Fist vs Blade

[kingexl123]

Blade has a lot of legendary manuals and they are easy to get. Fist only has 5 manuals, one is from the old man sect and one is tied to Duke Kang story. So most of the time, I can only have 3 legendary fist manuals on my character. Which one is better for free mode?

[DungeonRyu]

I think Fist is the easiest with Dragon King from the Duke Kang story and People's Palm is always great with many builds.

[Avenging Angel]

For Freemode you typically want to transfer the other Manuals over via Steles.
Now whether Blade or Fist is better?
Blade has slightly more Top-End Damage with Peerless Blade (250% dmg) however suffers from a lack of good legendary Manuals. Your 2nd best manual is Savage Primal Blade with 50% damage.

Fist is very close to Blade damage with roughly 242% Damage when min-maxed on 5Ext, 4 Int. Furthermore it has 2 extremely solid Damage Dealers in Vairocana & Sky Destroyer. Then there is also Dragon King Palm which is usable but lacks damage versus endgame opponents.

Both can fully clear the game on the highest Freemode settings. My guide also features both including many more builds.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3121034392

However, I'd recommend Fist over Blade if you choose not to take Perfect Adaptation for Xuanyuan. Nine Yang is strictly superior to Kunwu.
Furthermore, Fist can completely ignore the "Unarmed" Status.

[DungeonRyu]

I doubt anyone can add something after Avenging Angel, lol.

A huge thanks for your guide, man. It helped me sharpen my Zither build and prepare for the next run. For a hardcore player, there is no better guide in English on this site.

[Avenging Angel]

😅
Appreciate it!

[founder_shi]

If it's all about the the damage value, the best choice for free mod is starting with the buff "perfect adaptation" and choose the best manual from all kinds,especially those with the effect of"final damage increase". For this effect is the most effective factor in the damage calculating than others(martial arts value, the effect of five dimensional attributes and so on).
Spring and Autumn Fan(NO.1 damage for no doubt) , Peerless Blade, Nameless Sword,Illusion Sword,Laughing at the world(with its sister manual) ,etc.