Editing Weapons

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[[Weapons]] are basic equipment that are used to deal damage or inflict status effects on the various enemies of Ragol.
[[File:Saber.png|Right|thumb|Saber, one of PSO's many weapons]]

All weapons do damage based off the ATP stat regardless of their type (melee, ranged, or technique), but many weapons also boost MST to improve the power of techniques, or increase the power of up to 3 specific techniques. In order to equip certain weapons, players must meet the stat requirement for the weapon, which is either ATP, ATA or MST.

<h2>Weapon Types</h2>
There are 19 types of weapons in ''Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst'', split into 3 categories of weapons: melee, ranged, and technique. In general, Hunters can equip all the melee weapons, Rangers can equip all the ranged weapons and Forces can equip all the technique weapons, but many weapon types can be worn by other classes, and certain weapons can only be equipped by specific classes (such as HUcast or RAmarl).

For weapon types that can be equipped by multiple classes, usually off-classes (e.g. Hunters and Handguns) can equip lower tier weaponry, whereas the higher tier weaponry is usually restricted to the class the weapon type is designed for. For example, [[Heaven Striker]] can only be equipped by Rangers, despite handguns being equippable by all.

: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Category
!Type
!colspan="3"|Classes
|-
|rowspan="11"|Melee
|-
|[[Sabers]]
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|HU
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|RA
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|FO
|-
|[[Swords]]
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|HU
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|RA
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|FO
|-
|[[Daggers]]
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|HU
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|RA
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|FO
|-
|[[Partisans]]
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|HU
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|RA
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|FO
|-
|[[Slicers]]
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|HU
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|RA
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|FO
|-
|[[Double Sabers]]
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|HU
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|RA
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|FO
|-
|[[Claws]]
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|HU
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|RA
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|FO
|-
|[[Katanas]]
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|HU
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|RA
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|FO
|-
|[[Twin Swords]]
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|HU
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|RA
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|FO
|-
|[[Fists]]
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|HU
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|RA
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|FO
|-
|rowspan="5"|Ranged
|[[Handguns]]
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|HU
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|RA
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|FO
|-
|[[Rifles]]
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|HU
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|RA
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|FO
|-
|[[Mechguns]]
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|HU
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|RA
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|FO
|-
|[[Shots]]
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|HU
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|RA
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|FO
|-
|[[Launchers]]
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|HU
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|RA
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|FO
|-
|rowspan="4"|Technique
|[[Canes]]
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|HU
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|RA
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|FO
|-
|[[Rods]]
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|HU
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|RA
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|FO
|-
|[[Wands]]
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|HU
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|RA
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|FO
|-
|[[Cards]]
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|HU
|style="background-color: #F4C7C3;"|RA
|style="background-color: #98FB98;"|FO
|}
<h3>ES Weapons</h3>
: ''Main article: [[ES Weapons]]''
ES weapons, informally known as ''S-Rank Weapons'' or ''S-Ranks'', are a special category of weapon which encompass all the weapon types and a few extras, such as the Needle. They have the visual of a basic weapon with a brown photon. Unlike regular weapons, they have a few unique properties:
* Custom 8-character name (A-Z only)
* Cannot have any attributes
* Can have a custom special applied, which has no reduction regardless of weapon type.
They are obtained after the completion of [[Challenge Mode]] with an S-Rank rating, the choice of weapon depending on the episode cleared.
<h3>TypeM Weapons</h3>
: ''Main article: [[TypeM Weapons]]''
TypeM Weapons are a special type of weapon introduced in ''Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst''. They have the appearance of the normal weapon with a white photon, but many TypeM weapons have different animations than what is expected of them. For example, the weapon [[TypeDS/Rod]] uses a Double Saber animation with a Rod model.

There are 6 special TypeM weapons on ''Ephinea'' available only from events that come with hit and a special:
* Charge [[TypeSL/Slicer]] with 25% Hit
* Charge [[TypeGU/Hand]] with 40% Hit
* Charge [[TypeGU/Mechgun]] with 35% Hit
* Charge [[TypeME/Mechgun]] with 40% Hit
* Charge [[TypeSH/Shot]] with 40% Hit
* Devil's [[TypeDS/Rod]] with 30% Hit
==Distances and Angles==
All weapons possess two weapon-only statistics: Distances and Angles. Simply put, they are the ranges of each weapon and determine the area that a weapon can strike in. They are split into two types, horizontal and vertical.
===Horizontal===
The horizontal distances and angles are the two variables which determine a weapon's forward reach and sideways reach. A weapon with a larger horizontal distance can reach further (e.g. Mechgun's 85 vs. Handgun's 170), while a weapon with a wider horizontal angle is able to reach enemies further to the side (e.g. Partisan's 40° vs Sword's 45°). A wide horizontal angle also gives many weapons "auto-aim", as the weapon's radius of attack will be very wide, similar to a Shot weapon.
[[File:Horizontal.png|thumb|left|150px|An example diagram of Sword's and Mechgun's horizontal reach]]
The diagram to the left showcases an example of two weapons with their horizontal distances and angles. The black line is the weapon's horizontal distance, while the red lines are the constraints set by the horizontal angles. As can be seen, the sword has a rather wide area of attack, but does not reach very far. On the contrary, Mechgun reaches much further but can only aim at enemies almost directly in the line of sight.
[[File:Vertical.png|thumb|right|200px|An example diagram showing how the vertical distances and angles interact]]
===Vertical===
The vertical distance refers to the vertical boundary at which a weapon can strike, while a vertical angle dictates the slope a projectile may take. An example of a large vertical angle is Heaven Striker's special attack, which can attack enemies directly above it. Note that Launcher and Card shots do not have large vertical angles, their shots simply have infinitely vertical range.

The diagram on the right shows an example of the vertical distances and angles. The black lines show the vertical boundary, but the vertical angle determines (as indicated by the red line) the maximum slope of the projectile.








==Special Attacks==
Almost every weapon can also potentially have a special attached to it, allowing that weapon to deal special types of damage or trigger status effects. These specials are random on common weapons, but are predetermined on all rare weapons; this can include a weapon not having a special attack at all. Some weapons even have special attacks that can't be found on any other weapon. Non-rare weapons with special attacks must be [[Tekking|tekked]] for the special attack to affect enemies properly.

Specials must connect to the target before being able to apply their effect, so high ATA (Attack Accuracy) helps. 

ESP stat on enemies reduces Activation Chance for Freezing, Paralysis, and Confusion. 

EDK stat on enemies reduces Activation Chance for Instant Kill.

[[Anguish]] mode Reduces Special effect efficiencies, among other effects.

===List of Special Attacks===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-right:5px;" width="60%"
!
!colspan="2"|Fire Damage
!colspan="2"|Freezing {{Note|In Ultimate Difficulty, Activation Chance is capped at 40% after ESP.|(Note)}}
!colspan="2"|Electric Damage
|-
!Rarity||Special Name||Damage||Special Name||Activation Rate||Special Name||Damage
|-
|1★||Heat||(Lv. - 1)/4 +40||Ice||32%||Shock||(Lv. - 1)/4 +40
|-
|2★||Fire||(Lv. - 1)/3 +60||Frost||48%||Thunder||(Lv. - 1)/3 +60
|-
|3★||Flame||(Lv. - 1)/2 +80||Freeze||64%||Storm||(Lv. - 1)/2 + 80
|-
|4★||Burning||(Lv. - 1) +100||Blizzard||80%||Tempest||(Lv. - 1) +100
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-right:5px;" width="60%"
!
!colspan="2"|Paralysis
!colspan="2"|Confusion
!colspan="2"|Instant Kill
|-
!Rarity||Special Name||Activation Rate||Special Name||Activation Rate||Special Name||Activation Rate
|-
|1★||Bind||32%||Panic||28%||Dim||48%
|-
|2★||Hold||48%||Riot||44%||Shadow||66%
|-
|3★||Seize||64%||Havoc||60%||Dark||78%
|-
|4★||Arrest||80%||Chaos||76%||Hell||93%
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-right:5px;" width="60%"
!
!colspan="2"|HP Steal {{Note|30 in Normal, 60 in Hard, 90 in Very Hard, 120 in Ultimate|(30/60/90/120 HP Max)}}
!colspan="2"|TP Steal {{Note|25 in Normal, 50 in Hard, 75 in Very Hard, 100 in Ultimate|(25/50/75/100 TP Max)}}
!colspan="2"|EXP Steal (80 EXP Max)
|-
!Rarity||Special Name||HP Drain||Special Name||TP Drain||Special Name||EXP Drain
|-
|1★||Draw||5%||Heart||3%|| -|| -
|-
|2★||Drain||9%||Mind||4%||Master's||8%
|-
|3★||Fill||13%||Soul||5%||Lord's||10%
|-
|4★||Gush||17%||Geist||6%||King's||12%
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-right:5px;" width="60%"
!
!colspan="2"|Sacrificial Damage Increase
!colspan="2"|Enemy HP Cut (Activation Rate 50%)
|-
!Rarity||Special Name||Sacrifice||Special Name||HP Cut from Enemy
|-
|2★||Charge||200 Meseta|| -|| -
|-
|3★||Spirit||1/5 TP (≥10 TP needed)||Devil's||50% HP
|-
|4★||Berserk||1/4 HP (≥2 HP needed)||Demon's||75% HP
|}

===Special Attack Modifiers===
====Weapon Reduction====
: ''See also: [[List of Weapons with Reduced Specials]]''

Weapons which are listed on the above page suffer reduction when using any sort of special attack, except elemental damage and sacrifical damage increases.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-right:5px;"
!Weapon Type
!Reduced By
|-
|Sword
|1/2
|-
|Dagger
|1/2
|-
|Partisan
|1/2
|-
|Slicer
|1/3
|-
|Mechguns
|1/3
|-
|Shot
|1/3
|}

====CAST Ultimate Modification====
In Ultimate, CASTs receive modification to certain special attacks, listed below.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Special Type
!Modification
|-
|Confusion
| +30% base rate
|-
|Freeze
| +30% base rate
|-
|Paralysis
| +30% base rate
|-
|EXP Steal
| +30% stolen
|-
|Devil's
|25% HP Cut
|-
|Demon's
|45% HP Cut
|}
====Units====
The units below also boost the final rates of Confusion, Freezing, Paralysis and Instant Kill specials.

{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align: center;"
!Unit
!Special Type
!Boost
|-
|rowspan="4"|V501
|Confusion
| +50%
|-
|Freezing
| +50%
|-
|Paralysis
| +50%
|-
|Instant Kill
| +50%
|-
|rowspan="4"|V502
|Confusion
| +50%
|-
|Freezing
| +50%
|-
|Paralysis
| +50%
|-
|Instant Kill
| +100%
|}
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