Blade Spam: Some of his skills qualify, particularly Infinity Sword's.One of his base job and Sheath Knight's win pose have him do this.The Destruction Mode also has him doing this. Blade Across The Shoulder: In his base form and Sheath Knight's idle pose.He got over it as Knight Emperor where he starts create his own ways and finally left Elesis' shadows. Big Sister Worship: Always looks up to his big sister and tries to be as strong as her.One could debate whether this qualifies for an One-Handed Zweihänder or if he is just using an Anderthalbhänder (a sword, where the wielder chooses if he wields it with one or two arms). Elsword uses his sword with one hand when standing or doing Z Attacks, but with both hands when using X Attacks.Meanwhile Rune Slayer has Luna Blade, wherein he summons a large energy blade to stab the victim, with added Mana Burn effect. To be specific, Lord Knight's Armageddon Blade enlarges his sword to 4-5 times its size, allowing him to combo multiple enemies at once and gives himself more range.Sword Knight's path, and to a lesser extent Magic Knight's, takes this trope and RUNS WITH IT. BFS: From the beginning his sword was this.Bare Your Midriff: As the Rune Slayer and Rune Master.Lord Knight, while being the least magical among the three also tapped his magical potential combined with his sheer strength, while goes further as Knight Emperor who is exposed to the power of Primal El. Empowered Badass Normal: As Rune Slayer, where he awakens his latent magic powers, as well as Infinity Sword, who uses a magical sword, and Sacred Templar, who rely on El's Resonance via Sephira.Badass Normal: As Sword Knight, his specialty being "hitting things very, very hard".It's similar to those worn by the El Masters, especially the one originally worn by Master Solace. Badass Cape: Knight Emperor's promotional accessory.Badass Back: His victory poses as Magic Knight and Rune Slayer.Badass Arm-Fold: One of his win poses as Rune Slayer.Awesome Mc Coolname: Come on "Elsword", everyone?.Played straight with Rune Slayer's Magic Counter, where's he can reflects projectiles.
Lord Knight's Counter Attack and Infinity Sword's Compact Counter (active) skill has a similar effect. Attack Reflector: One of his passives as Rune Slayer gives him a chance to reflect normal projectiles.To an extent, Lord Knight's Armageddon Blade makes his sword attacks reach long enough to hit airborne/higher enemies.His basic skill Flame Geyser is a subversion: its vertical range is actually shorter than it looks. Anti-Air: Some of his skills are mainly used for this, such as Lord Knight's Sandstorm, Rune Slayer's Phoenix Talon and Infinity Sword's Rage Cutter.Of his class progression, Infinity Sword has it get more spiky, Lord Knight downplayed it, and Rune Slayer averts it. Anime Hair: His 'do bears an uncanny resemblance to Cloud's.Angry Fist-Shake: Magic Knight's intro pose has him do this.Played straight after he become Genesis, after continuous use of the El's Resonance, he assimilated more with the Giant El, causing all of his hair to turn white and becoming a half-angel entity rather than human, his eye pupils become white diamonds, similar to Ain.Angelic Transformation: Sacred Templar is a minor case, during awakening, Sephira's wings glow larger, making it seem as if Elsword himself has wings instead, as he attempts to resonate further with the El, his streaks of hair also turned white becauce of that.A Glass in the Hand: Rune Slayer's intro pose has him shattering a magic rune that he made on his left hand.
Agony of the Feet: Sheath Knight's Fatal Slap, will leave the victim unable to run for a few seconds.Elsword -> Root Knight -> Sacred Templar -> Genesis