Unleash Blade

Unleash Blade is a Technique for Ace. The effects and appearance differs depending on Ace's currently equipped weapon. All variations of Unleash Blade (except for Lucavi) costs 5 NRG, and can be used with 0 NRG for much less damage than usual.

Effects

 * A-Saber: A spinning blade fires out of Ace, travelling a set distance before returning. It pierces through enemies but not walls, and deals 1.0x Power Strength per hit.
 * Tonbokiri: Fires out an energy spear which quickly travels forwards. When it hits a wall, it acts as a platform. It deals 3.0x Power Strength.
 * Lucavi: Rapidly hits enemies in front with a flurry of small blade strikes. Seven swings total. First swing deals 2.0x Attack Strength, every swing after deals 1.0x Attack Strength. Unlike the others, this costs 20 energy and cannot be used at any less NRG unlike other Unleash Blade variations.
 * Lara: Flings a spinning hammer diagonally upwards, falling in an arc. It deals 2.5x Power Strength.
 * Grandmaster: Deals a powerful hook which sends enemies it kills flying, which can then damage other enemies for damage equal to the flung enemy's HP (20 damage if flung enemy's HP is less than 20). The hook deals 2.0x Attack Strength. Current weapon charge applies with a modifier of 200%.

History

 * Early Access 0.33.0:
 * Removed the Surge mechanic. Unleash Blade still costs no energy.
 * Increased the damage of A-Saber's Unleash back to 1.0x Power Strength, up from 0.7x.
 * Early Access 0.23.0: Unleash Blade now appears properly on the HUD when Ace has a different weapon equipped. Previously, it only appeared properly on the pause menu.
 * Early Access 0.19.0:
 * Unleash Blade can now be Surged. Previously, all Unleashes cost 1 Style, which regenerated over time.
 * Introduced Grandmaster, along with its version of Unleash Blade.
 * Fixed a bug that caused Tonbokiri's Unleash to fly through enemies without damaging them if it travels through multiple enemies in a row.
 * Early Access 0.18.4:
 * Lucavi's Unleash hitbox increased in size and deals one less hit but the first hit deals double damage.
 * Unleash Blade is no longer disabled when Ace has the Powerless curse.
 * Early Access 0.15.10: Ace can now catch the A-Saber's Unleash when he has invulnerability frames.
 * Early Access 0.15.0?:
 * Reduced the damage of A-Saber's Unleash to 0.7x Power Strength, down from 1.0x Power Strength.
 * Introduced Lara, along with its version of Unleash Blade.
 * Public Demo 1 (Patch): Reduced the damage of Lucavi's Unleash to 0.5x Power Strength, down from 1.0x Power Strength.
 * Public Demo 1: Released.
 * Public Demo 1: Released.