Sharp Flame

The Sharp Flame is a Melee weapon introduced in the 16.2.0 update. It is obtained from completing all 6 Survivor's Challenges in the Survivor's Season.

Appearance

The weapon features a shield and a sword.

The shield takes the form of a broken road sign with various visible damages, such as holes, rust, and scratches.

The sword features a brown grip with a grey handguard, pommel, and a blue crossguard. The blade is orange that emits an orange flame.

Strategy

Tips

This weapon can be used to tearing down groups of enemies with its great damage.
The shield gives an armor bonus, use it when moving to reduce damage.
It has a slower swing speed than most melee weapons. Time your attacks precisely in order to maximize accurate hits.
Aim for the head to maximize damage.
Strife around while attacking to outmaneuver around enemies.
The burning effect can be used to deal additional damage against enemies, which could potentially kill them if their health is low enough.

Counters

Pick off users at long range.
Area damage weapons and shotguns make quick work of users.
When caught in a melee battle, try flanking around the user and attack them from their sides.
When using an area damage weapon, aim at the ground.
Use high-damaging weapons to counter the Armor Bonus feature.

Recommended Maps

Equipment Setups

Have a Sniper or Primary weapon to engage enemies from long ranges.

Trivia

LIke the Sword & Shield, the shield does add to the armor, but it does not reflect/stop bullets in any way.
The weapon is heavily inspired by Fallout 3's "Shishkebab" due to both being a sword being made up of old vehicle parts although the latter doesn't have a shield.

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