Survival Knife

== Description ==
 Weapon Description 
"The Survival Knife, a journey to the Melee Weapon path."
 Comparison 
It resembles that of Bombo's Survival Knife.
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== Weapon Overview ==
=== Dash ===
When dashing forward a short distance, you will gain invincibility frames (i-frames) to protect yourself.
=== Pigstick ===
Proceed to bring up the knife and point it towards you, and then thrust the knife forward stabbing any enemy infront of you, surely a painful way to take out you opponents. This ability has EMP in WDM, bypassing shield or forcefield.
 Universal Passive: [PARRY] 
All Melee Weapons gain this passive, with some exceptions... 
You can parry Melee Weapons, and also Ranged Weapons if you equip the Headband. 
Parrying Ranged Weapons will deflect the projectile back to the attacker, and depending on the weapon, will either kill outright or will wound them severely for you to land the killing blow. 
(Do note, some enemies are an exception.) 
Parrying Melee Weapons will stun the attacker for a brief moment, allowing you to deal a couple good blows or kill them right away.
 Passive: [PARRYING REGEN] 
All parries with this Weapon will trigger this. 
Parrying a Melee attack from an enemy will heal back 5% of your max HP. During tense moments when you are running low HP and facing a melee attacker, this can be a valuable tactic to employ.
== Tips ==
* You can use Dash as an escape method because its i-frames are sufficient to get to safety.
* You can parry Meleer Enemies to heal back a percentage of your health back.
* Pigstick can be used as a heavy damage dealer but at the cost of a slow wind-up.
* This weapon is helpful in Wave Defense Mode because of it being able to parry bullets with ease and having a Dash ability to get closer or farther away from enemies.
** The Angel Wings can help out a lot in Wave Defense Mode because of the I-frames and fast dash but you take -1.5% damage when dashing. 
* The Pigstick ability has a small hitbox and will make you vulnerable for a couple seconds if missed so be cautious when using the ability.
** If you use the Pigstick ability then Dash and jump you can cover lots of distance while using the ability helping you hit enemies that are further away.
** In Wave Defense Mode, the pigstick can bypass melee damage resistances and shields.
*** You can increase the Pigstick's abillity damage up to 2700 per hit when you wear the Headband and Angel Wings.
**** Please note that the Headband + Angel Wings combination does not provide a sufficient amount of health like other pieces of armor.
== Trivia ==
* When Survival Knife first released it didnt have the Pigstick ability and the Parrying Regen Passive.
** Both features were then added on 6/13/2024.
*Judging by the Dash and Pigstick animations and mechanics, they were likely inspired by The Hidden.
== Gallery ==
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File:Survival Knife Icon.png|Old Icon
Category:Melee
Category:Weaponry
Category:Boss Drop