Is the DLC Sword worth upgrading?

[lightstep]

All i know is that it is the same as the base sword with a dark element, and it seems to cost more to upgrade. i am only on chapter 2 so i want to know if it is worth committing to upgrade it as opposed to the base sword. Haven't been able to find any discussion about this weapon really. Thank you.

[Miaune ♡ ~]

The only thing i've noticed is the move set that seem different
I'm not far enough into upgrade with it to say more tho :c

[Foulcher]

Not at all (I have it)

[Naur]

No, I don't even use it.. 3 days early access was the only reason

[Kel'Ithra]

Pre-purchasing gives 72 hours, if you bought the DLC and aren't using the sword then you wasted your money. The deluxe upgrade has nothing to do with early access.

[Kriss_Hunter_TTV]

That sword feels little bit like a dagger... and is a bit more expensive to upgrade. I don't like it tbh :) also looks sucks :)

[lightstep]

The moveset seems to be identical to the starting sword. Does anyone know anything about its upgrade path, and if dark element is ever good/bad?

Did anyone buy this sword besides me lol

[Gouf]

Moveset-wise it's the same as the base sword, but it's better than the base sword since it actually has an elemental affinity. Enemies with dark elemental affinity are more prevalent near the end of the game, but in general when there is a dark enemy you'll just be doing more damage whereas with the basic sword you'll be getting basic damage with no elemental affinity in every situation.

Not a game changer by any means, but there's no reason not to upgrade the dark sword over the basic one if you have it. It's just straight up better.

[lightstep]

Thank you for the response. When you say dark enemy I am a bit confused however. I was assuming the dark element would defeat light element enemies??

I also have one other question in regards to elements, are there enemies who are resistant to weapon elements?

[Gouf]

Yeah, my bad. I usually just look at the elements above their head and just call them that, but yes technically the enemies I was talking about are light enemies weak to the dark element.

There are no enemies that are resistant to their elemental weakness in this game. In fact, all the weapons beside the DLC swords don't have elements tied to their weapon, so you'll have to rely on your einherjar to apply elemental damage to your weapons.

[lightstep]

Nice, thank you very much, this clears everything up. When I was researching this topic, the only information i found on this sword was a weapon tier list that rated it low simply because you have to pay for it. Well i already payed for it so thats moot lol. Now i can actually commit to using it, thank you again.

[NightHowler81]

I'm probably blind but how can I tell the element of the weapon?

[lightstep]

there is no indicator anywhere, you just find out by attacking an enemy weak to dark while not having any einherjar out. Probably an oversight cause only the DLC weapon has an element.

[NightHowler81]

Okay, so the only thing besides the DLC sword is stats and moves...got it. I thought most weapons were going to have an element. I like this game but there is so much left on the table with it.

[Veronica Anatolia]

Originally posted by j.g.:

there is no indicator anywhere, you just find out by attacking an enemy weak to dark while not having any einherjar out. Probably an oversight cause only the DLC weapon has an element.

It is actually and over-sight/issue that the dlc is the only weapon to have a element affinity because if you pay attention to the enemy element tutorial and the weapon upgrade tutorial it states certain weapons you collect have affinities to certain elements, basic sword was supposed to be ice, dlc sword is darkness, heavy spear is light, great sword is thunder, etc. Maybe something broke when it got ported/tuned for steam/pc usage.

[NightHowler81]

That's why I was wondering how you could tell since it talks about weapon elements.