Death's Scythe

Death's Scythe, also referred to as Death's Sickle, is Death's main weapon and a usable weapon in multiple games. The weapon is always the most (or in one case the second most) powerful weapon in terms of attack strength in the games in which it appears.
==Game specific information==
===Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow===
Death's Sickle is the most powerful weapon in Aria of Sorrow, giving the highest boost to raw Attack power and LCK. It also possesses the longest reach of all melee weapons. However, the weapon's sheer power is impractical, due to the fact that the weapon deals Dark damage, which most enemies are resistant to, and the slow attack speed of the weapon, leaving the player vulnerable, both attributes of which make the weapon only useful against a handful of enemies and less useful than the Light-attribute Claimh Solais. It appears in the top right corner of the room outside of Death's room, only in Hard Mode, and it cannot be reached until the player obtains the Giant Bat soul. The weapon resembles a one-bladed version of Death's own bone scythe.
===Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow===
Death's Scythe returns in Dawn of Sorrow and retains its status as the most powerful weapon in the game. While it also keeps its Dark attribute, it gives an even higher attack power boost, making it more useful than originally. The scythe's design differs from its appearance in Aria of Sorrow, to fit its wooden-metal appearance. The scythe can only be obtained through Yoko's shop by combining the Death soul with the Golden Axe. Its Critical Attack releases the skulls that Death uses in his boss fight, which is the second most powerful attack in the game, following the fully-charged Skull Archer soul's arrow.
The weapon is swung overhead and downward with both hands and has a considerable recovery time, which can be alleviated by swinging it while jumping. Its blade is large and has a very long range compared to most other weapons, although it leaves open the space between the handle and the blade. With the proper stats, this weapon can destroy in one hit the floating fanged minions released by Menace during the final boss fight.
===Castlevania: Curse of Darkness===
Hector can forge Death's Scythe using the following materials:
*7 Bladed Sword
*Chauve-souris
*Battle Axe
*Death's Pulse
Death's Scythe is a two-handed axe class weapon, has a base +120 ATK, and is Dark-based, technically making it the most powerful weapon in the game; however, it often proves to be only half as effective against a large portion of monsters, since many of the enemies posses a tolerance to Dark.
Like many of the weapons in Curse of Darkness, Death's Scythe has its own unique attack. If Hector uses four standard attacks and then a finisher, he will spin the scythe and release a large number of smaller sickles. These sickles will home in on targets, similar to the sickles that Death releases in a wide number of Castlevania titles.
==Item Data==
==Other appearances==
===Vandal Hearts II===
The D-scythe (likely an abbreviation of Death's Scythe) makes a cameo appearance as a weapon in the turn-based strategy game Vandal Hearts II, also by Konami.
D-scythe - Vandal Hearts II - 01.png
D-scythe - Vandal Hearts II - 02.png
===Super Smash Bros. Ultimate===
Death's Scythe appears as an item that can be used by the many playable characters in the game. If an enemy is damaged enough, they will emit a dark aura and can be instantly K.O.'ed when struck by the scythe. The design of the scythe is based off from Castlevania: Lament of Innocence.
Death's Scythe (SSBU).png|Death's Scythe as it appears in Ultimate.
==Gallery==
===Concept art===
Death Scythe Animated Series.jpeg|Death Scythe model sheet from the Castlevania animated series.
===Animations===
Death's Sickle AoS.gif|Death's Sickle from Aria of Sorrow.
DOS Death Scythe.gif|Death's Scythe from Dawn of Sorrow.
DOS Death Scythe 2.gif|Death's Scythe Super Attack from Dawn of Sorrow.
Deaths Scythe (SSBU).gif|Death's Scythe item instantly K.O.ing two opponents in Ultimate.
Death's-Scythe.gif|Death's Scythe from Curse of Darkness.
Death's-Scythe1.gif|Death's Scythe (combo 1).
Death's-Scythe2.gif|Death's Scythe (combo 2).
Death's-Scythe3.gif|Death's Scythe (combo 3).
Death's-Scythe4.gif|Death's Scythe (combo 4).
==Trivia==
*In Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, the selling price of Death's Scythe is 666 Gold; 666 is often referred to as the number of the beast.
*Boosting Luck may draw upon how the phenomena of death itself is potential for about nearly any situation, and hence would favor Death upon acting upon the destined time for those whose time has come.
==See also==
*Falcis - A scythe glyph.
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pt-br:Foice da Morte
Category:Axes
Category:Dark Assets
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