Hey there! Neo here.

So I am sure there are *TONS* of these out there, but I would like to recommend a new weapon concept to you, the good people of Three Rings.

We have all sorts of swords in Spiral Knights. The fast, the slow, the in between. The stabbing, the clashing, the crushing. We have Normal swords, normal and elemental, normal and shadow, normal and piercing --

Oh wait. We do NOT have a normal and piercing blade!! Yet I think that would be a fantastically cool and powerful additional to the arsenal of weapons. You could take such a blade in several directions. I was thinking either something like a mace/morningstar, a flail, or a kanabo, the latter a samurai weapon. Both would have distinct weapon capabilities:

The Mace/Morningstar line would be similar to all of the Brandish blades (I doubt we could have a logical jump from 'brandish sword' to mace, however, so it would be it's own line.) I was thinking it would have the standard three swing attack pattern, only a little slower than the movements of the Brandish line because, hey, Maces are heavy! In addition to having both normal and piercing damage, the Mace would have a chance at stunning the opponent, as there is a good amount of blunt force going on, eh? The special could either be a tremendous smash attack similar to the Troika line or perhaps an earthquake style move to cause blasts forward not unlike the Brandish blades yet again.

Now for something completely different.

The Flail would be a totally new beast in my mind.

I am picturing a fast four hit combo where the knight twirls the flail forward, doing a figure 8 strike, and then pauses before doing an especially powerful overhead strike that has knockback. It would hit comparably to a fast sword like the flourish for the first four but then much stronger like a troika for the last hit. The first two strikes would have no knockback. The charge attack could be a variety of things: A spin attack that pushes the enemies away and deals damage, a rotating shield the the new elemental shield items that lasts for 10 seconds or until the player attacks again or switches weapons or a distant chain attack, making it a good range weapon too.

Lastly, the Kanabo weapon would play out very much like the Troika line -- a slow two hit combo consisting of a swipe and then a spin. The charge would, likewise, be much like the troika, although I could see a different charge. Perhaps the knight would take a big, powerful swipe that would reduce the targets defence and attack as well as dealing damage and knockback, as the kanabo was known for breaking the opponent's swords and shields!

This is just a first, rough post for a new weapon idea. I will be updating it soon with more specific info and artwork!

Even still, let me know what you think. Thanks for reading and stay tuned,

-Neo