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[[File: | [[File:ACU Guisarme.png|thumb|250px|The guisarme with its hook on the opposite side away from view]] | ||
A '''guisarme''' is a [[Europe]]an [[long weapons|pole weapon]] whose head is a large hook. | A '''guisarme''' is a [[Europe]]an [[long weapons|pole weapon]] whose head is a large hook. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Arno with guisarme.png|thumb|250px|Arno Dorian with a guissarme]] | |||
During the [[French Revolution]], guisarmes were prevalent in Paris where they ranked as the most basic of pole weapons obtainable. The [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] of the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|Parisian Brotherhood]] as a new recruit used it in his training as a beginner's long weapon.<ref name="ACU" /> | During the [[French Revolution]], guisarmes were prevalent in Paris where they ranked as the most basic of pole weapons obtainable. The [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] of the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|Parisian Brotherhood]] as a new recruit used it in his training as a beginner's long weapon.<ref name="ACU" /> | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The guisarme, as the weakest long weapon in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'', serves as the player's default and starting long weapon. One other weapon, the [[voulge]] shares its poor stats but is a side-quest reward. | *The guisarme, as the weakest long weapon in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'', serves as the player's default and starting long weapon. One other weapon, the [[voulge]] shares its poor stats but is a side-quest reward. | ||
*The image of the guisarme in the menu for ''Unity'' and its [[Assassin's Creed: Unity companion app|companion app]] is taken at a poor angle where the hook on the weapon is on the opposite side and thus not visible, causing it to appear to be a spear. | |||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
Revision as of 20:09, 2 September 2017
A guisarme is a European pole weapon whose head is a large hook.
Description
A crude weapon, a guisarme is composed of a protruding hook at the end of a long shaft. Unlike other polearms that incorporate hooks such as halberds, becs de corbin, and fauchards, the hook on a guisarme is its defining feature and blade. The typical guisarmes of the French Revolution had heads which, aside from the downward-curving hook, was also sharpened so that it may simultaneously serve as a spearpoint. In this way, the guisarmes were adapted to not just slashing but thrusting attacks as well. Nevertheless, they were, alongside voulges, the weakest polearms of Paris during that period.[1]
History
During the French Revolution, guisarmes were prevalent in Paris where they ranked as the most basic of pole weapons obtainable. The Assassin Arno Dorian of the Parisian Brotherhood as a new recruit used it in his training as a beginner's long weapon.[1]
Weapon statistics
| Level | Damage | Parry | Speed | Range | Cost | Modifiers |
| * | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | N/A | Additional damage: +25% |
Trivia
- The guisarme, as the weakest long weapon in Assassin's Creed: Unity, serves as the player's default and starting long weapon. One other weapon, the voulge shares its poor stats but is a side-quest reward.
- The image of the guisarme in the menu for Unity and its companion app is taken at a poor angle where the hook on the weapon is on the opposite side and thus not visible, causing it to appear to be a spear.