Weapons FAQ by Gamer The Great

Intro:
What REALLY differs Soul Blade from other Beat'em-ups,is it's huge array of
different weapons.Here is a not-so-brief(since there are 70 of'em:)) listing
of 'em by character. (normal weapons not included)

Power:The more the merrier.How much damage a non-blocked hit does.

Defence:How much a non-blocked hit does TO YOU. The higher this rate,
the less.

Strength:How much damage a blocked hit does to enemy's weapon.Once again,
the higher this is,the more damage you do to enemies'weapon when blocked.

Durability:How well your weapon handles blocked blows? This says it.

Weight:The lighter the better since lighter weapons are faster.

Mitsurugi:

Onimaru:
Power:7/10
Defence:2/10
Strength:5/10
Durability:2/10
Weight:5/10
Special abilities:Uses energy when slashing
Quite a crap weapon,since it eats energy when you use it and is not that
effective...Unless you're a beginner and this is all you got:)

Iron slasher:
Power:5/10
Defence:7/10
Strength:8/10
Durability:9/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:None
A pretty good weapon,since it's quite light and does massive damage against
defence.Use it vs.a weak weapon and you'll win for sure.

Kojiro's Sword:
Power:5/10
Defence:6/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:7/10
Weight:5/10
Special abilities:Long
A good weapon.Take the default weapon,increase stats a bit and lengthen it
by half and you got a Kojiro's Sword.

Water Moon:
Power:4/10
Defence:9/10
Strenght:1/10
Durability:3/10
Weight:4/10
Special abilities:Recovers energy
This sword is made for those who rely on unblocked hits and don't block much
themselves.

Two Handed Sword:
Power:9/10
Defence:6/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:5/10
Weight:4/10
Special abilities:None
A really powerful sword this is.One of my favorites.

Falx
Power:6/10
Defence:3/10
Strength:5/10
Durability:7/10
Weight:1/10
Special abilities:None
A light sword,making it really fast.Good vs.slow weapons.

Murasame
Power:9/10
Defence:8/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:1/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:Uses energy when slashing,makes enemys' blocking
95% useless!

Good in both attack and defence,but uses energy. For aggressive people who
rather dodge than block.(BTW,I beat the game with this in 0.55.76!:))

Siegfried

Grimblade
Power:8/10
Defence:3/10
Strength:3/10
Durability:7/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:Uses energy when slashing
I don't recall using this much,for reason or another...A bit better than
Mitsurugi's Onimaru,in all ways.

Atlas Sword
Power:3/10
Defence:8/10
Strength:2/10
Durability:5/10
Weight:7/10
Special abilities:Restores energy
A good defencive weapon,restores energy too...

Flamberge
Power:6/10
Defence:3/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:9/10
Weight:2/10
Special abilities:None
A quick-striking weapon with great durability.Lax defence though...

7 Branch Blade
Power:1/10
Defence:2/10
Strength:5/10
Durability:1/10
Weight:4/10
Special abilities:Recovers Weapon Gauge(and fast!-))
OK,you may think this weapon is a piece of crap and only thing
impressive about it is cool looks...But it's not! You see,weapon
gauge fills itself up from empty to full in a second when you're
using this baby! What this means is 2 things:1:It's utterly impossible
to break it under normal circumstances(can be done,but when I tried it the
first thing that ran almost out was Sieg's health!-))
2: You have infinite Critical Edges with this baby! Whack away!

Hard Steel Blade
Power:8/10
Defence:6/10
Strength:8/10
Durability:8/10
Weight:5/10
Special abilities:None
This is a pretty good weapon in all matters.

Claymore
Power:5/10
Defence:2/10
Strength:3/10
Durability:5/10
Weight:1/10
Special abilities:None
Fast but lax power/defence.

SoulEdge
Power:?
Defence:?
Strength:?
Durability:?
Weight:?
Special abilities:DRAINS energy!
A helluva powerful sword but drains energy like a kitchen sink!-)

Seung MiNa

Tiger Fang
Power:7/10
Defence:3/10
Strength:5/10
Durability:5/10
Weight:8/10
Special abilities:Uses energy when attacking
ANOTHER variation of Onimaru.<yawn>

Long Handed Sword
Power:1/10
Defence:3/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:3/10
Weight:2/10
Special abilities:None
Strikes fast and powerless.Defence is no picnic either.

Nagamaki
Power:6/10
Defence:7/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:4/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:None
Now this is a bit more like it.Pretty good weapon.

Halbard(I'm no weapon's expert but shouldn't that be "Halberd"?)
Power:9/10
Defence:6/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:6/10
Weight:7/10
Special abilities:Recovers energy
Getting better.Really powerful and everthing else is
above average.Bit on a heavy/slow side but energy recovering effect more
than makes that up.

Morning Star
Power:6/10
Defence:9/10
Strength:8/10
Durability:7/10
Weight:5/10
Special abilities:None
Excelent in defense and good in everything else.

Sickled Spear
Power:3/10
Defence:7/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:3/10
Weight:1/10
Special abilities:None
Consider this as a baby brother of Morning Star.It's abilities are lesser
but it's fastest of MiNa's Weapons.

Spiked Mace
Power:10/10
Defence:8/10
Strength:7/10
Durability:3/10
Weight:4/10
Special abilities:Recovers Weapon Gauge
The grand daddy in MiNa's arsenal.Power at full ten and defence at
glorious 8.It should only be more durable and drop a few pounds....

Li Long

Snake Wind
Power:8/10
Defence:2/10
Strength:2/10
Durability:3/10
Weight:4/10
Special abilities:Does abnormally great block damage
<yawn>Another one of these.Well at least this one does lotsa
block damage.

Titan
Power:6/10
Defence:8/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:7/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:None
Best in defence,second in power and strength.Quite durable and light.
In one word:Good.

Phoenix
Power:3/10
Defence:7/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:5/10
Weight:2/10
Special abilities:None
You ain't gonna break any weapons with this,but try block-and-hit-tactics.

Steel Dragon
Power:6/10
Defence:6/10
Strength:10/10
Durability:9/10
Weight:5/10
Special abilities:None
The Ultimate Unarmer.:) But that's not where it's abilites end...

White Tiger
Power:10/10
Defence:5/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:8/10
Weight:6/10
Special abilities:None
Really powerful.And it doesn't lack any other potential....Though on
the down side,it's slow/heavy

Asura
Power:8/10
Defence:7/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:6/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:None
Well...Another one that's got no use on weapon-breaking-business,but good
on the other things...

Twin Thunder
Power:10/10
Defence:9/10
Strength:7/10
Durability:9/10
Weight:1/10
Special abilities:None
A-B-S-O-L-U-T-L-E-Y FABULOUS! If you can't win with this big bad daddy-o,
then I suggest you sell away your Soul Blade....NOW!

Voldo

Full Moon
Power:3/10
Defence:7/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:7/10
Weight:2/10
Special abilities:None
A pretty good weapon for hit-and run-purposes,but not much other...

Iron Claw
Power:1/10
Defence:3/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:3/10
Weight:1/10
Special abilities:None
A weapon for those who like to drown their opponents in a vast ocean
of slashes, this is a good tool for that. But not much more, I'm afaid...

Guillottine
Power:8/10
Defence:5/10
Strength:10/10
Durability:9/10
Weight:7/10
Special abilities:None
Does nasty damage if opponent leaves their guard open.If not,then their
weapon is going to suffer a bit more than little...

Poison Arrow
Power:3/10
Defence:5/10
Strength:3/10
Durability:3/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:Supreme block damage
Does a bit more than minor block damage,so if not ruining their weapon,
then by killing them via block damage!

Buffalo Horn
Power:8/10
Defence:6/10
Strength:3/10
Durability:5/10
Weight:2/10
Special abilities:Recovers energy
Pretty light for such a powerful weapon...So if you did not find the
Guillottine your liking,try this one instead.

Pata
Power:6/10
Defence:9/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:6/10
Weight:4/10
Special abilities:None
A pretty good weapon in all assets,best in defence.

SoulEdge
Power:?
Defence:?
Strength:?
Durability:?
Weight:?
Special abilities:Drains energy
Powerful and long,this is a good weapon... 

Cervantes De Leon

Main Gauche
Power:2/10
Defence:3/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:3/10
Weight:2/10
Special abilities:None
Pretty fast weapon but that's it...

Defender
Power:3/10
Defence:8/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:7/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:None
The name should be quite obious...well
among that is has good strength and it's durable...and pretty fast.

Jirotoh
Power:7/10
Defence:3/10
Strength:8/10
Durability:9/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:None
A pretty versatile tool we have here....but defence is not it specialties...

Katana
Power:3/10
Defence:5/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:4/10
Weight:6/10
Special abilities:Block damage....again
Does good block damage but is somewhat heavy and isn't excellent in any other
aspect either...

3 Bladed Edge
Power:10/10
Defence:5/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:2/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:None
Most powerful amongst Cervantes' weapons,but not really good in other
aspects

Heavy Lance
Power:6/10
Defence:8/10
Strength:8/10
Durability:7/10
Weight:4/10
Special abilities:None
Pretty good in everything but not outstandingly excellent in anything but
best in breaking weapons...Hope I made my point clear...:)

Serpent's Tongue
Power:9/10
Defence:8/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:10/10
Weight:1/10
Special abilities:None
A good weapon...but don't hope to break any weapon's with it...

Hwang Syung Kyung

Nippon Blade
Power:5/10
Defence:7/10
Strength:7/10
Durability:7/10
Weight:5/10
Special abilities:None
Kind of a basic weapon with upgraded str.,def. and dur. Not too shabby.

Mountain Breaker
Power:6/10
Defence:2/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:7/10
Weight:2/10
Special abilities:None
You are not gonna break any weapons with this,let alone mountains...:)
But it's somewhat powerful and durable...take advantage of what you have and
don't worry about the rest...

Thunderous Fire
Power:6/10
Defence:7/10
Strength:5/10
Durability:5/10
Weight:4/10
Special abilities:None
Another upgraded basic weapon....

Falchion
Power:8/10
Defence:9/10
Strength:10/10
Durability:9/10
Weight:7/10
Special abilities:None
As you can see,a great weapon...but it's quite heavy...

Sword Of Dawn
Power:7/10
Defence:8/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:4/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:Recovers NRG
A sword with partally invisible blade....good in att and def
but not so good in others...

Midas Blade
Power:10/10
Defence:5/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:9/10
Weight:5/10
Special abilities:None
A powerful sword with durability...I almost always use this when
I use Hwang...

Phantom
Power:7/10
Defence:4/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:10/10
Weight:4/10
Special abilities:LLLLOOOOOOONNNNNGGGGGG! But eats energy....
This is a longes weapon this game has to offer...in real scale,it
would be apporx.3 metres long! It's blade is invisible so that gives
suprise value too...

Rock

Stone Club
Power:8/10
Defence:4/10
Strength:7/10
Durability:2/10
Weight:10/10
Special abilities:None
A heavy weapon...like an War Hammer with a bit more defencive ability....

Cresent Ax(isn't that supposed to be axe?)
Power:3/10
Defence:3/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:1/10
Weight:2/10
Special abilities:eats nrg
Fastest Rock has to offer...<yawn...zzz>Next!

War Hammer
Power:10/10
Defence:1/10
Strength:10/10
Durability:10/10
Weight:10/10
Special abilities:None
It would be a perfect weapon if it weren't for those 2 major cons...
1:If you get hit when using this it does more than smarts!
2:It's HEAVY!

Twin Ax
Power:5/10
Defence:8/10
Strength:2/10
Durability:3/10
Weight:4/10
Special abilities:None
For Non-Blockers.

Cross Ax
Power:9/10
Defence:6/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:8/10
Weight:5/10
Special abilities:None
A pretty good weapon in all ways...

Double Tomahawk
Power:6/10
Defence:8/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:6/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:None
Fast and defensive weapon.

Great Ax(this one surely lives up to it's name! Read on!)
Power:10/10
Defence:4/10
Strength:8/10
Durability:10/10
Weight:4/10
Special abilities:recovers nrg...AND FAST!
This is THE ultimate cheez weapon...fast,powerful,durable...
and best of all,recovers energy as fast as hell! Whole meter in 26 seconds!

Taki

Iron Fan
Power:1/10
Defence:7/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:4/10
Weight:2/10
Special abilities:None
Another weapon that is fast as hell but that's it...

Mekkimaru
Power:8/10
Defence:3/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:7/10
Weight:6/10
Special abilities:eatz nrg
Well,you know...

Jutte
Power:3/10
Defence:8/10
Strength:10/10
Durability:10/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:None
Another Ultimate Weaponbreaker...

Gaea Sword
Power:7/10
Defence:6/10
Strength:5/10
Durability:8/10
Weight:5/10
Special abilities:None
A bit better than a standard weapon...BTW,Sophetia has EXACTLY same weapon...

Kunai
Power:1/10
Defence:3/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:2/10
Weight:1/10
Special abilities:None
Look at the stats...I bet it's not hard to tell

Tanto
Power:8/10
Defence:7/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:1/10
Weight:4/10
Special abilities:None
Looks like she swiped that one from the nearest kitchen...:) Well,I beat the
game with her using this...so I guess it's not that bad...

Spirit Blade
Power:9/10
Defence:9/10
Strength:9/10
Durability:9/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:None
A nearly perfect weapon...as you can see,there is no flaws in this one....

Sophetia Alexandra


Gaea Sword
Power:7/10
Defence:6/10
Strength:5/10
Durability:8/10
Weight:5/10
Special abilities:Recovers energy
Pretty good....And restores energy too!

Sword Breaker
Power:1/10
Defence:2/10
Strength:10/10
Durability:10/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:None
As you can see,excellent in weapon-
breaking business,and makes sure they don't make you to take a taste of
your own medicine:)

Fire Blade
Power:8/10
Defence:7/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:6/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:eatz nrg
Powerful but eats energy...Wait a sec,haven't I seen something similar
before?-)

Blue Crystall Rod

Power:1/10
Defence:9/10
Strength:1/10
Durability:4/10
Weight:5/10
Special abilities:None
Another one for those who haven't learned to block yet...:)

Rapier
Power:6/10
Defence:3/10
Strength:2/10
Durability:3/10
Weight:2/10
Special abilities:None
Longest of Sophetia's weapons,but that's about it...

Apollo Sword
Power:9/10
Defence:6/10
Strength:6/10
Durability:8/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:giwez nrg
Consider this as a Gaea Sword Mark 2=)

Valkyre
Power:9/10
Defence:9/10
Strength:7/10
Durability:5/10
Weight:3/10
Special abilities:Restores Weapon Gauge
A good weapon,great in attack/defence and pretty light...

Well,when you play the game the first time,you ain't gonna get all those
lovely weapons right away. Oh no no no no no no! You gotta EARN them. Well
how do you get them you ask? Easy.(well, easy in principle:))From Main Menu,
select Edge Master Mode. Here,select a save slot and a character you wish to
use. Now,when you are in the map,press Cross.Now select book and start
learning(you can skip the background story if you wish.) Here,you must
complete certain tasks in order to sink your fingers into those lovely
weapons. Good Luck and happy gaming!(Last minute reminder:You got a memory
card haven't you?:))