History Main / StormOfBlades

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'''s Nu -13-/Lambda -11-. Her entire character is pretty much based on the concept of the sword. Her basic combo throws 5 blades (9 as a boss). Her LimitBreak throws 20 (30 as a boss), capped off with launching a final BFS.

Not to be confused with the Stormblade, a close cousin to [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 the most famous]] TankGoodness vehicle known to all of Table-Top, or the novel ''Literature/AStormOfSwords''.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'', Neptune does this with [[HeroesPreferSwords energy swords]] and Vert does this with [[BladeOnAStick lances]] for some of their special attacks. {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in ''VII'', where Vert's strongest LimitBreak involves summoning and firing almost ''100'' lances at her target.

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* Yumiko and Guibarthez from ''LightNovel/ModernMagicMadeSimple''.

* ''Manga/InuYasha'':

* In ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', this is used by [[spoiler:Ryoko Asakura]] in a reality-warping attempt to [[spoiler:kill Kyon]]. Stopped when [[spoiler:Yuki Nagato]] pulls a BigDamnHeroes moment ''[[TakingTheBullet as a human shield]]''. And then proceeds to kick [[spoiler:Ryoko]]'s ass ten ways to Tuesday.

** Gilgamesh's [[HyperspaceArsenal Gate of Babylon]] allows him to draw out legendary weapons and have them rain down on his opponent, since he doesn't know how to actually use most of them. This is the reason he is classified as Archer. In the prequel, ''LightNovel/FateZero'', he uses it to fatally wound [[spoiler:Iskandar]].

* In ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'', Mid-Boss does this with his Super Adonis attack by Magichanging dozens of copies of himself into swords and throwing them rapidly.
** Long before Mid-Boss got this technique, there was ''[[BonusBoss Tyrant Overlord Baal]]'', whom aside from simply dropping a blade onto his victim's noggin as his standard attack, has his "''Sword Rain''" skill, which rains down a bunch of swords onto multiple targets.... which then '''explode'''!

[[caption-width-right:330:It's raining swords. Hallelujah!]]

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'''s Nu -13-/Lambda -11-. Her entire character is pretty much based on the concept of the sword. Her basic combo throws 5 blades (9 as a boss). Her LimitBreak throws 20 (30 as a boss).

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5_j-5Um_Ha8 commercial]] involves this trope. With ''Master Swords''.

* Used for quite a few BulletHell attacks in the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' series. Most notably, [[BattleButler Sakuya Izayoi]] uses {{kni|feNut}}ves, and [[NinjaMaid Yumeko]] uses ''swords''.

* In ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'', this is available to Natalie as a summon named Catastrophe, and then returns in ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy3'' as a LimitBreak for Matt. It's then buffed in both ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy4'' and ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy5''.

* [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante's]] Lucifer. And the blades [[EverythingIsBetterWithExplosions explode]].

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You know how ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks? Well, let's crank that UpToEleven with some BeamSpam thrown in; and you've got this DeathInAllDirections trope.

Not to be confused with the Stormblade, a close cousin to [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} the most famous]] TankGoodness vehicle known to all of Table-Top, or the novel ''Literature/AStormOfSwords''.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'', Neptune does this with [[HeroesPreferSwords energy swords]] and Vert does this with [[BladeOnAStick lances]] for some of their special attacks. Taken UpToEleven in ''VII'', where Vert's strongest LimitBreak involves summoning and firing almost ''100'' lances at her target.

* The "Thousand Blades" spell introduced as the Knife Item Crash in the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series. The "[[FanNickname Butterknife]]" isn't so harmless when you can throw 50 at once, now is it?

The Storm of Blades is a multitude of sharp objects descending upon the enemy. Just as potent as the stabby death is the {{Symbolism}} of the Sword, squared. Aggression, offense, smite. SisterTrope to FlechetteStorm, RainOfArrows and BladeSpam. It will typically involve {{Flying Weapon}}s although versions when the [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks swords are thrown]] exist.

Not to be confused with the Stormblade, a close cousin to [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} the most famous]] TankGoodness vehicle known to all of Table-Top, or the novel ''Literature/AStormOfSwords''.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}} and the Pirate's Curse'', one of the attacks of the Pirate Master's true form has him summoning a bunch of giant cutlasses that almost completely covers the sky above Shantae, and then them all to the ground blade first.

** And then there's Inu Yasha's Koungousouha ("Adamant Barrage" in the dub), gained from Hosenki and later copied by Naraku, wherein he launches a hail of spears made out of diamond which somehow passes through barriers like they're not even there.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.

* IdiotHero Jack Rakan from ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' pulls this with his artifact The Hero With A Thousand Faces. Every time he uses it, expect massive amounts of win for anyone who manages to survive.

* Used for quite a few BulletHell attacks in the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' series. Most notably, [[BattleButler Sakuya Izayoi]] uses {{kni|feNut}}ves, and [[NinjaMaid Yumeko]] uses ''swords''.

* In VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria, main villian Artorius Collbrande uses [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Savage Wolf Fury]] as his Mystic Arte, except his begins with a bunch of swords raining down from the sky.

* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', most fights are fought by using wedges of truth created by Red Truth (the absolute truth) and Blue Truth (theories that can pierce the red truth or be denied by them), though this trope only pops up in two instances.

** Xemnas' final move during his boss fight in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' is to manifest his Ethereal Blades in all directions and have them bombard Sora and Riku therefrom.

* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfRemnant'': Pyrrha combines this with FlyingWeapon. She has thousands of weapons in her "Armory," a HyperspaceArsenal where she tosses everything that might be useful. And full power, she summons all of them at once, telekinetically controlling all of them with perfect precision and capable of dueling a hundred people at once.