Calamity Slice adds marks to enemies. At 5 stacks, deal damage, grant yourself shield, and slow the enemy.
Katana
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Katana is a melee Phighter. He was released on 31 December 2022 with V0.4.5 and the Rave vs. Relax Phestival.
Overview
Katana is a tanky melee Phighter that can frontline with his high health pool and damage, but suffers at range with poor mobility and only a single ranged attack. His Calamity Slice can be used up to 5 times and applies a Looming Misfortune mark to any enemy hit with it. Looming Misfortune lets Katana stack a slowing debuff, increasing by 5% per every mark until 5 stacks are hit. Once five stacks are applied they will explode, removing the stacks, dealing 25 damage and granting 25 shield. Spirit Cleanse can be used to instantly detonate any marks, slowing the enemy and making it easier to apply new ones. His only ranged tool, Thread Tow, throws a line to an enemy and drags them toward him, letting him either secure a kill or forcing the opponent to use abilities to reposition. Foul Counter makes Katana a sponge for all damage, with any said damage calculating into a slash infront of him and applying stacks of Looming Misfortune. His Phinisher, Soul Splicer, is a huge AoE attack that averages the health of enemies, applies 5 stacks of looming misfortune, and slows. Katana may be slow, but with enough patience and skill, he becomes a monster on the battlefield.
Abilities
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Looming Misfortune | |||
Damage: 20 (full stack detonation) Shield: 25 Mark duration: 6 seconds  Slow inflicted: 3% for 5 seconds (per Looming Misfortune stack), 50% for X seconds (full stack detonation)
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Calamity Slice | |||
Slice your katana 5 times, staying in the air and moving forward.
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Spirit Cleanse | |||
Slash and use any stacks of Looming Misfortune on enemies.
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Thread Tow | |||
Throw your rope and pull in an enemy.
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Foul Counter | |||
Temporarily enter a stance that negates all damage and knockback, being dealt 10 damage or higher will cause you to slash, applying a stack of Looming Misfortune per 10 damage countered.
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Soul Splicer | |||
Slice in a large area around you, taking the average health of enemies hit and applying it to all targets. Then deal damage and apply 5 stacks of Looming Misfortune to each enemy hit.
Damage: Sets all enemies health to the average health of enemies hit + 40 Looming Misfortune application: 5 stacks Phinisher points: 125 Phinisher animation: 1.75 seconds
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Strategy
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Ability usage
- Looming Misfortune
- Get closer, slow helps with finishing or dealing huge damage to an enemy.
- Keep track of the marks applied to an enemy.
- Calamity Slice
- Use any elevation (including jumping) before you use Calamity Slice to make yourself much more difficult to hit.
- Its range is longer than it looks, keep this in mind to catch enemies off-guard.
- Spirit Cleanse
- Use Spirit Cleanse after Looming Misfortune's
Slow early on faster Phighters to keep them in your range. You don't have to get all 5 stacks. - Spirit Cleanse can be used after Calamity Slice's 5-hit combo to maintain airtime and stall out attacks or save yourself from pitfalls.
- Use Spirit Cleanse after Looming Misfortune's
- Thread Tow
- Thread Tow can be used to finish off enemies at a distance or to pull in an enemy that leaves your range.
- It also drags backline Phighters out of position.
- Consider using it on stationary Phighters, like Hyperlaser.
- Due to its
Stun effect, Thread Tow can also interrupt attacks with a long wind-up, such as Hyperlaser's Eviscerating Ray or attacks with a long animation, such as Ban Hammer's Litigation.
- Due to its
- Be careful of when you use it, save it for when you can secure a kill. Without it, most Phighters will stay too far out of range.
- A good example is Slingshot, who dashes away too quickly before you can slow him enough. However, using it after his dash is a good way to secure a kill.
- If you're off the point or in an area where you have no teammates or enemies lingering about, you can use Thread Tow to grapple a Boombox using Raining Tacos to deny the opposing team the AoE damage and support.
- Thread Tow can also be used to move enemies into their own Phinishers and take self-damage (Rocket's Grand Cannonade and Sword's All-Mighty Axle Arc are two Phinishers that damage the user) or into allied Phinishers with an AoE effect such as Subspace's Noxious Void. Thread Tow can also be used to move enemies into killbricks.
- After moving an enemy into their own Phinisher, you can use Foul Counter to soak up the damage from the attack and throw it back at them or at a group of enemies.
- Thread Tow can be used to finish off enemies at a distance or to pull in an enemy that leaves your range.
- Foul Counter
- Use when taking a lot of damage, as you can counter back with a slash and apply multiple Looming Misfortune stacks.
- Can be used aggressively, walk forward and absorb as much damage as possible before slicing into someone.
- Soul Splicer
- Be careful not to use it too far in the open, you become a target.
- Soul Splicer can hit enemies through walls. Use cover to surprise your enemies or to use your Phinisher without taking too much damage during the animation.
Counterplay against Katana
Since Katana has very poor mobility and range, ranged characters usually do well against him, if he does not land either his Thread Tow or apply any stacks of Looming Misfortune. When Katana starts using Foul Counter, it is advised to get away from him and do not damage him, although he won't do damage, you can be struck by the slash and be slowed, allowing him to kill you quickly. Soul Splicer has huge AoE effect, but very small vertical range. The most dangerous part of this is the Slow and stacks of Looming Misfortune, which leaves affected players as sitting ducks to Katana's attacks. Any ability that provides a vertical advantage should be used to avoid the massive damage and debuffs.
Katana has a larger hitbox than most other phighters, thus making headshots with Hyperlaser's primary easier to hit.
Badge
| Name | Icon | Description | Reward |
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| sever the soul |  |
kill 3 enemies with your passive proc after using your phinisher | Title - Elder |
Trivia
General:
- Katana is based on the Katana gear.
- Katana has a tattoo of the Lost Temple insignia on his back, being shown in art, and a different one for his concept.
- In the Phighter select screen, dialogue box, and scorebar, Katana's idle animation differs from the one present in-game. Along with Medkit, they are the only Phighters to have this quality.
- During April Fools' 2023, Katana was renamed to kaitlyn.
- During April Fools' 2024, Katana was renamed to pikachu, and remodeled to reference Pikachu from the Pokémon franchise.
Development:
- Katana is the first Phighter to get an early gameplay teaser, debuting 5 days before his public release.
- Katana's katana has a name from concept art. Its name is "Gokudaito Yōtō", which translates to "massive sword" in English.
- Katana was accidentally revealed months in advance because of a sticker aptly named by Pix in the boggio community Discord. [1]
- Soul Splicer is based on Nagoriyuki's Overdrive from Guilty Gear Strive.[2]
Skins:
- Kramptana originally had a backpack, as seen in concept art.
- Moaitana is a community contributed skin created by theo_catface.
- The skin was one of three winners of the 2023 Easter Skin Contest.
- Cybertana is a community contributed skin created by wackl.
- The skin was one of three winners of the August 2023 Skin Contest.
Version history
The Voice Line Update - 1 April 2023
26 November 2022
5 November 2022
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References
- ↑ pix in boggio community, 22 March 2024 ( Link | Image ) - "Pfun Fpact! Katana was actually revealed months in advance to his actual reveal because I accidentally named the first ever sticker in this server "Katana" !"
- ↑ pix in boggio community, 21 May 2024 (Link | Image) - "PFruhgntyuhjn Furnct=! Katana's phinisher is based off of nagoriyuki's overdrive from ggst"
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