Machete Gladius

The machete gladius (plural "gladii") is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The wide blade at the head with an indentation into the blade towards the hilt is designed to give more weight to the head of the blade, allowing for more momentum with slashes. Like a machete, it does bonus limb damage. It can be repaired with another machete gladius, or regular machetes. It has a fairly high DPS due to its speed, which allows up to 3.5 regular attacks per second; combined with its 28 base damage, it readily cuts through most armored enemies.

Special attack
It has a special Back Slash attack that does 70% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 4 fewer action points (requires a Melee skill of 50).

It is possible to execute Back Slash outside of V.A.T.S. (without the required Melee skill of 50 to perform the move) by initiating a power attack (hold attack button) while moving forward.

Durability
The machete gladius can successfully strike about 370 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Broad machete Fnv-tribalpackblog1 (1).jpg
 * Machete
 * Liberator

Locations

 * Aurelius of Phoenix, Decanus Severus, Canyon Runner, and Cursor Lucullus at Cottonwood Cove carry them.
 * Carried by some Legion centurions.

Behind the scenes
The blades in the Mojave Wasteland follow a slightly different pattern than the Roman Gladius, being curved and having an indentation, considered great for both thrust and cutting maneuvers. The Machete Gladius appears to be based on the Spanish Falcata or Kopis sword, which was in use in Rome's early history. 

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