Burial Blades (Rev. 13)

Burial Blades Phaedra Cross Slash Jagged obsidian and smooth malachite blades inscribed with runes and teeming with energy. The runes ead as a eulogy for those lost while trying to seal a great evil.

Tier UT
Shots 2
Damage 65–120 (average: 62.5)
Projectile Speed ? tiles/second
Lifetime ? seconds
Range 4.608 tiles
Amplitude ? tile(s)
Frequency ? cycle(s)/shot
Effect(s) Piercing Shots hit multiple targets Armor Piercing Ignores defense of target
Rate of Fire 100%
XP Bonus 7%
Feed Power 950

Loot Bag Assigned to White Bag
Drops From Malus

Notes
Shot Animation

This weapon makes intentional use of what would otherwise seem like a bug, where firing an odd number of shots changes the shot pattern. Specifically, it fires an invisible, 0 damage shot at a 5% fire rate which changes the weapon’s own shot pattern. It thus switches from a wide shot pattern (spread to hit enemies) to a tighter pattern (with a larger true range and true range area). An actual converge point remains the same between the wide and tight shot patterns.

Otherwise, the Burial Blades hit as hard as the T12 Tachis with the added effect of armor piercing. It beats the Kusanagi at low defenses, Enforcer at medium defenses (before buffs), though is always weaker than Valor without its debuff.

Trivia
This weapon references Phaedra (green) and Valus (black), the two cultists who were killed upon the awakening of the Marble Colossus. It fires another shot reflecting this:
Valus Cross Slash