Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-33231226-20171014170558

Snip Snip!

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Requirements

Name: Garden Scissors

Rank: 16

Cost: 28,250

Statistics

Damage: 40

Length: 3 Studs

Energy: 15

Attack Rate: 2s

Max Hits: 1

Abilities: +Sever, +Aim

​Sever and Aim

​Sever is a special ability of the Garden Scissors. It takes effect if the attack directly hits any of the zombie's joints (e.g. shoulder, neck, knee, thigh). When a part is severed, the zombie loses any abilities associated with that body part, but takes only 25 damage instead. Losing one arm would cut the zombie's damage in half. Losing the second arm limits the zombie to weak contact damage, and removes their ability to attack by clicking. Losing one leg will cut the zombie's movement speed in half, and losing the other leg limits them to dragging themselves with their arms. The zombie is killed instantly if the Sever effect hits the head. Garden scissors can also cut Edgar tongues for other people, but they can't save you if you're on your own. A Brute is a special case with the Sever effect. When the arm holding a Brute's club is severed, it begins to use the other arm instead. Blocking attacks with only one arm will only prevent half of the damage. Losing both arms essentially makes the Brute completely useless.

Aim is a unique ability of the Garden Scissors. When you're holding a gun up after shooting something, your aim follows the cursor. The garden scissors can be aimed in the same way as a gun, which allows you to take advantage of the Sever feature. Aiming is an important part of this, as the Garden Scissors are rather weak unless Severing is taken advantage of.

Why?

The Garden Scissors have the potential to decapitate anything, meaning you can kill things in one hit. Even if you miss the neck, you may be able to brutally disable the zombie if you happen to have hit another joint. The problem with the Garden Scissors, however, is that it requires you to be in close range. It also does not apply any knockback and does not trip zombies, meaning you must be precise. The Garden Scissors are essentially a high-risk, high-reward weapon. There aren't many of those in R2DA, considering most melee weapons trip and push away zombies.

While other weapons may be just as effective, a skilled Garden Scissors user would have the power to cleanly decapitate brutes and slice Edgar tongues.

Do that ​with your Karambits and Fireaxes. 