Talk:Ninja Sword/@comment-69.194.47.112-20190211034702

In my opinion, this is one of, if not THE best sword weapon tier for tier, right up their with the Daisho/Shogun's Daisho. It has a unique super attack, which is ridiculously good. People say it's slow, but thats because you can't just spam it at everything and expect it to go your way. You need to have proper spacing. Hit with the tip of the blade during slash 1, and slash 2 is a guarenteed head hit. The Daisho's downfall is that you need to A: be very close to use it's super attack, and B: not have a crit happen during the attack. If a crit happens, the opponent can slip out of your combo, and punish you VERY hard as you are defenseless until your combo is done. The Ninja Sword's super slash has a longer range, and is a very simple one two attack. Even if the first hit crits, you still hit them with the second slash. Longswords in this game are spacing weapons. You need to keep at least a half-sword length between you and them at any given moment, and that's why the Ninja sword is so good. The back and front slashes of all sword type weapons combo into each other with proper spacing, and the Ninja sword adds a 2 hit finisher that can be tacked on at the end.

Tl;DR The Ninja Sword has the most reliable and combo friendly super slash. The lunging super slash of the Katana weapons have less utility, and don't head hit often, unless you are so close that you can hit the first slash. The Daisho super slash lacks range and isn't usually a true combo.