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* From ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', we have Fate's [http://nanoha.wikia.com/wiki/Plasma_Zanber_Breaker Plasma Zamber Breaker], a massive beam fired from the blade of [[BFS|Bardiche's Zamber Form]]. It's roughly the equivalent of Nanoha's [[Wave Motion Gun|Starlight Breaker]] in power.
** Before that, Fate had the "Arc Saber" attack, which basically threw the [[Laser Blade]] of her device's [[Sinister Scythe|Scythe Form]] at an enemy, then regenerated it.
** Signum, meanwhile, has the Fire Dragon Flash/Karyuu Issen, where she creates a shaft of flames and throws it at her target...such as an entire army of [[Mecha
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has the Shinmei Ryū Hidden Technique, Zanmaken: Ni no Tachi {{spoiler|In Celebration of my [[First Kiss]] with Ojou-sama Special}} (spoilered part of name courtesy of Jack Rakan, natch). When Rakan demonstrated it, the crescent-shaped energy projectile it produced bypassed all of Negi's [[Deflector Shields]] and damaged the building behind him before finally slicing a giant floating rock some distance away behind that in half.
** The attack originally comes from ''[[Love Hina]]'', where it was used by Motoko and its development was the focus of an arc for her. The Shinmei Ryū school has a large number of ranged attack techniques, some of which have the ability to "skip" the first thing in its path and strike a target behind it.
** Negima also has a character who successfully adapted a [[Razor Wind]] [[Sword Beam]] technique into a ''Fist'' Beam.
* In the fairly terrible ''[[Ninja Scroll]]'' TV series, Jubei seems to be capable of this and only this attack. Granted he uses something like this ''once'' in the movie, but...
* ''[[Kenichi:
* Shannon does this in ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'' when he's using Zefiris. An interesting variation, in that the beam extends from ''both'' ends of his sword.
* The ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' episode "Lethal Lunacy" features an outlaw named Shoryū who has mastered the ability to attack using ki. One of the ways he does this is through a blast of wind unleashed from his sword. Unlike other sword beams, the damage done does not reflect how the wind blast struck the target; rather, it causes what appear to be completely unrelated injuries, like slashes across the palms or devastating internal damage without any exterior signs of harm.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* 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 -- 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. ''[[
* ''[[Kamen Rider Blade]]'' has the Royal Straight Flush in his King Form [[Super Mode]]. During the series it's depicted as a giant blast of energy after a sword swing, going through five cards, but ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' depicts it as a wave of energy that goes through the ground.
** ''Decade'' gives Sword Waves to several past Riders, mostly because Decade's Complete Form performs its [[Finishing Move|Finishing Moves]] in tandem with [[The Puppetmaster|artificial copies]] of the Riders in their own [[Super Mode|Super Modes]], and sometimes their finishers aren't suited to [[Combination Attack|Combination Attacks]]. 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.
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== Video Games ==
* ''Bayonetta'''s sword beam is really [[Awesome but Impractical]] as it takes like 10 seconds to shoot. Nobody ever waits around that long so it's pretty pointless anyway.
* The ''[[
** Because it has always been made clear that Future Trunks just has a normal sword. There is nothing special about it. It is not even really sharp.
* ''[[Mega Man X]]'''s [[My Hero Zero|Zero]] does this all this time, usually in a boss fight against him.
** The Zero in ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'' does this as well, in an EX skill for the second, third, and fourth(final) games.
*** As does Harupia in that game, [[Beam Spam|excessively]].
** Protoman's ''[[
** [[Mega Man ZX|Model HX]] can do this if you alternate between the two attack buttons.
* 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 Skyward Strike from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
** [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
* ''[[Fate/stay
** 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 of the Stars|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.
** And in the anime, Meta Knight (and later, other people such as Bun and Kirby) actually refers to it as "Sword Beam".
* The first ''[[
* Demon Fang in the ''[[Tales
** In addition to the old standard (''Majinken''), there's [[Tales of Destiny
** For the English speakers, they are "Double Demon Fang" {fires 2 [[D Fs]]}, "Demonic Chaos" {fires three [[D Fs]] in rapid succession}, and "Fierce Demon Fang" {which create a shockwave which hits multiple times at close range}. Variations, such as [[Tales of Legendia
*** Most of [[Tales of the Abyss
* ''[[
** The fighting games play it straight with both Youmu and Tenshi.
* In ''[[
** Removed as of ''Armored Core 4'', however.
** Done with the Human+ and the Moonlight blade in ''Armored Core 2'', you end up with a sort of [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Infinity Plus One Sword Beam]].
** In some games, like Armored Core: Nexus, it's possible to do a Sword Beam with every [[Laser Blade]]. You just have to boost mid-swing.
* Just about every [[A Mech
* Kratos in ''[[God of War (
* Vyse and Enrique use these if they attack an enemy at a distance in ''[[
* [[Samurai|Kamui]] of ''[[
* Ky and Sol from ''[[
* Ryoma from ''[[Power Stone]]'' has a couple variants of this after powering up.
* Several characters from ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' are capable of firing beams out of their weapon.
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* The ''[[Peter Pan]]'' game for Sega Genesis had a power up that allowed you to do this.
* PC game ''[[Sango Fighter]]'' did this for about half of the characters. Almost all of the characters got a fireball and half of them were armed, so in some ways, it kind of makes sense.
* Both [[Square Soft]]'s ''[[
* Shinobu's [[Signature Move]] in ''[[No More Heroes]]'' is a technique called "Sonic Sword". Travis Touchdown himself gets Blueberry Cheese Brownie, one of his "Dark Side" [[Super Mode]] attacks. His sword beams make people [[Ludicrous Gibs|explode]].
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' features this very often. Many characters have an extension attack that will often create a wave of energy to increase the sword range.
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*** Zack Fair apparently taught Cloud the Meteorain/Meteor Shots skill, as he uses it in ''[[Crisis Core]]''.
**** Though he himself only learns it AFTER meeting Cloud. Kinda weird when you think about it, and the other DMW Limits are actually taught TO Zack by someone else. So maybe Cloud taught Zack Meteor Shot?
** ''[[
*** ''[[
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
*** [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/08/17/interlude-01-the-fighter-does-not-liek-the-robot/ He shoots laser beams powered with swords which are also laser powered.]
* Ragnell and Alondite, the twin [[BFS]]'s from ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' 9 and 10, can do this.
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** And in the earlier games there's swords that cast magic as a form of a sword beam-- 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 -- 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
* Dante has this in the form of his "Drive" attack in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3'' and ''4'', which causes a shockwave to jet across the ground and damage all enemies in its path. In ''4'', Nero has Maximum Bet, a [[Super Mode|Devil Trigger]]-exclusive move where he uses his sword(s) to fire off a wide X-shaped energy wave that also pierces through targets, but the crescent beam he uses is only seen during cutscenes. Vergil in ''3'' (and Dante in ''4'') has the Yamato, which can slash enemies far outside its normal range with a delayed effect. It does this for all of its moves, but Judgement Cut is the only one that's actually a projectile.
* In NES side-scroller ''[[The Battle of Olympus]]'', you can do this while wielding the Divine Sword. Each beam costs HP, though, unless you have the Bracelet of Power.
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* There's this nice little semi-hidden treat on Shining Force for the Genesis: if you happen to finish off the final boss (bear in mind that it has three heads to be attacked separately) with a physical blow from main hero while having the legendary sword equipped, his usual attack animation is changed for a neat special animation involving a sword beam. This is the only moment in the game where the main character attacks this way. Also, hidden character Musashi's attack animation is a sword beam.
* In ''[[Rocket Knight Adventures]]'', Sparkster can fling energy beams from his sword. This was taken out in the Genesis/Mega Drive version ''Sparkster'', but made a return in the 2010 ''Rocket Knight'' revival.
* In ''[[
** 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
* 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+]] 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 ''[[
* 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.
* The [[Magic Knight|Asura]] subclass in [[Dungeon Fighter Online]] specializes in these.
* The [[Exactly What It Says
** 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.
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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.
* Egg Emperor in ''[[
* Kai Leng in ''[[
* Shulk's Monado Purge art in ''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]''. It's more useful for its secondary effect of disabling the target's auras then it is for its damage, though.
* The ''[[
== Web Original ==
* ''[[Fate Nuovo Guerra]]'' features Clarent as an [[Evil Counterpart]] to Excalibur from ''[[Fate/stay
* A common attack in ''[[Chaos Fighters]]'', which is called slash waves. In close range, it is possible to slash enemies while launching them simultaneously.
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== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', William gains the power to launch a crescent-shaped energy blast with his [[BFS]] once possessed by XANA. Ulrich also uses Sword Beams in episodes "Franz Hopper" and "Nobody in Particular", each time with XANA's help.
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda (
* In ''[[Thundercats
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