Viking Sax (Timeless)

The Viking Sax is a common weapon, seemingly a mix between a dagger and a machete, that is quite polyvalent, fast to attack, light and made to be wield behind a shield

Appearance and origins
It is 80 centimeters long, with a 60 centimeters long iron blade ; said blade has only one side entirely sharp, with the other side sharpened exclusively on a third of the blade, coupled with a slight broken back. The handle appears to be made out of wood, with little to not decorations. It is based on the Sax (or Seax), a dagger/sword weapon that was also used commonly as a tool, akin to a machete in some regions. Here it is specifically the viking sax, since others were usually smaller

Attack patterns
The Viking Sax is used with small swings, usually quick enough to get back behind a shield after attacking. Stabbings are made by thrusting with the weapon upwards, often hitting the throat or the upper part of the chest and stalling a bit the zombies

Strategies
Similarly to a Machete, it is relying mainly on swinging quickly your weapon at zombies, leaving them no time to retaliate. Despite being weaker, it is potentially stronger if well used ; wielding it with a shield allows players to freely ignore some long-range attacks and to have an even better set of crowd controlling abilities. You can for example slash multiple zombies at the same time with swings, slash a bit harder those who are too tough and then knock back the enemies that get too ambitious with your shield, and even block their attacks instead of getting hit like you would with a Machete. This will however come at the price of a slightly lower damage output and critical chance, which is countered easily by its second ability, the thrusting attacks ; while these do a small amount of damage, enemies attacked will get your weapon wedged in their throats, stalling them efficiently and leaving these undeads unprotected and easy to put down. With a bit of luck, you can even manage to headshot the zombie, stalling an inflicting great damage at the same time. Albeit quick, it will still do poorly against the Shielcrusher Viking, since it cannot stun or stall him as much and will most likely have no effect.

Trivia

 * It is currently the smallest sword that can be used with a shield