Guisarme

Arno Dorian with a guisarme

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.

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.

Weapon statistics

Level	Damage	Parry	Speed	Range	Cost	Modifiers
*	1	1	3	4	N/A	Additional damage: +25%

Trivia

The guisarme with its hook on the opposite side away from view

• 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.

Appearance

• Assassin's Creed: Unity