Variant Scythe

The Variant Scythe is a new Blade Weapon type that will be introduced in God Eater 2 Rage Burst. Its extended blade has superior reach and is able to deal multiple hits on an Aragami.

Analysis
Variant Scythes are Blades that apparently specialise in Sunder. They possess a fast attack rate, allows Round Fang (R+Square), which opens up the blade for wider combos at the expense of stamina. Round Fang can be ended through hooking the sickle (Triangle) which can then be retracted as an attack (R+Square). Its ground combos can reach a maximum of 4 hits (any combination of Square/Triangle), and any hit can be replaced with a Combo Devour or R+X gun-form change ending the combo. Air combos can reach a maximum of 4 hits (Square) per jump + dive attack (Triangle). The dive attack can chain into the second ground combo. Round Fang can be activated at any time on the ground, including while in mid combo.

Trivia

 * Livie is the first character shown to be using the Variant Scythe in all GE media.
 * The Japanese naming can be read as either valiant or variant. Based on the naming of the other blades (Charge Spear, Boost Hammer) which detail their function, variant (variable size) appears to be canon.