Sleight

The Sleight screen in Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories.

A sleight (ストック技, Sutokku Waza, lit. "Stock Technique") is a type of special technique in Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, activated by certain combinations of two or three Cards. Sleights are used by Sora, Riku, bosses that use a deck, and Marluxia's Third Form. Sora may learn sleights through leveling up, progressing through the story, obtaining certain cards, or opening treasure chests, while Riku gains all of his sleights early in his story. Each sleight has certain requirements to be activated, and most require all three stockable cards to be a certain type or value. Some sleights only require two cards; these Sleights will activate if the stocked cards don't fulfill any three-card Sleight, and can be activated with only two cards if desired by "stocking" the reload card instead of one in the player's deck, or by pressing and simultaneously in Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories. As sleights are activated through a combination of stocked cards, the first card in the sleight will disappear from the player's deck unless certain enemy cards are activated, but they can be recovered with high-level item cards.

Sora's sleights are divided into "Attack", "Magic", "Summon", and "Friend" sleights, which are categorized based on the cards they use. Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories also introduces two sleights unique to the Bumble-Rumble mini-game. Riku's sleights are divided into "Attack", "Friend", and "Duel" sleights.

Unlike other sleight types, "Duel Sleights" can only be used by activating a Card Duel, and can include up to seven cards. A Card Duel is activated by playing the same value card against any enemy, or playing any card with the Duel Trigger ability active, and pressing within the time frame while Riku has at least 8 reloadable cards in his deck. If Riku wins the duel, the Duel Sleight used depends on the amount of cards used in that duel, which in turn depends on the enemy.

Since the first card in a stocked combo is removed from the player's deck when the combo is used, unless said card is the only basic card left in the deck, the player can quickly be reduced to a few weak cards if they abuse combos without arranging them into efficient sleights. It is advised to build multiple layers of sleights into a deck, ensuring that cards may be used in multiple sleights, even after initial sleights remove cards from the deck. In Re: Chain of Memories, the first few frames of a Sleight once activated grant Sora/Riku some super armor frames against possible incoming attacks that are not interrupted on time, still damaging them while not preventing their sleight from activating.

In Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, Friend and Summon sleights do not have "Lv2" or "Lv3" as part of their names. Sleights in general across both games, cannot be activated in midair and have the user drop to the ground with all aerial momentum halted to execute them.

The term "sleight" may come from "sleight of hand", a skill commonly associated with card tricks.

Sora's sleights

Attack sleights

Sleight	Description	Obtained	Card Combination
Sliding Dash (スライドダッシュ, Suraido Dasshu, lit. "Slide Dash")	Slide toward distant targets for a close-range attack.	Level 2	+ + (10-15) Three attack cards of the same type.
Stun Impact (スタンインパクト, Sutan Inpakuto)	Stun surrounding enemies with a single attack.	Level 7	+ + (20-23) Three attack cards of the same type.
Strike Raid (ストライクレイド, Sutoraiku Reido)	Hurl the Keyblade forward, stunning and dealing damage to enemies in its path.	Level 12	+ + (24-26)
Blitz (ファイナルブレイク, Fainaru Bureiku, lit. "Final Break")	Unleash a powerful three-hit combo upon the enemy.[KH CoM] Deliver up to three blows in a powerful jumping combo upon the enemy.[KH Re:CoM]	Level 17	+ + (10-15) Three attack cards of differing types.
	Press when it flashes on-screen to add an attack. Pressing when it isn't on-screen will cancel the sleight.[KH Re:CoM]
Zantetsuken (ザンテツケン, Zantetsuken)	Break a card and render it unreloadable until the end of the battle.	Level 27[KH CoM] Level 22[KH Re:CoM]	+ + (0/27)
Sonic Blade (ソニックレイヴ, Sonikku Reivu, lit. "Sonic Rave")	Rocket across the field, striking down any enemies in the way.[KH CoM] Rocket across the field, striking down any enemies in the way for up to seven attacks.[KH Re:CoM]	Level 22[KH CoM] Level 27[KH Re:CoM]	+ + (20-23) Three attack cards of differing types.
	Press the A Button for up to six additional attacks.[KH CoM] Press when it flashes on-screen to add an attack. Pressing when it isn't on-screen will cancel the sleight.[KH Re:CoM]
Ars Arcanum (ラストアルカナム, Rasuto Arukanamu, lit. "Last Arcanum")	Rain a flurry of blows upon the enemy.[KH CoM] Rain a flurry of up to thirteen attacks upon the enemy.[KH Re:CoM]	Level 37[KH CoM] Level 42[KH Re:CoM]	+ + (1-6)
	Press when it flashes on-screen to add an attack. Pressing when it isn't on-screen will cancel the sleight.[KH Re:CoM]
Ragnarok (ラグナロク, Ragunaroku)	Leap into the air and fire a stream of rays in front of you.	Level 47[KH CoM] Level 52[KH Re:CoM]	+ + (7-9)
	Use the left stick to determine the direction of fire. Press to fire sooner, but less rays are fired.[KH Re:CoM]
Trinity Limit (トリニティリミット, Toriniti Rimitto)	Inflict heavy damage on all enemies in sight.	Enter Castle Oblivion.	+ + + + + + + + + + + + [KH CoM]

Magic sleights

Sleight	Description	Obtained	Card Combination
Fira (ファイラ, Faira)	Sizzle the opposition with powerful fire magic.[KH CoM] Sizzle the enemy with powerful fire magic.[KH Re:CoM]	Obtain Fire.	+
Firaga (ファイガ, Faiga, lit. "Figa")	Scorch the opposition with supreme fire magic.[KH CoM] Scorch the enemy with supreme fire magic.[KH Re:CoM]	Obtain Fire.	+ +
Blizzara (ブリザラ, Burizara)	Chill the opposition with powerful ice magic.[KH CoM] Chill enemies with powerful ice magic.[KH Re:CoM]	Available from the beginning.	+
Blizzaga (ブリザガ, Burizaga)	Freeze the opposition with supreme ice magic.[KH CoM] Freeze enemies with supreme ice magic.[KH Re:CoM]	Available from the beginning.	+ +
Thundara (サンダラ, Sandara)	Shock the opposition with powerful lightning magic.[KH CoM] Shock enemies with powerful lightning magic.[KH Re:CoM]	Obtain Thunder.	+
Thundaga (サンダガ, Sandaga)	Fry the opposition with supreme lightning magic.[KH CoM] Fry enemies with supreme lightning magic.[KH Re:CoM]	Obtain Thunder.	+ +
Cura (ケアルラ, Kearura, lit. "Curera")	Restore a lot of HP.	Available from the beginning.	+
Curaga (ケアルガ, Kearuga, lit. "Curega")	Restore a very large amount of HP.	Available from the beginning.	+ +
Gravira (グラビラ, Gurabira)	Deal damage relative to the enemy's remaining HP.[KH CoM] Deal damage relative to the enemies' remaining HP.[KH Re:CoM]	Obtain Gravity.	+
Graviga (グラビガ, Gurabiga)	Deal damage relative to the enemy's remaining HP.[KH CoM] Deal wide-range damage relative to the enemies' remaining HP.[KH Re:CoM]	Obtain Gravity.	+ +
Stopra (ストプラ, Sutopura)	Halt enemy movement for a long period of time.	Obtain Stop.	+
Stopga (ストプガ, Sutopuga)	Halt enemy movement for a very long period of time.	Obtain Stop.	+ +
Aerora (エアロラ, Earora)	Blow away surrounding enemies and inflict damage.	Obtain Aero.	+
Aeroga (エアロガ, Earoga)	Blow away all enemies in a large radius and inflict damage.	Obtain Aero.	+ +
Gravity Raid[KH CoM] (グラビデレイド, Gurabide Reido)	Hurl the Keyblade and trigger Gravity upon impact.	Halloween Town Room of Rewards	+ +
Stop Raid[KH CoM] (ストップレイド, Sutoppu Reido)	Hurl the Keyblade and trigger Stop upon impact.	Wonderland Room of Rewards	+ +
Homing Fira[KH CoM] (ホーミングファイラ, Hōmingu Faira)	Cast a Fira spell that seeks out the targeted enemy.	Neverland Bounty	+ + Aero + Fire + magic card
Firaga Break[KH CoM] (ファイガブレイク, Faiga Bureiku, lit. "Figa Break")	Inflict fire damage on enemies in front of you with a powerful attack.	Twilight Town Bounty	+ +
Warpinator (デジョネーター, Dejonētā, lit. "Dezonator")	Eliminate the closest enemy. Not always successful.	Defeat Riku on the 8th floor.[KH CoM] Twilight Town Bounty[KH Re:CoM]	+ +
Warp (デジョン, Dejon, lit. "Dezone")	Eliminate all enemies in sight.[KH CoM] Eliminate all enemies in sight. Enemies that vanish will not drop prizes. Not always successful.[KH Re:CoM]	Twilight Town Room of Rewards[KH CoM] Agrabah Room of Rewards[KH Re:CoM]	+ +
Blizzard Raid (ブリザドレイド, Burizado Reido)	Hurl the Keyblade and inflict ice damage.	Olympus Coliseum Bounty	+ +
Synchro (シンクロ, Shinkuro)	Set surrounding enemies' HP to that of the target.	Find Rabbit.[KH CoM] Wonderland Room of Rewards[KH Re:CoM]	+ +
Fire Raid (ファイアレイド, Faia Reido)	Hurl the Keyblade and inflict fire damage.	Monstro Bounty