Scindo

This weapon can be sold for 5,000.

Since Update 8, the blueprint can also be obtained through daily Login Rewards without having reached rank 2.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:
 * High base damage.
 * Hits multiple targets at once (all targets caught in the arc of its swing).
 * Hits in a wide radius (Like the Gram).
 * Jump attack knocks enemies down - 6 meter AoE.
 * Possesses momentum during regular swings, which resists interruption such as stagger or knockdown.
 * Stance slot has polarity, matching Rending Crane stance.

Disadvantages:
 * Slow movement while swinging.
 * Normal attacks have low damage against armored targets.

Comparisons:
 * Scindo, compared to the Scindo Prime:
 * Lower base damage (100.0 vs. 130.0).
 * Lower damage (10.0 vs. 13.0).
 * Lower damage (10.0 vs. 13.0).
 * Lower damage (80.0 vs. 104.0).
 * Lower crit chance (15.0% vs. 20.0%)
 * Lower crit damage (1.5x vs. 2.0x)
 * Slower attack speed (0.9 atks/s vs. 1.0 atks/s)
 * Lower status chance (10.0% vs. 15.0%)
 * Doesn't have an additional  polarity.

Weapon Loadouts
See the user build section for builds using this weapon.

Skins
Dagger Axe The Scindo skin Dagger Axe can be bought for 75.

The blueprint can be earned as a reward from Alert Missions.

The Dagger Axe skin is purely aesthetic.

Manticore The Manticore skin can be bought for 75.

The blueprint can be earned as a reward from Alert Missions.

Manticore grants additional damage with a decrease in swing speed. It does not affect channeling damage.

The conclave point stays the same after equipped with this skin.

Trivia

 * Scindo is a Latin verb, meaning to separate, divide, rend, or slice.
 * The Scindo was used by the Stalker as a placeholder weapon before the Hate was introduced.
 * If the Scindo is equipped with the Manticore skin and Spoiled Strike alone, it becomes the second slowest melee weapon in the game; second only to the Fragor.