Samurai

* Red
* Blue

## Statistics

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 140

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120

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1.00x

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1.20x

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1.00x

## Weapons

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Two-handed

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N/A

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## Additional Statistics

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Melee Unit

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Enemy

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Early Access 0.2.0

## Characteristics

The Samurai is a swordsman based on FeudalW Japanese soldiers. They wield the Katana, a Japanese curved sword, and will strike down enemy units with it. The Samurai is an agile unit, as they are able to deflect projectiles with their katana.

## Appearance

The Samurai appears in either red or blue coloring. In the full release, it is shown to look like a Japanese warrior wearing a Kabuto helmet, Samurai Armor, a Samurai shirt, Samurai wrist Armor, Dynasty pants, Leg Armor and Getas shoes.

## Unit Voice

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 Death Vocals

## Usage

The Samurai is a melee Unit able to kill Enemy Units at short range. When the Samurai reaches an enemy it waits a moment and then swipes vertically with its sword. They can also use their sword to swipe horizontally. After attacking, Samurai have a quite long cooldown on their attack, ~3 seconds, allowing enemies to kill them. Samurai are much less vulnerable to ranged units, as they are able to deflect small projectiles (Arrows, bullets, crossbow bolts, etc.) an ability no counterpart possesses thus far (except the Shogun , Samurai Giant , Lady Red Jade , and Thor).

However, they can't deflect projectiles if they're too big (any siege weapons like ballista bolts or boulders) or if they come in quick succession (such as with Ninja, Artemis, or the Hwacha). Samurai are very effective against their Medieval counterpart, the Squire.

## Trivia

* Samurai used to be very good against the Open Alpha Boss Chicken Man Man thanks to their high damage.
* They can deflect swords that are thrown from the Swordcaster.
* The Samurai can deflect snakes from the Snake Archer. This does not kill the snake or make it friendly towards the Samurai.
* In rare cases, a deflected projectile from the Samurai can hit another unit, possibly killing them.
* The Samurai in early builds had a unique stance for holding its sword compared to Early Access.
* The Samurai can only deflect one projectile at a time.
* During development, the Samurai had a flag on its back similar to the Shogun, but it was taken out.
* It is one of the six units that can deflect projectiles, the others being the Shogun, Samurai Giant, Lady Red Jade, Thor and Celestial Aegis.
* The concept of the honorable Samurai dueling and resenting unfair fights is a myth. In feudal Japan, being honorable was the ability to protect your master at all costs and even die for your master.
* Real Samurai often used polearms like the NaginataW, a weapon similar to the Guandao used by the Lady Red Jade, and often used ranged weapons like the Yumi, massive bows 7 to 8 feet long and shot arrows up to 4, effective for Armor piercing at the cost of range. The Katana was, instead, often a backup weapon.
* The Samurai did in fact use shields, The Samurai used a pauldron-like shields called sodes that could be put in front of the face for protection, the sode was designed to make arrows glance off and is thus a shield.
* The Samurai has a giant counterpart.
* The Samurai usually wins against a Squire thanks to the high damage and the dash ability of the Katana.

## Gallery

ゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴSAM!!! ⋋\_⋌The Samurai deflecting a firework arrow."Strollin"The design for the samurai in early access beta.An example of the samurai in the closed alphaConcept ArtSamurai killing a ChieftainSamurai killing a a TaekwondoWhat the heck just happened?