Swd Art (Final Fantasy IX)

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Steiner using a Swd Art skill.

Use sword skill.

Description

Swd Art (剣技, Kenwaza?, lit. Sword Art) is Steiner's skillset from Final Fantasy IX. Many names of its skills derive from various job class abilities from previous games, and largely encompass abilities from Samurai, Paladin (or Knight), and Dark Knight. It has several new moves original to Steiner, such as the various Breaks, and features one of Cloud's Limit Breaks as a normal command. Some of Steiner's Sword Arts also appear in Beatrix's Seiken command.

Iai Strike, taught by the Rune Blade, can be missed altogether because it can only be bought in Daguerreo before entering the Shimmering Island.

Abilities

Name	Effect	Learned From	AP	MP
Darkside	Sacrifices 12.5% of max HP to deal Shadow-elemental damage that is 40% stronger than a regular attack to one enemy. Ignores Protect status. The formula for Darkside is as follows: $\text{Base} = [(\text{Atk Pwr} * 14) / 10] - \text{Defense of target}$ $\text{Bonus} = \text{Str} [(\text{Lv + Str}) / 8] + \text{Str}$ $\text{Damage} = \text{Base} * \text{Bonus}$	Blood Sword	30	0
	Reduces your HP to cause Shadow damage to the enemy.
Minus Strike	Attack one enemy, dealing damage equal to difference between Steiner's current and max HP.	Iron Sword, Rubber Helm, Excalibur II	35	8
	Damages with the difference between your max HP and current HP.
Iai Strike	Instantly kills an enemy with a 30% accuracy.	Rune Blade	40	16
	Knocks Out the target.
Power Break	Reduces enemy's Strength by 25%, with a 50% accuracy, using the following formula: $[(\text{Strength} * 75) / 100]$	Diamond Sword	40	8
	Reduces the enemy's Attack Pwr.
Armor Break	Halves enemy's physical Defense, with a 50% accuracy, using the following formula: $[\text{Defense} / 2]$	Mythril Sword	30	4
	Reduces the enemy's Defense.
Mental Break	Halves enemy's Magic Defense, with a 50% accuracy, using the following formula: $[\text{Magic Defense} / 2]$	Ice Brand, Gold Helm	45	8
	Reduces the enemy's Magic Def.
Magic Break	Reduces enemy's Magic Power by 25%, with a 50% accuracy, using the following formula: $[(\text{Magic} * 75) / 100]$	Flame Saber	25	4
	Reduces the enemy's Magic.
Charge!	Causes all allies in HP Critical status to attack an enemy.	Coral Sword, Aegis Glove	30	10
	Makes all Near Death party members 'Attack'.
Thunder Slash	Deals Lightning-elemental damage equal to 19% of the target's Max HP. Almost always misses due to the Thunder Slash glitch. The formula for Thunder Slash is as follows: $\text{Damage} = [19 * \text{Max HP of target} / 100]$	Defender, Ragnarok	30	24
	Causes Thunder damage to the enemy.
Stock Break	Attack all enemies, doing 1.5 times normal damage. Takes on the element of weapon (bonus is not increased when wearing Elem-Atk raising items). The formula for Stock Break is as follows: $\text{Base} = [\text{Atk Pwr} * 1.5] - \text{Defense of target}$ $\text{Bonus} = \text{Str}[(\text{Lv} + \text{Str}) / 8] + \text{Str}$ $\text{Damage} = \text{Base} * \text{Bonus}$	Ultima Sword, Excalibur II	35	26
	Causes Non-elemental damage to all enemies.
Climhazzard	Attack all enemies, doing non-elemental magic damage at twice normal damage. The formula for Climhazzard is as follows: $\text{Base} = \text{Atk Pwr} * 2 - \text{Magic Defense of target}$ $\text{Bonus} = \text{Str}[(\text{Lv} + \text{Str}) / 8] + \text{Str}$ $\text{Damage} = \text{Base} * \text{Bonus}$	Excalibur, Excalibur II	70	32
	Causes Non-elemental damage to all enemies.
Shock	Attack one enemy, doing three times normal damage. Takes on element of weapon (bonus is not increased when wearing Elem-Atk raising items). The formula for Shock is as follows: $\text{Base} = \text{Atk Pwr} * 3 -\text{Defense of target}$ $\text{Bonus} = \text{Str}[(\text{Lv} + \text{Str}) / 8] + \text{Str}$ $\text{Damage} = \text{Base} * \text{Bonus}$	Ragnarok	60	46
	Deals physical damage to the enemy.

Other appearances

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia

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Pictlogica Final Fantasy

Shock.

Thunder Slash.

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Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

Steiner uses some of his sword arts.

Ability Cards

Armor Break (SR).

Mental Break (SR).

Armor Break (SR+).

Mental Break (SR+).

Armor Break (SSR).

Climhazzard (SSR).

Mental Break (SSR).

Minus Strike (SSR).

Armor Break (SSR+).

Climhazzard (SSR+).

Mental Break (SSR+).

Minus Strike (SSR+).

Shock (UR).

Shock (UR+).

Legend Cards

Armor Break (SR).

Mental Break (SR).

Armor Break (SR+).

Mental Break (SR+).

Armor Break (SSR).

Climhazzard (SSR).

Mental Break (SSR).

Minus Strike (SSR).

Armor Break (SSR+).

Climhazzard (SSR+).

Mental Break (SSR+).

Minus Strike (SSR+).

Shock (UR+).

Final Fantasy Record Keeper

Steiner can use his sword arts.

Sword Art∙Climhazzard.

Sword Art∙Stock Break.

Sword Art∙Thunder Slash.

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius

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Gallery

Darkside.

Minus Strike.

Iai Strike.

Power Break.

Armor Break.

Mental Break.

Magic Break.

Charge!.

Thunder Slash.

Stock Break.

Climhazzard.

Shock.