Tempest Strike


 * This article is about the Warrior-based arte "Tempest". For the spell, see Tempest (spell). For the game, see Tales of the Tempest.

Tempest (裂空斬), also localized as Spin Slash and Tempest Strike, is a classic technique of the Tales series. This is one of the most well-recognized and gravity-defying swordsman artes of the series.

Arte Description and History
When using the arte, the character somersaults into the air while extending the weapon outwards, slashing enemies multiple times while airborne. This arte is also very helpful for enemy spell evasion, or for continuing wall combos.

In the Japan-exclusive PlayStation 2 version of Tales of Symphonia, a Fire elemental property can be added to Lloyd Irving's attack through the use of the Garnet accessory, the S. Seal: Fire arte, a Fire elemental weapon, or the Red Quartz item, to replace it with the more powerful Fire-based arte Kaenrekkuu if Lloyd has used this arte over 200 times. This new arte does not appear in the GameCube version of the game.

Mothership Titles
Tales of Destiny - Stahn Aileron (Spin Slash) Tales of Eternia - Reid Hershel (Tempest Strike) Tales of Symphonia - Lloyd Irving (Tempest) Tales of the Abyss - Guy Cecil (Tempest); Reid Hershel (Tempest Strike) Tales of Destiny (PS2) + Director's Cut - Stahn Aileron Tales of Innocence - Ruca Milda, Spada Belforma Tales of Hearts - Kunzite

Escort Titles
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 - Stahn Aileron, Reid Hershel Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Stahn Aileron, Reid Hershel, Lloyd Irving Tales of the Tempest - Caius Qualls Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Warrior class, Swordsman class, Stahn Aileron, Lloyd Irving (Tempest Strike) Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Lloyd Irving (Tempest) Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Warrior class, Swordsman class, Twinsword class, Stahn Aileron, Reid Hershel, Lloyd Irving, Guy Cecil, Caius Qualls, Ruca Milda, Spada Belforma

Fan-Translated Names
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 (Kajitani-Eizan): Tempest Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Kajitani-Eizan): Tempest

Tales of Destiny
Localized Description: "A spin attack that starts with a small jump."

Tales of Eternia
Localized Description: "The enemy above is struck by spinning blades."

Tales of Symphonia
Localized Description: "Lv. 1 Sp. Attack: attack the enemy with a spiral cut."