Skills

In Sword Art Online «SAO», «Sword Skills» are programmed movements assisted by the system after a player performs the initial movement. These skils fall into four properties: Thrust, Slash, Pierce and Blunt.

Known Sword Skills

 * Armor Pierce
 * Avalanche - A high hitting high-level two-handed sword skill
 * Double Circular - A dash-type dual-blades sword skill that swiftly attacks with the right and left sword consecutively for a two-hit combo
 * Embracer - An unarmed skill that pierces the enemy with the fingers
 * Fad Edge
 * Fell Crescent - A high-class charge-type one-handed curved sword skill that delivers a downward blow
 * Horizontal - A simple one-handed sword skill slashing horizontally
 * Horizontal Square - A mid-level one-handed sword skill with a four-hit combo tracing the shape of a rhombus
 * Linear - The first rapier skill learned that delivers a single thrust at the enemy at a great speed
 * Meteor Break - A seven-hit combo, needing unarmed and one-handed sword skills, that uses tackles to chain together strong attacks
 * Rapid Bite
 * Rage Spike - A basic, weak one-handed sword skill that leaps at the enemy and follows with an upward strike
 * Reaver - A basic one-handed curved sword skill
 * Sharp Nail
 * Slant - A simple one-handed sword skill slashing diagonally
 * Sonic Leap - A one-handed charge-type sword skill that dashes toward the enemy to deal a downward strike
 * Star Splash - A high-level one-handed sword skill with an eight-hit combo
 * Starburst Stream - A high-class dual-blades sword skill that deals a sixteen-hit combo
 * The Eclipse - The highest level dual-blades sword skill that deals a 27-hit combo
 * Uppercut - A simple one-handed sword skill delivering an uppercut
 * Vertical - A simple one-handed sword skill slashing vertically
 * Vertical Square - A mid-level one-handed sword skill with a four-hit combo tracing the shape of a square
 * Vorpal Strike
 * Weapon Break - It has a chance to occur when a weapon recieves heavy damage to a weak part of its structure

Also

 * Also see Original Sword Skills.