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A character will make a slashing motion with their [[Cool Sword]], but at a distance. What springs forth is a beam of [[Pure Energy]], usually crescent-shaped. These can travel through the air or on the ground. Another version is stabbing or smashing the blade into the ground and creating a V-shaped stream of energy that may or may not actually tear through the earth as it crashes towards the enemy. If the "beam" is a shockwave of compressed air which cuts things, this is also a [[Razor Wind]]. If used with a [[Laser Blade]], it often looks more like the blade is extending to strike the target.
 
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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* In some games in the ''Zelda'' series, Link can fire beams from his sword. Usually, [[Situational Sword|this can only be done at full health]], though ''[[The Legend of Zelda the Minish Cap (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda the Minish Cap]]'' (and the ''[[The Legend of Zelda Oracle Games (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Oracle Games]]'' with the right [[Ring of Power]]) also features a [[Critical Status Buff|"Peril Beam"]] which can only be used at ''low'' health.
** The Skyward Strike from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|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.
** [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]] had the sword spin move which, when combined with magic, gave off a circle of energy that expanded beyond the range of the sword and damaged enemies. Not the classic Zelda sword beam, but still...
* ''[[Fate Stay Night]]'' has "[[Public Domain Artifact|Excalibur]] the Sword of Promised Victory", and Ea (often [[I Am Not Shazam|mistakenly called "Enuma Elish"]] after its [[Invocation|activation phrase]], though [[Rule of Cool|that name is cooler anyway]]). Excalibur is also prominent in [[Fate Zero]], the prequel. Both are some of the more powerful listed examples of the [[Wave Motion Sword]]; Excalibur at full power can raze several city blocks at a swing, and Ea could ''[[Earthshattering Kaboom|kill the planet]]'' if Gilgamesh ever decided to [[I Am Not Left -Handed|stop playing around]] and take his opponents seriously.
** 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.
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* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep]]'', Vanitas, one of the game's main villains, has a basic two-hit combo that consists of a lunging slash and a somersaulting uppercut with his Keyblade. Towards the end of the game, he starts using the latter attack to shoot a fast-moving, short-ranged crescent beam and, later on, a slow-moving, homing one.
** Wave Motion Sword example in the same game: {{spoiler|In the second phase of his story mode's final boss fight, Ventus gains the ability to fire powerful energy beams from his Keyblade. His opponent, a souped-up Vanitas, can do the same, resulting in a [[Beam-O-War]] if the two characters launch their attacks at the same time.}}
* ''[[Severance Blade of Darkness (Video Game)|Severance Blade of Darkness]]'' had [[Hundred -Percent 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.)
* The Dimension Slash attack (Which has the user focus energy into their weapon before unleashing a gigantic, battlefield-rending sword beam) is a staple of [[Nippon Ichi]] games, especially in the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series where it's first appearance was in the first game.
* In the PC game "Little Fighter", Deep does this, while Woody does it ''with his ARMS''
* In ''[[Lufia|Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals]]'', the [[True Final Boss]] fight against {{spoiler|Erim}} in a [[New Game Plus+]] has the [[Sword of Plot Advancement|Dual Blade]] gain this ability as its standard attack. Unfortunately, the game doesn't tell you this, and many players were too busy engaging in close combat to notice.
* Sonic Boom/Wave/Blast in the Saturn classic ''[[Dragon Force (Video Game)|Dragon Force]]''
* In ''[[Too Human]]'' this effect is used when using a fierce attack with either a two handed sword, one handed sword, or dual wield sword, it manifests as a blue burst of energy flying in a straight line accompanied by the howl of a wolf.
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* The [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Swordsman]] subclass in [[Dragon Nest]] has half of its skill tree dedicated to this Trope. For the third job change (not released in NA yet), they can become Lunar Knights/Moonlords to get a move that lets them spam 5 huge Sword Beams from midair.
** Consequently, ''Bleach fanboy noobs'' is often used as a blanket description of Swordsmen, who are ''vehemently'' hated by much of the community.
* 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.
* [[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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