Overkill (Samurai Shodown)

An Overkill (絶命（ぜつめい）奥義（おうぎ）; Life-Ending Secret Skill) is a type of Super Special Move in the Samurai Shodown series, only appearing in Samurai Shodown V Special & Samurai Shodown V Perfect.

Overkills are instant-kill techniques that can be enabled when the opponent is at their remaining 25% HP and have one more match to lose.

All Overkills have the same + input.

List of Overkills

Character	Attack	Description
Haohmaru	Flame of the Conqueror	Haohmaru does a strong downward diagonal slash, creating a trail of energy in its wake.
Nakoruru	Touruse Sanpe Kiku Mutsube	Nakoruru tackles her opponent to the ground, then takes a moment to pray before stabbing her opponent in their heart.
Ukyo Tachibana	Flashback Flash Blast	Ukyo rushes around his opponent, then sheathes his sword. After silently reciting a haiku, his opponent gets cut in two.
Galford D. Weller	Deadly Fang Dog	Galford sends out Poppy to attack his opponent, ending with a falling, rolling attack.
Hanzo Hattori	Taboo Shrike Smash	Hanzo stuns his opponent with a few strikes, breaks his opponent's elbow and their knee, jumps high with his opponent for a Mozu Otoshi and to break their ribs, then finishing the initial attack to break their skull.
Charlotte Christine de Colde	Splash Gradation	Charlotte slashes a star shape with her rapier.
Jubei Yagyu	Cross Hack	Jubei slashes his opponent repeatedly, hits them with a Hassouhappa, then slashes them one more time, leaving their body to fall to pieces in quarters.
Kyoshiro Senryo	Ruffian Kyoshiro's Demon Boogie	Kyoshiro butchers his opponent with his naginata while a kabuki curtain is lowered behind him. The last his explodes his opponent, destroying their rear arm and their head.
Tam Tam	Ahaooh Castiga	Tam Tam jumps and fires a projectile that summons smaller versions of himself, which then turn into a light that lifts his opponent off-screen.
Shiro Tokisada Amakusa	Crime Salvation	Amakusa thrusts his crystal ball at his opponent, which he makes barrage them before striking them with it again, thus making his opponent explode.
Genjuro Kibagami	Last Card Death Dance	Genjuro butchers his opponent using Sanrensatsu, then finishes with an Ura Gokouzan.
Mizuki Rashojin	Diabolic Soul Eater	Mizuki rushes at her opponent. She then slashes her opponent using swipes of her finger (supposedly using a spell). Once she finishes, her opponent falls to pieces.
Shizumaru Hisame	Infinity Cannon	Shizumaru summons the spirit of Zankuro, who then does his own Infinity Cannon, cleaving Shizumaru's opponent in twain and blasting him back to the floor.
Rimururu	Konru Sutu Poro	Rimururu forms a giant mallet out of ice and bashes her opponent with it.
Gaira Caffeine	Stone Crush	Gaira turns his opponent to stone with a shout, then clobbers them with his rosary, and finishes by making them explode while turning to stone himself.
Basara	Hell Gate	Basara pulls his opponent into his portal, then butchers them inside it - out of sight of the player, and leaving only their head intact.
Zankuro Minazuki	Invincible Cannon	Zankuro stomps the ground, then slashes upwards, creating a green beam that obliterates his opponent from the feet above.
Kazuki Kazama	Dual Exploding Flames	Kazuki creates a clone of himself that moves behind his opponent, then both run into their target, exploding their upper half on impact while the real Kazuki moves out of the way.
Sogetsu Kazama	Lunar Mirror Slash	Sogetsu creates a bubble that turns into a clone of himself, then proceeds to beat up his opponent from both sides, ending with a rushing horizontal slash each.
Yoshitora Tokugawa	Profusion of Flowers	Yoshitora rushes at his opponent uses all of his special moves in this sequence: Nadeshiko Shirayuri Botan Tsubaki Asagao Yuugao Yuuchouka He unties his hair afterwards.
Rasetsumaru	Heart Gouger	Rasetsumaru jabs his free hand into his opponent's chest, pulls out their heart, then crushes it, letting their blood splatter across his face and torso.
Rera	Irusuka Emu Newa Shikite	Rera barrages her opponent with strikes, slashes them up, then does a cross-attack with Shikuru.
Enja	World Cremation	Enja lifts his opponent by their neck with both hands, then erupts into a pillar of flames, burning his opponent to ashes before jumping off the map.
Suija	Wrath of God	Suija tosses his opponent to the floor, then sends them flying upwards, where he kills them off screen and takes a shower in his victim's blood.
Mina Majikina	Niruya-Kanaya's Curse	Rera barrages her opponent with strikes, slashes them up, then does a cross-attack with Shikuru.
Youkai Kusaregedo	Heretic Dinner	Kusaregedo stabs his opponent with his bone arm, then jumps to the side of the screen he's facing to devour his opponent, spitting out their skull when he's done.
Liu Yunfei	Heavenly Ritual of Death	Yunfei jumps through his opponent, then grabs their soul from the back and slashes it in half, killing his target.
Gaoh	Abyss Sanctuary	Gaoh turns into his armored form, then tosses his opponent high and skewers them on the horn of his helmet, and destroys his target with a burst of energy.