Cursed Sword

The Cursed Sword is a sword-type melee weapon that has extremely high DPS, constant critical hits and a fast swing rate, but makes the player cursed as long as it is equipped.

Details

• Special Effects:
  • Curses the player while it is carried, killing the player immediately upon taking damage.
    • It is still possible to get curses from other sources, in which case they operate independently from the sword itself.
    • The curse of the sword alone is lifted if the player removes it from their inventory. However, it is impossible to lift it any other way.
      • Thus, the Cursed Sword is not subject to mutations like Alienation or Acceptance and their effects.
  • All hits deal critical damage.
• Breach Bonus: 0 / 0 / 0
  • Base Breach Damage: 135 / 135 / 200
  • Base Breach DPS: 618
• Combo Duration: 0.76 seconds
  • First Hit: 0.3 (0.3 + 0 + 0)
  • Second Hit: 0.16 (0.16 + 0 + 0)
  • Third Hit: 0.3 (0.15 + 0.15 + 0)
• Tags: AlwaysCritical
• Legendary Version:
  • Forced Affix: True Evil
    • "You deal +300% damage but you can't use any other item."

Synergies

• The Double Damage affix can be used to increase the sword's damage by +100%. Quad Damage can not be applied to the Cursed Sword, however.
• Demonic Strength can be used to increase damage greatly, which can be even greater if Cursed Flask is paired with it.
• Instinct of the Master of Arms works with this weapon due to the fact it always deals critical hits.
• Using Vengeance in conjunction with Face Flask won't kill the player and won't cancel any flawless rewards or achievements
• Items that negate damage such as Ice Armor^RotG or Foresight can be used to not die from getting hit.
• Damned Vigor can be used to avoid death.

Notes

• There is an achievement associated with this weapon called "I like to live dangerously...", which is achieved by completing a run with the sword in possession.
• The weapon's curse mechanic remains active even if it is merely held in the backpack (and therefore technically not "equipped" in the usual sense). The curse effect can only be escaped by dropping the weapon entirely.
• There is a bug involving holding this item in the backpack. Unless you drop it by holding interact, the curse will not be removed; even if you swap it to an active slot, and then drop it by swapping to another weapon.
• Unlike a curse from a cursed chest, equipping it does not prevent the player from using Homunculus Rune and does not trigger the crit damage condition of Spite Sword.
• Ygdar Orus Li Ox will not be triggered when killed with this weapon in your inventory.
• The Damned aspect can partially negate the weapon's drawback by causing curses to instead double the damage taken or dealt by the player.

History

0.0: Introduced. 0.5: Can no longer have the "Quad damage" affix. 2.4: Base DPS increased from 553 to 618. Base breach DPS increased from 553 to 618. All hits now count as critical hits. 2.1: Scaling changed from Brutality/ Tactics to Brutality. 2.9: Unlock cost increased from 50 cells to 150. 3.0: Added the Legendary Affix "True Evil".

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