Sword

SWORD
“High-damage melee weapon.”
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The Sword is a melee weapon available to the Light Build.

Overview

Attacking with primary fire will quickly slash the Sword, dealing a moderate amount of damage. Holding secondary fire and releasing will perform a high-damage stab, where the user will lunge forward a short distance and deal heavy damage to its target. As opposed to the Dagger, the Sword does not deal bonus damage from behind. Since the Sword belongs to the Light Build, it generally fulfils a "Hit and Run" or "Glass Cannon" playstyle.

Useful damage combinations include:

• 1 Alt Fire → 1 Quick Melee = 180 Damage (Eliminates Light)
• 1 Alt Fire → 1 Primary Fire → 1 Quick Melee = 254 Damage (Eliminates Medium)
• 2 Alt Fire = 280 Damage (Eliminates Medium)
• 2 Alt Fire → 1 Primary Fire = 354 Damage (Eliminates Heavy)

Using the alternate fire function (lunge) immediately followed by an Evasive Dash can dash the player up to 15 meters, which is useful for quickly moving around the map or closing the distance between an opponent.

Pros and Cons

The Sword has high damage potential, and is used as an aggressive melee-range weapon. It has a slightly longer range than the Dagger.

Like all other melee weapons, the Sword leaves the wielder vulnerable to attackers when they are not within striking range. The best ability to avoid this vulnerability is by far the Cloaking Device, or if you want a more movement based build, Evasive Dash.

Weapon Skins

LEGENDARYEPICRARECOMMON

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  GOLD DUST - (Bundle) 1,600
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  SLUGGER'S SWING - (Bundle) 950

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  TRIANGLE TWINKLE - Weapon Level 6
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  VOLPE RENDERED - Playstation Exclusive (Free Bundle)

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  OFF PANEL - 150
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  SCRAPYARD SCARS - 150

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  STANDARD ISSUE - Weapon Level 1
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  DYE JOB (YELLOW) - Weapon Level 2
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  DYE JOB (BLUE) - Weapon Level 3
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  DYE JOB (RED) - Weapon Level 4
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  DYE JOB (WHITE) - Weapon Level 5

Trivia

• The alternate fire function (lunge) for the Sword was added in CB2.