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The coolest sword in a game? Why, it's the Brotherhood, of course.
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We doing sword wars? My vote goes for Meta Knight's Galaxia.
Forged by a god thousands of years ago, Galaxia is sentient and only allows those that it deems worthy to use itself. If you're not worthy, you'll be electrocuted until you let go or outright die. So far the only people worthy enough to use it are Meta Knight and Kirby.
Also I mean Meta Knight is a top/high tier character in Smash so clearly Galaxia is a pretty cool sword.
Fuck getting stabbed/killed by that thing; its designed to inflict as much as pain as possible while killing the opponent.
AngmarsKing701
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RevolverRoden
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Not sure what people see in the monado. Looks awful imo. One of the worst in the thread.
I think it's because of its importance in the story rather than for its looks. It looks pretty silly, but the way the story revolves around it is really intriguing.
In Legion you pick up the pieces and make two. TWO
Tekomandor
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Satele Shan's lightsaber:
There are all these mentions of the Moonlight Blade from Demon/Dark Souls, but they are missing one of the best versions of the blade: Watch here
Beware, there are spoilers for the last mission of one route of Armored Core: for Answer. It is kinda hard to show off with just a screenshot.
More that that, the story role of the weapon and its symbolic meanings add a lot to its mystique. It is also the center of a lot of cool gameplay mechanics. The thing is the multi-tool of legendary weapons.
Beware, there are spoilers for the last mission of one route of Armored Core: for Answer. It is kinda hard to show off with just a screenshot.
Most of the images are just of the sword in its inactive form. That's really just the hilt of the sword. When in use, it generates a massive energy blade. During the Monado Buster attack, it creates an energy blade that is 10 to 15 feet long.
More that that, the story role of the weapon and its symbolic meanings add a lot to its mystique. It is also the center of a lot of cool gameplay mechanics. The thing is the multi-tool of legendary weapons.
RevolverRoden
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I see. I know there's that blue beam when its active but that's it. Don't know anything about it story wise. I couldn't get past the first hour of xenoblade chronicles. I tried playing it twice :|
The opening screen of the game with the sword does look cool tho
Gnome Scat
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Gotta love the Prophet's Bane.
Ditto . Without the beam it doesn't looks like it can cut anything either .
WaterAstro
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Because a part of it looks like a donut, and who doesn't like donuts.
Yeah it's trash.
capitalCORN
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Tortahegeszto
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Another vote for Red Queen from DMC4. /vroom vroom motherf@cker!
QisTopTier
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Leviathan's sword is my fave
sword of the heavens also!
sword of the heavens also!
Lion Heart
Banned
Lightning's gunblade.
Fucking badass.
Not sure if its my favourite but this is pure win.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
That sword was amazing. Shit hot stuff. Wish there was a gif of it. Looks incredible in motion.
Ravage_Hydra
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My two favorites are
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Took long enough for this to show up. Definitely the most iconic sword in gaming for me.
Leviathan's sword is my fave
sword of the heavens also!
OK. This one actually looks good. Last time I played this game was in beta on ps4.
Hmmmm.....
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Looks better in motion, has a light reflecting on water type animation on it's aura
Wolf Akela
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Cera Cymmetry will always be King Atillart Sword for me. Objectively best GS in MHFU.
Monado by a mile.
1. It has a good, simple but recognizable design and heavily tied to the game's imaginary.
2. It is not only a weapon, but the key item in the game in terms of world, lore, story, character development and even gameplay.
3. It grants a huge array of cool powers to its owner: from huge blade beams, to barriers, the well-known future visions and
4. From a story standpoint, it subverts many of the initial tropes of the game, like the "only wielded by the chosen hero" trope.
5.
It's one of these rare examples in which the weapon stands out more than the characters themselves.
1. It has a good, simple but recognizable design and heavily tied to the game's imaginary.
2. It is not only a weapon, but the key item in the game in terms of world, lore, story, character development and even gameplay.
3. It grants a huge array of cool powers to its owner: from huge blade beams, to barriers, the well-known future visions and
the mind-bending power to reshape reality.
4. From a story standpoint, it subverts many of the initial tropes of the game, like the "only wielded by the chosen hero" trope.
5.
It is sentient, and its powers are possible because it houses the soul of the Bionis God. And it can change forms depending on the user - for instance, Monado II, True Monado o Zanza's monado.
It's one of these rare examples in which the weapon stands out more than the characters themselves.
BetterThanNothing
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Pretty much all of them are my childhood.
Anything used by anyone in FFIX, X, XI, XII as well for the most part.
Just some badass designs.
I don't know if Game of Thrones counts(haven't played the TT games), but any sword made of valerian steel is automatically badass simply because its material is a lost technology.
Not only the greatest sword of all time, but also the easiest to use...
The Dark Sword of DS3 carried by Darkwraiths.
Did they ever downgrade that thing? I ended up using that sword for most of that game lol.
PatThePassive
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Not sure if it counts as a sword or not but Godsbane from Dragons Dogma.
Its only about the size of a Gladius I believe.
I equipped it and was confused until I swung it and thought what was the point of that.
Its only about the size of a Gladius I believe.
I equipped it and was confused until I swung it and thought what was the point of that.
When the final boss points out what its used for it became my number 1
The Shadow Knight
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Damn, it was in my mind for the entire thread.
KittenMaster
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In retrospect I've always liked the Hardedge and the Runeblade the most out of Cloud's swords. I also really like the Heaven's Cloud and Ragnarok's more regal designs compared to the Ultma Weapon (FF7 and FF8 both have this quirk where the main character's second strongest weapon looks better than their actual strongest).
This is literally a Beretta with a sword glued to the end of it. Squall's Gunblade is far superior.
NoblesseOblige
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I'll never understand why Tidus used a sword.
LookAtMeGo
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I was really digging the designs in Bloodborne.
Here is a few screens I grabbed of my favs.
The Kirkhammer
Ludwigs Holy Blade
Chikage
Blade of Mercy
Burial Blade
Here is a few screens I grabbed of my favs.
The Kirkhammer
Ludwigs Holy Blade
Chikage
Blade of Mercy
Burial Blade
Tarkus
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Yes, twice and it's still damn good.
I actually don't use this weapon. Just trying to troll the DS3 community.
Spiritwalker
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"Ridiculous" is not a bad thing in my book. On the contrary, I prefer my weapons to be as absurd and gaudy as possible.
That said, I do like some of the classier Souls weapons too.
That said, I do like some of the classier Souls weapons too.