Critical Finish
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The Critical Finish is a powerful move introduced in Soulcalibur IV and Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. To perform a Critical Finish, the opponent must be in Soul Crush. When this happens, the player can then press all four face buttons at the same time to activate the attack, which will KO them no matter how much health they have.
If a Critical Finish is used to win a match, then the character will do a unique victory pose, in addition, the winning BGM will be different from causal.
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[edit] List of Critical Finishes
| Character | Critical Finish |
|---|---|
| Algol | He sweeps the opponent with both Soul swords. Before they fall, he performs super fast attacks in the air and knocks the opponent down, killing them by crushing them on his throne. |
| Amy and Scheherazade | Starts with a kick ballet dance and delivers several rapid stabs and one final, heavy blow. Scheherazade also does this, though her Critical Finish has feathers in the background, while Amy's has rose petals. Amy also finishes by saying, "Pathetic." If she performs this on Raphael, she will instead say, "Does it hurt?" |
| The Apprentice | Force blasts the opponent into the air then jumps after them, performing a series of spinning aerial lightsaber attacks to knock them higher then finishing them with an irradiating Force blast. |
| Astaroth, Rock and Ashlotte | Headbutts the opponent twice to knock them to the floor, slams his weapon into the opponent, scurries them around the area, and then launches them away. Astaroth and Ashlotte perform a different pose than Rock at the end of the move. They stomp their weapon into the ground, causing an image of their cult's emblem to appear. Rock slams his into the ground and then raises it victoriously, summoning an animal with its fangs sticking out symbol to appear. And an elephant can be heard. |
| Cassandra | Slashes her opponent with her sword, knocks the opponent over with her backside, jumps onto them backside-first on the head (asking "You like this kind of stuff?"), and then, after she places her shield under her bottom, slams her bottom into the head, shooting hearts everywhere. |
| Cervantes and Shura |
Slams the opponent to the floor and lifts them high up, then teleporting up to shoot them back down. |
| Dampierre | His critical finish starts with him telling his opponent the tale of his daughter who is fatally ill, and how he could not cover the costs for his daughter's medical treatment. The conversation is fast-forwarded comically while pictures in thought clouds of what happened appear. After the tale, the opponent is left piteous as he/she drops a coin in Dampierre's hand, seemingly "donating." The word "Critical Finish" shows as Dampierre is laughing with his back to his opponent, who is then crying over Dampierre's tale. |
| Darth Vader | Throws his opponent in the air, then a wall of some red, fire-like aura appears underneath the opponent as he stops them in mid-air with the Force, then he attacks them by controlling his lightsaber with the Force, slicing them rapidly and continually, and finally he throws his lightsaber to make a powerful blow, killing them. However if used on Yoda, Darth Vader stuns Yoda with his ligthsaber, then kills him ala force eruption. |
| Hilde | She stabs the opponent with her spear, sheathes her sword to free her other hand, then stabs the opponent again with both hands, this time impaling them. Shen then launches the opponent upwards using her spear and then throws it into the opponent, blowing them out of the arena. |
| Ivy | Whips the opponent, starts an alchemist spell to trap the opponent in a ball, splits the blade up into small pieces and shoots them into the opponent. |
| Kilik | Winds his opponent, powers up his Kali-Yuga, and slams them into the ground, leaving a cloud of Phoenix feathers. |
| Kratos | Using the Blade of Olympus, he slashes his opponent thrice, jumps on the opponent and stabs them with the sword, pulls the blade out again and kills the opponent with a heavy, final strike. |
| Lizardman | Uses his tail to attack his opponent by spinning like a fan, dives into the air and spins down to his opponent, drilling into them with his horn to kill them. |
| Maxi | Batters his opponent and uppercuts them. As they fall he jump-kicks (as he calls out his attack name: "Rising Dragon of the Zodiac!") them away. |
| Mitsurugi | Performs four quick slashes that briefly ignites the opponent and kills them instantly. |
| Nightmare and Kamikirimusi | Uppercuts his opponent in the air and slams Soul Edge into the floor and a red energy sphere surrounds him. The opponent falls down, is drawn into the sphere momentarily and then is launched out of it. This move presumably drains the opponent's soul. |
| Raphael | Stabs his opponent and bites their neck greedily, leaning on them and surrounding them with fire, vowing to make them one of his minions. He wipes his mouth and considers making them Amy's pet. The dialogue is different when performing the move on Amy--the minion speech is omitted, and instead of the pet speech Raphael merely says "Mmm...Sweet nectar!" after wiping his mouth. |
| Seong Mi-na and Angol Fear | Smashes the opponent into the air, spins with her blade to injure the opponent and slams them back down. She then lands on them and her blade stakes them through the heart. |
| Setsuka | Slashes the enemy and screen through the middle and curses triumphantly as the opponent falls in pain, and sakura petals fall from the sky |
| Siegfried | Uses his sword to knock the opponent in the air and brings them down. He then powers up Soul Calibur by raising it into the sky. As they stand up, he slashes his blade through them vertically, sending crystals everywhere as the opponent drops dead, consumed by blue flames. |
| Sophitia | Slashes the opponent, jumps off them, and throws her sword into them. She then kneels and summons down a lightning bolt to strike the opponent. |
| Taki | Kicks the opponent's face, jumps off, and starts a ninja spell. She then triples herself and slashes the opponent before jumping in the air and launching down on the opponent, killing them. |
| Talim | Slashes the opponent vertically several times and lets a powerful wind sweep them up and fall back dead seconds later. |
| Tira | Vertically slashes her opponent, leaps on them and kisses them passionately as they squirm, turning the screen dark gray, and causing a skull shape cloud to appear, and drains their soul. |
| Voldo | Attaches himself to his opponent from behind, sets on fire rolling around, jumps up and slams the opponent to the ground. |
| Xianghua | Attacks her opponent rapidly with her feet and blade before delivering what appears to be a blue, water bubble explosion. |
| Yoda | He stabs his opponent in the gut, slices them vertically with a backflip, then throws his lightsaber into his opponent's chest, then jumps up and removes it from the opponent as they fall. |
| Yoshimitsu | Knocks his opponent to the floor, spins around them, and slices them down in a traditional samurai execution as autumn leaves fall from the sky and Japanese music plays. Occasionally a Japanese kanji appears on the screen after the opponent is slashed. |
| Yun-seong | Kicks the opponent in the air and performs several attacks that make a Japanese sequence. He then poses as the opponent explodes in the background, but is blown away by said explosion. |
| Zasalamel | Performs a spell, raises the opponent in the air, and then smacks them into a black hole. |
[edit] Trivia
- Critical Finishers in Soul Calibur IV are slightly similar to Instant Kills in the "Guilty Gear" series.
- Critical Finishers are similar to Mortal Kombat's and Samurai Showdown's "Fatalities", only a lot less gory.
- Maxi's and Yun-seong's are the only ones with a name.
- All created characters have the same critical finish as the style that they're modled on, although what they say varies from the original (some don't even say anything but simply sigh in relief or fatigue).
- Each character's critical finish is replaced with a simpler one (all involving a single, quick slash and a dramatically slowed Unblockable attack) when they are performed on Yoda, due to his small size.
- Dampierre's Critical Finisher is the only Critical Finisher that doesn't kill the opponent.
[edit] External Links
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Critical Finishes of All characters and shows alphabetically, made 2 times (one is against Yoda, changing the Critical Finish) (excluding Darth Vader) | Darth Vader´s Critical Finish VS The Apprentice in Training |
Critical Finish of the 2 new characters of Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny | |
