Dark katana dark souls 2. Katanas. Tati - a sword equal in length to Katana
Katanas are melee weapons. The choice of katanas is based on their moveset - strikes occur quickly enough at an angle of 45 degrees, which is extremely practical for both pvp and pve. Also, this type of moveset shows itself well when attacking without focusing on the target, which is sometimes very useful in pvp. They have average damage and average stamina cost. They almost always require high character agility. This type of weapon is quite fragile against the background of other melee weapons. They show themselves well in both one-handed and two-handed grips, as well as good in a power stance. They have significant critical damage.
Alonna's Sorcerous Sword
Witch sword Allona
Receiving
Sera Allon's Soul Exchange with Ornifex for 18,000 souls.
Description
Upgraded with Petrified Dragon Bone. Despite katana the description has movements similar to the halberd and the katana. Has reduced damage when attacking close (as when using halberds with a hilt). Has excellent weapons from other katanas for standing in a stand with two weapons. Has a unique self-buff, the imposition occurs instead of parrying in a two-handed stance: the character makes seppuku (pierces himself in the stomach) with a sword, dealing 150% of weapon damage. Strengthened last 30 seconds, the time is not extended by anything, and gives + 50% bonus damage, attacks receive the status of counter-attacks (strengthened by a strong ring with a lion).
Black katana
Black katana
Receiving
Dropped by Kingdoms of Alon in the Iron Citadel.
Description
Improved with regular titanite. One of the best katana in the game. In terms of damage, it is inferior to all if the character has less than 30 dexterity. With a value of 50, Dexterity is not much inferior to the Katana of Chaos in terms of damage (but the Katana of Chaos takes health away when attacking, and the black one does not). Has a very practical moveset for both pvp and pve. Attacks have a wide area of impact and not a bad speed, which is why it is popular in pvp. Has good scaling properties when hardened by the elements. There is a white version of the blade: it was in a chest in the basement of a mansion in majuel during the release of the 2nd dlc, and has also been present there from February 5 to this day. Can be coated with resin or buffed with magic.
Dark current
Dark current
Receiving
Given to Agdain by the Crypt Keeper after receiving the Royal Ring. Sold by Melentia after killing Agdein for 15,000 souls.
Description
Improved with regular titanite. Has the highest base damage of all katanas (beneficial when taken back to back by character stats). The lightest katana. Very low strength. The blade is barely visible. A strong attack pierces shields, but does not deal full damage. It lends itself well to hardening in the elements. In pvp, it can be broken down very quickly by acid.
Chaos Blade
Chaos Blade
Receiving
Soul exchange of the old witch with Ornifex for 10,000 souls.
Description
Upgraded with Petrified Dragon Bone. The strongest katana in the game. Deals 50 damage to the player when dealing damage to the enemy (with one attack, several will be removed at 50 for each hit) or destruction of objects, except for a backstab and parry. The attacks are wide and fast enough - the weapon shows itself well both in pvp and in pve. Has the highest strength among katanas. It is beneficial to temper, since the bonus on dexterity remains S (although the bonus will drop somewhat quantitatively).
Berserker Blade
Berserker Blade
Receiving
Dropped by the Mad Warrior in Tower of the Sun when in the Ringer Covenant. Dropped by Thieves in the dlc Crown of Old Iron King. The drop chance is small, it is recommended to farm the katana and use items to increase the drop chance in dlc locations(out there are many).
Description
Enhanced by shimmery titanite. The shortest of all katanas. Has the best katana strength scale. Most effective when pumping equal strength and dexterity. In terms of damage, it is second only to the Blade of Chaos.
Katana
Katana
Receiving
Drops from facial expressions in the dragon temple on ng1. In the future, you can get by killing two pursuers in the throne room of the Dranglik castle.
Description
Improved with regular titanite. It has the largest size of the coligin model, according to the mechanics of the game it passes like a non-dimensional weapon. It has the highest weight among katanas and a very high consumption of stamina. It has low strength. Useful for pvp because of the overly large coligin attack model. It is very effective to use it together with the Curved Sword in a stance with two weapons for both pvp and pve.
Exterminator
Exterminator
Receiving
Found in the chest in the Temple of Amana after the altar with Melfanito.
Description
Enhanced by shimmery titanite. Has high direct damage, second only to the Chaos Katana. Cannot be fortified with resins, but can be enchanted. Poison damage is enhanced by the ring of the rat covenant, as well as by the Bracers of the Knights of the Sanctuary from the dlc Crown of Old Sunken King. It shows itself well both in pvp and in pve.
Utigatana
Utigatana
Receiving
Sells 1 McDuff for 5000 souls. To get another one, you need to go to ng +.
Description
Improved with regular titanite. The easiest katana to get. In terms of damage, it is inferior to others, although not by much.
There are many legends about Japanese swords, which are often not justified. Probably, a lot of people will answer the question of what the Japanese sword is called - Katana. This is partly correct, but only partly. The classification of Japanese swords is not easy. The simplest classification, in my opinion, is by length.
It is known that the samurai carried two swords - a long and a short... Such a pair was called Daisho(lit. "larger and smaller") and consisted of Daito ("larger sword"), we will call him Katana, which was the main weapon of the samurai, and Seto ("smaller sword"), in the future Wakazashi, who served as a spare or additional weapon. used in close combat, for chopping off heads or hara-kiri, if the samurai did not have a specially designed Kusungobu or Tanto dagger. If the wearing of the great sword Katana was allowed only to the warriors of samurai and aristocrats, then Wakazashi had the right to be worn by both artisans and merchants.
Kusungobu - Melee Dagger
So the long sword was called Daito (Katana)- 95-120 cm, short - Seto (Wakazashi)- 50-70 cm. The handle of the Katana is usually designed for 3.5 fists, Wakazashi - for 1.5. The width of the blade for both swords is about 3 cm, the thickness of the back is 5 mm, while the blade is razor-sharp. The handle is usually covered with shark skin or wrapped in such a way that the handle does not slip in the hands. Katana weight is about 4 kg. The guard of both swords was small, only slightly covering the hand, had a round, petal or multifaceted shape. It was called "tsuba".
Katana and other Japanese swords were kept on a special stand - Katanakake.
Katana, has several varieties, one of them - Ko-katana (kokatana) - a variant of the short katana, which is included with the katana in the usual samurai-set of melee weapons. The handle of the kokatan is straight without a bow, the blade is slightly curved. The specimen described in the domestic literature has a length of 690 mm, a blade length of 520 mm.
Kokatana is a variety of katana
The katana was attached to the belt or behind the back. Tied with a special Sageo cord, this cord could also be used to tie up the enemy. To carry the katana behind the back, special scabbards were used (Watarimaki is the part of the scabbard of Japanese bladed weapons that touches the back when worn). There is a muff on the scabbard - a ring that encloses the scabbard, with which it is attached to a sword belt or belt.
The katana is the most modern and perfect type of Japanese edged weapons, its production has been improved for centuries, the predecessors of the katana were:
Tati - a sword common in Japan from the 10th to the 17th century, equal in length to the Katana. Although Katana swords also have a decent blade curvature, overall it is less curvature than Tachi. Their external finish also differs. She is much simpler and stricter than Tati's. Has a round tsuba. Tachi was usually worn with the blade down, paired with the kosigatana.
Tanto - small samurai sword.
Kozuka - Japanese combat knife used as a melee or throwing weapon. In everyday life, he played the role of a household knife.
Ta-chi - a single-edged sword of small curvature, worn behind the back. Overall length 710 mm.
In addition to Daise, the samurai could also wear Nodachi - "sword of the field" with a blade more than a meter long and a total length of about 1.5 meters, sometimes its length reached three meters! Several samurai wielded such a sword at once and its only use was to defeat horse troops.
Nodachi
Katana is the strongest sword in the world
The production technology of katana is very complex - special processing of steel, multi-layer (multiple) forging, hardening, etc. Katana is the strongest swords in the world, they are able to cut materials of almost any hardness, be it meat, bones, iron. Masters who knew the art of fighting a katana in a battle with a warrior armed with an ordinary European sword could cut this sword in two, the power of the samurai strike and the steel of the katana made it possible to do this (Monuchi is a part of the blade of a Japanese blade weapon, which accounts for the main force blow).
With a katana, it was equally easy to stab and chop. The long handle allows you to actively maneuver the sword. In this case, the main grip is the position when the end of the handle rests against the middle of the palm, and the right hand holds it near the guard. The simultaneous movement of both hands allows the sword to describe a wide range without much effort. Both the Katana and the knight's straight European sword weigh a lot, but the principles of their cutting blows are completely different. Most of the blows are delivered in a vertical plane. There is almost no division into a "block-strike" adopted in Europe. There are knockback blows to the arms or weapons of the enemy, throwing his weapon out of the line of attack and making it possible to inflict a striking blow on the enemy at the next step.
Katana Weaknesses
Speaking about the features of the technology for making a samurai sword, it is worth noting and weak sides of this process, namely, acquiring greater hardness and power along the axis of the blade, this type of sword is more vulnerable if hit on its flat side. With such a blow, you can beat the Katana even with a short mace (or Okinawan nunchucks, which were specially used for breaking samurai swords). And if the European sword usually breaks at a distance of the palm or two fingers from the guard, then the Japanese one - at a distance of 1/3 or 1/2 of the blade length from the guard.
Yes, the stories when Katana cut metal are also true. It is possible! It is documented, when the master strikes with such a blade, the speed of the tip of the sword (Kisaki) exceeded the speed of sound... And if we take into account the fact that Katana swords are one of the most durable in the world, then the conclusion suggests itself.
Tati - a sword equal in length to Katana
Japanese long sword tachi. The wavy jamon pattern on the blade is clearly visible.
The most ancient handmade katanas (the scabbard for the katana was also decorated with ornaments), are valued most of all and are passed down from generation to generation as a family heirloom. Such katanas are very expensive, especially if you can see Mei on it - a brand with the name of the master and the year of manufacture on the shank of a Japanese blade weapon - of any famous master.
Many master armourers from different countries tried to copy the katana, which resulted in such famous swords as: Three - a Tibetan sword copying the samurai; Taijinjian (Chinese sword of the great limit) is a type of jian; Korean sword, the Japanese name for katana in the 7th-13th centuries; etc. But, real katana can be found only in Japan, and if a katana is not made in Japan, it is no longer a katana!
Components of a katana:
- Jewelry adjacent to the tsuba, a ring that strengthens the handle (clutch) - Fuchi,
- Cord - Ito,
- Blade - Kami,
- Upper ring (head) of the handle - Kashira,
- Sheath Entrance - Koiguchi,
- End of the scabbard - Kojiri,
- Tie Buttonhole - Kurikata,
- Bamboo wedge for fixing the blade in the handle - Mekugi,
- Decoration on the handle under (or above) the braid - Menuki,
- Shank - Nakago,
- Strings - Sageo,
- Stingray leather on the handle - Same,
- Scabbard - Saya,
- Gasket between guard and ring (washer) - Seppa,
- Sword Hammer - Tetsu,
- Blade - Tosin,
- Garda - Tsuba,
- Handle - Tsuka,
- Braid - Tsukamaki,
- Clutch for fixing a sword in a scabbard - Habaki.
Japanese wakizashi short sword. Blade and sword in sheath.
Wakizashi is a short traditional Japanese sword.
Mostly used by samurai and worn on the belt. The length of the blade is from 30 cm to 61 cm. The total length is 50-80 cm. Wakizashi is similar in shape to a katana. It was worn paired with a katana, also plugged in the belt with the blade up.
In a pair of daish (the two main swords of a samurai: long and short), wakizashi was used as a short sword (shoto).
Samurai used wakizashi as a weapon when the katana was not available or applicable. In early Japanese history, the tanto small sword was worn in place of the wakizashi. And also when the samurai wore armor, tachi and tanto were usually used instead of katana and wakizashi. Entering the room, the warrior left the katana with a servant or on a katanakake. Wakizashi was always carried around and was removed only if the samurai remained for a long period of time. The bushi often referred to this sword as "the guardian of their honor." Some fencing schools taught to use both katana and wakizashi at the same time.
Unlike the katana, which only samurai could wear, wakizashi was allowed for merchants and artisans. They used this sword as a full-fledged weapon, because by status they did not have the right to wear a katana.
More correct classification: It is somewhat conditionally possible to classify weapons by the length of the blade. "Tanto" must have a blade no shorter than 30 cm and no longer than 40 cm, "wakizashi" - from 41 to 60 cm, "katana" - from 61 to 75 cm, "tachi" - from 75 to 90 cm. "Odachi" from 3 shaku 90.9 cm. The largest odachi that has survived to this day is 3 m 77 cm long.
In the game, katanas are those weapons, in the creation of which the latest technologies were used, thanks to which the blades of the resulting weapons are very thin, long and thick. With the help of katanas, you can strike from a long distance.
1. Katanas Dark Souls 2, Blade of Chaos
This weapon is famous for its incredible durability and does not take away health from its owner at the moment of a critical attack. Upgraded with Petrified Dragon Bone. You can get this katana from Ornifex in exchange for the soul of an old witch.
2. Katanas Dark Souls 2, Alonna's Sorcerous Sword
This weapon was created from the soul of Alon and with its help you can inflict enhanced mystical damage, therefore it belongs to the power category. Alonne's sorcerous sword is famous for its huge hitbox, but if they hit melee, then the damage will be reduced to a minimum. Upgraded with Petrified Dragon Bone. To obtain this weapon, you need to find Ornifex and exchange it for the soul of Sir Alon, paying an additional 18,000 souls.
3. Katanas Dark Souls 2, Berserker Blade
Berserkers wield this katana and use its thick blade to perfectly dismember opponents. The weapon deals the highest initial damage of all katanas in the game. Also, the Berserker Blade is the shortest weapon in the game and is quite difficult to get, because it drops with a low probability from the Mad Warrior spawning in the Tower of the Sun. In order to increase the chances of his appearance, you need to be a member of the Covenant of the Bell Keepers. Also, this katana can be obtained by killing the Dark Spirit Thieves, which are found in the Misty Tower. Enhanced with Shimmering Titanite.
4. Katanas Dark Souls 2, Black Katana
This weapon is famous for its high damage and incredible strength. With it, you can kill enemies with one blow. It can be obtained from the Knights of Alonne roaming the Iron Citadel. Also, a black katana with a white structure can be found in the building located in Majula. It is worth noting that the weapon will stay there for only 7 days, and then it will disappear.
5. Katanas Dark Souls 2, Destroyer
With the help of this weapon, you can initially inflict the greatest damage with low stats. When striking, it takes away the minimum amount of character's stamina. Can be enhanced with Shimmering Titanite. You can find this katana in the location of the Temple of Amana. You need to go to the "Hill of the Dead" bonfire and from it go through the door that is nearby. After reaching the Altar with Milfanito, you need to find the stairs and go down it to be on the bridge. On it you need to roll to the left and open the chest, which contains the weapon.
6. Katanas Dark Souls 2, Dark current
This lightest weapon can penetrate a shield, but it is very fragile, so it is recommended to have Repair Powder with you. Improved with regular titanite. This katana can be obtained after the character obtains the Royal Ring. After that, you need to go to Adgein, the crypt keeper and take the katana from him. It can also be purchased from Melenthia after Adgaine is killed.
7. Katanas Dark Souls 2, Utigatana
A powerful weapon that inflicts mortal wounds, available only once in a single playthrough. Sold by McDuff for 5000 souls.