Fatal Strike

Fatal Strike (フェイタルストライク), often shorted to FS, is a feature of the Evolved Flex Range Linear Motion Battle System used in Tales of Vesperia and imported into Tales of VS. for characters from that game.

Story-wise, the Fatal Strike is one of many battle features Yuri Lowell learns merely by watching others, as an example of his natural fighting prowess. He learns after seeing Clint of the Hunting Blades Guild perform a Fatal Strike at Caer Bocram, spreading the ability to his allies afterward.

Performing a Fatal Strike allows the character to fell an enemy with a single blow, regardless of the monster's HP. Though the Fatal Strike does some damage and is subject to such skills as "Half Damage" and "Minimum Damage", connecting the hit will defeat a normal foe. For boss enemies, however, Fatal Strikes deal a large amount of damage to compensate for not instantly killing the enemy. As a consequence, damage reduction skills will affect this damage done.