Lightning. 	4 	
Vorpal Strike 	ヴォーパル・ストライク 	A heavy one-handed sword skill with a reach that is double the length of the blade and has high attack power. It has a long cool-down. 30% Physical, 30% Fire, 40% Dark. 	1 	
Radiant Arc 	レイディアント・アーク 	A sword skill that unleashes one deadly swing upwards. 50% Physical, 50% Holy. 	3 	Annulment Volume 1, Chapter 3, Tree of Horror
Deadly Sins 	デッドリー・シンズ 	A seven hit skill that consists of various slashes, several full circle spins and a backwards somersault. 50% Physical, 50% Various 	7 	Annulment Volume 1, Chapter 9
Star Quint Prominence	スター・クイント・プロミネンス 	A sword skill that traces the pentagram of Satan before ending with a powerful thrust into the center. 50% Physical, 50% Fire 	6 	
Phantom Rave 	ファントム・レイブ 	A series of 6 powerful slashes. 50% Physical, 50% Dark 	6 	Annulment Volume 4, Chapter 4
Nova Ascension 	ノヴァ・アセンション 	A series of high-speed slashes that ends in a single powerful thrust. 20% Fire, 20% Wind, 20% Water, 20% Earth, 10% Dark, 10% Holy. 	10 	Annulment Volume 11, Chapter 1
Shadow Explosion 	シャドー・エクスプロージョン 	A series of spinning slashes that ends with an extremely high-speed X-shaped slash. 	7 	Annulment Side Story, Chapter 12
Mother's Rosario 	マザーズ・ロザリオ 	Original Sword Skill. Unleashes a powerful chain of eleven hits. 50% Physical, 27% Dark, 23% Holy. 	11 	
===One-handed Dagger===
English Name 	Japanese Name 	Description 	Combo	Ref
Armor Pierce 	アーマ・ーピアス 	A basic forward thrust that has the chance to lower the target's defense. 50% Physical, 20% Dark, 20% Holy, 10% Earth. 	1 	Annulment Volume 1, Chapter 4, Murder of the Duke
Side Bite 	サイド・バイト 	A quick set of two thrusts. 50% Physical, 40% Water, 10% Holy. 	2 	
Round Accel 	ラウンド・アクセル 	Two slashes in the way of an arc. 50% Physical, 50% Holy. 	2 	
Cross Edge 	クロス・エッジ 	A sword skill that slashes a cross. 70% Physical, 15% Dark, 15% Holy. 	2 	
Rapid Bite 	ラピッド・バイト 	A sword skill that slashes an X. 65% Physical, 25% 	2 	
Tri-Pierce 	トリピアス 	A set of three thrusts that mark the vertices of a triangle. 50% Physical, 50% Wind. 	3 	
Fad Edge 	ファッド・エッジ 	A swift combo of four slashes. 50% Physical, 25% Dark, 25% Water. 	4 	
Lightning Ripper	ライトニング・リッパー 	Releases a shockwave. 90% Holy, 10% Physical. 	N/A 	Annulment Volume 1, Chapter 4, Players VS Elves
Sonic Resonance 	ソニック・レゾナンス 	A flurry of slashes ending with a thrust. 50% Physical, 25% Holy, 25% Wind. 	5 	
Infinity 	インフィニティ 	A sword skill that traces the infinity sign before slashing straight through the image. 50% Physical, 50% Holy. 	5 	
Shadow Stitch 	シャドー・ステッチ 	A blunt-type sword skill that begins with a horizontal slash followed by two low kicks. 80% Physical, 20% Dark. 	3 	
Rapid Raid 	ラピッド・しゅうげき"Rapid" is written in katakana but "Raid" is written in furigana and is pronounced "Shūgeki". 	A high-speed combo of nine slashes. 50% Dark, 25% Holy, 25% Physical. 	9 	
Gravity Magnum 	グラビティ・マグナム 	A combination of four thrusts and slashes. Attack improved when skill is activated from the target's rear. 50% Physical, 25% Dark, 25% Holy.	4 	Annulment Side Volume 1, Chapter 10
Eternal Cyclone 	エターナル・サイクロン 	Final Sword Skill in this category. A thrust-type sword skill that for some reason, summons a whirlwind. 30% Physical, 70% Wind. 	4 	Aria of Distilled Excitement
Starlight Splash	スターライト・スプラッシュ 	Esoteric sword skill. 8 powerful slashes. 50% Holy, 50% Physical. 	8 	
===One-handed Rapier===
English Name 	Japanese Name 	Description 	Combo	Ref
LinearAlternatively called "Lunia". 	リニア 	A simple, heavy thrust forwards with a chance to stun. AOE. 50% Physical, 50% Wind. 	1 	
Streak 	ストリーク 	A simple, left-to-right slash. AOE. 50% Physical, 25% Wind, 25% Water. 	1 	
AboveSerialized as "Evolve". 	うえThis skill is another exception to the katakana rule. It is written in furigana and pronounced "Ue". 	A vertical slash from bottom left to top right with a high chance to stun. 50% Physical, 25% Wind, 25% Holy. 	 	
Over RadiationSerialized as "Over-Radiate". 	オーバー・ラジエーターThe second set of katakana is for "Radiator" so the skill is "Over Radiator". This mistake was not rectified and so the English version of ALO mistranslated it as "Over Radiation". In SAO, the skill was listed as Over Radiation but mistakenly written in English. 	A series of slashes and thrusts, ending with a powerful thrust front and center. 50% Physical, 25% Fire, 25% Water. 	10 	
Rip Ravine 	リッ・プラヴィン 	2 sweeping slashes up and down with a chance to reduce attack speed and sword skill activation speed. AOE 50% Physical, 40% Dark, 10% Holy. 	2 	
Sweep 	スイープ 	2 sweeping slashes left to right with a chance to inflict blindness. 60% Dark, 40% Physical. 	2 	
Rapid Stab 	ラピッド・スタブ 	3 forward thrusts, grants an extra auto-attack buff, slightly increasing skill level proficiency gather rate. 	3 	
Penetrate 	かんつうThis skill is another exception. It is written in furigana and pronounced "Kantsū". 	High-accuracy, 3-hit combo with a high chance to lower defense. 50% Physical, 30% Earth, 20% Wind. 	3 	
Shooting Star 	流れ星This skill is the only other skill named using kanji that is outside of the katana category. It is pronounced "Nagareboshi". 	Powerful, high-speed, high-accuracy forward thrust. 50% Physical, 50% Water. 	1 	
Spica Calibur 	スピカ・カリブール 	This skill unleashes several high-speed thrusts; chance to lower movement speed. 50% Physical, 40% Dark, 10% Wind. 	5 	
Star Splash 	スター・スプラッシュ 	High-level skill that dishes out eight hits. 50% Physical, 30% Water, 20% Wind. 	8 	
Triangle 	トライアングル 	Traces the shape that gives the skill its name. 50% Physical, 50% Wind. 	3 	
Delta Attack 	デルタ・アタック 	A more powerful variant of «Triangle». 50% Physical, 50% Wind. 	3 	
Parallel Sting 	パラレル・スティング 	A delayed sword skill unleashing a series of thrusts. 	10 	
Flashing PenetratorIn ALO, this skill was renamed to "Penetrating Flash" due to the renaming of the «Shooting Star» skill to Flashing Penetrator.	フラッシング・ペネトレイター 	The final sword skill in the one-handed rapier category that unleashes a powerful series of thrusts. 	 	
Twilight Resurrection 	トワイライト・リザレクション 	Esoteric/Arcane skill. This sword skill is the highest level sword skill performed at unimaginable speeds. Exists in ALO as an OSS. 90% Holy, 10% Physical.	35 	
Mother's Rosario 	マザーズ・ロザリオ 	The rapier version of the Original Sword Skill composed by Yuuki. Unleashes a powerful chain of eleven hits. 50% Physical, 17% Water, 17% Holy, 16% Dark. 	11 	
===Katana===
===Dual Blades===
English Name 	Japanese Name 	Description 	Combo	Ref
Spinning Totality 	スピニング・トータリティ 	Most basic sword skill. 360 AOE attack. 	2 	
Endless SpikeAlternatively called "Myriad of Spikes".	エンドレス・スパイク 	A set of 4 slashes going from top to bottom. AOE attack. 	4 	
Gale Slicer 	ゲイル・スライサー 	A forward dash while slashing outward with both swords. AOE. 50% Water, 50% Physical 	2 	
Final Revolution 	ファイナル・レボリューション 	A more powerful variant of Spinning Totality. 	2 	
Depth ImpactSerialized as "Deep Impact". 	ディープ・インパクトSkill name is for "Deep Impact" but was mistranslated in the English patch of ALO as "Depth Impact". 	A set of three intersecting slashes followed by a thrust from the right then left sword. 50% Physical, 30% Earth, 20% Holy. 	5 	
Locus Hexedra 	ロカス・ヘクセドラ 	This skill traces the shape of a hexagon before causing a minor explosion. 50% Physical, 40% Fire, 10% Holy. 	7 	
Specula Cross 	スペキュラー・クロス 	A counterattack. After assuming a defensive stance, the user makes a cross-shaped slash with their left then right sword, forming the arms. 90% Holy, 10% Physical. 	2 	
Cygnus Onslaught 	シグナス・オンスロート 	A high-level skill. User flips forward before slashing out an X. 50% Physical, 30% Holy, 20% Water. 	2 	
Dead End 	デッド・エンド 	A delayed sword skill that dishes out 5 slashes. May lower attack. 50% Physical, 50% Earth. 	5 	
Radial Shine 	ラジアル・シャイン 	A high-level skill. A series of spinning slashes with both swords that ends with a powerful thrust from both swords. May inflict blindness. 50% Physical, 50% Dark. 	15 	
Crimson Splash 	クリムゾン・スプラッシュ 	A high-level skill. Various slashes at target before ending with a thrust and ripping outwards with both swords. 50% Physical, 50% Fire. 	8 	
Rage Inferno 	レイジ・インフェルノ 	A series of slanted, spinning slashes that ends with a thrust. 50% Physical, 25% Holy, 25% Dark. 	9 	
Nightmare Rain 	ナイトメア・レイン 	A very high-level skill. Consists of 16 powerful slashes that ends with three hits performed simuletaneously. 	16 	
Black Howling Assault 	ブラック・ハウリング・アサルト 	Obtained from the Element Implementation Research. A series of slashes and thrusts. 	18 	
Starburst Stream 	スターバースト・ストリーム 	One of the final sword skills. Very high-speed combo of 16 hits. 	16 	
The Eclipse 	ジ・エクリップス 	The final sword skill in this category. Very high-speed onslaught of 27 hits. 	27 	
Nebular Empress 	ネブライド・エンプレス 	Esoteric Skill. A series of combined slashes with slight pauses in between. 	22 	
Secretcalibur 	ひみつかりばーThis skill is written in furigana and is pronounced "Himitsu-karibā" instead of "Shiikurettokaribā". 	Unique sword skill attributed to the Holy Sword Excalibur and the Demonic Sword Excalibur Morgan. A series of 12 hits that somewhat mimics Starburst Stream. 50% Physical, 50% Holy.	12 	
===Dual Daggers===
English Name 	Japanese Name 	Description 	Combo	Ref
Five Explosion 	ファイブ・エクスプロージョン 	Similar to Horizontal Square in behavior, this skill traces a pentagon intermittently using both weapons. AOE. 20% Physical, 20% Holy, 20% Dark, 20% Wind, 20% Fire. 	5 	
Double Dash 	ダブル・ダッシュ 	A shockwave-type sword skill. A powerful downward slash with both weapons parallel to each other. 50% Physical, 30% Sound, 20% Dark. 	2 	
Storm Spiral 	ストーム・スパイラル 	A shockwave-type sword skill. Quick chain of slashes and thrusts. 	21 	
Wide Berth 	ワイド・バース 	360-degree sword skill. Arms far out, the user spins in a circle, unleashing a wave of energy. 	2 	
Black Hell 	ブラック・ヘル 	A relatively slow onslaught of nine hits. Will inflict blindness. 90% Dark, 10% Physical. 	9 	
Hypersonic Resonance 	ハイパーソニック・レゾナンス 	A highly advanced sword skill. By charging the two weapons, the user dishes out six slashes which each in turn unleashes six hits of its own due to the sonic resonance. 	36 	
Saint Slayer 	サン・スレイヤー 	Becomes more powerful against «Divine»-type enemies. A short series of thrusts and slashes. 	6 	
Exorcism 	エクソシズム 	Becomes more powerful against «Demon» and «Impure»-type enemies. A literal mirror image of Saint Slayer with an extra reversed slash. 	7 	
Inverter Barrier 	インバーター・バリア 	Inverted sword skill, performed upside down, hence the name. Best used in-flight. 50% Physical, 50% Water. 	28 	
Sync Elements 	シンク・エレメント 	A highly advanced sword skill. The user imbues one dagger with three elements, Fire, Wind, Water, before imbuing the other dagger with the rest of the elements, Earth, Dark and Holy. The user then unleashes a high-speed onslaught of 35 hits. 	35 	
Stellar Activity 	ステラ・アクティビティ 	A rather advanced sword skill. The user performs a series of inverted slashes and thrusts mixed in with normal slashes and thrusts. Upon completion of the skill, the user's party gains an HP regeneration buff. 40% Physical, 40% Holy, 20% Healing.	16 	
Raining Nightmare 	ライニング・ナイトメア 	Second to last sword skill. Unleashes a high-speed combo of 20 hits. 	20 	
Imperial Punishment 	インペリアル・しょばつ"Imperial" is written in katakana, however, "Punishment" is written in furigana instead and is pronounced "Shōbatsu". 	Final sword skill in this category. Slightly delayed combo of 17 slashes. 	17 	
Heavenly Road 	ヘブンリー・ロード 	Esoteric sword skill. Rapid 27-hit combo. 	27 	
Starburst Short Stream	スターバースト・ショート・ストリーム 	Original Sword Skill. Composed by Quartz, it is a Dual Daggers version of the original Dual Blades skill. 	16 	
Partial Eclipse 	パーシャル・エクリップス 	Original Sword Skill. Composed by Quartz, it is a Dual Daggers version of the original Dual Blades skill. 70% Fire, 20% Holy, 10% Physical. 	27 	
===Dual Spears===
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