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Overview

Dual blades are one of the confirmed weapon types in A Whisper of Fall: Jinyiwei. Players can wield two blades simultaneously, offering a faster, more aggressive fighting style compared to single weapons.

Available Weapon Types

Three weapon categories have been confirmed for the game: spears, dual blades, and one-handed swords. Early hands-on previews identified two weapon types in the demo with distinct characteristics.

The gameplay trailer also showed enemies using dual-wielding sword-based moves with fiery attacks, suggesting that dual-wielding is not limited to the player character.

Energy Systems

Combat uses three energy meters that interact with each other, governing the Combat System's moment-to-moment decisions.

The True Qi system creates a risk-reward loop: aggressive play fills the meter and unlocks powerful finishers, while taking damage drains it and eventually penalizes stamina. At full True Qi, players can use 集气 (qi gathering) to recover health, though this has a casting time that leaves the player exposed. Enemies also have posture bars that break when depleted, similar to the system in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Core Combat Mechanics

The four core mechanics are block, rebound, execution, and dodge. The developer describes the combat philosophy as 见招拆招 ("reading enemy moves and countering appropriately"), requiring mastery of rapid offensive-defensive transitions.

Martial arts connection

Dual-wielding has a long history in Chinese martial arts, with paired weapons like butterfly swords (hudiedao) featuring in southern kung fu styles. The game's dual blade combat fits within the Wuxia Tradition of stylized, fast-paced martial arts action.