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The first and simplest trap in the game. The Saw is a [[:Category:Stationary Trap|stationary trap]] that kills the thief upon contact. Although there is a Saw spin animation, its hit box doesn't change and doesn't include the teeth.
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The '''Saw''' is a [[:Category:Stationary Trap|Stationary Trap]] that kills the thief upon contact. Although there is a Saw spin animation, its hit box doesn't change and doesn't include the teeth.
   
 
The Saw is known for being the strongest solo trap, due to the various interactions it can have with the terrain which forces the player to perform various movements to avoid the Saw.
 
The Saw is known for being the strongest solo trap, due to the various interactions it can have with the terrain which forces the player to perform various movements to avoid the Saw.

Revision as of 14:29, 11 August 2016

The Saw is a Stationary Trap that kills the thief upon contact. Although there is a Saw spin animation, its hit box doesn't change and doesn't include the teeth.

The Saw is known for being the strongest solo trap, due to the various interactions it can have with the terrain which forces the player to perform various movements to avoid the Saw.

Appearance

A spinning bluish serrated circular saw.

  • Level 1-6: A metal saw with nine teeth and a small inner circle in the middle.
  • Level 7-14: A golden ring added around the inner circle.
  • Level 15-35: The golden ring turned into a bigger diamond ring, the inner circle turned into diamond too.
Blade 1-6 Blade 7-14 Blade 15-30
Level 1-6
Level 7-14
Level 15-30

Saw Tricks/Jumps

The Saw can be used in a lot of situations to force the thief to perform a specific jump to overcome it. Below, there is a list of tricks that can be used on designing a trap placement in a dungeon (or avoid it when raiding). The fsorb user, from king of thieves forums , made an image scheme compilation that will be reused here.


Max Jump

In this technique, the player must jump from about a square and a half from the wall, quick jump again and as soon as the thief touches the wall beside the Saw, do a perfect timed jump off that wall. To make this last jump easier, the player can use the piano tap technique repeatedly after the first jump to increase the chances on tap at the right time.

Alternatively, the player may go to the wall, jump, and jump again once they have reached the max height.

Saw "Super" Jump

This technique was introduced after the physics changes made in the 2.1 update. The thief must jump at the exactly corner of a platform and quick jump again to overcome the blade. This jump has two variations: in the first one, the Saw is placed in the corner of a "L-shaped path", forcing the thief to do a jump off wall and hits the celling to change the jump arch and reach the corner exact spot that enables the second jump over the Saw; in the second one, the blade is placed in the corner of a pit in a straightline path, forcing the thief to jump off from a specific position from the adjacent platform and hit the exact spot on the corner. 

Dead End

Placing a Saw on a corner, 1 blocks above the ground level generates a dead end. It's usefull to force a thief to choose another path in a multiple path dungeon. But, since a trap is disabled after 7 deaths, if the Saw is low level, a player can intentionally die seven times to the Saw and use the "safer" path to reach the chest.

Perfect Pit Jump

The Saw is placed at the exit of a 3 blocks high pit that must be exit from one side. The thief must jump at the right spot of the corner over the blade to be able to leave the pit. In this jump, the continuous piano tap technique can be used to increase the chances of get the last jump right. If the thief jumps too high, he will miss the corner and head towards the wall on the other side, forcing him to come back to the bottom of the pit.

Falling Star Jump

Placing a Saw in a descendant pathway can force the thief to make a falling star jump. There are two variations to this jump: One of them is shown in the image, and the other is obtained by placing the saw one tile down.

The normal falling star jump is relatively easy to perform, since the window of opportunity is quite large. The second falling star jump is actually path dependent and extremely difficult, since the exact path must be followed to bypass the saw.

Jump of Faith

The Blade must be placed in the top of a corner over or bellow the chest. To force the use of this technique instead of the Blade "Super" Jump, a player can use a Seeker Bird to avoid space to perform the corner-ceiling jump. If the thief misses the chest hitbox by any chance, it will result in a certain death, hence the name "Jump of Faith".

Blade Corner Slide

Putting the Blade 1 block above the ground level in the corner of a "L-shape" path, or at the ground level 1 block deeper from the corner, will require the use of the Corner Slide. It's simple to perform, but can get hard if there's another trap in the way. The thief must slide and jump right before hits the ground. There's differences in the two variations and combining them with other traps may result in different difficulty levels on each.

Trivia

  • Some players theorize that the hitbox of the saw is actually elliptical. This is called the Elliptical Saw Theory, and it was initially formulated to explain the specific paths and hypothetical timing aspects of inline saw jumps.