SEPHIRIA GUIDE

WEAPON FAMILY

Blade weapons

The sheathe-and-draw starting family built around heavy slash timing.

8 upgrade branches · 14 final forms

How to use Blade

  • Special Attack toggles Sheathed and Drawn states with a brief damage-immunity window.
  • While sheathed, Normal Attack performs the wide Heavy Slash; each use costs MP.

Upgrade branches

Compare each Tier 2 weapon below, then follow its Tier 3 evolutions. Open a weapon for its individual details.

Tier 2

Long Blade 'Onohara'

  • Special Attack: Heavy Slash is affected by Attack Speed. Attack Speed increases by 15%.
Tier 3

Famed Sword 'Muramasa'

  • Special Attack: Heavy Slash is affected by Attack Speed. Attack Speed increases by 15%.
  • Always remains in Sheath state, and Special Attack: Heavy Slash changes to Special Attack: Swift Slash. The efficiency of Attack Speed is increased by 80%.
Tier 3

Beast Marks Sword 'Hou'

  • Special Attack: Heavy Slash is affected by Attack Speed. Attack Speed increases by 15%.
  • Special Attack: Heavy Slash's base Attack Speed is reduced by 24%, but it can hit distant enemies. Damage increases by 1% for every 2 Evasion.
Tier 2

Helbanus

  • When performing a Weapon Attack, deal additional damage to the target equal to 30% of Fire Damage.
Tier 3

Blazing Helbanus

  • When performing a Weapon Attack, deal additional damage to the target equal to 30% of Fire Damage.
  • Burn Stack increases by 2, and Fire Damage increases by 4.
Tier 3

Heidi

  • When performing a Weapon Attack, deal additional damage to the target equal to 30% of Fire Damage.
  • When consuming Dash Count, gain 'Overheat' stacks. (1 by default, gain 3 when using Sheath, up to 9 times) Consumes stacks when using Normal Attack.
Tier 3

Solis Ekli

  • When performing a Weapon Attack, deal additional damage to the target equal to 30% of Fire Damage.
  • Sheath changes to Eclipse.
Tier 2

Rendblade: Heavenrend

  • Gain Sword Strike through Normal Attack. Special Attack: Heavy Slash changes to Normal Attack: Iaido Slash.
Tier 3

Rendblade: Drifting Willow

  • Gain Sword Strike through Normal Attack. Special Attack: Heavy Slash changes to Normal Attack: Iaido Slash.
  • Critical Chance increases by 30%, and the range of Normal Attack: Great Iaido Slash changes to a full attack.
Tier 3

Rendblade: RuinDance

  • Gain Sword Strike through Normal Attack. Special Attack: Heavy Slash changes to Normal Attack: Iaido Slash.
  • You cannot use Normal Attack: Great Iaido Slash, but when the Sword Strike gauge is at 100%, you gain the Buff Katana Nanmu buff.
Tier 2

The Awaiting Azureblade

  • Continuously gain 'Blade Slash' when Sheath. Consumes 10 Blade Slash when casting magic to increase Magic Damage Bonus by 20%.
Tier 3

Yui's Short Dagger

  • Continuously gain 'Blade Slash' when Sheath. Consumes 10 Blade Slash when casting magic to increase Magic Damage Bonus by 20%.
  • Magic Critical Chance increases by 30%.
Tier 3

Adamah’s Oath

  • Continuously gain 'Blade Slash' when Sheath. Consumes 10 Blade Slash when casting magic to increase Magic Damage Bonus by 20%.
  • Summons a 'Magic Blade' that flies towards the enemy and deals damage when magic is used. (Damage: 20 + 70% of empty MP amount)
Tier 2

Library Spectral Sealing Society Mark I

  • Dash Attack damage increases by 40%. Spending a Dash Charge summons a spirit that performs 2 Dash Attacks at nearby enemies, with a 2.5-second cooldown.
Tier 3

Library Spectral Sealing Society Mark II

  • Dash Attack damage increases by 40%; spending a Dash Charge makes a spirit perform 2 Dash Attacks on nearby enemies. Cooldown: 2.5 seconds.
  • The spirit's Dash Attack cooldown becomes 1 second and falls by 10% per Dash Charge. Sheathe invincibility lasts 50% longer; blocking an attack makes the spirit perform one Dash Attack per Dash Charge.
Tier 2

Winter Smith's Draftblade

  • Sheath is replaced with Tackle. Adds additional damage equal to 15% of Ice Damage on Weapon Attack. Ice Damage is increased by 3.
Tier 3

Silence of Everfrost

  • Sheath is replaced with Tackle. Adds additional damage equal to 15% of Ice Damage on Weapon Attack. Ice Damage is increased by 3.
  • Tackle changes to Special Attack: Ice Sliding. Blocking enemy attacks during invincibility triggers the artifact Echo of the Glacier immediately. Upon activation, it deals Ice Damage 120% damage to nearby enemies.
Tier 3

Fragment of Nastrond

  • Sheath is replaced with Tackle. Adds additional damage equal to 15% of Ice Damage on Weapon Attack. Ice Damage is increased by 3.
  • After a Tackle action, it activates Frost Relic Nastrond when attacking.
Tier 2

Thunder Sword 'Bronte'

  • Damage dealt by Weapon Attack is reduced by 20%, but it is changed to Lightning Damage.
Tier 3

Lightning Flash

  • Damage dealt by Weapon Attack is reduced by 20%, but it is changed to Lightning Damage.
  • Gain 1 stack of 'Electric Charge' when dealing damage with Electric. (Max 10) Consume 2 stacks of 'Electric Charge' to perform Special Attack: Issen upon Special Attack: Heavy Slash.
Tier 2

Armor-Bender

  • Normal Attack damage increases by 1% for every 2 Defense.
Tier 3

Breakplate Blade

  • Normal Attack damage increases by 1% for every 2 Defense.
  • While not sheathed, gain 1 Hardening stack every 0.8 seconds.
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