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Best Large Swords in NieR Automata

• Iron Will - This large sword is a reference to Guts Dragon-Slayer from Kentaro Miura's Berserk Manga series. The blade of the sword is dull, but it is said the power comes from the mass of the alone. This sword increases your defense and with Steel Spine, it also increases your stagger resistance.
• Phoenix Sword - a blade allegedly made from phoenix feathers. This sword increases your attack speed helping you chain combos together, and with the Phoenix Flash, it gives you the chance to to restore a portion of your health when you land your attacks.
• Type-4O Blade - an advanced YoRHa weapon designed to defeat machine lifeforms. Its base damage does a fair amount of damage, it also increases the chance of stunning enemies in combat with Stun Up. Energy Charge grants you increased damage for not using the weapon for a few seconds.
• Virtuous Treaty - similar to Virtuous Contract, this is also a starting weapon you can obtain very early on the game. This sword increase your attack speed and with the Holy Blessing, it will increase your attack power when you're at full health.
• Cruel Blood Oath - a large sword stained in jet black from the blood of years of conflict. This is the larger version of Cruel Oath. It increases your attack speed and with Dark Impulse, it increases your damage output when you're below 30% health, proven useful for when you find yourself in a sticky situation.

Weapons Overview in NieR Automata

There are four different types of Weapons in NieR Automata, Small Swords, Large Swords, Spears, and Combat Bracers. You can obtain different weapons in different ways, by purchasing them through shops, finding them in different chests, and completing different quests. Each weapon type has a different type of attack speed and damage output, and each weapon is unique that it offers a different set of special abilities. All weapons that you obtain in the game can be used by all the playable characters.

Each weapon can be upgraded up to Level 4 which is the max upgrade for any type of weapon. Upgrading a weapon increases the damage and opens up abilities that will make the weapon even more powerful in combat. In most locations, you can only upgrade a weapon up to Level 3, you will need to find Masamune, located in the Castle of the Forest Zone in order to upgrade your weapons to Level 4.

Defeating enemies is key in gathering money to purchase materials and upgrade your weapons. At the start of the game, there are robots roaming around near the resistance camp that you can take out easily. As you progress through the game, the level of enemies will increase, and defeating enemies is vital in progressing through the game.

In combat, melee isn't the only way to deal damage to your opponent. You can always use your Pods, these are small robots that follow you and provide assistance to you while in combat by using projectiles for opponents that are not within your melee range. These pods can also help you in extending your combos. There are enemies that are hard to reach with your melee attacks, and these pods can also help in staggering your opponents.