Top 5 Best Nier Automata Weapons

(1) Angel’s Folly: Angel’s Folly is a set of combat bracers that have the best base damage of their weapon type. What makes them an attractive weapon to use is that they come with a boost to attack speed and a special perk called Angel’s Mercy. Angel’s Mercy restores a portion of you health whenever you defeat an enemy.

This is awesome in groups as it can keep your health topped off and has an attack speed comparable to Devil’s Hatred. Emil has it for sale, assuming you caught him outside the Resistance Camp. And this Best Nier Automata Weapons For 2B and 9S.

(2) Iron Pipe: It seems a little strange that a simple iron pipe would be on this list, but this weapon (classified as a small sword in the game) is frequently used by players looking to be dangerous in very hard mode. Its special abilities at level four raise your chance of dealing a critical and gives a high stun probability. These two abilities can randomly dish out high damage and keep enemies stunned while you clobber them with your other weapons like Cypress Stick.

Because of this stunning ability, Iron Pipe is considered one of the best weapons in the game, even if it’s considering nothing special aesthetically. The only reason it isn’t higher on the list is because it works better if most of your damage is coming from another weapon.

(3) Engine Blade: The Engine Blade is a quirky looking sword that’ll have Final Fantasy XV fans swooning. With a wealth of lore behind the blade about its royal origins, players will certainly feel like a prince wielding this special blade.

With decent base damage and special abilities that increase the odds of stunning an enemy, it does a fair amount of DPS while dishing out fast combos. It also has the Shift Avoid ability, which does absolutely nothing for damage, but it makes the player’s dodge ability look like Noctis’ phase dodge ability from Final Fantasy XV, which some fans argue makes it the best weapon of the game even if it is just for cosmetics.

(4) Type-3 Blade: This large sword is obtainable fairly early in the game for players with enough gears in their pocket. When fully upgraded it deals fairly high base damage. It also had the special ability to increase a player’s endurance which raises their defense levels making them harder to kill in battle.

It also has a Finish Blast ability which creates an explosion after successfully completing a combo. It’s a nice ability that adds a cool finishing touch to an attack. There are a handful of better weapons in the game, but for players just starting out or who find themselves dying a lot, this sword can give some needed defense and an explosive incentive for getting the combos figured out while still being a great weapon later in the game.

(5) Virtuous Contract: Your starter weapon obtained by simply playing the game, this weapon is surprisingly one of the better weapons for the rest of the game. Being a small sword it’s not terribly effective on its own, but players are hard pressed to find a better weapon to complement their other hand.

With special abilities that increase attack speed and Holy Blessing that increases attack power when HP is full, this sword compliments nicely with Virtuous Treaty - the long sword version of this weapon. If players can keep their HP topped off in battle this makes for a very powerful weapon that serves well for the rest of the game.