Metalshaft

This article is about a weapon in Kamen Rider W.

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Metal Shaft

"Metal Maximum Drive!"

―Finisher announcement^[src]

The Metal Shaft (メタルシャフト, Metaru Shafuto) is an extendable quarter staff used by Kamen Rider Double when he assumes any form that uses the Metal Memory. It first appears in Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker, and then made its TV debut in episode 2.

Combination

Metal Shaft can also combined with Double's Memory Gadgets as well.

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Stag Phone attached to the Metal Shaft

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Spider Shock attached to the Metal Shaft

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Bat Shot attached to the Metal Shaft

Finishing attacks

• Shaft only
• Stag Phone

When the Metal Memory is placed into the the Metal Shaft's Maximum Slot, Double can execute one of three different Rider Thrust Maximum Drive finishers depending on his current form.

• HeatMetal - Metal Branding (メタルブランディング, Metaru Burandingu): Double causing one or both ends of the Metal Shaft to ignite on fire and deliver a final blow to the opponent. A variation of this attack is the Steam Metal Branding (スチームメタルブランディング, Suchīmu Metaru Burandingu), a tandem attack used in combination with Kamen Rider Accel's Engine Blade which is only seen in the Hyper Battle DVD.
• CycloneMetal - Metal Twister (メタルツイスター, Metaru Tsuisutā): Kamen Rider Double spins around while swinging the Metal Shaft covered in an aura of wind.
• LunaMetal - Metal Illusion (メタルイリュージョン, Metaru Iryūjon): Kamen Rider Double spins the Metal Shaft around to create golden rings that float around Kamen Rider Double, before unleashing them upon the target all at once.

Metal Branding (Single side hit)

Metal Branding (Double side hit)

Metal Branding (Combination with HardTurbuler)

Metal Twister

Metal Illusion (Step 1: Golden rings creation)

Metal Illusion (Step 2: Slashing)

When Stag Phone attached to the Metal Shaft, it allows Kamen Rider Double to perform the Metal Stag Break (メタルスタッグブレイク, Metaru Sutaggu Bureiku) Maximum Drive, crushing the Dopant between two pincer-like energy projections emitted from the Metal Shaft.

Metal Stag Break

History

Finishing his battle with Nobuhiko Tsukikage in the World of Decade, Double assumed HeatMetal and used the Metal Shaft to send Shadow Moon flying into the Dai-Shocker Castle, leaving him to be destroyed with the Castle by the All Rider Kick. ^{[Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker]}

Having been summoned to the world within the Magic Stone by Haruto, Double assumed HeatMetal and wielded the Metal Shaft against a trio of Masquerade Dopants while Fourze fought three Stardust Ninja Dustards. ^{[The Kamen Rider Rings]}

Damashii

The Metal Shaft is the Legend Rider Weapon granted upon assuming W Damashii, which is used by Kamen Rider Specter. ^{[Kamen Rider 1 (movie)]}

Ganbarider

The Metal Shaft is also among the various Rider Weapons used by Ganbarider in Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbarizing.

Appearances

• Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
• Kamen Rider W
  • Episode 2: The W Search/Those Who Make the City Cry
  • Episode 3: Don't Touch the M/How to Get to Heaven
  • Episode 4: Don't Touch the M/Play with a Joker
  • Episode 5: The Girl... A/Papa Is a Kamen Rider
  • Episode 6: The Girl... A/The Price of Lying
  • Episode 8: Find the C/Dancing Hero
  • Episode 9: The S Terror/The Maid Detective Witnessed It!
  • Episode 10: The S Terror/The Great Detective's Daughter
  • Episode 11: The Revenge V/Infected Car
  • Episode 12: The Revenge V/Grudge Beast
  • Episode 13: The Q on the Radio/Targeted Princess
  • Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010
  • Episode 15: The F Afterglow/Burglary Rider
  • Episode 16: The F Afterglow/Reclaim Your Partner
  • Episode 17: Farewell N/Memory Kids
  • Episode 18: Farewell N/The Friend with the Wind
  • Episode 19: The I Doesn't Stop/That Guy's Name Is Accel
  • Episode 20: The I Doesn't Stop/Kamen Rider Style
  • Episode 21: The T Returns/A Melody Not Intended for Women
  • Episode 24: L on the Lips/The Liar Is You
  • Episode 26: The P's Game/Akiko on the Run
  • Episode 30: The Nightmarish H/Who Is the Prince?
  • Episode 31: The B Carried on the Wind/The Beast Pursues
  • Episode 33: Y's Tragedy/The Woman Looking For Yesterday
  • Episode 41: The J Labyrinth/The Psychotic Villainess
  • Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate
  • Episode 45: Who the K Needs/The Devil's Tail
  • Episode 49: Goodbye to the E/A Bouquet of Justice to This City
• Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core
• Kamen Rider W Returns
  • Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Accel
  • Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal
• Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max
• Kamen Rider Wizard
  • Episode 52: The Kamen Rider Rings
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