Arkhalis



The Arkhalis is a rare melee weapon that appears to be a sword, but does not present an actual blade when used. Instead of an overhead broadsword swing or a shortsword stab, the Arkhalis autoswings and appears as a series of blurred slashes aimed in the direction of the cursor. Anything within this area takes constant damage at a rate far exceeding the weapon's stated use time. This damaging area has a rather wide spread, even attacking behind the player for a very short distance.

It is part of Arkhalis' set, and is only obtainable through treasure bags in Expert Mode (hardmode only). It ignores up to 20 enemy defense. It has a weaker variant known as the Terragrim, which replaces it as a potential drop from Enchanted Sword Shrines.

The Arkhalis's unique means of attack is unaffected by any size and speed modifiers.

Tips

 * The Arkhalis emits a large amount of white light-emitting particles for a short distance, making it useful for peeking through cave walls.
 * Though its base damage is low, its high attack speed and multiple attacks per hit make it effective well into Hardmode.
 * Because of its high attack speed and its ability to hit everything around the player, it can hit any projectile that can be destroyed before it reaches the player, making it fairly useful against the Goblin Sorcerer and Goblin Summoner's Chaos Balls and any other enemy with destructible projectiles.
 * Knockback should be balanced on this weapon, to keep enemies inside the damage zone. Consider using a Ruthless modifier for pre-Hardmode enemies, and Godly or Demonic for Hardmode enemies.
 * Utilizing the fast speed of the Arkhalis combined with its small knockback, you can easily stun-lock enemies like the Unicorn.
 * As it has a wide angle, it can be useful against worm enemies.
 * Its role in earlier versions was replaced by the Terragrim due to it being moved to Arkhayla's developer set.
 * Due to this weapon's short range and extremely rapid attack speed, it synergizes very well with Titanium armor, spawning many shards and dealing a large amount of extra damage. The shards can also provide an extra source of knockback.

Trivia

 * The weapon is named for Arkhayla, a former Quality Director at Re-Logic. Its tooltip, "I didn't get this off of a Schmoo", refers to the means of obtaining a Crissaegrim in . Crissaegrim is Arkhayla's favorite sword, and her namesake weapon's appearance and function are modeled after it.