Weapons
Last updated: about 1 year ago
Hello everyone! I'm DVX, and I make YouTube content for NieR Re[in]carnation SEA! This tier list is meant for the game's PVE game modes, most especially for Abyss Towers and Subjugation. This will be updated as new weapons are released!
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The entire list is arranged according to their elemental affinity: Fire | Wind | Water | Light| Dark. The tier list is based on these criteria:
SSS - 4-star, all weapon skills and abilities have value and synergy with each other
SS - 4-star, 1 skill OR ability is out-of-place/meh
S - 4-star, 1-2 skills or abilities are out-of-place/meh
A - 3-star, good replacements for 4-star weapons
Custom tiers highlight useful weapon categories, like Valiance skills, elemental damage, and other weapons that bring utility for the entire team, i.e., Mending and Render. Some weapons from the custom tiers are also in the general tier list. You should consider using these weapons regardless of their tiers.
All weapons with Soldier skills or any Agility-related skills are excluded from this tier list and will be included in the PVP weapons tier list; those with Agility abilities are still included.
Update Log
SEA 1.0 (02-13-23, UTC +8) - release
SEA 1.1 (02-16-23, UTC +8) - removed Phoenix Lance as it is a PVP weapon
SEA 1.2 (03-04-23, UTC +8) - added Outlaw's Staff, Core Oddstaff, and Goldfeather: Culmen
SEA 1.2 (04-05-23, UTC +8) - added Blacktoe Dagger, Fortune's Tusk, Blacktoe Greatsword, Courtly Devotion, and Thunderflash Lance
The Black Flower
Spear of the Usurper
Blackbird Gauntlets
War's Chronicle IV
Three-Wing Sword
Fang of the Twins
Beastlord
Staff of Judgment
Ancient Overlord
Si'F-06
Fanciful Pistol
Formal Salute
Blade of the Lost Seal
Blackbird Dagger
Fortune's Tusk
Greatsword of the Titan
Iron Signpost
Entranced Memory
Antinomy Sword
Wicked Bottles
War's Chronicle III
Type-3 Blade
Faulty Greatsword
Blacktoe Greatsword
Type-3 Lance
Bones of Enticement
Wretched Greatsword
Wretched Knuckles
Machine Axe
Silversnow Fang
Thunderflash Lance
Silversnow Tail
Seabone Staff
Mock Type-4O Sword
Type-4O Lance
Blackbird Crosier
Ancestral Memory
Blacktoe Dagger
Tormented Furrower
Cruel Adoration
Outlaw's Gun
Two's Sword
Bloodied Broadknife
Forbidden Scrapsteel Obelisk
Bloodied Artillery
Vengeful Echoes
Blade of Judgment
Cicada Husk
Blackbird Greatsword
Sublime Sacrifice
Demon's Cry
Blackbird Lance
The Devil Queen
Chaste Spear
Bloodroot Vase
Blackbird Gun
Type-4O Sword
Stratocratic Providence
Virtuous Grief
Type-4O Fists
Mock Type-4O Fists
YoRHa-issue Blade
Cruel Blood Oath
Aloof Gauntlets
Antinomy Staff
Dark Dagger
Trial Shearing Pike: WR0a
Hexer's Staff
Abnegation
Wretched Gun
Scepter of Change
Wretched Staff
Baton of Tender Rain
Seabone Gun
Desolate Loss
Blossoming Greatsword
Goldfeather: Culmen
Dark Fists
Dark Revolver
Gun of the Titan
Core Oddstaff
Kainé's Sword
Elemental Damage
EX Perfect Justice IV
EX Pure Lotus IV
EX Blade of Parting IV
EX Handgun of Aid IV
EX Four Seasons IV
EX Si'F-06alter IV
EX Treason's Reward IV
EX BSE_TypeLS IV
EX Recurring Sin IV
EX Glimmering Stephanos IV
EX BSE_TypeMW IV
EX Cadeau Royal IV
Only EX weapons are the notable weapons now that specialize in each element so far
Valiance (Team Attack Buff)
Courtly Devotion
Handgun of Judgment
Staff of Judgment
Forbidden Scrapsteel Blade
Knuckles of Judgment
Wretched Gun
Wretched Staff
Bloodied Broadknife
Bloodied Artillery
Fang of the Twins
Three-Wing Sword
Wretched Knuckles
Lonebloom Staff
Virtuous Treaty
Type-4O Lance
Blackbird Crosier
Cruel Blood Oath
Tormented Furrower
Outlaw's Gun
Cruel Adoration
Core Oddstaff
This list is arranged from highest Valiance buff to the lowest and listed from left to right, top to bottom
Healing
Virtuous Dignity
Stratocratic Fate
Cryptolith Staff
Philosopher's Staff
Three-Wing Staff
This list is arranged from highest Mending buff to the lowest and listed from left to right, top to bottom
Render (Defense Reduction)
Wretched Knuckles
Fang of the Twins
Lonebloom Staff
Dragoon Lance
Arbiter's Greatsword
L'étranger
Baton of Tender Rain
War's Chronicle III
Forbidden Scrapsteel Arm
Vengeful Echoes
Demon's Cry
Blackbird Lance
Entranced Memory
Two's Sword
Wicked Bottles
This list is arranged from highest Render debuff to the lowest and listed from left to right, top to bottom. Weapons with only 8% Render skills are excluded because (1) they are all 3-star weapons and (2) fully investing on them for only an 8% debuff is not worth it.