Ray Katana (Rev. 52)

A great katana charged with the power of the sun itself.

Reskin(s)

Tier	UT
Shots	1
Damage	111
Projectile Speed	18 tiles/second
Lifetime	0.34 seconds
Range	6.12 tiles
Effect(s)	Shots hit multiple targets
XP Bonus	8%
Soulbound
Feed Power	700

Loot Bag
Drops From	Rock Dragon The Keyper

Notes
A rare and powerful Katana, this weapon sacrifices a good portion of its damage in exchange for a lot of extra range, allowing users to strike enemies from a safer distance. In addition, its faster projectile speed allows it to hit moving targets a lot more easily. This katana is mostly useful when the enemies are very dangerous to get close to (for example, Oryx 2) and the extra damage on the Tiered ones would not be worth the risk.

An interesting thing to note is that this is the only weapon in the game that does a flat 111 damage, making its DPS very consistent and usually constant.

Additionally, it is currently the katana with the highest XP bonus in the game, tied with Enforcer, at 8%.

Currently, the Ray Katana is a controversial item because although it has the status of an “event white”, it is supposedly weak for one. To some extent, this is true - compared to T14, it loses ~1,100 DPS (currently just below 1,700 when 8/8, between T7 and T8) for the extra range and projectile speed, and is outclassed almost entirely by the Enforcer apart from piercing. The Ray Katana is much easier to obtain than the aforementioned items, though. However, on a recent Public Testing session, buffs were shown for the Ray Katana, being

Damage: 111 -> 140

Rate of Fire: 100% -> 110%

Range: 6.11 -> 6.2 (Mostly insignificant, likely to make the number look nicer while slightly buffing it)

(These changes may not be final)

These buffs should put it around T10 or T11 DPS, which should give it use as a relatively easy to get item (albeit rare) that while still being a trade-off, maintains average (and constant) DPS.

History
Before Patch X.33.1.0 (May 2020), this item had a Feed Power of 500.

Katanas