Cursed Katana

A cursed katana is a very strong weapon, that needs to be handled with special care.

The Dark Shard

A dark shard is a piece of eerie metal, eminating dark energy Dark shard is what the katana comes out of. It can be implanted into your arm by using it. The arm it end up inside of depends of the hand you used it in.
If situation calls for it, the shard can be removed as any other arm implant.
The shard can be left by tendrils, bought by Wizard, or found in some specific places

Game Mechanics

Once implanted, you can take your katana out with a HUD button in top left. To hide it safely, you first must satisfy it's hunger by attacking something.
The blade itself deals 15 brute damage and can parry incoming attacks. The attack speed it has against fauna is also greatly increased.
Additionally, and it's the biggest downside of the weapon, dying while having dark shard implanted, removes you from the round permanently, leaving only the shard behind.

Combo Attacks

Combo moves are the soul of this weapon, making it truly shine among other swords. The following list can be shown in-game at any time, by inspecting the katana closely.

> > Hilt Strike - Throws the opponent back 5 tiles and puts them under effects of confusion.

> > Wide Slice - Deals 15 damage to enemies in an aura in front of you.

> > Dash Attack - You slice 8 tiles forward, dealing 15 damage to every enemy you slice through.

> > Tendon Cut - Applies a special bleed effect. This effect makes it so second Tendon Cut deals additional 25 damage.

> > > Dark Heal - Heals you for 45 damage. Afterwards, it damages you for up to 30 damage during 30 seconds. Using the move again during that time, refreshes the timer and increases damage dealt to you by ten. This move can be very deadly to you when used poorly.

> > > Shatter - Powerful move, knocks down humanoids dealing 35 damage, and deals 75 to fauna. However, it breaks the katana, making it unable to be used for 45 seconds, after which katana regenerates.