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The Power Launcher is a new gameplay mechanic introduced in Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate. This move allows the fighter to launch their opponent into the air for longer combos that can possibly exceed the damage of a power blow.

Like the Power Blow, it can only be used once the character has lost 50% or more of their lifebar. Only one "power" move can be used per round. As a result, this is a technique only recommended to experienced players who know what they're doing as one mistake can completely ruin the combo.

Besides it's normal use, power launcher attacks can be used as a normal attack; if you use the move without charging it, it'll flip the opponent backwards causing them to bounce up slightly, vulnerable to further strikes.

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List of Power Launchers[]

Character Power Launcher Command
Akira Yuki Zessho-Daiten-Housui 4 / Back4 / BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Alpha-152 S.P.I.R.A.L. 214 / Quarter-circle BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Ayane Chobu-Rasen-Tou 4 / Back4 / BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Bass Armstrong Power Lift 3 / Down-Forward3 / Down-ForwardHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Bayman One-hand Cannon 4 / Back6 / ForwardHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Brad Wong Sui-Rakan-Towan 236 / Quarter-circle ForwardHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Christie Dokuja-Hisen-Sho 214 / Quarter-circle BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Ein Tensho 3 / Down-Forward3 / Down-ForwardHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Eliot Fukuryu-Shoten 3 / Down-Forward3 / Down-ForwardHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Gen Fu Rokugo-Dai-Rihosui 7 / Up-BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Hayate Tensho 3 / Down-Forward3 / Down-ForwardHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Helena Douglas Garyo-Shoka-Sho 4 / Back4 / BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Hitomi Tensho 3 / Down-Forward3 / Down-ForwardHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Honoka Tensho 7 / Up-BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Jacky Bryant Dragon Somersault Kick 7 / Up-BackHold HoldPlusHold Kick
Jann Lee Rising Dragon 3 / Down-Forward3 / Down-ForwardHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Kasumi Mugen-Tenjin-Sho 7 / Up-BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Kokoro Hao-Kariho 4 / Back4 / BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Leifang Zetsu-Tsuten-Ho 214 / Quarter-circle BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Leon Volcano Uppercut 214 / Quarter-circle BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Lisa Hamilton Molino de Viento 214 / Quarter-circle BackHold HoldPlusHold Kick
Marie Rose Climbing Floribunda 214 / Quarter-circle BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Mila Rising Uppercut 3 / Down-Forward3 / Down-ForwardHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Momiji Junyozan 236 / Quarter-circle ForwardHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Naotora Ii Tsukikusa

Tsukikusa - Ii Family Creed

7 / Up-BackHold HoldPlusHold Kick

7 / Up-BackHold HoldPlusHold Kick4 / Back

Nyotengu Mekkimon 7 / Up-BackHold HoldPlusHold Kick
Pai Chan Ensei Tsutenshou 7 / Up-BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Phase 4 Korin-Zangetsu 7 / Up-BackHold HoldPlusHold Kick
Rachel Bear's Fang 214 / Quarter-circle BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Raidou Jinrai-Sho 3 / Down-ForwardHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Rig Rotary Edge 3 / Down-Forward3 / Down-ForwardHold HoldPlusHold Kick
Ryu Hayabusa Soryu 4 / Back4 / BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick
Sarah Bryant Valkyrie Somersault Kick 7 / Up-BackHold HoldPlusHold Kick
Tina Armstrong Eagle Kick 3 / Down-Forward3 / Down-ForwardHold HoldPlusHold Kick
Zack Twin Twisters

Twin Twisters - Ducking

7 / Up-BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick

7 / Up-BackHold PunchPlusHold KickHold 2 / Down

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Trivia[]

  • Ein, Hayate, Hitomi, and Honoka all have the same Power Launcher (Tensho ("Heaven Piercer"))
    • It is possible that the Tensho was either taught to Ein from Hitomi (and retained to Hayate's memory), or taught to Hitomi from Hayate (as Ein, he may have retained the move from before his amnesia). Of course, Honoka knows the move by observing one of the three.
      • However, the input for Honoka's Tensho input is (7 / Up-BackHold PunchPlusHold Kick), instead of Ein, Hayate, and Hitomi's inputs of (3 / Down-Forward3 / Down-ForwardHold PunchPlusHold Kick).
  • Naotora Ii, and Zack are the only characters who can enter a Special Stance from their Power Launchers.
  • Jacky, Lisa, Naotora, Nyotengu, Phase 4, Rig, Sarah, and Tina are the only characters whose Power Launchers use Hold HoldPlusHold Kick instead of Hold PunchPlusHold Kick.

References[]


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Characters
Playable KasumiAyaneHayateRyu HayabusaHelena DouglasChristieLa Mariposa/Lisa HamiltonHitomiBaymanKokoroJann LeeLeifangTina ArmstrongBass Armstrong/Mr. StrongZackEliotGen FuBrad WongRigMilaAlpha-152EinLeonMomijiMarie RosePhase 4Nyotengu
Story Mode characters False Kasumi
Guest characters Akira YukiJacky BryantSarah BryantPai Chan
Non-playable characters MiyakoMuramasaVictor Donovan
Terms
Gameplay modes StoryVersusArcadeTime AttackSurvivalTeam BattleTrainingOnlineSpectatorAlbumMoviesFight RecordTitlesHelp & OptionsMusic
Gameplay terms AttacksBoss BattlesCharacter SelectCliffhangerComboCounter BlowCritical HitDanger ZoneGame OverHoldsKnocked OutMatchMove DataPower BlowPower LauncherSide SteppingSpecial MovesStagesStancesTag ThrowsThrowsTriangle System
Plot subjects DOATECDead or Alive World Combat ChampionshipDIGFreedom SurvivorMISTMugen Tenshin clanProject AlphaProject EpsilonRunaway shinobiShinobi
Martial arts AikijutsuBa ji quan (hakkyoku-ken)Close quarters combatCombat SamboCounter Fiend CombatJeet Kune DoKarateLucha libreMixed martial artsMuay ThaiNinjutsuPi gua quanProfessional wrestlingSnake fistSystemaT'ai chi quanTaekwondoTengu-doXing yi quanXinyi liuhe quanEnsei ken (yan qing quan)Zui quan
Other terms CabbageCreditsCutscenesEndingsGlassesSystem VoiceTournament WinnersVirtua Fighter
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Stages Aircraft CarrierDead or Alive/ArrivalDepthDesert WastelandDojoThe Ends of the EarthFighting EntertainmentFlow/PrimalForestFuelHomeHot ZoneLabLorelei/Haunted LoreleiLost WorldSanctuaryScrambleThe Show/The Tiger Show/Coming SoonSky City TokyoStreetSweatTemple of the Dragon/SakuraZack Island
Non-playable locations Freedom SurvivorJohnny's DinerTaylor's Bar
Music
Dead or Alive 5 Soundtrack Vol.3
Character themes Default "Alpha-152" • "Bloody Nocturne" • "Collapse" • "Drunk Wolf" • "El Diablo ~DOA5 Ultimate mix~" • "Fang" • "Flowerbed" • "Fuga ~DOA5 Ultimate mix~" • "Hunter's Moon" • "I Feel For You" • "Machinations" • "Mentor" • "Moonlit Lady" • "Oiran Drive" • "Purity" • "The Roar of the Crowd" • "Russian Roulette" • "Serpent Dance" • "Shade" • "Solitary Desperation" • "Sorrow" • "Steel Horse Rider" • "Successor" • "Tribal Beats" • "Turn On The Lights" • "The Wind is Howling" • "Vigaku" • "Zany Zapper"
Optional (console versions only) Dead or Alive 2 "B-boy no "B"" • "Blazed up Melpomene" • "Break the age" • "Grand Style" • "Hitohira" • "Natural High" • "The Shooted" • "Tehu Tehu" • "Ultimate Weapon" • "YES or YES" • "You Are Under My Control"
Dead or Alive 3 "Blood Tie" • "Cracker" • "Eternity" • "Four Thousand" • "I don't believe it!" • "It's to Show" • "Knifepoint" • "Look Ahead" • "Mayflower" • "Monster" • "Power Shovel" • "Prismatic Butterfly" • "Red Moon" • "Reincarnate" • "Trip" • "True Beauty"
Stage themes "Accelerator" • "Alpha-152" • "Beginning to the End" • "Blood Tie ~DOA5 Ultimate mix~" • "Can't Stop This Feeling" • "Cascade" • "The City Never Sleeps" • "Desert Storm" • "Dimensions Training" • "Fallen Leaves" • "Fire Alarm" • "Gaia" • "Ghouls' Ball" • "Gotta Move On" • "Graceful Sounds" • "Happy Funny Crazy" • "I Feel For You" • "Imps' Ball" • "Into the Abyss" • "Liberation" • "Light the Fuse" • "Like a Dragon" • "Knock You Down" • "Mist Knows" • "Niug-Nep Place" • "Oblivion" • "Polluted Air" • "Primitive Rhythm" • "Rapids" • "Scream" • "The Secret of Kung-Fu" • "Skyscraper" • "Tedious Days" • "Tempestuous Sign" • "Tiger's Family" • "Tradition"
Story Mode tracks "B-boy No "B" Remix" • "Cheerful Buddhist Priest" • "Collapse" • "Desperate Situation" • "False Fate" • "I'm a Fighter" • "Knifepoint" • "let's get it" • "Mentor" • "Monster" • "Moonlit Lady" • "Omen" • "Purity" • "Serpent Dance" • "Shade" • "The Storied Journey of the Boy and the Drunk" • "Successor" • "Superstar" • "Tribal Beats" • "Trip" • "The Way is Known ~DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Main Theme~" • "Vigaku" • "The Wind is Howling" • "Zany Zapper"
Other tracks "A Wind" • "Act Of Universe" • "An Invisible Shadow" • "Circle" • "Conditioning" • "D.O.A." • "Deep Impact" • "Dimensions Training" • "Evolution" • "Excelsior" • "Ignition" • "Link" • "Repetition" • "Showdown" • "Transcendence" • "ULTIMATE" • "Urges" • "Wired" • "X-ray" • "Zero Hour"
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Characters
Playable KasumiAyaneHayateRyu HayabusaHelena DouglasChristieLa Mariposa/Lisa HamiltonHitomiBaymanKokoroJann LeeLeifangTina ArmstrongBass Armstrong/Mr. StrongZackEliotGen FuBrad WongRigMilaAlpha-152EinLeonMomijiRachelMarie RosePhase 4NyotenguHonokaRaidou
Story Mode characters False Kasumi
Guest characters Akira YukiJacky BryantSarah BryantPai ChanNaotora IiMai Shiranui (latter two only in Arcade/PS4/XONE/PC)
Non-playable characters MiyakoMuramasaVictor Donovan
Terms
Gameplay modes StoryVersusArcadeTime AttackSurvivalTeam BattleTrainingOnlineSpectatorAlbumMoviesFight RecordTitlesHelp & OptionsMusic
Gameplay terms AttacksBoss BattlesCharacter SelectCliffhangerComboCounter BlowCritical HitDanger ZoneGame OverHoldsKnocked OutMatchMove DataPower BlowPower LauncherSide SteppingSpecial MovesStagesStancesTag ThrowsThrowsTriangle System
Plot subjects DOATECDead or Alive World Combat ChampionshipDIGFreedom SurvivorMISTMugen Tenshin clanProject AlphaProject EpsilonRunaway shinobiShinobi
Martial arts AikijutsuBa ji quan (hakkyoku-ken)Close quarters combatCombat SamboCounter Fiend CombatHonoka FuIi Style Leg StrikesJeet Kune DoKarateLucha libreMixed martial artsMuay ThaiNinjutsuPi gua quanProfessional wrestlingSnake fistSystemaT'ai chi quanTaekwondoTengu-doXing yi quanXinyi liuhe quanEnsei ken (yan qing quan)Zui quan
Other terms CabbageCreditsCutscenesEndingsGlassesSystem VoiceTournament WinnersVirtua FighterWarriors seriesThe King of Fighters series
Locations
Stages Aircraft CarrierCrimson (PS4/XONE) • Danger Zone (PS4/XONE) • Dead or Alive/ArrivalDepthDesert WastelandDojoThe Ends of the EarthFighting EntertainmentFlow/PrimalForestFuelHomeHot ZoneLabLorelei/Haunted LoreleiLost WorldSanctuaryScrambleThe Show/The Tiger Show/Coming SoonSky City TokyoStreetSweatTemple of the Dragon/SakuraZack Island
DLC stages (PS4/XONE) Attack on TitanAzuchiFireworks
Non-playable locations Freedom SurvivorJohnny's DinerTaylor's Bar
Music
Dead or Alive 5 Soundtrack Vol.4
Character themes Default "Alpha-152" • "Bloody Nocturne" • "Collapse" • "Dead or Alive Reboot" • "Drunk Wolf" • "El Diablo ~DOA5 Ultimate mix~" • "Fang" • "Flowerbed" • "Fuga ~DOA5 Ultimate mix~" • "Hunter's Moon" • "I Feel For You" • "Machinations" • "Mentor" • "Moonlit Lady" • "Oiran Drive" • "Our Little Secret" • "Purity" • "Roaming Blossom" • "The Roar of the Crowd" • "Russian Roulette" • "Sacred Flower" • "Serpent Dance" • "Shade" • "Solitary Desperation" • "Sorrow" • "Steel Horse Rider" • "Successor" • "Tribal Beats" • "Turn On The Lights" • "The Wind is Howling" • "Vigaku" • "Zany Zapper"
Optional Dead or Alive "AYA" • "Blade of "RYU"" • "Code Name "BAYMAN"" • "Concentration" • "DEAD OR ALIVE" • "Densetsu no Hiken" • "Fastbreak" • "The Fist of TAIKYOKU Blows Up" • "Ganna Make You Gasp" • "Heated Heartbeat" • "Ketsui no Toki" • "Kokou no Kenshi" • "Megadeath" • "No Money" • "Power is Beauty ~more beautiful mix~" • "Superstar"
Dead or Alive 2 "B-boy no "B"" • "Blazed up Melpomene" • "Break the age" • "Grand Style" • "Hitohira" • "Natural High" • "The Shooted" • "Tehu Tehu" • "Ultimate Weapon" • "YES or YES" • "You Are Under My Control"
Dead or Alive 3 "Blood Tie" • "Cracker" • "Eternity" • "Four Thousand" • "I don't believe it!" • "It's to Show" • "Knifepoint" • "Look Ahead" • "Mayflower" • "Monster" • "Power Shovel" • "Prismatic Butterfly" • "Red Moon" • "Reincarnate" • "Trip" • "True Beauty"
Miscellaneous "Dead or Alive Redux" • "Hitohira -DW SW MIX-" • "Ryu's Determination -DW SW MIX-" • "Tehu Tehu -DW SW MIX-"
Stage themes "Accelerator" • "Against the mega disastrous blow -Last Round mix-" • "Alpha-152" • "Beginning to the End" • "Blood Tie ~DOA5 Ultimate mix~" • "Can't Stop This Feeling" • "Cascade" • "The City Never Sleeps" • "Desert Storm" • "Dimensions Training" • "Fallen Leaves" • "Fire Alarm" • "Gaia" • "Ghouls' Ball" • "Gotta Move On" • "Graceful Sounds" • "Happy Funny Crazy" • "I Feel For You" • "Imps' Ball" • "Into the Abyss" • "Liberation" • "Light the Fuse" • "Like a Dragon" • "Look Ahead" • "Knock You Down" • "Mist Knows" • "Natural High" • "Niug-Nep Place" • "Oblivion" • "Polluted Air" • "Primitive Rhythm" • "Rapids" • "Reincarnate" • "Scream" • "The Secret of Kung-Fu" • "Skyscraper" • "Tedious Days" • "Tempestuous Sign" • "Tiger's Family" • "Tradition" • "Trip" • "Tropical Beat"
Story Mode tracks "B-boy No "B" Remix" • "Cheerful Buddhist Priest" • "Collapse" • "Desperate Situation" • "False Fate" • "I'm a Fighter" • "Knifepoint" • "let's get it" • "Mentor" • "Monster" • "Moonlit Lady" • "Omen" • "Purity" • "Serpent Dance" • "Shade" • "The Storied Journey of the Boy and the Drunk" • "Successor" • "Superstar" • "Tribal Beats" • "Trip" • "The Way is Known ~DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Main Theme~" • "Vigaku" • "The Wind is Howling" • "Zany Zapper"
Other tracks "A Wind" • "Act Of Universe" • "An Invisible Shadow" • "Circle" • "Conditioning" • "D.O.A." • "Deep Impact" • "Dimensions Training" • "Evolution" • "Excelsior" • "Ignition" • "Link" • "Physical System" • "Repetition" • "Result" • "Showdown (DOA1)" • "Showdown" • "The New Century" • "Transcendence" • "ULTIMATE" • "Urges" • "Wired" • "X-ray" • "Zero Hour"
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