Primary weapons are all blades — no clubs or staves in the main hand. You equip two primary weapons and two Phantom Edges, and switch between them mid-combat. Each weapon has its own moveset, and a few have confirmed signature moves noted below.
One-Handed (11 weapons)
The balanced category. The Fanatic's Drunken Sword uses a drunken-boxing style with evade-and-counter moves, and Jagged Steel shares its name with a Weeping Creek Valley boss. Includes Wooden Sanguine, Sanguine, Tianxuan Bronze Sword, The Fanatic's Broken Blade, Wild Oriole Sword, Tianmiao Wild Oriole Sword, Soft Snake Sword, Freezing Chaos, and Aureate.
Dual-Wield (9 weapons)
Fast, multi-hit blades. Seamless Death throws a chakram on its heavy attack for a ranged option. Also includes Sanguine Twin, Shadowless Edge, White Serpent & Crimson Viper, Parting Hooks, Sundering Dual Axes, Baishan Stormswords, The Lady's Fan, and Fiend Saws.
Two-Handed (9 weapons)
The heavy, slow category. Juggernaut charges up while blocking, then unleashes a sweeping attack. Scarlet Wraithblade drops from the boss Hua, Deadly Betrothed. Also includes Sanguine Reach, Blazing Edge, Outlaw Warblade, Armybreaker, Whiteshadow, Crescent Blade, and Bonesaw.
Phantom Edges — Artifice, Destructive, Martial, Ranged, Summoning
Phantom Edges are your off-hand tools, and this is where bows, hand cannons, axes, and hammers live. There are 24 Phantom Edges across five categories: Artifice (5), Destructive (5), Martial (5), Ranged (5), and Summoning (4). They have a limited number of uses that refill at checkpoints, and no switch cooldown. Bashpole (Destructive) drops from Wan Jun "Coppermaul."
Related Pages
The full list of all 30 primary weapons and 24 Phantom Edges.
How to pair two primary weapons and two Phantom Edges.
How weapons tie into Sha-Chi, parries, and power attacks.