Ancient Blade



The Ancient Blade one of the Swords in For The King.

Description
Ancient Blade is an Artifact tier sword available as a quest reward for unlocking the Armory in Frost Adventure mode.

Acquired
Unlocking the Armory in Frost Adventure Mode.

Usage
The Ancient Blade is most effective when your character has a large Focus pool to tap. If you plan on spending Focus to ensure 100% success attacks, then it doesn't matter whether the character wielding the Ancient Blade uses the Strength attribute. You're better off equipping the character with the largest Focus Pool to wield the blade if you intend to always spend Focus to ensure a 100% strike.

The Ancient Blade is acquired late in the Frost campaign which would lead many to believe it should be used against the Dragon Whitemoon. This may turn out to be a bad idea unless you're properly prepared. Whitemoon has very high Health and therefore would require a long series of combat strikes to kill. The Ancient Blade is best utilized against Whitemoon by pumping 3 Focus into the blade for its Flaming Smite attack. This will apply burning to Whitemoon and deal the greatest amount of damage in the shortest amount of time. However, your character will quickly exhaust their pool of Focus when using the Ancient Blade. So either come prepared with a good supply of Golden Roots to replenish that Focus or perhaps consider using a more traditional weapon that can deal a high damage output in place of using the Ancient Blade.