Two New Sword Lines
Sa, 10/12/2013 - 21:21
Ok, so as a general rule, Piercing weapons are small quick weapons, and normal are decent/slow weapons with a lot of damage. So what if we got a Piercing, heavy weapon, and a Swift, weak weapon. Here they are...
NOTE: These are three star starting weapons.
Talon Club:
A large, troika looking weapon, covered in barbs. It does piercing damage, with a similar damage output to this weapon (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Twisted_Snarble_Barb ), and the speed of this weapon (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Sealed_Sword ).
It's combo would be similar to the Club weapons, from Kid Icarus: Uprising. Basically, it would swing horizontally, then the player would swing straight down, similar to the troika's charge. The charge would be a long range, 360* swing, dealing almost double damage, and knocking enemies about 3 squares away.
Lothring:
A small, calibur like blade, with a shadowy aura. It does normal damage, with a similar damage output to this weapon (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Striker ), and the speed of this weapon (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Arc_Razor ). It's combo would be a four attack of the three horizontal swings, followed by a lunge, similar to the Flourish and Snarble Bard line. The charge would be a dashing sword swing, similar to the Rocket Hammer, dealing about tripe damage. After the dash attack, the player swings, and finishes with another stab. These last two attacks are in the direction the player is facing, allowing the charge to change direction.
So, 10/13/2013 - 12:29
#2
@Little-Juances
Pshhhh. Heavy swords work very well against all those enemies you listed, due to the range of the attack and chance of interrupt from the high damage. If flourish was given a well-needed range angle nerf, a heavy-piercing sword would be very viable.
I for one would like to see even just the Heavy Hatchet converted to split-piercing. It's basically just a Thwack Hammer anyway.
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So, 10/13/2013 - 12:18
#3
hmm...
you both have good arguments. I agree, Arc Razor and Striker are swift, weak swords, but Lothring is different in that it's more like a flourish. Also, speed makes things hard, in my opinion. That's fine, but people might want something easier than Flourish to hit the fast foes. But, well, that's my opinion.
Fact is enemies weak to pierce are fast and annoying.
Wolvers keep teleporting, devilites dodge, greavers act as blood-driven homing missiles.
Flourish is perfect, sadly. Any new pierce sword is doomed to be a hipster weapon.
Then your other idea is contradicting. Aren't cutters and arc razors (wich you base your idea on) swift weak normal damage swords already?