The Stormlight archives SHARDBLADES - Giant Fantasy swords done RIGHT!

[@samartcrafts_1910]

When adolin started yapping about swords nonstop i knew you had a influence

[@Varenon]

that did feel very Shad.

[@Lettumkno]

Adolin nerding out and verbally waterboarding one of his party members with sword knowledge just before the trip into Shadesmar 😅

[@mishacochran2825]

Well swords are cool

[@samartcrafts_1910]

@@mishacochran2825 i agree

[@taftbrandli2812]

I’ll just say it, hopefully you see it Shad. This is the type of content that I miss. At times I don’t mind some of the newer stuff, reactions etc. but this is the stuff I subbed for and it’s what I prefer seeing. Just my two cents.

[@casinferneycf45]

I agree with this notion.

[@ManicAfterShock]

I agree. I love this kind of stuff. The other things are a dime a dozen I can get elsewhere.

[@josefraaf6031]

This is what shadiversity is suppose to be like! Love it! And more about castles and dragons and stuff.

[@Joat2]

I just realized that this is his first video that I watched to the end in a while.

[@casthelion416]

I agree as well, I felt kinda burnt out on the content for a while already but this is what I subscribed for all the way back in 2016

[@foreverpadawan8027]

"Fighting an elephant with medieval weapons" "It still only counts as one!"

[@funkydiscogod]

*oliphaunt

[@danielrollins7426]

Long pointy sticks.

[@Markbell73]

Gloin approves this message 👌

[@linkolek]

I mean, Romans did encounter war elephants, so it's not that farfetcht.

[@Netseer2000]

@@linkolek So did Alexander the Great with his army.

[@manuel0428]

For a second I thought the title said Shadblades

[@davidrains6751]

I just realized thanks to your comment that it doesn’t say shadblades lmao

[@manuel0428]

@davidrains6751 Even the way he says shradblades sounds like he says shardblades to me

[@bbswinn]

Me to lmaoo

[@daviddamasceno6063]

I can only hear Shadblades, lol

[@luciferneverchanges5841]

Now, how to get Shad to adopt the name.

[@RobertGrif]

This video showed up in my recommendations with a question from KZbin: "Is this a good recommendation?" I gave the maximum positive response to help this channel with the algorithm.

[@crimsondemon6668]

I for one love Shardblades and I cannot wait to get my hands on the latest Stormlight book.

[@SeanBook001]

Audible has it on sale for half off. Or if you are a returning member could get it for one credit. (I just did on a deal for a new membership at 0.99 cents for a month)

[@malucoblz588]

.....i misread that so bad.

[@factandsuspicionpodcast2727]

I woke up to an audible message that my pre-order was available. I had completely forgotten it was releasing!

[@nextcaesargaming5469]

Shad + Giant Swords = banger content

[@robertjensen1438]

What's the difference between committing seppuku and impaling yourself with a sword? They're the same thing, but committing seppuku comes with a little twist.

[@veryangryduckpl2122]

I will send you to Romania

[@lonelystrategos]

​@@veryangryduckpl2122 At least it's not the Balkans.

[@HenshinFanatic]

That's a very sharp observation.

[@MrCellz69]

I see what you did there

[@patricksullivan9713]

Seppuku is a sport with friends

[@bostonarchie3194]

A shad video, in my recommendations? What a glorious day

[@neverware767]

Same surprised but happy to see!!!

[@Dashierez]

Now imagine if you actually used your sub feed instead of the 'random shit' feed.

[@Waerom1]

Had to shut this video down as soon as I heard what Adolin was up to in the Rhythm of War since I'm only halfway through Words of Radiance. I'll have to save this for later

[@beyondpain101]

It's all so worth it. Enjoy the read an being spoiled not having to wait since 2. Worth

[@DrygdorDradgvork]

Journey before destination

[@stevene6482]

Thanks for the spoiler alert. Just started the vid and will also pause as I’m only partially through.

[@GoErikTheRed]

If you know where Shardblades come from, there are no spoilers in this video. Absolutely nothing to do with Adolin

[@grimthis6935]

He got confused. He's talking about Oathbringer, not Rythm of War; if i understand what he's getting at. I know the scene he's refrencing. It's from Oathbringer.

[@abcdef27669]

It would be awesome to see a video or podcast with Shad and Brandon, talking about the Fantasy genre in general.

[@brycedidericksen2677]

I'm pretty sure they've done something like that. Look through shads lybrary

[@waszner]

They apparently have, 5 years ago: "BRANDON SANDERSON and SHADIVERSITY talk pop-culture, fantasy, self publishing + HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT"

[@abcdef27669]

@@waszner Thank you! I will look for that one.

[@danchrapko445]

throw lit devil in there and let them ramble on

[@vivusthevivusthing6182]

Blade skimming is mentioned in RoW, one of the most skilled shard wielder pulls it off near end and some watching windrunners note that people are trying it within the order but it's a risky move that they're not used to yet.

[@oblivion9662]

I think the recommendations are going back up. Got this recommended less than 40 seconds after release, I hope you can handle the daily uploads for a short while since I sees to be working !

[@sphyre1196]

If you look at the views on all the recently uploaded videos they are still tragically low ( below 100k every single one without fail). I wouldn't call that "working" as a turnaround.

[@odotawaissaku3755]

For me personally, its cuz I just honestly wasn’t that interested but now Shad’s made a few more interesting videos so I’ve started to watch a bit again

[@leholen381]

Daily videos are big algorithm boost. It’s why Metatron started doing them. He does daily, easy content that pays for his bigger videos.

[@leholen381]

@@sphyre1196he just started with the daily content. His subscribers are going to notice first then he will start getting boosted to non-subscribers with constant interactions on the daily videos.

[@leholen381]

@@odotawaissaku3755for me, Shad’s videos have mostly been videos that I want to sit and actually watch. I’ve been very busy for a long time where I couldn’t sit and watch so I’ve been foregoing Shad’s videos in favor of ones that I can just listen to and not miss anything. Haven’t been watching a lot of my favorite guntubers for the same reason. But now I’m a little more free and can devote more time to actually watching videos.

[@abcdef27669]

Suggestion of video: How a Tyrannosaurus Rex would fight with swords.

[@samamies88]

Not sure how done it is or if its just joke project that was never finished but saw gameplay trailer for dinofighter where they used swords and other weapons ( most of them held greatswords in their mouths)

[@caejones2792]

Apparently T rex arms could only move in/out, so ...' scythes?

[@tenshimusouka5820]

Nunchucks. Useless arms get a useless weapon. Plus, the imagery is just hilarious.

[@Markbell73]

Tyrannosaurus Rex's arms, though small, are exceptionally strong. If you're body were proportionally as strong as T-Rex arms are, you could literally wrestle a grizzly bear to the ground and break ever bone in its body, save only for a grizzlies skull. Some large bore rifles can't even penetrate a grizzly skull. Suffice it to say. T-Rex arms are incredibly strong for their size. However, T-Rex doesn't need to use them for killing prey like other Therapod dinosaurs do.

[@mariovwcardoso5970]

Too low brother.

[@162010david]

I am sure others have said it, but Taravangian was building shields to combat shardblade, they're just SUPER heavy.

[@Mark-in8ju]

10:39 Leonardo DiCaprio from the Revenant killed a bear with a dagger. What Feruchemical attribute can be stored in the metal of the shardblade? Probably durability.

[@romabrii]

I mean there’s always cheese

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

I love the concept of shard blades. Especially the transforming aspect. Kaladin’s fight in the storm with the assassin was such an excellent evolution of use/lore on the shard blades.

[@Speedy500]

19:29 this was actually addressed in Sunlight Man basically for it to get too much more mass it will start taking significant amount of investiture

[@Mark-in8ju]

The volume should stay the same; the shape is the only part of the Shardblade that changes.

[@Speedy500]

@@Mark-in8ju but that isn’t how it works the volume does change, and so does the mass give Sunlight Man a read, it doesn’t have (many) spoilers for the future of Stormlight Archives

[@voidgivenfocus]

I'm currently finishing up Hero of Ages and have read up to and including Rythm of War, should I read Sunlit Man before Wind and Truth?

[@Speedy500]

@@voidgivenfocus after or before, though probably after because it involves a character in Stormlight archives but long after the events of Stormlight Archives, at least the first Arc, as in the character from Stormlight Archives is the main character in sunlit man

[@RubyFox_YT]

I've never heard of this series so I'm going to have to give it a read.

[@teutonicknight23]

The first two are some of my favorite books of all time along with Mistborn.

[@factandsuspicionpodcast2727]

Stormlight is amazing. You won't be disappointed.

[@grimthis6935]

You should realyl read mistborn first, then warbreaker; THEN stormlight.

[@Deoblo28]

Great series. I named my son after one of the main characters.

[@factandsuspicionpodcast2727]

@@Deoblo28 is your son named Kaladin?

[@laser8389]

I remember getting to that point in Stormlight 4 and thinking "This smells like Shad." Then I got to the acknowledgments. Great one, Shadman!

[@Mark-in8ju]

10:39 Leonardo DiCaprio from the Revenant killed a bear with a dagger. What Feruchemical attribute can be stored in the metal of the shardblade? Probably durability.

[@celticperspective5183]

Don’t say Shadman!!!

[@mnorth1351]

My first reaction: Oh, a new video from Shad. Nice. My reaction a couple seconds later: *Whoa, the new Stormlight Archive book is out!!!!* (rushes to Amazon)

[@vankuper]

Love this black tunic! It sits so nicely under the brigantine, yet adds so much elegance. Gambeson doesn’t do that

[@jasonbritnell42]

But the Pauldrons look dope though

[@jaycrownshaw3902]

Suddenly recommended. Keep fighting this algorithm shad!!!

[@Drakshl]

I think one thing to note about the blades dissolving and reforming is that it isnt truly instant. Close, yes, but it isnt frame one (to steal a term from video games). On the scale of combat speeds, its demonstrated to be usable mid combat but i dont know if its fast enough to be used mid swing.

[@TheBlastmeister]

For most in the setting that is the case. However in book 4 there is a character using a Herald blade that is able to dissolve and reform their blade mis swing.

[@donaldcrankshaw1627]

It is something the Radiants have been practicing with, though they're not terribly good at it yet. In that same scene, the POV character notes that they call it "skepping".

[@Drakshl]

Appreciate the replies, been a long time since I read book 4. Excited to crack into wind tonight

[@masonandreasen8050]

Kaladin does it multiple times throughout Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, he's probably the best at it

[@Bumroker]

I dont know if you reed The Sunlit Man, but there explain some interesting uses for the transformation properties of the shardblades

[@picklerick.n.666]

God bless you and your work sir Shad 😇 deep respect from Croatia-Europe 😇 love your work and Metatron. ❤

[@morganbillings7498]

funny how after your video about the KZbin algorithm your videos are appearing on my feed again. Its good to have you back there Shad.

[@exxe2454]

I'd like to see a gravity sword in fantasy fiction, a sword which halves weight when lifting against gravity Aka up, then doubles the weight when swung downward.

[@JGeMcL]

And horizontal?

[@exxe2454]

​@@JGeMcLIt'd maintain the lower weight unless you don't activate it then normal weight, if your cutting downward at an angle it'll add gravity behind the swing as a sideways angle. All upward swings are fast & light, downward I'd heavy & just as pretty fast due to gravity assist.

[@exxe2454]

What you don't what to do is have it active while trying spin/twirl the sword in your hand.

[@Mark-in8ju]

Basically an iron ferring from Scadrial.

[@Kestrel990]

There is a sword similar to this in fiction that I have seen, it is not necessarily gravity but it multiplies the momentum of the sword when you are swinging so that the blow has more force behind it than it should

[@hans2097]

Finally got you on my homepage after 6 months

[@RevilloPhoenix]

18:33 my first idea with this is that this is where a Scythe suddenly becomes overpowered. Think about it, you use your shard blade as a sword, get into a bind, transform it into a scythe, and it pokes the enemy in the face as it curves around their blade.

[@matohibiki]

Wouldn't curved swords like the falx do that equally well, without being as big as a polearm?

[@RevilloPhoenix]

@@matohibiki A falx doesn't curve far enough unless your opponent is literally holding their sword in front of their face, also if it's a transforming weapon, size isn't an issue, you only need to do Scythe form for as long as you do that trick, before and after you can do a smaller form.

[@naryxvellar7384]

Aside from the things you mentioned, I really like the reason given that most shardblades look so elaborate.

[@clever_trevor_forever]

Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.

[@alexandercampbell7791]

Love the idea of two shard blades being used against each other like this, like you just see two guys on the battlefield fighting without their blades making contact cause they just keep vanishing them to get in a quick attack from the other direction.

[@GoErikTheRed]

Minor spoilers for Rhythm of War: They do actually come across a particularly old and experienced fighter who just destroys a whole squad because he’s using advanced techniques like that

[@alexandercampbell7791]

@@GoErikTheRed Oh. I need to reread Rhythm of War, I don't remember that.

[@redman4669]

In the books, Veden half-shard shields and aluminium (interesting considering mistborn) can stop a shardblade if anyone's wondering

[@grimthis6935]

It's a common theme, Aluminum seems to be able to negate investiture; regardless of what it is.

[@redman4669]

@grimthis6935 interesting, I'll keep an eye on that. Haven't noticed it in other books

[@samueljo7910]

It appears in Emperors Soul as “Ralakest,” so keep an eye out for that term

[@mishacochran2825]

Another reason the Shard Blades are so big is that this is their "theatrical" version. In reality they were mostly used in more practical forms

[@OldSchoolNinja]

This was in my recommendations for once!

[@Ranstone]

Let's not forget that King David was one of the OGs of giant swords, as he used Goliaths sword for many years. Sadly, considering the bronze age era, it was probably just a short wide longsword, like an XVIIIc but imagine running into bronze age combat with the Balaur arms XVIIIc! Must have seemed magical at the time.

[@theadventurest4345]

I've been thinking this for a while and was hoping someone else would notice. Great video as always!

[@grandadmiraltony]

Thank you for taking your time to share your education an expertise on so many subjects! p.s. Screw the algorithm!

[@Vedues]

And Shad said, "Let there be big swords," and lo, it was good.

[@walkir2662]

Posted 17 minutes ago, recommended to me.

[@carlmartin612]

Thanks for the video.

[@NicholasproclaimerofMessiah]

Dagger against a blackbear: sure. Dagger against a full grown grizzly: nope; better off playing dead (literally).

[@malucoblz588]

If is black fight back, if its brown turn around, if its white say goodbye.

[@Justapotato14]

You fight the black bear, I'll fight the koala bear

[@donthaveaname15]

​@@Justapotato14You fight the koala, I'll fight the teddy bear.

[@danielcox7629]

I don't think anyone should get into a knife fight with a bear. But if you had to dagger, axe, and spear is the way to go.

[@Mark-in8ju]

10:39 Leonardo DiCaprio from the Revenant killed a bear with a dagger. What Feruchemical attribute can be stored in the metal of the shardblade? Probably durability.

[@chaltamarthband6894]

I'm watching this while waiting for the 5th book to arrive

[@prbrain]

Great stuff, Shad. Always the best.

[@cp1cupcake]

I'm just thinking in this of the MC's sword in the Belgarion series. It is supposed to be a truly massive two handed sword which needs magic to be anything remotely useful. Characters frequently mention how its really not designed for anything but a display piece or in a fight with lots of extra room.

[@Xfaction1111]

Man I’m gonna go rewatch Skalagrims vids on these really get that nostalgia going ❤

[@BGSenTineL]

KZbin is starting to heal ! Again it recommends me Shad's videos !

[@harbl99]

"No, we totes weren't supressing you (Quick! Put him back in Recommendations)" -- ScrooChoob drones

[@mrcheese5383]

It never stopped recommending him to me

[@SacredSilence95]

Even if you have super strenght and super agility, if you are fighting a giant creature that has a range of attack of 3+ meters just with a swing of his claw, you would prefer a 3 meters long sword over a 1 meter sword. Either that or with the 1 meter sword you are basically in grappling range with the creature every time you want to attack, not wise

[@Stevarooni]

That's why boar spears exist.

[@fulldivemedia]

Reminded me of the anime "bleech" swords have several states that can be awakened depending on the wielder's ability

[@Medievalshields]

Really been enjoying daily shadiversity😀

[@bwunukey]

10:48 fighting a T-Rex With Gut's Dragonslayer :D

[@BowsettesFury]

And people laughed and called it just lewd when Raiden Shogun pulled the sword out of her chest. Me I was like I’m dead it’s game over. 😂 Makes perfect sense for a magical blade to be stored in the body. Other players: “simp.”

[@Dancingbear007]

"cutting at the neck will paralyze", yea, sorry to say falling to the ground dead with your eyes burning black smoke is not really paralyzed. Also, doesn't Jah Keved already have shard shields they used to defend against Szeth?

[@johnnycrown5097]

They were really bad... I've forgotten how they made it but it's not actually shard made but szeth blew past them immediately... I need to make an animation of the entire series... The beginning alone is chef's kiss but that jah keved fight was glorious...

[@vivusthevivusthing6182]

@@johnnycrown5097 Szeth got past the half shards by using his lashings, they had no idea how to deal with them or what he was doing so it's not really the half shard's fault. Also they were a fabriel made with some form of spren but the type isn't clarified.

[@johnnycrown5097]

@@vivusthevivusthing6182 oh yes, that's true, the spren is still unknown... It would work against the discarded shard blades but if it didn't work against szeth, it ain't working against the radiants...

[@vivusthevivusthing6182]

@@johnnycrown5097 It blocked the blade the problem was more people not knowing how to fight against a windrunner. You're not going to fix that issue with equipment.

[@johnnycrown5097]

@vivusthevivusthing6182 it's going to be the same with all radiants but it's good against the discarded shard blades not radiants...

[@BelgorathTheSorcerer]

These are the kinds of videos, I wish could give a super like. The cutting mechanics and absorbing their weapons into their body is pretty cool. I made a character with the same morphing weapon and armor mechanic, but he was the material avatar of a deity, so it was a one of a kind weapon. He couldn't store it inside himself, but he carried it around disguised as a screwdriver and hid his armor as a necklace. I usually wrote him as an incognito presence, set in a modern time period; like Pixar's "Onward," hence the screwdriver and not something like a dagger. I used that setting way before Pixar did, so I assume they have spies everywhere, and stole it. There are important plot reasons he needs to limit the use of his power as much as possible, which helps raise the stakes when he runs into less than godly threats. He's gotta go balls to the wall in the best stories though. I was like 12 when I wrote my first story with him, and he was pitted against Jason Voorhees. This video coming on the heels of the one Skallagrim put up the other day, I'm feeling some creative sparks, so maybe I'll rewrite that one with an original Jason-esque villain.

[@arcticbanana66]

I've always been a fan of fantasy since I was a kid, yet I'd never even _heard_ of Brandon Sanderson except as "the guy who finished writing The Wheel of Time" until a couple months ago when a bunch of channels I watch promoted the Stormlight Archives TTRPG Kickstarter.

[@Mark-in8ju]

10:39 Leonardo DiCaprio from the Revenant killed a bear with a dagger. What Feruchemical attribute can be stored in the metal of the shardblade? Probably durability.

[@Rabidbluedeath]

If you're on the fence about reading him I recommend starting with "Warbreaker". It's a shorter story contained to one book if you don't want to read more but it's magic is referenced in lots of other stories so you are set up well if you want to continue.

[@GoErikTheRed]

@@RabidbluedeathI usually recommend Mistborn as an introduction to the Cosmere. The first book stands on its own, but you can also continue through the rest of the trilogy if you want

[@Rabidbluedeath]

@@GoErikTheRed I like mistborn but I wouldn't recommend it as a single book starting point mainly because its magic doesn't deal with INTENT. Plus as far as single book content warbreaker is going to prepare a reader more than just mistborn (the next 2 books are required for any real understanding of investiture, shards, and realms beyond the physical, and be referenced more in my experience. If OP is willing to commit to a whole trilogy mistborn is a great place to start though.

[@GoErikTheRed]

@ I guess my thought is that if they’re not willing to commit to a trilogy, how well it develops their understanding of the wider cosmere is pretty much moot. But if someone is looking to dive headfirst into the cosmere I definitely get your point

[@eetadakimasu]

I love your content! Thanks for another great video!

[@jukeskylar]

A deep Dive into fantasy weaponry, perfect video to enjoy my evening with

[@michaeljay4816]

This theory lecture video is my favorite type. Thank you Sir Shad.

[@BrennonIsMilak]

I think you'll be glad to know this video came up at the very TOP of my home page

[@januspilgrim476]

This really gets me thinking on exactly what practical qualities of an enchantment sword could be. Really widens room for imagination.

[@salarabbasi8995]

Considering that you had a hand in making some of the logic, I would rate this higher than normal fantasy series for that much extra detail.

[@StergiosMekras]

Shadblades...

[@Retribution8]

Good to know that I've been consistently seeing your videos in my feed for like a week now. Even if I don't have time to watch the whole video, I'll just mute it and let it run its full course to keep up engagement.

[@theoperumal5174]

I'm commenting so that the algorithm will recommend your videos to me faster. It took 13 days to see this!

[@PrestonMidgley]

Getting Sanderson on your channel would be awesome! Discussing with him limitations of abilities or other lore topics, making weapons depicted in his book and testing it with him seems like it would be a great episode (or two)!

[@ghjong001]

Dalinar pulling off the 'Last Clap' against Szeth was one of the most badass things ever. And then it's followed up with Zahel both applauding him for it, and explaining very logically why that particular move is extremely impractical to train.

[@redrultra263]

Hey Shad, please look into DC20 from the Dungeon Coach. I think you'll like the system from its stats to how armor works.

[@orchidhealth2097]

When I play any RPG , I cant help myself, I always use the sword even if other wpns with better stats are available. Even exclusively use them in mount and blade.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

They are at least more elegant that axes. However when do not use swords I prefer polearms with something looking like a sword at the business end.

[@KardoganLR]

Very nice video! Fantasy meets medieval with many facts... the best combo! 👍

[@jonathanstout9920]

Great series. I just mentioned shard blades vs light sabers in your last video. Then you release this!

[@jamcdonald120]

6:20 iirc shard blades are the same weight as a regular sized steel sword, so much lighter than a steal sword that size

[@_beregond2382]

Hearing that you consulted on one of my favourite fight scenes in all of fiction is not the crossover I was expecting in my life. The Adolin greatsword fight is truly awesome.

[@piplupz1586]

Stormlight Archives is so fun ahhhh i cry lots and i felt your line omfg

[@theimpossiblethespian6974]

I click on Shad’s videos pretty fast. But never have I clicked on a video THIS FAST.

[@WillFredward7167]

I loved the moments in Stormlight 4 that definitely had your input. Among other things, it was awesome to see a greatsword pitted against a mob of ruffians

[@alnarsilver8418]

If I remember right there are sheilds being worked on that can block shardblades and there is also the bows which can peirce shardplate. I can see the sword form being better used especially for the windrunners while in the air so the size doesnt affect them as much

[@CreepyMF]

Well this video made me wanna check out his books, been wanting to get back to reading after i finished Shad's novel Shadow of the Conqueror.

[@justintran7740]

I love the Stormlight Archives, I was through book 1 and 2 before realizing the vastness of Sanderson's cosmere jumping right into Mistborn in the wait for what would have been Oathbringer at the time. Then the spiral in to Robert Jordan happened, and somewhere in there I read Shadow of the Conqueror. Eventually in the wait for Wind And Truth that arrived to me yesterday, reading the Tolkiens Silmarillion hobbit and LOTR. Finally, after what feels an eternity book 5 is here!

[@the_cringe_nerd]

Man, I've been procrastinating book 4. Now I have an incentive to go back to Roshar

[@smitspwns]

Posting with the hype of wind and truth , my man❤

[@kallunsheppard2378]

It occurred to me while watching this you not only know your blade but the nuances of story telling

[@DarkAsKnightCR]

The fact that Shad helped with Storm Light 4 is kinda awesome. Go Shad! I really need to finish Oathbringer...

[@temptempy1360]

If it doesn't flex on overstrike then the danger then becomes that of snapping! Glad you mentioned this issue though Shad. That end momentum is a real game changer in practical sword use - from single handed chops where it leads the momentum into the penetration, or rapiers and tip work were too much tip wait makes movement clumsy and a basic cut is plenty to stop a light or unarmed opponent. Where Two handed weapons it can help drive through the block German style, or lend depth to a false edge cut and the extra hand can carry the weight to make the blades stronger against moment of fracture. To maces and axes, where it is pure wastage. Long swords it's wasted energy that may break the weapon like whacking sticks vertical on the top of a fence. Or in katana where there's an important sweet spot and angle, that drive the edge deep and then the movement of the body is used to drive that momentum along the cut to reduce the breaking moment and to slide the edge through the target. And to scimitar and pulwar much are curved in such a way that the blade center doesn't go past point of contact thus won't break, and the momentum is along the blade with a center that is behind the blade proper so it will bite but then the emphasis on the curve to get that effect greatly changes the fighting chracteristics (the "basic box" of western style is less useful)

[@nursontest156]

I LOVE THESE TYPES OF VIDEOS!!

[@CrispyCircuits]

The huge lever force multiplyer being canceled out by the metallurgical properties of the great sword is really interesting. Ultra basic physics being combined with very high level physics and chemistry. I watched his reply to Veritasium's katana metallurgy yesterday which is a great video to watch before this one. I majored in Chemistry and Biochemistry so I can follow all of the crystal formations without any confusion. X-ray crystalography is used to determine the real shapes of molecules like proteins and some other stuff. Go watch that video of his if you haven't seen it.

[@Roland3ld]

Here's the usual full support for channel growth.

[@crimsonraen]

Thanks for the video, Shad! SUPER close to finishing Rhythm of War, then off to Wind and Truth! :D

[@TheCultureCrusader]

Cool video, and well timed. Can't wait to read Stormlight 5.

[@arsov9885]

I love Stormlight Archives. I'm waiting for the next one, like Starks for winter!

[@tmantheawesome22]

In the secret project called "The Sunlit Man" it explains that the bigger the weapon becomes, the more external power it needs. So you could totally just have it grow super long to snipe someone, but you just need power

[@Sir_Rioghain]

Shad, this video was in my notifications instantly. Thought you should know.

[@EpicRandomness555]

I’m listening to the 3rd Mistborn book right now, listening to Stormlight Archives next

[@emilbielawski3308]

In fact there are several acounts where character disapieres and reapieres shardblade in combat to avoid block

[@ApfelJohannisbeere]

Very awesome theorising about fantasy swords!!!

[@virinoctis]

One quote that would have been pertinent is in RoW when Adolin is considering shardblades and notes the fact that radiants typically use their blades in shorter, more practical forms and that the dead blades were frozen in their largest. most ostentations shape, the one that one might use to grandstand or announce oneself as a radiant

[@IxionAC]

KZbin Algorithm, recommend Shad stuff more often!

[@domenicoRS22]

Oooh, this is a banger!

[@Speedy500]

22:20 two options, Shard Plate, or aluminum Shield

[@Speedy500]

@userJohnSmith I mean aluminum stops shard blades, and it is a light metal, sure there is the problem of not being able to lash it

[@Speedy500]

@userJohnSmith I believe we had it confirmed in Oathbringer, I know that we had it confirmed, may have been in an ask, but the properties is Aluminum in the cosmere are such that it always blocks investiture, and stuff, I remember a character talking about how if you pound aluminum into a sheet or something that shardblades will cut through it like any other sword, but that shardblades were no better at cutting aluminum than any conventional tool. But I may be mistaken

[@Speedy500]

@userJohnSmith oh and some advantages of aluminum are that it is cheaper than half shards, and it is likely to last longer against a shard blade

[@Speedy500]

@userJohnSmith on Roshar, you can obtain it in one of 2 ways, extract it from mentors, or soulcastinf it, it itself can’t be affected by soul casting, but it is a known metal that can be produced by soulcastinf the Singers called it Ralkalest, also at one point Shallan had a necklace made of the stuff, it was the necklace she received from her father, the necklace she killed him with. Expensive but relatively easy to obtain in the days of radiants

[@Speedy500]

@userJohnSmith it can’t be soulcasted but it can be produced by soulcasting, or you can get it from meteors Shallan was given a necklace made of Aluminum from her father, and it was said to be soulcasted, so expensive but relatively easy to obtain in the days of Radients.

[@stupidman6005]

You know what, this makes me want to start on my book again. I’d need to redo the beginning…

[@Reds_dead]

I love the storm light archive I’m about halfway through book 2 right now

[@Splincir]

I heard "shart" blade at first and got a good chuckle. I need to get back to the storm light series. My wife and I read the first book together, and I never had the time to continue on.