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11 Special Techniques are the rechargeable moves in Marvel's Wolverine, assigned to shortcut slots and unleashed on demand. Insomniac's own wording is that players can learn new Techniques for enhanced combat moves or unleash rechargeable Special Techniques, and that four Special Techniques can be equipped at once for seamless combat integration.
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33 Two tiers of move
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55 The move set has two layers and they are not the same thing.
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77 LayerWhat it isTechniquesLearned combat moves that permanently widen what Logan can doSpecial TechniquesRechargeable moves assigned to shortcut slots. Four equipped at a time
88 Both are bought and improved through the progression menus rather than found in the world. Insomniac's own settings list refers to suit and technique purchases as menu actions, and a UI Holds setting controls whether those purchases need a button hold or a toggle. Technique Points are the currency; see Progression and Upgrades.
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1010 Every one named so far
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12-TechniqueWhat it doesSourceTornado SpinA spinning claw attack used to reclaim territory in a crowd. Upgrading it lengthens the spin, breaks guard and interrupts most attacksNamed in official materialKnee BreakerA low strike that staggers a target and interrupts an attack already in progress. Official material points it at Reavers specificallyNamed in official materialSpiral StrikeA drilling attack that bores into a single enemyNamed in official materialBull RushA charging attack that drives into enemiesPreview coverage of an official trailerClaw projectileLogan slashes his claws together to throw a ranged projectile. No official name has been published for itPreview coverage of an official trailer
12+TechniqueWhat it doesSourceTornado SpinA spinning claw attack used to reclaim territory in a crowd. Upgrading it lengthens the spin, breaks guard and interrupts most attacksNamed in official materialKnee BreakerA low strike that staggers a target and interrupts an attack already in progress. Official material points it at Reavers specificallyNamed in official materialSpiral StrikeA drilling attack that bores into a single enemyNamed in official materialBull RushA charging attack that drives into enemiesNamed in official materialClaw projectileLogan slashes his claws together to throw a ranged projectile. No official name has been published for itPreview coverage of an official trailer
13+Four of the five are named by Insomniac itself. Tornado Spin, Knee Breaker and Spiral Strike appear in the studio's English-language announcement of the features trailer; Bull Rush appears alongside Tornado Spin in the Japanese-language edition of the same official material, which is the only first-party surface that names it. The claw projectile is the one entry with no published name at all.
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1315 Tornado Spin is used enough that the game tracks kills with it as a trophy in its own right. See Trophies.
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1517 Two further names appeared in earlier hands-on sessions and have not been repeated since, so treat them as provisional: Savage Sprinter, a slash performed while running through a group, and Sprint Block, which deflects small-arms fire while sprinting.
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1719 Controls and settings
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1921 A Special Techniques Mode setting switches activation between hold and toggle, and the shortcut system maps an action to each of the four d-pad buttons, with a shortcut available for every technique slot. See Accessibility Options.
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2123 Where the points come from
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2325 Technique Points are earned as you play. Any pre-order grants one up front, and the Digital Deluxe Edition adds three more, so a Deluxe pre-order starts with four. See Editions and Pre-Order Bonuses.
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2527 Adaptations are the other half of the build: passive perks equipped against a limited allowance, several of which key directly off Special Technique recharge. A New Game Plus run adds exclusive Techniques that a first run cannot reach.