

When all of these are true, your max energy rises to 16 more than the energy required by Blade Chargeallowing you to use this move two times in a row before you completely deplete your energy pool and have to wait for full recharge. They do not deal any specific elemental damage and apply no status effects.

Premade and crafted weapons have specific specials assigned based on their weapon type as well, but they do not change.Ĭommon special attacks are those found on common rarity broadswords. The attacks available are different based on weapon type and rarity.įor example a common rarity broadsword would never have any uncommon specials assigned to it. Special attacks are secondary attack types available for each melee weapon. The secondary special attacks for rare and uncommon broadswords are shared, but only rare broadswords will apply status effects with their primary attack.

The elemental damage type of each weapon is indicated by the corresponding icon in the in-game tooltip. These can be damaging like burningpoisonor electrified or offer control by impairing enemy movement like frost. In addition to determining the damage type, each elemental also applies a status effect. Some damage types are more effective against specific enemies than others. Most uncommon and rare broadswords have an assigned elemental damage type. There are also a variety of special broadswords found throughout the universe with unique effects, attacks, projectiles and appearances. This is similar to blocking with a shield, but the duration is limited and must be recharged before using again. Because broadswords cannot be equipped with a shield some have the ability to parry attacks.
