Masamune

Masamune from Soulcalibur Legends' website

Masamune (正宗, Masamune^?) is one of the many swords Mitsurugi can use throughout the various games, including Soulcalibur II, Soulcalibur III, Soulcalibur Legends, Soulcalibur IV, Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, and Soulcalibur VI.

The Masamune sword was named after Masamune Okazaki, who was a well known and legendary blacksmith in Japan. Masamune's weapons were believed to posses internal peace and calm qualities, while those of Muramasa, who was his rival, possessed qualities of restlessness and destruction. Masamune's weapons are considered superior to Muramasa, despite the face that they lived in different eras and never met.

Soulcalibur II

Masamune (SCII)
General Information
Wielder	Mitsurugi
Weapon Type	Katana
Obtainment
For sale in	Chapter 8, Chapter 10, Subchapter 3
Price	4,000 Gold
Statistics
Special Effects	• Higher attack power than normal. • Higher defense than normal. • Defense decreases during Soul Charge. • Speed increases during Soul Charge.

"Excels in offense and defense. Speed increases with SC."

— Weapon Master description

Description: Masamune was a famous fourteenth century Japanese sword smith. This sword is said to have been crafted by him, but whether that is true or not is unclear. But it is such an incredibly elegant piece of work that the issue of whether or not it was made by Masamune himself feels trivial.

Soulcalibur III

Masamune (SCIII)
Wielder	Mitsurugi
Weapon type	Katana
Price	24,400 Gold
Special Effect #1	Some Counters will have no effect.
Special Effect #2	Automatically Guard Break some attacks.

Effects
	Some Counters will have no effect. (50%)
	Automatically Guard Break some attacks. (10%)

There are two methods to obtaining Masamune: One is to defeat Mitsurugi in Tales of Souls (although the chance of obtaining it this way is low), and the other is to purchase it from the Shop. However, it needs to be unlocked first before it appears in the Shop listing. There are two ways to get it to appear in the shop listing:

• Fight a total of 300 matches.
• Clear any of the following stages during Mitsurugi's Tales of Souls:
  • Stage 6 (Ivy)
  • Stage 7 (Cassandra)
  • Stage 8 (Sophitia)
  • Stage 9 (Gladiator A, Gladiator B, and Dragon)

Soulcalibur Legends

Masamune (SCL)
Masamune, as it appears in Soulcalibur Legends
Wielder	Mitsurugi
Weapon type	Katana

In Soulcalibur Legends, Masamune is the sword the Mitsurugi starts with when he's unlocked.

Soulcalibur IV

Masamune (SCIV)
Wielder	Mitsurugi
Weapon type	Katana
Price	Free
Attack	120
Defense	50
HP	40
Power	30
Impact	0
Boost	0
Gauge	0
Special	30
Native skill	Auto Unblockable Attack C

Masamune is one of Mitsurugi's weapons in Soulcalibur IV. It, along with Shishi-Oh, is available by default. It has Auto Unblockable Attack C equipped by default as a skill, which gives players a slight chance of turning the next high damage attack into an Unblockable Attack.

Soulcalibur Broken Destiny

Masamune (SCBD)
Masamune, as it appeared in Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny
Wielder	Mitsurugi
Weapon type	Katana

Masamune is one of Mitsurugi's weapons in Soulcalibur Broken Destiny. It is already unlocked at the start of the game.

Soulcalibur VI

Masamune (SCVI)
Wielder	Mitsurugi
Weapon type	Katana

Description: Masamune was a 14th century Japanese swordsmith famed for his expertise. While this sword is said to have been forged by the master himself, the veracity of these claims is unconfirmed. Still, the fact that some believe he forged it shows just how fine a blade it is.

Trivia

• Goro Nyudo Masamune made most of his swords in the late 13th and 14th centuries. His swords were brought to legendary status with the proclamation of their superior build quality. There are many legends surrounding his career as a Japanese swordsmith. Masamune is often compared to Muramasa Sengo (and because of this, so are their weapons named after them in media) and one legend states that the two swordsmiths once laid their finest swords in a river, and watched as Muramasa's sword sliced every leaf in two, while Masamune's drove every leaf away. This meant, that while Muramasa's weapon would kill anyone regardless of who they were, Masamune's sword was not bloodthirsty, and would drive away those that it did not need to harm. There are various versions of this legend, ranging from Muramasa and Masamune being friends, enemies, or Muramasa being a subordinate of Masamune, despite the fact that the two actually lived several centuries apart.
  • A Masamune-made sword was presented to Harry S. Truman after World War II.
• The Masamune shows up in many video games, due to its namesake's fame, and is usually portrayed as a legendary weapon that needs to be located, or as the weapon of choice of a "formidable" character. The Final Fantasy series is well known for using Masamune as a legendary sword, with it being a high-powered weapon in Final Fantasies III, IV, and IX, in addition to being Sephiroth's iconic weapon in both Final Fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts series, where it is portrayed as a seven-foot long katana. Another notable sword bearing the name Masamune appears in Chrono Trigger, where swordsman Frog, a knight of the Middle Ages who is cursed with the shape of an anthropomorphic frog by the dark mage Magus, seeks and subsequently wields the Masamune in battle throughout the majority of his time in your party. Strangely, both the appearance and swordsmanship style of Chrono Trigger's Masamune more closely resemble that of a European broadsword, as opposed to the signature look and combat style of a traditional Japanese sword implied by the weapon's name.
• Standard also uses this weapon as his first and only weapon.
• In Soulcalibur V, one of Mitsurugi's default weapons is called Fake Masamune.
• An unselectable sword used by multiple NPCs appears throughout Setsuka's Soul Chronicle mode in Soulcalibur VI. The sword's hilt resembles that of Masamune's, even using the same textures.

  

  The unselectable sword used by multiple NPCs in Soulcalibur VI. The sword is similar to that of Masamune.