Raging Blast

The article is about the recurring melee arte associated with the Warrior class, localized as "Raging Blast" and known in Japan as "Reppashou". For the arte used by the Great Swordman and Paladin classes, with an identical pronunciation in Japanese media, see Rending Wave. For the gun-based arte used by Ricardo Soldato, see Raging Blast (Ricardo).

Raging Blast (烈破掌, Reppashou^?, "Intense Destruction Palm"^[1]) is a melee arte that is associated mostly with characters from the Warrior class.

Arte Description and History

When Raging Blast is activated, the user reaches forward at the target and gathers explosive energy in their palm, causing any nearby enemies to be blasted away and knocked to the ground. Although this attack does not have a wide blast radius, it is useful to clear away small groups of enemies.

In Tales of the Abyss, this arte can be used within a complete Water or Dark FOF Circle to transform it into Frigid Blast. Alternatively, in the PlayStation 3 port of Tales of Vesperia, Yuri Lowell can change this arte into the altered arte Shredding Palm while the "Dispersion" skill is equipped. In Japanese, the version used by the Gentlereplica is written with hiragana and is used because the Gentlereplica is a parody of Luke fon Fabre.

Despite the pronunciation of this arte's name in Japan, this attack is unrelated to Rending Wave, used by Veigue Lungberg from Tales of Rebirth and the Great Swordman and Paladin classes from Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 and sharing the same Japanese pronunciation. This older arte is written in the Japanese language with a different set of characters, resulting in a different meaning, (裂破衝, Reppashou^?, "Split Break Rush"^[2]), and the function of this arte is also unrelated.

Appearances

Raging Blast (ToV) — Raging Blast as it appears in *Tales of Vesperia*.

In-Game Descriptions and Battle Quotes

Tales of the Abyss

Localized Description: "Unleash a burst of power from within that downs the enemy."^[3]

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology

Localized Description: "Base: Unleash a burst of power from within that downs the enemy."

Tales of Vesperia

Localized Description: "Unleash a burst of power from within that downs the enemy. First level only explodes on contact."

Tales of Xillia

Localized Description: "If the first hit connects, this explosive palm strike will knock any enemy right into next week."

Tales of Xillia 2

Localized Description: "If the first hit connects, this explosive palm strike will knock any enemy right into next week."

Tales of the Rays

Localized Description: "A palm-strike smackdown that causes an explosion of fighting spirit."

References

↑ Tales Series Translation FAQ by KusanagiLord02 GameFAQs (2006) Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
↑ Tales of Rebirth (PS2) Battle Mechanics/Sub Events FAQ by lanyn GameFAQs (2008) Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
↑ Tales of the Abyss (PS2) FAQ/Walkthrough by vinheim GameFAQs (2009) Retrieved on 2009-08-22.

[transfaq-0] Tales Series Translation FAQ by KusanagiLord02 GameFAQs (2006) Retrieved on 2008-04-10.

[ToR-PS2-battle-1] Tales of Rebirth (PS2) Battle Mechanics/Sub Events FAQ by lanyn GameFAQs (2008) Retrieved on 2008-04-20.

[TotA-2] Tales of the Abyss (PS2) FAQ/Walkthrough by vinheim GameFAQs (2009) Retrieved on 2009-08-22.

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