Salamanders
Heroic-tier Power Sword variant.
Heroic Perk: Nocturne's Retort
"Perfect Parry to Empower the blade and deal 300% more damage with the next Light Attack in Speed Style. Hold up to 6 empowered stacks. The parry window is smaller."
An empowered attack gets +300% damage, added to the variant multiplier and other +% damage perks. With no other perks that is 3 times the damage: 1.5 + 3.0 = 4.5, against 1.5. The 6 stacks are how many empowered attacks you can bank; they do not add up on one hit.
It applies to Speed 1 to 5, Air Thrust and Air Thrust (Jump Pack Dash) only. Both Air Thrusts are Sprint attacks, not Light Attacks, but they are empowered too. Speed 5 needs the Fencing Blade perk, and Air Thrust (Jump Pack Dash) is Assault only.
| Attack | Motion Value | Normal | Empowered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed 1 | 1 | 15.75 | 47.25 |
| Speed 2 | 1.1 | 17.33 | 51.98 |
| Speed 3 | 1.2 | 18.9 | 56.7 |
| Speed 4 | 1.2 | 18.9 | 56.7 |
| Speed 5 | 1.2 | 18.9 | 56.7 |
| Air Thrust | 0.5 | 7.88 | 23.63 |
| Air Thrust (Jump Pack Dash) | 1 | 15.75 | 47.25 |
Damage is the Salamanders with no perks: 10.5 × 1.5 × Motion Value, or 10.5 × 4.5 × Motion Value when empowered. In the calculator, the Empowered (Nocturne's Retort) toggle switches these rows to the empowered values.
Overview
Salamanders is a Heroic-tier Power Sword with a Fencing defense profile, a 1.5× damage multiplier and no cleave bonus. The Power Sword's other Heroic variant is the Xenophase Blade.