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Being that Legend of Mana has a relatively simple battle system, you’re going to want to learn special techniques as quickly as possible to keep things engaging throughout your travels.

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In Legend of Mana, techniques are learned by using their paired weapon as well as using the required abilities to unlock the technique. This may sound a little convoluted, but the system is deceptively simple in its implementation. Once you know how it works and do things right, you’re set.

If you’re not sure how to unlock all the abilities, take a look at our Legend of Mana ability unlock guide first.

How to Unlock Techniques in Legend of Mana

There are 11 weapon types to try your hand at in Legend of Mana, and these are aided by 26 different abilities. You can see which ones you have of both in the Skill menu.

Each weapon type has a list of special techniques it can learn, some of them up to 20 techniques. Though you can only have four equipped at a time.

To learn a technique, first you must learn its requisite abilities. Then you must have the requisite abilities equipped in battle, and you need to do the same for the weapon.

There are hidden values for each ability and weapon type that accumulate when you win battles. Once these values reach a threshold, you will learn a special technique after combat.

Note that neither your weapon nor your abilities must be equipped at the same time to learn a technique.

An example of this in action:

  1. You can use Jump with a Knife equipped to learn Rising Eagle, because the values for both Jump and Knife rise as you win battles. Your Jump value has risen regardless of weapon, and your Knife value has risen regardless of abilities.
  2.  If you like, you can then switch to using a Sword and win a battle to learn Cutting Bamboo without Jump equipped. This is because your Jump value has already been raised, and now you have met the requisite hidden value for Swords.

This is the case for higher tier techniques as well.

With that all out of the way, let’s take a look at which techniques each weapon type can learn and which abilities you need to use to unlock them.

Legend of Mana Knife Techniques

TechniqueReq. AbilitiesRising Eagle Jump Admonition Lunge Vapor Blade Somersault Sonic Wave Back-roll Vortex of Death Somersault Eclipse Back-flip Rising Dragon High-jump Crescent Moon Moonsault  Back Slasher Whirl, Lunge  Backstab Slide, Double-jump Cobra Fang Push, Retreat Puppet Retreat, Cheer Ninja Drop Grapple, Push Pouncing Cat Somersault, Back-roll Dance of Roses Evade, Defensive Lunge, High-jump Looking Glass Taunt, Bash, Whirl Reaping the Mist Lunge, Back-roll, Back-flip Dark Assassins Spin, Crouch, Evade Aerial Reaver High-jump, Crouch, Flip-kick, Spin Phoenix Evade, Cheer, Double-jump, Defensive Lunge

Legend of Mana Sword Techniques

TechniqueReq. AbilitiesMaelstrom Spin Cutting Bamboo Jump Iai Strike Lunge Triple Tiger Somersault  Rising Sun Crouch Cutting Pine High Jump Corkscrew Back-flip Bird of Prey Moonsault Blade Launcher Back-roll Clean Sweep Retreat, Slide Cross Strike Lunge, High-jump Dragon’s Tail Back-flip, tackle Tiger Claw Back-roll, Somersault Motion of Truth Bash, Tackle, Moonsault Orbiting Blades Spin, Defensive Lunge Invisible Death Lunge, Retreat, Grapple Dynamite X Cheer, Jump, Crouch Smashing Blade Push, Whirl, Somersault Terminal Velocity Back-flip, Whirl, Lunge, Spin Golden Dragon Crouch, Toss, Evade, High-jump

Legend of Mana Axe Techniques

TechniqueReq. AbilitiesDeep Slice Lunge Tornado Spin Axe Bomb Jump Bird of Prey Moonsault Retribution Back-roll Electronic Yo-yo Somersault Salmon Upstream Back-flip Cutting Pine High-jump Rising Sun Crouch Black Wings Bash, Toss Axe Bomber Bash, Evade Cross Strike Lunge, High-jump Orbiting Blades Spin, Defensive Lunge Boulder Back-flip, Dash, Tackle True Strike Whirl, Somersault, Moonsault Time Burst Push, Spin, Evade Dynamite X Cheer, Jump, Crouch Karma Cheer, Evade, Counterstrike, High-jump

Legend of Mana 2 Handed Sword Techniques

TechniqueReq. AbilitiesSpiral Wave Somersault Shish Kebob Back-roll Impulse High-jump Lunging Arc Lunge Rising Crush Crouch Shield Breaker Jump Windwalker Moonsault Windslasher Spin Marble Stream Lunge, Evade Rain of Blood Toss, Double-jump Splashblade Back-roll, Back-flip Skullsplitter Jump, Whirl Bring It On Taunt, Retreat Quakebringer Crouch, Cheer, Moonsault Triple Offense Somersault, Evade, High-jump Deep Swing Crouch, Counterstrike, Defend, Counterattack  Beautiful Three Lunge, Tackle, Back-flip Raging Pain Jump, Taunt, Evade, Flip-kick

Legend of Mana 2 Handed Axe Techniques

TechniqueReq. AbilitiesRolling Throw Somersault Sideswipe Lunge Rising Claw Jump Blurred Axe Back-flip Spiral Wave Somersault Impulse High-jump Flying Sawblades Spin Rising Crush Crouch Snowfall Spin, Toss Divine Right Push, Back-roll Spinning Hawk Back-flip, Flip-kick Splashblade Back-roll, Back-flip Tidal Wave Evade, Defensive Lunge  Spikestrike Slide, Whirl, Moonsault Angelic Lumberjack Spin, Retreat, Tackle, High-jump Buzzsaw of Doom Lunge, Somersault, Double-jump  Sparkling Rampage Tackle, Spin, Retreat, High-jump

Legend of Mana Hammer Techniques

TechniqueReq. AbilitiesBlammo Spin Big Bang Jump Super Slugger Lunge Mole-hunting Somersault Windwalker Moonsault Rising Crush Crouch Retribution Back-roll Ground Zero High-jump Double Impact Somersault, Moonsault Blazing Hammer Tackle, Retreat Thor’s Hammer High-jump, Toss Skullsplitter Jump, Whirl Tidal Wave Defensive Lunge, Evade Ultra Slugger Lunge, Retreat, Toss Volcano Jump, Cheer, Crouch Intervention Spin, Somersault, Double-jump Pearly Gates Toss, Spin, Retreat, Lunge

Legend of Mana Spear Techniques

TechniqueReq. AbilitiesMighty Javelin Jump Lancer Lunge Twister Spin Dragon’s Bite Somersault Nebulous Saucer Moonsault Furious Copter High-jump Rewind Back-roll, Moonsault Lancenator Tackle, Crouch Cyclone Racer Lunge, Spin Fool’s Play Evade, Toss Holy Light High-jump, Somersault Triple Supremacy Spin, Crouch, Lunge Chrome Ray Back-roll, Defensive Lunge, Grapple Deadly Branding Taunt, Bash, Slide Lo and Behold Crouch, Spin, Double-jump, Moonsault Raging Fury Evade, Tackle, Lunge Blue Dragon Retreat, Evade, Spin, Defensive Lunge

Legend of Mana Staff Techniques

TechniqueReq. AbilitiesGust Lunge Paint it Black Jump Golden Pyres Crouch Aftershock Spin Blaze Moonsault Bubbles High-jump Halo Evade Flower of Gold Retreat, Evade Purgatory Cheer, Tackle Fire and Ice Back-flip, Somersault Gates of the Fall Spin, Moonsault Song of the Spirits Evade, Taunt, Spin

Legend of Mana Glove Techniques

TechniqueReq. AbilitiesWhirlwind Kick Spin Rolling Slam Somersault Bloody Knuckles Lunge Lightning Kick Jump Jawbreaker Crouch Flip-thrust Back-roll Moonsault Stomp Moonsault Giant Swing Spin, Grapple Tiger Driver 91 Grapple, Crouch Mental Barrier Counterattack, Counterstrike Northern Lights Jump, Grapple Cough Drop Bash, Grapple, High-jump Sparkly Feet Evade, Double-jump, Toss Flips of Thunder Back-roll, Back-flip, Back-kick FistoftheNorseStar Evade, Lunge, Grapple Power Combo Lunge, Bash, Retreat, Grapple Gravity Drop Toss, Crouch, Grapple, High-jump Earthquake Crouch, Back-roll, Back-flip, Moonsault

Legend of Mana Flail Techniques

TechniqueReq. AbilitiesSetting Sun Jump Dragon Teeth Lunge Chinsplitter Crouch Drunken Monkey Somersault Phoenix Wings Spin Twilight High-jump Psyclone Moonsault Back Slasher Lunge, Whirl  Enter the Tiger Slide, Retreat  Avalanche Back-flip, Crouch Double Dragon Evade, Moonsault Puppet Cheer, Retreat  Demon’s Howl Lunge, High-jump, Flip-kick  Extreme Conditions Evade, Tackle, Double-jump Challenger Tackle, Taunt, Counterattack Looking Glass Bash, Taunt, Whirl Malevolence Jump, Crouch, Evade, High-jump White Tiger Evade, Spin, Grapple, Defensive Lunge

Legend of Mana Bow Techniques

TechniqueReq. AbilitiesTrueshot Lunge Forward Artillery Jump Spinshot Spin Tri-shot High-jump Needle Shower Back-roll Trickshot Moonsault Hypershot Toss Backshot Bash Change-up Retreat Sureshot Back-flip, Flip-kick Rain of Death Spin, High-jump Flying Swallows Tackle, Double-jump Carpet Bomber Evade, High-jump Mastershot Spin, Whirl, Back-flip Wildshot Back-roll, Double-jump, Grapple Main Gun Lunge, Evade, Retreat, Counterattack

The special technique system is probably one of the less confusing parts of Legend of Mana. Don’t worry about memorizing every ability you need right away, first focus on unlocking abilities and keep some key ones in mind that you’ll want to use regularly for a while. Enjoy the game, and look for more Legend of Mana guides here on GameSkinny.

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