Legion kata

legion kata is a melee item in item asylum. It is a pair of metal gauntlets, imitating the Legion Cestus from its reference game.
==Functionality==
When legion kata is equipped, the user will raise their arms into a fighting stance. 
Activating this item causes the user to begin an attack combo. The combo will be interrupted if the user stops attacking for 1 second. Each attack in this combo deals 14 damage, emits gold particles, and applies momentary hitstun. The combo is as follows: right-hand punch, left-hand punch, right-hand punch, right kick. If the kick lands, it applies strong knockback, stunning the victim. Should the victim impact a solid object while being knocked back, they will slam into the object with a stony sound effect and particles, taking an additional 5 damage and applying a brief stun.
legion kata also has two abilities:
* Parry [E]The user will cross their arms, holding the legion kata up in front of them for 0.5 seconds. If hit during this period, the attack's damage and effects are negated. If an attack is successfully blocked, a metallic clang sound effect plays and golden particles emit from the legion kata. This instantly resets the parry cooldown and parries any attack that happened shortly after the parry happened. If the attacker is within 7.5 studs of the user upon a successful parry, they are inflicted with brief hitstun. If the parry fails to block an attack, it goes on a 1 second cooldown. This ability is capable of parrying most attacks in the game.
* Dodge [R]The user will perform a quick roll in the direction they are moving. If the user has mouse lock shift enabled, if they are strafing, they will dodge to the side based on which direction they are strafing. If the user has not input any movement, they will dodge backwards by default. Backwards dodges cause the user to perform a backflip instead of a roll. During the dodge, the user is temporarily invulnerable. If the user is hit while dodging, the attack is negated, and the user immediately exits their dodge with a black particle effect and a twirl.
Humanoids killed by legion kata will have their death effect replaced by one of two unique effects:
*The victim's ghost rises from their body in a crouched position before falling on one arm to the ground, then disappearing into the ground in a shower of black particles.
*A low-pitched bell sound effect plays as a black circle appears on the ground, pulling the victim's corpse into it with a shower of black particles.
===Synergy===
If the user has cero in their inventory, cero's beam is changed to a short-ranged barrage of black shots, increasing its damage per tick to 9, granting each tick hitstun, shortening the attack's length, and increasing the maximum damage per use to 63. Additionally, cero's cooldown text changes to "Shadow Gun" and its tooltip changes to "wow actually shadow gun".
If the user has bossraid equipped, legion kata gains one of 12 enchantments, altering its appearance and functionality:
*Detonation: legion kata becomes dark red with glowing orange accents, and emits orange particles. Every fourth hit now explodes, dealing 16.8 additional damage in a 7.5 stud radius.
*Chilling: legion kata becomes a pale bluish-green with pale green accents, and emits light blue frost particles. While the ability is off cooldown, each hit has a roughly 1/3 change to freeze the victim for 2 seconds. This ability goes on cooldown for 6 seconds upon activating.
*Umbral Knight: legion kata becomes blue with light blue accents, and emits black smoke and red line particles. While the ability is off cooldown, the first hit deals an additional 10.37 damage a short period after landing. This ability goes on cooldown for 4 seconds upon activating.
*Tears of the Edenkite: legion kata becomes turquoise with teal accents, and emits blue flame and green bubble particles. The final hit in the combo creates 6 homing projectile bubbles that deal 5 damage and inflict hitstun to enemies. This ability goes on cooldown for 7 seconds upon activating.
*Blazing: legion kata becomes dark red with crimson accents, and emits orange flame particles and sparks. While the ability is off cooldown, the first hit inflicts the victim with fire for 3 seconds, dealing 12 damage in total. This ability goes on cooldown for 3 seconds upon activating.
*Storm: legion kata becomes indigo with purple accents, and emits pink electric particles. While the ability is off cooldown, the first hit inflicts 2 seconds of hitstun. This ability goes on cooldown for 4 seconds upon activating.
*Providence's Thorns: legion kata becomes pale orange with glowing yellow accents, and emits bright yellow gleam particles. Enemies whose attacks are parried take 7 damage per parry.
*Vampirism: legion kata becomes hot pink with light pink accents, and emits faint pink particles. The user heals 7 damage per successful hit with legion kata.
*Elastic: legion kata becomes magenta with pink accents, and emits dense pink particles. While the ability is off cooldown, the first hit creates a rope from one side of the user's body to the victim, forcibly keeping the victim in front of the user for 1 seconds. The side of the user the rope is attached to alternates from left to right. This ability goes on cooldown for 3 seconds upon activating.
*Heroism: legion kata becomes orange with glowing yellow accents, and emits gold gleam effects. Damage of each hit increased to 17.5.
*Grim: legion kata becomes black with dark grey accents, and emits black and red particles. While the ability is off cooldown, the third hit inflicts curse for 4 seconds. This ability goes on cookldown for 6 seconds upon activating.
*Deferred: legion kata becomes black with dark grey accents, and emits faint gold particles. Each hit gradually deals damage in ticks over time, each hit dealing 17.07 damage in total.
These enchantments can be chosen at will through deepshore fossil.
==Tips ==
*legion kata's attack is useful for chipping down health, especially with the hitstun it provides, allowing for comboing with the user's other items.
**The extra hitstun upon knocking a player into a wall could be very helpful for extending a combo.
* The Dodge ability isn't only useful for dodging attacks, but also as a mobility option. It could be useful for closing gaps or escaping from a losing situation.
*The Parry ability doesn't just block single-attacks only, but also continually blocks items that deal periodic damage, such as micheal p or the beam from master spark. 
**Dodge, however, will not do this; it just makes the user immune briefly.
==Gallery== 
M1Combo.gif|legion kata's attack sequence.
ParryCasual.gif|Using Parry.
legion parry.gif|Successfully parrying an attack.
DODGE.gif|Using Dodge.
Legoin cata dodge.gif|Successfully dodging an attack.
Sent to depths.gif|legion kata's kill effect.
Wiped.gif|legion kata's alternate kill effect.
===Miscellaneous===
Golden legion kata.png|The gold variation of legion kata.
Legion Kata Hitbox (Updated).png|legion kata's hitbox.
Legion kata invis.png|legion kata viewed with invisibility debug.
Legoin cata parry.gif|legion kata's parry effect prior to v1.7.0.
===Enchantments===
legion kata detonation.gif|legion kata with the Detonation enchantment.
legion kata detonation effect.gif|The Detonation enchantment in use.
legion kata chilling.gif|legion kata with the Chilling enchantment.
legion kata chilling effect.gif|The Chilling enchantment in use.
legion kata umbral knight.gif|legion kata with the Umbral Knight enchantment.
legion kata umbral knight effect.gif|The Umbral Knight enchantment in use.
legion kata tears of the edenkite.gif|legion kata with the Tears of the Edenkite enchantment.
legion kata tears of the edenkite effect.gif|The Tears of the Edenkite enchantment in use.
legion kata blazing.gif|legion kata with the Blazing enchantment.
legion kata blazing effect.gif|The Blazing enchantment in use.
legion kata storm.gif|legion kata with the Storm enchantment.
legion kata storm effect.gif|The Storm enchantment in use.
legion kata providences thorns.gif|legion kata with the Providence's Thorns enchantment.
legion kata providences thorns effect.gif|The Providence's Thorns enchantment in use.
legion kata vampirism.gif|legion kata with the Vampirism enchantment.
legion kata vampirism effect.gif|The Vampirism enchantment in use.
legion kata elastic.gif|legion kata with the Elastic enchantment.
legion kata elastic effect.gif|The Elastic enchantment in use.
legion kata heroism.gif|legion kata with the Heroism enchantment.
legion kata grim.gif|legion kata with the Grim enchantment.
legion kata grim effect.gif|The Grim enchantment in use.
legion kata deferred.gif|legion kata with the Deferred enchantment.
legion kata deferred effect.gif|The Deferred enchantment in use.
===Origin===
OG Legion kata.webp|legion kata's original appearance in Deepwoken.
== Audio ==
Name 	Sound	Description
Punch	 	Plays upon using the item.
Hit 	 	Plays upon successfully landing a hit.
Slam 	 	Plays upon kicking an enemy into a wall.
Parry	 	Plays upon successfully parrying an attack.
Dodge	 	Plays upon successfully dodging an attack.
==Trivia== 
*The tooltip, "remember aga's words", is a reference to the Deepwoken YouTuber Agamatsu. His #1 tip for getting better at Deepwoken is "block, parry, dodge".
**Ironically, legion kata does not have the ability to block, only parry and dodge.
*Successfully parrying and dodging 20 different attacks awards the player the "we block we parry we dodge" badge.
*Finishing off Beta JeanRBLX with legion kata with one of the deaths causes him to glitch out causing him to teleport constantly within the arena. This does not affect the game however.
*legion kata is able to parry spit from a zombie and cancelling the spit for the entire duration that it lasts.
*It is possible to equip and use another item when parrying, though this is only noticeable when chain parrying items like micheal p, fantasy seal, or silly gas
*With correct timing, legion kata is capable of parrying death note, similar to other parry items like shine.
*The death effect for legion kata is the same as shown in Deepwoken. The ghost effect plays upon being sent to The Depths, while the black circle effect plays upon wiping a character.
*This item was featured in the Portland boss in Midnight Horrors, with it being the players' main way to attack. The item's name is however called Legion Cestus.
==Changes==
*v1.7.0
**Changed visual effects upon a successful Parry.
**Added synergies with bossraid and deepshore fossil.
**Parrying now makes homing projectiles like fantasy seal and hitman cancel.
**Patched a bug where mobile users could only dodge backwards while in shift lock.
*v1.5.6
**Reverted v1.5.5 changes.
*v1.5.5
**Base attack makes a screaming sound.
**Each successful hit makes a gunshot sound.
**Parrying sound is much higher in pitch.
*v1.3.0 [🌴]
**Added legion kata.
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