Pistol Swords

A Pistol Sword

The Pistol Swords were a pair of swords with firearms attached.

The pirate-turned-Assassin Edward Kenway was given the blades as a reward for completing all his assassinations in the 18th century Caribbean.

Weapon statistics

Animus Omega

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Speed	Combo	Damage	Cost	Availability
Description
A pair of rare and authentic pistol swords, famous for their explosive finishes.

Animus EGO

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Rarity	Damage	Maximum Takedowns	Perk	Availability
Description
A pair of rare pistol swords, capable of firing a gunshot in the right circunstances.

Gallery

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  Pistol Swords as they appear in Resynced

Behind the scenes

The Pistol Swords have unique combat animations, similar to the Dagger of Brutus and Vlad Tepes' Sword, that mainly consist of Edward paralyzing an enemy, then shooting them with the pistols, and/or impaling, then shooting.

Though stat-wise the Pistol Swords are identical to Officer's Rapiers, they can often be inferior to Officer's Rapiers due to some of the unique animations. While the Pistol Swords can perform all of the Officer's Rapiers kill moves, sometimes Edward will end his attack by firing the Pistol Sword(s) and holding it still (ostensibly for a style kill). As the player cannot stop the animation, they may be hit by incoming attacks with no way to counter.

Historically, the idea of a pistol sword is much less glamorous. The reality is that such a weapon would be too heavy from the added weight of a firearm, to be carried in one hand. A second deterring factor is that if held downwards, as Edward does when idle, the lead balls used as ammunition would often fall out of the barrels of the pistols unless fixed with wax, or specialized locking breeches.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
• Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced (as "Standard Pistol Swords")