I'm sure this is not normal =/

[Eanoth]

The whip and other weapons are not damage enemies in any way, I did the test in the iOS version and it does not happen, it is happening only in the Steam version.

happens to anyone else?

PD: sorry my english.

[Eanoth]

I forgot to mention that this only happens to me on the new map."Astral Stair".

[Zephyr]

This is totally normal. The enemies here are vulnerable to red or blue weapons depending of their color. It's this map's gimmick. Some weapon ignore this vulnerability though.

[praetarius5018]

Is there a list somewhere of which weapons count as what color? Cause I can't figure some out.
Like is death spiral blue (tip) or red (handle)? Is bone a dud (white)? Is Phierragi blue despite being a union of a red and blue weapon? Is each of vandaliers beam a unique color for this mechanic?

[John Orbit]

Obviously the 2 Guns work (they're included in the stage). Start with the Tree Card and pick up the Guns immediately. Also, the Cherry Bomb seems to count as both red and blue, so grab it from the Merchant.
With your staring weapon, the 2 Guns, and the Cherry Bomb, you only need 2 more.

Clock Lancet doesn't do damage, but freezing enemies is super helpful.
Song of Mana is super effective and seems to work on both red and blue, but it stops working if you evolve it.
Victory Sword only works on blue, but it works really well.
Pentagram works as usual, and so does its evolution.

I haven't tested every weapon, but here are a few more that work:
King Bible (+Evolution), Magic Wand (+Evolution), Fire Wand (+Evolution).

[Zephyr]

It is in general an horrible idea to pick up the on map weapons from the get go. It's pretty important to only pick them up after you've filled all your weapons slots, that way you actually increase the amount of weapons you can hold. In that situation, you can get 8 weapons total(well less if you evolve the guns, but you know). This can be further raised if you wait to be full to get the candy box and super candy box in chest, and even more if you manage to make those drop.

Clock lancet is a bad idea on this map, you can't upgrade it. I would even consider forgetting about laurel for the same reason, but laurel is still quite useful even unupgraded.

Victory sword and pentagram are a given. I also almost always get greatest jubilee for the candle summoning effect, especially if you want to reliably get gold fevers and you run disco of gold, as it gives you pretty much constant healing. I like Flame of Mispel due to the scaling on curse, and you will probably have a lot of it one way or an other.

[Jaeus]

As far as I know, Heaven Sword is Purple and thus both for that gimmick, but an evolution.
Prismatic Pearl and Luminaire both work against both colors.
I would assume Vandalier hits both as well.

Zephyr's advice amuses me, it's very tryhard when there are easy surefire paths to victory already. From easy overpowered characters like Queen Sigma or Jenny, to characters with easy weapons for the stage like Luminaire and Gains and Pugnala.
So if one's recommendation isn't those, then I'd assume the intent is some degree of self-imposed challenge... which is very at odds with trying to stack 9 or 10 weapons. ;p

Heck even if I were gonna try to win with Poe Ratcho, I'd just limit myself to Garlic, Laurel, and 1 useful weapon and manually pick Limit Break levels for quite a while.