
The blood sword: drawn, swung, thrown
Scarlet Tear
Draw a blood sword from an unseen sheath and fight with it; press again to throw it like a javelin, and it explodes.
First press: the sword
- You draw it: your right hand reaches for a grip at your left hip, as if from an unseen sheath, and the blade of cracked dark crystal forms along it; a wide horizontal cut, a flick to shake the blood off, then guard.
- It stays in your hand: fight with it like any sword, with Epic Fight's sword combo, dash and air slash, at a longsword's reach, on the edge. +5 attack while it is out, and each cut that lands adds 1 point to the blood gauge.
- Its cracks, floating shards and gems glow in the dark. In first person it is raised before your eyes while you guard.
- While it is out you cannot use any other technique.
Second press: the throw
- Free, even during the cooldown. A real javelin throw: sword over the right shoulder, a three-stride run-up, a cross-step, then the whip of hips, chest and elbow; it leaves point first at 0.85 s.
- It explodes where it strikes: ×1.2 to what it hits, and everything within 2.5 blocks is hurt and thrown back. No block is broken. A throw that lands adds 3 points to the gauge.
The sword vanishes if you leave combat mode, take an item in hand, are knocked out or die.
Unlocked by the quest Crimson Contact.