Phantom Blade Zero: Complete Phantom Edges Tier List and Best Secondary Weapons Guide

Hunter’s Chain Sickle

Best For: Aggressive builds, ranged pressure, and Bleed-focused combat.

Key Strength: Three-hit slashing combo, long reach, and increased chain damage through Soul Tempering.

Hunter’s Chain Sickle lets Soul maintain pressure from mid-to-long range without constantly approaching enemies. Its multi-hit attacks and Bleed buildup make it especially effective when combined with other status effects.

Bashpole

Best For: Breaking enemy guards and controlling groups.

Key Strength: Wide sweeping attacks, powerful Guard Break, and shockwave damage.

Bashpole combines broad attacks with a powerful ground slam, making it effective against groups and defensive enemies. Its high Guard Break value gives it an additional advantage when opening enemies up for follow-up attacks.

Iron Gauntlets

Best For: Heavy close-range damage and breaking enemy defenses.

Key Strength: Powerful fist attacks, high Guard Break, and the Fist Focus damage boost.

Iron Gauntlets deliver heavy consecutive strikes that build Fist Focus with each hit. Once activated, this effect increases main-weapon damage, allowing Soul to follow up with stronger attacks.

Inanis’ Radiant Fan

Best For: Support-focused combat and improving survivability.

Key Strength: Special summoning and support abilities.

Inanis’ Radiant Fan offers a different approach to combat by providing support rather than relying entirely on direct damage. Its utility makes it an interesting choice for players who value additional assistance during difficult encounters.

Flaming Mane

Best For: Applying fire damage and pressuring enemies with status effects.

Key Strength: Fire-breathing attacks, Burning effects, and additional damage through Soul Tempering.

Flaming Mane releases a stream of fire that can ignite enemies and deal damage over time. Its Soul-Tempered ability adds further offensive pressure and Sha-Chi depletion, making it a strong option for elemental-focused combat.

Kuye Temple Prayer Beads

Best For: Adding extra fighters and distracting enemies during combat.

Key Strength: Summons three Bronze Men to fight alongside Soul for up to 15 seconds.

The summoned Bronze Men provide additional damage while drawing enemy attention away from Soul. This creates useful openings during challenging fights, allowing you to attack more freely while your allies keep opponents occupied.

Flying Dagger

Best For: Ranged attacks and applying Poison pressure.

Key Strength: Multiple throwing-knife volleys and ranged status buildup.

Flying Dagger allows Soul to launch repeated volleys of throwing knives from a distance. Its ranged attacks and Poison application provide a useful way to pressure enemies without relying on close-range combat.

Fire Meteor

Best For: Applying fire damage and weakening groups of enemies.

Key Strength: Twin meteor hammers, Burning effects, and reduced enemy attack power.

Fire Meteor uses twin meteor hammers to deliver sweeping attacks at mid-to-long range. Its Phosphor Flame sets enemies on fire and reduces their attack power, while Soul Tempering adds further Sha-Chi depletion for additional combat pressure.

Dread Axe

Best For: Heavy damage and breaking enemy guards.

Key Strength: Powerful charged attacks, high Guard Break, and shield-breaking capabilities.

Dread Axe is a heavy-hitting Phantom Edge that can deliver devastating cleaving attacks. Holding its activation button charges the weapon for stronger strikes, making it particularly useful against shielded enemies and opponents with strong defenses.

Puppeteer’s Bell

Best For: Summoning additional fighters and creating combat distractions.

Key Strength: Summons two puppets equipped with different weapons for up to 15 seconds.

Puppeteer’s Bell calls a sword-and-shield puppet and a spear-and-shield puppet to fight alongside Soul. Their presence adds extra damage and gives enemies additional targets, creating opportunities to attack while opponents are occupied.

Wolfjaw

Best For: Sustained combat and recovering health through attacks.

Key Strength: Sweeping attacks followed by a finishing strike that drains enemy life to restore HP.

Wolfjaw combines offensive pressure with health recovery. Its charged attacks finish with a life-draining strike that restores HP, making it useful when you need additional survivability during combat. However, its recovery effect does not work against Puppets, Golden Bodies, or Phantom Bodies.

Thunder Spear

Best For: High-damage attacks and interrupting enemies.

Key Strength: Powerful spear strikes, Lightning damage, and Paralysis effects.

Thunder Spear delivers up to three powerful attacks that combine physical damage with lightning strikes. Each hit can inflict Paralysis, giving Soul opportunities to interrupt enemies while dealing substantial damage.

You Loong’s Deluge

Best For: Elemental combinations and weakening fire-based enemies.

Key Strength: High-pressure water attacks that apply Wet and increase vulnerability to Lightning and Ice damage.

You Loong’s Deluge releases a powerful stream of water that repeatedly hits enemies and applies Wet. This effect makes opponents more vulnerable to Lightning and Ice damage, making the Phantom Edge particularly useful when paired with elemental attacks.

Feather Bow

Best For: Ranged attacks and maintaining distance from enemies.

Key Strength: Bow attacks provide an additional way to damage opponents from a distance.

Feather Bow provides a ranged combat option for those who prefer attacking from a safer distance. It’s a good alternative to close-range Phantom Edges for players who excel at kiting enemies.

Bastion

Best For: Defensive playstyles and surviving enemy attacks.

Key Strength: Blocks incoming attacks and allows Soul to push enemies back with a counter-shove.

Bastion focuses on defense rather than direct damage. Its guard can protect Soul from incoming attacks, while the shove creates space against nearby opponents. However, maintaining its defensive stance drains Sha-Chi, so timing its use is important.

Tiger Cannon

Best For: Powerful ranged attacks and dealing with groups.

Key Strength: Charged cannon shots with explosive impact.

Tiger Cannon allows Soul to charge and fire powerful shells, with up to three charging stages. Its explosive attacks provide strong ranged pressure and can ignite explosives or shatter frozen enemies, giving it several useful combat applications.

Swordsman’s Summon

Best For: Adding extra damage and distracting enemies during difficult fights.

Key Strength: Summons a Swordsman Captain and two Disciples to fight alongside Soul.

Swordsman’s Summon brings three additional fighters into battle, allowing them to pressure opponents while drawing some of their attention away from Soul. This support can create useful openings during challenging encounters, although its effectiveness depends on having suitable conditions for summoning.

Flying Guillotine

Best For: Executing vulnerable enemies and applying ranged finishing attacks.

Key Strength: Three mid-range execution attacks and the ranged Reaping ability.

Flying Guillotine offers several execution-based attacks, including Reaping, which allows Soul to execute enemies from a distance. Its combination of mid-range and ranged execution options makes it a distinctive offensive choice.

One-Eyed Bow

Best For: Long-range damage and targeting enemies before they engage.

Key Strength: Charged Death Ray attacks deal additional damage against enemies at full HP.

One-Eyed Bow allows Soul to charge powerful ranged shots while moving. Its Death Ray deals extra damage against enemies with full HP, making it especially useful for opening encounters with a strong attack before switching to close-range combat.

Ink Cut

Best For: Close-range combat and dealing strong damage with martial techniques.

Key Strength: Strong base Damage and Guard Break values.

Ink Cut offers a martial-focused combat option with strong damage potential. Its base stats make it worth considering for players who prefer direct offensive pressure.

Goldblaze

Best For: Ranged combat and applying pressure from a distance.

Key Strength: Provides an additional ranged attack option for dealing with enemies without approaching them.

Goldblaze offers a ranged combat option, but its overall combat advantages are less distinctive than those of higher-ranked Phantom Edges. It can still be useful for players who prefer keeping their distance, although it doesn’t provide the same level of versatility or combat impact as the stronger ranged choices.

War Wagon

Best For: Charging into groups and applying physical attack pressure.

Key Strength: Heavy charging attacks that can hit enemies in its path.

War Wagon focuses on delivering powerful physical attacks through its charging mechanics. While it can be useful against groups when enemies are positioned together, its more specialized attack style makes it less flexible than the higher-tier options.

Loong Trident

Best For: Disrupting enemies and attacking opponents that hide underwater or beneath snow.

Key Strength: Attacks can inflict Sweat, with a special attack opportunity against hidden enemies.

Loong Trident provides a specialized combat option with attacks that can inflict the Sweat effect. It can also force certain hidden enemies out of water or snow, creating opportunities for additional damage. Its more situational mechanics keep it below the more versatile Phantom Edges.

Heartrend Pipa

Best For: Players looking for an alternative combat-support option.

Key Strength: A distinctive Phantom Edge with an upgraded form known as Illusory Pipa.

Heartrend Pipa provides a different approach to Phantom Edge combat, but its overall effectiveness is more specialized than the stronger choices in our ranking. Its Soul-Tempered evolution, Illusory Pipa, offers an additional upgrade path to match your playstyle.