Guandao
The Guandao is a Secret melee weapon from the Dynasty faction. It is used by Lady Red Jade.
Characteristics
The Guandao is a rather huge blade attached to a pole that Lady Red Jade uses to demolish their enemies, and with great proficiency and mastery as well.
Appearance
The guandao is a kind of bladed polearms, with a heavy blade, decorated with an orange swirl swirl per side. The blade itself is a rather long one, with seeming "teeth" on the other end. The Guandao also comes with an additional spike at the back, attached to a somewhat longer pole.
History
The legend states that the guandao was invented by famous general Guan Yu, hence its name. However, there is no such evidence that he did so, or even use anything remotely like the guandao. Moreover, by the time of the Qing dynasty, the guandao was mostly just used as a way to test the strength of those who wanted to join the military, although it was also occasionally used for infantry.
Trivia
- Whenever Lady Red Jade hits someone with the guandao, or if it touches a solid part of the map, it will make a clanking sound. However, when they was first released, it made the same sounds as the Sarrisa's spear.
- The guandao is a type of Chinese polearm that is used in some forms of Chinese martial arts, used quite frequently in the part of contemporary Wushu derived from the Shaolin or Wudangquan form of martial arts in modern times. In Chinese, it is properly called a yanyuedao (偃月刀; lit. "reclining moon blade").
- According to legend, the guandao was invented by the famous general Guan Yu during the early 3rd century AD, hence the name. It is said that he specified its form and size to be made by a smithy, and was uniquely able to wield such an imposing weapon due to his large stature and legendary strength.
- Dynasty
- Secret
- Polearms
- Melee
- Weapons
- Early Access
- Full Version
- TABS