Special Move

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

Description

As the v1.28.0 changes along side with the Void World raid update, Special Move obtainable and upgrade are fully reworked. Currently, Special Moves can only be obtained from the Void Chest. By default, Special Moves have Common rarity and has an additional 105% damage. Otherwise, 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 level. Upgrading the rarity will cost them with Magmium. An additional bonus will also be unlocked as the levels progress.

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	-

Using Special Moves

A Special move can be applied to an weapon's special slot.

Special Move can be added to the special slot to have it activate 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 type 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 comes with an additional combo, which will be performed only if the last hit of the main combo successfully hit 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.

Only the Common weapons and armors which has no slot for Special Move.

List of Legion Moves

Icon	Name	Type	Combo	Overview
	Steep Dive	Weapon (One-handed Sword)	2
	Shredder	Weapon (Swords)	3
	Pendulum	Weapon (Swords)	2
	Razor Squall	Weapon (Axes)	5
	Snakebite	Weapon (Spear)	2
	Guillotine	Weapon (Two-handed Sword)	2
	Nutcracker	Weapon (Hammers)	3
	Finisher	Weapon (Giant Sword)	2
	Retribution	Weapon (Two-handed Hammer)	3
	Banishing	Weapon (Flail and Shield)	3
	Colossus Steps	Armor	2
	Avalanche	Weapon (One-handed Sword)	2
	Grinder	Weapon (Swords)	3
	Brochette	Weapon (Spear)	2
	Maelstrom	Weapon (Two-handed Sword)	2
	Cyclone	Weapon (Hammers)	5
	Power Swing	Weapon (Giant Sword)	3
	Heart-To-Heart	Weapon (Knife)	1+1
	Battering Ram	Armor	3
	Harvester	Weapon (Swords)	4
	Chop Till Drop	Weapon (Axes)	3+2
	Impalement	Weapon (Spear)	3
	Caveman's Rage	Weapon (Two-handed Sword)	3
	Stranglehold	Armor	2+1
	Stampede	Armor	2

Notes:

• When performing some special moves of Legion weapons, there will be a short interval occuring, indicated by the character glowing white. During the interval, 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 uninterruption interval cannot be canceled by Critical hit while the user is airborne (when they use moves such as Guillotine, Snakebite, Avalanche, etc).

List of Dynasty Moves

Icon	Name	Type	Combo	Overview
	Wooden Hailstorm	Weapon (Staff)	4
	Blade Dance	Weapon (Sabers)	3
	Hummingbird	Weapon (Nunchaku)	4
	Harsh Wind	Weapon (Shuang Gou)	5
	Whiplash	Weapon (Chain Knife)	6
	Turnabout	Weapon (Deer Horns)	3
	Torque	Armor	3
	Locust Raid	Armor	4
	Floorwork	Armor	5
	Wingbeat	Weapon (Sabers)	4
	Striking Chain	Weapon (Shuang Gou)	6
	Triplex	Weapon (Guandao)	3
	Dazzling Break	Weapon (Guandao)	5
	Scrapper	Weapon (Deer Horns)	5
	Hawk's Feather	Weapon (Dadao)	3
	Bend Trick	Weapon (Composite Glaive)	6
	Gust	Weapon (Sanjiegun)	4
	Skyfall	Weapon (Staff)	2
	Typhoon	Weapon (Sabers)	5
	Ape Rampage	Weapon (Nunchaku)	5
	Somersault	Weapon (Shuang Gou)	5
	Knife Juggler	Weapon (Chain Knife)	3+1
	Accusation	Weapon (Dadao)	4
	Cannonball	Armor	4

List of Heralds Moves

Icon	Name	Type	Combo	Overview
	Mosquito Sting	Weapon (Katana)	2
	Double Edge	Weapon (Sai)	4
	Scraper	Weapon (Claws)	2+4
	Triple Lunge	Weapon (Glaive)	3
	Kenjutsu	Weapon (Iaido Katana)	2+2
	Grapple	Weapon (Kamas)	3
	Flogging	Weapon (Whip Katars)	3
	Kickback	Armor	2
	Rolling Waves	Weapon (Katana)	3
	Barb Leap	Weapon (Sai)	2
	Flagpole	Weapon (Glaive)	2
	Thorn	Weapon (Iaido Katana)	2+1
	Supremacy	Weapon (Kamas)	3
	Dynamo	Armor	3
	Fling	Armor	3
	Circumvention	Weapon (Katana)	1+2
	Mutilation	Weapon (Sai)	8
	Airscrew	Weapon (Naginata)	6
	Feral Fury	Weapon (Claws)	3+2
	Sweeper	Weapon (Glaive)	3
	Pressing	Weapon (Kamas)	3
	Leash	Weapon (Kusarigama)	3+1
	Dissection	Weapon (Ninjato)	4
	Blood Hunt	Weapon (Kusarigama)	4
	Mule Kick	Armor	3

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 was released worldwide, but later on, it was removed from possible rewards and it has been made unobtainable ever since, meaning that only a few early-game players have obtained the special move.

Icon	Name	Weapon	Combos	Overview
	Turning Point	One-handed Sword	1+1
	Blind Rage	Giant Sword	3
	Iron Tornado	Two-handed Hammer	4
	Skewer	Swords	3
	Stingray Stab	Two-handed Sword	3
-	???	Naginata	4
	???	Naginata	4
-	???	Flail and Shield	2+1
	???	Nunchaku	2+2
-	???	Guandao	4

Trivia

• The manner of Caveman's Rage move resembles the Mordstreich (lit. "murder stroke"), the technique of holding the sword inverted, with both hands gripping the blade, and hitting the opponent with the pommel or crossguard. This technique allows the swordsman to essentially use the sword as a mace or hammer, with the hilt, pommel and crossguard 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.
• Several Special Moves heavily resemble Slashes, Super Slashes and Upper Slashes, or mixtures thereof, of weapons from Shadow Fight 2. These Special Moves include, but are not limited to:
  • Triplex, resembling the Thruster Super Slash.
  • Retribution, resembling the Two-Handed Hammers Super Slash.
  • Typhoon, resembling the Ornamental Sabers Super Slash.
  • Skyfall, resembling the Staff Super Slash.
  • Blood Hunt is a mixture of the Kusarigama Super and Upper Slashes.
  • Barb Leap, resembling the Sai Super Slash.
    • Mutilation, heavily resembling the Hermit's Swords Super Slash.
  • While not specifically a Special Move, the Composite Glaive Heavy Attack resembles the Glaive Super Slash.

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