Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27425734-20170826213348/@comment-26397825-20170922024839

I always treat sword whips like barbed whips, rather than swords. Basically, you slap them with the whip. If it hits with the sharp edge, all the better, by it's still going to hurt if you're hit wit the flat of the blade. And then you get to the real use for sword whips - grappling. Because of the bladed edges, wrapping a whip around something with do more damage than a normal whip. Then the opponent has to either let you drag them around or grab the sharp edged whip with their hands to work themselves free.

Basically they don't work as swords anymore, but they work great as whips.