Swordbreaker

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Statistics Swordbreaker (Dagger) All Races DMG: 27 Delay: 200 Lv. 75 THF Damage Per Second: 8.1 TP Per Hit: 5.4%	Other Uses Used in Quests: Mythic Weapons: Vajra Unlocking a Myth (Thief) Resale Price: Cannot be sold to NPCs. Storable with: Ghanraam
Synthesis Recipes None	Used in Recipes None
Desynthesis Recipe None	Obtained From Desynthesis None

How to Obtain

Cannot be auctioned, traded, or bazaared.

Dropped From

Dropped from any NM in Nyzul Isle Investigation.

• 100% drop from HNMs on Floor 100 depending on Runic Disc holder's job.

Historical Information

A swordbreaker was a type of dagger with serrations or cutouts along one side, designed to catch and entangle an opponent's blade. It takes its name from the fact that a skilled wielder was supposedly able to break the blade of his/her opponent's sword by catching it in one of the cutouts and twisting it hard, thus (supposedly) snapping the blade in half. (This would theoretically be possible with a sufficiently strong wielder and/or a poorly tempered sword.) Like the Main Gauche, it was intended to be used in the left hand along with a rapier or saber in the right.

The Swordbreaker appeared in Final Fantasy VI and Tactics Advance/A2. In VI, the Swordbreaker had a +30% Evade bonus; in Tactics Advance the dagger was equippable only by Thieves/Jugglers, possessing the Thief Skill "Steal: Weapon"; in Tactics Advance A2, the dagger was equippable by a larger range of jobs, possessing both the Thief Skill "Loot lv.3", and the Jugger Skill "Dagger Toss".

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