Cloud: Hardedge Tifa: Metal Knuckles Aerith: Mythril Rod Barret: Big Berta

I have cloud and Tifa have highest attack damage they can have and Aeris have most magic damage with this setup

For Cloud I just stuck with the buster sword and only used the other swords to unlock their abilities

For the others I swapped around a lot

Anything with Trade Off + a lot of HP increases

my favorite is the buster sword. i just started my hard mode run and i’m using the iron blade simply for the fact it has trade-off. regaining that MP is clutch. it also has reprieve

I just started using it on my 4th playthrough and can't believe I ever used anything else. This is also my first motivity build so that might have to do with it. It is really well balanced.

I've never used it and I feel like I've been missing out. Guess it's time to play through again.

I don't think I'll ever be able to put down the monad rose sword. The fable arts make boss fights a joke.

I cleared the level 4 black rabbit brotherhood fight (#2) in 21 seconds.

I love this type of weapon in Souls games, the great swords, but in Lies I prefer the smaller and faster ones, like sabers and the umbrella.

Yeah it's a bit like the Claymore of LoP.

It's not the "best" weapon, but it just feels so good to use, it does so many things right.

Really really good basic moveset, Parry is the best skill in the game, the Blasphemous Blade wave is a bit mediocre but it's good at what it does (bait enemies to chase you, then turn around and nuke them all in a line).

It also has overtuned fable charge, which means you can basically Parry + R2 constantly.

Super solid all around weapon, top 5 for sure.

Salamander dagger, electric coil, acidic spear, and azure crescent glaive

I finished the game with the Puppet Saber Blade. Used no other weapon. Has such an awesome moveset

Ripper

+1 Trident and it's crits just slap. Twin Dragons is better for style points though (especially if you can use the heavy attack perfect parry)

Trident is goated

I used the azure dragon crescent glaive pretty much the whole time with a motivity build. Got me to ng+4. Don't know if it's the best but it's solid

Hard disagree. Bloodhound Fang is at least top 5. Backhand Blades with Blind Spot are better than Nagakiba. No Katana deserves to be in the top 10 imo.

Even though nagakiba has better range + possibly more variety with AOWs, I think that BHF can have more utility to most players with all of these positives;

+ its one of the only somber weapons that can get buffed (which means double dipping into bleed with Bloodflame Blade)

+ the skill is absolutely busted (i-frame dodge w/ good damage followup)

+ bonus damage w/ jumping attacks for the hell of it (10% boost, I still don't know if this is intentional or a bug, but if From has left it in this long its a feature ig)

Only problem it has is its a quality weapon, so there's no space for damaging spells, only buffs, but its a fair trade-off. Nagakiba & BHF switches here and I fully agree.

1. Any basic SS
2. Warped Axe
3. Guardian Swordspear
4. Caestus
5. Milady
6. Claymore
7. Zweihander
8. Chainlink Flail
9. Nightrider's Glaive
10. Great Mace

Feels like BHF is missing but this list makes sense otherwise

Seems pretty fair.

Each one of these weapons can be good in the right hands and most dominate without much effort but anything with a projectile attack attached to it has weird tracking

Hyuga fist, inferno sword, hashirama swords, totsuka blade, then madara's fan for me

I think the bow might be the best at least. That inferno sword is very unfair too so I might even make that my top. People using heavenly hand power switch into the swords projectile are trash

My hyugas love that weapon been waiting for a hyuga based style since the game came out

My pussy Tbh

Whatever weapon you feel good with. But I'd say and other people say Katars and knuckles because the moveset is effective, good damage, quick and easy to get used to.

(We make a distinction between knuckles and Katars even though they have the same moveset, because Katars have slightly more range. Believe it or not that makes a real difference)

Knuckles and katars are recommended u can also use claws

Personally I loved kusarigama too but now I switched to tonfas with frenzy and do like 350-500 without mythic enchants or charges

1. Final Fantasy V's Chiken Knife/Brave Blade.
2. Final Fantasy VIII's Lionheart.
3. Final Fantasy XII's Kumbha.
4. Every other weapon.
5. Final Fantasy X's Godhand.
6. Final Fantasy X's Masamune (what the fuck is that supposed to be? how hard would be to make a fucking katana?)

Ultima Weapon in FFVII - just has an iconic look. Not overly flashy.

I thought it was really cool that the sword would change as Cloud's health dropped, becoming duller/more transparent.

I know this isnt final fantasy, but I really like the look of the Ultima Keyblade in KH1. I like the gold/sky blue Intertwining metals all over it

Lionheart rules them all for me

Nailbat

One of my favorite things about this game is seeing all kinds of posts saying “X is the best weapon in the game” with a bunch of people supporting them in the comments. Pretty much every weapon feels good and works great in the right hands. Love this game.

It’s an incredibly fun weapon! The charged heavy attack is fantastic, sprint jump attack is awesome, and really just the move set in general is good.

Fable arts rock. Really nothing bad to say about it!

Amazing weapon, not my style

This wepon have one of the most consistent parries

I just finished my first run today. Played most of it with this bad girl at plus 5.

It does a lot of damage and it still is fast enough to take on aggressive bosses such as Laxasia and the Nameless Puppet.

You coat it with fire or anything else and you bam, you can take on anything. I love it.

Estoc is Bestoc

You get the quick thrusts of a rapier (plus piercing damage, which is fantastic), you can attack from behind a shield, and you get the quick slashes for slashing damage when you need it. AND the double thrust! AND the reach is just under that of the short spear! AND you get the backstepping slash instead of a kick.

Seriously, try it. If you don't like it, that's cool, but it definitely gives one of the most unique weapon experiences in the game.

Try spear + shield.

I tried it on my last playthrough, and personally, I really enjoyed it.

I know weapons make or break the gameplay, but what I have always found success in making new runs fun and thematic is designing characters, and then letting them "find" weapons they'd enjoy, or was a part of their history.

You don't need to RP it that much, but consider what your hero would have seen in its past life, what weapons. They'd have enjoyed. What kind of warrior are they?

Then just play that "character" and use what you find. Basically everything single weapon in the game is viable. Pick something that's different and new to you and then make that work, regardless of ease.

I've found tons of play styles that in super enjoy that I would never have given the time of day had I not decided to just go for it and make it work.

Currently using the balder side sword myself. I just got to anor londo and am not sure what I’m doing with my stats yet.

Velka's rapier as a sidearm in a INT build is criminally underrated.