Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-670597-20140808235816/@comment-26043406-20150504144919

I have a weapon myself. I call it:

The Chain Kanabo!

This weapon is sort of the majestic love-child of the longsword, hammer, and the switch axe. Just like the hammer it does impact damage and has potential to K.O. a monster although his has less potential than the hammer. It has slightly more mobilty than the hammer, so the same as the longsword. The point of this weapon is to have a long-reaching impact weapon with the fluid combos of a longsword. it does however have a lower damage output than the hammer and lacks its charge attacks. The combos for it would actually be a special mix between the longsword and the hammer.

The real fun begins when you switch its mode. Like the switch axe, pressing the R button will switch its mode. Its switches modes by spliting the top 1/3 of it into 4 equal parts. These parts then slide down a 4-bar linkage to cover the middle 1/3 of the kanabo and are locked into place. This middle then pops off of the lower 1/3 connecting to the hilt of the weapon, revealing a strong metal chain. Now you have a Flail!

In this Flail mode the chain streeches out giving you even longer reach then in Kanabo form. This form has the same K.O. potential as the hammer and has far longer reach. This form even has the same fast and fluid combos that the Kanabo has. However, this form also runs on a meter that is pretty much the same as the switch axe and you move at the speed of an unshealthed Great Sword. This meter meter naturally recharges on its own but cannot be recharged by attacking in kanabo mode. The speed of recharging is instead spead up by attacking in kanabo mode.