Defiler (Dead Rising 2)

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- Defiler Combo Card

The Defiler is a combo weapon in Dead Rising 2. It is created by duct-taping two fire axe heads to the handle of a sledge hammer that has been turned onto its side. It can be made immediately after receiving access to the first maintenance room (via a Scratch Card combo) by taking a fire axe from the safe house, and by picking up a sledge hammer from around the corner from the Maintenance Room. It is before the doors to the mall.

Attacks

 * Primary: Chuck will do an upward swing and two horizontal swings by tapping [[File:360 X button.png]] three times.
 * Secondary: Chuck will do a quick horizontal swing, much like the Sledgehammer by holding [[File:360 X button.png]] briefly. Press and hold [[File:360 X button.png]] again to do a second swing.
 * Secondary (Combo Card): After the initial horizontal swing, holding down [[File:360 X button.png]] will make Chuck spin around rapidly, Defiler extended, while slightly moving forward. It's possible to end this attack early by releasing, or extend it by holding, [[File:360 X button.png]].
 * Jump Attack: Jump and tap [[File:360 X button.png]] to make Chuck swing downwards.

Trivia
This weapon's secondary (Combo Card) attack is a possible reference to another Capcom game. In the Monster Hunter franchise, when the player's character uses a hammer-type weapon's fully charged attack whilst running, the character performs a spinning attack almost identical to the defiler's; spinning around with the weapon extended and moving forward slowly.