Special Combo Disarm and Destroy is introduced as a Special Combo Move in Batman: Arkham City in which Batman grabs a nearby enemy's Weapon and destroyed it. The move permanently disables:
- Firearms (Assault Rifles mostly)
- Blunt weapons such as Baseball Bats and Pipes.
- Sharp weapons such as Knives and Broken Bottles (swords cannot be destroyed).
- Projectiles such as chairs, liquor boxes, fire extinguishers, propane tanks, and rocks (Hell's Gate Combat Challenge Map). This move is the only means to actively destroy liquor boxes. Players can also use Batarangs to destroy other projectiles directly or to cause them to be dropped and destroyed.
- Stun Batons
- Riot Shields
If there were no enemies nearby with weapons, or the player accidentally chose the wrong attack direction to where there was no weapon to destroy, Batman simply performs a simple Special Combo Takedown.
This move cannot destroy Ninjas/Combat Experts' Swords as they cannot be separated from them (instead they will be taken down, which neutralizes the sword anyway). Likewise, it cannot be used on the sledgehammer and the sickle used by Hammer and Sickle.
In-Game Animation Sequences[]
Batman has different ways to destroy different weapons, animation-wise. He does the following things:
- Snatch a gun and quickly dismantle it.
- Snatch a pipe and bend it at the middle.
- Snatch a bat and smash it on his thigh to break it.
- Snatch a sledgehammer and break its lever on his thigh.
- Hold a Thug's wrist with one hand and break his knife or broken bottle with the other.
- Hit a thug on his sides, then trip him (which somehow made his box or rock fall on the ground and break apart); or snatch his fire extinguisher or propane tank and throw it on the ground hard to make it explode.
- Snatch a stun baton, lightly stun the thug with it, then break its head from which the current came out.
- Hold the upper side of a shield with one hand, punch the thug holding it through the glass to separate him from it, then kick on it to break it.
Strategy[]
Special Combo Disarm and Destroy is a tremendously useful move. It is wise to use the move repeatedly in a battle to clear the area of all weapons, and even afterward, as the Takedown performed in absence of weapons that could easily thin the enemy ranks including Armored Henchmen.
Like other Special Combo Moves, this move gives the character brief invincibility while they're performing it. It rewards 1 combo multiplier, 25 points per multiplier, and 1 Combat variation.
Trivia[]
- Deathstroke can perform this move in the Challenge Maps in Batman: Arkham Origins. Batgirl and Azrael can also perform this move in Batman: Arkham Knight combat challenges.
- When Deathstroke performs this move on Riot Shields, the punch through the glass will knock down and stun the enemy instead of merely staggering him.