best weapon kits for characters?

[Filthy Goon]

some are pretty obvious like serena/veronica with wands or erik with daggers but others look like they could specialize in any weapon and turn out fine, specifically rab jade and sylv, what weapons are you guys using for them or which works best for you?

[Aiharne]

Once you're far enough into the game to grab both dual wielding and dig into another tree, Erik is actually better with swords or boomerangs than daggers. Still hits hard, doesn't require as much setup time / rng getting statuses to stick.

Rab's a caster. Give him a magic stick and he's good to go.

Jade's spear moves are the strongest in terms of sheer output, but claws have a good crit rate (criticals ignore defense, which is great) and can have life steal if you dig into the tree a bit. Both work.

Syl I mostly use as a support character - Once he's got Oomphle and Hustle Dance you can really do whatever you want with him, though I gave him a whip for some free aoe.

[TotoroLuvsGames]

Rab - Claws. Hardclaw is great for bosses and claws use far less MP than Spells. You also don't have to worry about ice or Dark resistance. Claws give Rab stable Damage. Use his group regen then Sap then start raining down Hardclaws. The claws get even better later being able to remove buffs from bosses. The MP Absorb passives work even when using his claw abilities further reducing their cost.

Jade - Spears. Hands down.

Sylvando - Get Hustle Dance ASAP then go for Have a Ball which requires some of the knife skills. You can always equip a whip midbattle for a free group attack. The passives from the whip skills don't add that much anyway. Some knives also raise your charm making Hustle Dance better and increasing your odds of sticking bad statuses.

Serena - Spears early on. Get thunder thrust then Fire/Ice Hymn. Then go for snap crackle poof in wands and switch weapons as needed.