Category:Rippling Swings

Using the same fundamentals as Shadowspin, while holding a polearm with two hands, Alistair may ripple the movements of his spear strikes with his hands and wrists. Equally the same principle, Alistair's strikes become infused with such speed and precision that the length of the blade beyond his grip becomes bladed, capable of slashing and slicing. Unlike with Shadowspin, Alistair's rippling swings are not a spinning, continual, three-sixty motion, but rather a persistent modifier to his strikes, lunges and swings. Acting as singular, contained attacks with the same effect as Shadowspin, this ability expands on the former with added control.

As a downside, however, rippling swings are not - due to their contained nature - as unstoppable as Shadowspin, and can be blocked or deflected consistently by a warrior of similar skill and strength, though the recoil on both parties and the bones connected to their weapon will typically be considerable in such cases, due to the sheer kinetic impact.

This ability, in practice, works by method of precision and velocity. The polearm's length ripples and strikes so quickly that it builds immense air pressure through its momentum, adding a cutting force to the length of the weapon. The genuine blades of the polearm, however, carry more cutting power than the length of the handle. It should be noted that the pommel of the polearm is not bladed.

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