Special Attacks

**Special Attacks** are powerful abilities in *Hi-Fi RUSH*, utilizing Chai's ability to store electrical charge to unleash special techniques by himself or with his allies.

By defeating enemies, performing Beat Hits or collecting Batteries from the environment, Chai can accumulate a Reverb Gauge, and can use special attacks that match the amount of bars available in the gauge. Though some abilities require more of the gauge, they also provide better score multipliers in turn.

## List of Abilities

### Power Chord

Required Reverb Gauge: 2

(Action Type: Frontal Damage Attack)

A starter Special Attack that deals massive damage to enemies close by. Landing the Beat Hit at the end deals more damage.

### Guitar Ride

* Required Reverb Gauge: 2
* (Action Type: Frontal Damage Attack)
* Score Bonus: x2

Ride your guitar around the battlefield, catching all enemies in your way & racking up & huge combo. Landing the Beat hit at the end will flip up the energy built up to cap off the slide!

### Pick Me Up!

* Required Reverb Gauge: 2
* (Action Type: Hea)
* Score Bonus: None

When Chai's in trouble, he will bust out a reserve energy drink to give him a Health boose mid-battle. Landing the Beat Hit when drinking will restore even more health!

Base store Special Attack.

### Pick Slide

Required Reverb Gauge: 2

{Action Type: Mid-Range Stun Attack}

Chai's passion for guitar can't be held back!

Let out a powerful riff that will build up the Stun Meter of any enemy in front of Chai. It's a quick way to knock back groups of enemies & quickly open up heavy enemies for attacks.

Base store Special Attack.

### High Pitch Punch

Required Reverb Gauge: 1

{Action Type: Close Range Air Lift Attack}

Harnessing the power that Chai's arm holds, Chai unleashes a devastating uppercut sending him in the air, along with any unfortunate enemy in close range.

Base store Special Attack.

### Air Guitar

Required Reverb Gauge: 2

{Action Type: Frontal Air Damage Attack}

You know Powerchord? Well it's that, but in the... air! Finish off your enemies in an air combo with this Special Attack, or do some heavy damage to flying enemies!

Score Bonus: x2

Base store Special Attack.

### Rip & Tear

Required Reverb Gauge: 3

{Action Type: Frontal Long Range Damage}

Chai harnesses the energy of the beast, some sort of evil within? None can know for sure, but an aura of beastly claws rip apart any enemies that are in front of Chai!

This attack doesn't do any damage to barriers or shields, so be careful when using it!

Score bonus: x3

Unlocked halfway through Track 7.

### Double Riff

Required Reverb Gauge: 2

{Action Type: Frontal Long Range Damage}

Team up with Peppermint to blast your enemies away. With Peppermint's arsenal & your musical energy, a machine gun of damage will go forwards & damage anything in it's path.

Particularly effective against barrier enemies, it will also do damage to armoured enemies.

Unlocked after Track 2.

Score bonus: x2

### Barrier Wall

Required Reverb Gauge: 2

{Action Type: Protection}

Macaron senses danger & develops a barrier to protect Chai!

Macaron's protective wall can defend Chai against 3 hits before being destroyed. The wall also follows Chai as he moves & attacks.

Unlocked halfway through Track 4.

### Twin Assault

Required Reverb Gauge: 2

{Action Type: Frontal Damage Attack}

Summon in Korsica to attack with her batons & finishing it off with a combo hit! With a wide range, it's likely to pull in multiple enemies with this attack.

Unlocked halfway through Track 8.

### Steal the Show

Required Reverb Gauge: 2

{Action Type: All enemy Stun attack}

No on can resist... the power... of an adorable cat!

808 literally steals the enemies' hearts leaving them fluttering & open to attack. Even some of Vandelay's strongest robots can't help themselves!

Unlocked after Track 9.

### Holo-Chai

Required Reverb Gauge: 2

{Action Type: Distraction}

Vandelay's technology harnessed to create a hologram of Chai! Does the world need another Chai? Probably not, but it is enough to confuse enemies to attack the wrong Chai & leave the real Chai to focus on his enemy of choice.

Of course, Boss characters aren't that dumb. They can tell the difference.

Unlocked after Track 4.

### Overdrive Slash

Required Reverb Gauge: 4

{Action Type: Frontal Mid-Range high damage attack}

After triggering the attack, you'll need to complete the button combination.

Chai builds up energy to the rhythm to unleash a series of slashes. Finishing the attack with a Beat Hit sends the resulting slashes forwards, in an echo of pain! Be careful, if you don't build up enough energy you won't be able to do full damage with the attack!

Score Bonus: x4

Base store Special Attack.

### Hibiki!

Required Reverb Gauge: 4

{Action Type: Mid-Range all-directional attack}

After triggering the attack, you'll need to complete the button combination!

One of Chai's hardest hitting attacks, spinning around & unleashing his inner rockstar with an epic blast. But doing the most damage isn't easy, you'll need to build up enough energy in rhythm to do the most damage & activate the Beat Hit at the end.

Score Bonus: x4

Base store Special Attack.

### 808-Gigawatt Cat-attack

Required Reverb Gauge: 4

{Action Type: Unbelievably close-range ultra high-damage attack}

Quite possibly the strongest attack anyone has seen! 808's power is unleashed in a devastating blow that will crush any and all foes. If only her arms were longer.... You'll have to time and place yourself purr-fect for this one.

Unlocked after beating story mode in any difficulty.

### CNMANIAC

Required Reverb Gauge: 4

(Action Type: Long-range assist damage)

A Special Attack with...CNMN!? CNMN dives in and repeatedly stamps down on targeted enemies before dealing a high-damage finisher to send them in the air! CNMN will even attack enemies close by the ones targeted, allowing Chai to focus on easier foes.

Unlocked in Arcade Challenge! Update!

### My Hero!

Required Reverb Gauge: 4

(Action Type: Barrier-based hazard assist damage)

Hooray! Smidge gets to help Chai in the best way possible! Smidge goes in and circles around Chai in his Fighter style to mow down enemies that stray too close! These fridges really are great, huh?

Unlocked in Arcade Challenge! Update!

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## Trivia

* Hibiki was the first ability developed for the game, available since its prototype, though it was adjusted to be slightly harder to perform.
* Pick Me Up uses the Rekka-branded apple juice can, seen when attacking vending machines outside of combat.
* High Pitch Punch, though at a different angle, uses similar staging to the One Inch Punch technique from *God Hand*, another game developed by Shinji Mikami.
* Rip and Tear's name and descriptions reference both the *DOOM* and *The Evil Within* franchises, both from the parent company Zenimax/Bethesda.
* Overdrive Slash's name and animation are a reference to Cloud's Limit Break ability Cross-Slash, from both *Final Fantasy VII* and *Final Fantasy VII Remake*, replacing the attack's symbol with a score bar.
* 808-Gigawatt Cat-attack and CNMANIAC have the highest score multiplier when performed, at 10x.
* My Hero! is the only Special Attack where a non-supporting character, specifically Smidge, is involved.