- "The best offense is a sword covered in nails. A shield covered in nails helps, too."
- —Combo card description
The Holy Arms is a combo weapon in Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record. It is created by combining a training sword with a box of nails.
Its main form of attack is to push the nails in the shield toward enemies, causing dismemberment to zombies. The combo card for the Holy Arms can be found in the Atlantica Casino to your right after you enter from Fortune Park by examining the Pit Viking movie poster.
The Atlantica Casino is also one of the easier locations to find a training sword, as it is sitting in a maintenance room along with a box of nails opposite of it.
There is also another training sword and box of nails in the Atlantica Casino on the lights of the casino, which can be accessed by climbing a rock on the fountain near the security room of the casino.
This combo weapon is described as:
- "There's a toy sword and shield set in "Dead Rising 2." They're mostly harmless, but if you jam a dozen nails into each, you suddenly have something that's not quite so harmless."[1]
Attacks and combo card[]
Holy Arms combo card | ||
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Prestige points | Main: 300 PP Alternate: 450 PP |
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Main attack (press /) | Perform a horizontal swing with the sword. Combo: Perform a horizontal shield swing from left to right. Combo 2: Perform a horizontal shield swing from right to left. Combo 3: Perform a wider horizontal shield swing from right to left. |
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Alternate attack (hold /) | Lift the sword above the player's head and swing it down, sticking the nails into a zombie's head, and then kick it down. | |
Other attack(s) | Holding / will make Chuck take a defensive stance behind his shield, making two brief stabbing attacks when / is pressed. | |
Description | The best offense is a sword covered in nails. A shield covered in nails helps, too. | |
–All prestige points listed here are halved when the weapon’s combo card is not owned and the player only has a scratch card. |
Combo card location[]
In Dead Rising 2 and Off the Record, the combo card for the Holy Arms is unlocked by examining the poster in the Atlantica Casino on the wall near the door to the security room.
Weapon component locations[]
Dead Rising 2 general locations of weapons needed to make the Holy Arms:
Component | Location | Component | Location |
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Training Sword |
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Box of Nails |
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Trivia[]
- The name is likely a pun regarding the fact that the nails would make "holes" in zombies, as well as also poking fun at the idea of many fantasy characters using holy swords and shields.
- While "holy" is associated with heaven, the training sword's other combo weapon is the opposite: "infernal", associated with hell.
- In the PC game file items.txt, this weapon is referred to as "SpikedSwordAndShield".
Weapon Animations | ||
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Animation name | Animation shared with | |
male_attack_samurai_sword_a |
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male_attack_swordshield_a |
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male_attack_swordshield_a2 |
Unique to Holy Arms | |
male_attack_swordshield_b |
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male_attack_swordshield_b2 |
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References[]
- ↑ Frushtick, Russ (August 31, 2010). "'Dead Rising 2' Combo Weapons Guide - Duct Tape Is Your Friend". MTV. Archived from the original on February 20, 2016.