The damage of the beam is dependent on the amount of charges consumed to release it, on top of receiving the 145% damage boost from the Ark being charged up. If the Ark holds any amount of charges, Right-Clicking while holding up will replace the parry with a concentrated blast of energy that covers about a third of the screen, depleting all of the sword's charges in the process. The ancient beam will replace the central star in the upwards swing part of the combo. When the ark holds any amount of charges, its damage will be multiplied by 1.45, the sword will get bigger, and each swing will fire a medium-ranged True Ancient Beam projectile which deals 80% of the weapon's damage (Functionally 116% of the weapon's base damage, if we account the 1.45 damage multiplier from the Ark being charged up). Swinging the sword will consume one charge per swing, and landing a parry, be it on an enemy or a projectile will entirely refill the Ark's charges.

The Ark of the Ancients possesses a unique charge system, being able to hold up to 10 charges indicated by a small rainbow bar over the sword's inventory sprite. After the parry finishes, successful or not, it will go on a cooldown, indicated by a rainbow bar above the player's head. In both cases a sound effect will play and a line of text will pop up above the player to indicate the parry was successful. If a projectile is hit by the sword, the projectile's damage will be lowered by a maximum of 160 damage for one second.

If an enemy is hit by the sword during the parry, the owner will gain a little more than half a second worth of invincibility. Right-clicking performs a parry, where the Ark will get rapidly extended in front of the player.

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