Special Move

Special Moves are a set of advanced moves in Shadow Fight 3. They are a series of attack combos which can be applied to armors or weapons to increase their overall effectiveness in fights.

Description[]

As per the v1.28.0 changes alongside the Void World raid update, Special Move system has been fully reworked. Special Moves can be obtained from the Void Chests, story fights, event marathons/battle pass or in-game offers. By default, Special Moves have Common rarity with an additional 5% (105%) damage. The player can upgrade their Special Move with Chrysonite. Each Special Move has 20 levels, and the rarity of Special Move will also increase every 5 levels, which costs them Magmium. An additional bonus will also be unlocked and upgraded as the levels progress. Every Special Move come with certain passive bonus, which is unlocked when the move reaches Rare rarity.

The Special Move's drop chance from Void Chests is 50%.

Upgrade Level	Rarity	Additional Damage	Chrysonite Price	Magmium Price
1	Common	105%	-	-
2	Common	110%	5	-
3	Common	115%	5	-
4	Common	120%	10	-
5	Common	125%	10
6	Rare	130%	-	20
7	Rare	135%	15	-
8	Rare	140%	15	-
9	Rare	145%	20	-
10	Rare	150%	20	-
11	Epic	155%	-	70
12	Epic	160%	30	-
13	Epic	165%	30	-
14	Epic	170%	40	-
15	Epic	175%	40	-
16	Legendary	180%	-	150
17	Legendary	185%	50	-
18	Legendary	190%	100	-
19	Legendary	195%	200	-
20	Legendary	200%	300	-
Total			890	240

Using Special Moves[]

Cyclone Special Move — A Special move can be applied to a weapon's special slot.

Special Move can be added to the special slot to have it activated in fights. Press (Forward) + (Punch) a number of times (depending on the combo) to execute a special move. Only one Special Move can be applied at once in an equipment. There are two types of Special Moves: Weapon Special Move and Armor Special Move. Special Moves are restricted based on the type of equipment, for example, weapon special moves cannot be applied to armors.

Some special moves come with an additional combo, which will be performed only if the last hit of the main combo successfully hits the opponent while they are standing. For example, Kenjutsu consists of 2 attacks. If the second attack hits the opponent, then two additional attacks will be performed.

Helms, ranged weapons and Common weapons and armors have no slot for Special Move.

Legends

↓ means the moves below it can be cancelled by not tapping the button.
means that attack/hit deals unarmed damage.
means that attack/hit deals ranged weapon damage.
ⁿ means that attack does not knock down the opponent on critical.
"KD" means that attack will knock down the opponent regardless of critical hits.

List of Legion Moves[]

Base damage or combo in bold means that attack or move has unbreakable intervals before the hit.

Name	Type	Combo	Base damage	Passive bonus
Steep Dive	One-handed Sword	2	5 ↓ 9	Weapon damage
Shredder	Swords	3	3 ↓ 4 ↓ 6	Weapon damage
Pendulum	Swords	2	9 ↓ 8	Damage with unbreakable attacks
Razor Squall	Axes	5	5 5 ↓ 3 5 ↓ 4	Critical hit chance
Snakebite	Spear	2	5 ↓ 10	Damage with unbreakable attacks
Guillotine	Two-handed Sword	2	7 ↓ 10	Damage with unbreakable attacks
Nutcracker	Hammers and Maces	3 (hammers) 3 (maces)	4 ↓ 5 ↓ 7	Shadow Abilities' damage
Finisher	Giant Sword	2	7 ↓ 12	Critical hit chance
Retribution	Two-handed Hammer	3	5 ↓ 5 ↓ 6	Damage with unbreakable attacks
Iron Tornado	Two-handed Hammer	4	5 7 ↓ 4 7	Weapon damage
Banishing	Flail and Shield	3	6 ↓ 6 ↓ 7	Damage with unbreakable attacks
Colossus Steps*	Armor	2	6.4 ↓ 6.4	Defense while unbreakable
Avalanche	One-handed Sword	2	8 ↓ 9	Critical hit chance
Grinder	Swords	3	6 ↓ 5 ↓ 5	Critical hit chance
Brochette	Spear	2	7 ↓ 10	Critical hit chance
Maelstrom	Two-handed Sword	2	7 ↓ 5.5	Shadow Abilities' damage
Cyclone	Hammers and Maces	5	3 4 5 ↓ 5 7	Damage with unbreakable attacks
Power Swing	Giant Sword	3	6 ↓ 7 ↓ 8.5	Damage with unbreakable attacks
Heart-To-Heart	Knife	1+1ⁿ	6 + 8	Weapon damage
Battering Ram*	Armor	3	5 ↓ 4.5 ↓ 4.5	Defense against weapon attacks
Harvester	Swords	4	3 2.5 ↓ 2.5 5	Shadow Abilities' damage
Chop Till Drop	Axes	3+2	4 ↓ 4 ↓ 5ⁿ + 5ⁿ 5 KD	Shadow Abilities' damage
Impalement	Spear	3	5 ↓ 5 ↓ 5	Shadow Abilities' damage
Caveman's Rage	Two-handed Sword	3	6 ↓ 6 7	Weapon damage
Stranglehold*	Armor	1+2ⁿ	11 + 10 20 KD	Defense against unarmed attacks
Stampede*	Armor	2	6.4 ↓ 6.4	Defense against Shadow Abilities
Top-Notch	Knuckles	2	10 ↓ 7	Weapon damage
Crossing	Axes	3	5 ↓ 6 ↓ 6	Weapon damage
Jaw Breaker	Flail and Shield	2+1	4 ↓ 6ⁿ + 7 KD	Shadow Abilities' damage
Overthrow	Two-handed Sword	1+1ⁿ	9 + 10 KD	Critical hit chance
Turning Point	One-handed Sword	1+1ⁿ	15 + 17	Shadow Abilities' damage
Compelling Argument	Armor	1+1	8 + KD 3	Defense against Shadow Abilities
Chain of Command	Two-handed Sword	3	6 ↓ 8 ↓ 9	Weapon and Shadow Abilities' damage
Bayonet Dance	Gideon Rifle	5+2	1ⁿ 2ⁿ 2ⁿ ↓ 3ⁿ ↓ 3ⁿ + 7ⁿ 24.5	Critical hit chance

Notes:

When performing some special moves of Legion weapons, there will be a short interval occurring called Unbreakable State, indicated by the character glowing white. During the State, any hit taken will not cause the user to lose balance, allowing them to finish their attack. The user will still take the full damage, and the interval cannot protect them from Critical hit, Shock knockback, Shadow abilities, or boss' special abilities.
The move with Unbreakable State cannot be canceled by Critical hit while the user is airborne (when they use moves such as Guillotine, Snakebite, Avalanche, etc) or when the Rock perk is activated.
Despite the maces share the same special moves with the hammers (Nutcracker and Cyclone), there are some notable differences:
- The maces' Nutcracker does not have unbreakable intervals.
- The mace's Cyclone deals 1 less damage for every one of its 5 hits (2, 3, 4, 4, 6).
In 1.33.2.1 update, Colossus Steps, Battering Ram and Stampede armor special receive Unbreakable State.

List of Dynasty Moves[]

Name	Type	Combo	Base damage	Passive bonus
Wooden Hailstorm	Staff	4	6 ↓ 3 3 4	Combo bonus damage
Blade Dance	Sabers	3	4 4 ↓ 4	Shadow Abilities' damage
Hummingbird	Nunchaku	4	7 ↓ 5 ↓ 5 ↓ 7	Weapon damage
Harsh Wind	Shuang Gou	5	3 3 ↓ 3 3 ↓ 7	Unarmed attacks' damage
Whiplash	Chain Knife	6 (7)	4 ↓ 3 4 ↓ 3 ↓ 4 5	Combo bonus damage
Turnabout	Deer Horns	3	5 ↓ 4 ↓ 4	Shadow Abilities' damage
Torque*	Armor	3	4.5 ↓ 5 ↓ 5.6	Defense against weapon attacks
Locust Raid*	Armor	4	3.5 3.5 ↓ 5.6 ↓ 6.4	Defense against unarmed attacks
Floorwork*	Armor	5	5.6 ↓ 4.5 ↓ 3.5 5 ↓ 5.6	Defense against Shadow Abilities
Wingbeat	Sabers	4	3 3 ↓ 4 ↓ 6	Weapon damage
Striking Chain	Shuang Gou	6	3 3 ↓ 2 ↓ 2 2 ↓ 4	Weapon damage
Triplex	Guandao	3	4 ↓ 4 ↓ 6	Unarmed attacks' damage
Dazzling Break	Guandao	5	4 ↓ 3 ↓ 3 ↓ 3 ↓ 6	Weapon and Shadow Abilities' damage
Scrapper	Deer Horns	5	2 4 ↓ 4 3 ↓ 4	Unarmed attacks' damage
Hawk's Feather	Dadao	3	5 ↓ 5 ↓ 4	Shadow Abilities' damage
Bend Trick	Composite Glaive	6	3 ↓ 3 3 ↓ 3 3 ↓ 4	Shadow Abilities' damage
Gust	Sanjiegun	4	4 ↓ 4 4 ↓ 4	Weapon damage
Skyfall	Staff	2	6 ↓ 8	Unarmed attacks' damage
Typhoon	Sabers	5	3 ↓ 3 ↓ 3 ↓ 4 3	Unarmed attacks' damage
Ape Rampage	Nunchaku	5	4 ↓ 3 3 ↓ 4 ↓ 5	Combo bonus damage
Somersault	Shuang Gou	5	3 ↓ 3 3 ↓ 3 3	Shadow Abilities' damage
Knife Juggler	Chain Knife	3+1	6 6 ↓ 2ⁿ + 8	Shadow Abilities' damage
Accusation	Dadao	4	4 ↓ 3 3 ↓ 7	Combo bonus damage
Cannonball*	Armor	4	7 ↓ 5.6 ↓ 5 5	Jump attacks' damage
Dance of the Grass	Nunchaku	5	7 7* ↓ 5 5 ↓ 5	Unarmed damage
Seagull's Attack	Dadao	4	3 ↓ 4 4 ↓ 5	Weapon damage
Call to Order	Guandao	4	5 5 7 6	Ranged weapons' damage
Wasteland Cartwheel	Composite Glaive	4+1	3 3 3.5 3.5ⁿ + 4 KD	Unarmed damage
Divine Height	Staff	3	7 ↓ 8ⁿ ↓ 8	Weapon Damage
Fine Chops	Cleavers	4	4 ↓ 4 ↓ 4 4.5	Weapon & Shadow damage
Insult	War Fans	3	1.5 3 3.5	Weapon & Shadow damage

List of Heralds Moves[]

Name	Type	Combo	Base damage	Passive bonus
Mosquito Sting	Katana	2	4.5 ↓ 3.5	Ranged weapons' damage
Double Edge	Sai	4	7 ↓ 4 ↓ 4 ↓ 8	Weapon damage
Scraper	Claws	2+4	5 ↓ 3ⁿ + 3 2 2 3 KD	Ranged weapons' damage
Triple Lunge	Glaive	3	7 ↓ 4 ↓ 5	Weapon damage
Kenjutsu	Iaido Katana	2+2	4 ↓ 6ⁿ + 5ⁿ ↓ 10	Shadow Abilities' damage
Grapple	Kamas	3	5 ↓ 4 ↓ 4	Ranged weapons' damage
Flogging	Whip Katars	3	6 ↓ 8 ↓ 7	Weapon damage
Kickback*	Armor	2	5 ↓ 6.4	Defense against weapon attacks
Rolling Waves	Katana	3	3 ↓ 3 ↓ 5	Shadow Abilities' damage
Barb Leap	Sai	2	5 ↓ 8	Critical hit damage
Flagpole	Glaive	2	5 ↓ 8	Ranged weapons' damage
Thorn	Iaido Katana	2+1ⁿ	4 ↓ 7 + 8	Ranged weapons' damage
Supremacy	Kamas	3	5 ↓ 3 ↓ 8 KD	Critical hit damage
Dynamo*	Armor	3	5 ↓ 6.4 ↓ 6.4	Shadow Energy gain
Fling*	Armor	3	5.6 ↓ 6.4 ↓ 4.5	Defense against Shadow Abilities
Circumvention	Katana	1+2	6ⁿ + 5ⁿ 8	Critical hit damage
Mutilation	Sai	8	5 ↓ 4 ↓ 2ⁿ 5 times 3	Shadow Abilities' damage
Airscrew	Naginata	6	2 3 ↓ 2 2 2 ↓ 5	Critical hit damage
Feral Fury	Claws	3+2	2 ↓ 4 ↓ 3ⁿ + 5ⁿ 5ⁿ	Critical hit damage
Sweeper	Glaive	3	4 ↓ 6 ↓ 6	Shadow Abilities' damage
Pressing	Kamas	3	4 ↓ 4 ↓ 4	Shadow Abilities' damage
Leash	Kusarigama	3+1	5 ↓ 4 4ⁿ + 6ⁿ	Weapon damage
Dissection	Ninjato	4	6 ↓ 4 3 5	Weapon damage
Blood Hunt	Kusarigama	4	6 4 ↓ 4 ↓ 6	Shadow Abilities' damage
Mule Kick*	Armor	3	6.4 ↓ 8 ↓ 6.4	Defense against unarmed attacks
Rider	Claws	2+1	3 ↓ 3ⁿ + 6 KD	Weapon damage
Rewiring	Naginata	4	3 ↓ 4 4 ↓ 4	Shadow Abilities' damage
Pursuit	Whip Katars	3+1	5 ↓ 6 ↓ 10ⁿ + 9.5ⁿ	Critical damage
Duplication	Naginata	4	3 4 4 3.5	Shadow Abilities' damage
Cold-Blooded Assassin	Sai	1+4ⁿ	8 + 5 6 6 7 KD	Ranged Damage
Channel Shock	Composite Sword	3	3.5 4 4.5	Weapon Damage

Unavailable Special Moves[]

These are the weapon special moves utilized by certain opponents in main quests, side missions, or special events. Most of these special moves have been made unobtainable to players to begin with.

Stingray Stab was available to players for some time when the game launched in 2017. For unclear reasons, it was removed from the reward pool in 2018 and it has been made unobtainable ever since, meaning that only a few very early players own the special move.

Reckless Hero is available during the beginning of High Society in-game offer for a determined price. Then it was removed due to incomplete move's description and unsupported upgrade. The players who already bought the move can still keep it, and the bug was fixed in another update later in the week. Reckless Hero is currently unobtainable.

Name	Weapon	Combos	Base damage
Reckless Hero	Giant Sword	3	6 6 14 KD
Skewer	Swords	2+1ⁿ	? ? + ? KD
Stingray Stab	Two-handed Sword	3	5 5 8
Overthrow (Simplified)	Two-handed Sword	1 1+1ⁿ	10 + 10 KD
Chain of Command (Simplified)	Two-handed Sword	3	5 7 9
Circumvention (Nodachi)	Nodachi	1+2	6ⁿ + 6ⁿ 10

Note: King of the Legion's Overthrow can only "throw" the player when his sword is glowing, which usually means after his first use of Dark Incarnation.

Trivia[]

Several Special Moves heavily resemble Slashes, Super Slashes and Upper Slashes, or mixtures of them from Shadow Fight 2. These Special Moves include, but are not limited to:
- The Sabers' Blade Dance and the Ninjato's Dissection being somewhat similar to the Swords Super Slash. The first hit of Blade Dance resembles Widow's Teleportation ability.
- The Hammers' Cyclone second and third hits, resembling the first 2 hits of the Axes' Super Slash and the first 2 hits of the Thunder Hammers' Super Slash.
- The Knuckles' Top-Notch, resembling the first hit of the Pneumo Fists' Super Slash.
- The Spear's Snakebite first hit, heavily resembling the Spear's Strong Slash.
- The Sabers' Typhoon, heavily resembling the Sabers' Super Slash, specifically of the Oriental Sabers.
- The Staff's Skyfall, heavily resembling the Staff's Super Slash.
- The Kusarigama's Blood Hunt, being a hybrid of the Super Slash and Upper Slash. It consists of the first and second hits of the Kusarigama's Super Slash, as well as its Upper Slash being added as the third and fourth hits.
  - The original version of the Kusarigama's Super Slash is usable in this game as well by cancelling at the third hit.
- Guandao's Triplex, heavily resembling Thruster's Super Thrust.
- The Two-handed Hammer's Retribution, being a faster version of the Super Slash of the Two-handed Mace and Northern Hammer.
- The Sai's Barb Leap, highly resembling the Sai's Super Spit.
- The Sai's Mutilation, vaguely resembling Hermit's Swords' Super Slash.
- The Axes' Crossing, vaguely resembling the Hack Knives' basic Slash.
- The Two-handed Sword's Maelstrom, greatly resembling the Glaive's Super Slash.
- The Katana's Mosquito Sting, barely resembling the Ninja Sword's Super Slash, with the exception being first hit in the head, then the last hit in the stomach.
- The Composite Sword's Channel Shock, mostly resembling the Composite Sword's Super Slash, albeit faster and with reduced range.
Several Special Moves originate from Shadow Fight 4: Arena, including:
- The Two-handed Sword's Overthrow, being the King of the Legion's Two-handed Sword spinning attack.
- The Dadao's Seagull's Attack, being Yukka's Dadao special attack.
- The Composite Glaive's Wasteland Cartwheel, being Jet's heavy kick.
- The Claws' Rider, being Lynx's Claws' special attack.
- The Staff's Divine Height, with the second hit resembling Monkey King's Staff heavy slash, and the sequences of the third hit resembling his Ascension and forward Heavenly Attack.
- The Sai's Cold-Blooded Assassin, being Midnight's special attack.
- The Legion armor kick, Compelling Argument, being Sarge's heavy kick with the "Dismissed!" talent.
- The Two-handed Sword's Chain of Command, being the King of the Legion's special attack.
- The Two-handed Sword's Overthrow, being the King of the Legion's spinning attack.
The manner of the Caveman's Rage move resembles the Mordstreich (lit. "murder stroke"), a technique of holding the sword inverted, with both hands gripping the blade, and hitting the opponent with the pommel or cross guard. This technique allows the swordsman to essentially use the sword as a mace or hammer, with the hilt, pommel and cross guard serving as an improvised hammer head. The Mordstreich is mainly used in armored combat, although it can be used to surprise an opponent in close quarters.
The second hit of Divine Height applies an extremely long period of hitstun on the opponent in preparation for the "Heavenly Attack", but the user recovers very quickly if the move is cancelled at the second hit, allowing for various long range moves such as the Staff heavy attack and Cannonball to take advantage of the long hitstun it can provide.
The special move for the War Fans, Insult, is a direct reuse of the Knuckles' special move Top-Notch, with the only difference being that it grants one more hit in its attack at the cost of much lower damage output (8 to 17) and no unbreakable intervals.
Bayonet Dance is the only special move that deals ranged weapon damage.

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