Soaring Light Spear

Double Spiral Attack as it appears in Tales of Eternia.

Soaring Light Spear (閃空翔裂破, Senkuu Shoureppa^?, "Flash Sky Soar Fissure Destruction"), alternatively Victory Light Spear (閃空衝裂破, Senkuu Shoureppa^?, "Flash Sky Rush Fissure Destruction"), is an upgraded version of the Light Spear arte.

Arte Description and History

Soaring Light Spear as it appears in Tales of the Abyss.

This arte is executed initially the same way as a typical Light Spear, in which the character spirals into the air surrounded by a trail of light, but instead finishing with a powerful horizontal slash while airborne, before falling back to the ground. This is a very powerful attack, but it is difficult to combo with since the final slash will miss the target if it is not launched into the air with the character during the initial spiral jump.

Although they share the same pronunciation, both variations of this attack are defined by different kanji characters that are used in their Japanese names, 閃空衝裂破 and 閃空翔裂破, in which the third character is either "rush" (衝, shou^?) and "soar" (翔, shou^?). Due to this difference in naming, characters with the "rush" version have Victory Light Spear, while characters with "soar" have Soaring Light Spear. Both variations appeared within the same localized game once, in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology, and their English names have followed the established differences.

Appearances

• Soaring Light Spear
• Victory Light Spear

Mothership Titles

• Tales of Eternia - Reid Hershel (Double Spiral Attack)
• Tales of the Abyss - Guy Cecil (Soaring Light Spear)

Escort Titles

• Tales of Eternia Online - Swordsman class
• Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Reid Hershel (Soaring Light Spear)
• Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Reid Hershel, Guy Cecil
• Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 - Reid Hershel, Guy Cecil
• Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave - Guy Cecil

Mothership Titles

• Tales of Symphonia - Kratos Aurion, Zelos Wilder, Abyssion (Victory Light Spear)
• Tales of the Abyss - Reid Hershel (Spiral Attack)
• Tales of Innocence - Spada Belforma
• Tales of Innocence R - Spada Belforma
• Tales of Vesperia - Repede, Zagi (Victory Light Spear)
• Tales of Xillia - Alvin (Cyclone Drive)
• Tales of Xillia 2 - Alvin (Cyclone Drive)

Escort Titles

• Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Swordsman class (Victory Light Spear)
• Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Twinsword class, Magic Knight class, Zelos Wilder, Spada Belforma
• Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 - Twinsword class, Magic Knight class, Zelos Wilder, Spada Belforma

Mobile Titles

• Tales of Link - Kratos Aurion, Zelos Wilder

Fan-Translated Names

• Victory Light Spear

• Tales of Innocence (Absolute Zero) - Soaring Light Spear

In-Game Description and Battle Quotes

• Soaring Light Spear
• Victory Light Spear

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology

Localized Description: "Arcane: Launch the enemy with a spiral strike up."

Tales of Symphonia

Localized Description: "Lv. 3 Sp. Attack: float target with a sword swing and spin attack."

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology

Localized Description: "Arcane: Slash an enemy into the air, then strike them down."