Hero blade

hero blade is a melee item in item asylum. It is a shiny sword of varying color with symbols engraved on the blade.
==Functionality==
hero blade comes in five randomly selected variants: Flamecharm (orange), Frostdraw (blue), Thundercall (yellow), Galebreath (green), and Shadowcast (purple). Each variant has its own blade color that is associated with it.
Activating hero blade causes the user to swing the blade in front of them. Each swing deals 16 damage and applies hitstun. hero blade has a four-hit combo where the user swings three times, and the last attack in the combo performs a kick. This kick still deals 16 damage, but it applies hitstun and strongly knocks back the victim. If the victim collides with a solid object while under the effect of the kick's knockback, then they take an additional 5 damage and become stunned for additional time. Any humanoid killed by hero blade will have their death effect replaced by a Deepwoken themed death.
hero blade also has two abilities:
* Parry [E]Activating Parry causes the user to hold up the blade in a defensive stance for 0.5 seconds. If the user is struck by an attack during this time, they will negate the attack completely, refreshing the parry's duration and the ability's cooldown. If the attacker is within 10 studs of the user upon a successful parry, they are inflicted with brief hitstun. If the parry is unsuccessful, then the ability will be put on a one-second cooldown.
* Critical [R]Activating Critical causes the user to perform a special attack with the blade. The attack that is performed is determined by the blade's variant. Each variant has its own unique attack associated with it:
**Flame: The user will strike the sword into the ground, creating a circular attack around them. This attack deals 20 damage and sets victims on fire for 5 seconds. Hitting at least one opponent with the attack will vertically launch both the user and victim into the air and keep them airborne for a few seconds. The user can move while airborne, but opponents cannot. This attack has a 6-second cooldown.
**Thunder: The user will slam the sword into the ground in front of them, creating shockwaves that travel forward. The shockwaves deal 12.5 damage, ragdoll, and deal moderate knocbkack. Victims can only be damaged by one shockwave. This attack has a 10-second cooldown.
**Gale: The user will shortly wind up before thrusting the sword forward. This attack deals 8 then 18 damage, applies ragdoll, and knocks back victims with a strong force. This attack has a 7-second cooldown.
**Frost: The user will swing in a downwards motion, creating a large circular zone around them. The zone applies hitstun to opponents until they leave the radius and deals 4.5 damage per tick up to four times for a maximum of 22 damage. The zone lasts for roughly 3 seconds before expiring. While the ability is active, hero blade itself will be temporarily unable to attack. This attack has a 10-second cooldown.
**Shadow: The user will shortly wind up before dashing forward a moderate distance while swinging the sword. This attack deals 14 damage and applies hitstun. This attack has a 5-second cooldown.
===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".
== Tips ==
* Know the criticals: each blade has its own unique critical that may be used. 
** Frost can be used to catch up to enemies if they keep running.
** Shadow can be also used to get more distance from enemies.
* Treat this item similarly to legion kata, as it has a similar combo as well as parrying.
==Gallery==
Hero blade m1 combo.gif|hero blade's attack pattern.
Hero blade parry fail.gif|Using "Parry"
Hero blade parry new.gif|Ditto, but successful.
Hero Blade Hitbox (Updated).png|hero blade's base hitbox.
===Criticals===
Hero blade fire crit.gif|Flame variant's Critical
Lightning hero blade critical.gif|Thunder variant's Critical
Wind hero blade critical.gif|Gale variant's Critical
Frost hero blade critical.gif|Frost variant's Critical
Shadow hero blade critical.gif|Shadow variant's Critical
Hero Blade Flame Critical Hitbox (Updated).png|hero blade's Flame Critical hitbox.
Hero Blade Thunder Critical Hitbox (Updated).png|hero blade's Thunder Critical hitbox.
Hero Blade Gale Critical Hitbox (Updated).png|hero blade's Gale Critical hitbox.
Hero Blade Frost Critical Hitbox (Updated).png|hero blade's Frost Critical hitbox.
Hero Blade Shadow Critical Hitbox (Updated).png|hero blade's Shadow Critical hitbox.
===Origin===
New Lightning Hero.webp|The original Hero Blade of Thunder from Deepwoken.
New Shadow Hero.webp|Ditto, but Shadow
New Flame Hero.webp|Ditto, but Flame.
New Wind Hero.webp|Ditto, but Gale.
New Frost Hero.webp|Ditto, but Frost.
===Miscellaneous===
Hero blade parry successful.gif|Hero blade's parry effect prior to 1.7.0.
Deathdeepwoken1.gif|one of hero blade's kill effects, shared with legion kata.
Deathdeepwoken2.gif|Ditto.
Golden Heroblade.png|Golden hero blade.
Golden heroblade3.png|Ditto, but with flamecharm.
Hero blade flame invis.png|hero blade's Flame variant viewed with Invisibility Debug.
Hero blade thunder invis.png|Ditto, but the Thunder variant.
Hero blade wind invisibility debug.jpg|Ditto, but the Gale Variant.
Hero blade frost invisibility debug.jpg|Ditto, but the Frost variant.
Hero blade shadow invisibility debug.jpg|Ditto, but the Shadow variant.
==Audio==
Sound 	Sound
Use 	
Hit 	
Kick hit 	
Parried 	
Critical use	TBA
== Trivia ==
* hero blade is a reference to the Roblox game Deepwoken.
* hero blade shares the same kill effects with legion kata.
* This item's parry can be used to obtain the “we block, we parry, we dodge” badge.
==Changes== 
*v1.7.0
**Updated parry visuals.
**Parrying now cancels attacks such as hitman and fantasy seal.
*v1.5.6 
**v1.5.5 changes reverted.
*v1.5.5
**Added an eagle sound effect to base attack.
**Parry cooldown text changed to "skill check failed".
**Every element's critical is changed: 
*** Flame variant poisons instead of setting target on fire.
***Thunder variant's shockwaves travel a shorter distance. Amount of shockwaves increased from 10 to 70.
***Gale variant instantly kills user. Cooldown text changed to "nerf gale".
*** Frost variant now freezes.
*** Shadow variant makes user dash backwards. Hitbox remains where the user would normally dash.
*v1.5.0 
**Added hero blade.
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