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The one flaw with all swords is, of course, the obvious lack of range. How do you solve this problem? [[Sword Beam|'''Sword Beams]]'''.

** Negima also has a character who successfully adapted a [[Razor Wind]] [[Sword Beam]] technique into a ''Fist'' Beam.

* The [[Samurai]], who appear relatively late in ''[[Naruto]]'', are all capable of doing this, once they've channeled chakra through their swords like [[Laser Blade|Laser Blades]]s.

* The "Reppuzan" attack used by Mio {{spoiler|and Yoshika}} in ''[[Strike Witches]]'' is an example of this, being a beam of magical energy fired through the sky to attack ranged enemies. It's name ''roughly'' translates to "Great Gale Cut", meaning that it may be wind-based. Interestingly enough, it has several similarities to the Getsuga Tensho of ''[[Bleach]]'': It's a [[Sword Beam]], it has a sky/wind/heavens theme, the attack is used by a main character {{spoiler|and a mentor/parental figure}}, and the True Reppuzan/Final Getsuga Tensho {{spoiler|causes the user to lose their powers (both users, incidentally, having huge amount of spiritual/magical power that was difficult to control)}}.

* Naturally, ''[[Super Sentai]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers]]'' have featured ''every'' version of this. The most common [[Finishing Move]], though, is an unusual version: the wielder, facing the screen, swings, and a diagonal line appears as it passes. Scene switches to the monster, slash effect appears over him, and [[Made of Explodium|KABOOM]] soon follows -- regardlessfollows—regardless of how far away from the wielder the real-space shots show the monster to be. What it would look like to someone watching from nearby is a good question, like many of the show's [[Stock Footage]] sequences that just don't work in real space. Though arc effects, through-ground effects, and all the rest exist, you won't see a finisher that looks like this in [[Stock Footage]] get done in real space and prove to be one of these. ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' is one of few series to show what its sword-slash finisher "really" looks like, with the High Octane Megazord [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t8B9MglbaE striking the monster as it passes by].

** ''Decade'' gives Sword Waves to several past Riders, mostly because Decade's Complete Form performs its [[Finishing Move|Finishing Moves]]s in tandem with [[The Puppetmaster|artificial copies]] of the Riders in their own [[Super Mode|Super Modes]]s, and sometimes their finishers aren't suited to [[Combination Attack|Combination Attacks]]s. Besides Blade King Form, [[Kamen Rider Agito|Agito Shining Form]] and [[Kamen Rider Ryuki|Ryuki Survive]] have them, as do [[Kamen Rider Hibiki|Armed Hibiki]] and [[Kamen Rider Den-O|Den-O Liner Form]] in the Hyper Battle DVD.

** The Skyward Strike from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'', the first 3D Zelda game to have a [[Sword Beam]] as a regular ability, can be used at any amount of health, though the sword has to be raised to the sky to charge up for use, leaving Link vulnerable to possible injury. The beam can be shot off vertically, horizontally and diagonally.

* Sword [[Kirby]] has been able to do this in [[Kirby: ofRight theBack at StarsYa!|the anime]] and in ''Squeak Squad'' and ''[[Kirby Super Star]] (Ultra)''. This is also one of Kirby's attacks in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''. Meta Knight has had [[Sword Beam|Sword Beams]] in most of his appearances, as has Master/Galaxia Kirby.

** In addition to the old standard (''Majinken''), there's [[Tales of Destiny|Kyle]]'s ''Souhajin'', Mary's ''Gou Majinken'', [[Tales of Innocence|Ange]]'s ''Kouhajin'', [[Tales of Hearts|Shing]]'s ''Kuuretsusen'' and ''Seieireppa''... suffice it to say, most melee attackers in the ''Tales of'' games are required to have at least one [[Sword Beam]] somewhere. That's to say nothing of the advanced versions like [[Tales of Eternia|Rid]]'s ''Majinken Souga'' and [[Tales of Hearts|Kunzite]]'s ''Majinrenzan''.

** And in the earlier games there's swords that cast magic as a form of a sword beam-- justbeam—just wave the sword and boom, you've got a spell like a mage would with a book. Notably, in FE 4, Mages could wield swords after promotion, and since the swords were not affected by silence, unlike normal spells, and were "El"-level (Except the Light Brand, which cast the basic light spell), they were good options if you wanted to get around silence.

** FE 6 has the "King's Lance" Exaccus -- wieldExaccus—wield by the not-so [[Final Boss]], a HUGE [[BFS]] that splits into a trident. Swinging it around launches a [[Sword Beam]] even if said Boss smashes your face with it.

*** And who can forget the Sword Of Seals, a [[Game Breaker]] that launches [[Kill It with Fire|fire]] [[Sword Beam|Sword Beams]] at range, and causes huge explosions when it critically hits.

* ''[[Severance: Blade of Darkness]]'' had [[100% Completion|an upgrade]] that unlocked two [[Sword Beam]] attacks for [[Sword of Plot Advancement|Ianna's sword]], your only ranged attacks aside from throwing your weapons (they don't come back, and you can only carry a few) and a bow which never upgrades unlike all your other weapons, and is therefore completely useless except for hitting switches. While obtaining the [[Sword Beam]] is optional, you don't stand much chance against the teleporting [[Big Bad]] without it. (And if you did get it, you'll get an [[Bonus Dungeon|extra level after it]], with [[The Man Behind the Man]] in a [[Magitek]] [[Power Armor]] as final boss.)

* In ''[[Illusion of Gaia]]'', Will's two alternate forms possess variations of this. The first is used by Freedan, and is called the "Dark Friar". By attacking once and holding down on the attack button, Freedan can charge his sword to fire off what amounts to a cross between a [[Sword Beam]] and fire magic. Later in the game, when the player gets to Euro, one of two power-ups available in a side-area allows Freedan to upgrade the Dark Friar, resulting in the player being able to push the attack button again when the Friar is either flying away or hitting an enemy. This results in the attack splitting into four smaller fire-ball beams that then spin away and increases the range of the attack. [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower|At the end on the game, meanwhile]], Shadow gains the "Firebird" attack, which allows the player to attack at range by simply hitting the attack button and watching phoenix-shaped projectiles fire at the Final Boss.

* [[Blaz BlueBlazBlue|Jin Kisaragi and Hakumen]] have this as a super. One is actually a wave of cold from his sword (Jin), whereas the other is played straight (Hakumen).

* ''[[Fate Nuovo Guerra]]'' features Clarent as an [[Evil Counterpart]] to Excalibur from ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' above. It feeds on the hate and dispair in the surroundings, and will eventually feed on the Grail itself. To a lesser extent, Tizona and Colada, when [[Dual Wield|Dual Wielded]]ed, create a short-range [[Sword Beam]].

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