Durandal Call is a Special Attack used by Ky Kiske between Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- and Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2, which consists of fortifying the projectiles in his arsenal via the use of "grinders".
Design[]
Grinders are circular floating rune with four smaller circles that spin around it.
Overview[]
By using his Dust or Split Ciel, Ky sets down a Grinder (グラインダー, Guraindā?) which stays in place for about 5 seconds. While it is active, Ky can launch Sacred Edge or any version of Stun Edge into it, which will increase the range of the projectile fired as well as the damage output. After being used as such, the Grinder disappears.
Only one Grinder on ground and one Grinder in midair each can be deployed, and summoning a new one at either positioning will instantly dissipate the most recently made one.
Details[]
Dust[]
Ky's standing 
, where he lifts up his free arm to summon a four-pointed shuriken-shaped cross of lightning, is a standard overhead attack that will place a Grinder at the same time, with its midair variant being the same as it always was since XX while also placing gaining the ability to deploy a Grinder as well. It is among the slower standing /Dust attacks in the cast, but it is safer on block than Ky's other grounded overhead, Greed Sever.
It, like the original jumping variant, counts as a projectile, and thus it can Yellow Roman Canceled (losing its overhead-hitting properties in the process, however) and can clash with an opponent's projectile while leaving a Grinder, but its slow startup makes it difficult to use for the latter purpose.[1]
Split Ciel[]
Split Ciel animation.
Split Ciel can be performed through the input 
+ , where Ky briefly switches which hand holds his sword, and uses his other free hand as he rushes forward to palm-thrust forward, unleashing a circular rune of lightning upon impact when braking from the said rush.
This Special Attack is used to summon Grinders quickly and safely as possible while in neutral or during combos, and/or to end blockstrings, but one must must be careful when pushed out too far due to its recovery time amount.[2]
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Trivia[]
- The attack takes its name from Durandal, the sword used by the legendary hero Roland from French epic literature.
- Ciel is the French word for "sky".
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