Galatine

The Galatine is a heavy greatsword capable of dealing massive damage. Boasting one of the highest damages of the heavy blade class, and the highest speed, the Galatine only falls short in critical chance when compared to others in its class.

This weapon can be sold for.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages
 * High damage.
 * Second highest damage of all melee weapons – effective against Infested, Flesh and Cloned Flesh enemies.
 * Possesses momentum during regular swings, which resists interruption such as stagger or knockdown.
 * One  polarity slot.
 * Relatively large AoE radius with knockdown on jump attack.
 * High base status chance.
 * Stance slot has polarity, matches Cleaving Whirlwind and Tempo Royale stances.
 * Fastest attack speed of all Heavy Blade weapons.

Disadvantages
 * Low and  damage – less effective against shields and armor.

Comparisons:
 * Galatine, compared to the Galatine Prime:
 * Lower base damage (125.0 vs. 165.0).
 * Lower damage (3.1 vs. 4.1).
 * Lower damage (3.1 vs. 4.1).
 * Lower damage (118.8 vs. 156.8).
 * Lower crit chance (10.0% vs. 20.0%).
 * Has one polarity instead of two.

Trivia

 * In Arthurian Legends, 'Galatine' is the name of the sword given to Sir Gawain by the lady of the lake. It is referred to as the 'Shadow to Excalibur's light'.
 * It resembles the Power Sword from He-Man. This was acknowledged by DE in the redtext before the update.
 * Upon deploying the hotfix, the redtext feed from DE described the Galatine as "a sword so big your friends might think you're overcompensating for something, while secretly they know you are not".
 * The icon displayed shows the Galatine with red energy, but the default energy color is the standard Tenno energy blue.
 * Although greatswords are usually regarded as stabing weapons, the Galatine deals primarily Slash damage.

Bugs

 * Upon selecting the players preference of color, then highlighting your primary, the weapon will appear to have the default color scheme. (UI bug)