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Why do games keep trying to make them into a weapon? Scythes are not practical for combat.
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>>729251187
Neither are women.
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they look cool
you're a worthless faggot
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>>729251187
I don't care about being practical. I care about being stylish.
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>>729251187
Scythes are kino and I love using them when I can.
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>>729251187
>he doesn't know about Terry Hurst
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Rule of Cool > Practicality
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>>729251187
it's a jap thing mostly
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>durr it's not practical
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_scythe

you flip the blade so the cutting edge is facing outwards and wa la
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Switchglaive was the coolest weapon in Nioh 2. But then the actual scythe form was only 1 of 3 shapes, and perhaps not the most useful one.
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people didn't really use axes with huge blades or big hammers or any number of other fantasy weapons either
why aren't you bitching about those?
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>>729251931
stop saying that fucking word you retarded niglet kid
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>>729252161
>people didn't really use big hammers either
They were uncommon but mauls were indeed a thing in real life.
English archers and 14th century french rebels most popularly used mauls. You just need to be really rtough to be good with a maul.
Also lighter warhammers and warflails were a lot more common.
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>>729251986
That's more than flipping the blade, they rotated it too. It's basically just a halberd.
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>>729251825
Once you realize that east asia actually did have a lot of scythe like weapons (japanese kama/kamayari, chinese dagger axe and halberd or chicken sickle, indian zaghnal etc.) it starts to make sense that they see europeans scythes as potential weapons. It's really not too far fetched if you shortened the blade, straightened it out, and made it thicker. You basically end up with one of the many weapons of east asia, some of them polearms too.
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>>729251187
not an expert but "osztorcowana kosa" was pretty deadly weapon, especially musket version,
musket version was so brutal, that Napoleon himself(top cuk) banned it from use
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>>729251187
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>>729251187
I totally agree. It just breaks my immersion seeing a medieval knight with magic powers using a scythe to defeat an ice dragon the size of a house, when a sword would've been a much more historically accurate choice.
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>>729251187
Don't care, scythes are the coolest weapons.
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>>729251187
Don't care, they look so fucking cool. Even a guy scything a field looks cool. Great themes too.
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>>729251187
if you're a farmer and have nothing else to fight with they are actually really good because they are sharp as fuck.
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>>729252019
The glaive form was close enough to a warscythe.
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>>729251187
>Scythes are not practical for combat.
YES, I FIND THAT A SCYTHE IS OFTEN FAR MORE USEFUL AFTER COMBAT.
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it's not supposed to be practical, it's a metaphor
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I love Madara(or was it obito) chained scythe thing
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>>729251187
they look cool! grim reaper and such
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>>729251187
A gun is a tool
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>>729251187
they cool af
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>>729253189
For what
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>>729253209
madara's fan and sickle
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deyre cool
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>>729254262
reap
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>>729254262
REALLY? I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OBVIOUS.
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>>729251341
well i don't like those in my vidya either
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>>729251187
The Queen of /v/ says otherwise
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oh hey i fixed your scythe
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>>729255250
that's just a glaive
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>>729255451
Wrong. A glaive is shaped specifically for slashing. >>729255250 is just a repurposed tool. It's far less effective of a weapon than a purpose forged glaive.
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>>729251187
>why is fantasy setting doing fantasy setting thing
why are people like this
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It's only impractical because humans aren't physically strong irl , you'd be surprised at how many man-made weapons that are impractical for combat become godly if humans just had a gorilla's physical prowess
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>>729251187
>>729251341
get rekt
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>>729251187
if you have inhuman powers anything can be used as a weapon
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>>729251187
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythemen
It can be reforged to be a billhook.
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>>729252972
>ds1 great scythe
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>>729251187
War picks are close and practical but they aren't symbols of death like a scythe.
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>>729256223
Such a shame that not a single scythe comes close in the rest of the series.
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>>729251187
Scythes are great and ur a homo
>>729255927
this guy gets it
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>>729254542
Yeah I'm a big Madara fan, he's so cool
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>>729256267
a scythe is a symbol of death not because of war or violence but because of farming symbolism
the grim REAPER reaps the dead when they pass like the farmer reaps his wheat when it is ready to harvest
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>>729251341
fpbp
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>>729256919
and with equal indifference to each stalk
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Scythes are cool
But you know whats even cooler?
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>>729257069
you know who fights with their claws? women
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>>729257125
Clearly I must show them how its fucking done
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>>729251187
Scythes are cool. And that's all they need to be really.
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>>729255250
Tell me why i should pick this thing over a spear or any other type of polearm really?
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>>729258045
you don't have a spear. you have a scythe and a pitchfork.
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>>729258045
Spears are OP, you shouldn't.
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>>729251341
kekirino fpbp
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>>729251187
Nobody gives a fuck unless you're a virgin faggot
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Name 7 cool vidya scythe wielders.
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>>729258875
Death
Kratos
Jedah
Baphomet
Arleccino
Dante
Testament
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>>729251986
>wa la
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>>729258875
The Grim Reaper. He cuts people's heads off with it.
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>>729256919
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>>729251187
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_scythe
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GW1 has one thr best depiction of Scythe user.
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billy give me back me scythe
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>>729260239
Most people here are too young to understand this reference
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>>729251341
anon gets it
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>>729260391
nah ive started getting clips in youtube shorts im sure zooms are already making /co/ threads about it
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>>729251187
Nah, they're cool. Shut up.
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>videogame scythe
>its just a boomerang
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Smash has one and I'm not sure why, still cool tho
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>>729251341
This. Way too many games make women manly.
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>>729251187
I agree OP, scythes always look stupid as fuck, you get the same cool spins with a double bladed sword/pole because you're just rotating the blade 90% but that's a weapon that actually works at all instead of 100% bullshit zone. if they were used more axelike it would look better and reinforce the executioner theme but its always the star wars kid spins or truly retarded shit like swinging behind them and pulling inwards

t never grew out of their red and black chunni phase
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>>729252972
>weapons
Farm tools aren’t weapons. What’s next, you gonna be swinging your hoe around?
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Long history of using farming tools as weapons once the need arises, also it just looks fucking MENACING. That staff for reach and event he blade seems to want to keep you at a distance. A shame it's not practical, cause god DAMN it's an evil looking threat.



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