Whip Sword

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The Whip Sword is a two-handed sword-type melee weapon added in the Return to Castlevania DLC. Freely switch between a long-range, slower whip and a short-range, faster sword. Can be transformed mid-combo to inflict critical damage!

Details[edit]

Whip Sword, sword form[edit]

  • Special Effects: TBA
  • Breach Bonus: 0 / 0.2 / 0.5 / 1
    • Base Breach Damage: 50 (100) / 78 (156) / 142.5 (285) / 200 (400)
    • Base Breach DPS: 203 (406)
  • Combo Duration: 1.68 seconds
    • First Hit: 0.57 (0.17 + 0.15 + 0.25)
    • Second Hit: 0.27 (0.17 + 0.1 + 0)
    • Third Hit: 0.52 (0.27 + 0.25 + 0)
    • Fourth Hit: 0.32 (0.17 + 0.15 + 0)
  • Tags: DualWeaponBase, MultiWeapon
  • Legendary Version:
    • Forced Affix: Longer critical window
      • "You can deal critical damage for a longer window of time."

Whip Sword, whip form[edit]

  • Special Effects:
  • Breach Bonus: 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
    • Base Breach Damage: 45 (90) / 60 (120) / 85 (170) / 95 (190)
    • Base Breach DPS: 280 (560)
  • Combo Duration: 1.74 seconds
    • First Hit: 0.45 (0.3 + 0.15 + 0)
    • Second Hit: 0.32 (0.17 + 0.15 + 0)
    • Third Hit: 0.45 (0.3 + 0.15 + 0)
    • Fourth Hit: 0.52 (0.37 + 0.15 + 0)
  • Tags: DualWeaponBase, MultiWeapon
  • Legendary Version:
    • Forced Affix: Mega Crit
      • "Critical hits +50% damage."

Transformation[edit]

  • Combo Duration: 10.4 seconds
    • First Hit: 2.4 (0.1 + 0.3 + 2)
    • Second Hit: 2.4 (0.1 + 0.3 + 2)
    • Third Hit: 2.8 (0.1 + 0.7 + 2)
    • Fourth Hit: 2.8 (0.1 + 0.7 + 2)
  • Tags: DualWeaponOffhand
  • Legendary Version:
    • Forced Affix: Super Bleed On Crit
      • "Causes the target to bleed upon dealing it critical damage."

Synergies[edit]

  • Like most two-handed weapons, it benefits from Kill Rhythm Mutation Icon.png Kill Rhythm.

Notes[edit]

  • Transformation has 4 different attacks that differ slightly from each other:
    • The first two attacks will be used when swapping from the Sword Form to the Whip Form and vise versa. These attacks do not deal damage.
    • The 3rd attack will be used when swapping from the Sword Form to the Whip Form. It deals 94 (282) damage and has a breach bonus of 1, making it deal 188 (564) breach damage.
    • The 4th attack will be used when swapping from the Whip Form to the Sword Form. It deals 92 (276) damage and has a breach bonus of 0.25, making it deal 115 (345) breach damage.

History[edit]

  • 3.3: Introduced.
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