Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-96.224.225.28-20141201045828/@comment-3250527-20150213012538

That description is only lore-based, as far as it is described in all SAO media. And as Gsimenas said...

Gsimenas said: ...the series is only loosely based on the myths, so there's no guarantee that Excaliber has the same effects as in the original legend.

On a side note, Kirito has used it, but only in a secondary appearance. That was when he went "you shall not pass" on that clearer guild so the Sleeping Knights could get a rematch with the Four-Armed Giant. Also, "cutting through one's weapons" would either be a remake of Demonic Sword Gram or Kirito utilizing his Arms Blast (outside system skill).

If such a remade effect was implemented into Excaliber, then anyone with a high enough One-Handed Sword Skill should easily invoke that effect.

However, I can't say much about the Sugou vs Kirito fight, since Sugou lost his administrative powers (and thus his "cheated" levels) when Kirito set Sugou's authoritative status to Level 1 (probably the level of a standard player. As for what the authoritative level of an admin/GM, I have no idea).

And... weapons do not carry an elemental element, as far as I know—only Sword Skills do.