photon blades

How it works

The blades have an equip animation before attacks become available. Ordinary slashes alternate sides, with separate cooldowns for Slicing Dash and Heavy Divide. The wiki describes extra movement speed while holding or swinging the weapons. Its kill counter accepts kills from the blades themselves and their bleeding effect, stopping at fifteen. Each credited kill adds maximum health and attack damage; this is a kill-based progression system rather than a meter filled by all damage dealt.

At eight kills, armor adds defense, health and protection against hitscan shots on covered body parts. It also unlocks Thrusters, a midair movement option whose cooldown begins after landing. Fatal damage in the armored state can produce a damaging explosion, but the article distinguishes this from instant-death effects and environmental hazards that skip the sequence. Armor consequently changes both movement and the danger of approaching a defeated user.

The ultra instinct interaction immediately supplies the eight-kill milestone after equipping, which explains screenshots of armor on a fresh inventory. Heavy Divide and Slicing Dash still have distinct roles: the former gives extra healing on a successful kill, and the latter increases movement during its attack. The Blackout: Revival reference describes the weapon design; it is separate from the gameplay requirements for earning armor.

Stats and conditions

Recorded changes

• ultra instinct
• smile
• da capo
• Item directory

• Update log and version disagreements