Persona monosword

For the non-persona variant of this weapon, see Monosword.

Persona monosword

A crystal-metallic longsword infused with mechanites that maintain a mono-molecular cutting edge. It cuts through even thick armor with ease, and its light weight permits fast attacks.
This weapon has an onboard persona that can bond to only a single person. The wielder and intelligent weapon can synchronize their reflexes and attack with frightening speed, accuracy, and creativity. Once bonded to a wielder, the weapon's persona will refuse to be wielded by anyone else.

Base Stats

Type

Equipment – Weapons

Tech Level

Ultra

Weapon Class

Ultra

Market Value

3000 

Mass

2 kg

Ranged Combat

Mode

Melee

Melee Combat

Mode

Melee

Melee Attack 1

Handle
12 dmg (Blunt)
18% AP
1.6 seconds cooldown

Melee Attack 2 

Point
27 dmg (Stab)
90% AP
1.6 seconds cooldown

Melee Attack 3 

Edge
27 dmg (Cut)
90% AP
1.6 seconds cooldown

Technical

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The persona monosword is a DLC melee weapon added by the Royalty DLC that does a large amount of damage, has a fairly short cooldown, and deals sharp damage, it also boasts one of the highest armor penetration values for melee weapons in the game. It is the persona weapon variant of the monosword.

It has a great advantage against armored targets and cause opponents to bleed out fairly quickly as the persona monosword lops off limbs with fair ease.

Acquisition

Persona monoswords cannot be crafted. Instead, they can be purchased from any combat supplier or war merchant, at Empire faction bases, or obtained as a quest reward.

They can also be found on the following raider kinds:

Raider Kind	Chance	Average Quality	Health
Imperial Citizen	?	?	100%
Stellic Warden	?	Excellent	100%
Knight/Dame	?	Excellent	100%
Praetor	?	Excellent	100%
Baron/Baroness	?	Excellent	100%
Count/Countess	?	Excellent	100%
Duke/Duchess	?	Excellent	100%
Consul	?	Excellent	100%
Stellarch	?	Excellent	100%

Summary

Persona mechanics

Main article: Persona weapon

The persona monosword is the persona weapon variant of the monosword. Persona weapons form a psychic bond with the first wielder that equips them. This grants or inflicts certain traits with a variety of effects listed below. This bond is also usually both exclusive of other persona weapons and permanent, lasting until either the wielder dies, at which point another pawn may bond with the weapon, or until the weapon is destroyed, at which point the wielder may bond with another persona weapon. The exception is weapons with the Freewielder trait, which form no permanent bond and do not prevent the use of other persona weapons. Additionally, the bond is broken at the moment of death rather than the state of being dead. The bond remains broken if the wielder is resurrected, though they can relink with the weapon if no-one else has.

When bonded, persona weapons have no value, both for trade and for the purposes of raid points.

Persona weapons also improve the combat capabilities of the weapons compared to the baseline versions.

Finally, each persona weapon is given a randomly generated custom name.

Combat

Unlike other ultratech weapons, the monosword has no special mechanics. Instead it simply has excellent stats coupled with an extraordinarily high AP for its Point and Edge attacks. Namely it has a base AP of 90%, as opposed to the 41% that would otherwise be expected from a weapon with the same, already high, damage. This higher AP also scales with quality, improving at the same rate as all other weapons.

Analysis

Compared to their base monosword, persona monoswords boast both a higher damage and faster cooldown on their edge and point attacks, resulting in a significantly higher DPS. This comes at the cost of only being used by a single pawn unless they have the Freewielder trait. Additionally, the persona variant has the effect on verb selection at high qualities as described below unlike the base variant.

Unlike the two other persona weapons, the persona plasmasword and the persona zeushammer, the persona monosword inflicts no status effect, instead it has its disproportionately large armor piercing value. With this exceptional AP and a high Damage per Second, it is one of the best and most versatile melee weapons in the game, performing well against all targets while its brethren excel in specific roles.

Keep in mind however that while it does have exceptional AP, armor pieces tend to be more protective against sharp than blunt. Thus, against high tier armors that aren't negated by the either weapon's AP, the persona monosword is more affected by armor than the persona zeushammer of the same quality. For example, a normal quality persona zeushammer would have a higher effective DPS against a normal quality set of Cataphract armor than a normal quality persona monosword. When the persona monosword AP is sufficient to outright negate the armor, such as against a poor flak vest, then the superior optimal DPS of the persona monosword would win out.

Melee verb selection at high quality

See also: Melee formulas

Melee verbs, i.e. the types of melee attacks performed by a pawn, are chosen by assigning them attacks into categories, based on their relative strength and AP compared to the strongest attack. These categories are: "best" (75%), "mid" (25%), and "worst" (0%). This system is not calculated for the in-game weapon info.

At Masterwork quality or higher, the persona monosword has the unique distinction of having primary attacks strong enough that all other attacks are relegated to the "worst" category, ensuring that the user only makes attacks with the blade. This results in a 40.3% increase in DPS when going from Excellent to Masterwork, significantly above the normal 20.8% from the quality increase alone. It also increases the effective AP in a similar way, ensuring that only the best armored enemies will ever take no damage from an attack that hits. Ironically, when wielded by a pawn with the Strong Melee Damage gene, the lower-damage secondary attack is brought back into the "mid" category for Masterwork and Legendary monoswords, negating this advantage.

This increase in DPS and AP also places masterwork and legendary monoswords in a clear lead over all other melee weapons of any quality when it comes to pure damage output, however the extent of that superiority when the effects of different damage types are considered has not been adequately tested.^{[Needs testing]}

Attack table

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Attacks

Persona monosword			Handle (Blunt)					Point (Stab)					Edge (Cut)					Human: Left & right fist (Blunt)					HP	Value
Quality	DPS	AP	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance
Awful	11.63	57.6%	9.6	1.6s	14.4%	6	25%	21.6	1.6s	72%	13.5	37.5%	21.6	1.6s	72%	13.5	37.5%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 0%	100	1500
Poor	13.08	64.8%	10.8	1.6s	16.2%	6.75	25%	24.3	1.6s	81%	15.19	37.5%	24.3	1.6s	81%	15.19	37.5%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 0%	100	2250
Normal	14.53	72%	12	1.6s	18%	7.5	25%	27	1.6s	90%	16.88	37.5%	27	1.6s	90%	16.88	37.5%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 0%	100	3000
Good	15.98	79.2%	13.2	1.6s	19.8%	8.25	25%	29.7	1.6s	99%	18.56	37.5%	29.7	1.6s	99%	18.56	37.5%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 0%	100	3500
Excellent	17.44	86.4%	14.4	1.6s	21.6%	9	25%	32.4	1.6s	108%	20.25	37.5%	32.4	1.6s	108%	20.25	37.5%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 0%	100	4000
Masterwork	24.47	130.5%	17.4	1.6s	26.1%	10.88	0%	39.15	1.6s	130.5%	24.47	50%	39.15	1.6s	130.5%	24.47	50%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 0%	100	5000
Legendary	27.84	148.5%	19.8	1.6s	29.7%	12.38	0%	44.55	1.6s	148.5%	27.84	50%	44.55	1.6s	148.5%	27.84	50%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 0%	100	6000

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.}

{{Persona traits}

Version history

• Royalty DLC release - Addedas Linked monosword.
• 1.1.2647 - Linked monoswords renamed to persona monoswords and no longer damaged relations with the Empire without the necessary titles. Previously, a title of Knight or Dame was required.
• 1.2.2719 - Persona monosword damage reduced from 29 to 27.

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