MegaSkater67 wrote: » Sp2 can crit which means the damage can be increased significantly. Sp3 only increases with things like fury and they can't be critical so the damage usually stays the same. Also with a special 3 the damage is guaranteed, sp2 could be blocked so there's a greater risk to using it.
Jon8299 wrote: » It's because the Special 3 gives you the advantage of no being unblockable, also some abilities are strongest with the S3, such as bleed or in some mystics case the ability to remove all buffs from the opponent.