Editing Lightblade

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|image=[[File:H4-Knight-BladeWeapon.png|300px]]
|manufacturer=[[Forerunner]]
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|type=Melee weapon
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|affiliation=[[Promethean Knights]]
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|length=Variable<ref name="HOSFM185">'''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]''', ''page 185''</ref>
|ammotype= External power{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM185}}
|feed-title=Blade material
|feed=Hard light 
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|range=Close-quarters
|service=[[Forerunner-Flood War]] <br> [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
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The '''Lightblade'''{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM185}}, also known as '''hardlight blade''', is a [[Forerunner]] melee weapon composed entirely of [[hard light]].<ref>'''[[Halo 4: Official Game Guide|Halo 4 Prima Official Game Guide]]''' (Collector's Edition), page 57</ref> It is affixed to the arms of several Forerunner combat constructs, most prominently the [[Promethean Knight]]s. 

== Gameplay ==
The blade performs similar to an [[Type-1 energy sword|Energy Sword]] in that it can strip away [[energy shielding]] and cut through armor with relative ease. The blade is unwieldable to players as the weapon disintegrates along with the rest of the body immediately after the Knights are destroyed. However, it is usable by players when they are [[Assassination#Promethean Knight|assassinating a Knight]], whereupon the player tears the blade-arm off the Promethean and uses it to stab its former owner in the chest for the kill.

There are 9 types of Hardlight Blades in the games, a unique type per [[Promethean Knight]] class (Basic, Lancer, Battlewagon, Commander, Marshal, Strategos, and Champion). The eighth type, used by the [[Warden Eternal]], functions differently from the others, as it starts as a closed up disc shape, and then hardlight extends from two ends. The ninth type, known as the [[Knight blade]], is used by [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IVs]] as a [[weapon attachment]] for the following loadout weapons: [[MA5D assault rifle]], [[BR85 battle rifle|BR85N battle rifle]], and [[M395 DMR|M395B DMR]].<ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'''</ref>

== Gallery ==
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File:H4-Concept-Chief-Knight.jpg|Concept art of the Master Chief fighting a Promethean Knight in close-quarters.
File:John-117 vs Promethean Knight.jpg|[[John-117]] fighting in close-quarters with a Promethean Knight.
File:H4-PrometheanKnight-HardlightBlade.jpg|In-game closeup of a Promethean Knight's hard-light blade.
File:H4-PrometheanKnight-EliteKill.jpg|A Knight dispatches a [[Sangheili Commander]].
File:H5G Locke-Promethean Hardlight blade.jpg|[[Jameson Locke]] faces off the [[Warden Eternal]] wielding a hardlight blade.
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== List of appearances ==
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminals]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]''

== Sources ==
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