Sword Master

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## Sword Master

* Sprite
* Illustration

### Level 6 Buff

 Casting the skill increases movement speed and generates 5 Sword Intent. Exclusive to this character.

## Skills

 Tempest Blade

The  **Sword Master** is a playable character. She has long black hair covering one side of her face and turquoise eyes. She wears a white side-cut and sleeveless dress tied by a blue sash on her waist. Her arms and thighs are wrapped in bandages.

Once unlocked, she can also be encountered during a run as an NPC. Upon interaction, she will follow and assist the player as a Follower for the current floor only, wielding the Breeze (unupgraded/upgraded upon the 7th upgrade).

## Unlock & upgrade

The Sword Master can be unlocked at the cost of 12,000 gems.

Each upgrade changes the stats slightly.

1. +1 HP - cost: 500 gems
2. +1 Armor - cost: 1,000 gems
3. +20 Energy - cost: 1,500 gems
4. -2s Skill Cooldown - cost: 2,000 gems
5. Skill Upgrade - cost: 2,500 gems
6. Passive buff - cost: 5,000 gems
7. Enhance Starting Weapon - cost: 8,000 gems

## Alternate Skins

Sword Master currently has 2 alternate skins, which include:

* 1 gem skin
* 1 paid skin

* Has visual art & card.
* Has a reskin **Zephyr** named **Phoenix Sword**.
* Has unique skill effect for Tempest Blade.
* Has visual art & card.
* Has unique portrait.

## Passive Buff

### Description:

*Casting the skill increases movement speed and generates 5 Sword Intent.*

Basic
*Casting the skill increases movement speed and generates 5 Sword Intent.*
* This Buff is exclusive to Sword Master.
* After activating the skill, Sword Master's movement speed increases by 20% for 2 seconds.
* Despite the description, Sword Master can generate 5 Sword Intent without having this buff unlocked, and having this buff does not make her generate more Sword Intent.

## Tempest Blade

### Basic:

*Dash forward, slash enemies, and dash back. You take no damage while slashing.*

### Skill Upgrade:

**Upon hitting enemies 3 times or more, reduce skill CD and gain 5 Sword Intent.**

### Mentor Upgrade:

**Slash enemies more times and launch more projectiles at the end.**

### Cooldown:

8 (6) seconds.

Basic
*Dash forward, slash enemies, and dash back. You take no damage while slashing.*
* Sword Master dashes toward the closest enemy in sight. The maximum distance is 5.5 tiles.
* She performs 6 quick slashes in a large area. Afterward, Sword Master dashes back and performs 3 additional slashes.
	+ During the first 6 slashes, Sword Master takes no direct damage, but Status Effects such as Burn may still apply to her.
	+ All the slashes deal 6 damage and may crit.
* This skill has 8 (6) seconds of CD, which starts right after the skill is activated.
* Tempest Blade can be further enhanced when paired with the following Buffs:
	+ - The slashes can reflect projectiles.
	+ - Increases attack range.

Skill upgrade
*Upon hitting enemies 3 times or more, reduce skill CD and gain 5 Sword Intent.*
* Unlocks the Sword Intent bar, which is located under the Energy bar.
	+ A maximum of 30 Sword Intent points can be stored at a time.
	+ Sword Master gains 5 Sword Intent after activating her skill, and another 5 points if her skill attacks can land 3 or more hits on the enemies.
	+ Upon hitting enemies 3 times or more with the skill, the skill CD is reduced by 1 second.
* When accumulating 30 point of Sword Intent, Sword Master's next skill activation will deal 3 extra slashes and also release a 3-projectile attack.
	+ The projectiles deal 8 damage each.

Mentor Upgrade
*Slash enemies more times and launch more projectiles at the end.*
* Performs a 12-slash attack when dashing in, instead of 6. Releases 1 projectile at the end.
* At full Sword Intent, releases 5 projectiles instead of 3.

## Quotes

### Interaction in the Living Room

* *"Forge a sword within your mind, and everything becomes your sword."*
* *"Focus on your sword. Let its brilliance rend the heavens like a shooting star."*
* *"With my sword's frigid gleam, I shall sever the darkness in the world."*
* *"Care for a clash of steel?"*

### During a run as an NPC

* *"Bequeath me the honor to assist you with my sword!"*

## Trivia

* This character was added in Update 6.0.0, along with Lancer.