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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
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This is a tier list of the best weapons in Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition. See the tier list of the best weapons in the game, as well as our explanation of why weapons are placed in their respective tiers.
List of Contents
Best Weapons Tier List
Best Xenoblade Chronicles X Weapons
 S Tier |
 Longswords
 Gatling Guns
 Rayguns
|
|---|---|
 A Tier |
 Knives
 Sniper Rifles
 Dual Guns
 Dual Swords
|
 B Tier |
 Photon Sabers
 Assault Rifles
 Javelins
 Psycho Launchers
|
 C TIer |
 Shields
|
 D TIer |
Multi-Gun |
Longswords, Gatling guns, and rayguns are the best weapon types due to their powerful exclusive arts and high damage output.
Tier List Explanations
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S Tier - Best Weapons
| Weapon | Explanation |
|---|---|
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Longswords |
・Strong Melee Arts like
Blossom Dance Blossom Dance Deals weapon damage, inflicts stagger, ignores enemy attribute resistances
, which can one-hit enemies if built right, and
Rising Blade Rising Blade Deals weapon damage, boosts damage when taunted
which can deal x2 damage when you are targeted・No Buff Arts |
|
Gatling Guns |
・Strongest Thermal Focus with arts ・Great AoE effect Arts like Bullet Storm Bullet Storm Deals Weapon Damage, inflicts Flinch on Humanoids
,
Missile Volley Missile Volley Deals Thermal Damage, Inflicts Thermal Res Down
, and
Hellfire Hellfire Requires TP, deals weapon damage, with an aura: boosts damage
・Has Enhanced Stand Enhanced Stand Requires TP, boosts auto-attack damage, continually restores HP
which buffs both offense and defense
・Best arts are unlocked at later ranks |
|
Rayguns |
・One of the most powerful weapons ・Has Beam Bomber Beam Bomber Deals weapon damage, increased damage with active aura
, a powerful ranged arts・High damage for ranged attack ・Most Arts are single-element only |
A Tier
| Weapon | Explanation |
|---|---|
|
Knives |
・Fast Auto-Attack ・Good with Debuffs ・Has Black Bane Black Bane Does Ether damage, multiplying per debuff on the enemy
, a powerful melee arts・Has a lot of Good Aura and Buff Arts ・Poor damage and range |
|
Sniper Rifles |
・Great Accuracy, Great Range ・Has Buff Arts for Ranged Attack ・Most of the Arts based on Critical Hits ・Slow Auto-Attack ・Best Arts are locked behind Affinity Missions |
|
Dual Guns |
・Fast Auto-Attack ・Most of the Arts based on Critical Hits ・Has Ghostwalker Ghostwalker Grants Decoy, grants total evasion during execution
and
Primer Primer Grants Critical Power, Boosts TP
, two powerful buff arts ・Most of its Arts bonuses are based on position |
|
Dual Swords |
・Very diverse Arts ・Great Aura Arts like Shadowrunner Shadowrunner Requires TP, Boosts potential, From Behind: Boosts damage and disables enemy detection
and
Killing Machine Killing Machine Requires TP, boosts Melee Accuracy, Boosts Melee Attack, Boosts Potential
・Output damage is low without Potential |
B Tier
| Weapon | Explanation |
|---|---|
|
Photon Sabers |
・Strong Melee Combos with Fast Arts ・Great Aura Arts like Astrolibrium Astrolibrium Requires TP, Reflects Beam Attacks, Boosts Beam damage
and
Essence Exchange Essence Exchange Swaps current HP and TP values
・Most of its Arts need TP with only one TP-generating Art |
|
Assault Rifles |
・Most balanced weapon and can fit any build ・Has the most Arts of any weapon |
|
Javelins |
・Has rare Reflect attribute that returns damage to enemies ・Can specialize and focus on electric element ・Damage is inconsistent |
|
Psycho Launchers |
・Has gravity element Arts which is one of the best elements ・Has Astral Protection Astral Protection Requires TP, Boosts all Attribute Resistance, Restores HP when using Arts
, a good defense art・Weapon is mostly good for a support-type builds |
C Tier
| Weapon | Explanation |
|---|---|
|
Shields |
・Skills provide defensive bonuses if a Shield is equipped ・A lot of Buff Arts ・Slow auto-attack and low damage |
D Tier
| Weapon | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Multi-Gun |
・Has powerful exclusive art Boost Barrel ・Has only 4 arts ・Strengths are not worth the grind to get |
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Dual weapon is the best weapon of the game. You can use it only and kill all enemy or you can mix it for having an unkillable and boosted character with a potential to max your metamod multiplier in 10 second without insert. It the base of 90-95% of all the most spectacular build and none of them could be usable without dual weapon.