Understand Kuva Ghoulsaw
Useful when…
- Use normal attacks for the listed Slash-weighted damage profile and 32% status chance.
- Use regular or heavy slams when area damage is useful, accounting for each mode’s damage type and falloff.
Normal attack
The normal attack lists 211 total damage: 122.38 Slash, 48.53 Puncture, and 40.09 Impact. It has 25% critical chance, a 2.1× critical multiplier, 32% status chance, and 1.2 attack speed. Listed melee range is 2.153 m.
Regular and heavy slams
The regular slam is an area attack listing 422 Impact damage and 10% status chance, with damage falling off to a 50% reduction at 7 m. The heavy slam is a separate area attack listing 633 Blast damage and 10% status chance, with a 30% reduction at 9 m. These are separate attack profiles; their listed damage values should not be read as directly equivalent to the normal attack’s 211 total damage.
Handling and investment
The weapon lists Madurai and Naramon polarities, a 1-second wind-up, follow-through of 1, and a 5-second combo duration.
Choosing an attack mode
Choose normal attacks for the Slash-weighted profile and higher listed status chance. Choose slams for their listed area damage, using the regular slam’s Impact profile or the heavy slam’s Blast profile and accounting for their respective falloff distances.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Normal attacks list 32% status chance; both slam modes list 10%.
- Both slam modes have listed distance falloff, with different reduction values and distances.
- The weapon lists a 1-second wind-up.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Applying the normal attack’s 32% status chance to either slam; both list 10%.
- Treating the regular slam’s Impact damage and heavy slam’s Blast damage as one profile.
- Comparing slam listed damage directly with normal attack total damage without accounting for separate attack profiles.
- Assuming the listed rank cap explains how to reach it.