A player with a Platinum Broadsword doing a few weak slashes and a critical power slash dash roll with a Shield of Cthulhu.
This is a page about an overhaul of a vanilla weapon
type. The page on that weapon type itself can be found here.
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Broadswords are one of the two main types of Sword weapons, easily crafted from when the game starts. Terraria Overhaul completely remakes Broadsword combat for more fast paced gameplay with a higher skill ceiling.
Changes & Additions[ | ]
Attack Aiming[ | ]
Broadsword swings are able to hit enemies directly above and below the player now, as well as letting a player backpedal while attacking. The weapon is swung in the direction of the mouse cursor with both types of attack, and some slight airtime can be achieved with a charged attack.
Killing Blow[ | ]
The player may let out a delayed swing with the Right Mouse Button ⚒ Use / Attack, dealing a x1.5 multiplier to landed strikes against enemies. In addition to this, any charged attack against an enemy below 1/3 their maximum health will become a Killing Blow, dealing a further x2 multiplier against them.
Charged attacks with Broadswords are also able to be cancelled with a Dodgeroll in an emergency, and will cause projectile-spawning weapons to create three of their projectile.
Velocity Based Damage[ | ]
As with most other melee weapons, damage dealt may be increased with both the player's and the target's velocity on hit, up to a tripled damage modifier.
Head Strikes[ | ]
Precisely hitting an enemy's head will increase damage by 5%, always giving at least +1 damage point. An exclamation point (!) will appear after damage numbers when a head hit occurs.
History[ | ]
- 1.0: Weapon Overhaul introduced.
- 1.0.3: Sword projectiles buffed
- 1.1: Charged attack windup slows the player less; Dodge rolls now cancel charge windup
- 1.2: Vertical velocity gained from a midair charge attack nerfed
- 2.0: Head Strikes implemented; Projectile-spawning swords create shots every swing, charged attacks cause triple-projectiles; Charged attack windup slows the player less
- 4.0: Crits now initiated with charged attack; Killing Blow introduced