Weapon Classes (SF2)

In Shadow Fight 2, there are dozens of weapons that are merely visually-different variants of previous weapons, aside from their different Super Slashes; therefore, most weapons in Shadow Fight 2 can be classified into classes, based on their attack styles.

The weapons will be classified under the most fundamental name that encompasses each weapon in the class.

Knives
Knives are short blades attached to handles and have high damage, short range, and fast speed. Knives can be categorized into two sub-classes based on their Super Slash.

Double Swing Slashes:

 * Knives
 * Daggers
 * Butterfly Swords
 * Meteorite Knives
 * Kunai Knives
 * Triangular Daggers

Rapid Multiple-Hit Spinning Strikes:

 * Krises

Knuckles
Knuckles are small, hand-worn weapons and have extremely high damage, very short range, and fast speed. Knuckles can be categorized into four sub-classes based on their Super Slash.

Triple-Hit Spinning Punches:

 * Knuckles
 * Coral Prickles
 * Katars
 * Spiny Knuckles

Double-Hit Spinning Punches:

 * Crescent Knives

Triple-Hit Smashing Strikes:

 * Pneumo Fists* WEAPON C2 Z2 MONK KATAR.png

Quadruple-Hit Spinning Punches:

 * Monk's Katars

Sai
Sai are blades with sharp tips for stabbing and have low damage, long range, and fast speed. Sai can be categorized into two sub-classes based on their Super Slash.

Jumping Spits:

 * Sai
 * Stilettos
 * Harbinger Sai
 * Quenched Sai
 * Vermeil Fangs

Rapid Multiple-Hit Double-Sword Spits:

 * Hermit's Swords Hermit'Swords.png

Swords
Swords are long blades attached to handles and have somewhat-high damage, moderate range, and moderate speed. Swords can be categorized into three sub-classes based on their Super Slash.

Thrust-and-Swing Slashes:

 * Ninja Sword

Swing-and-Thrust Slashes:

 * Katana
 * Golden Katana
 * Keen Katana

Quintiple-Hit Daisho Slashes:

 * Daisho*
 * Shogun's Katana* Weapon boss daisho.png

Technical note: The Katana is a type of sword with a curved blade. A Daisho is a pair of a long sword and a short sword (Katana and Wakizashi/Tanto).

Batons
Batons are heavy cylindrical weapons used for bludgeoning opponents and have high damage, somewhat-short range, and fast speed. Batons can be categorized into two sub-classes based on their Super Slash.

Bludgeoning Strikes:

 * Steel Batons
 * Maces
 * Morning Stars

Spinning-and-Smashing Strikes:

 * Imhotep Pounders
 * Battle Hammers

Double Smashing Strikes:

 * Thunder Hammers

Flame-Ejecting Strikes:

 * Flame Clubs* Weapon fire batons.png

Spears
Spears are long shafts with a blade on the end and have low damage, very long range, and fast speed. Spears can be categorized into four sub-classes based on their Super Slash.

Triple-Hit Thrust strikes:

 * The Sting
 * Yari
 * Silver Spear
 * Corporal's Magari Yari

Double-Hit Swinging Strikes:

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 * Wasp's Naginata
 * Colonel's Bisento

Quadruple-Hit Swinging Strikes:

 * Magari Yari

Thrust-and-Punch Strikes:

 * Trident
 * Fatemaker

Twin Blades
Twin blades is an umbrella term for a large number of weapons that have moderately-long blades. In Shadow Fight 2, most of them have nothing in common in their appearance, yet function in exactly the same way excluding their Super Slashes. They have moderate damage, somewhat-long range, and moderate speed. Twin blades can be categorized into six sub-classes based on their Super Slash.

Triple-Hit Machete Slashes:

 * Machetes
 * Dragon Teeth
 * Candy Rage

Hooked-Sword Slashes:

 * Shuang Gou
 * Ceremonial Shuang Gou
 * Candy Canes
 * Caramel Shuang Gou

Jumping Slashes:

 * Swords
 * Moon Sabers
 * Kukris
 * Major's Wakizashis

Quadruple-Hit Slashes:

 * Big Swords
 * Pharaoh's Khopeshes

Rapid Multiple-Hit Spinning Slashes:

 * Oriental Sabers
 * Ornamental Sabers

Triple-Hit Fan-Throwing Slashes:

 * Emerald Cutters
 * Widow's Fans
 * Fans Of Passion

Nunchakus
Nunchakus (nunchucks in English usage) are two heavy cylinders attached with a cord and have extremely high damage, short range, and fast speed per hit, yet slow speed for an entire attack. Nunchakus can be categorized into two sub-classes based on their Super Slash.

Triple-Hit Swinging Strikes:

 * Nunchaku
 * Steel Nunchaku
 * Heavy Nunchaku

Tethered Weight Strikes:

 * Orbs of Pain

Kusarigamas
Kusarigamas are hand-scythes tethered to a weight and have high damage, extremely long range, and somewhat-fast speed. All Kusarigamas employ the same Super Slash.

Triple-Hit Spinning Slashes:

 * Blood Reaper
 * Kusarigama
 * Heavy Kusarigama
 * Puma's Kusarigama

Tonfas
Tonfas are heavy cylinders with perpendicular handles and have high damage due to its head-hitting capability, short range, and fast speed. Tonfas can be categorized into two sub-classes based on their Super Slash.

Triple-Hit Bludgeoning Strikes:

 * Tonfas
 * Rabid Tonfas
 * Blade Tonfas
 * Leeches

Blaster-Shooting Strikes:

 * Blaster Tonfas Weapon tonfa guns.png

Staves
Staves are heavy poles and have high damage, somewhat long range, and moderate speed.

Staves can be categorized into three sub-classes based on their Super Slash.

Slamming Strikes:

 * Staff
 * Heavy Staff
 * Staff of Night
 * Elegant Staff
 * Broomstick
 * Devil's Broom

Triple-Hit Spinning Strikes:

 * Wanderer's Staff Weapon composite staff.png

Triple-Hit Elongating Staff Strikes:

 * Telescopic Staff

Axes
Axes are wide blades attached to long handles and have extremely high damage, moderate range, and slow speed. Axes can be categorized into two sub-classes based on their Super Slash.

Triple-Hit Smashing Slashes:

 * Harrier Hooks
 * Axes
 * Labryses
 * Spiked Axes

Spinning-Slice Slash:

 * Butcher's Knives

Heavy Weapons
Heavy weapons is an umbrella term for a large number of weapons that are heavy and very long. Unlike the twin blades, some heavy weapons that have no similarity in appearance may have the same Super Slash. They have extremely high damage, long range, and very slow speed. Heavy weapons can be categorized into five sub-classes based on their Super Slash.

Triple-Hit Downward-Swinging Slashes:

 * Devastator
 * Dadao
 * Ronin's Dadao
 * Bear's Heavy Hammer
 * Crusher
 * Captain's Nodachi Weapon_dadao_janissary.png

Triple-Hit Smashing Strikes:

 * Two-Handed Mace
 * Northern Hammer

Triple-Hit Cudgel-Slamming Strikes:

 * Two-handed Cudgel

Triple-Hit Scythe Strikes:

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 * Blade Of Death
 * Dissector of hopes

Elongating Scythe Strikes:

 * Reaver*

Claws
Claws are pronged, hand-worn weapons and have high damage, moderate range, and fast speed. Claws can be categorized into four sub-classes based on their Super Slash.

Quadruple-Hit Spinning Slashes:

 * Steel Claws
 * Flayer Claws

Jumping Slashes:

 * Lynx's Claws Lynx's Claws.png
 * Three-Pronged Claws

Rapid Multiple-Hit Double Scythe Slashes

 * Mowers*

Quadruple-Hit Sickle Slashes:

 * Sickles
 * Pain and Panic

Triple-Hit Electric Shock Slashes:

 * Shocker Claws

Glaives
Glaives are two long blades connected to each other at their handles and have somewhat-high damage, moderate range, and somewhat fast speed. Glaives can be categorized into three sub-classes based on their Super Slash.

Triple-Hit Spinning Slashes:

 * Sapphire Fang
 * Silver Glaive
 * General's Glaive
 * Fretsaw

Jumping Slashes:

 * Glaive Weapon glaive.png
 * Barbed Glaive
 * Ringing Spruce Whirl

Arrow-Shooting Strikes:

 * Cobra's Tooth

Unique weapons
These weapons are unique and do not show any similarities with other weapons.

Rapid Multiple-Hit Spinning Strikes:

 * Hack Knives [Knives]

Triple-Hit Swing-and-Thrust Strikes:

 * Thruster [Spear]

Triple-Hit Elongating-Whip Strikes:

 * Composite Sword

Quadruple-Hit Fencing Sword Strikes:

 * Sawblade 

Blaster-Shooting Strikes:

 * Plasma Rifle

Smashing Strikes:

 * Titan's Desolator