Martial Arts

A fluid, medium-speed melee style focusing on feet and hand strikes. Iconic characters that use Martial Arts include Batman.

Skill	Description
Martial Arts Weapon Proficiency	Allows access to Martial Arts Weapons and the Martial Arts Weapons Tree Grants Multiple Abilities: Axe Kick : Hold Melee Interrupts : Vulnerable to Block Interrupts and possibly deflects strong ranged, sustained, or charge-up attacks with a powerful airborne or ground-based kick. Heavy Shuriken : Hold Ranged Block Breaker : Vulnerable to Interrupt Launches a heavy shuriken to smash through and stun a blocking opponent's defenses.
Knee Launch	Tap Melee, Hold Melee Interrupts : Vulnerable to Block Launches your target into the air.
Cartwheel Kick	Tap Melee x 2, Hold Melee Interrupts : Vulnerable to Block Stuns the enemy with a powerful kick to the head.
Shuriken Storm	Hold Range x 2 Block Breaker : Vulnerable to Interrupt Flings a barrage of many small shuriken in a cone in front of you.
Enhanced Shuriken	Hold Range x 3 Block Breaker : Vulnerable to Interrupt Throws a charged shuriken at the enemy.
Elbow Drop	Tap Melee x 3, Hold Melee Interrupts : Vulnerable to Block Drops your enemy to the ground with an elbow jab.
Spinning Punch	Tap Melee x 4, Hold Melee Interrupts : Vulnerable to Block Damages all surrounding targets with a powerful ground strike.
Smoke Bomb	Tap Melee x 5, Hold Melee Interrupts : Vulnerable to Block Releases smoke to stun enemies in the immediate area.
Martial Arts Mastery	Requires 8 points in Martial Arts Martial Arts Mastery is a prerequisite for performing cross-weapon combos into select Dual Pistol and Hand Blaster attacks. Increases weapon attack damage while martial arts weapon is equipped.
Loft Shot Mastery	Tap Melee, Hold Melee x 2 Requires Martial Arts Mastery Requires Dual Pistol Mastery and Loft Shot Use Dual Pistol to perform a high damage version of Loft Shot.
Sweep Shot Mastery	Tap Melee x 4, Hold Melee x 2 Requires Martial Arts Mastery Requires Dual Pistol Mastery and Sweep Shot Use Dual Pistol to perform a high damage version of Sweep Shot.
Uppercut Mastery	Tap Melee x 2, Hold Melee x 2 Requires Martial Arts Mastery Requires Hand Blaster Mastery and Uppercut Interrupts : Vulnerable to Block Use Hand Blaster to perform a high damage version of Uppercut.
Meteor Blast Mastery	Hold Range x 4 Requires Martial Arts Mastery Requires Hand Blaster Mastery and Meteor Blast Use Hand Blaster to perform a high damage version of Meteor Blast.

See Also

• Weapons
• Martial Arts Styles
• Martial Arts Weapon List

Gallery

Player attacking with Martial Arts

Trivia

• The database in the Fortress of Solitude ranks various fighters in classes. Karate Kid is ranked as a Class-15, the Batman is ranked as a Class-12.