Poser's katana

poser's katana is a melee item in item asylum. It is a shiny black katana with a wooden blade collar and a black and white handle, held in a sheath while unequipped.
== Functionality ==
While equipped, the user is given unique idle and walking animations. Unlike most items, poser's katana does not apply damage immediately; rather, successful hits add damage to an invisible counter unique to each victim, only taking effect upon the user unequipping poser's katana. Upon unequipping the item, the counter's damage is applied via 5 rapid ticks to victims, each additionally inflicting hitstun. Enemies killed are dismembered in a shower of blood. The counter's accumulated damage cannot exceed 1.5× the victim's maximum health. The user's attack multiplier and the victim's defense do not take effect until the damage is applied. 
Upon use, the user begins a combo: first swiping the katana to the right, then spinning in a circle with the katana held outward, hitting twice, then finally lunging forward. The user's walkspeed is reduced by 4 during each attack. Each attack adds 12 damage to victims' damage counters, has a hitbox of 5×5×5 studs, and inflicts hitstun, with the lunge additionally inflicting ragdoll and knockback. The full combo deals 48 damage and has a cooldown of 1 second.
=== SlashStep [E] ===
Upon use, the user winds up briefly before teleporting up to 44 studs in the direction they are facing. Enemies caught between the user's starting position and destination have 35 damage added to their counter and are inflicted hitstun. If there is an obstacle in the way of the user, the user stops at the obstacle and does not pass through it. The user's walkspeed is decreased by 1000 during use. SlashStep has a cooldown of 5 seconds.
SlashStep's hitbox stretches from 1 stud behind the user's starting position to 5 studs ahead of their ending position, with a height and width of 8 studs. The hitbox's maximum length is 50 studs.
=== Counter [R] ===
The user raises the katana above their head and enters a defensive stance, inflicting themself with hitstun. If the user is attacked while the stance is active, the user teleports behind the attacker and slashes horizontally, creating a hitbox between the user and attacker that adds 65 damage to victims' damage counters and inflicts hitstun. If the user is not attacked for the duration of the stance, they return to their regular pose. Counter has a cooldown of 7.5 seconds if the counter does not activate or 3 seconds if the counter activates.
== Tips ==
* Take advantage of the knockback of the last hit in the combo. Knock a target into the wall to land more hits, into a map hazard, or simply leave them be to line up a SlashStep.
** Because the hitbox of the final attack is a lunge, using poser's katana in a group can be useful to run or to ragdoll others.
* SlashStep is a teleport, meaning it can be utilized to get past a dangerous player, group, or an environmental hazard.
** Alternatively, it can also be used to catch up to a fleeing enemy, as it can instantly catch up to them and hitstun upon hit.
*Counter is very effective at stopping spammable items or items with persistent hitboxes like micheal p, fantasy seal, or cinderblock.
**Counter has infinite range and directly teleports the user to the attacker, thus it can be used to shutdown far away players that are using items such as chicago or silly gas if timed correctly.
**A simple combo with poser's katana is to counter an attack, perform the full base combo, and then use SlashStep. This totals to 148 damage.
*Invincible players (e.g. energy drink or spawn forcefield) can still have damage stacks applied to them. Land enough hits to count as a kill, run away, then sheathe the sword after their invincibility expires. This can be quite effective against Matter due to them being invincible during certain conditions.
== Gallery ==
Posers idle.gif|poser's katana's idle animation.
Posers walk.gif|poser's katana's walking animation.
File:Pk swing.gif|poser's katana's attack combo.
File:Pk ss.gif|SlashStep in use.
Posers fail counter.gif|Counter in use.
File:Pk counter.gif|Counter successfully activating.
KatanaDamage.gif|Slash effect after unequipping poser's katana.
File:Poser's katana unequip.gif|poser's katana unequipped after hitting an enemy.
Poser's Katana Hitbox (Updated).png|The base attack's hitbox.
Poser's Katana Slash Step Hitbox (Updated).png|SlashStep's hitbox.
Poser's Katana Counter Hitbox (Updated).png|Counter's hitbox at close range.
=== Miscellaneous ===
File:Poserskatanaslashes (red).GIF|poser's katana's slash effect on a red team.
File:Poserskatanaslashes (blue).GIF|Ditto, on a blue team.
File:Poserskatanaslashes (green).GIF|Ditto, on a green team.
File:Poserskatanaslashes (yellow).GIF|Ditto, on a yellow team.
File:Golden Posers Katana (New).png|The golden variation of the weapon.
== Audio ==
Sound 	File 	Description
Slash 	 	Swinging poser's katana.
Hit Land 	File:Poser's Katana HitLand.wav 	Landing a hit with poser's katana.
Slashstep 	File:Poser's Katana Slashstep.wav	Using the SlashStep ability.
Parry activate 	 	Activating the parry ability.
Successful parry	 	Successfuly parrying an attack.
Damage 	File:Poser's Katana Damage.wav 	The sound that plays for each of the 5 individual hits when poser's katana is sheathed.
== Trivia ==
*This item references the Poser’s Ring in Deepwoken.
**The effect that happens after unequipping it may be a reference to the combat art One Mind, in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. This ability is also used by Isshin Ashina, in the Shura ending. Additionally, the sound that plays after using the SlashStep ability is the same sound that plays when an enemy does a Perilous Attack.
**The effect that happens after unequipping the weapon could also be a reference to Vergil and his sword Yamato from the Devil May Cry series. Whenever Vergil sheaths Yamato after slashing an enemy, that enemy visibly gets cut into pieces and dies instantly.
* This item has a legacy version, being legacy poser's katana.
==Changes==
*v1.7.0
**Final hit of m1 attack now takes longer to come out.
*v1.6.0
**Completely reworked.
***Updated animations, sound effects and model.
***New attack sequence.
***Added "Counter" ability.
***Previous iteration made into legacy poser's katana.
*v1.5.6
**Reverted v1.5.5 changes.
*v1.5.5
**The item now regularly deals damage, without the weapon having to be unequipped.
*v1.5.3 
**Slashes now have team color in team based gamemodes.
*v1.2.2
**Reverted v1.2.1 changes.
*v1.2.1
**SlashStep dashes much farther.
**SlashStep now applies 125 damage.
*v1.1.0 [❄️]
**Added poser's katana.
Category:Melee Items
Category:Items
Category:Inflicts ragdoll
Category:Items that alter the user's appearance
Category:Inflicts knockback
Category:Inflicts hitstun
Category:Items with abilities
Category:Items that get modified based on team color
Category:Counter Items
Category:Decreases stats