Editing Floor Blades

{{Status|Canon}}
[[File:HW2 FloorBlades.png|thumb|300px|Floor Blades in use on [[The Last Bastion]].]]
'''Floor Blades''' are a type of fortification employed by the [[Banished]]. They take the form of razor-sharp spikes embedded in the ground intended to injure and slow anything that tries to cross them.

==In-game information==
===''Halo Wars 2''===
Floor Blades were introduced in ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' in the ''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare|Awakening the Nightmare]]'' expansion. They are available in the [[campaign]] mission [[Fighting Retreat]] and in [[Terminus Firefight]] on the map [[The Last Bastion]] and can be constructed in interchangeable slots with the Banished [[Shield Barrier]] and [[Unstable Barrels]] fortifications, or the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Fence|Fence]], [[UNSC Barricade|Barricade]], [[Electric trap|Electric Trap]], or [[Lotus anti-tank mine|Lotus Minefield]]. 

When constructed, Floor Blades slow and hurt any unit that tries to cross them, while also making any affected unit take more damage from weapons fire. This makes them well-suited to combo with effects such as [[Voridus]]' [[infusion gel]] (which additionally slows and damages units) or artillery fire from [[Gydrozka Workshop Blisterback|Blisterbacks]] and [[M400 Kodiak|Kodiaks]]. They are particularly effective against infantry squads as each member of the squad takes individual damage, killing the squad faster.

[[Non-playable character|Enemy AI]] will target and attack Floor Blades, which may grant those units veterancy, making them hit harder and more resistant to damage. This can be used to player advantage by allowing tougher units like [[AC-220 Vulture|Vultures]] and [[M808S Scorpion|Scorpions]] to target them and not [[Socket base|player-owned bases]].

On the campaign level Fighting Retreat, [[Pavium]] may use assigned plots of land to build defensive barriers to hold off the [[Flood]] onslaught, with Floor Blades available for use alongside Shield Barriers.

====Terminus Firefight====
In [[Terminus Firefight]] the Floor Blades can be built by any Banished leader, these buildings can help team to force the enemy to take forced slow movements and a lot of damage.
*'''Cost:''' {{HW2Supplies|200}} {{C|default}} 
*'''Cooldown:''' 10 seconds
*'''Passives:'''
**[[Atriox]] - 70% / 40.6% lower cost via Fortifications (70% = {{HW2Supplies|140}} | 40.6% = {{HW2Supplies|81}}).
**[[Colony]] - Slightly improved armor via Vehicle Symbiotes & Slow Health Regan via Combat Repair.
**[[Ripa 'Moramee|Arbiter]] - Temporary damage boost via Conduit of Rage.
**[[Pavium]] - Slow health regen via Full Salvage.

==Gallery==
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File:HW2 FloorBlades Concept.jpg|Concept art of various ideas of what the Floor Blades could be, including unused options for [[Kemuksuru|Blamite]], [[plasma]] and [[Incendiary weapon|incendiary]] variations.
File:HW2-Terminus Firefight 05.jpg|[[Flood]] forms passing over Floor Blades.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars 2]]''
**''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]'' {{1st}}

{{HW buildings}}
[[Category:Fortifications]]
[[Category:Banished buildings]]
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