Katana

The Katana is a melee primary weapon in Gun Raiders. It is based off of the real world Katana.
== Appearance ==
The Katana appears as a standard katana, with a blade and a handle. The default Katana skin has a white/grey metal blade, and a black handle. Using Spirit gives the Katana a green trail, and using Slash gives the Katana a red trail.
== Functionality ==
The Katana is one of the few melee weapons in Gun Raiders. The Katana is extremely versatile in combat, allowing (and often requiring) intense or good movement by the player. It has one extreme downside, needing to be in close range of another player to kill. This makes killing mobile or skilled players incredibly challenging.
While the Katana can be used with only one hand, it can also be used with two, increasing damage. Holding a katana with two hands and scoring a headshot will be enough to kill any non-overshielded players, dealing 200 damage. With the addition of Slash, a player can also instantly kill someone if scoring a one-handed headshot while using slash.
The katana is capped at 200 damage maximum per swing, so using a two handed slash will not give the player extra damage.
The Katana is compatible with sidearms.
=== Alternate modes ===
The Katana has two alternate modes: Spirit and Slash. They are both powered by a meter that is slowly drained when using the alt and is gained by killing other players.
==== Spirit ====
The Spirit emblem is a green “+” sign, representing healing. Spirit quickly heals the players health (not armor), and provides a small speed increase.
==== Slash ====
The Slash emblem is a red knife, and drains at the same rate as Spirit. When using Slash, damage dealt by the Katana is increased by a decent amount. The actual percentage that damage is increased by varies, but it is generally around a 50% increase. Damage with Slash is capped at 200.
== History ==
September 15th, 2021 - The Katana is added to the game.
== Trivia ==
* When Slash was released, it had the standard damage increase of the current Slash, but it also had the healing of Spirit, essentially making it a direct upgrade, healing and increasing damage.
** This has since been fixed.
*Similarly to the Gauntlets, the Katana can block bullets. However, the small size of the Katana and the unpredictability of weapon spread makes the Katana a much worse tool for this.
Category:Weapons
Category:Melee Weapons
Category:Weapons with alternate modes
Category:Primary Weapons