A-Saber

A-Saber is a Primary Weapon for Ace. Ace starts with this equipped. Swings three times both on the ground and in the air. Decent horizontal range and minor vertical range. 1st and 2nd swing deal 1.2x Attack Strength. 3rd swing deals 2.0x Attack Strength. Charged attacks deal +100% damage per charge level and increase the horizontal and vertical reach of the weapon.

Tips

 * While the A-Saber's vertical range does not compare to Lara's, it's still enough to take care of vertical threats with very minimal risk. Echo Cave's falling crystals are easily dispatched with the A-Saber if there's no room to dodge horizontally.
 * Combining the A-Saber's three hit combo with a surged Unleash Blade technique is a good way to output high damage quickly against tankier enemies. Using the un-surged Unleash Blade for this purpose does not usually result in much quicker enemy take down.

History

 * Early Access 0.44.0: Charged attacks now have greatly extended horizontal and vertical reach and leave a lingering slash visual.
 * Early Access 0.19.0: Introduced the Surge system, along with a Surged version of the A-Saber's Unleash. Due to this, catching the A-Saber's Unleash no longer refunds energy.
 * Early Access 0.15.10: Ace can now catch the A-Saber's Unleash when he has invulnerability frames.
 * Public Demo 1 (Patch): Fixed a bug where the final hit of the A-Saber would not have higher damage or a higher attack cooldown.
 * Public Demo 1: Released.