Frostbrand



The Frostbrand is a Hardmode Sword that fires an "icy bolt" ball projectile when swung, which costs no ammunition or mana. The projectile deals the same amount of damage as the sword itself, is not affected by gravity, and pierces through a single enemy, dissipating on its second hit. The projectile ability has a short cooldown of about 1.5 seconds. The sword cannot be auto-swung. The Frostbrand drops from Ice Mimics in Underground Snow biomes.

The Frostbrand's projectile also emits a fair amount of light, with a bright burst of light on impact.

Its best possible Modifier is Legendary.

Tips

 * The Frostbrand is a rather powerful Hardmode sword, even when compared to the Excalibur: the former has slightly higher base damage, added ranged capabilities, is far easier to obtain (since no Hardmode bosses have to be defeated), only lacking in the continuous swing capabilities of the latter. It also can be more useful than the Beam Sword in some scenarios, because while the Beam Sword does slightly more damage, Frostbrand's projectile will pierce an enemy, hitting some bosses twice.

Trivia

 * The Frostbrand's projectile is identical to the one fired by the Frost Staff magic weapon, except that the Staff costs mana, auto-fires rapidly, has slightly higher velocity, and does slightly less damage.
 * The name Frostbrand may be a reference to the Icebrand from the Final Fantasy series, or to Frost Brand from the game NetHack

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