History Main / CombinationAttack

These are often extremely powerful, and [[RuleOfCool rather impressive to watch]], especially in video games where they may be considered a form of {{Limit Break}}.

*** "[[Anime/{{Gekiganger 3}} Double Gekigan Fire]]" is a recreation of the "Double Burning Fire", right down to the poses and firing their Chest Blasters at their foes.

* In ''Videogame/YakuzaLikeADragon'', "Tag Team: Essence of Mayhem" is an always-available special move where Kasuga and all party members on the field wail on a single enemy. By maxing out his RelationshipValues with them he unlocks unique Kiwami Moves with them.

* In Chapter 151 of ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'', [[BashBrothers Eikichi and Ryuji]] both punch opposite sides of a guy's face at the same time. He probably won't be eating anything solid for a while.

* ''FanFic/TheBridge'': Twice.

** Izuku has one with Pyrrha called "Autumn Bell". It consists of Pyrrha and Izuku charging at the same target from opposite sides. While Pyrrha [[Main/ShieldBash Shield Bashes]] a target in the head with her shield and knocks them towards Izuku, who proceeds to punch the target back into Pyrrha's shield with a Beacon Smash. The attacks reverberate off each other, dealing serious damage and leaving the target dazed and wide open.

* ''FanFic/ANewOrder'' has Sailor Moon combine her tiara with spells from Mercury and [[spoiler:Uranus]] to create a stronger attack. Also, Mercury [[spoiler:and Uranus]] can combine their spells to flash freeze large areas.

* ''FanFic/RWBYReckoning'' takes the combination attacks from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' listed below, and adds its own, known as "[[MoreDakka Red Sky]]", "[[DeathOfAThousandCuts Cloud Cover]]", "[[WhipItGood Twilight]]", and "[[FastballSpecial Sunrise]]", respectively.
* The ''Dual Force'' techniques from the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries''
* The {{Crossover}} fanfic [[FanFic/TheLegendOfRuby The Legend of Ruby]] features a scene similar to the WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} example below, though the girls have named the attacks by their elemental types instead of their colors. there

* ''VideoGame/BraveStory: New Traveler'' lets you learn new combination techniques [[ThePowerOfFriendship the more you fight alongside certain party members]]. As long as both (or all three) characters are able to fight and have sufficient [[CallAHitPointASmeerp SP]], you can use the combo technique more than once per turn.

** [[ThisIsADrill Frozen Drill]] is learned at Rank 17 and is performed by Kabbu and Leif. It hits enemies 4 times, with the first 3 hits [[ArmorPiercingAttack ignoring defenses]], deals damage equal to Kabbu & Leif's ATK combined, but halved with each hit, flips the flippable enemies and has a chanse to freeze them into an ice cube.

* This is pretty much the gist of VideoGame/ManaKhemia's Variable Strike. "Everyone, please!"

* ''FanFic/ANewOrder'' has Sailor Moon combine her tiara with spells from Mercury and [[spoiler:Uranus]] to create a stronger attack. Also, Mercury [[spoiler:and Uranus]] can combine their spells to flash freeze large areas.

* ''FanFic/TheBridge'': Twice.
** The end of the King Sombra arc has the tyrant finished off by a combination WaveMotionGun via Princess Cadance using her alicorn magic and Xenilla's plasma BreathWeapon while using the Crystal Heart as a magnifying device.
** Godzilla Junior and Xenilla's unleash the combined blast of Thermonuclear Ray and Corona Beam that upgrade into a double Spiral Fire to try and hold back Grand King Ghidorah's continent busting WaveMotionGun. The [[BackupFromOtherworld spirit of Godzilla Senior]] adds in his signature finish for a Dynasty Spiral Fire that finally breaks the tie.
* This happens in [[Fanfic/RWBYSecondGeneration RWBY: Second Generation]] with [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins Nyanza and Sage]]. They can lock their swords together by the serration, which forces the [[DishingOutDirt Earth dust in Sage's]] and [[BlowYouAway Wind Dust in Nyanza's]] to collide. They can then deliver a powerful energy slash at their enemies.
* In ''Fanfic/ImaginarySeas'', Percy's version of Nine Lives has him ask for Zoe Nightshade's aid to rain hell upon his foes with a barrage of KillSat lasers. He makes a point of referring to his Nine Lives as "Nine Lives: Nightshade", to emphasize his gratefulness for Zoe's aid even though he can invoke it simply by saying "Nine Lives". He also refers to the resulting beams as "''our'' light".
* ''Fanfic/MyHuntsmanAcademia'', being a crossover between ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', features these:
** Izuku has one with Pyrrha called "Autumn Bell". It consists of Pyrrha and Izuku charging at the same target from opposite sides. While Pyrrha [[Main/ShieldBash Shield Bashes]] a target in the head with her shield and knocks them towards Izuku, who proceeds to punch the target back into Pyrrha's shield with a Beacon Smash. The attacks reverberate off each other, dealing serious damage and leaving the target dazed and wide open.
** Nora has one with Weiss called "Flash Freeze". It consists of Weiss charging Nora's grenades with Ice Dust. The grenades are then launched at the target(s), exploding in a storm of ice and lightning that deals serious damage and leaves anything that survived rooted in place by a layer of ice and brittle enough to shatter with a simple punch.
* ''Fanfic/PersonaTheSougawaFiles'' features All-Out Attacks, though they're not explicitly named - for example, in Shadow Ryouichi's dungeon, the Freedom Fighters finish off the Panels of Remorse with Beowulf and Aeneas tearing the Shadow apart and Enkidu unloading lightning arrows on it.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Juxtapose}}'', Izuku's, Kensei's, and Megumi's Quirks are practically made for this. Kensei [[{{Psychometry}} scans a target]] with his Quirk to get its exact structure and composition. Megumi uses her TouchTelepathy to pass this information to Izuku, who can proceed to [[PsychicSurgery delete any part of the target from existence with a touch]], ten grams at a time.

** The [[http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Cross-class_combo cross-class combos]] in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' allow [[FighterMageThief each class]] to inflict a unique status effect on any enemy, which can only be exploited by the other two classes. The party AI can then be configured to do so at any opportunity.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' has a somewhat less flashy example with its Chain Attacks. When your party gauge is maxed out, initiating a chain attack allows each character to use their special attacks in succession without interruption and regardless of cooldown. Arts that cause status effects are even boosted to 100% effectiveness against anything not totally immune to them, allowing even bosses to be disabled with the right combination of moves.
** Building character Affinity will increase the chance that the chain will be extended for extra hits beyond the initial three. With sufficiently high Affinities, the characters can continue to attack until they ''run out of moves''. In addition, moves in the same category (denoted by their color) will have their strength multiplied if they are used in succession, and Talent Arts act like wildcards, chaining from or to any color.
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' Episode II features combination attacks between characters, such as Jr. and Momo or Shion and Jin teaming up to deliver a unique attack in tandem. This was also present in Episode III as co-op attacks, but these occur more randomly.

*** Every game in the [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors War]][[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors rio]][[VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi rs]] franchise has this as well which comes from 2 player Musou attacks. A rather famous example is the Triple Musou in ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'', which includes a three-person musou attack that can be performed by any character combinations, and special triple musou with three specific characters such as the one between Sun Jian, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei, also known as the [[FanNickname Sexyback.]]

* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''

** ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'' has its Secret Justice moves, extremely powerful attacks that are triggered by an attacking character and a supporting character. The characters must also be a combo of a mage and melee attacker, reached a certain level with the required characters and a certain battle count, have all party members, and for Annie and Eugene, past a certain event. Then there's the hidden counter whenever a Latent Ability activates from your equipment. Another requirement? Only one enemy on the field or less than 10% of its HP remaining if it's a boss. Last thing to do is to press X when "FINALITY CHARGE BREAK" appears on the screen. Seriously, you can't miss it since the screen colour changes a bit too. So much work just to end the battle in a flashy way... Very specific indeed. Oh, and let's not get started on the Dual the Sun hi-ougi, with its [[GuideDangIt specific button input]], requires 3 (Mao, Hilda, Eugene) party members to execute, Hilda and Eugene to initiate, and 2 controllers connected to the MAGES (Mao and Hilda).
** Invented in ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia'', where Rid or Farah using certain techs at the same time as a certain spell was cast would combine the two into a special elemental weapon technique.
** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', using an elemental-flavored special move would leave a "Field Of [[MinovskyPhysics Fonons]]" on the ground. Stand in that Field and perform the right special move(s), and the two would Double-Tech into something completely new. The same character could lay down a Field and then exploit it, thus allowing one-person Combination Attacks. Having said that, most techs only dropped half-strength Fields, meaning you'd have to do two of the same element just to ''create'' a Field to double-tech with, so this is a weird situation where double-person Combination attacks are [[AwesomeButImpractical less viable than solo ones]].

** ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' has one in the UpdatedReRelease, which shows up in the form of [[SwordBeam Twin Wave]], which is the third Mystic Arte of Yuri and Flynn.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' uses this for some [[DualBoss Trio Bosses]], such as some of the Prismrivers' spell card attacks from ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'' or the Three Fairies of Light at the end of ''Great Fairy Wars''.
** An [[GoodBadBugs unintentional example]] comes from ''Imperishable Night''. In that game the player controls a human-youkai team, switching between the two with the press of a button to deal different attacks. But in the case of [[CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame]] and [[MarionetteMaster Alice Margatroid]], spamming the "switch" button allows for both of them to attack simultaneously for insane amounts of damage, which fans have taken to calling the [[PortmanteauCoupleName "Malice Cannon."]]

* The ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' has them with the Chain Crafts in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Trails in the Sky SC and the 3rd]], the Combo Crafts in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure]] and the Tactical Link System in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Trails of Cold Steel]] although the last one is more of a character hitting the enemy and if the enemy is inflicted with a CriticalHit or is weak from a certain weapon type, then a follow-up attack occurs. The true CombinationAttack of ''Cold Steel'' is [[spoiler:in ''Cold Steel II'', when both TheHero Rean and TheRival Crow use "Union Slash - Deadly Domination" against [[ClimaxBoss Vermillion Apocalypse]] in their respective HumongousMecha.]]

* ''VideoGames/GuildWars2'' has some abilities that when used create a combo field that remains on the field for a short period. If another character uses a skill that counts as a finisher and the attack passes through the combo field a secondary effect is created. The effect depends on [[ElementalPowers elemental type]] of the field and the attack type (blast, leap, projectile or whirl) of the finisher.

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* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' has a multitude of 2- or 3-person combination moves, as well as a chain shoot system that allows two or more players to chain up a continuous attack using individual techniques.
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%%* Some of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''[='=]s Fraymotifs are combination attacks.

* The Double Attack in ''VideoGame/MegaManX8''. Whenever the player fills the AT Gauge while both teammates are active, pressing the Double Attack button while cause the point Maverick Hunter to create a small spherical field around them which, when it connects against an enemy or a boss, will perform a powerful screen-clearing attack that can destroy lesser enemies and heavily damages bosses.

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' series:
** Series-wide, starting with ''Persona 3'', knocking down all enemies will give you a chance to perform an All-Out Attack. In ''3'' and ''4'', it looks like a BigBallOfViolence with all of your party members rushing in to beat the crap out of the enemies, while ''5'' changes it to a CrissCrossAttack on all enemies, with a party member delivering a BondOneLiner while posing if it ends the fight.
** In ''VideoGame/Persona2'', two or more party members can use specific moves (some even require specific personas) to perform powerful Fusion Spells.
** ''VideoGame/Persona3'' has Fusion Spells, (Mix Raids in the Japanese version) that can only be used by the Main Character. It requires him to have two specific personas in his inventory at the same time, and one of them must be equipped. They require a percentage of the Main's maximum SP in order to cast it. ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 3 Portable]]'' removes this, instead having the skills as consumable items purchased in a special store. However, ''Portable'' also adds Co-Op attacks, which have a random chance of triggering when an enemy is knocked down.
** Fusion Spells in ''VideoGame/Persona4'' are absent, but ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 4 Golden]]'' adds Combination Attacks in a different form. They only trigger after an All Out Attack fails to wipe out all enemies, and require two specific characters to be in your party (Yosuke and Teddie, Chie and Yukiko, or Kanji and Naoto).
** ''Persona 3 Portable'' adds even more opportunities with the Double Team attack, although you only need to disable one enemy and it's pretty much only when your ally feels like it.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'', on top of the "All-Out Attack" present in previous games, adds "Random Fire", where the entire party showers random enemies in bullets, and "Baton Touch", where one character gives their turn to another to gain bonuses like enhanced stats. ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 5 Royal]]'' adds Showtime attacks, where two party members can pull off a flashy special move together (for example, Morgana turns into a car and Haru rides on top, shooting the enemies with her grenade launcher as Morgana rams into them).

** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' Future Truns and Vegeta attack Zamasu using the "Father-Son Galick Gun". During the Tournament of Power, Vegeta and Goku defeat the Trio de Danger by combining the Final Flash and Kamehameha into the "Final Kamehameha"

* In ''[[VidoeGame/LaPucelle La Pucelle Tactics]]'', allies that stand close to one another can sometimes use combination attacks on the enemy. Also, if you enter a battle with an enemy unit, any ally units also attacking that unit or standing next to you or the enemy unit are also drawn into the battle to fight at the same time. This also works in reverse for the enemies.