Tiger Blade

Tiger Blade (虎牙破斬) is a classic technique of the Tales series. This is one of the most well-recognized Swordsman artes, usually balanced with high damage for low TP cost during battle compared to other artes.

Arte Description and History
When using Tiger Blade, the character slashes upwards while jumping, then slashes downwards while landing. This arte is effective for hitting any opponents in the air, further allowing the character to force them to the ground. In some of the games, there is a third hit in midair between the first rising slash and the second falling slash (Tales of the Abyss & Tales of Legendia).

In Tales of Eternia, if this arte is used at the precise moment that the Fireball spell is cast, both artes combine to form Flaming Sword, one of four combination artes that are executed by two characters in this game.

In Tales of Symphonia, a Lightning elemental property can be added to the character's attack through the use of the Sardonyx accessory, the T. Seal: Lightning arte, a Lightning elemental weapon, or the Purple Quartz item, to replace Tiger Blade with the more powerful Lightning-based arte Lightning Tiger, if Tiger Blade has been used over 200 times. When Tiger Blade is used in the Unison Attack together with Lightning, the Compound Special Attack becomes Lightning Tiger Blade, while it becomes Pow Blade if used with Pow Hammer. It is also possible to perform Thunder Tiger Blade if the other arte in the Unision Attack is Lightning Blade.

This arte cannot be learned normally in Tales of Rebirth. To use this arte, Veigue Lungberg requires the "Mouko no Tamashii" accessory to be equipped, to replace his Reppashou with Kogahazan.

In Tales of the Abyss, Tiger Blade can be used within a complete Earth or Dark FOF circle to transform into Wyrm Wrath.

In the remake versions of Tales of Destiny, Leon Magnus can extend this arte into Sougazan by using the arte twice immediately. Alternatively, as an homage to Leon's original animation for Tiger Blade in the original PSX release, the PS2 versions add the option of an additional hit to his version of the arte, by chaining an "Aerial Step" to the attack. This extra hit requires no additional CC, and it deals damage at a 1.15 damage modifier. Leon's ability to extend this arte into Sougazan is disabled if the extra hit is performed, but it can be chained into Sougazan as a separate arte in the same combo. Stahn Aileron does not receive this option for an extra hit.

Tales of Vesperia features two versions: Yuri Lowell uses a diagonal second slash after the upward first flash before slamming his opponent down with his fist, while Flynn Scifo, his moveset containing moves more traditional to a Tales swordsman, uses the up-down slash.

Mothership Titles
Tales of Phantasia (SFC) - Cress Albane Tales of Destiny - Stahn Aileron, Leon Magnus (Tiger Blade) Tales of Phantasia (PSX) + Full Voice Edition (PSP) - Cress Albane Tales of Eternia - Reid Hershel (Demon Hammer) Tales of Symphonia - Lloyd Irving, Abyssion (Tiger Blade) Tales of Phantasia (GBA) - Cress Albane (Tiger Blade) Tales of Rebirth - Veigue Lungberg Tales of Legendia - Chloe Valens (Tiger Blade) Tales of the Abyss - Guy Cecil (Tiger Blade), Reid Hershel (Demon Hammer) Tales of Destiny (PS2) + Director's Cut - Stahn Aileron, Leon Magnus Tales of Innocence - Spada Belforma Tales of Vesperia (X360) - Yuri Lowell, Flynn Scifo (Tiger Blade) Tales of Hearts - Kunzite Tales of Vesperia (PS3) - Yuri Lowell, Flynn Scifo, Don Tales of Graces - Hubert Ozwell

Escort Titles
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 - all Swordsman costumes, Cress Albane, Leon Magnus Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Swordsman costume, Cress Albane, Leon Magnus, Lloyd Irving Tales of the Tempest - Caius Qualls Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Swordsman class, Magic Knight class, Stahn Aileron, Leon Magnus, Reid Hershel, Lloyd Irving (Tiger Blade) Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Lloyd Irving (Tiger Blade) Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Swordsman class, Magic Knight class, Twinsword class, Cress Albane, Stahn Aileron, Leon Magnus, Reid Hershel, Lloyd Irving, Chloe Valens, Caius Qualls, Spada Belforma Tales of VS. - Cress Albane, Stahn Aileron, Leon Magnus, Lloyd Irving, Caius Qualls

Fan-Translated Names
Tales of Phantasia (SFC) (DeJap Translations): Tiger Teeth Tales of Phantasia (PSX) (Absolute Zero): Tiger Strike Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 (Kajitani-Eizan): Tiger Blade Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Kajitani-Eizan): Tiger Blade

Tales of Phantasia
Japanese Description: 獲物に襲いかかる獣の牙のごとく敵を上下から斬りつける二段技 Romanization: Emono ni osoi kakaru kemono no kiba no gotoku teki wo shouka gara zanri tsukeru nidan waza Translated Description (DeJap Translations): "Attack the enemy with two strong slices."

Tales of Destiny
Localized Description: "A 2 part attack that cuts high and low."

Tales of Eternia
Localized Description: "The enemy is slashed from above and below."

Tales of Phantasia (GBA)
Japanese Description: 獲物に襲いかかる獣の牙のごとく敵を上下から斬りつける二段技 Romanization: Emono ni osoi kakaru kemono no kiba no gotoku teki wo jouka gara kiri tsukeru nidan waza Localized Description: "Two-stage attack slashes enemy like the fangs of a tiger striking its prey."

Tales of Symphonia
Localized Description: "Lv. 1 Sp. Attack: two-hit slash slicing the enemy up and then down."

Tales of Legendia
Localized Description: "Base: Slash the enemy into the air, then knock it down."

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
Localized Description: "Base: Slice the enemy up, then cut them down."

Tales of Vesperia
Localized Description: "Base: Slice the enemy up, then cut them down."