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Revision as of 22:46, 5 February 2024
Overview | Lore | Dialogue | Sound effects | Gallery | History |
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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 that plays as jack-of-all-trades in his category. He boasts decent mobility, high melee damage and decent bulk. He performs well in close quarters, but has limited options at ranged combat. Even with this, Sword can still maneuver well with his abilities and can even perform crowd control with his Phinisher. If you are fighting a Sword, always try to get help from teammates. Fighting a good Sword will be more like a boss fight than a normal duel.
Abilities
Details:
- Each instance of shield gained from Spirit of the Sword has its own duration.
Slash | ||
Type Primary |
Ability Type Melee |
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Swing your sword forward and back. | ||
Damage: 13 Fire rate: 0.3 seconds (first) + 0.6 seconds (second) |
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Details:
- The second hit can be cancelled.
Blade Beam | ||
Type Secondary |
Ability Type Projectile |
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Fire a slash which travels through enemies and shields. | ||
Damage: 20 Range: Infinite Cooldown: 8 seconds |
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Details:
- Stops when hitting a solid object
Dolphin Slash | ||
Type Q Ability |
Ability Type Mobility |
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Jump up, swinging your sword and send enemies around you upwards. | ||
Damage: 15 Fling height: 30 studs Cooldown: 6 seconds |
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Details:
- Using Dolphin Slash during Lunge ends its effects early. It also carries the momentum of the Lunge.
Lunge | ||
Type E Ability |
Ability Type Mobility/CC |
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Lunge forward and pin the first enemy you hit, bringing them with you. | ||
Damage: 15![]() Grab duration: 0.5 seconds Range: 50 studs Cooldown: 8 seconds |
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Details:
- Pinning an enemy while airbourne will disable use of other abilities until Sword touches the ground.
All-Mighty Axle Arc | ||
Type Phinisher |
Ability Type Projectile/AoE |
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Click to throw your sword which sticks onto anything it touches and explodes after pulsing 3 times. | ||
Damage: 25 (if stuck on enemy) + 75 (explosion) Knockback force: 30 (explosion only) Maximum throw delay: 0.75 seconds Casting time: 3 seconds Phinisher cost: 75 |
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Details:
- The damage from All-Mighty Axle Arc does not generate Phinisher points.
- Sword throws his sword in an arc. Longer distances require the player to point their crosshair higher.
- The sword can stick to an enemy Boombox's Protecting Overtone.
- Sword cannot use his other abilities until his sword returns to him.
- All-Mighty Axle Arc will not continue to cast if Sword dies before throwing the sword.
- If Sword dies before the sword of All-Mighty Axle Arc lands, the Phinisher will be cancelled.
Strategy
Pros |
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Cons |
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Sword requires an in-your-face, close-quarters approach to combat. His kit supports this: Spirit of the Sword grants extra survivability, while Dolphin Slash and Lunge act as vertical and horizontal movement and damage tools respectively. Slash does consistently high damage and Blade Beam can be used to finish off or chip away at enemies from a distance. His Phinisher, All-Mighty Axle Arc, is extremely spammable and recharges quickly, while also dealing significant damage. His consistency and simplicity make him a prime choice for beginners to learn the game mechanics off of.
A Sword player's greatest virtue is flexibility and versatility. While at first he may seem limited due to his lack of ranged options, sword is an incredibly splashable character on any given team, and provides value simply by existing. He has no poor matchups; he can easily trounce an unaided Katana in a one-on-one, bully Hyperlaser with his fantastic mobility, make quick work of Boombox with his superior damage output, and in all other cases he can usually come out on top. However, Sword suffers from one major flaw: longevity. Without the healing support of a Medkit, he is easily whittled down. Thus, it is recommended that you have a Medkit on your team for consistent healing.
Due to his fantastic mobility, Sword has a fairly easy time picking his fights, and due to his superiority in 1v1's, he is a good choice for a flanker. While he provides a significant amount of pressure on your frontline, he can also quite easily pick off an unattended Hyperlaser or Medkit and quickly get back to the front. It is recommended that you switch between flanking and frontlining as needed.
Your primary targets should be Medkit, Hyperlaser, and other Support classes. Otherwise, pick the nearest enemy and start slashing.
Ability usage
- Spirit of the Sword
- Any tips for Slash applies to Spirit of the Sword.
- Slash
- Slash has no endlag, resulting in the user being able to use Sword's Slash before any other ability. This is called movestacking and can increase the users damage output.
- Blade Beam
- Use Blade Beam to finish off enemies outside of your range or to chip away at their health.
- Dolphin Slash
- Using Dolphin Slash during Lunge allows the player to carry the dash's momentum forward. Use this for quick mobility or to close the gap against enemy players.
- The later you use Dolphin Slash, the more distance you cover. Using it early in the lunge can allow you to apply Lunge's damage and grab to an enemy within the first 50 studs.
- Dolphin Slash's low cooldown makes it excellent for getting onto high ground or avoiding damage.
- Using Dolphin Slash during Lunge allows the player to carry the dash's momentum forward. Use this for quick mobility or to close the gap against enemy players.
- Lunge
- Jumping before using Lunge can extend the lunge distance from 50 to 70 studs.
- Jumping after using Lunge can extend the total distance from 50 to 80 studs, though the lunge will only hit players within the first 50 studs.
- A simple combo is E-Q-LMB. This combo can reliably kill players with 54 HP or less if the lunge lands. Landing the Lunge guarantees the rest of the combo to land.
- All-Mighty Axle Arc
- Your Phinisher is very telegraphed. Use it out of sight from other players.
- All-Mighty Axle Arc has the lowest cost in the game at 75, allowing Sword to be able to use it in ~73s.
- Like all other Phinishers, this time can be reduced by dealing damage and is halved during 1-Minute.
- Thus, one can use All-Might Axle Arc can be used much more liberally than other Phinishers due to its quick recharge and large area of effect.
Counterplay against Sword
Badge
Name | Icon | Description | Reward |
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stuck sword | ![]() |
successfully stick your thrown sword into an enemy and kill them | Title - Mightiest Warrior Sticker - Confident ![]() |
Trivia
General:
Development:
- Sword is based on the Linked Sword gear.
- Sword's abilities and appearance is inspired from 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 "prepare yourself" line is a direct reference to one of Ike's taunts in the Super Smash Bros. series.
- Sword is the first Phighter to be developed. Sword was developed alongside the game engine used in PHIGHTING!, which took 1 month to complete.
Skins:
- 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
V0.5.0 - 8 April 2023
The Voice Line Update - 1 April 2023
Playtest 4 - 28 October 2022
15 May 2022
19 April 2022
18 April 2022
17 April 2022
16 April 2022
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References
Phighters |
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Melee | Sword • Skateboard • Biograft • Katana • Ban Hammer |
Ranged | Rocket • Slingshot • Hyperlaser • Shuriken • Scythe |
Support | Medkit • Boombox • Subspace • Vine Staff |
Related | Badges • Status Effects • Phinisher |