Skills

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

Background
Sword Skills are native from Sword Art Online, and the system was later added to «ALfheim Online» with minor modifications, allowing the players to create their own skills. It was rumored that about ten skills were removed on the adaptation.

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
 * Flash Hit - A  basic skill
 * 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 thrusting 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 Arc - A simple one-handed sword skill slashing 2 times create 'V' shape trajectory
 * Vertical Square - A mid-level one-handed sword skill with a four-hit combo tracing the shape of a square
 * Vorpal Strike - 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.

Other

 * Also see Original Sword Skills.