History Main / CrissCrossAttack

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Greninja]]'s Final Smash, Secret Ninja Attack, starts with him flipping a mat (a nod to his {{signature move}}, Mat Block). Enemies struck by that will be stunned and sent to the sky as Greninja appears from the shadows, striking the enemies on all directions before ending with a downward blow.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': In ''Hopeless Masquerade'', [[KungFuWizard Byakuren Hijiri]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36LriyVz0M&t=3m28s Heaven Sign Master of the Great Trichiliocosm]] has her throw a vajra-blade at an opponent to immobilize them, then unleash a blindingly-fast series of attacks before finishing them off with a DivingKick.

** Hibiki's "Shadow Dance: Hidden Phoenix" and his [[FinishingMove Astral Heat]] "Divine Nightfall: Raven" make use of his Drive "[[DoppelgangerAttack Double Chase]]" and insane speed to strike his opponents from various angles.

** Hibiki's "Shadow Dance: Hidden Phoenix" and his [[Finishing Move Astral Heat]] "Divine Nightfall: Raven" make use of his Drive "Double Chase" and speed to strike his opponents from various angles.

* Done piecemeal in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E12DividedWeFall Divided We Fall]]", wherein ComicBook/LexLuthor, ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} and the [[GreyGoo Dark Heart]] all [[FusionDance fuse together into a nigh-omnipotent cyborg]] that promptly [[CurbStompBattle hands the Justice League their asses]]. ComicBook/TheFlash, however, begins running at Luthor from different directions at increasing speed, until he's circling the Earth between blows. In less than a minute, Luthor is reduced to a normal human, gasping and naked in a blast crater. Viewable on YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a0pwb9NvFE here]].

* Among non-fighting games. ''VideoGame/Diablo3'' has the monk's Seven-sided Strike which at its most basic, allows a monk to attack an opponent(s) in a teleporting criss-cross up to seven times.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Tenchu}} - Fatal Shadows'', Ayame has the Wrath attack that lets her criss-cross through her enemies each time you correctly perform it.

* Done piecemeal in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Divided We Fall", wherein ComicBook/LexLuthor, ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} and the [[GreyGoo Dark Heart]] all [[FusionDance fuse together into a nigh-omnipotent cyborg]] that promptly [[CurbStompBattle hands the Justice League their asses]]. ComicBook/TheFlash, however, begins running at Luthor from different directions at increasing speed, until he's circling the Earth between blows. In less than a minute, Luthor is reduced to a normal human, gasping and naked in a blast crater. Viewable on YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a0pwb9NvFE here]].

* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'':
** [[Recap/DeathBattleS01E17StarscreamVsRainbowDash Rainbow Dash opens the fight against Starscream]] with such a move, leaving rainbow trails behind her that are soon criss-crossing. It's of little affect against the giant robot, but it's just a warm-up.
** Strider Hiryu uses his Ragnarok attack during the battle [[spoiler:to finish off Ryu Hayabusa]].
** Zero briefly pulls one of these on Metal Sonic at the start of their fight. [[spoiler:The hosts note that his reflexes and speed are able to keep up with, if not surpass that of Metal Sonic]].

** ''KOF XI'': Eiji Kisaragi's [[LimitBreak LDM]] Yami Kari has him grab his foe and then suspends them in the air, then does multiple slashes through his foe alongside his shadow clone, ending with a powerful downward stab.

** [[VideoGame/FatalFury Mai's]] [[LimitBreak Climax]] is similar than Choi's (described in Armed Examples) but unarmed, with her finishing by grabbing the foe between her legs and slamming them down to the ground alongside her.

** Cammy's Killer Bee Assault and [[VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter Cross]] [[VideoGame/StreetfighterAlpha Stinger]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Assault]] have her pulling the MeteorMove variant, launching her opponent into the air and proceeding to kick them in multiple angles before finishing them with a Cross Scissors Pressure/Spiral Arrow respectively.

* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3:'' ComicBook/SpiderMan's Maximum Spider gets reworked to work like this in this game. He first does a diving kick that launches the foe up, then does multiple flying kicks through the midair foe that slowly covers them in webs, and then does a final kick down the foe that sends them to the ground. A couple other attacks would later get the FanNickname of "Maximum [Blank]," most notably [[Franchise/ResidentEvil

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* ''Videogame/BlazBlue''
** Valkenhayn's [[FinishingMove Astral Heat]], "Blut Vollmond", acts this way: after he somersault kicks his foe to the air, he morphs into a werewolf and starts slashing his enemies from multiple sides, ending with a heavy downward clawing attack.
** Bang Shishigami, as his [[PurposefullyOverpowered Unlimited Form]] has [[MythologyGag Chipp's "Zansei Rouga"]] as one of his {{Limit Break}}s.
** Taokaka gets this move in the third game, called "Aerial Dancing Edge" where she uppercuts the enemy to the air, then she flies through them multiple times, slicing them with her claws. She ends it with a DivingKick.
** Celica as her [[PurposefullyOverpowered "Unlimited" self]] gains a LimitBreak where her RobotBuddy Minerva transforms into a plane and knocks the enemy to the air, then flies up and rams them from all sides.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': Chipp Zanuff's Overdrive "Zansei Rouga" functions like this. He teleports and slashes the enemy as they both rise up, with him ending with a downward slice.

** ''KOF XI'': Eiji Kisaragi's [[LimitBreak LDM]] "Yami Kari" has him grab his foe and then suspends them in the air, then does multiple slashes through his foe alongside his shadow clone, ending with a powerful downward stab.
** ''KOF XIV'': Choi's [[LimitBreak Climax DM]] is him launching the foe up with a FoeTossingCharge, then he does multiple flying claw attacks through the opponent before falling down.
* In ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', Yosuke Hanamura's [[FinishingMove Instant Kill]], "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0MsPtBQWH8 Brave Blade]]", has him use his [[FightingSpirit Persona]] to send the opponent airborne with a [[BlowYouAway tornado]], before slashing them from all directions with his kunai, and finishing by throwing two shuriken at them.

** Vega ([[DubNameChange Balrog in Japan]], [[FanNickname Claw by fans]]) has an Ultra Combo called "Bloody High Claw" which is pretty much the zigzag slice attack with his claw.
** Decapre in ''Ultra SFIV'' has "DCM" (acronym for ''Defensive Counter-Maneuver''), which is [[FanNickname known by fans]] as the ''Street Fighter'' version of ComicBook/SpiderMan's "Maximum Spider" from ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series, in which she cuts the enemy with her claws attached to her arms.
* ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'': Strider Hiryu has a hyper move called "Ragnarok" which appears in various ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series as well as ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom''. He brings the enemy upwards which he then delivers various slashing moves from all sides with his duplicates, as shown in the page image.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Greninja]]'s Final Smash, "Secret Ninja Attack" starts with him flipping a mat (a callback to his signature move, Mat Block). Enemies struck by that will be stunned and sent to the sky as Greninja appears from the shadows, striking the enemies on all directions before ending with a downward blow.

** In ''Videogame/TalesOfVesperia'', while using his mystic arte the "Savage Wolf Fury", Yuri slash his opponents from multiple angles before finishing them off with a powerful slash.
** ''Videogame/TalesOfBerseria''
*** Rangetsu second Mystic Arte, the "Rangetsu Heron" has him strike his opponent from various angles before finishing with cross slash.
*** Artoruis' Mystic Arte is also called the "Savage Wolf Fury", which has him slice through his opponent before finishing them off with a SwordPlant induced explosion.
*** Velvet and Laphicet's combo Mystic Arte also features this. Laphicet uses his paper to boost Velvet as she zigzags through their opponent before slamming them into the Laphicet's pillar of light.
* ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'': Ken the Eagle from ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' has a hyper move called "Science Ninja Attack: Inazuma Giri" in . He performs a somersault which lets him strike the enemy from all sides, ending with Ken and a clone of him performing a diagonal Bird Shoot on both sides.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': In ''Hopeless Masquerade'', [[KungFuWizard Byakuren Hijiri]]'s ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36LriyVz0M&t=3m28s Heaven Sign "Master of the Great Trichiliocosm"]]'' has her throw a vajra-blade at an opponent to immobilize them, then unleash a blindingly-fast series of attacks before finishing them off with a DivingKick.
* Hanzou from the ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series has a move like this in ''Perfect'' called "Slice The Shimmering Light" in which he dives at his opponent from the wall, then teleports around while slicing repeatedly. This move also returns in his appearance in ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum''.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': The Demon Hunter's "Blade Dance", in which the Demon Hunter dashes in multiple directions in short succession, striking everything within reach and increasing their dodge chance at the same time.

* ''Videogame/DeadOrAlive5'': Hayate's "Power Blow", he strikes his opponent a couple times then finishing them off.
* A good example are the "street ninjas" from ''Videogame/FinalFight'' series, Guy and Maki, in their fighting game versions (''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' and ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium'', respectively). If well they have {{Meteor Move}}s in which they slash the opponent in air to then finish it with an IzunaDrop, none of them use sword or any cutting weapon in their attacks (or in general as characters).
* ''Videogame/TheKingOfFighters XIV''
** Mai's [[LimitBreak Climax DM]] is similar than Choi's (described in Armed Examples) but unarmed, with her finishing by grabbing the foe between her legs and slamming them down to the ground alongside her.
** Leona's "Slash Saber" involves her slashing through her opponent multiple times with her [[RazorSharpHand hand ]] before blowing them up with and explosion.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3:'' ComicBook/SpiderMan's Maximum Spider gets reworked to work like this in this game. He first does a diving kick that launches the foe up, then does multiple flying kicks through the midair foe that slowly covers them in webs, and then does a final kick down the foe that sends them to the ground. A couple other attacks would later get the FanNickname of "Maximum [Blank]".

** Cammy's "Killer Bee Assault" and "[[Videogame/XmenVsStreetfighter Cross]] [[MarvelVsCapcom2 Stinger]] [[VideoGame/StreetfighterAlpha Assault]]" has her pulling MeteorMove Variant as she launches her opponent in the air and proceeds to kick them in multiple angles before finishing them with a Cross Scissors Pressure/Spiral Arrow respectively.
** Akuma's "Shun Goku Satsu" when shown in ''Videogame/StreetFighterV''. He repeatedly strikes his opponents in multiple angle until the combo ends.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': Aya Shameimaru's signature move "Illusionary Dominance" (and its [[HarderThanHard Lunatic]] version "Peerless Wind God") takes this appearance in both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URobRcKms_M shooting games]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvcqjKm42oA fighters]]. It's noted as something of an IAmNotLeftHanded technique for Aya, who [[AWolfInSheepsClothing usually prefers to project a friendly journalist image]] rather than throwing around her full power as a millenia-old {{Tengu}}. An unusual example in that it does not trap the opponent - Aya keeps zooming around the screen for quite some time, during which she can be dodged.

A move that could be mistaken for be a {{Ninja}} move only, it's in general used by a FragileSpeedster that mastered a sword [[DualWielding or maybe two]]. In {{fighting game}}s, it's usually used as a SpecialAttack or MeteorMove to end quickly the opponent.

This is a flashy move that involves helplessly slashing an enemy from different angles at a rapid pace. It usually involves [[FlashStep reappearing on another position]] immediately after performing a strike to follow up with another attack (usually making the enemy go upwards while the performer strikes in a rising diagonal slash that zigzags upwards), or [[DopplegangerSpin have dopplegangers]] [[DopplegangerAttack attack]] with you. Sometimes both are used. The main idea is that it's a very fast attack that involves multiple strikes coming from multiple sides. At the peak of the attack, a downward blow is used like a vertical cut, or sometimes a throw, often found along with a SpinningPileDriver movement.

Compare DeathOfAThousandCuts, SpamAttack and BouncingBattler. Contrast SingleStrokeBattle. See also BladeSpam, FlashStep and SpeedBlitz. Related to ReverseShrapnel, i.e "projectiles coming from all over you".

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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has "[[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Blade_Cascade Blade Cascade]]", an eminently broken attack where a ranger uses his main and offhand weapons alternately until he misses with no upper limit to the number of attacks (later corrected by limiting it to 5), switching to a new target when the current one was (extremely) dead. This earned the FanNickname Kenshiro, after ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'''s RapidFireFisticuffs-using hero.
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* Mostly seen in {{fighting game}}s, the {{Ninja}} characters with swords are usually added this move as their SpecialAttack[=/=]MeteorMove. Some examples are:
** ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'': Strider Hiryu has a hyper move called "Ragnarok" which appears in various ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series as well as ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom''. He brings the enemy upwards which he then delivers various slashing moves from all sides with his duplicates, as pictured here.
** ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': Chipp Zanuff's Overdrive "Zansei Rouga" functions like this. He teleports and slashes the enemy as they both rise up, with him ending with a downward slice.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'': Greninja in his ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' appearance has his Final Smash called "Secret Ninja Attack". He flips a mat (a callback to his signature move, Mat Block). Enemies struck by that will be stunned and sent to the sky as Greninja appears from the shadows, striking the enemies on all directions before ending with a downward blow.
** Ken the Eagle from ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' has a hyper move called "Science Ninja Attack: Inazuma Giri" in ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom''. He performs a somersault which lets him strike the enemy from all sides, ending with Ken and a clone of him performing a diagonal Bird Shoot on both sides.
** Hanzou from ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series has a move like this in ''Perfect'' called "Slice The Shimmering Light" in which he dives at his opponent from the wall, then teleports around while slicing repeatedly. This move also returns in his appearance in ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum''.
* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'':
** Vega ([[DubNameChange Balrog in Japan]], [[FanNickname Claw by fans]]) has an Ultra Combo called "Bloody High Claw" which is pretty much the zigzag slice attack with his claw.
** Decapre in ''Ultra SFIV'' has "DCM" (acronym for ''Defensive Counter-Maneuver''), which is [[FanNickname known by fans]] as the ''Street Fighter'' version of ComicBook/SpiderMan's "Maximum Spider" from ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series, in which she cuts the enemy with her claws attached to her arms.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''
** In ''Hopeless Masquerade'', [[KungFuWizard Byakuren Hijiri]]'s ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36LriyVz0M&t=3m28s Heaven Sign "Master of the Great Trichiliocosm"]]'' has her throw a vajra-blade at an opponent to immobilize them, then unleash a blindingly-fast series of attacks before finishing them off with a DivingKick.
** Aya Shameimaru's signature move "Illusionary Dominance" (and its [[HarderThanHard Lunatic]] version "Peerless Wind God") takes this appearance in both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URobRcKms_M shooting games]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvcqjKm42oA fighters]]. It's noted as something of an IAmNotLeftHanded technique for Aya, who [[AWolfInSheepsClothing usually prefers to project a friendly journalist image]] rather than throwing around her full power as a millenia-old {{Tengu}}. An unusual example in that it does not trap the opponent - Aya keeps zooming around the screen for quite some time, during which she can be dodged.

* ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown''
** IaijutsuPractitioner Ukyo Tachibana has a hyper move since ''IV'' in which he moves at lightning speed to the enemy between him and passing front and behind him as a shadow to get after the opponent and then he sheathes his sword. Next to that, the character get sliced by various slashes and goes to the ground.
** Being the [[AmbiguousGender child]] of Ukyo's mentor and having the same school that him (as well being a semi-HeadSwap in-game), ''V'''s SubBoss Yumeji Kurokouchi can also performs this lethal MeteorMove as Ukyo.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', [[CyberNinja Genji]]'s main offensive ability is "Swift Strike", which causes him to FlashStep forward and damage any enemies in the way with his sword. If any of the enemies are eliminated (either by the attack, or by a team-mate finishing them off), the ability's cooldown automatically ends, meaning that experienced Genji players can keep tearing through groups of enemies in line with this trope.

* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3:'' ComicBook/SpiderMan's Maximum Spider gets reworked to work like this in this game. He first does a diving kick that launches the foe up, then does multiple flying kicks through the midair foe that slowly covers them in webs, and then does a final kick down the foe that sends them to the ground. A couple other attacks would later get the FanNickname of "Maximum [Blank]".

* ''Videogame/DeadOrAlive5'': Hayate's "Power Blow", he strikes his opponent a couple times then finishing them off.

* Done piecemeal in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Divided We Fall", where in TheVillain Characters/LexLuthor usurps Brainiac's technology to transform himself into a pleomorphic cyborg that can keep the Justice League at bay. ComicBook/TheFlash, however, runs at Luthor from different directions at increasing speed, until he's circling the Earth to deliver his next blow. In less than a minute, nigh-omnipotent Luthor is reduced to gasping and naked in a blast crater. Viewable on YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a0pwb9NvFE here]].

* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': [[Recap/DeathBattleS01E17StarscreamVsRainbowDash Rainbow Dash opens the fight against Starscream]] with such a move, leaving rainbow trails behind her that are soon criss-crossing. It's of little affect against the giant robot, but it's just a warm-up.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has "[[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Blade_Cascade Blade Cascade]]", an eminently broken attack where a ranger uses his main and offhand weapons alternately until he misses with no upper limit to the number of attacks (later corrected by limiting it to 5), switching to a new target when the current one was (extremely) dead. This earned the FanNickname Kenshiro, after ''Manga/FistoOfTheNorthStar'''s RapidFireFisticuffs-using hero.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has "[[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Blade_Cascade Blade Cascade]]", an eminently broken attack where a ranger uses his main and offhand weapons alternately until he misses with no upper limit to the number of attacks (later corrected by limiting it to 5), switching to a new target when the current one was (extremely) dead. This earned the FanNickname Kenshiro, after ''Manga/HokutoNoKen'''s RapidFireFisticuffs-using hero.

** ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'': Strider Hiryu has a hyper move called "Ragnarok" which appears in various ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series as well as ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom''. He brings the enemy upwards which he then delivers various slashing moves from all sides with his duplicates, as pictured here. ''{{Spider-Man}}'' has a similar move, called "Maximum Spider" and every now and then similar moves receive the FanNickname of "Maximum [Blank]".

* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3:'' ComicBook/SpiderMan's Maximum Spider gets reworked to work like this in this game. He first does a diving kick that launches the foe up, then does multiple flying kicks through the midair foe that slowly covers them in webs, and then does a final kick down the foe that sends them to the ground.

** ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'': Strider Hiryu has a hyper move called "Ragnarok" which appears in various ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series as well as ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom''. He brings the enemy upwards which he then delivers various slashing moves from all sides with his duplicates, as pictured here. ''{{Spider-Man}}'' has a similar move, called "Maximum Spider" and every now and then similar moves receive the {{FanNickname}} of "Maximum [Blank]".

** ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'': Strider Hiryu has a hyper move called "Ragnarok" which appears in various ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series as well as ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom''. He brings the enemy upwards which he then delivers various slashing moves from all sides with his duplicates, as pictured here.

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* Juuso Andelin's sanguine ''Bunny Kill One'' has the FinalBoss batter TheHero with this technique, stopping only to deliver a ''coup de grace'' on his downed opponent.

* One illustrated ScienceFiction story in ''Magazine/HeavyMetal'' has Earth astronauts venture from their space station into an alien environment seeking vital resources. Always they come away empty-handed, many times with colleagues having limbs sheared off by nearly-invisible, lightning fast creatures. The last two intact astronauts make a foray, only to end up cut into sections like beef cattle after this kind of attack. TheReveal shows that the alien environment is actually a closed biome, where humans are labelled as a "contagion."

* Done piecemeal in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "The Flash's True Power", where in TheVillain Characters/LexLuthor usurps Brainiac's technology to transform himself into a pleomorphic cyborg that can keep the Justice League at bay. ComicBook/TheFlash, however, runs at Luthor from different directions at increasing speed, until he's circling the Earth to deliver his next blow. Since impact force is the Flash's body mass times ''the square'' of his velocity, even a glancing blow on Luthor yields the damage of a MegatonPunch. In less than a minute, nigh-omnipotent Luthor is reduced to gasping and naked in a blast crater. Viewable on YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a0pwb9NvFE here]].