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New World is getting its first expansion on October 3, 2023, where the First Light area will be transformed into Elysian Wilds and the players will have a new weapon to play around with.
The mighty flail will be usable in conjunction with a shield and devs put something extra in how the weapon interacts with the defensive tool.
Since bucklers and tower shields are used frequently while kite shields are overlooked, this halfway solution will cause the flail to stagger enemies with certain abilities, which is not the case with the other two.
As for damage scaling, flails will work primarily with Strength but they will also scale with Focus to a lesser degree. Initially, the devs teased it as a Focus weapon which may throw some fans off.
That said, the weapon will provide additional benefits for people with high Focus as its abilities will gain new benefits which are not available otherwise.
There are two skill trees for the flail - Cleric and Bastion. Clerics will heal and support allies while Bastions are mostly aimed at tanking, providing the role another option for PvE.
Some of the flail's abilities will definitely have strong applications in PvP as well, such as the Barrage ability that can change the face of a massive battlefield in Outpost Rush for example.
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