The Wakizashi (わきざし Wakizashi, lit. "Short sword", "Side-inserted sword") is a melee weapon available in Counter-Strike Online.
Overview
A Japanese sword made for quick slash tackle. It has become renowned for its sharpness, compactness and strength. By using the Wakizashi, you can attack several enemies at a same time with its secondary slash.
Wakizashi can be upgraded to Dual Wakizashi during the Wakizashi Upgrade event.
Advantages
- High damage
- High rate of slash
- Longer attack range than normal melee weapons
- Able to kill multiple enemies in secondary slash
- Available for most modes
Disadvantages
- Has attack delay in secondary slash
- Purchasable with cash points only
- Long attack delay if primary slash missed
- Heavier than regular melee weapons
Tips
- Aim for the head and control your distances between you and your enemies is the key to master the Wakizashi.
- Wakizashi's primary slash's range is further but weaker than the secondary slash and can only damage a single enemy.
- Wakizashi's secondary slash is stronger and able to damage multiple enemies but has shorter range than the primary slash.
- Unlike Dual Wakizashi, is has attack delay if primary slash missed
- Recommended for Knife Battles and Zombie Scenario.
Release date
- Taiwan/Hong Kong: There was a resale on 26 November 2013 for Upgrade Event.
- There was a resale on 18 March 2014 for Upgrade Event.
- There was a resale on 18 November 2014 for Upgrade Event.
- China: There was a resale on 8 October 2014 for Upgrade Event.
- Japan: There was a resale on 12 March 2014 for Upgrade Event.
- There was a resale on 19 November 2014 for Upgrade Event.
- Singapore/Malaysia: This weapon was released on 13 August 2013 alongside Venice and held Upgrade Event.
- Indonesia: This weapon was released on 6 November 2013 alongside Industry and held Upgrade Event.
- Turkey: This weapon was released on 22 January 2014 alongside Vostok and M14 EBR.
- There was a resale on 24 September 2014 for Upgrade Event.
- CSN:Z: This weapon was released on 23 September 2014 through Craft system.
Comparison to Dual Wakizashi
Positive
- Faster primary slash
- Further slash range in primary slash
- Can attack multiple enemy with secondary slash
Neutral
- Purchasable by both teams
Negative
- Shorter slash range in secondary slash
- Damages a single enemy with primary slash
Users
- May: Seen in posters.
Gallery
Draw sound
Secondary attack sound
Hit, Stab sound
Wall impact sound
Trivia
- There is an unused sequence named "stab_miss".
- It shares the same wall impact and hit sound of the Master Combat knife.
- There is a bug where you can do a false slash by switching to other weapon while performing the secondary attack.
- This is one of the few melee weapons that can be combined with Deadly Shot. The other ones are SKULL-9, Green Dragon Blade, Hammer and Ruyi Stick. This bug is illegal in Singapore/Malaysia, any user that performs this can get banned permanently.
- The Wakizashi was used by Japanese samurais as a secondary sword in ancient Japan.
- According to game files, it's stated as Katana while for the in-game model, it's Wakizashi, noticeable by their length. In most Counter-Strike Online regions, they are stated as Katana except Japan.
External links
- Wakizashi at Wikipedia.