Autumn katana

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An exquisitely crafted sword. Its blade is so sharp that it can cut through space itself.

the +8 autumn katana

+8 katana (modified long sword: 14 base damage, 3 base accuracy, 12 base delay)

Vorpal brand
May cast Manifold Assault on hit (20% chance).

Desirability

The autumn katana is a very nice weapon if you can find it. With better stats than a demon blade, it has excellent speed, good damage output, and the chance to target multiple, distant foes at once. Note that the Manifold Assault won't activate against a single target, though the katana outperforms ordinary one-handed Long Blades anyway.

The spell Manifold Assault still works normally with this weapon ("Space folds impossibly around your blade!").

History

• Prior to 0.28, the autumn katana had clarity instead of the ability to cast Manifold Assault. It also gained 1 base damage but lost riposte.
• The autumn katana was added in 0.10.