Dominus

The Dominus is a large sword enclosing a powerful railgun. The Dominus provides slow but huge swings capable of dishing large amounts of damage. The railgun can be charged by dealing damage and can be fired in three different ways.

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Lore
The Dominus is a Railgun-sword developed for Arena Archangels, part of the "Sword Saint Series" of Yoshikawa Heavy Industries. It is immensely popular for its size, power and spectacular Railgun fire. However, it is a slow and unwieldy melee weapon with a mediocre win rate in the arena.

Several Arena Archangels have distinguished themselves with this weapon, however, such as Mister Surprise, Ran Doom and Kuroyami Moonshadow.

Its design is based on ancient hybrid weapon once owned by the Margrave of Gehenna. Along with his ancestral Archangel Drakon Stauros, the unique weapon distinguished itself during the Second Garrison War. He reportedly sold the original weapon to Yoshikawa Heavy Industries to help with his family's suffering finances.

Ironically, his signature weapon today is the (mass-produced) Dominus.

Gameplay

 * The back attack provides guard frames for the first 15 frames of animation.
 * Most of the sword's attacks, aside from the neutrals and the back attack, have a lot of hyper armor. The side attacks in particular have hyper armor throughout the entire animation.
 * Strategic use of the railgun is needed to be fully effective with the Dominus. It might be tempting to use the LV3 Railgun Shot as a finisher but you might end up taking more damage than necessary when charging it up.
 * The LV2 and LV3 railgun shots are affected by falloff damage; being farther away from the firing position reduces the amount of damage you take if hit; potentially to 0 if far enough.
 * The LV2 cannot be outrun or thrown off by wiggling in place like most ranged attacks. In order to not take damage, you have to either interrupt the Dominus user, or use the inherent invincibility frames in your dodge.
 * Dominus attacks are really slow so time your attacks properly. The back attack is useful for punishing opponents rushing head-on.
 * You can cover a lot of ground by unlocking and using the side attacks.

Trivia

 * Dominus is a Latin word meaning 'Lord' or 'Master'. It is the root of words such as dominate and dominatrix.