Wakizashi of Eastern Winds

A wakizashi used by a powerful swordsman in ancient times. It seems to dance through the air as you swing it.

Reskin(s)

Tier	UT
MP Cost	80
On Equip	+5 SPD, +3 DEX
Effect(s)	Inflicts Exposed for 4.5 seconds Shots hit multiple targets Shots pass through obstacles
Shots	5 (at -90°)
Damage	260–490 (average: 375)
Total Damage	1800–2450 (average: 1875)
Projectile Speed	14 tile(s)/second
Lifetime	0.4 second(s)
Range	5.6 tiles
Amplitude	0.42 tile(s)
Max Cast Range	4.6 tiles
XP Bonus	6%
Feed Power	800
Forging Cost	90 / 120 / 720 / 1
Dismantling Value	30 / 40

Loot Bag
Drops From	Murderous Megamoth Swarm Tree Mighty Quest Chest

Blueprint
Obtained Through	Unlocked by default

Notes
The Wakizashi of Eastern Winds is an interesting wakizashi that greatly serves samurai looking to build around inflicting the Exposed debuff for as long and as much as possible.

This wakizashi applies Exposed for 0.5 seconds longer than the Virtuous Wakizashi, making it an excellent supportive tool for debuffing a strong foe. Additionally, the wavy shot pattern increases the likelihood that a shot will connect and apply the debuff. Furthermore, it provides an ample increase to SPD and DEX which allows the samurai to be more agile and evade shots with greater ease.

However, this wakizashi is not optimal for inflicting reliable amounts of damage. This waki has one extra shot and a wider damage range than a tiered wakizashi, thus making it inferior unless you are able to land every single shot, a difficult feat because of its wavy pattern. Notably, however, all 5 of the shots from this ability share a common origin point related to your cursor when cast, so by putting an enemy in the exact spot where all of the shots begin, you can succeed in dealing full damage to a target. This is largely unneccessary though, as Royal Wakizashi and Wakizashi of Crossing Fires are both easier to aim and do not require you to aim your weapon shots away from your target to achieve largely the same result.

This wakizashi does have a slightly higher maximum range compared to a tiered wakizashi, which can allow a samurai to hang back just a little bit farther. Shots also come from the right instead of the left, requiring users of this ability to account for the difference in projectile angle to land hits.

History
Before Patch X.34.0.0 (May 2020), this item had the following sprites:
Wakizashi of Eastern Winds (old) Wakizashi Wind (old)