Editing Gladius

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{{infobox main|weapon|
|name = Gladius
|image = Gladius.png|Gladius
|type = Equipment
|type2 = Weapons
|description = "A short sword of ancient design. Good for stabbing or slashing. It's light and nimble, which sometimes lets it beat bigger, heavier weapons."
|class = Medieval
|meleeattack1dmg = 9
|meleeattack1type = poke
|meleeattack1part = handle
|meleeattack1cool = 2
|meleeattack1ap = 13
|meleeattack2dmg = 15
|meleeattack2type = stab
|meleeattack2part = point
|meleeattack2cool = 2
|meleeattack2ap = 22
|meleeattack3dmg = 15
|meleeattack3type = cut
|meleeattack3part = edge
|meleeattack3cool = 2
|meleeattack3ap = 22
|MeleeWeaponAverageDPS = 7.04
|MeleeWeaponAverageAP = 21
|mode = Melee
|buy = {{icon|buildingmat|50}}
}}
</onlyinclude>

The gladius is a [[Weapon|melee weapon]] in RimWorld that does a moderate amount of [[damage]], has a moderate cooldown, and deals [[sharp damage]].


As is typical with any sharp weapon, gladius attacks cause bleeding, and generally fares poorly against armor when compared to blunt weapons.


The gladius is one of the most well-rounded melee weapons in the game; striking an excellent balance between damage per hit and cooldown, and not being too expensive either. While the gladius is slightly better at nominal [[DPS]], the mace performs significantly better against armor since it deals [[blunt damage]], which puts the gladius in a tough spot. [[Plasteel]] gladii, however, offer excellent base DPS which establishes a slightly noticeable lead over a plasteel mace in this aspect; combining knife-like cooldown with spear-like damage.


Still, the gladius offers significantly more performance than the [[knife]] while not really being that much more expensive to produce, possibly even outclassing the knife as a 'budget' melee weapon - but again, the mace is still the better choice.


Against armor, a [[steel]] gladius has considerably worse performance than a [[Materials#Stone_Blocks|stone]] [[club]]. Therefore, even [[wood|wooden]] clubs significantly outperform a steel gladius in this department - and a steel mace offers nearly double the damage output. When factoring in [[plasteel]] though, the gladius claws back slightly but still falls slightly behind even the wooden club, so a plasteel mace is going to be leaps and bounds ahead.


Overall, the gladius is by no means a bad weapon, because it's actually a decent melee weapon, but there are better options out there just for forking out slightly more [[silver]] or ingredients. At the end of the day, the mace is to the gladius what the gladius is to the knife - even when factoring in plasteel.


===Obtaining===
Gladii can be purchased from any [[outlander]] and [[orbital combat suppliers]], or obtained from outlander and pirate [[raider]]s. Gladii can also be crafted at either a [[fueled smithy]] or an [[electric smithy]] once the [[research#smithing|smithing]] research has been completed; from 50 of any metallic or wooden [[materials|material]], and {{ticks|10000}} of work.




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-| name = Gladius
+{{infobox main|weapon|
-| image = Gladius.png
+|name = Gladius
-| type = Equipment
+|image = Gladius.png|Gladius
-| type2 = Weapons
+|type = Equipment
-| description = A short sword of ancient design. Good for stabbing or slashing. It's light and nimble, which sometimes lets it beat bigger, heavier weapons.
+|type2 = Weapons
-| tech level = Medieval
+|description = "A short sword of ancient design. Good for stabbing or slashing. It's light and nimble, which sometimes lets it beat bigger, heavier weapons."
-| class = Medieval
+|class = Medieval
-| meleeattack1dmg = 9
+|meleeattack1dmg = 9
-| meleeattack1type = blunt
+|meleeattack1type = poke
-| meleeattack1part = handle
+|meleeattack1part = handle
-| meleeattack1cool = 2
+|meleeattack1cool = 2
-| meleeattack1ap = 13
+|meleeattack1ap = 13
-| meleeattack2dmg = 16
+|meleeattack2dmg = 15
-| meleeattack2type = stab
+|meleeattack2type = stab
-| meleeattack2part = point
+|meleeattack2part = point
-| meleeattack2cool = 2
+|meleeattack2cool = 2
-| meleeattack2ap = 24
+|meleeattack2ap = 22
-| meleeattack3dmg = 16
+|meleeattack3dmg = 15
-| meleeattack3type = cut
+|meleeattack3type = cut
-| meleeattack3part = edge
+|meleeattack3part = edge
-| meleeattack3cool = 2
+|meleeattack3cool = 2
-| meleeattack3ap = 24
+|meleeattack3ap = 22
-| MeleeWeaponAverageDPS = 7.52
+|MeleeWeaponAverageDPS = 7.04
-| MeleeWeaponAverageAP = 23
+|MeleeWeaponAverageAP = 21
-| damage type = Sharp
+|mode = Melee
-| mode = Melee
+|buy = {{icon|buildingmat|50}}
-| production facility 1 = Fueled smithy
-| production facility 2 = Electric smithy
-| research = Smithing
-| resource 1 = Stuff
-| resource 1 amount = 50
-| stuff tags = Metallic, Woody
-| skill 1 = Crafting
-| skill 1 level = 3
-| mass base = 0.85
-| work to make = 12000
-| has quality = True
-| weaponTags = MedievalMeleeDecent
 }}
-The '''gladius''' is a [[Weapon|melee weapon]] in RimWorld that does a moderate amount of [[damage]], has a moderate cooldown, and deals sharp damage.
+</onlyinclude>
-== Acquisition ==
+The gladius is a [[Weapon|melee weapon]] in RimWorld that does a moderate amount of [[damage]], has a moderate cooldown, and deals [[sharp damage]].
-Gladii can be crafted at either a [[fueled smithy]] or an [[electric smithy]] once the [[research#Smithing|Smithing]] research has been completed with {{Required Resources}} and {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} of work. It requires a [[Skills#Crafting|crafting skill]] of 3 to craft.
-Gladii can also be purchased from any [[outlander]] and orbital combat suppliers, or obtained from outlander and pirate [[raider]]s.
-== Analysis ==
+As is typical with any sharp weapon, gladius attacks cause bleeding, and generally fares poorly against armor when compared to blunt weapons.
-Surprisingly enough, gladii are worse for {{DPS}} than a [[knife]] of the same quality and material, despite the game stating otherwise. Knives are cheaper and don't require Smithing research. Why is this?
-* '''The [[melee verb selection]] system''', introduced in 1.1. Each weapon has multiple attacks, or ''verbs'', with some better than others. The game's infobox incorrectly calculates the likelihood of each attack (it uses RimWorld 1.0 values). For example, the knife is assumed to use "Bad" attacks more often than it does in practice. With this in mind, knives have a "true" {{DPS}} of 7.23, rather than the gladius' 7.13.
-* '''The impact of [[Damage types#Cut|''Cut'']] damage type.''' A gladius is half as likely to do a Cut attack as a knife. Whenever a Cut attack is rolled, it has a chance to ''cleave''. When a weapon cleaves, it deals 140% damage, spread throughout body parts.
-: While cleaving reduces the chance to destroy body parts, it deals more [[pain]], which gets enemies into [[pain shock]] faster. Pain shock is the most common way to disable enemies in combat, ''much'' more likely than body part destruction. Even mechanoids, who don't feel pain, can only lose so much HP before dying in combat.
-:''Stab'' has the advantage of superior damage to internal body parts. However, gladii won't instakill the heart at most reasonable qualities, and the chance of hitting the same organ 2 times in a row is miniscule. Cut is a more reliable way to disable enemies in combat.
+The gladius is one of the most well-rounded melee weapons in the game; striking an excellent balance between damage per hit and cooldown, and not being too expensive either. While the gladius is slightly better at nominal [[DPS]], the mace performs significantly better against armor since it deals [[blunt damage]], which puts the gladius in a tough spot. [[Plasteel]] gladii, however, offer excellent base DPS which establishes a slightly noticeable lead over a plasteel mace in this aspect; combining knife-like cooldown with spear-like damage.
-The gladius does have +5% more {{AP}}, but this is a tiny value, insignificant in practice. The knife comes out ahead against any realistic enemy you'll fight. Knives also have the advantage of attacking faster, which can train melee skill, and is slightly better for low-accuracy attackers in general.
-The [[plasteel]] knife you get at the start of the [[scenario system#Crashlanded|Crashlanded]] [[scenario]] is better than an excellent steel gladius (and below).
+Still, the gladius offers significantly more performance than the [[knife]] while not really being that much more expensive to produce, possibly even outclassing the knife as a 'budget' melee weapon - but again, the mace is still the better choice.
-=== Trivia ===
-A gladius is the classic Roman centurion's shortsword. Along with the ranged [[pilum]], it is one of two Roman weapons in the game.
-{{Weapon Stats Table}}
+Against armor, a [[steel]] gladius has considerably worse performance than a [[Materials#Stone_Blocks|stone]] [[club]]. Therefore, even [[wood|wooden]] clubs significantly outperform a steel gladius in this department - and a steel mace offers nearly double the damage output. When factoring in [[plasteel]] though, the gladius claws back slightly but still falls slightly behind even the wooden club, so a plasteel mace is going to be leaps and bounds ahead.
-== Styles ==
-{{Ideology|section=1}}
-[[Ideoligion]]s allow the selection of styles which then change the texture of the certain items and buildings when constructed by the colony. These style variants can be crafted if the colony has the selected style, or can be looted from raiders from factions with the requisite style.
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+Overall, the gladius is by no means a bad weapon, because it's actually a decent melee weapon, but there are better options out there just for forking out slightly more [[silver]] or ingredients. At the end of the day, the mace is to the gladius what the gladius is to the knife - even when factoring in plasteel.
-Gladius.png|Base variant
-HoraxianGladius.png|Horaxian{{AnomalyIcon}}
-</gallery>
-== Version history ==
-* [[Version/0.7.581|0.7.581]] - Added as the '''Short Sword'''.
-* ? - Renamed to '''Gladius''' from '''Short Sword'''.
-* ? - Buffed from 15 point and edge damage to 16.
-* Beta 19/1.0 - Damage buffed, cooldown slightly increased..
-* [[Version/1.5.4062|1.5.4062]] - Received a new texture.
-<gallery>
+===Obtaining===
-ShortSword1.png|Original Short Sword sprite
+Gladii can be purchased from any [[outlander]] and [[orbital combat suppliers]], or obtained from outlander and pirate [[raider]]s. Gladii can also be crafted at either a [[fueled smithy]] or an [[electric smithy]] once the [[research#smithing|smithing]] research has been completed; from 50 of any metallic or wooden [[materials|material]], and {{ticks|10000}} of work.
-Gladius Old.png|Texture prior to 1.5
-</gallery>
-{{Nav|weapon|wide}}
-[[Category:Equipment]] [[Category:Weapons]] [[Category:Medieval Weapons]]
-[[Category:Melee Weapons]] [[Category:Sharp Weapons]] [[Category:Swords]]
+[[Kind::Weapons| ]]
+{{nav|weapon|wide}}
+[[Category:Weapons]]
+[[Category:Equipment]]