User blog comment:Codgod13/Ezio Auditore Di Firenze vs Dante Aligheiri/@comment-3189283-20111107064322/@comment-3166030-20111108005057

You forget... it's the Grim Reaper's scythe. It's like Ivy's sword, as it's a living weapon. It helps him scale buildings and walls, and gives an obvious range advantage, excluding the arrows and bullets, of course.