Underneath your character portrait you'll find a blue bar called the Force Gauge. This is used for Extends and for Bursts, and starts off full at the start of the round.
Extends (also known as Extend Force or EFs) are performed by pressing A+B+C with a full Force Gauge. They have a variety of effects - most obviously WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE BACKGROUND IT'S NOT THE SAME. Your attack and speed will increase, and depending on which arcana you've equipped you'll get other special bonuses to your attacks. Your Critical Heart also gets powered up to do even MORE damage, which can lead to 80/90% hits if you pull it off (still pretty useless most of the time, though).
As you do this, the Force Gauge will start to run down. When it hits 0 your Extend ends, and you have to wait for the gauge to refill before you can use it again.
You can use an extend in the same way you'd use a homing cancel by pressing ABC mid-combo. This is an Extend Cancel, which grants the usual bonuses but typically runs out faster than a raw Extend would. Excellent for high damage combos.
Also, if you're in a lot of trouble, you can Burst to save yourself by pressing C+E. This also requires a full Force Gauge, and lets out a totally unblockable attack all around you that knocks your opponent away. However, after a burst, your Force gauge can take a long time to refill - usually around 30 seconds. This means you can't use extends, so use Bursts wisely.
Finally, during an extend you have access to your Arcana's ultimate move, the Arcana Blaze. These are universally performed with 236ABC during an extend, and vary from Mildly Useful to Why The Hell Did They Put This In The Game. Like Bursts, Arcana Blazes make the Force Gauge refill slow as hell, so don't throw them about recklessly.
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