Phantom Blade Zero weapons: which ones players use and rate best

Phantom Blade Zero has more than 30 main weapons and 25 secondary weapons called Phantom Edges. You can upgrade and temper them, and reforge a weapon to get its materials back if you change your build.³ Players say almost every weapon works, so the right one is the one whose moves you like.²

The weapons players rate best

Weapon	Why players pick it	The catch
Armybreaker	Its charge shrugs off most hits and staggers bosses, and with the dance fan players beat bosses without dodging.	Less useful in the second half of the game.
Scarlet Wraithblade	Tempered and upgraded, it shreds a boss’s Sha-Chi in seconds.	Weak until it’s upgraded.
Sanguine and Sanguine Reach	High damage and some of the best-looking moves in the game.	Needs tempering to shine.
Whiteshadow	Freezes enemies and has a stylish sword moveset, and some rate it above Crescent Blade.	Found late in the game.
Outlaw’s Warblade	Heals you as you hit, which carries the early game.	Falls off late, when talismans heal better.
Wooden and Bronze swords	Built around deflects, for players who parry everything.	Only as good as your timing.

For a Phantom Edge, players single out the Thunder Spear for its damage, its paralysis and its combos.²

Which weapons players actually use

Each of these weapons has an achievement for using its signature move. The share who have it shows how many PC players have picked the weapon up and used it.¹

Players who have used each weapon’s signature move

Share of PC players

1. Jagged SteelBlood loss81%
2. Outlaw’s WarbladeBloodthirst Frenzy58%
3. Fiend SawsFiend-Aura Erosion37%
4. Any summon Phantom EdgeSummon an ally35%
5. Fanatic’s Broken BladeDrunk state32%
6. Iron GauntletsMasterstroke Fist32%
7. Baishan StormswordLightning Storm15%
8. Thunder SpearParalysis14%
9. Infernal RougePhantom Blade12%
10. WhiteshadowFreeze12%
11. Soft Snake SwordSerpentine Reversal11%
12. BashpoleAerial slam9.1%
13. Crescent BladeQinglong Cleave9.4%
14. Seamless DeathFlying Rings7.2%

Upgrading

23% of PC players have taken a weapon to level 30 and 22% a Phantom Edge. 17% have tempered ten weapons.¹ Players say upgrades change the order a lot, which is how Scarlet Wraithblade goes from weak to one of the best.²

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