View source for Blade: Metsu

{{Standard WS
|description=[[Yoshimitsu]]/[[Kikoku]]: Additional Effect: Temporarily enhances Subtle Blow effect.
|type=Katana          <!-- Weapon Type -->
|class=Physical         <!-- Magical, Physical, or Hybrid -->
|element       <!-- For magical and hybrid WSs, NOT status effects -->
|dstat         <!-- For magical WSs: Player Stat minus Monster Stat : (AGI-INT)*2, (INT-INT + 8), etc. -->
|cap           <!-- For magical WSs: Maximum Value for the dStat term -->
|target=Single        <!-- AoE, Single, or Self -->
|tpmod=Aftermath<br />(+10 Subtle Blow)         <!-- The quantity modified by TP. Use fTP for "Damage varies with TP" -->
|fTP=5.0           <!-- Base fTP if damage doesn't vary with TP -->
|100TP=20 seconds         <!-- Modifier text for 100 TP -->
|200TP=40 seconds         <!-- Modifier text for 200 TP -->
|300TP=60 seconds         <!-- Modifier text for 300 TP -->
|statmod=80% [[DEX]]      <!-- Stat modifiers for the WS, include links for the stats -->
|sc1=Darkness           <!-- Top priority Skillchain element -->
|sc2=Fragmentation           <!-- Secondary priority Skillchain element -->
|sc3           <!-- Tertiary priority Skillchain element -->
|atkmod=        <!-- Attack modifier for the WS. -->
|cumulative    <!-- Cumulative enmity if fixed -->
|volatile      <!-- Volatile enmity if fixed -->
|quest=         <!-- Obtaining quest name -->
|Insert WS Job Level Template=
{{WS Job Level
|jobs=[[NIN]] via [[Yoshimitsu]] or [[Kikoku]]
|level=75
}}
{{WS Job Level
|jobs=[[NIN]] via [[Sekirei]]
|level=85
}}
|Insert Merit WS Template     <!-- Can be left null -->
|Insert Equipment Ability Modified Template= <!-- Use the Equipment Ability Modified Template here -->
{{Equipment Ability Modified
|equip=Yoshimitsu
|modifier=In Dynamis: Weapon skill access, [[Relic Aftermath]]
}}
{{Equipment Ability Modified
|equip=Sekirei
|modifier=Weapon skill access after performing 13 other weapon skills
}}
{{Equipment Ability Modified
|equip=Kikoku
|modifier=Weapon skill access, [[Relic Aftermath]]
}}
{{Equipment Ability Modified
|equip=Kikoku (Level 90)
|modifier={{PAGENAME}} damage +25%
}}
{{Equipment Ability Modified
|equip=Kikoku (Level 95)
|modifier={{PAGENAME}} damage +25%
}}
{{Equipment Ability Modified
|equip=Kikoku (Level 99)
|modifier={{PAGENAME}} damage +40%
}}
{{Equipment Ability Modified
|equip=Kikoku (Level 99 II)
|modifier={{PAGENAME}} damage +40%
}}
{{Equipment Ability Modified
|equip=Kikoku (Level 119)
|modifier={{PAGENAME}} damage +40%
}}
{{Equipment Ability Modified
|equip=Kikoku (Level 119 II)
|modifier={{PAGENAME}} damage +40%
}}
{{Equipment Ability Modified
|equip=Kikoku (Level 119 III)
|modifier={{PAGENAME}} damage +40%
}}
|notes=
* [[Relic Aftermath]]: [[Subtle Blow]] +10
** Kikoku (Level 119 III) gives Subtle Blow +10, Attack +10%.
** [[Sekirei]] does not give Aftermath
** This is subject to the normal 50 Subtle Blow cap.
==Translation/Localization==
* "Metsu" means more than the other Katana Weapon Skills. The kanji for the WS in Japanese is 生者必滅, which means "All living things must eventually die". In short it could also mean "Return to nothing". In the English version, it is shortened from "shou ja hitsu metsu" to simply "Blade: Metsu".
* 生者必滅 is also Final Fantasy VII's Yuffie Kisaragi's second level 3 Limit Break, localized as "Doom of the Living" in the English version.
}}
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=nXK8u4WbsW0 Related - Blade: Metsu in action.]
* [http://www.ffdq.com/ff7/limit1.html Translation Note reference (ffdq.com)]
* [https://www.bluegartr.com/threads/124376-December-10th-Update-Weaponskill-Adjustments-testing?p=6292133&viewfull=1#post6292133 Blade Metsu testing (Langly, BG)]