Hard Winter



The Hard Winter (豪雪) is one of Lexaeus's weapons in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. It can be upgraded to Hard Winter+.

Design
The Hard Winter’s handle is red and has a pale yellow spike set in its pommel. Its blade is comprised of a wide, curved, sky blue piece of metal and two smaller, silver ones, all folded over each other. The counterweight has a similar design, being comprised of two pieces of metal that curve in the same direction as the blade, one sky blue and one silver, folded over each other. Because of the way the blade and counterweight curve, there is a circular gap in the middle of the weapon, just above the handle.

A "hard" winter is particularly cold and difficult to endure. In Japan, a "heavy snowfall area" is a place with long, heavy snowfalls. It is more poetically referred to as a "snow country".

Gameplay
The Hard Winter's ground combo starts with a slow, one-handed upwards slash, followed by an identical, but much quicker upwards slash. Lexaeus then leaps into the air while performing a two-handed upwards slash, and the combo ends with a powerful, two-handed downwards slam.

The aerial combo consists of a two-handed upwards slash followed by a powerful, two-handed downwards slam. This weapon has no combo.