Zweihander

Zweihander

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Statistics

Type	Weapon – Crafting material
Damage	62 Melee
Knockback	7 (Strong)
Elemental Bonus
Critical chance	4%
Use time	60 Snail
Velocity	5
Tooltip	Parries physical projectiles Deals more damage at the tip of the blade 'Parry this you filthy casual!'
Lore	'A famous greatsword of Madmount. A lot of strength is needed to use such a grand weapon, but for most Warriors of the Iron Realm this was a trivial issue.'
Rarity
Sell	1
Research	1 required

Projectile created

Zweihander

Sounds

Parrying a sword strike

The Zweihander in use. Note how the slash's damage is increased with distance. Additionally note how the Skeleton's bone was deflected.

The Zweihander is a Pre-Hardmode sword forged by the Fallen from the Rusty Zweihander Blade and Rusty Zweihander Hilt. When used, it will perform a large swing, slightly pushing the player forward. The player can hold the attack button to keep the blade above their head and swing by releasing the button. Enemies further away from the player will take bonus damage, scaling with distance. The maximum bonus damage is +20 at 3.75 tiles or further. Additionally, striking parryable projectiles will deflect them, quadrupling their damage.

Its best modifier is Godly.

Forging

Recipe

Result	Ingredients	NPC
Zweihander	Rusty Zweihander Hilt Rusty Zweihander Blade	Fallen

Used in

Result	Ingredients	NPC
Blade of the Mountain	Zweihander	Calavia

Notes

• Zweihnader can parry Calavia's sword strikes.
• Zweihander cannot deflect projectiles that deal more than 50 / 100 / 150 damage, projectiles that are bigger than the weapon's slash, homing projectiles, as well as certain blacklisted projectiles:

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Trivia

• Zweihander is German for "Two-Hander" and is most prominently known from the Dark Souls video game series, which is why the Jolly Madman enemies drop its components, as they are based on the Sunset Armor Set from Dark Souls 3.

History

• 0.8.0.4050: Added a hitlag effect.
• 0.8.0.35: Can now cut tiles.
• 0.8:
  • Reworked:
    • Now has a custom swing animation, can deflect projectiles, and deals more damage the further away the enemy is.
    • Nerfed damage from 120 to 62 and use time from 29 to 60.
  • Changed the tooltip line from "'Nice and shiny...'" to "'Parry this you filthy casual!'".
  • Added a lore tooltip.
  • Changed rarity from to .
  • Removed the crafting recipe.
• 0.4.8.9: Changed the use sound.
• 0.4.8.5: Resprited. Previous sprite was:
• 0.1: Introduced.