Ars Arcanum

Ars Arcanum (ラストアルカナム) is an ability that appears in the Kingdom Hearts series. It allows Sora to attack enemies with a massive combo attack.

Kingdom Hearts
Ars Arcanum is an ability gained in Kingdom Hearts by defeating Captain Hook in Neverland.

AP Cost: 4AP

Auto-Reaction availability:Yes

MP Cost: 3

Effect: When close to a ground enemy.

Description: A powerful flurry of blows. After the initial flurry, the "Bash" command will appear. Selecting it will make Sora execute a follow-up slash. After a number of successful Bash attacks, the "Finish" command will appear. This command will trigger a back-flip slash followed by a wide horizontal front flip slash.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
Ars Arcanum

Sleight Value: 1-6

Requirements: Three attack cards.

Ability: Rain a flurry of up to thirteen attacks upon the enemy.

Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix
Ars Arcanum, along with four other abilities, returns as a combo finisher in Sora's Limit Form. The attack is composed of a massive Keyblade combo.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Ars Arcanum appears once again as Xion's 3rd form's special attack, only this time, using four swords.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Ars Arcanum appeared in this game as an exclusive deck command for Ventus; it involves more acrobatics than Sora's Ars Arcanum and deploys many hits, exceeding the amount of Sora's thirteen slashes. There is also an attack for Terra called Ars Solum, but this attack resembles Sora's Arcanum more than Ven's does and deals heavy and swift slashes. A variation of this is used by Xehanort as a Darkness-based attack.

Etymology
The term "ars arcanum" is composed of two latin words, "ars" and "arcana/arcanum" meaning "Technique"or "skill" and "sacred or secret" which literally mean "sacred Secret Technique" While "Ars solum", on of Terra's Attacks, means "Skill" and "land or Earth", literally meaning, "Earth technique".

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