For a moment I was worried that this game might not even have an infinite jump, but here it is after all.
Here's how it works: if you switch weapons at the very first frames when an air attack is supposed to happen, the attack never starts but you get its positive air momentum anyway. And since the attack never started, you retain a neutral air state and can repeat this action as many time as you want, hence allowing potentially infinite height gain.
It's like being lifted upwards by the momentum of the ghosts of attacks that never were. Almost poetic.
The only problem is that the timing is (nearly?) frame precise and it is also influenced by lag in some levels. If you switch weapons too early, you don't get any momentum boost. If you switch weapons too late, you're locked into a non-neutral state and cannot repeat the trick any longer.
With some weapons you get so much positive air momentum from doing this that it's like one extra jump. So far Gloves and Chain & Sickle are the best weapons for doing this jump with, with Tonfa at a solid third place. Nunchaku also technically works, but gives such a small boost it's probably not worth it.
I'm not looking forward to doing this trick in a speedrun since it's so precise, but sometimes it is a good alternative to using horse break-outs.
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0:28 - an example skip from Battle of Xiapi. Lu Bu will never see Xiahou Dun coming.
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Dynasty Warriors 7 speedrunning guide:
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