Mios

The Mios is an Infested Blade and Whip combo that was added in, and is the third of the fan-made weapon designs from DE's Community Melee Weapon Contest to be implemented, preceded by the Kronen and the Silva & Aegis.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages: 
 * High damage.
 * High damage – effective against Infested, Flesh and Cloned Flesh.
 * High status chance.
 * Good critical chance.
 * Has a polarity slot.
 * Has a stance polarity – matches Defiled Snapdragon.
 * Has a long range on Whipattacks
 * Holding the melee key or button while sheathed has a power attack that moves your character forward while doing a furry of attacks. While equip it does a long range whip attack with the whip.

Disadvantages

Physical Damage distributed between Slash damage,Impact damage, and Puncture damage with slash damage having the upper edge by a bit. This makes mods like Buzz Kill, Collision Force, and Jagged Edge less efficient on it.

Trivia

 * The Mios is the first of its respective weapon class.
 * The Mios is one of the winning weapons from the fan-created melee weapon contest. Its design was submitted by the player RedSkittlez.
 * The Blade and Whip weapon type as a whole (and the Mios in particular) is somewhat similar to a Kusarigama or its predecessor the Kyoketsu-shoge, both of which were bladed weapons with a chain attached to the other end of the handle. In both cases however the chain was typically used to immobilize or disarm an enemy rather than directly attack him.
 * The entire weapon is comprised of 2 different blades. The top has a socket that fits into the main bladed part, which increases the visual reach of the weapon.

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