Your favorite artes!

Haven't found this topic so I thought it would be nice to make it~
So, what are your favorite artes?
or...if you were a character in the Tales series, what artes would you use?

My favs would be...

[D-pad]
・ - 弧月閃(Kogetsusen) - Infliction (Guy - ToA)
↑ - 円閃牙(Ensenga) - Shining Fang (Yuri - ToV)
↓ - 噛烈襲(Gouretsushuu) - Brutal Fang (Yuri - ToV)
←→ - 獅子戦吼(Shishisenkou) - Beast

[Analog stick]
↑ - テンペスト - Tempest
↓ - サンダーブレード - Thunder Blade
← - 覇道滅封(Hadoumeppuu) - Incineration Wave(Asbel - ToG)
→ - 雷神剣(Raijinken) - Lightining Blade

[奥義/Burst Artes/FOF Charges/etc.]
熱破旋風陣(Neppa Senpuujin) - Searing Gale(Guy - ToA)
龍爪旋空破(Ryuusou Tenkuuha) - Dragon Tempest(yep, Guy again)
天狼滅牙・水蓮(Tenroumetsuga Suiren) - Divine Wolf Flood(Yuri - ToV)
風塵封縛殺(Fuujin Fuubakusatsu) - Quasi Seal(Judith - ToV)
グラビティ - Gravity

[秘奥義/Mystic Artes]
インディグネイション - Indignation
極・フェイタルストライク(Goku Fatal Strike) - err... haven't been "translated". Smth like "Extreme Fatal Strike"(Clint - ToV)
煌華月衝閃(Kouka Gesshousen) - Radiant Moonlight(Judith - ToV)
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I made this list thinking about how I'd play with my custom character... So I normally use at least 2 base artes with the D-pad and save the rest to advanced artes so I can make some combos. Also, I think my character would be able to use some magic artes as well (Like Raven or Asch) so I just had to put Tempest and Thunder blade there  
...as for the Hi-ougis(Mystic artes or whatever~), I just had to put Dhaos' favorite there~ XD
Also, Goku Fatal Strike is OP, so yeah~  And Kouka Gesshousen is freaking awesome  

PS: I've only played ToA, ToG and ToV... I've seen lots of videos about the other games but haven't played them yet... So this list may change~ I liked Gaius' Hien Shunrenzan(Swallow Fury), for example, but since I've never used him I don't know how to use it properly so I won't put it in this list... yet!

I tend to be Mr. Generic and use the sword wielders, so alot of my favorites come from them. If I had to choose one Arte that wasn't a Mystic Arte though, I'd go with Demon Spiral Hammer.

Elemental Master

Because that's all you need

One of my favorite artes is Thunder Beast. Although, I wish they would bring back the Burst Artes from Vesperia. I really like the Burst Arte with Raven where it just rains down arrows (Storm of Chaos I think). Also, I love Raven's Mystic Arte.

Senkoushou, because erupting a pillar of light.

On the other end of the element, I really love Mell's Majin Messhoukaku because firstly, it's dark elemental, which is what Majin should have implied. Second, because erupting swords of darkness.

I had a gigantic list of arte I made during my chuuni phase of tales lol

I would be remiss if I didn't include Love shot, if only because if the "incantation" Raven uses. Who loves ya baby?

Infernal Torrent 魔王炎撃波 Maou Engekiha - Asbel's version of this from Tales of Graces was incredibly overpowered for some reason. It did not look like anything special, just a slow arcing fire attack, but it knocked everything all around and back with much better speed and range than it looked like. Sometimes I could not even do a combo and just spam this move and it would be more effective than anything else.

Why did you put your shortcuts and the artes names with kanjis+romajis?

Elise's very spammable Negative Gate <3

Arn wrote:

Why did you put your shortcuts and the artes names with kanjis+romajis?

I figured because there isn't always consistency in the way certain artes are translated, even though many artes appear as the same name in the Japanese versions. Like in my post, "infernal torrent" is called "fiery wave" in Tales of Destiny US.

BLAH BLAH BLAH PHOTON!!

and.. Sword Rain.

Dei wrote:

Elemental Master

Because that's all you need

*Overlimit*
Erementaru Masutaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!
*repeats*
LOL

Bo Staff Katana wrote:

One of my favorite artes is Thunder Beast. Although, I wish they would bring back the Burst Artes from Vesperia. I really like the Burst Arte with Raven where it just rains down arrows (Storm of Chaos I think). Also, I love Raven's Mystic Arte.

Gotta love Blast Heart
Also, Shikou Bakuraijin/Thunder Beast is one of my favs as well, but we can never use it as a normal arte =/ ...also, thanks for reminding me of that one~

King Cat the Sixth wrote:

Senkoushou, because erupting a pillar of light.

On the other end of the element, I really love Mell's Majin Messhoukaku because firstly, it's dark elemental, which is what Majin should have implied. Second, because erupting swords of darkness.

I had a gigantic list of arte I made during my chuuni phase of tales lol

...Now that I think of it, yeah. Every "Majin" attack should be dark elemental...
*watches a ToX video*
Gaius: "MAJIN OUKEN!!!"
I said DARK ELEMENTAL!!

Bo Staff Katana wrote:

I would be remiss if I didn't include Love shot, if only because if the "incantation" Raven uses. Who loves ya baby?

Yep, I love some artes just because of their incantation as well~
Thunder Blade is one of them  
Also, Raven casting spells is something priceless! I don't know how he sounds in English but he's awesome and kinda funny in the Japanese version~

Friendzie wrote:

Infernal Torrent 魔王炎撃波 Maou Engekiha - Asbel's version of this from Tales of Graces was incredibly overpowered for some reason. It did not look like anything special, just a slow arcing fire attack, but it knocked everything all around and back with much better speed and range than it looked like. Sometimes I could not even do a combo and just spam this move and it would be more effective than anything else.

Yep. OP skills ftw~ Maou Engekiha + Hadou Meppuu owns everything in ToG.

Friendzie wrote:

Arn wrote:

Why did you put your shortcuts and the artes names with kanjis+romajis?

I figured because there isn't always consistency in the way certain artes are translated, even though many artes appear as the same name in the Japanese versions. Like in my post, "infernal torrent" is called "fiery wave" in Tales of Destiny US.

I put the shortcuts because....

I wrote:

I made this list thinking about how I'd play with my custom character... So I normally use at least 2 base artes with the D-pad and save the rest to advanced artes so I can make some combos.

...And yeah, the translations are a bit.... meh~ Some of them do have something to do with the original version but... err... the Japanese names sound better for me, plus I can understand a bit of Japanese, so yeah~.....

Naoshi wrote:

BLAH BLAH BLAH PHOTON!!

and.. Sword Rain.

BLAH BLAH BLAH!
TIDAL WAVE!!!!
I must admit that this quote was better in the English translation  :p

OmegaTaishu wrote:

Bo Staff Katana wrote:

I would be remiss if I didn't include Love shot, if only because if the "incantation" Raven uses. Who loves ya baby?

Yep, I love some artes just because of their incantation as well~
Thunder Blade is one of them  
Also, Raven casting spells is something priceless! I don't know how he sounds in English but he's awesome and kinda funny in the Japanese version~

Raven just chants the spells loosely. I think the idea behind casting a spell is you have to say the incantation just right, but as you gain more experience, you can come up with shortcuts. For instance, to cast Wind Blade, Raven says, "C'mon wind. Knock 'em around and cut 'em down. Wind Blade!" It is pretty comical, but then again, Raven is my favorite character, not just in Vesperia, but in all Tales games. You can find a pretty good list of the incantations for Vesperia here.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tales_of_Vesperia

Now to go waste 10 minutes of my life memorizing Raven's incantations. Thanks for bring this up.    (totally kidding)

Bo Staff Katana wrote:

Raven just chants the spells loosely. I think the idea behind casting a spell is you have to say the incantation just right, but as you gain more experience, you can come up with shortcuts. For instance, to cast Wind Blade, Raven says, "C'mon wind. Knock 'em around and cut 'em down. Wind Blade!" It is pretty comical, but then again, Raven is my favorite character, not just in Vesperia, but in all Tales games. You can find a pretty good list of the incantations for Vesperia here.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tales_of_Vesperia

Now to go waste 10 minutes of my life memorizing Raven's incantations. Thanks for bring this up.    (totally kidding)

WHOA!!!

"Breezy...slippery...crackly...BOOM! Inverno!"
"Halt o' march of time, I'll pay ya back later! Stop Flow!"
Awesome!  XD

I've seen something similar in Japanese... Here it is in case of someone being interested~
...And yep, I do memorize some incantations~...so I can chant them together with the character while I'm playing XD
Seriously, this is so awesome!
*Going to the tournament with Raven*

(JP quote)Saigai keihou, osumai no chiki wa are mouyou~ Tenpesuto!!
(ENG quote)Uh oh, looks like a storm's brewin'~ Tempest!

*Overlimit*
*spams Tempest*

(JP)Dokkaaaann!! Dokkaaann!! Tenpesuto!
(ENG)Booom!! Booom Tempest!!!

YES!!!  XD XD