The Dark Split-Sword is a melee weapon with the unique ability to change weapon type depending on the Stance mod with which it is equipped: a double-ended greatsword when equipped with Heavy Blade stances, or wielded as two separate blades when using Dual Sword stances.
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Characteristics
This weapon deals Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage.
Advantages:
- Innate Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage – effective against Alloy Armor, Robotics, and Infested Sinew.
- Stance slot has Script error: The function "Pol" does not exist. polarity, matches Swirling Tiger stance.
- Highest status chance of all Heavy Blades.
- Innate Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage gives it good crowd control potential when it successfully procs, as enemies will be confused and attack each other.
- Tied for highest critical chance of all Dual Swords alongside Dual Zoren, Dual Ichor, and Dual Cleavers/Prisma Dual Cleavers.
- Second highest critical damage multiplier of all Dual Swords, behind Dual Zoren, Dual Ichor, Dual Raza, and Dual Cleavers/Prisma Dual Cleavers.
- Tied for second highest slide attack damage of all Dual Swords alongside Dex Dakra and Twin Basolk, behind Twin Krohkur and Dual Kamas Prime.
- Tied for second highest attack speed of all Dual Swords alongside Dual Kamas/Dual Kamas Prime and Dual Zoren, behind Nami Skyla Prime.
- Has a Script error: The function "Pol" does not exist. slot.
Disadvantages:
- Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage is less effective against Shields, Infested, and Fossilized.
- Cannot deal Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist., Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist., and Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. damage; does not benefit from mods that increase these damage types.
- Lowest damage of all Heavy Blades.
- Heavy Blade mode has low critical chance.
- Script error: The function "Pol" does not exist. stance polarity is incompatible with any of the Heavy Blade stances. Furthermore, Heavy Blade and Dual Sword stances do not share any polarities.
Notes
- Without any stance equipped, the Dark Split-Sword is used as a Heavy Blade weapon by default.
Trivia
- The Dark Split-Sword is the first melee weapon capable of using two different types of Stance mods, in this case Heavy Blade and Dual Sword stances, giving it the ability to use a total of 6 individual Stance mods.
- The Dark Split-Sword is made up of a Dark Sword and a Dark Dagger. This can be seen when equipping a stance. (see below)
- The Dark Split-Sword is the first weapon from the Tenno Lab to require Mutagen Masses in crafting.
- On the Release of the PC Lunaro update, PC Gamer offered a limited time promo code for the Dulus weapon skin, which is essentially a stretched out PC Gamer logo on the sword.
Media
Dark Split-Sword Skins
Patch History
Update: The Silver Grove (2016-08-19)
- Fixed an issue where the Dark Split Sword would show a Mire when being built in the Foundry.
Update: Specters of the Rail 0.0 (2016-07-08)
- Increased Dark Split-Swords Critical Chance while dual wielding by to 25% and Critical Multiplier to 2.5x.
- Slightly increased the Dark Split Sword dual wield attack speed.
- Slightly decreased the Dark Split Sword Heavy Blade attack speed.
- Increased the Dark Split Sword Heavy Blade Element Damage to 90 and Status Chance to 25%
Hotfix 18.14.2 (2016-06-09)
- Conclave: Dark Split-Sword can now be used in the Conclave.
- Visually tweaked the Dark Split-Sword’s Energy trail to fit better on the weapon.
- Fixed the Dark Split-Sword not listed in the Melee section of the Codex.
- Fixed ranked Stance Mods equipped on the Dark Split-Sword being un-ranked.
Hotfix 18.14.1 (2016-06-08)
- Dark Split-Sword can now be sold from Inventory.
- Fixed the Dark Split-Sword not rewarding Affinity for Clients.
Update 18.14 (2016-06-08)
- Item introduced.
See also
- Dark Dagger, a dagger of the same family.
- Dark Sword, a single-handed sword.
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