Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20150605221100/@comment-24993958-20150615163218

Weeeeeeeeeeeeellll, yes and no. It’s cripplingly specialized.

As fans of the Souls series came to find out, scythes hit what they have dubbed at a “dead angle”, it hits in just the right spot to make blocking it incredibly hard and almost never without drawing blood.

Aside from that, its uses as a very unconventional way to demount horse fighters have been recognized to the point halberds almost universally boost a hook on the back of the blade.

Is it better than the rapier whose fighting style is still being taught today in certain areas? Obviously no, one survived time, the other one didn’t. Still, in a universe where the rules change, where style trumps substance, I think a scythe as a weapon is perfectly fine, and even desirable, otherwise everyone would just be wielding bayonets, since melee weapons have become obsolete with the existence of modern guns, and that would make this show extremly boring.

Really, If you are questioning scythes, you might as well question the gunchucks, every gunsword, Blakes…scientific abomination, the cane gun…really, every weapon in the show.