Could this be the WORST FANTASY WEAPON ever made?

[@Ostsol]

Prop designer: "We created a thing! Use it!" Stunt coordinator: "Why do you hate me?"

[@Torthrodhel]

hilarious comment!

[@miguelperez9906]

It’s just the prop designers way of getting back at being in such a bad show

[@dndsl3436]

In fairness to the prop designer, they were likely told to make it by someone higher up the food chain who thought it would look cool.

[@erykrejner2528]

You are too generous thinking that show hired a pro stunt coordinator.

[@jasondiend4248]

What is sad to boot they have to train for those scenes. Like at any point any of the stunt people not actually go look I get it we're treated like trash but this is stupid.

[@prestonb.f.]

Balls-stick strikes fear into the hearts of all those who…use it.

[@haillobster7154]

The twin balls on the phallic construct of the shaft are a problematic visual indicator of the PATRIARCHY!!! 🤡

[@AscendantStoic]

Fear and blunt force trauma 😏

[@overlordmae9090]

Some people are just too stupid to know fear.

[@haillobster7154]

@@overlordmae9090 who write for Batwoman.

[@overlordmae9090]

@@haillobster7154 No idea, but I bet their IQ qualifies them for Darwin Award.

[@AshEndDust]

I feel bad for the stick. It never deserved to be humiliated like that.

[@groofay]

I don't know what to feel more sorry for, that stick or a recently neutered dog.

[@Dinoslay]

I know, right? All of that useless weight that it’s been chained to.

[@aquapendulum]

"stick" You mean the quarterstaff?

[@LuanMower55]

@@aquapendulum *STICK* . *IS* . *STICK* !

[@paulpolito2001]

It’s okay. Sticks have naturally high confidence b/c they’re packing loads of Big Stick Energy.

[@hweidigiv]

Double-ended weapons: double the benefits, square the flaws.

[@ChaosLierLen]

That's a good way of explaining it.

[@Сайтамен]

Twice the chain, double the pain.

[@lvl.85sacredhealer21]

Shad: 9:30

[@zagzig3734]

Double ended Staff. Name one problem with that

[@dor748]

@@zagzig3734 I mean…

[@ethakis]

I just want to point out that this weapon, in addition to being garbage, exists in a world that has guns.

[@ortizguard2816]

That should be the epitaph for this 'weapon'.

[@cairsahrstjoseph996]

Better to bring a knife.

[@jacobkeltz3584]

@@cairsahrstjoseph996 the knife is at least concealable, safe enough for the user, and lethal at close range

[@andrewmcguinness1845]

I would like to add this is ostensibly in Gotham, where everyone and their mugger has at least one gun for unlawful activities.

[@CazadorSlayer]

That gave me the perfect idea to make this garbage weapon EVEN W O R S E! Both of the flail heads are GUNS! THAT'S RIGHT! SCREW NUNCHUCKS, WE GOT GUNCHUCKS!

[@rebbyra]

"we have purposely trained him wrong, as a joke"

[@Dfarrey]

I am bleeding. Making me the victor.

[@notcodyanimations4202]

@@Dfarrey are those squeeky shoes i hear weeeoooo

[@dytyzerpud]

YES!

[@klafsen]

@@Dfarrey I'm sure on some planet your style is impressive, but your weak link is: this is Earth.

[@msihcs8171]

"Face to fist style, how'd you like it"

[@herpyderpy2869]

This weapon would make the enemy scared. Not because it's dangerous, but because they're worried for their opponent.

[@JellyAntz]

Lol tru

[@dancorneanu9144]

If someone is suicidal enough to use a weapon like this, I would stay clear away.

[@JellyAntz]

@@dancorneanu9144 It even sucks as a suicidal weapon, just use a gun lmao

[@lbuada7723]

For their enemy's health or their sanity?

[@boywithcrackers3871]

@@JellyAntz thats why someone who use it is CRAZY suicidal, he literally beats himself to death rather than a quick bullet.

[@BradGreer]

If a flail is arguably useful when you're on horseback, maybe the double ended flail is intended for people riding two horses simultaneously 🤔

[@susancox9199]

Its so stupid it might work

[@dojelnotmyrealname4018]

Honestly this would work if you just attach it to your saddle. The two ends would smash into heads while you plow through a formation. That said, it might injure your horse if you turn...

[@dontkickmychick6076]

@@dojelnotmyrealname4018 honestly if you actually invested this much into this strategy that might not be a bad thing

[@HydragonofDeath]

@Cedric Reyes At that point though, wouldnt the bull be more effective without it having two things that might hurt itself?

[@HydragonofDeath]

@Cedric Reyes Ah, that makes more sense.

[@Jaster_Mereel]

"Mom! He's swinging a stick with 2 glass bottles on it and having a stroke!" "Come away from the window, child. Emergency services are on the way."

[@billmelater6470]

*Emergency Services: "Okay guys, who's turn is it this time? Yeah, it's that guy again..."

[@TheShadowOfHumanity]

I want a KZbin channel where it's someone pretending to be Shads neighbors. It could be hysterical.

[@FlymanMS]

@@TheShadowOfHumanity it’d mostly be them doing normal things with Skall yelling angry noises in the background, we’d enjoy seeing their reactions.

[@guestsuperguest403]

I know of a worse weapon!!! Exploding Knum chucks! Sword Chucks! Axe Chucks! And Dagger chucks! Exploding sword! Take that Shad!! I dare you to top that! If you do.. I'll send the video to three people who I think haven't subscribed to your channel yet! Like the comment if you'll do the same.😎👍

[@guestsuperguest403]

Hey guys! Someone argue with shad that this is a good weapon( I think it's terrible but I just want to see him rant on this weapon again...) ENTERTAINMENT!!

[@Mauther]

I actually "fought" someone in a tournament with a a double headed flail (foam weapons). He got the idea out of somewhere in Dungeons and Dragons. Anyways, he did have me confused for the first 15 seconds. Unfortunately, the two times he tried to attack me, he actually hit himself hard enough the judges scored them as self hits. As long as he rotated it in front of himself he actually had a decent defense (no better than a staff, but not bad) but as soon as he tried to strike, me, the judge and the flailer all had to dodge. Like I said, he hit himself twice, and I got the third hit while he was struggling to recover from his strike. Dumbest weapon ever. We ran over it in the parking lot.

[@TealWolf26]

I would love to do a "bad weapon" tournament. Take a bunch of pop culture trash and try to duel with it.

[@dallasd8907]

Yep, this straight out of the 3e Dungeons and Dragons PHB....

[@snarglblargn4986]

Its a horrible rendition of a tri-staff Which is actually a Chinese martial weapon

[@mugenokami2201]

@@snarglblargn4986 yo I heard your stick likes sticks so we added some sticks to your stick

[@snarglblargn4986]

@@mugenokami2201 sticks dont stick sticks. Sticks sticks sticks

[@madbrosheo1514]

The thing about The Rule of Cool, is that it needs to be cool.

[@khantnyarhtun2387]

The thing about the two headed mace is... it isnt even cool lol. It looks like a yoke or a balance.

[@seanpeery7780]

Ya, there was like 30 seconds of fighting in an hour long episode. It is far from cool.

[@Ake-TL]

@@seanpeery7780 did you seriously watch batwoman?

[@lothar4085]

@@Ake-TL i watched this episode today just because I was curious how in the hell she was fighting by using this abomination. And this was funny xD

[@danielantony1882]

You mean unimaginably edgy?

[@psychronia]

See, this was actually meant to accompany a secondary weapon. You pull it out, and while the enemy is busy laughing, you quickly draw your second weapon for a sneak attack.

[@u.v.s.5583]

The second weapon, a concealed pair of nunchucks. The tertiary weapon, a concealed UZI.

[@SephirothRyu]

Unless that second weapon is sword-chucks.

[@ejthenobody]

Ah yes, a sneak attack...OF GUN.

[@vegetablackpotato4700]

​@@SephirothRyuah the best murrder sicide weapon

[@mattes4929]

Now onto the next set piece: Nunchucks with flails at their ends.

[@Shadohime]

Go one step further: Sword-chucks, from 8-bit Theater. Yes, everyone agrees they're universally stupid in-universe, but think of the aneurysm Shad would have?

[@malcolmc.7288]

Taser nunchucks?

[@mattes4929]

@@malcolmc.7288 Bladed nunchuck whip.

[@brandonletzko4239]

Cat O' Nine Chucks

[@bg6b7bft]

lightsaber flail chucks with grenades on either end.

[@BioTressler]

The secret to this weapon is simple. You walk up to the enemy, hand them the two-sided flail as you pull out literally any other weapon and say "Deffend yourself!" and watch as they beat themselves silly while trying to fight you.

[@yetinother]

THIS is why they make a comment section

[@saltytoast6669]

This weapon is extremely effective because if you saw someone using it you would most likely die from that alone

[@autolykos9822]

This is exactly the one use I see for this: Exploit dueling rules that allow you to choose the weapons. It doesn't matter that the weapon is junk when the opponent has the same one, and less practice on how not to kill themselves with it.

[@mattiOTX]

All I could imagine is those videos about impromptu pillow fights with strangers but way less fun and a lot more dumb lmfao.

[@kairos4484]

Hold one flail end to make it a regular flail, then attack.

[@sststr]

This is the kind of weapon that a king might order people to duel with for his own entertainment.

[@rzgaming5678]

Now that, that would be funny asf

[@Isnogood12]

Yet another amazing reason for this weapon to exist!

[@nikkibrowning4546]

1 point when your enemy knocks himself put. 3 if you knock him out without knocking yourself out.

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

Yeah that sounds about right

[@rzgaming5678]

Pit like 10 people against one another with said weapons, watch the circus begin

[@major_trollum]

I've actually beat up a guy using that weapon. He got a serious concussion, his hands were rendered useless, not to mention bruises from head to toe. Unfortunatly, that guy was me :P

[@hamsammich2821]

Oof

[@m0-m0597]

That will teach him never being a threat to you again

[@helenakrieger5880]

Gotta wonder what is going on in people's heads who thinks of things like this. Every functional weapon could be cool, but not every cool weapon can be functional

[@maxime2445]

And this isn't even cool looking. It just looks dumb

[@helenakrieger5880]

@@maxime2445 to us, but obviously someone liked it

[@ironymaiden1089]

If a weapon is not functional even in theory, it can't be cool. It defeats the purpose of it as a weapon, like a car with square wheels.

[@Reguwudo]

Could be some representation of a weight scale, which imo would be a far better philosophical prop weapon for a fantasy setting more than anything. @irony Maiden, not entirely true. There have been tons of historical weapons that were never functional but were still put up on display for aesthetics.

[@CharliMorganMusic]

No thought was put into this. There are weapons that are exaggerations of tested designs that work in their fictional universe, and then there are weapons that only work in their fictional universe because the plot demands it to work.

[@ericlanglois9194]

Double Ended Flail: Features include ability to break bones, cause internal bleeding and cause severe injury or death. Warning: Product is likely to break bones, cause internal bleeding and cause severe injury or death to the user.

[@Greideren]

Pros: it's easy to kill someone with just a hit. Cons: you might be the one who's accidentally hit by this

[@Jessie_Helms]

This weapon is incredibly effective. Seeing an enemy wielding this would be insanely intimidating because they’re powerful enough to have not already killed themselves in training lol

[@mightbeahumanmaybe247]

People get a brain aneurysm from just looking at it

[@r2020E]

@@mightbeahumanmaybe247 people die from cringe looking at it

[@Tennouseijin]

Enemies will be thinking "Wait, this guy actually survived many combats DESPITE using this weapon? He must be incredibly tough and skilled to make up for it!"

[@Jessie_Helms]

@@Tennouseijin “he must be able to just shrug off blows like it’s nothing!”

[@hbsavage0387]

@@Jessie_Helms I could see Rocky using it

[@callmetravesty8762]

The only way I could ever see this being useful is if you had the superpower "The more damage you take, the stronger you get". That way you can attack and power up at the same time. Then it's just a battle of endurance lol

[@jj48]

Don't Saiyans get significant power boosts after recovering from near-fatal wounds? Clearly, this weapon belongs in the Dragon Ball universe!

[@deathnote939393]

@@sadluck420 no. Just of near death experiences.

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

So... that weapon could work for RWBY's Yang Xiao Long?

[@russelllim4891]

@@thesymbiotenation.4552 Could mess with her hair

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

@@russelllim4891 true

[@kingofdefense]

Shad: "The flail is almost as bad as the nunchucks" Flailchucks: "Hold my beer..."

[@deviantsid18]

I’m dead

[@megabuster3940]

Self-offense weapon

[@That80sGuy1972]

Beat me to it. Here's your thumbs-up. I am a fan of the "Hold my beer" schtick too. HOLD MY BEER PEOPLE UNITE!

[@blitheringape5321]

@Captainzilla418 for your own sake learn to type

[@fishboy3612]

@Captainzilla418 but than we won’t have any people to be the them in an us vs them mentality witch wold jest be boring );

[@zenkomenhi]

This entire weapon is made funnier by the fact that someone unironically thought it would be a cool badass intimidating implement of destruction. All I can do is laugh.

[@KairuHakubi]

From what little I know of that show, and seeing that the shadowy figure appears to be a man, I can't imagine it's supposed to look anything but foolish and weak.

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

@@KairuHakubi | "It has a female protagonist, so the writers must hate men." - Someone who makes opinions of shows he hasn't watched.

[@KairuHakubi]

@@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth I freely admitted I haven't watched more than a little of it, but what I _have_ watched shows a real pattern. It seems like Conroy's appearance was specifically curtailed to this paradigm. There was also this incredibly irritating and stupid promo ad that aired all the time where she (not this one but a much prettier one, I guess she got replaced?) gave some money to an impossibly beautiful homeless woman (because those exist and aren't immediately given priority in shelters to get them away from the men, right?) and then the MAN nearby mocks her, saying it's only going to drugs or whatever, so she goes back and gives the ladybum a rolex. like yeah great job batwoman, you just made that poor woman even more of a target. but at least you showed that ignorant MAN trying to tell YOU what to do, right?

[@akumakazenoryu]

@@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth but the show is writen by people that hates men, specially if they are white

[@seanmclaughlin1994]

@@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth just the fact that they made her character black convinces me of the fact that its just another "Supergirl"

[@curts7801]

They call this weapon “The Nutcracker.” Wield it and see for yourself.

[@thelegendaryjerry1730]

*swing* *swing* OOOOOOOWWWW!!

[@michelguevara151]

I've just made a similar observation..

[@malachiXX]

Favored weapon of the unsung 'Nardic' Warrior "Testacles"! (pronounced Testa-Clees)

[@darkcyler]

@@malachiXX nutchucks sounds better

[@martabachynsky8545]

😂🤣 I laughed so hard at this comment, I nearly had an asthma attack. 👍🏼

[@6root91]

Without even watching the video, I literally can't think of a single way you could use this weapon even half effectively other than helicopter wielding it.

[@ivanmonahhov2314]

Yeah make the staff longer and attach weight on relatively shot chains and helicopter with striking the enemy with only weights hoping that this barrage knocks them off balance. But that is like a weapon with only 1 move

[@HappyIsaac0420]

Shua shua shua shua shua shua shua shua shua shua shua shua shua shua shua

[@ocadioan]

@@ivanmonahhov2314 And then hope that no one brings a shield to deflect the blow while they just move forward and stab you with an actual weapon.

[@DarkSol16]

Even if you helicopter wield it, and ignore the obvious impracticalities of it and inability to defend yourself, the flail would still likely be hitting your hands or arms if the chain was long enough to properly hit your opponents. It would be fine if it didn't hit anything, but once you do, it would likely hit you.

[@erickpoorbaugh6728]

Maybe decent if you're short and strong (e.g. certain versions of fantasy Dwarves), but I think other weapons might work better than the flail.

[@pianomaster696]

At this point, we should just make a double ended gun

[@Nyazzers]

177013

[@seangauthier8144]

@@Nyazzers at first I didn't see the PFP, so I thought you were giving the sauce for a 'story' that has a double sided gun for some reason.

[@Arkhs]

Haha I can imagine to fire it you'd have to spin it around your finger and it has a circular trigger that recognises where it is in the spinning cycle. It's so terrible that I almost want to see it.

[@joshnabours9102]

A 180° curved barrel shotgun!

[@wepntech]

Oh it's been done. check out forgotten weapons. there some really odd ones.

[@LadyDeirdre]

Seeing an enemy with this would scare me: he's obviously very much not in touch with reality, and willing to suffer serious injuries to put you down.

[@drthmik]

You know what's better at doing ALL of those things? A Bomb Vest

[@earthchansociety7769]

Compared to anything. A saber, battle axe, heck even a machete could run laps around this. Is it better then hands? Yes. But I could outpace that with it’s handle alone.

[@ardynizunia9709]

@@earthchansociety7769 Is it better than hands tho? If you just bait out attacks your opponent will hurt themselves. The only safe attacks they can do are super slow, straight lined and predictable. Nothing that will hit you. If they try to actually hit you, they will have to hit themselves as well. So I'm honestly not sure if it's better than hands.

[@aaronpino9161]

Reminds me of the Penitent One with that description

[@earthchansociety7769]

@@ardynizunia9709 honestly, good point. Baiting them into thwacking their knee caps would be pretty easy seeing as how heavy that thing is. The speed difference alone would be significant.

[@Cool-o1555]

“This is like the mangled, inbred version of a stroke” -Shad 2021

[@evilestmonkeey]

Shoulda left out the Shad. That description fits 2020/21 perfectly.

[@Cool-o1555]

@@evilestmonkeey yeah lol 😂

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

😂🤣😜👍

[@judsongaiden9878]

As pointed out in Stargate SG-1, it's the difference between a weapon of "terror" (designed for intimidation and spectacle) and a weapon of "war" (designed to make the enemy dead, ideally in the most efficient way possible).

[@u.v.s.5583]

This double ended flail now represents the ultimate power in the Galaxy. I suggest that we use it!!!

[@erickpoorbaugh6728]

The thing is, weapons of "terror" still need to be intimidating to an enemy who knows how to use weapons. For example, in the LotR movies, the Witch-king's giant flail may be less effective than, say, a halberd, but it's still effective enough given his strength and a halberd would not look nearly as frightening. This double-flail just makes you ask, "How's he going to swing it at me," and is about as terrifying as brass knuckle handcuffs.

[@robertlewis6915]

This is a weapon of giggle, though. You literally can't use it without destroying any intimidation value- at least staff weapons, etc., are usable weapons.

[@Prich319]

Ah, a weapon defined by "stop hitting yourself!"

[@jeffjones4654]

"Mom the weird guy with the castle next door is having another stroke!"

[@AlexSlesh]

"What weird guy? What castle? We live in Australia, our closest neighbor is miles away!"

[@AnthonyKravitz]

"If you want to give pain, you got to be willing to take the pain" - Rocky Balboa Prop designer: gotcha!

[@Scyle92]

I feel personally attacked. My first epic level D&D character was a Gnoll Ranger that used a double-side flail. 11 year old me thought it was cool..

[@fredriddles1763]

Younger me thought scythes and nunchuks were cool too.....until this channel happened xD I do appreciate being enlightened though!

[@mightbeapersonmaybe8379]

@@fredriddles1763 18 year old me still thinks scythes are cool if impractical. I have been disabled of the nunchuck belief.

[@robertlewis6915]

@@mightbeapersonmaybe8379 War scythes are cool. The rotated blade makes them so much better.

[@spastictreefrog]

They have those in D&D?

[@Scyle92]

@@spastictreefrog It was homebrewed in. iirc DM just ruled it as a two-handed weapon with innate multi attacks.

[@seanduffy6231]

Next time on Bat Woman: A gun that shoots both directions.

[@seanheath4492]

Isn't that arguably what rocket launchers and recoilless rifles already do? :P

[@brennersouza8626]

Use it side way ways lol

[@capadociaash8003]

So you can hit the enemy behind you! It’s brilliant! No problems!

[@andrewbaumunk2694]

Thank you for making me laugh the hardest I have this week today

[@PilotTed]

@@seanheath4492 well yes but actually no. The end pointing down range is launching a projectile while the other isn't launching anything, just the pressure that was rerouted to reduce the recoil. that pressure is still very dangerous and even deadly, which is why you have to yell clear back blast while looking around and behind you too make sure its clear before firing such a weapon.

[@Emberheart_]

Next week: Shad ties two bottles to both ends of a pair of nunchucks.

[@PaleShine89]

Make a huge chain from nunchucks lmao

[@migBdk]

To all three ends of a tripple chuck

[@nbonasoro]

If you tied enough nunchucks together you would have a good chain which can create massive force.

[@viviengemai9796]

The Nun-Chail: Two times the pop-culture, four times the discomfort, all times the fail.

[@TheDrag0nsoldier]

@@viviengemai9796 don't you mean All the fLail :)

[@godknightomega]

Double flail weapon designer: It's one of the most dangerous weapons in fantasy history! How so? Well if the wielder doesn't know where the flail heads are going then the enemies sure as hell aren't either.

[@ashtongiertz8728]

So it's like the beggar's bazooka for melee combat

[@prcervi]

"we want to weaponize one of those sticks you carry multiple water buckets with, how badly will that go?" extremely is the answer

[@jadonweaver2196]

I kind of want to make a fantasy series just filt with weapons that Shad would hate

[@oharehatmancaleb7]

Except it’s not even that good because the enemy only has to worry about the side going towards them. The wielder has to aim AND not smack themselves.

[@godknightomega]

@@oharehatmancaleb7 That's when you pull out and channel the inner berserker and flail wildly enough to become unpredictable yet not so wild you leave yourself open.

[@xdragon2k]

Up next: double barreled shotgun... but one of the end is pointing the other direction.... toward the shooter.

[@aidanviarengo8536]

I saw that one in looney toons

[@artman40]

And another end pointing upwards?

[@FeinryelRavenclaw]

... wow. Uh, weapon makers, little tip: DON’T DOUBLE END YOUR FLAILS

[@annoyannoy]

Triple end them instead!!

[@guillermoelnino]

what if we double our double flails?

[@dodojesus4529]

@@guillermoelnino and add swords

[@oncreativemode5486]

or ynow, DON'T DOUBLE END ANYTHING

[@lordpowell3788]

@@oncreativemode5486 anything?

[@notsae66]

This weapon isn't just _dumb,_ it's _aggressively dumb._ Like, even if this thing was quaterstaff length or however long the haft needs to be so you can safely wield it, it would still be better to just have the weights directly attached to the stick.

[@andrewli6606]

@@zenstrata This weapon's actually from D&D. Given that the show calls it a Dire-Flail, same as D&D, it's definitely taken from it.

[@qualitymcbro8452]

Alternatively known as a pole mace. Not a terrible weapon. I'd prefer a spear, but pole mace works too.

[@Mekmassimochannel]

Or just use a stick!

[@alex_zetsu]

The flail is a real thing and has some edge cases over a mace like trying to get behind someone's shield. This thing manages to throw away every advantage of the flail and brings more weaknesses. It's not more weight for an advantage or even more weight for no gain. At least the double bladed axe, for all its extra weight, allows the user to smack someone's head with a sharp blade if one side gets dull.

[@ChimpFromSpace]

"Aggressively dumb" is a perfect way of describing that show.

[@gdragonlord749]

Someone find this guy a scythe flail. That will be one hell of a 1 up.

[@ggurwlcom420]

Scythe with flail is actually the embodiment of ending your enemy rightly.

[@ariaangela3455]

Wait, what do you mean scythe flail? Is it a scythe blade attached to a chain attached to a stick?

[@jannehietavirta9744]

Describe it

[@Chaotic42Kami]

Isn't that a kusari-gama?

[@eyeballpapercut4400]

@@Chaotic42Kami but on a stick. whatever stick it is.

[@hlalakar4156]

THANK YOU! I've been asking for this one. In D&D it's called a dire flail, and I have banned even the mention of them in my campaigns. And if I had to choose between the two, I'd pick the gopher-chucks every time.

[@SFTaYZa]

Dire indeed

[@russelllim4891]

The hell are "gopher-chucks"?! Nevermind I just found out

[@rocketraccoon1976]

Could be a good weapon to foist upon misbehaving players. DM - "You find a +5 Dire Flail of Impact." Player - "Cool!" Player - "I swing my dire flail at the ogre! A hit!!" DM - "Roll again, please." Player - "Huh? Okay. A natural 20!!!" DM - "One of the flail heads strikes the ogre, doing 10 points of bludgeoning damage & 20 points of explosive damage. The ogre is blown to bits!" Player - "YEAH!!" DM - "Unfortunately, the other flail head critically strikes you. You take 20 points of bludgeoning damage & 40 points of explosive damage. You are also blown to bits. Roll up a new character, please."

[@renookami4651]

The only context this weapon would make sense is if its user have access to any form of remote control. (telekinesis, magic, etc) You can't hit yourself it this spins far away enough from you. And even then, there's still better options...

[@HenshinFanatic]

This is why I houseruled the dire flail into manriki-gusari and to the nine hells with the stupid design in various core and sourcebooks.

[@incap6038]

"What shit rag was this abomination from?" "It's from Batwoman." "Ah..."

[@jay15951]

And a bunch of "roleplaying" games It's called a dire flail if you wanna Google it

[@NGMK]

This weapon reminds me of one exchange during friends D&D session: - "Now, I'll show you how to die... wait, no..." - "No, no, I'm watching"

[@xX_wiLLiam_Xx]

legendary

[@danielritsema7373]

This weapon, along with the nunchuks, are made to solve one major question: How do you get a masochist to be effective on the battlefield?

[@megabuster3940]

I dunno about effective

[@admhavc5487]

Lmfao

[@spookyengie735]

Atleast a nunchuks aren't hitting you every time you strike.

[@prisma7760]

Nice Joke

[@Mecceldorf]

It’s like berserker rage. Inflicting damage on yourself pumps your adrenaline allowing a barbarian to rip a dwarf’s head off.

[@OrcBro]

The amount of fun Shad is having with this just brings me joy :D

[@agreymoose1655]

alt tittle: indescribable stupidity makes shad turn feral for 15 minutes

[@Rekhan4242]

Thank goodness it's only 15 minutes, we need to avoid "Feral Shad"... for the safety of all!

[@Vinemaple]

Yeah, he reminds me here of his barrel videos...

[@OnlyKaerius]

"Who in their right mind..." "Batwoman did" Yeah about that, you're correct, nobody in their right mind would.

[@lvl.85sacredhealer21]

Shad: 9:30

[@josephcourtright8071]

Castlevania also did. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqSZoahshtuerrs

[@alexanderspencer8589]

Nun-chucks: Two sticks separated by a length of chain This abomination: Two chains separated by a length of stick

[@SomeVagrant]

Now we need a rope or chain dividing the stick into two lengths to create the perfect hybrid monstrosity (i.e. head-chain-stick-rope-stick-chain-head). Actually, that might allow you to somewhat negate the swing on the other end. Good lord, this thing is so bad that deliberate attempts to worsen it just make it better.

[@mitch9237]

The mighty chuck-nun of legend

[@caralho5237]

@@SomeVagrant connect both ends with a string and you have a somewhat useless bow

[@edya8100]

@@SomeVagrant Sansetsukon?

[@alexanderspencer8589]

@@SomeVagrant With ideas this good I'm going to assume you work for D.A.R.P.A.

[@MatejTymes]

Flails were actually very useful when you needed to recruit peasants with no millitary training into your army (as Zizka did), as they resembled tools that were used in the fields by these peasants (specifically grain flail). In this case almost no additional combat training with this weapon was needed and with a good commander (like Zizka was), he had a quite efficient army (build just from "simple" peasants).

[@kha4911]

Alternatively, you give your peasants spears. Easy to make, easy to use, amazing in formations, laughs in the face of cavalry charges, long sticc good.

[@rocketraccoon1976]

Wonder what medieval peasant farmers would think of their lord if he handed them this weapon. 🤔

[@pallingtontheshrike6374]

@@kha4911 yup, they also work like pitchforks, so that's a plus! (stab in, then lift or pull out)

[@Jeremiah90526]

As stated, spears, and I will add, single handed axes, are excellent weapons to give to a peasant army. You can literally train for a few hours and get an effective fighting force with the spear, and train a few more to get them decent in using a hatchet with a shield for a backup. I will add that a couple days of training (on top of the aforementioned training, and training them more in the skills listed above) and you can have them effective with a short sling and shield. With this, you can have a cheap, effective fighting force in long, mid, and short range.

[@Jack-kx5rf]

Sickles were used in Asia, Northern Cental Africa, and during the Germanic Renassaince. In Japan, they modified them a bit and attached a chain that you could use as either a whip or wrap around your arm or tie to a horse. In Poland, the use of modifying a scythe wasn't uncommon either. Literally, take the end off the scythe and put it on the end of the stick pointing away and you essentially have a spear. But unlike a spear with is used to thrust 99% of the time this weapon would be used to slash just like a sword. Like a sword attached to a spear.

[@Zer-ec4ly]

The weapon is so stupid, it made Shad question his whole existence.

[@domomitsune5920]

I have never seen Chad have an existential crisis on video before. What's next the fish from Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

[@InkBleedsDeeper]

Ok after thinking about it for a little bit I understand the weapon now. You have to fight while dancing as if you were Waltzing, then it becomes Super Effective! You must consider yourself a WMD with this double ended flail. xD lmao

[@Zer-ec4ly]

@@InkBleedsDeeper Then you stop dancing and one of the flails went somewhere it's not supose to.

[@kingofmonsters14]

@@domomitsune5920 more like the Holy Hand Grenade

[@victordesanderobledo4522]

Stick = good one. Stick + pointy/sharp/blunt things = very good one. Stick + chain + anything else = not good. I think I've found the weapon equation.

[@georgejones5019]

Just adding a chain makes it's worse. Only cool weapon with a chain is the Chain Whip.

[@mr.pacman5466]

@@georgejones5019 kusaigama (if i remember the name correctly... Half kama with a really long chain with a ball like thingy) isn't bad... Confusing but not bad

[@somethingsomethingsomethingdar]

There is that weird one Jet Li used in that one movie. 3 metal sticks linked into a loose staff shape. Effective? I have no idea. Cool weapon though

[@Ermanariks_til_Aujm]

Long sticks with small flails are ok

[@Elluem]

I feel like there's an element of flails being harder to defend against that makes them viable.. but I'd like to see some tests done.. like a dummy holding a static block and then striking at it with different weapons to see if weapons with chains/ropes have a higher chance of striking to a vital target (like the head) around a block.

[@mathis8210]

I can go even stupider: The flail cross. You build a cross and attach a flail to each end!

[@Alamyst2011]

That actually exist as a weapon. I seen it in a museum in Cairo

[@ccelik97]

And put it on top of your head to fly off like the Inspector Gadget but with the added benefit of destroying any bird flocks that you might fly though.

[@josipmarinic9663]

Morning star of David

[@lordseafood]

Stupid weapons, ranked by stupidity, weapons that can’t be properly held won’t be included 5: The flail cross 4: The Hexaflail 3: The double flail cross 2: flail X And for the number one on this list 1: dodecaflail, it holds an incredible 12 flails [DISCLAIMER] some of these weapons may or may not exist or at least not with these names

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@josipmarinic9663 Okay, this one needs to be sent to Adam Sandler for his Zohan sequel! (edited to correct the actor)

[@julianjanssen5499]

Maybe "stop hitting yourself" would apply to this "weapon."

[@guikoi3101]

Shad: *Throws shitty weapon to the ground, hisses at it like an angry cat with throat problems* Me: Ah yes, this is indeed the slayer of snakes I know well. I have never heard a more eloquent argument in my life.

[@shadfacts6465]

Shad Fact: Shad punched a hole in a black hole

[@twiddlerat9920]

Shad Fact: shad has utilised time travel to stop even more dumber weapons in history being made

[@pyeitme508]

lol

[@501Magnum]

@@twiddlerat9920 But he can only it so often. hence why we still find stupid weapon design.

[@toastytoast9800]

@@501Magnum could be a Mandel effect thing in a few days if this disappears in a few days

[@501Magnum]

@@toastytoast9800 i mean... it could be

[@TheIgnitionCollective]

Flail: prepare for trouble! This *thing* : make it double!

[@collinscontent5523]

Lmao

[@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith]

To protect the world from devastation! To unite all peoples within our nation! To denounce the evils of truth and love! To extend our reach to the stars above!

[@huntertaylor367]

Just as combat effective as Team Rocket.

[@renookami4651]

Double-fail nunchuck: Amateurs...

[@Kurai_69420]

This might actually be more dangerous for the user than the pistol in Cursed Halo

[@Wolfbroa]

This makes me confident as growing writer and artist because now I know I can make something more reasonable then people making hugely budget movies/shows and not be so self conscious about it

[@dredgewalker]

Just remember to pander to the woke crowd and it will get tons of approval from the twits

[@turtleboy1188]

Can you

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Same. I guess my sword obsession prevents me from thinking of imagining such a stupid flexible weapon.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

@@dredgewalker I will do the opposite because that crowd is contrary to my values. You know who I pander to? The awoo crowd!

[@rojack79er]

@@dredgewalker as a writer the only reason I'd pander to them is to write a spoof book about them and their views.

[@lucassoutherland9813]

Gotta love starting the day with another brilliant Shad rant. Glorious.

[@AxxLAfriku]

HELLO!!! I want to spend time with celebrities. Just kidding. GAGAGAGAGA! I only want to spend time with my two girlfriends and record videos for KZbin with the 3 of us. OH YEAH. Don't hate me for living the best life, dear lucas

[@HyperionEmpire]

I've never seen someone have so much fun showing off how bad a weapon is.

[@domomitsune5920]

😂😂😂😂😂 I have a headache now. Most interesting episode so far.

[@emperorhadrian6011]

Maximillian comes to mind.

[@lotgc]

"what the fr*ck is that?" _-Sun Tzu, Art of War_

[@brokenentertainment327]

"I wonder what movie or show this is from." "Batwoman." "Oh, yeah that makes sense."

[@emperorgizmo3014]

Hey.. the weapon will be perfect... When it's used by a woman.

[@brokenentertainment327]

@@emperorgizmo3014 of course

[@freedomspeaks3890]

There's also a weapon similar in the last season of Castlevania but it's a lot cooler there

[@aijua7351]

@@emperorgizmo3014 these female hero pseudo-reboots are a menace to humanity

[@feritperliare2890]

@@freedomspeaks3890 I mean it's a short double sided dagger that becomes 4 sided only when thrown so it's not as bad still bad with how hard it would be to use but not like a flail that is designed to make sure you can't make a good hit

[@nixodian108]

Actually there is a way to use it to have a huge advantage: throw it at your disarmed opponent. He will hit himself countless times while trying to hit you!

[@pallbunun7594]

He is speaking the language of the gods

[@allanroberts7129]

This dude has the biggest brain. I like that idea.

[@ArtifactSkyline]

Tip my hat to you.

[@boomknight1015]

The only double flail that could ever work is a strong stick with 2 buckets on the end for lugging around, water.

[@cgamejewels]

You mean a yoke made for human use?

[@naoiwatani8402]

@@cgamejewels As opposed to a yoke made for Martian use?

[@visno]

give me 2 buckets of water on either end of a stick, and i’ll make a man out of you

[@boomknight1015]

@@visno Yes please

[@meloneatingwolf1882]

But you don’t need the flails to do that. You can do that with a regular stick as well and better because it doesn’t have the flails making the water unnecessarily splash.

[@waltercunningham1033]

It's so stupid, Shad can't explain how stupid it is. That's impressive.

[@phike8870]

Alternative title: Shad loses his fucking mind for 15 minutes straight.

[@gamingturtle8412]

I think he's already lost it.

[@GUTHAY]

I'm hoping he's been drinking... A lot!

[@gamingturtle8412]

@@GUTHAY I think that would worry me more.

[@Onyxrissen]

my god I love how he throws it down and hisses at it

[@TheHonkler6868]

Shad loses his fucking mind and laughs at how bad the concept of a double sided flail is for 15 minutes straight

[@seanobrien3301]

"This is the worst thing you've ever done." - Marge "You say that so much, it's lost all meaning." - Homer P.S. good video, you look like you had a lot of fun making it.

[@jonnejaaskelainen]

"The flail is literal perfection." "It will be. When it's made double-ended."

[@neilyb5012]

Nice use of there own nonsense

[@defeqel6537]

I wonder if it could work (in a super hero setting) if it was tube with a continuous chain within..

[@theFrozeman]

You mean like a three section staff? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-section_staff

[@Akario3]

@@neilyb5012 their*, let's not propagate this any longer

[@quandarioustoddricioushorn9292]

I'd honestly love like some story where it depicts this as one of the best weapons in that story. Background to it: everyone there gets more physically stronger temporarily from getting damage dealt to them.

[@Phoenix-dh2ih]

The weapon of a Saiyan to get that Zenkai boost.

[@averageeughenjoyer6429]

That would make world peace

[@andrea_k342]

Next time on Shadiversity: the double sided crossbow

[@immortaliron2475]

Just wait til he reviews the double sided arrow

[@NoOne-ds7pw]

Double sided shield

[@bromomento5913]

@@NoOne-ds7pw turtle armour

[@frostbite_1244]

@@NoOne-ds7pw what would that even look like?

[@frostbite_1244]

@@NoOne-ds7pw would it be either like double ended shield? (Think of a shield on top of a shield but better connected and welded together) Or a back to back shield making an awkward coconut or chestnut or wall nut, maybe even a tall nut if you're using great shields.

[@robbiej3642]

"The most stupid weapon ever". Hold my beer, we could also set the ends on fire

[@snekkoheckko4466]

no ,the stupidest weapon ever would be flail-chucks, two flails connected by a chain

[@evillp12]

@@snekkoheckko4466 jesus christ this shit must be made by suicidal people, how do you even think this would work in any kind of way

[@Adaninwing]

@@snekkoheckko4466 And use open-flame lanterns as the head, so it sets you on fire.

[@dragonusmolamola4140]

@@evillp12 thats the thing, it wont

[@timtipton4538]

@@snekkoheckko4466 that actually sounds like something which could have been useful in naval combat. maybe if it were shot from a cannon or something. probably would do a lot of damage to rigging

[@trogdor8764]

This weapon: *Exists* Shad: *Incoherent sputtering*

[@brandondenis8695]

Someone should make a double-ended bow, or crossbow.

[@u.v.s.5583]

I want two longbows connected as a pair of nunchucks.

[@hannibalburgers477]

Double ended bow is just a bow with two strings

[@brandondenis8695]

@Hannibal Burgers or a circle of wood with a string down the middle.

[@VidelxSpopovich]

In 3.5 there was the Elven Double Bow

[@VidelxSpopovich]

Kenshin was and always has been garbage and you need to accept that.

[@bokkenwielderful]

Clearly the weapon's power is injury via laughter.

[@jeremyayers5353]

Shad clearly shows that it renders the opponent silent!

[@crazymanmot]

Perhaps the reason they give these bad guys bad weapons is so that they need to fight in a bad convoluted manner to make the middling skill of the hero look awesome in comparison.

[@arthurking7059]

Tbh your probably right, like the slow, loud lasers in star wars with a complete inability to hit the main character LOL

[@nhagan001]

You are absolutely right. It is similar to how Loki is being powered down in his spinoff series. You have to remember, that Loki survived a thrashing from HULK. To be getting overpowered and defeated by... stupidity is not how you want to be compared in terms of BATWOMAN of all things... even if one is using weapons of stupidity.... Hell you want to be miles away from being compared to BATWOMAN!

[@nuyabuisness7526]

I mean from what I have seen the current Batwoman has zero combat training. Didn't she literally just find the batsuit and decide 'yeah maybe I can be a super hero'

[@arthurking7059]

@@nuyabuisness7526 LOL fr these stories are getting delusional! In star wars this girl picks up a light saber and beats a larger, stronger, better trained, heavier man who has higher bone density and muscle mass with idk even know what. "willpower"? 🤦‍♂️

[@nhagan001]

@@nuyabuisness7526 pretty much. I believe Kate Kane's plane crashed and she found it in the rubble?

[@Jack_Rakan]

This is a weapon from a show where they stopped a 1000 tonne train travelling at 80 miles per hour on a dime using a cable anchored to an already compromised metal train door on one end and a wooden beam on the other. Physics have been in an alcoholic coma for years in that show.

[@silverhand9965]

Making Bollywood look like a lecture on physics and mechanical forces

[@jj48]

You speak as if you think there's something unrealistic about that.

[@jj48]

@@silverhand9965 Can we add in a workshop on using chainsaws? They're always portrayed as the ultimate melee superweapons, when they would actually be very impractical in most cases.

[@Jack_Rakan]

@@jj48 I'm gonna assume that's sarcasm

[@jj48]

@@Jack_Rakan The comment about realism? Yes. The one about chainsaws? No.

[@barryvr9566]

To be fair, its intimidating because no one knows how it will move, not even the one wielding it.

[@lamia197]

Imagine: a nunchuck and you add flails at the end of them. Flail- string- stick- string- stick- string-flail.

[@paul_warner]

Flail-chuck

[@gannonruby1119]

Yes

[@chipmonkey7266]

So are they the Funchuks or the dual Nail

[@razzaus1570]

@Genesis Titanium bravo noble sir

[@ovrair6340]

Hmmm, must be very practical then

[@ShadowKatt]

This isn't even new. The "Dire Flail" has been a part of Dungeons & Dragons going back decades. And no one uses the dire flail either.

[@cyrilgigee4630]

It's called that cause try and use it in combat and you'll be a die-er.

[@josh-mf7lt]

Holy shit you're right

[@radech2285]

The spiked chain on the other hand...

[@ZargosK]

What does it do, whenever you roll a 9 or below on an atack it hits you?

[@Merecir]

What are the stats? 1-10 automatic fail?

[@BenK12345]

finally, I understand the phrase, "this is going to hurt me a lot more than it will hurt you."

[@lukewilliams8548]

Can we have a "shad making noises" compilation?

[@Lerasium]

that is one of the stupidest weapon designs I have ever seen in my life. It does not deserve to be recognize as a flail. It is a two sided fail.

[@MrGhostTheBigRoast]

wow this stupid thing really broke Shad's brain to the point of him loosing the ability to speak coherently 🤣🤣

[@Isnogood12]

And yours to spell properly. It's lose, not loooooose.

[@Saintphish]

This weapon is breaking people just like the user of said weapon

[@berserkenjoyer8931]

@@Isnogood12 its the point of the joke

[@TheCraftedMine]

i dub this weapon "flailchucks" only effective by giving your opponents aneurisms

[@pixeldemon6173]

More like failchucks, amirite?

[@emmitstewart1921]

That's one way to use it. Whip it around and around fiercely until your opponent hyperventilates from laughter, then walk up and stab him to death with a knife.

[@canhaoambulante9329]

when your opponent is yourself, it can be pretty usefull

[@firenze6478]

Not as bad as the version from Kung fu panda series

[@BVasquezp]

@@emmitstewart1921 gotta survive them first.

[@chriscombs21886]

Honestly this thing seems to be most effective against the wielder’s ability to conceive a child

[@devonlord99]

This is literally just a reverse of nunchucks. Now the end parts are floppy.

[@FilmFlam-8008]

Nunchucks are great police tools. Less than lethal. Great grappling and holds. Not great for deadly combat, but they are not made for that.

[@ipadair7345]

@@FilmFlam-8008 wouldn't a man catcher, or something similar workbetter, like nowadays we have retractablity which can let someone have a long man catcher which is same size as a nunchuck when fully retracted. Edit: Huge man catcher on a pole (non lethal version)

[@defeqel6537]

@@ipadair7345 or.. a baton..

[@DazzlinFlame]

@@defeqel6537 FANCY STICK!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

What if we make all parts of it floppy and just fight with a chain

[@bishop_breloom]

I don’t know what you mean. The Gopherchucks are clearly a very serious and dangerous weapon.

[@aredjayc2858]

They're probably unironically better than this monstrosity

[@matt_rethyu]

This weapon is extremely effcient. As soon as someone pulls it out, all the enemies die from laughter in an instant!

[@9davcal]

I feel bad for laughing at a history buffs mental breakdown. 😂😂

[@littlejohn-pi7kk]

Shad: there is another weapon worst than nunchucks Nunchucks: spits in disbelief

[@FilmFlam-8008]

Nunchucks are used today by police officers. They are great for less lethal deterrents (less lethal than Billy clubs). They make for EXTREMELY strong armbars and holds, to the point where they can easily break arms. Saying nunchucks are not functional is 100% wrong. They are not designed to be deadly weapons.

[@khartog01]

If I understand correctly, Batwoman is so poorly trained compared to Batman, they had to give her enemies a disadvantage.

[@Mugthraka]

I mean...a random woman stumble on the Bat suit and decided "fuck it imma be batwoman" and expect to be as good has the guy who spent years of training in Martial arts cause "Wahmen", so off course its a disaster...

[@nickknife9681]

@@Mugthraka Gotham's TV Show kid Bruce Wayne would kick her ass.

[@bigred6937]

@@nickknife9681 exactly, that show is so underrated

[@nickknife9681]

@@bigred6937 and we actually see some character development when it comes to Bruce's fighting ability. Sure we would've seen more but the main story is about Gordon.

[@Iianator]

True

[@CheetahSci-Fi]

Weapon: is worse than nun-chucks Shad: now this is an avengers level threat

[@krofgninut5984]

It looks like something a cheerleader might twirl around...

[@JoshuaJesterRichards]

Mace: “Prepare for trouble!” This weapon: “Make it double!”

[@lazilexi]

Team 2flail blasts off at the speed of light!

[@deaconvelos8352]

Surrender now or prepare to fight!

[@forestboy8]

When Shad finds a weapon that's WORSE than the nunchucks, I feel nothing but fear and terror | EDIT: It's worse, it's worse, it's worse

[@The_Friendly_Fire]

410 dislikes? Looks like the entire Batwoman fandom stopped by.

[@andrewolson5471]

All 205 of them with both their main and alternate accounts? Seems about right.

[@pappajudas9267]

@@andrewolson5471 I think saying that there's 205 Batwoman fans is still pretty charitable, at least half of those people have three accounts.

[@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith]

@@pappajudas9267 And brought their SOs along for the ride.

[@Сайтамен]

So...EFAP fandom?

[@Dang_Near_Fed_Up]

@@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith Unlikely, do you honestly think any of them could have lured in a SO?

[@antonsimmons8519]

I'm glad you managed to have some fun with this one XD

[@Penguinsfishing]

*Reads title* “Oh, don’t be ridiculous… We can always do worse.”

[@tyvamakes5226]

It's rather difficult to intentionally make a terrible weapon

[@razorcrest9363]

@@tyvamakes5226 A serrated double edged sword blade, that is only all blade.

[@ryanweible9090]

@@tyvamakes5226 i submit the klingon batleth.

[@slayer0235]

A flail with frag grenades instead of a bludgeon.

[@TheZenithin]

@@tyvamakes5226 this exact weapon but we replace the mace heads with axe blades

[@djdeadbeat4380]

I thought “What show or movie would possibly have such a stupid weapon?” Shad 1:56: Batwoman Say no more, it all makes sense.

[@danyyilbun6736]

@Jonathan Spier yeah but equilibrium wasn't too bad, gun-fu was a bit too much but looked good

[@MrByakkoneko]

DnD 3.5 also, i say with shame

[@mattbutler4953]

I feel like "Can you make the dumbest weapon ever?" would make to be an amazing contest here.

[@clodolcmidnights837]

The only thing worse then a flail Two flails stuck together Either by replacing the heavy part with a second handle to get nunchucks Or by doing WHATEVER THE HELL THIS IS