Vertical Square

«Vertical Square» (バーチカル・スクエア) is a 4-hit Combo One-handed Straight Sword category Sword Skill in Sword Art Online, New ALfheim Online and Project Alicization.

Description
Vertical Square is activated with a powerful stamp. The first strike of this Sword Skill is a vertical slash without a backward motion, similar to the 1-hit Vertical. This slash is followed by a left to right swing from below and then a vertical slash down. Finally, the skill is concluded with a full-power overhead slash (uppercut). Similarly to the Horizontal Square, a square is drawn with the 4 hits of this skill and continues to spin as it dissipates.

Usage

 * Volume 1 Chapter 9/Episode 8:
 * A Demonic Servant used this skill against Asuna, but missed every single hit.
 * Kirito attacked the Demonic Servant with this skill after it was temporarily stunned by blocking Asuna's last Star Splash hit.


 * Volume 5 Chapter 6/SII Episode 04:
 * Kirito performed the skill without the system assistance when he tried out his newly-bought Kagemitsu G4.


 * Volume 8, Calibur Part 3:
 * Vertical Square was one of the Sword Skills that Kirito chained while fighting against the Golden Minotaurus.


 * Volume 7, Chapter 6/SII Episode 20:
 * Yuuki used this skill against a Gnome player who was blocking the way to the 27th Floor Labyrinth's boss room. The Gnome was blown several meters away and his HP dropped to the red zone after he was hit with this skill.


 * Volume 10, Chapter 4, Part 4:
 * Kirito performed this Sword Skill while testing out the capabilities of his new sword.


 * Volume 10, Chapter 4, Part 5:
 * Kirito used this Sword Skill to counter Uolo Levanteinn's Avalanche.


 * Volume 14, Chapter 13, Part 5:
 * Quinella used the skill against Kirito, though Kirito managed to dodge or block three of the hits and was only slightly cut on the left side of his chest with the third hit.

Trivia

 * Vertical Square is one of Kirito's most favourite Sword Skills.
 * The first season of the anime portrays Vertical Square as more of a diagonal or even horizontal square, despite it having "vertical" in its name.
 * In the anime adaptation of Calibur, Kirito used Horizontal Square instead of Vertical Square.

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