Skyward Strike
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Prerequisite | Obtain the Goddess Sword | |
How to Perform | Hold the sword skyward to charge, then swing to release | |
Effect | Shoot a directed Sword Beam to slice targets at a distance | |
The Skyward Strike is a Sword Beam that Link can perform with his sword in Skyward Sword.
Skyward Sword
Link can hold the Goddess Sword upward to charge it with the power of the Goddess. After Link's sword is fully charged, if he slashes his sword in any attack, a powerful disc of energy will shoot at whatever is in front of him. The disc will be angled depending on the direction of the slash. A smaller Skyward Strike occurs when thrusting, rather than slashing, the sword. As Link upgrades the sword using Sacred Flames and Hylia's blessing, the strike will both charge faster and be more powerful, increasing the size & range of, and damage dealt, by a strike. (This is exaggerated in Hero Mode, where the Goddess Sword charges as fast as the True Master Sword in a standard playthrough; and the True Master Sword charges almost instantly.)
The Skyward Strike is mandatory to defeat Tentalus, the octopus-like boss of the Sandship. If Link tries to use a Skyward Strike in any of his battles with Ghirahim, Ghirahim will distort time and dodge it, proving it useless against him. A Skyward Strike can also not be performed in the final battle with Demise, but instead Link can charge up his sword with the electricity from the storm Demise had created in his own realm.
In addition to damaging enemies, the Skyward Strike is necessary to activate Goddess Cubes & Goddess Crests, and to draw images on Goddess Walls. Link also requires a Skyward Strike from the Master Sword in order to activate the sleeping Gate of Time.