Weapons - Nioh 2

Swords are Weapons in Nioh 2 and information about their stats is shown below. This weapon works in conjunction with the Sword Skills skill tree, and usually has good scaling with the Heart stat. However, Strength and Skill also play a part in the damage they do.

There are two types of swords, as shown by the weapon icon on the weapon card. The only difference is the more deeply curved sword icon has a slightly higher scaling with Skill at the cost of slightly lower scaling with Strength, compared to the straighter one which has more equal scaling with both of them.

Swords are the most versatile melee weapons in the game, having access to the most active skills of every weapon and nearly every tool you can have in a melee weapon, from area of effect attacks (Sword Ki and Severing Sword), long range attacks/ offense starters (Tiger Sprint and True and Through), high Ki damage attacks (Sword Ki, Kick and Shadow Sword), and evasive attacks with invincibility/ armor (Swallow Sword II, Swift Step and Flowing Shadow). It mainly specializes in high damage attacks from a single hit or short burst( Sheathed Attacks, Sword of Meditation and Omnislice), very strong off-hand options with its fast, high damage Flash Attack and it's three very useful Sheath Attacks of Iai Quickdraw, Night Rain and Tiger Sprint
 and finally arguably the best parry against Human enemies in Backwave. It also incidentally is one of the better weapons to use for a ranged weapon or throwing weapon build, as it has Thrust damage and  Melee Damage vs. Unscathed enemy in it's skill trees, which will boost the damage of those attacks.
However, in typical all rounder fashion, outside of it's burst damage options it doesn't have the best versions of those tools (ie. Severing Spin is generally worse than Whirlwind), and is missing a sustained damage per second attack like Water Sword or a high burst Ki damage like Reaper. It also has the issue early game of being by far the most limited by needing to unlock the weapon skills that tie the weapon together, and it has the most hidden Boss Skills out of any weapon, several of which have very high utility. It also has the least amount of easily accessible melee damage in it's skill tree, with the majority of it being Backstab Damage from Shadow Strike or the Mystic Art Sword of Meditation, which is  hard to make use of. Overall, it is a very high utility weapon and gives the player the most options and opportunity to express themselves in gameplay.

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Swords

Name	Break	Block				Effect
Wooden Sword	50	28	B+	C	C	Proficiency Bonus
Mino Uchigatana	53	39	B+	C	C	Low Attack Ki Consumption
Bizen Tachi	58	27	B+	D+	C+	High Attack Damage
Bizen Uchigatana	53	32	B+	C	C	Mid Guard Ki Consumption
Yamato Tachi	58	28	B+	D+	C+	Strong Attack Ki Damage
Yamato Uchigatana	54	32	B+	C	C	Mid Attack Ki Consumption
Tokagemaru	64	28	B+	C	C	Imbue Corruption Increased Attack (Enemy Killed)
Senjuin Tachi	59	35	B+	D+	C+	High Active Skill Damage
Senjuin Uchigatana	54	33	B+	C	C	Low Active Skill Ki Damage
Bizen Osafune	59	29	B+	D+	C+	Strong Attack Ki Consumption
Bizen Ichimonji	55	39	B+	C	C	Mid Attack Damage
Taima Kuiyuki	60	29	B+	D+	C+	High Attack Ki Consumption
Kiku-Ichimonji	55	33	B+	C	C	Thrust Damage
Transient Blade	60	30	B+	C	C	The Vicissitudes of Life
Hosho Sadayoshi	56	34	B+	C	C	Guard Ki Consumption
Osafune Kanemitsu	61	30	B+	D+	C+	Strong Attack Damage
Udoto	61	31	B+	C	C	The Crime of Patricide
Kobizen Tomonari	56	35	B+	D+	C+	Active Skill Ki Consumption
Mantra Sword	56	34	B+	C	C	Melee Ki Damage
Hikoemon Ichimonji	57	35	B+	C	C	Legendary Mikawa Warrior
Jikkyu Mitsutada	56	37	B+	C	C	National Unity
Starcutter Sword	62	32	B+	D-	C+	Samurai from Dark Lands
Kaikunigo	60	33	B+	D+	C+	Quick Attack Ki Consumption
Smirkwiper	57	35	B+	C	C	The Bold and the Boorish
Sohaya Tsurugi	56	38	B+	D+	C+	Tranquil Foundation
Blossomed Blade	63	32	B+	C	C	Active Skill Ki Damage
Azai Ichimonji	58	36	B+	C	C	Saruyasha's Valor
Dancing Blade	63	33	B+	C	C	Melee Attack Ki Consumption
Haccho Nenbutsu	58	37	B+	C	C	Saika's Yatagarasu
Tengu Slayer	64	33	B+	C	C	Melee Damage
Raikiri	64	34	B+	D+	C+	Imbue Lightning
Atagi Sadamune	59	37	B+	C	C	The Crossed Sickles
Wave Swimmer	59	38	A	D+	D+	Warrior of the West's Honor
Akechi Chikakage	60	38	B+	C	C	The Honor in Harmony
Bizen Kageyasu	58	39	B+	C	C	The Triumph of Tranquility
Water God Slayer	65	40	B+	C	C	Active Skill Damage
Heshikiri Hasebe	60	39	B+	C	C	Tactician's Ingenuity
Demon's Maw	62	42	B+	C	C	Imbue Corruption Melee Damage
Swift Hawk	61	39	B+	C	C	Master of illusion
Mikazuki Munechika	66	36	B+	D+	C+	Imbue Lightning
Juzumaru Tsunetsugu	64	38	B+	D+	C	Imbue Purity
Odenta Mitsuyo	60	41	B+	D+	C+	Imbue Water
Dojikiri Yasutsuna	66	39	B+	D+	C	Melee Damage vs. Yokai
Onimaru Kunitsuna	66	36	B+	D+	C+	Imbue Fire
Ishida Masamune	67	38	B+	C	C	One for All, All for One
Dodanuki Masakuni	66	39	B+	C	C	Hunter of Tigers
Kusanagi Tsurugi	61	43	B+	C+	D+	Imbue Purity
Demon Horde Katana	60	32	B+	C	C	Attack Bonus (Amrita Gauge) Amina Bonus (Grapple)
Usumidori	69	38	B+	D+	C	Kurama Swordmaster
Demon Cutter	86	40	B+	D+	C+	First of the Four Guardians
Kenmyoren	68	40	B+	C	C	Shadows of a Dream Imbue Lightning
Dragon Sword	64	42	B+	C	C	Dragon Ninja