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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''You hold in your hand''
''A sword that shoots laser beams.''
|'''Brentalfloss''', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}Y_3hE8TOVxU Zelda with Lyrics]}}
The one flaw with all swords is, of course, the obvious lack of range. How do you solve this problem? '''Sword Beams'''.
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Sometimes a [[Ki Attacks|Ki Attack]]. When magical this is a type of [[Full-Contact Magic]], and when not it falls under [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]. Sometimes put on enough steroids to reach [[Wave Motion Gun]] type levels. Not to be confused with a [[Laser Blade|Beam Sword]], although the two are not mutually exclusive.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* [[Inuyasha|Inu-Yasha]]'s [[BFS]] has a number of ranged attacks, two of which (Wind Scar and Backlash Wave) clearly are instances of this trope. Sesshomaru can use the Ki of a sword like Tokijin to create a Sword Beam Attack, his reforged Tensaiga shoots a beam which is actually ''a portal to hell'' which sucks the enemy in.
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** In addition, the attacks of the Fifth Holy Grail War's Berserker are so powerful that the wind following the moves of his gigantic sword cuts whatever is standing even a meter away.
** The Jewelled Sword of Zelretch is one of these in the hands of Tohsaka Rin.
* Sword [[Kirby]] has been able to do this in [[Kirby:
** And in the anime, Meta Knight (and later, other people such as Bun and Kirby) actually refers to it as "Sword Beam".
* The first ''[[Custom Robo]]'' released in North America has a partial example. It has two sword-shaped guns that in turn fire sword-shaped lasers at the target with different trajectories. The swords cannot typically be used as melee weapons, though; some Robo models swing the sword while using melee attacks, but the effect is purely cosmetic.
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* [[Disgaea]]'s strongest sword, the Yoshitsuna, has the range of a gun.
* In ''[[Turok]] 2'', the Juggernauts' [[BFS]]'s can do this.
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* Augus's blade, Wailing Dark from ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' uses this as it's projectile, and can be curved sideways and can utilize multiple sword beams at once by default.
* The Moonlight Greatsword in ''[[Dark Souls]]'' unleashes this as its strong attack.
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