Sword

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Sword is a melee Phighter. He was released on 19 February 2022 with Playtest 1.

Overview

Sword is a melee Phighter who serves as a 'jack of all trades' within his class. He boasts decent mobility, high melee damage, and solid bulk. He excels in close-quarters combat, constantly pressuring enemies with Slash and Lunge while also disorienting and reaching them with Dolphin Slash. However, he is limited in ranged combat, relying solely on Blade Beam to chip away at enemies from afar. His passive, Spirit of the Sword, enables him to empower an ability for high bursts of damage, letting him make quick work of his foes. Sword can even perform large crowd control and area denial through his Phinisher, All-Mighty Axle Arc.

Abilities

Type Passive

Spirit of the Sword

In-Game DescriptionDetailsNotesAbility Demonstration Damaging enemies or being damaged charges a meter. When charged, press R or touch the sword icon to power up your next ability. Meter charge: +50% of damage taken Max. meter: 100 points Damage from empowered abilities do not contribute to the meter. Empowered abilities do not have a cooldown, though using one will put the unpowered version on cooldown. Reaching full meter will show a special particle effect on Sword. The sound heard upon reaching full meter audible to other players. Charge cannot be gained past full meter. Using an empowered ability or dying resets the meter to 0. Load video Local File Local File might collect personal data. ContinueDismiss

Type Primary	Slash
	In-Game DescriptionDetailsNotesAbility Demonstration Swing your sword forward and back. Damage: 26 Swing interval: 0.3 + 0.6 seconds Range: 10 studs Meter charge: +10 There's nothing here yet... Load video Local File Local File might collect personal data. ContinueDismiss

Type Secondary

Blade Beam

In-Game DescriptionDetailsNotesAbility Demonstration Fire a slash which travels through enemies and shields. When empowered, the beam will boomerang and deal aoe damage when an enemy is hit. Unpowered Damage: 30 Range: 350 studs Meter charge: +5 Windup: 0.3 seconds Cooldown: 6 seconds Empowered Damage: 40 (projectile) / 30 (AoE) Range: 130 studs (initial) / 750 studs (returning) Windup: 0.3 seconds Can pierce through walls. Empowered Blade Beam will gradually redirect itself towards Sword as it returns. Load video Local File Local File might collect personal data. ContinueDismiss Load video Local File Local File might collect personal data. ContinueDismiss

Type Q Ability

Dolphin Slash

In-Game DescriptionDetailsNotesAbility Demonstration Jump up, swinging your sword and sending enemies around you upwards. When empowered, pull all enemies in before spinning upwards. Unpowered Damage: 30 Fling force: 30 studs Hitbox: 30x12x30 Meter charge: +5 Cooldown: 6 seconds Empowered Damage: 20 (initial) + 16 * 3 (spins) Fling force: 30 studs Hitbox: 30x12x30 Slow penalty: 30% Bound penalty: 100% The three spins of empowered Dolphin Slash are guaranteed to damage enemies hit by the initial swing. Load video Local File Local File might collect personal data. ContinueDismiss Load video Local File Local File might collect personal data. ContinueDismiss

Type E Ability

Lunge

In-Game DescriptionDetailsNotesAbility Demonstration Dash forwards and swing your sword. When empowered, the first enemy hit will be pinned and brought with you. Unpowered Damage: 30 Meter charge: +5 Dash distance: 50 studs Cooldown: 6 seconds Empowered Damage: 40 Stun applied: remaining Lunge duration + 1 second Windup: 0.4 seconds Dash distance: 60 studs Unpowered Lunge can be canceled by using other abilities, but they cannot be used during empowered Lunge. Enemies hit by empowered Lunge while another enemy is already pinned will be dealt 15 damage. Load video Local File Local File might collect personal data. ContinueDismiss Load video Local File Local File might collect personal data. ContinueDismiss

Type PHINISHER!

All-Mighty Axle Arc

In-Game DescriptionDetailsNotesAbility Demonstration Click to throw your sword which sticks onto anything it touches and explodes after pulsing 3 times. Instantly recharges your meter. Damage: 50 (direct) + 150 (explosion) Knockback force: 30 (explosion) Meter charge: sets to max. (on cast) Explosion time: 1.5 seconds Activation window: 1 second Phinisher points: 75 Phinisher cutscene: 1 second Damage from All-Mighty Axle Arc cannot generate Phinisher points. Sword cannot use any abilities until his sword returns to him after exploding. If Sword dies before the thrown sword hits an enemy or the environment, it will disappear. Sword can also be damaged by the explosion. Load video Local File Local File might collect personal data. ContinueDismiss

Strategy

Let the experiment commence!!

This section is an active work-in-progress — mind the mess!

Pros	Low skill floor makes Sword an excellent choice for new players. Jack of all trades moveset. Sword is a versatile choice for team compositions to play around, and works well across many types of fights. All-Mighty Axle Arc is the fastest charging Phinisher in the game. Empowered Lunge is a powerful displacement option that can set up a fast, consistent 100+ damage combo.
Cons	No self sustain options in Sword's moveset, making Sword reliant on healers, kill health regeneration, and shield regeneration, which can be difficult due to being a melee. Reliant on Lunge for getting close to enemies. Sword lacks specialization due to being a jack of all trades in the melee category.

Ability usage

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Counterplay against Sword

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Badge

Name	Icon	Description	Reward
stuck sword		successfully stick your thrown sword into an enemy and kill them	Title - Mightiest Warrior Sticker - Confident

Trivia

General:

• Sword is based on the Linked Sword gear.
• Sword's character theme is "CALL OF THE HEIGHTS".
• During April Fools' 2023, Sword was renamed to steve.
  • During April Fools' 2024, Sword was renamed to makoto yuki, and remodelled to reference Makoto Yuki from Persona 3.

Development:

• Sword's abilities and appearance are inspired by Marth and Ike from the Fire Emblem franchise.
  • In particular, his Q ability, Dolphin Slash is a reference to the same move used by Marth in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
  • Additionally, his Phinisher line is a direct reference to one of Ike's taunts in the Super Smash Bros. series.
• Sword was the first Phighter to be developed, created alongside the core gameplay systems used in PHIGHTING!, which took one month to complete.
• Moon Animator was used to animate the cape rather than Blender as Roblox Studio had issues importing it.

Skins:

• Scifi Sword was the first skin ever made.
• Marshmallow Sword is a community contributed skin created by HattsOff_TheHatt.
  • The skin placed 1st in the 2022 Summer Skin Contest.
• Follower Sword is based on Illumina.

Version history

V0.9.0 - 16 December 2024 Added new dialogue. Dolphin Slash Fixed unempowered damage being 10 instead of 15. V0.9.0 - 10 December 2024 All changes made on December 7th were added to public servers. Added new Phinisher cutscene visual effects. V0.9.0 - 7 December 2024 In private servers only: Dolphin Slash Empowered initial swing damage lowered from 15 to 10. V0.8.0 - 28 August 2024 Slash Damage decreased back from 15 per hit to 13 per hit. V0.8.0 - 26 August 2024 Slash Damage increased from 13 per hit to 15 per hit. V0.8.0 - 12 August 2024 All changes made on August 10th were added to public servers. V0.8.0 - 10 August 2024 In private servers only: Lunge Fixed an issue where empowered Lunge would not register hits properly after canceling an unpowered Lunge with Slash. V0.8.0 - 28 July 2024 Made Sunburst Sword's armor brighter. V0.8.0 - 24 July 2024 Updated Sunburst Sword's skintone. V0.8.0 - 23 July 2024 Added the Sunburst Sword skin as the Decoy Deploy Phrenzy reward. BUG FIX: Fixed Sunburst Sword welding issues, incorrect cape coloring, and Slash SFX. V0.8.0 - 18 July 2024 Blade Beam Cooldown reduced from 8 seconds to 6 seconds. Lunge Cooldown reduced from 8 seconds to 6 seconds. V0.8.0 - 15 July 2024 Fixed hit registration issues. Spirit of the Sword Can now be toggled while attacking with Slash. On mobile, the meter visual is now placed above abilities rather than below the crosshair. Dolphin Slash Hitbox increased from 25x12x25 studs to 30x12x30 studs in order to match the VFX. Lunge When canceling an unpowered Lunge with Slash, there is now a 0.1-second window where the Lunge hitbox is still active. Empowered Lunge windup lag lowered from 0.5 seconds to 0.4 seconds. V0.8.0 - 13 July 2024 Now has new SFX composed by BanicAttack. Health and Shield distribution changed from 150/25 to 125/75. Spirit of the Sword REWORK: Now charges a meter upon dealing or taking damage. When the meter is full, pressing R empowers Sword's next ability. REMOVED: No longer recovers Shield with Slash. Blade Beam Windup lag increased from 0 seconds to 0.3 seconds. When empowered, the projectile boomerangs, dealing 20 damage and 15 AoE damage to nearby enemies on hit. Dolphin Slash When empowered, Sword spins and pulls all nearby enemies towards him then spins upward, dealing 15 initial damage and 8 * 3 damage on the upward spins. Lunge When unempowered, Sword no longer pins the first enemy hit. When empowered, Sword pins the first enemy hit and deals 20 damage instead of 15. All-Mighty Axle Arc Now fully recharges Sword's meter when he throws his sword. V0.8.0 - 29 April 2024 Lunge Adjusted to be less affected by latency in private servers. V0.8.0 - 6 April 2024 Any changes made to Sword during PHIGHTING! 4 were reverted. Dolphin Slash Adjusted Y force to make up for the new gravity change (from 25 to 22). Adjusted Y force on enemies to make up for the new gravity change (from 30 to 20). PHIGHTING! 4 - 1 April 2024 Renamed from "Sword" to "makoto yuki". Visually reworked to reference Makoto Yuki from Persona 3. Now has a unique splash screen that appears behind Sword when activating his Phinisher. V0.8.0 - 27 March 2024 All of Sword's abilities that require LOS are no longer blocked by Boombox's Protecting Overtone. V0.7.0 - 19 January 2024 Slash Fixed an issue where the ability debounce is not activated until 0.1 seconds after the ability is used. Endlag reduced by 0.1 seconds. V0.6.0 - 11 August 2023 All-Mighty Axle Arc Killing an enemy with the thrown sword will now anchor the sword in place rather than it falling into the void. V0.6.0 - 18 July 2023 Slash Damage reduced from 15 per hit to 13 per hit. Lunge Cooldown increased from 6 seconds to 8 seconds. V0.5.0 - 11 July 2023 Slash Damage adjusted from 14/16 to 15/15. V0.5.0 - 23 June 2023 Received new ability icons. V0.5.0 - 28 May 2023 Slash BUG FIX: Particle effects are no longer invisible. V0.5.0 - 16 April 2023 Sword has received an update voice sound. The "stuck sword" badge condition was changed from "successfully stick your thrown sword onto an enemy" to "successfully stick your thrown sword onto an enemy and kill them." All-Mighty Axle Arc Stuck damage increased from 10 to 25. V0.5.0 - 12 April 2023 All-Mighty Axle Arc BUG FIX: Sword projectile now properly despawns if the player leaves or changes Phighters. V0.5.0 - 8 April 2023 Spirit of the Sword Shield on hit reduced from 7 to 5. V0.5.0 - 8 April 2023 Any changes made to Sword during The Voice Line Update were reverted. Health reduced from 175 to 150. Blade Beam Damage reduced from 25 to 20. The Voice Line Update - 1 April 2023 Renamed from "Sword" to "steve". Dialogue reworked. All-Mighty Axle Arc Now plays a voiceline provided by Ike from the famous game Fire Emblem. V0.4.5 - 12 February 2023 Blade Beam Received new visual effects. V0.4.5 - 8 January 2023 Blade Beam Cooldown increased from 6 seconds to 8 seconds. Projectile is less transparent. Lunge NEW EFFECT: Pinning an enemy disables Sword's abilities until he touches the ground. V0.4.5 - 5 January 2023 Blade Beam Damage increased from 18 to 25. V0.4.5 - 4 January 2023 Blade Beam REWORK: Fires a single large slash that pierces players and Boombox's Protecting Overtone instead of multiple blades. Renamed from "Blade Assault" to "Blade Beam". Damage changed from 12 + 10 * 3 to 18. Projectile speed increased from 1 to 2. V0.4.5 - 1 January 2023 The Scifi Sword skin is now obtainable in Crossroads. Playtest 4 - 13 December 2022 Added new victory dialogue. Playtest 4 - 27 November 2022 Slash Damage reduced from 14 + 18 to 14 + 16. Blade Beam NEW EFFECT: Blade projectiles no longer pierce Boombox's Protecting Overtone. Lunge End lag reduced from 0.75 seconds to 0.5 seconds. Playtest 4 - 23 November 2022 Dolphin Slash Cooldown increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds. Lunge Hitbox size increased from 5x5x5 studs to 6x6x6 studs. End-lag increased from 0.25 seconds to 0.75 seconds. Dash power reduced from 40 to 27. Dash force duration increased from 0.3 seconds to 0.5 seconds. Grab duration reduced from 0.6 seconds to 0.5 seconds. Playtest 4 - 22 November 2022 All-Mighty Axle Arc Hitbox size increased. Playtest 4 - 20 November 2022 All-Mighty Axle Arc NEW EFFECT: Now has a 0.75 seconds window before Sword throws his sword. Explosion visual outline is more visible. Increased the volume of the Phinisher. Playtest 4 - 16 November 2022 Lunge Hitbox size reduced from 6x6x10 studs to 5x5x5 studs. Playtest 4 - 1 November 2022 Dolphin Slash Damage reduced from 20 to 15. Lunge Damage reduced from 20 to 15. Playtest 4 - 28 October 2022 Lunge Grab distance increased. V0.3.0 - 24 September 2022 Blade Beam Thrust damage increased from 8 to 12. Blade projectile damage reduced from 12 * 3 to 10 * 3. Lunge NEW EFFECT: Now only does damage to the grabbed target. Hitbox changed from server-side to client-side. Grab duration increased by 0.2 seconds. Dolphin Slash NEW EFFECT: No longer flings enemies away from Sword. Hitbox changed from server-side to client-side. Fling height increased from 25 studs to 30 studs. V0.3.0 - 27 August 2022 Blade Beam Thrust damage reduced from 10 to 8. Blade damage reduced from 16 * 3 to 12 * 3. BUG FIX: No longer does more damage than intended. V0.3.0 - 26 August 2022 Spirit of the Sword Renamed from "Shielding" to "Spirit of the Sword". Shield gained per hit increased from 6 to 7. Slash First swing damage increased from 12 to 14. Second swing damage increased from 16 to 18. Blade Beam Renamed from "Pierce" to "Blade Assault". NEW EFFECT: Both the thrust and blades now pierce Boombox's Protecting Overtone. Lunge Cooldown reduced from 8 seconds to 6 seconds. All-Mighty Axle Arc Renamed from "Sword Toss" to "All-Mighty Axle Arc". NEW EFFECT: Now does 10 damage if the sword sticks to an enemy. Playtest 2 - 15 May 2022 All-Mighty Axle Arc Damage reduced from 100 to 75. Playtest 2 - 19 April 2022 All-Mighty Axle Arc BUG FIX: No longer goes through the rings in Fractured Space. Playtest 2 - 18 April 2022 BUG FIX: Sword no longer deals more damage than intended. Playtest 2 - 17 April 2022 Blade Beam Thrust damage now passes through Boombox's Protecting Overtone. Playtest 2 - 16 April 2022 The "Stuck Sword" badge was added to the game. Playtest 1 - 20 February 2022 Slash First swing damage reduced from 7 to 6. Second swing damage reduced from 10 to 8. Blade Beam Blade damage reduced from 10 * 3 to 8 * 3. Lunge Cooldown increased from 6 seconds to 8 seconds.

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