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Best Weapon Formae

This is a list of the best Formae to use in Code Vein 2. Learn the best combat Formae, best support Formae, best utility Formae and and the best formae to customize into your weapons.

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Best Weapon Forma

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Combat Formae

Best Combat Formae

Phantom Assault

Phantom Assault Overview
Phantom AssaultPhantom Assault
Category Combat Formae
Ichor Consumption 3
Applicable Weapons
One-Handed Sword Bayonet Twin Blades
Description
Lunge forward to deliver a two-hit combo. Nullifies enemy attacks while lunging.

Phantom Assault is a weapon forma that you'll be able to use to evade enemy attacks while closing the gap and dealing damage. Its Ichor cost is only 3 which is very cheap for the damage and utility it can provide mid-fight.

Loonming Slash

Looming Slash Overview
Looming SlashLooming Slash
Category Combat Formae
Ichor Consumption 5
Applicable Weapons
One-Handed Sword Twin Blades
Description
Perform a slash while jumping into the air. Nullifies enemy attacks which land right before jumping.

Looming Slash is another evasing Weapon Formae that takes the top list. It has a swift invinsibility period that is quickly followed up by a strong upward slash that can easily dish out thousands of damage. It does cost 5 Ichor so only use it against to counter a slow attack to land a decisive counter.

Fusilade Rondo

Fusilade Rondo Overview
Fusilade RondoFusilade Rondo
Category Combat Formae
Ichor Consumption 3
Applicable Weapons
Bayonet
Description
Rapidly fire three energy rounds with homing abilities. Repeat the input during the attack to perform a finisher shot. (Consumes ichor on use.)

Fusilade Rondo is a swift Weapon Formae that lets a Bayonet launch three hits against its target. All these attacks are also counted as a Bayonet attack but does not consume bullets so you can use support formae such as Ranged Impact to amplify its damage further.

Orbital Blade

Orbital Blade Overview
Orbital Blade
Category Combat Formae
Ichor Consumption 4
Applicable Weapons
Rune Blades
Description
Sends equipped blades spinning around the user, gradually increasing in range and mowing down anything in the area. User is left unarmed while blades remain spinning.

Orbital Blade is a handy Rune Blade formae that dettaches your Rune Blade and makes it spin rapidly on the area you cast it. It's a great DPS move against immobile and/or large enemies due to its rapid hit procs.

Boosted Blade

Boosted Blade Overview
Boosted Blade
Category Combat Formae
Ichor Consumption 6
Applicable Weapons
Two-Handed Sword Halberd
Description
Channel strength into an energy blade and strike downward. Hold the input to increase reach and power.

Boosted Blade has an extremely long wind up so it should only be used on the most opportune moment. However, it still makes it to the list due to the enormous damage it can dish out.

Scorpion

Scorpion Overview
Scorpion
Category Combat Formae
Ichor Consumption 3
Applicable Weapons
Twin Blades
Description
Quickly jump back before rushing forward to stab with both blades. Nullifies enemy attacks while jumping back.

Scorpion is a handy evasive counter tool that Twinblades can use to navigate around fights. It teleports you a huge distance behind then launches a swift counter attack forward. You are intangible during the backside teleport so use it to avoid enemy attacks.

Support Formae

Best Support Formae

Adrenaline

Adrenaline Overview
AdrenalineAdrenaline
Category Combat Formae
Ichor Consumption 2
Applicable Weapons
One-Handed Sword Two-Handed Sword Bayonet Halberd Hammer Twin Blades Rune Blades
Description
Perform a rapid, powerful slash at close range. Repeat the input to chain into a powerful smash. (Consumes ichor on use.)

Adrenaline is one of the early Formae you can get but is one that has an insane value even until the later stages. Its a direct damage buff with a lengthy duration so using it before any major encounter or just re-applying it everytime will help you a lot down the road.

Blow of Madness

Blow of Madness Overview
Blow of MadnessBlow of Madness
Category Offensive Support
Ichor Consumption 2
Applicable Weapons
One-Handed Sword Two-Handed Sword Bayonet Halberd Hammer Twin Blades Rune Blades
Description
Increases the power of the next attack by a fixed amount.

Blow of Madness lets you deal a huge amount of bonus damage on the next hit. The tooltip also states it does a fixed amount of damage but this fixed damage scales with the damage of your next hit. This means its best used on attacks that deal a big amount of damage in one go.

Steady Bulwark

Iron Will Overview
Iron Will
Category Defensive Support
Ichor Consumption 2
Applicable Weapons
One-Handed Sword Two-Handed Sword Bayonet Halberd Hammer Twin Blades Rune Blades
Description
Temporarily reduces all incoming damage.

Steady Bulwark provides a huge amount of damage resistance bonus. Its perfect to use against mob groups so you can fend off a lot of stray attack hits or against bosses, specially when learning their attack patterns.

Ranged Impact

Ranged Impact Overview
Ranged Impact
Category Offensive Support
Ichor Consumption 2
Applicable Weapons
One-Handed Sword Two-Handed Sword Bayonet Halberd Hammer Twin Blades Rune Blades
Description
Temporarily increases attack power for bayonets and certain bequeathed forma shots.

Ranged Impact is a Bayonet exclusive buff that amplifies a Bayonet's ranged attacks. It can easily stack with other damage amplifying effects such as Adrenaline which helps a Bayonet unleash its full power.

Utility Formae

Best Utility Formae

Binding Mark

Binding Mark Overview
Binding MarkBinding Mark
Category Offensive Support
Ichor Consumption 2
Applicable Weapons
One-Handed Sword Two-Handed Sword Bayonet Halberd Hammer Twin Blades Rune Blades
Description
Temporarily applies the status ailment stun to your current weapon.

Binding Mark adds the stall ailment to your weapon which is handy in stopping elites from moving and help you land a few more hits. It also last a long time once applies which makes it oen of the best ailments to add to your weapon.

Valiant Heart

Valiant Heart Overview
Valiant HeartValiant Heart
Category Other
Ichor Consumption 2
Applicable Weapons
One-Handed Sword Two-Handed Sword Bayonet Halberd Hammer Twin Blades Rune Blades
Description
Reduces the stamina cost of dodging.

Stamina cost reduction for dodges. It reduces the cost of dodging by half which helps a lot specially in a light-build setup.

Healing Counter

Healing Counter Overview
Healing Counter
Category Defensive Support
Ichor Consumption 3
Applicable Weapons
One-Handed Sword Two-Handed Sword Bayonet Halberd Hammer Twin Blades Rune Blades
Description
Temporarily adds the following effect to dodges and defensive formae for shields: Slightly regenerates LP when an enemy attack is successfully dodged or guarded against.

Healing Counter will restore LP after a perfect dodge or perfect block. It won't work against regular blockbut it has a long duration which can provide a huge benefit against boss fights.

Soul Stimulant

Soul Stimulant is a strong Weapon Forma to use for your partner. It lets them dish out more damage and since partners do not lose HP, its a perfect damage/utility forma to use for free damage if you play with a partner summoned in fights.

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