Sister blades seem a bit underwhelming (not in the underpowered way)

[pakupakuzakeru]

I don't think any weapon is bad. I am just a bit puzzled by the sister blades' "role". I find all weapons to be very distinct from one another, except the sister blades that are too similar to the staff, especially before considering aspects. I prefer the staff, so the blades seem like a "worse staff" to me, but that is not really an issue of which one is better, it is just that they are too similar. The blades are faster (though one part of the attack animation is surprisingly not dash cancellable which makes it counter-intuitively slower than it looks), but have less range. But the staff is already fast enough to easily interrupt non-armored enemy attacks or dash away when in danger. That is why I personally prefer the staff, it feels like it has better range but no disadvantage over the blades. Also, the special is basically the same. And the Omega is just, one big shot vs several small. Not game changing.

I feel that the blades should have their own niche, be more distinct. Maybe the backstabbing mechanic should be more salient (and part of every aspect). Maybe lean more into the "ninja"/assassin aspect. The omega special could turn you invisible so you can sneak in the back of your enemy. The omega attack could be a super high damage move from the back, low damage from the front. Or it could go any other direction as long as it is more of its unique thing.

Look at the axe for example, it is supposed to be the slow but powerful melee weapon, and it does an excellent job at feeling very different from the rest. I think the blades, as the fast but low range melee weapon, deserve to be as unique.

Do you feel the same or am I just completely missing what makes the blades unique?

[werwolfgaming]

Blades are for very quick attacks staff is for abit slower but longer reach attacks

[EmeraldFoxDeity]

I haven't unlocked aspects yet, but the main thing that sets them apart, is being the best balanced weapon in the game right now with a built in dash backstab strike for a mere 10 Magick cost. Which seems to have the same kind of invulnerability frames of her normal dash. That said, the "Special", is special in that it sucks in every conceivable way. Just shws how good the attacks and Omega Attack are that the weapon is top tier in spite of quite possibly the worst special in the game.

[Tia Romba]

I mainly go for Hestia whenever i play the sister blades because you can stack Scorch pretty high on the attack and try to find the boon that makes high scorch stacks explode.
Then have Aphrodite for the Special and use it like the devs said during the stream, to shotgun an enemy up close (it's especially good if you get the Daedalus upgrade that charges it faster).
Overall, just try to go for on-hit effects or fixed damage increase (like poseidon) since % based damage is bad on a low damage weapon.