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What's your favorite fighting game special attacks?

Devastating!

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Scorpion's spear is my all time favorite.

A strong runner-up: This one is a little plain compared to some of the other moves in this thread, but Paul's Deathfist in Tekken is a classic. Such satisfying impact. I don't remember which game I'm thinking of, but in one of them landing a clean hit on counter devastates like 85% of a lifebar. It's hilarious.

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Definitely Buster Wolf, Raging Demon and Megaman's Final Smash.

But I'll always love the stupid/badass fighting game move names.

GENOCIDE CUTTER
TYRANT SLAUGHTER
INSTANT HELL MURDER
 
So so many badass moves. But if we're talking specials, not supers, then I gotta go with Terry Bpgard's Rising Tackle as my favorite. It's so silly and ridiculous! How does it hurt anyone, and how does he do it?
 
Akuma:s Raging Demon but that is alrady posted. So his other super from Third Strike then
Kongou Kokuretsuzan aka KKZ
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Shadow Lab's Titanomachia, because of how cool is fucking sounds and the "LET IT LOOSE"

Plus it can be combo'd into her IK and you can do cool things with it if you do it right.
 
Ice clone no jutsu.
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Just super versatile and cheap.

In X its even better now because you can throw it as a projectile, or make it shatter on command.
 
Ryo's Geki Ryukuranbu from KOF2k2:UM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsblWysHkw4#t=1m10s

It has a deceptively simple command input of D,DF,F+LP+SP which requires a buffered input normally to execute. Standing Geki's can be done by has very strict timing.

The move is 100% unblockable, 100% unthrowable, and has full invincibility frames from the time Ryo dashes across the screen and connects with the opponent.

This means it goes through pretty much everything such as Rugal's Kaiser Wave, Ralf's Galacta Phantom, it will even override other combo supers, even Zero's Fullscreen super.
 
Will always have a soft spot for Paul Pheonix's thunderous punch. Opening a fight with that move against friends never got old.

But this:

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Is special for any number of reasons!
 
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