Hidden Skill

Seven hidden skills exist in Twilight Princess. These skills are taught by the Hero's Spirit, summoned by howling stones, and are very powerful. After you've howled the newly learned song with him he will ask you to transform into your human self and find him. When you've found the golden wolf walk up to him and you'll go into a cloudy area and learn the hidden skill. After he has given you the button combination he'll tell you to perform it on him. If you fail or have difficulty performing the skill he'll instruct you with greater detail. When you've demonstrated the skill correctly he will say that the hidden skill has been passed on and how many skills are left to learn. A list of the skills, in the order they are learned, is shown below.


 * Ending Blow: Link leaps through the air and stabs an enemy's torso with his blade.
 * Shield Attack: Link thrusts his shield out, opening defenses, stunning enemies and reflecting some projectiles
 * Back Slice: Link leaps and rolls behind an enemy and does a spinslash, attacking a (usually) unguarded hindside and leaving the enemy stunned
 * Helm Splitter: Link uses a Shield Attack and leaps over an enemy, slashing their helm (hence the name) and occasionally knocking them onto the ground for an Ending Blow (if not already dead)
 * Mortal Draw: Link sheaths his sword and, without Z-Targeting, draws it in a semi-spin and slashes the opponent. The Hero's Spirit remarks that 'There is no defense for this. The Mortal Draw means death.'
 * Jump Strike: Link charges his blade, then leaps through the air, slashes left and right, and creates a shockwave.
 * Great Spin At full health, Link uses a wide-range Spin Attack with a powerful wave for extended radius.

If an enemy is killed through the use of one of these moves, if the player puts away Links sword, Link will sheath it in the same way he would after having just defeated a boss.