Daggers
Daggers deal very little upfront damage, however critical strikes do extreme damage. As such, daggers are most effective in combat when backstabbing your opponents. Whilst this is difficult to pull off against groups of enemies, one versus one duels are where daggers shine. Being lightweight weapons, daggers also provide a very high stamina regeneration bonus.

Some daggers have stats which aid in reaching your opponents' backs.

Weapons in this category:
Csatar
Sykes
Kestus

Zathyma
Ginuin
Muris

Shortswords
Shortswords are weighted to deal more damage from light attacks, however heavy attacks deal less. Shortswords also provide a small stamina regeneration bonus.

Some shortswords posses powerful enchantments.

Weapons in this category:
Scapher
Takkash
Gaji

Szaras
Anzil
Arbing

Greatswords
Greatswords in general deal greater damage than regular weapons, however heavy and rending attacks are considerably more powerful. Due to their weight wielding a greatsword incurs a stamina regeneration penalty, heavy attacks also cost stamina to perform.

Some greatswords posses powerful enchantments.

Weapons in this category:
Koloye
Crusader
Renzing

Vurq
Silver Crusader
Celara

StilettosStiletto are designed primarily around piercing damage, as such these weapons posses very high armor penetration stats. However due to the fragile nature of these weapons they are only half as durable as regular swords.

Weapons in this category:
Stiletto
Silver Stiletto

Sickles

Sickle attacks wind enemies and stop their stamina from regenerating for a time, as well as this unique trait sickles tend to be more durable than standard weaponry.

Weapons in this category:
Sickle
Silver Sickle

Cleavers

Cleaver weapons are most effective with heavy attacks, where they deal more than usual damage. Light attacks are less damaging however. Cleavers also provide a small stamina and adrenaline generation bonus.

Weapons in this category:
Meat Cleaver
Hachyar

Machetes

Machetes are heavy hacking tools that have a small chance to inflict a bleed-out effect (A permanent heavy bleed until death). Machete also deal enhanced critical damage and are three times as durable as standard weapons, however they reduce stamina regeneration.

Weapons in this category:
Machete
Silver Kukri

Roh
Roh blades are typically enchanted with powerful offensive magic effects. They also provide bonuses to the wielder's elemental abilities.

Weapons in this category:
Bajinn Roh Blade
Silver Roh Blade

Claw Sabres
Claw Sabres cause permanent damage to enemy armour, as well as this they have a chance to cause a light but bloody bleeding effect.

Weapons in this category:
Claw Sabre
Talon Sabre

Jagged

Jagged weapons have a higher chance to cause critical damage as well as cause a critical bleeding effect (A more powerful bleed dealt in 1/4 of the time of a regular bleed)

Weapons in this category:
Jaggat
Serrator

Split

Split weapons are magical blades which have a high chance to temporally reduce enemy armour. Coupled with this effect, split blades also provide a very high sign buff but are slightly less durable than standard weapons.

Weapons in this category:
Spirit
Soul

Naginata

Naginata are lightweight polearms build for crowd control, they provide a stamina pool and regeneration boost as well as dealing greater light attack damage. Very effective when used with the whirl ability.

Weapons in this category:
Naginata
Silver Naginata

Kama

Kama weapons do not impede stamina when dodging, as such they are very fitting for an agile combat style.

Weapons in this category:
Kama
Silver Kama

Glaives

Glaives are heavy polearms built for crowd control focusing on knock-back or knock-down effects. Glaives reduce stamina regeneration but offer increased general damage.

Weapons in this category:
Glaive
Silver Glaive

Crescent

Crescent weapons have a high chance to cause a weakening effect that reduce enemy damage for a time. Crescents also offer high bonuses for select sign powers.

Weapons in this category:
Crescent
Silver Crescent

Looped
Looped weapons are lightweight and thus provide a high stamina regeneration bonus. Being easily maneuverable they also do not impede stamina when performing blocks and parries.

Weapons in this category:
Chakram
Luani

Rapiers

Rapier are extremely sharp weapons, they deal armor piercing and have both a higher critical chance and damage. Light attacks are more powerful but heavy attacks are only as effective.

Weapons in this category:
Rapier
Silver Rapier

Tri-blades
Tri-bladed weapons are often richly decorated, and enchanted, which increases the yield of both experience and gold upon slaying a foe. However these weapons have reduced adrenaline generation rate and critical damage.

Weapons in this category:
Ve'Nasolak
Hja'Ven

Wedge
Wedge blades deal high light attack damage and considerably more heavy attack damage. The cleaving might of these weapons also increases the chance to cause critical damage. Being extremely heavy, wedge blades both cost stamina to perform attacks and reduce stamina regeneration.

Weapons in this category:
Orkur
Maltonge

Barbed
Barbed blades are extremely powerful and cruel weapons. They deal very little upfront damage but have a high chance of causing extreme bleeding effects.

Weapons in this category:
Wrisp
Skinner

Spiral
Spiral as a category does not refer to a specific blade shape, but instead is used to classify weapons with unique traits and abilities.

Weapons in this category:
Spinner
Rachis

Anomaly
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Void Blade