BALROG-IX

BALROG-IX or Balrog-9 is a pair of melee battle gauntlets developed by Aegis Institute as part of the Balrog series.

Overview
Balrog-IX is a melee weapon developed by Aegis Laboratory. Primary attack does a fast punch while the secondary attack delivers a massive explosive punch after charging it.

Advantages

 * High damage
 * Moderate attack rate
 * Critical damage when the target receives a direct hit
 * Able to perform explosive attacks
 * Does not affect player's speed
 * Moderate knockback towards zombies
 * Explosions can go through walls
 * Can hold the explosive attack for an unlimited time
 * Explosions have longer range than the Skull-9

Disadvantages

 * Cannot do one-hit kill (unless you fully charged the gauntlet)
 * Only available for a limited time
 * Can only purchasable with cash
 * Has delay when using the secondary mode
 * Explosive attack's damage decreases over range.

Release date


This weapon was released alongside Behind on:
 * South Korea: December 6, 2012.
 * There was a resale on 25 July 2013.
 * There was a resale on 19 December 2013.
 * Hong Kong/Taiwan: 7 December 2012. There was a resale on 20 August 2013.
 * Japan: 20 December 2012. There was a resale on 23 October 2013.

This weapon was released alongside Contact on: This weapon was released alongside new Beast Mode maps: Port and Requiem, on:
 * Singapore/Malaysia: 11 September 2013.
 * Indonesia: 2 January 2014.

Overall

 * The rate of fire/attack speed will increase if the player hit the target, Similiar with Tomahawk and Wakizashi.

Zombie Scenario

 * The explosive attack can kill a large group of zombies, more than the Skull-9. Moreover you can knock away strong zombies like Deimos or Ganymede.
 * Use it to destroy obstacles as it can bring them down very fast.

Zombie: The Union

 * Use the explosive attack along with Bloody Blade and Damage x3 to perform a devasting combo of 4130.
 * The explosive attack is enough to kill a human, a skilled or lucky player can kill 2 or 3 enemies with just one hit.

Tactics facing Balrog-IX users

 * Balrog-IX users are very fast, powerful and dangerous with their knuckles, it only requires 1-2 hit to the body in normal matches to take you down. So, confront them quickly but with caution.
 * Keep an eye on their weapon, because most Balrog-IX user will use B mode first instead of A mode. Use this as an advantage.
 * Take note that Balrog-IX's range is quite short. Use this as your advantage. Keep your distance from them as B mode's damage decrease over range.
 * Remember to buy Kevlar and Helmet to prolong your life.

Gallery
Drawing sound

Slashing sound

Wall impact sound

Pre-charge sound

Charge attack sound



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Trivia

 * This is the fourth dual-wielded melee. The first is Dragon Tail followed by Dual Nata Knives and Dual Wakizashi.
 * This is the first melee weapon that can perform an explosive attack.
 * When performing the secondary attack, the horn will fold in while the claws will start to appear from the gauntlet.
 * When performing the secondary attack, the Balrog's eye on the gauntlets will glow red and the scale will rise.
 * When charging the Balrog-IX in Contact chapter, you can skip the wind blowing part easily and also it can allow players to walk with no speed reduction in the swamp of Decoy chapter.
 * It shares the same wall impact sound with Skull-9 and Green Dragon Glaive.
 * A red muzzle flash will appear when the gauntles are fully charged.
 * Tattoos won't work on this weapon due to small hand texture.
 * There is a bug when charging the Balrog-IX and then hold left click, it will still charging even if we release right click.