Also high chance to curse user.

I look at this and I find the idea of a sword like that to be rather novel.

However, it'd probably be more appropriate to have it have a chance TO freeze than for it to not affect frozen mobs -- because, as much as I like the idea of not unfreezing that Gun Puppy that I'm back-attacking, at the same time there is (as Gwenyvier says) the potential for it to bork Lockdown sommat if it goes the way of 'I don't bust freeze'.

The 'zero knockback' bit, however, I don't even care if it affects or doesn't affect freeze by comparison -- I. Would. Love. That. Sword. To. DEATH if it didn't knock back monsters. Why? Because the past few days I've had the wonderful fortune to get multiple monsters knocked into me by fantastic geniuses, the most notable of which was the ATTACKING LUMBER that got knocked my way and proceeded to finish slamming the ground, resulting in me getting clubbed like a seal.

A no-knockback Shadow sword would be GLORIOUS. Whether it phases through Freeze or has a chance of Freeze (my justification for 'chance of freeze': ghosts are REALLY COLD sometimes, or alternatively 'it steals the body heat from its victims, leaving behind the cold of the grave') or does neither, anything beyond the zero-knockback is just icing on the evil cake.

@Thimol We already have the faust for that, no need to duplicate it here.

The way I see it, the sword is overpowered. I though that this effect would be apropos for the whole ghost theme. If not that, then maybe cut down on attack power, speed, or whatever?

yes! I accually came up with this a while ago and never posted! YES DEVS! Make tihs happen!

Cutter line weapons actually do damage on par with other swords. If all 10 strikes actually hit (which they usually don't) you'll do more damage then other swords that do a comparable damage type, read Normal damage only. The difference is that since it is a 5 hit (technically 10) the damage per hit must be lower or they'll be OP.

All numbers are for the end of Strata 6.

DVS: 108 (62), 108 (62), 108 (62), 108 (62), 154 (62)... Final: 586 (310), or almost 900 actually IF all 10 strikes hit.
Levi Blade: 203, 203, 258... Final: 664
Sudaruska: 258, 321... Final: 579

I still like the idea of a Shadow Cutter though. :) It would be interesting and different and Goddess knows we need more Shadow and Piercing swords. Bypassing freeze would make it OP, and freezing would be useless... no knockback could be very interesting on it though. I hope this one gets made.

~Gwen

a shadow cutter sounds intresting im for this sword

Yeah, it shouldn't be able to not break the freeze status, we can all agree on that.

No knockback sounds...odd. It's like you won't be able to move the enemy, but keep it stationary whilst you smack it silly. I suppose this could work, somehow.

High interruption sounds...very odd. Interruption, as I see it, is caused when a strike is powerful enough to cause the target to flinch. Devilites, Scuttlebots and Greavers are all very vulnerable to flinching, as taking damage whilst charging an attack immediately immobilizes them and they must recharge for the next attack. These mobs can also not be knocked over, for some reason. Otherwise, for enemies like Gremlins, Wolvers, Mecha Knights and T2 Retrodes and Zombies and turrets of any kind (and possibly lower tier Alpha Wolvers?) requires the last hit in a combo or a charge attack to interrupt their attack and knock them over. My reasoning for adding turrets to this category is because they are more easily interrupted than the mobs in the next category. T3 Retrodes and Zombies can not be knocked over, but instead flinch if hit by a powerful strike or combo'd for enough damage. The same goes for Lichens (effectivity range varies with size), Jellies, Alpha Wolvers, Phantoms and Kats. Technically, Lumbers fall under the same category, but their vulnerability frame is very small and you would be lucky to land an interrupting blow before they slam you, thus I consider these a higher tier. Trojans as well fall under this category, but I haven't done enough testing against these mobs (mostly because I mainly see them in the Citadel, where I am busy smooshing other things).
I rank them from Weak (first category), to Lightweight (second) to Sturdy (lastly mentioned).

The concept you're coming up with here is giving a low-damage, multi-strike sword the knockback factor equivalent to a Gran Faust/Divine Avenger, which seems very out of place.

So apparently I need to expand my vocabulary.

What I meant was adding the interruption rate would be kind of broken. (I used knockback instead, silly me) Say if we use the interrupt/knockdown rate of a Gran Faust/Divine Avenger, you interrupt with every other hit. Even with a Calibur/Brandish rate you have an interrupt every three hits. Considering the speed of this weapon, you could literally run up to any one enemy, spam the attack button and you will never get hit by that one particular mob. I don't think adding a high interruption rate would do much good, honestly. What if, say, the charge attack has a chance of causing stun? That way you're more likely to get out a full combo without getting nommed to pieces by anything you attack. The Cutter line is supposed to be swift and deal a lot of damage in a very short time-span, but due to its lack of interrupting/knockdown blows you can't just run up to an enemy and you'll automatically win. That's too easy and gamebreaking. You want a Shadow Cutter, in this case the Ghost Blade, but when you think about it, couldn't it simply function as a regular cutter with shadow damage? It is still desirable, even without any fancy effects. I just can't get myself to believe that adding a high rate for interrupting an enemy's attack for such a fast sword is anywhere near a good idea for the game, which is what I'm trying to get across.

Does it let you kill a ghost so you can steal its Ghost Chips?