Heat Sword

The Heat Sword melee weapon uses the same animations as the Skana. However, the Heat Sword is faster to swing and can deal damage on slam attacks and ground finishers.

This weapon can be sold for.

The Heat Sword blueprint is rewarded upon completion of the Once Awake Quest. Alternatively, its blueprint can also be rewarded from Alert missions.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:
 * Fast attack speed.
 * Good base damage.
 * Great status chance.
 * Higher damage compared to most other longswords.
 * Slam attacks deal damage in a large AoE with a very high chance to proc.
 * Panic caused from proc lasts much longer than a knockdown.
 * Finisher attack deals damage with 50% proc chance.
 * One  polarity slot.
 * Stance slot has a polarity, matches Crimson Dervish and Vengeful Revenant stances.

Disadvantages:
 * Does not deal knockdown to synthetic enemies (Ospreys, MOAs) on Slam Attack.
 * Low critical chance.

Trivia

 * Jump attacks will make the Heat Sword emit a visible ring of fire upon slamming the ground. This visual trait is shared with other Heat weapons like the Heat Dagger and Dual Heat Swords.
 * The Heat Sword received a visual change in, giving it a faded color scheme with texture animations similar to those found in Prisma weapons.