Blade Dash Adam

**Blade Dash Adam** is a 5-aura unit in *RWBY: Amity Arena*. Unlocked at Beacon Academy Tower, Blade Dash Adam is a melee unit capable of extreme speed and attack.

## Information

### Card Info

A melee unit capable of extreme speed and attack.

Adam Taurus used to gaze up at the sky with bright blue eyes whenever he could, between shifts in the dust mines, dreaming of the day he would leave the tunnels behind to find his place in the world. But what he found instead was himself... on the ground, staring up at the three letters that damned him now and forever.

Scarred. Despised. Cold. Adam's heart grows black, his hatred red hot. The final traces of love, the beauty he let go, never returns, and as the last petal falls, Adam is cursed to forever remain a beast. Because, in this tale as old as time, there is no happy ending.

In this story... HE is the monster.

Adam Taurus had finally found his place, and he would watch humanity... burn.

"I wanted equality! I wanted peace!" -Blake
"What you want, is IMPOSSIBLE!" -Adam

## Update History

Due to his reception on launch, Blade Dash Adam has been overall nerfed in game updates.

* 1.7
	+ Added to game (as **Adam**).
* 1.10
	+ Skill DMG: +20%.
	+ Skill AOE DMG: -40%.
	+ HP: -40%.
	+ ATK: +20%.
	+ ATK SPD: 0.8s → 1s.
* 1.24
	+ Renamed **Blade Dash Adam**.

## Competitive Analysis

Upon release, Blade Dash Adam was divisive. Some players believed he was overpowered, while others believed he was just strong. Notably, Blade Dash Adam's sweep could kill White Fang Gunners in one shot, and said sweep was also in a wide arc, meaning any ground-based counterplay was invalidated. This inadvertently led to a rise in the use of Baby Ravager, who were 1 aura at the time. Because of his dominance on the meta, Blade Dash Adam became the first card to ever be banned in any *RWBY: Amity Arena* tournaments when he was banned in Majesty Tournament #5.

Despite the divide, Blade Dash Adam's nerfs in the Sisterly Update are universally considered to be some of the harshest in the history of *Amity Arena*. The nerfs left him no longer able to one-shot White Fang Gunners. Some players, such as MasonJar, believe these nerfs should be reverted due to the more powerful units that have been added since. Many players stopped using Blade Dash Adam after these nerfs. However, Servo239 was able to win Majesty Tournament #8: Randomizer Cup, the first tournament he was allowed in, using Blade Dash Adam and Professor Port.

### Notable Players

#### Active

* Porterback: Began using Blade Dash Adam on release. Upon getting Blade Dash Adam to max level, he uploaded a YouTube video celebrating the occasion.
* UndeadWitch: Uses Blade Dash Adam on ladder.

#### Retired

* BestSakuyaNA
* nievano: Is considered the best ever Blade Dash Adam player.
* Piousflea
* Servo239: Won Majesty Tournament #8: Randomizer Cup using Blade Dash Adam and Professor Port.

## Gallery

Card iconCard icon during April Fools' Day 2020Concept artCharacter artwork
## Trivia

* Blade Dash Adam's summon quote is taken directly from the eleventh episode of Volume 3, "Heroes and Monsters".
* Prior to the Summer Update Pt. 2, Blade Dash Adam was named simply **Adam**. He was renamed because Moonslice Adam was added to the game.
* Blade Dash Adam's card art during April Fools' Day 2020 has "KF99" written on his mask, a reference to the masks worn during the COVID-19 pandemic.
* On August 19, 2020, art director Uyalago revealed that Moonslice Adam was the first Legendary card programmed, but was removed from the game because the developers believed he was too strong, and Blade Dash Adam was added in his place instead.

## External Links

* Blade Dash Adam on the Amity Arena Library

## Notes

1. ↑ Blade Dash Adam was named simply **Adam** before the Summer Update Pt. 2.

## References

1. ↑  *RWBY: 3.11: Heroes and Monsters*
2. ↑  Blade Dash Adam on the Amity Arena Library
3. ↑  Scott Porter on YouTube.
4. ↑  @RWBYAmityArena on Twitter.
5. ↑  @uyalago on Twitter.