Flowing Curved Sword

Notes

• Requires 9 Strength and 17 Dexterity, and weighs 3.5. Standard favors Dexterity over Strength. Keen emphasizes Dexterity, while Heavy provides a Strength-focused alternative; the better attack power depends on your actual stats.
• Upgrade with Smithing Stones to +25. Can use compatible Ashes of War. Grease or a weapon enchantment can be applied while using an affinity that allows weapon buffs.
• Its dancing heavy attack hits twice, and its fully charged heavy attack hits three times. Those extra contacts distinguish it from the usual curved-sword heavy attacks and help build successive-hit bonuses.
• The ordinary heavy chain applies a total of 150% of the weapon's listed status buildup when both hits connect; the fully charged attack applies 200% across its three hits. It has no innate ailment, so this matters after adding a suitable affinity or buff.
• Dancer clothing improves these dancing heavy attacks by 2.5% per qualifying piece, about 10.4% with all four. That does not boost every attack made with the sword.
• Spinning Slash is its starting skill, costing 6 FP for the opening spin and another 12 FP for the follow-up. It is separate from the dancing heavy attacks and can be replaced.
• On Keen, some independent projectile skills have slightly reduced Dexterity scaling compared with the ordinary Keen upgrade pattern. Its displayed melee damage and Spinning Slash are separate from that projectile exception.
• Successive-hit talismans reward landing the full sequence, but an enemy can move out before the last hit. Winged Sword Insignia and Rotten Winged Sword Insignia cannot be equipped together.
• Its critical rating is 100. The sword is in the convoy chest, while the Night's Cavalry outfit is the separate reward for beating both mounted escorts at night.