Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories/Weapon skills

Special Moves (referred to as "Special" in the game menus) are unique and powerful attacks or spells that cost SP to use. After certain requirements are met to learn them, specials can be used immediately.

Every time a certain special move is used, a little EXP is added to that move. Once certain amounts of EXP are gained, the move will level up and become more powerful, but will also cost a little more SP.

Weapon Special Moves

Weapon specials moves can be learned when a Human Class reaches a certain level of Weapon Mastery, and can only be used when the associated type of weapon is equipped.

Weapon specials always base their attack power on the same stat(s) as normal attacks with the same weapon type (for example, Blade Rush is a sword-based special, so it uses the ATK stat to determine its strength like a regular sword attack; Tri-Burst is a gun special, so it always uses HIT instead). In addition, any bonuses the weapon type has (such as a Bow's chance of making defeated foes drop chests, or an Axe's tendency to reduce DEF) will be applied to specials as well as regular attacks.

Some classes learn certain weapon-type specials faster than others, due to differing weapon proficiency. Through Reincarnation, a Sinner (who has a high Fist Proficiency) can build up their mastery, then reincarnate into a Thief (who has low Fist Proficiency), with a portion of the Fist Mastery they obtained as a Sinner.

Most weapon specials will always attack a specific set of panels (colored blue both in game and in this guide), and sometimes use support panels that must not be occupied by objects or enemies for the special to work (colored yellow). In this guide, green panels represent where the attacker would be standing. These "attack patterns" can be shifted 90 degrees if the user changes Facing, but they are otherwise static. However, a handful of weapon specials have a distance from which the pattern can be placed; the distance applies to the "center" of the pattern, not the pattern's edges. "Range" in the tables below depict the attack pattern of individual specials, as viewed from above.

When the special-user and their target are at different vertical levels of terrain, the difference is expressed in dm (decimeters). In this listing, "Up" is how many dm upwards the special will have an effect, and "Down" is how many dm down the special will have an effect. "Lv" is the Weapon Mastery level at which the special is earned, and "Name" is what the specific special is called. All specials have a formula determining the amount of damage they cause, and "Boost" refers to the extra power each individual attack is given in that formula (it's truthfully useless unless you're comparing different weapon and/or character specials, since spells and regular attacks both have different formulas from weapon or character-specific specials).

Fist Specials

While the standard attack animation for an unarmed character is a punch, Fist specials can only be used when a fist-type weapon is equipped.

Lv	Name	Boost	SP	Additional Effects	Range
1	Triple Strike	10%	8	Target is moved to support panel
3	Tiger Charge	20%	24	Target is moved to support panel
6	Lion's Roar	10%	56	N/A
10	King of Beasts	40%	82	Target is moved to support panel
15	Rising Dragon	70%	124	Target is moved to furthest support panel
21	Big Bang	50%	240	Fire Elemental

Sword Specials

Lv	Name	Boost	SP	Additional Effects	Range
1	Blade Rush	10%	10	N/A
3	Hurricane Slash	30%	18	Wind Elemental
6	Moon Slash	10%	38	N/A
10	Winged Slayer	20%	82	N/A
15	Dark X Slash	70%	120	N/A
21	Dimension Slash	60%	260	Star Elemental
30	Ultra Overlord	I.D.K.	284

Spear Specials

Level	Name	Boost	SP	Additional Effects	Range
1	Impaler	10%	7	User is moved to support panel
3	Lightning Spear	20%	15	User is moved to support panel
6	Asteroid Drop	20%	45	User is moved to support panel
10	Turbulence	30%	80	Wind Elemental
15	Divine Strike	40%	125	N/A
21	Spear Storm	60%	250	Fire Elemental User is moved to support panel

Bow Specials

Lv	Name	Boost	SP	Additional Effects	Range
1	Poison Blast	10%	8	Ice Elemental May inflict Poison
3	Raiden Missile	20%	22	May inflict Deprave Selectable range of 4 panels
6	Delta Split	40%	36	May inflict Sleep
10	Zielregen	40%	80	Fire Elemental May inflict Paralysis Selectable range of 4 panels
15	Doppelganger	50%	120	May inflict Amnesia Selectable range of 5 panels
21	Omega Comet	60%	260	Ice Elemental Selectable range of 3 panels
I.D.K.	Salamander Bow	Unknown	280	Fire Element

Gun Specials

Lv	Name	Stat(s)	SP	Additional Effects	Range
1	Tri-Burst	10%	8	Selectable range of 3 panels (Four cardinal directions only)
3	Gaia Blast	20%	16	N/A
6	Proximal Shot	30%	32	Star Elemental User is moved to furthest support panel
10	Shooting Stars	40%	78	Selectable range of 3 panels (Cardinal directions)
15	Totenkreuz	50%	138	Fire Elemental Selectable range of 4 panels (Cardinal directions)
21	Inferno	60%	256	Fire Elemental Selectable range of 5 panels (Cardinal directions)

Axe Specials

Lv	Name	Boost	SP	Additional Effects	Range
1	Boulder Crush	10%	8	N/A
3	Colossal Fissure	20%	14	N/A
6	Boomerang Axe	30%	32	N/A
10	Violent Storm	50%	74	N/A
15	Graviton Flare	70%	112	N/A
21	Calamity Drive	90%	188	Star Elemental

Character Special Moves

Character-specific specials are learned when a character of a certain class reaches a designated level. They cannot be transferred to other classes through reincarnation, but can be kept when a character reincarnates as a different tier of their current class. In all other regards, character-specific Special Moves are identical to weapon-based Special Moves. While some human classes have no character specials, all monster classes will have at least four.