Qin Jian (Timeless)

The Qin Jian is a versatile and quick weapon, with a shorter range but also less weight and more thrusting abilities. It can also be wield with a shield and consume less stamina but does less damage with slashing attacks

Appearance and origins
It is a 80 centimeters long bronze sword, with a long blade and a 20cm long handle, with two small rings to help the hand fit and a ring-shaped pommel. It is based on the jian, a very old chinese weapon used broadly during the Warring States period. Here, it is based more on the model used during the Qin dynasty, often found in the Qin Shi Huang mausoleum.

Attack patterns
The Qin Jian uses rapid attacks, and more powerful thrusting strikes. It is overall similar to knightly swords

Strategies
This weapon is mostly useful to fend off large hordes ennemies. In Terracotta Mausoleum, it is especially useful because of how slow ennemies are, facilitating easy slashes and making players able to easily avoid damage. It can also parry attacks from Terracotta Swordsmen, and will be able to block attacks from Terracotta Archers ; its ability to be wielded with a shield makes it really good to block incoming shots from Crossbow Soldiers and slain them directly. Ji Zombies can be harder to deal with, as they also have a longer range as well as a stronger attack power, and Terracotta Chariots are a nightmare to deal with, due to the lack of range from the qin jian, but you try to force their rider to take off to fight them more easily.

Trivia

 * Its name is an artificial combination of Jian, a chinese weapon, and Qin, the name of the dynasty during which this weapon was used