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Evade Cyan, Strike Red
June 27, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Initial version (2026-06-27)
Evade Cyan, Strike Red is the signature secret technique of Sword Sage: Awakening and the defining mechanic of its combat system. The Yuangong Sect teaches it to its disciples, and Pei Sanniang wields it against the Yaoguai that plague Guannandao.
Sword Sage: Awakening has not released yet. It is listed as "Coming soon" with no confirmed date, so every detail below reflects pre-launch material and is subject to change before launch.
The technique fuses two actions that most action games keep separate: avoiding an attack and answering it. Instead of dodging and then attacking, the player does both in one motion. The developers describe the two halves of the name directly. The "evade" half means flexibly avoiding an enemy's weapon and techniques without meeting them with force or blocking. The "strike" half means diving into the opening that the evasion creates to counterattack. Compressed together, they form a single fluid response to an incoming attack.
Because evasion and counterattack are folded into one action, the game does without a conventional dodge roll. This is a deliberate design choice rather than an omission: the technique is meant to take the place of the dodge roll entirely.
Half of the Technique | Meaning |
|---|---|
Evade (the "Cyan" half) | Flexibly avoiding an enemy's weapon and techniques without meeting them with force and without blocking. |
Strike (the "Red" half) | Diving into the opening created by the evasion to land a counterattack. |
The thinking behind the technique is rooted in martial-arts philosophy. Its creators compare it to Jeet Kune Do, the martial art associated with Bruce Lee, and frame it as overcoming hardness with softness and using an opponent's own strength to counter them. The fluid swordsmanship described across the combat system reflects the same idea, where softness and strength are blended rather than opposed.
Evade Cyan, Strike Red is the backbone of the vanquisher's style, but it is not the whole of it. Pei Sanniang also brings heavy leg attacks, celestial artifacts, and Taoist spells to bear, layering them on top of the core evade-and-counter loop. Together they make up the toolkit of a Yaoguai Vanquisher.
The technique fuses evasion and counterattack into a single motion.
Its "evade" half is a non-blocking, flexible avoidance; its "strike" half is a counterattack into the opening.
It replaces a traditional dodge roll.
Its creators compare it to Jeet Kune Do and the idea of overcoming hardness with softness.
It is the signature technique of the Yuangong Sect and of Pei Sanniang.
