JANUS-9

JANUS-9 is a limited edition melee weapon in Counter-Strike Online categorized under Janus series.

Overview
This is a melee weapon developed by Aegis Institute. It is equipped with Janus Transformation System that can be activated after the user has attacked the enemies for several times with this weapon. Janus form can deal a great damage to enemies.

Advantages

 * Does massive damage to zombies
 * Has longer attack range than most melee weapons
 * Has longer attack range after transformation activated
 * Does one hit kill against Bots
 * Does not affect player's speed
 * Has wider damage area in secondary mode
 * Available in most modes

Disadvantages

 * Limited time only
 * Has a delay when slashing in transformation mode
 * Low rate of slash in transformation mode

Release date
This weapon was released alongside Sanctuary on:
 * South Korea: 13 March 2014.

Trivia

 * This weapon is based on a mace that is not available in the Counter-Strike series.