Onigiri Online: Weapons

Type
There are a total of 8 types of weapons available for the player to choose and use in Onigiri Online.

And if we leave out the weapon skills part (with those in the fray then almost every single weapon would have some form of ranged or area attacks) and solely talk about their normal attacks, then these 8 weapons can roughly be broken down into "Melee" and "Ranged" types.

• Melee Type
  

  Katana	Dual Sword
  Attack Power - Medium Normal Attack - Single Target Attack Speed - Fast Reach - Some (~5m max)	Attack Power - Medium Normal Attack - Single Target Attack Speed - Very Fast Reach - Almost None (~4m max)

  Odachi	Axe
  Attack Power - High Normal Attack - Multiple Targets Attack Speed - Slow Reach - Decent (~6m max)	Attack Power - Very High Normal Attack - Single Target Attack Speed - Very Slow Reach - Some (~5m max)

  Spear	Long Staff*
  Attack Power - Medium Normal Attack - Multiple Targets Attack Speed - Slow Reach - Long (~7m max)	Attack Power - Low Normal Attack - Single Target Attack Speed - Average Reach - Almost None (~4m max)

• Ranged Type
  

  Bow	Short Staff
  Attack Power - Low Normal Attack - Single Target Attack Speed - Very Fast Range - Long (~13m max)	Attack Power - Medium Normal Attack - Single Target Attack Speed - Average Range - Long (~13m max)

* Note that Long Staff is the only weapon in the game which has weapon skills that heals or offers buffs to characters. Its like your official "support" weapon. However, to use these skills effectively, you will need to have the corresponding primary stats to support its usage.

Weapon Hidden Attributes

If you've ever seen these kinds of bonus effects found upon your weapons or magatamas and have wondered what they are or do? Then look no further.

They are, apparently, some sort of "hidden" attribute ("modifier") that can be applied upon your character to enhance your damage/attacks when using certain related weapons.

Slash (斬) -	Katana, Odachi, Dual Sword
Pierce (突) -	Bow, Spear
Impact (衝) -	Axe, Long Staff, Short Staff

In general, if your using Katana, Odachi or Dual Sword, then it is useful to have your character armed with some Slash attribute. If you primarily use Bow or Spear, then you should get yourself the Pierce attribute instead. If its Axe, Long Staff or Short Staff that you would rather use, then you would need to get Impact instead.

(* Two things I'm not sure here. Hmmm...maybe make that three.

- Not sure why Axe is impact. Sure looks sharp enough to me though.

- Not sure if the attribute only applies to the normal attacks of the weapon or do they also get included into the damage calculations when using the weapon skills. But you ought to assume that they do I guess.

- Not sure if the attributes would work, like how elemental affinity does, to guard your character against attacks of the Slash, Pierce or Impact type, thereby reducing the damage sustained.
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