Swordplay (剣技, Kengi?, lit. Sword Skill), also known as All Swordskill, Swordmanship, Swd Art, and Sword Skill, is a recurring ability in the Final Fantasy series. It is a skillset usable by the warrior and knight and similar jobs.
Appearances
Final Fantasy IX
Swd Art is Steiner's skillset that affords him various abilities to use with his sword.
Final Fantasy X
Swordplay is Tidus's Overdrive skill. Tidus learns new Swordplay commands by using the previous commands more in battle. Tidus's four Swordplay skills are Spiral Cut, Slice & Dice, Energy Rain, and Blitz Ace.
Final Fantasy X-2
Swordplay is Warrior's skillset. It consists of six elemental attacks named after Tidus's elemental swords, four stat break abilities which once were part of Auron's Sphere Grid path, and two Delay skills which were part of Tidus's Sphere Grid path. Swordplay is well-used on enemies with high Magic Defense but with elemental weaknesses, as Swordplay covers all elements present.
Final Fantasy Tactics
Swordplay or Swordmanship is the action ability of the sword saint, rune knight, and the undead enemy knight, though the latter has a complete different set of abilities.
| Name | Range | Effect | Speed | JP Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judgment Blade (Stasis Sword) |
2 | 2 | Now | 100 |
| Channel holy energy through sword to inflict damage. Element: Holy. Effect: Stop. | ||||
| Cleansing Strike (Split Punch) |
3, Vert.0 | 1 | Now | 400 |
| Channel holy energy through sword to inflict damage. Element: Holy. Effect: Doom. | ||||
| Northswain's Strike (Crush Punch) |
3, Vert.1 | 1 | Now | 500 |
| Channel holy energy through sword to inflict damage. Element: Holy. Effect: KO. | ||||
| Hallowed Bolt (Lightning Stab) |
3 | 2, Vert.1 | Now | 700 |
| Channel holy energy through sword to inflict damage. Element: Holy, Thunder. Effect: Silence. | ||||
| Divine Ruination (Holy Explosion) |
4-dir. | 5, Vert.2 | Now | 800 |
| Channel holy energy through sword to inflict damage. Element: Holy. Effect: Confusion. | ||||
| Crush Armor (Shellbust Stab) |
3 | 1 | Now | 200 |
| Destroy the item equipped on the target's body. | ||||
| Crush Helm (Blastar Punch) |
3 | 1 | Now | 400 |
| Destroy the item equipped on the target's head. | ||||
| Crush Weapon (Hellcry Punch) |
3 | 1 | Now | 500 |
| Destroy the target's equipped weapon. | ||||
| Crush Accessory (Icewolf Bite) |
3 | 1 | Now | 800 |
| Destroy the target's equipped accessory. | ||||
| Duskblade (Dark Sword) |
3 | 1 | Now | 500 |
| Employ the power of darkness to absorb the target's MP. Element: Dark. | ||||
| Shadowblade (Night Sword) |
3 | 1 | Now | 100 |
| Employ the power of darkness to absorb the target's HP. Element: Dark. | ||||
The action ability of the undead knight is a renamed Arts of War of the knight's action ability; this might have been an oversight from the developers.
| Name | Range | Effect | Speed | JP Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rend Helm (Head Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 300 |
| A technique that destroys the item equipped on the target's head. | ||||
| Rend Armor (Armor Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 400 |
| A technique that destroys the item equipped on the target's body. | ||||
| Rend Shield (Shield Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 300 |
| A technique that destroys the target's equipped shield. | ||||
| Rend Weapon (Weapon Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 400 |
| A technique that destroys the target's equipped weapon. | ||||
| Rend MP (Magic Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 250 |
| A technique that reduces the target's MP. | ||||
| Rend Speed (Speed Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 250 |
| A technique that reduces the target's Speed. | ||||
| Rend Power (Power Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 250 |
| A technique that reduces the target's physical attack power. | ||||
| Rend Magick (Mind Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 250 |
| A technique that reduces the target's magickal attack power. | ||||
Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008)
Tidus uses his Swordplay skills from Final Fantasy X as his HP attacks, with Blitz Ace as his EX Burst.
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
All Swordplay skills return in Dissidia 012 as Tidus's HP attack in an unchanged form, bar having lower AP requirement for mastering.
Final Fantasy Record Keeper
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
Etymology
Swordplay is the art or skill of fighting with a sword; fencing.