Katanas

[Kalp]

I'm pretty sure they couldnt block maces, great swords, morning stars,etc.... I always though they were to weak to block.

I'm pretty sure that no weapon can block great maul, but it's sometimes happen 

[Bulzur]

Just think of it as not "blocking" but as a "deflecting the blow".
But the animation would probably be harder, just like a chamber, so instead, ou just have this block. As if a club could upblock an overhead flamburger. xD

Deflecting the blow, done by very good swordsmen, enabled to lower the damage done to the blade, thus preventing chips or cut.

Warband's peasants are master at this, since they can effectively block deflect knight's hits with a club. NERF PEASANTS !

[Penitent]

Katanas can block a greatsword.  It's all about technique.  The katana is still a solid piece of steel, so you can block quite a lot with it.

A rapier can block a greatsword (this was demonstrated by Western martial artists).  It's all about technique, timing, and angles.  So yeah, a katana (being thicker and held with two hands...unlike the rapier which is very thin and held with one) can block these things.

In the game, you block by just holding your weapon straight out there.  A great sword swinging full force at a perpendicular angle against a katana (or almost any other weapon) would not be a very successful block.  The game engine is not nuanced enough to show a proper block each time, so we'll just have to consider the block animation as a representation of the warrior using a proper technique to block the weapon regardless of the angle or strength of the attack.

[Christo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLXQttLz62g

 

[Gisbert_of_Thuringia]

In the game, you block by just holding your weapon straight out there.  A great sword swinging full force at a perpendicular angle against a katana (or almost any other weapon) would not be a very successful block.  The game engine is not nuanced enough to show a proper block each time, so we'll just have to consider the block animation as a representation of the warrior using a proper technique to block the weapon regardless of the angle or strength of the attack.

Most retarded blocks are 1h

You would never have the strength to hold such a block up and everytime your own weapon would hit your face while you try to block

[Jarlek]

Most retarded blocks are 1h

You would never have the strength to hold such a block up and everytime your own weapon would hit your face while you try to block

Have you SEEN the overhead block of 2h? That thing looks so ridiculous. Agree that the 1h is silly too. The only one that actually looks capable of blocking an overhead attack is the polearm one.

[old_hat]

Back to the original topic, katanas are brittle and strong along the blade and softer and more flexible in the back. The blade was tempered longer, and this gave the blade its curved shape and also the great cutting power the blade has. Which is why samurai would be trained to block with the back and/or the side, and attack with the edge. None of this "blocking a blade with a blade" crap.

[Blackzilla]

Just posting here to read the replies. Should be fun.

im glad i posted something that is good enough for you too read.    (or take notice in)

[Gisbert_of_Thuringia]

Back to offtopic 

Have you SEEN the overhead block of 2h? That thing looks so ridiculous. Agree that the 1h is silly too. The only one that actually looks capable of blocking an overhead attack is the polearm one.

Sure, but with two hands you might have a chance to block such thing, as you have more armpower to stand against it, but onehand is just 

[Diomedes]

Katanas should be able to block projectiles and slice through sharks.

Fix'd it for you.

[vinnytk]

a wasabi blade could cut through anything

i know this because i watch animes

[Ninja_Khorin]

Back to the original topic. Most swords rarely attempt to block at all because it damages the blade. You usually attempt to parry with the flat of the blade. Blocking is a sort of last resort.

And with the animations in this game, no sword would be able to block anything with those grips. But yes, generally it's considered that the defense capabilies are worse with a katana than a longsword due to the shape of the blade and the smaller protection for the hands.

But I think this is fairly well simulated by the fact that katanas get stunned a whole lot easier.

And uh.... Katanas should slice through huscarls. That's why the vikings did not conquer japan. amidoingitright?

[Gisbert_of_Thuringia]

And uh.... Katanas should slice through huscarls. That's why the vikings did not conquer japan. amidoingitright?

This has to be moved to the "katanas should cut through walls" - thread or whatever it was called^^

[Blackzilla]

I think we should take out the katana from stabbing or whatever its called.

[Siiem]

Katanas should be able to cut through inferior european weapons, because in reality katanas are made from adamantium!