Critical Blade

Critical Blade (クリティカルブレード) is a Fire-elemental mystic arte and Compound Special Attack.

Arte Description and History
Critical Blade consists of charging the weapon with the power of flame, before the character jumps into the air with the blazing weapon to slam it onto the ground, resulting in a large explosion.

The arte first appears as a mystic arte extension for Loni Dunamis in Tales of Destiny 2, where he has to use Kappa Bakusougeki to stagger the enemy while he has either 100 SP or Spirits Blaster Mode active, before extending into Critical Blade itself.

In order to activate this Compound Special Attack in the PlayStation 2 port of Tales of Symphonia, the chosen spellcaster must use an intermediate or higher Fire-elemental spell, while Presea uses the Destruction arte that is in the same level as the spell during a Unison Attack.

Sophie can obtain this attack as her first Blast Caliber in Tales of Graces. Her attack is slightly different as she starts by punching forward, pushing all of her enemies in front of her as she strikes into them. Afterward, due to her lack of weapon, she smashes down with her foot, causing an explosion similar to earlier versions of this attack.

Mothership Titles
Tales of Destiny 2 - Loni Dunamis Tales of Symphonia (PS2) - Compound Special Attack: Genis Sage/Kratos Aurion/Zelos Wilder - Presea Combatir Tales of Graces - Sophie

Tales of Destiny 2
Japanese Quote: 貴様を屠る！この俺の一撃！クリティカルブレード！ Romanization: ''Kisama o hofuru! Kono ore no ichigeki! Kuritikarubureedo!'' Literal Translation: ''All you bastards die! In this single strike! Critical Blade!!''

Tales of Symphonia (PS2)
Romanized Quote:
 * Presea Combatir: Subete o hofuru, kono ichigeki. Kuritikarubureedo!

Tales of Graces
Japanese Description: LV1秘奥義. エレスライズ中にB+A. 何者もを貫く俊足の刃.

Japanese Incantation: 必中必倒！クリティカルブレード！！