Broadsword

The Broadsword is a Tier 5 Tank upgrading from Excalibur and  Ranger at level 60.

Design
The Broadsword has a really long lance, the longest of any playable tank.

The lance is shaped like an isosceles triangle, or the percentage of this wiki's storage already used by ThuliumThe69thElement's fat chonky tank pages on the pie chart.

Technical
Lance tanks like the Broadsword deal continuous, heavy damage to anything touching its lance (including bullets) and have a faster base movement speed.

The Broadsword's lance deals average damage, comparable with Lancer. Its lance is able to reach much farther than Lancer however since it's so long.

Upgrades
The Broadsword is a Tier 5 Tank upgrading from Excalibur and  Ranger at level 60. It does not upgrade any further.

As the Broadsword

 * Use your MASSIVE lance to attack enemies from further away.
 * Upgrade Movement Speed and Bullet Lance Damage. The classics!
 * Try to avoid bullet spammers, since lances can deal damage to bullets but not THAT much.
 * Don't expect your lance to block normal bullets either, since most bullet builds invest a fair amount of points in penetration/health.
 * On the other side, relatively low-ROF tanks like Assassin are more manageable.
 * Since your lance isn't that effective at blocking bullets, try to use surprise attacks to kill unsuspecting, slow tanks. tExT fEAtuRES so QuIrKy
 * Rammers like, well, the Rammer are scared of you because they can't approach you at all.
 * Definitely avoid AI since they're programmed to stay a certain distance away from you and back up when you get too close.
 * However, if an AI is distracted by another player or a boss, now's the perfect time to SLASH SOME PRACTICE DUMMIES IN HALF—
 * You can kill Sanctuaries, Alpha polygons, and low-firepower Bosses with your lance, but they're more resilient to lance damage than tanks and it may take a while.

As the WoomyArras.cx Broadsword
This functions a little bit differently than the modern heroku-app Broadsword. The tip of the lance deals less damage than the base in this version. However, the tip is able to "trap" enemies in the lance and make them receive small, continuous damage. This only works with the longest-lance tanks like Broadsword, Excalibur, Vindicator, and a few others.


 * Use this feature to quickly charge at people and hold them with the tip of your lance, rendering them helpless.
 * Upgrade even more Lance Damage, and Reload as well.

Against the Broadsword

 * Use bullet spammers to scare the Broadsword away. Very low-ROF tanks will quickly die.
 * Upgrading Bullet Penetration/Health works fine since Broadsword may not be able to block your bullets.
 * Don't use rammers of any sort. Not even Jump Smasher works.
 * It's important that you see the Broadsword before it sees you. However, don't use a too-low-ROF tank either. Kasane falls under both points so it's great.
 * Try to lure AIs into attacking the Broadsword since it's helpless against them.
 * Tanks with fast, powerful bullets like Redistributor or Planer will be able to land their bullets without being blocked.
 * Be more careful with the Redistributor because its reload is absolute trash, like your grade on that one research essay.

Trivia

 * A broadsword is a sword that's a lot wider. This makes it more powerful, but also heavier.
 * Strangely, the Broadsword tank's lance is not wide at all, it's super long. (hee hee hee)
 * A longsword is a type of sword that's pretty thin but very long. It's able to stab people from farther away and fits the tank's design better.