Weapons

Swords

Wired Lances

Partisans

Twin Daggers

Double Sabers

Knuckles

Katanas

Soaring Blades

Gunblades

Assault Rifles

Launchers

Twin Machine Guns

Bows

Rods

Talises

Wands

Jet Boots

Harmonizers

Overview

Weapons are the means by which players are able to fight and perform Photon Arts and Techniques. By equipping a Weapon, you will gain stats to battle enemies. Weapons are also unique in the sense that each of them possess inherent properties called Potentials, as well as other features that set them apart. By gaining stronger and stronger weapons, you are able to combat stronger foes and reach new heights.

Using Weapons

To use a Weapon, it must be set to your Palette. There are initially 3 Palette Slots, but this value can be expanded to 6 by completing a certain Client Order. Weapons equipped to your Palette appear on your person, and will be used when you press any Attack button. Weapons have two capabilities: Normal Attacks and Photon Arts/Techniques. Normal Attacks are basic attacks used to recover your Photon Points (PP). Photon Arts/Techniques are special moves that the player can use through their weapon; by pressing a button assigned to a Photon Art or Technique, you can cast a special move at the cost of some of your PP. These are typically much stronger than your normal attacks and your primary means of dealing damage.

Potentials

Certain weapons have inherent properties called Potentials which can be considered as an additional skill for the player, so long as the weapon is equipped and drawn out; they range from damage buffs, to utility skills like improving healing items.

The Potential can be unlocked for the weapon via Enhancing; after the weapon is enhanced to +10, +20, and +30, the Potential of the Weapon can be unlocked. There are five Potential types currently in-game: Normal, Hidden, Weaponoid, and Arena, and Special; Normal Potentials require Photon Spheres to unlock, Hidden Potentials require Photon Boosters to unlock, Weaponoid Potentials require Weaponoid Boosters, and Arena Potentials require Arena Boosters. Special Potentials, on the other hand, require special dropped items from certain Quests before it can be unlocked.

Currently, Potentials can reach a maximum level of Lv 3; to unlock Normal, Hidden, and Arena Potentials, 3 Spheres/Boosters are required to unlock Lv 1, 4 are required to unlock Lv 2, and 5 are required to unlock Lv 3. In the case of Weaponoid Potentials, 1 Weaponoid Booster is required to unlock Lv. 1, 3 Boosters to unlock Lv. 2, and 5 Boosters to unlock Lv 3. Special Potentials require varying amounts of items to unlock.

Potential Switching

Should a weapon have multiple Potentials, an option in the Item Lab is available to switch Potentials. In order to switch Potentials, you must pay a small fee of Meseta as well as provide materials for the switch; the cost to switch a Potential is equivalent to the combined cost of unlocking that Potential up to that Level.

For example,

• The Sword Dragon Slayer currently has the Potential Draconian Bane Lv. 2. If one wishes to switch to the Weaponoid Potential Howl of the Sealed Dragon, they must provide a number of Weaponoid Boosters equal to the combined cost of unlocking Lv. 1 and Lv. 2 Potentials, in this case 1 + 3 = 4 Weaponoid Boosters.

Damage Type

There are about three types of Damage in-game: Melee, Ranged, and Technique Damage.

Certain skills can only work for the specific Damage Type, like Over Limit from the Fighter Skill tree, so understanding and knowing which attacks does the type of damage can be crucial at times.

Element

Element is an Elemental value that most weapons are tagged with. An Element come pre-installed on a weapon, or can be added manually through the Attribute Grinding process.

PP Recovery

Weapon	1st Attack	2nd Attack	3rd Attack	Dodge-Attack	Weapon Action
Bare Hands	5	6	9	5	-
Sword	12	13	18	12	-
Wired Lance	11	8+8	18	8+8	-
Partisans	6	6	9	5.5	Twirl: 10/30
Daggers	2+2	3+3	7+7	5	2+2
Double Sabers	4+4	5+5	10+10+10	6+6+6	-
Knuckles	5	7	13	10	-
Gunblade	10	12	15	10	10
Katana	5	7	7+7	8	0
Soaring Blades	7	8	10+10	4+4	1+1, 4
Assault Rifle	5x3	5x3	5x3	6x3	-
Launcher	8	10	15	15	-
Twin Machine Guns	1x4	1.1x4	1.2x5	3+3	1.666
Bow	6 (18)	6 (18)	6 (18)	15	-
Rod	20	22	25	-	-
Talis	5	6	9	-	-
Wand	10	12	18	12	-
Jet Boots	8	8+8	14	15	12x4
Harmonizer	0	0	0	-	-
Sword (Hero)	2	3	3+3	4	4x5 (Uncharged) / 10 (Lv. 1 Charge) / 0 (Lv. 2 Charge)
Twin Machine Guns (Hero)	0	0	0	0	20/s (20 + 40/s)
Talis (Hero)	7	9	12	6 (Normal) / 4x3 (Hero Counter)
Katana (Phantom)	2	3	5	5	3
Assault Rifle (Phantom)	3	4	9	5	3
Rod (Phantom)	3	4	8	8	3
Double Saber (Étoile)	5 + 5	6 + 6	6 x 3	12	2 (10) + 2 x 2
Soaring Blades (Étoile)	10	8 + 8	12	7 + 7	10 / 8
Wand (Étoile)	8	7 + 7	6 x 3	8	8

Notes:

• Twirl Action for Partisan refers to twirl after normal/twirl after Photon Art.
• The Katana's Counter does not give any PP recovery unless the skill Counter Bonus is taken.
• The Soaring Blades' PP recovery is separated for the Photon Blades and for the attack done after a Soaring Blade Sidestep Tackle.
• The PP recovered for the Photon Blades is +1, an additional +1 PP is recovered if the point of attack has a blade stuck on it. Should multiple blades are stuck, it just overwrites it and only counts as 1.
• Launchers gain PP per enemy hit. If the Normal Attack hits two enemies in its AoE, the player would recover 16 PP for the first attack and so-on.
• The parenthesized values for Bows are values when the attack is charged.
• The Dodge-Attack of Wands can only be done if Wand Lovers is activated.
• The Jet Boots' Weapon Action in the table refers to the multi-kick attack performed when activating the Weapon Action after a Normal Attack while the Player is standing still.
• Parenthesized value for Hero TMG Weapon Action refers to Perfect Reload.
• The number in parentheses in the Étoile Double Saber's Weapon Action is the amount of recovery for a successful Perfect Guard.
• The numbers in parentheses in the Étoile Dual Blade's Weapon Action are the amount of recovery from a successful Parry/Sidestep Edge.
• The numbers in parentheses in Étoile Wand's Weapon Action are the amount of recovery from the Wand Teleport skill.

Normal Attack Magnification

Weapon	Position	1st Attack	2nd Attack	3rd Attack	Dodge Attack	Others
Bare Hands	Aerial & Ground	364%	500%	492%	260%	Bare Hand PA: 1000%
Sword	Aerial	502%	500%	675%	540%	-
	Ground	634%	528%	900%
Wired Lance	Aerial & Ground	380%	315% x 2	908%	349% x 2	-
Partisan	Aerial & Ground	270%	267%	336%	300%	-
Daggers	Aerial & Ground	100% x 2	120% x 2	220% x 2	150%	Spin: 20% x 2
Double Sabers	Aerial	180x 2	190x 2	290%+290%+300%	230% x 3	DS Whirlwind: 55% / 82.5% / 110% x 8 (Focus 1 / 2 / 3)
	Ground	290% x 2	260% x 2	300% x 3
Knuckles	Aerial & Ground	380%	480%	520%	600%	-
Gunblade	Aerial & Ground	312%	275%	270%	340%	Gunblade Shoot: 120%
Katana	Aerial & Ground	280%	300%	300% + 320%	390%	Katana Counter: 100% / 120% / 200% / 250% (Focus 1 / 2 / 3 / MAX)
Soaring Blades	Aerial & Ground	270%	290%	370% x 2	250% x 2	Photon Blades: 100%
Assault Rifle	Aerial & Ground	130% x 3	130% x 3	130% x 3	180% x 3	-
Launcher	Aerial & Ground	392%	420%	560%	560%	-
Twin Machine Guns	Aerial & Ground	70% x 4	80% x 4	100% x 5	150% x 2	S-Roll: 70% x 3
Bullet Bow	Aerial & Ground	108% (540%)			250%	-
Rod	Aerial & Ground	105%	104%	108%	-	-
Talis	Aerial & Ground	58%			-	-
Wand	Aerial & Ground	336%	300%	370%	350%	Wand Tech-Explosions: 240%
Jet Boots	Aerial & Ground	334%	281% x2	600%	660%	Weapon Action: 370% x4 JB Sidestep Jump: 200%
Harmonizer	Aerial & Ground	10%			-	-
Sword (Hero)	Aerial & Ground	180%	220%	320% + 520%	350% (Normal) / 1300% (Hero Counter)	Spirit Bolt: 75% x 5 (Uncharged) / 450% (Lv. 1 Charge) / 3000% (Lv. 2 Charge)
Twin Machine Guns (Hero)	Aerial & Ground	80% x n Hits			220% x 3 (Normal) / 420% x 3 (Hero Counter)	-
Talis (Hero)	Aerial & Ground	220%	280%	450%	350% (Normal) / 400% x 3 (Hero Counter)	Weapon Action: 450%
Katana (Phantom)	Aerial & Ground	300%	320%	600%	580%	Weapon Action: 720% Counter Shot: 1200%
Assault Rifle (Phantom)	Aerial & Ground	460	470	920	680	Weapon Action: 140% x 3 (Normal)/ 900% (Charged) Counter Shot: 1100%
Rod (Phantom)	Aerial & Ground	280%	290%	620%	610%	Weapon Action: 400% Counter Shot: 1050%
Double Saber (Étoile)	Aerial & Ground	300% x 2	430% x 2	370% x 2	850%	Normal Followup Attack after Perfect Guard: 440% Enhanced Attack: 1300% (Without Focus): 650% Deflect Combo: 530% + 440% x 2 (Perfect Guard): 2000% + 440% x 2
Soaring Blades (Étoile)	Aerial & Ground	520%	400% + 420%	670%	330% + 360%	Parry (On Perfect Guard): 33% Sidestep Edge: 650% Connect: 1000% x 2 + 1500% + 1800% Full Connect: 9000%
Wand (Étoile)	Aerial & Ground	460%	390% x 2	330% x 3	700%	Wand Teleport: 750% Protect Release (1st Stage): 4400% Protect Release (2nd Stage): 1300% x 5 + 4500%

Notes:

• Although the Bare Hand PA resembles the Knuckles PA, Overhand Straight, it does not share its multiplier.
• The Gunblade Shoot is consistent on its damage Multiplier throughout the three Attack Animations.
• The multiplier for Photon Blades are obtained per Blade, and not the cumulative damage dealt.
• The parenthesized value for Bow is for its charged Normal Attack.
• Rod Normal Attacks are MEL Pwr based.
• Wand Tech Explosions are TEC Pwr based.
• The Explosion that happens when the Player performs during a Sidestep Jump is not dependent on the weapon.
• Skills that modifies the Normal Attack of the Player are not considered in this table.
• While placed in the table, special Weapon Traits are not considered as Normal Attack by skills like Attack Advance on the Braver Skill Tree. These are solely placed for documentation and comparison.
• Certain Equipments provide additional skills for the Player like the "Form" Weapon Series. They are not considered as a Normal Attack.
• Photon Bullet projectiles are not Normal Attacks.
• Talis Normal Attacks are considered as Melee damage that refers to TEC Pwr and TEC Part Multiplier.
• Hero Twin Machine Guns Normal Attack shoots at about 13.33 shots per second.
• Phantom Rod attacks are TEC Pwr based that refers to Melee Part Multiplier.

Swords

Wired Lances

Partisans

Twin Daggers

Double Sabers

Knuckles

Katanas

Soaring Blades

Gunblades

Assault Rifles

Launchers

Twin Machine Guns

Bows

Rods

Talises

Wands

Jet Boots

Harmonizers