Swords Photon Arts

Photon Arts
Hunter	Swords	Wired Lances	Partisans
Fighter	Daggers	Double Sabers	Knuckles
Ranger	Rifles	Launchers
Gunner	Twin Machine Guns
Techter	Wands
Braver	Katanas	Bows
Bouncer	Soaring Blades	Jet Boots
Hero	Swords	Twin Machine Guns	Talis
Phantom	Katanas	Rifles	Rods
Etoile	Double Sabers	Soaring Blades	Wands
Luster	Gunblades
All Class	Gunblades
Buildup Photon Arts

Swords

Name	Stats	Potency	In-game Description	Drop Location
Rising Edge	PP Cost: 20 DEX Correction: 100%	Potency Lv.1: 1557 Potency Lv.15: 2512	Launches targets into the air and allows for mid-air combos. Can be charged to increase the number of attacks.	Lv.4-9 Sil Deenian (Hard)
Twister Drop	PP Cost: 20 DEX Correction: 100%	Potency Lv.1: ?? Potency Lv.15: 1198	Jump up high and perform a whirling attack and then a drop attack accompanied by a shock wave.	Lv.4-6 Orota Bikehta (Hard) Lv.4-6 El Arda (Hard)
Nova Strike	PP Cost: 20 DEX Correction: 100%	Potency Lv.1: ?? Potency Lv.15: 2277	A spinning attack that knocks foes away. Can be charged to increase the number of attacks.	Lv.4-9 Za'udan (Hard) Lv.4-7 Yedi (Hard) Lv10 Seabed Exploration (Hard)
Ride Slash	PP Cost: 25 DEX Correction: 100%	Potency Lv.1: ?? Potency Lv.15: 2597	Hop aboard your sword and assault your foes. Can be charged to increase the number of attacks.	Lv.4-10 Biol Meduna (Hard)
Cross Cut	PP Cost: 40 DEX Correction: 100%	Potency Lv.1: ?? Potency Lv.15: 3457	Form a colossal sword with the power of photons to strike down your target.	Lv.4-10 Bar Lodos (Hard) Lv4-7 Zeshraider (Hard)
Blade Bash	PP Cost: 15 DEX Correction: 100%	Potency Lv.1: ?? Potency Lv.15: 550	Strike a target with the flat of your blade stunning them and leaving them defenseless.	Lv.4-8 Fang Banshee(Hard) Lv.4-9 Prata Picohda(Hard) Lv10 Nightfall Province Exploration (Hard) / (Very Hard)
Sonic Arrow	PP Cost: 25 DEX Correction: 100%	Potency Lv.1: ?? Potency Lv.15: 534	Draw your body taunt like a bowstring, and then fire yourself at a target with a slashing attack.	Lv10 Seabed Exploration(Hard) Lv.4+ Izaogal (Hard) Lv10 Nightfall Province (Hard)
Merciless Throw	PP Cost: 20 DEX Correction: 100%	Potency Lv.1: ?? Potency Lv.15: 2823	Skewer a target and then fling them in any chosen direction.	Lv.4-10 Pajigwan (Hard) Lv.4-8 Snow Banser (Hard) Lv.4-9 Bar Lodos (Hard)
Guilty Break	PP Cost: 20 DEX Correction: 100%	Potency Lv.1: ?? Potency Lv.15: 1311	Close the distance between you and a foe and unleash a flurry of attacks. Can be charged to increase the number of attacks.	Lv.4-10 Bryu Ringahda (Hard) Lv10 Dragon Altar Exploration (Very Hard) / (Super Hard)
Sacrificial Bite	PP Cost: 20 DEX Correction: 100%	Potency Lv.1: ?? Potency Lv.10: 1352	Siphons the target's photons to restore PP. Absorbing more photons increases the duration of the effect and the amount of PP recovered.	Lv9 Forest Exploration (Hard)
Blaze Parry	PP Cost: 25 DEX Correction: 100%	Potency Lv.1: ?? Potency Lv.15: 2256	Guard against an enemy attack to nullify it and strengthen your own string of slashing attacks.

Sword Frame Data

60F = 1 second
DPS = Damage per second
DPP = Damage per PP
Proportion refers to the proportion of power listed on the PA disc compared to its actual power

Disclaimer:
This data assumes level 17 discs, which do not currently exist in NA
Type Zero PAs are not currently available in NA

Name	Frame	Power	DPS	Notes	Proportion	PP Cost	DPP
Rising Edge	Charge 0: 58 Charge 1: 20+60 Charge 2: 40+83	1053 1842 2631	1089 1382 1283	Focus 3	40% 70% 100%	20	52.6 92.1 131.5
Twister Drop	Ground 82/Air 66	960 1296 1620	873 1178 1473	Air 3 hits Air 4 hits Air max hits	77% 104% 130%	20	48.0 64.8 81.0
Twister Drop Type Zero	Short(ground) 112 Short(air) 85 Max(ground) 260 Max(air) 265	2541 2352 4816 5196	1361 1660 1111 1176	3hit 2hit 15hit 17hit	67% 62% 127% 137%	30	84.7 78.4 160.4 173.2
Nova Strike	Charge 0: 67 Charge 1: 20+86 Charge 2: 40+108	1066 1718 2369	955 972 960	Focus 3	45% 72.5% 100%	20	53.3 85.9 118.4
Ride Slash	Charge 0: 111(ground)/86(air) Charge 1: 20+112/20+88 Charge 2: 50+11/50+95	1351 2027 2702	943 1126 1118	Used from the air Focus 3	50% 72.5% 100%	25	54.0 81.0 108.0
Cross Cut	273	3596 4316 5035	790 949 1107	Focus 1 Focus 2 Focus 3	100% 120% 140%	40	89.9 107.9 125.8
Blade Bash	24	572	1430		100%	15	38.1
Sonic Arrow	40	555 666 833	833 999 1250	Focus 1 Focus 2 Focus 3	100% 120% 150%	25	22.2 26.6 33.3
PG Sonic Arrow Ring lvl 20	40	705 846 1058	1058 1269 1578	Focus 1 Focus 2 Focus 3		0	-
Merciless Throw	Hold 130 Light Ball 139	2880 2880	1329 1243	Focus 3	100% 100%	20	144.0 144.0
Guilty Break	Charge 0: 52/82 (distance) Charge 1: 5+52 Charge 2: 10+52	873 1119 1364	1007 1178 1320	Focus 3	64% 82% 100%	20	43.6 55.9 68.2
Sacrificial Bite	No hold: 94 Full hold 166	1434 1478	915 534	Focus 3	97% 100%	20	71.5 73.9
Sacrificial Bite Type Zero	92	1577	1028		100%	20	78.9
Blaze Parry	Normal: 162 Guard: 125	2301 2762 5523	852 1023 2651	Focus 1, No Guard Focus 3, No Guard Focus 3 Guard	100% 120% 240%	25	92.0 110.4 220.9
Normal Attack 1 Normal Attack 2 Normal Attack 3 Normal Attack 1-3	45 36 50 131	634 528 900 2062	845 80 1080 944	Ground	-	-12 -13 -18 -43	-
Normal Attack 1 Normal Attack 2 Normal Attack 3 Normal Attack 1-3	39 38 38 115	502 500 675 1677	772 789 1066 875	Air	-	-11.5 -13.5 -17.5 -42.5	-
Step Attack	16+28	740	736	-	-	-12	-

7/2/20
Source: JP wiki