The Soultaker Sword is a piece of Legendary (5-Star) Gear, evolved from the Epic (4-Star) gear, Ancient Katana. The unevolved version can be obtained by ranking in the top 5% of certain Online Battle seasons, or as a possible reward in the Worst Heroes Ever Bundle, The Dawn of Justice Triple Pack, Nth Metal Pro Packs, or Nth Metal Ultimate Packs.
Effects
- 10% - 30% UNBLOCKABLE chance on basic attacks
- 30% - 50% LIFEDRAIN chance on Special 2
- [EVOLVED]: 5% - 15% DAMAGE DRAIN from defeated enemies. Stacks twice.
Mechanics
The Lifedrain has 30%-50% chance to activate on each hit of a special 2. A hit that triggers its Lifedrain heals the user by 50% of the damage dealt (i.e. when maxed, Soultaker Sword heals for 25% of damage done by special 2 on average).
Upon knocking out an opponent, the user will "steal" X% damage from the opponent's Damage stat, adding to his/her own. This damage bonus only stacks additively with other damage boosts and therefore becomes less noticeable with other damage boosts active. It will work for both Basic attacks and Special Attacks.
Damage drain will work if the wielder knocks out Aquaman/Prime's summoned Atlantean Soldier or The Joker Unhinged/Suicide Squad's controlled characters.
If Aquaman/Prime's Atlantean Soldier knocks out an enemy, the damage drain won't trigger. The same apply to The Joker Unhinged/Suicide Squad and his controlled characters. If Aquaman knocks out an enemy, damage drain only applies to him, and his Atlantean Soldier won't receive the damage drained.
If Harley Quinn/Suicide Squad uses Suicide Squad Joker attack on SP2 and knock out the enemy, the knock out blow will count for Harley and she will receive the damage boost if she equips this gear while both Suicide Squad Joker cards won't even if they are equipping the Sword, although the damage dealt counts for Joker. Deathstroke/Flashpoint is the one who will receive the damage boost when the assist attacks knock out enemies.
Strategy
The Damage Drain effect takes place.
The Soultaker Sword is generally seen as one of the weakest 5-star gear. The damage drain is gimmicky and rarely practical, even though in late rounds of Survivor Mode it can steal part of your opponent's ridiculously high damage output. LexCorp Chest Armour V2 is often the superior alternative, giving almost twice the chance of life drain on SP2 when maxed, and the massive 70% basic crit chance is generally more useful than the unblockable chance (especially when synergized with the LexCorp Helmet V2's crit boost).
This gear offers the highest chance for unblockable basic attacks, and is the only piece that is not restricted to a certain character. All Flash characters can hit twice on their blocked heavy combo, doubling the unblockable chance.
This gear is good for characters that have multiple hits in their SP2 such as Jessica Cruz/Rebirth. Characters who have passive revolve around knocking out enemies such as Doomsday/Prime and The Joker Unhinged/Suicide Squad can also get good uses of the damage drain.
Fusing
| Level | Credits | 
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| +1 | 1,000 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| +2 | 2,000 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| +3 | 3,000 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| +4 | 4,000 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| +5 | 5,000 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| +6 | 6,000 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| +7 | 7,000 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| +8 | 8,000 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| +9 | 9,000 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| +10 | 10,000 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Credits |
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| 60,000 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| 115,000 | 147 | 147 | 147 | 5 |
| Level | Credits |
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| +1 | 5,000 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| +2 | 10,000 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| +3 | 15,000 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| +4 | 20,000 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| +5 | 25,000 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| +6 | 30,000 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| +7 | 35,000 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| +8 | 40,000 | 48 | 48 | 48 |
| +9 | 45,000 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| +10 | 50,000 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
| Credits |
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| 390,000 | 441 | 441 | 441 | 5 |
Shattering
| Evolution |
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Bonus
Shards |
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| Unevolved | 20 | 20 | 20 | 1 | --> | ? | ? | ? |
| Evolved | 24 | 24 | 24 | 1 | --> | ? | ? | ? |
| Maxed | 24 | 24 | 24 | 1 | --> | 36-71 | 36-70 | 36-70 |
Ignoring the power credit cost and assuming minimum output (24 red, 24 blue, 24 green), evolving it breaks even after 7 gear pieces shattered.
Ignoring the power credit cost and assuming minimum output (60 red, 60 blue, 60 green), maxing it breaks even after 5 gear pieces shattered (over the base evolved form).
Trivia
- This Legendary gear has the shortest repeat of all, tied with The Joker Unhinged/Suicide Squad, with only 1 week after its first release.
- This is the third piece of online season reward gear that has a unique portrait on the Online Battle page. All others are only represented by an unevolved version of the gear card. This originally only applied for the Militarized Batmobile, which was later joined by Riddler's Cane, followed by this gear and the Mother Box.
| Gear (evolved) |
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| 4→5 star 5-U-93-R Pill (Overpowered 5-U-93-R) • Alien Artifact (Mother Box) • Ancient Katana (Soultaker Sword) • Astro Force (Astro-Harness) • Black Diamond (Heart of Darkness) • Black Power Battery (Nekron's Scythe) • Cloak (Cloak of Destiny) • Gingo Fruit (Gingold Soda) • Gloves of Azrael (Gauntlets of Azrael) • Mysterious Artifact (The Ibistick) • Nightwing's Ninjato (Brandished Ninjato) • Ra's Al Ghul's Dagger (Ra's Al Ghul's Scimitar) • Riddler's Cane (Riddler's Staff) • Scarecrow's Mask (Scarecrow's Ventilator Mask) • Sengoku Helmet (Batman Ninja Helmet) • The Batmobile (Militarized Batmobile) • The Master's Arms (The Master's Death Cart) • Time Capsule (Quake Engine) • Totem (Tantu Totem) • War Gauntlet (Claw of Horus)
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