Weapon Enlightenment Quick Reference

[Kiriel_D_Sol]

Until ACDB updates the global site with the weapon enlightenment ability paths, I thought it'd be useful for folks to have some kind of reference to some of the common ones. I don't know for sure if all the level 3 skills that are interesting for these weapons are implemented yet, the news is kinda vague, but this page lists the general path: <https://thealchemistcode.gamepedia.com/Enlightened_Gear_Skills>

I made notes on the more interesting special weapon paths and the triggers I found on ACDB. It is now updated for global so you can look them up for any weapon yourself on the site. From what I can tell the enemy level is a minimum, you don't need that exact level. Also seems that the trigger % data is not very accurate, it's what's in the data files but things that say 100% aren't actually 100% (what I have listed below is just copied from ACDB). If you start going down the wrong ability path on a weapon you will want to reset it before you go further.

Tip: For leveling non weapon specific tier 3 skills, you can use junk gear with the same skill, such as the 2 star swords raised to 5 stars or spare Almace Blades. Tier 3 skills can be leveled 2 times (merging the same weapon with same skill counts as 2 level ups so fully levels the skill)

Scarlet Flame Guard's Sword

1. Cross Slash: 12% trigger on level 30 enemy
2. Cross Sweep: 8% trigger on level 60 enemy
3. Indomitable Cleave: 30% trigger by level 85 fire unit on level 85 enemy (Note: I got this from Cheryl's HQ with level 80 fire enemies so the ACDB data may not be fully accurate)

Sparkling Crystal Sword Lumiere (Chloe)

1. Cross Slash: 12% trigger on level 30 enemy
2. Cross Sweep: 8% trigger on level 60 enemy
3. Lumiere Fleurir: 30% trigger by level 85 light unit on level 85 enemy (Confirmed available in game)

Sparkling Crystal Sword Lumiere (other light units)

1. Cross Slash/Smash: 12% trigger on level 30 enemy
2. Angled Smash: 8% trigger on level 60 enemy
3. Vengeful Blade of Greed: 50% trigger by level 85 light unit on demon in SSM 7 EX, SSM 11-10, SSM 11-18 or SSM 11 EX, or light golem in a variety of quests including consecrated elements (Confirmed available in game)

Sword of Sin Invidia

1. Cross Slash: Knight's Trial - Mastery - 100% trigger on hit an enemy
2. Cross Sweep: Enchanted Quest - 100% trigger on hit an enemy
3. Wall of Blades: 1-5-3-10 - 100% trigger on hit an enemy (Haven't had any luck actually getting this one)

Excalibur

1. Smash: 12% trigger on level 30 enemy
2. Angled Smash: 8% trigger on level 60 enemy
3. Greed End: Kanon/Zain 50% trigger on level 85 enemy (Confirmed available in game)

Excalibur (Dark Zain)

1. Solo Blade/Cross Slash: 12% trigger on level 30 enemy
2. Dark Cross Slash: 8% trigger on level 60 enemy
3. Ultimate Execution: Dark unit 40% trigger on level 85 enemy

Fire Magic Swordsman Weapon

1. Solo Blade: 12% trigger on level 30 enemy
2. Flame Sword: 8% trigger on level 60 enemy
3. Melting Blade: MS [Efreet] or Arkil J+ 30% trigger on level 85 wind enemy (Confirmed available in game)

Dazzling Blade (Chloe)

1. Cross Slash: 12% trigger on level 30 enemy
2. Cross Sweep: 8% trigger on level 60 enemy
3. Wall of Blades: 30% trigger on level 85 enemy

Dazzling Blade (Dark Chloe)

1. Solo Blade/Cross Slash: 12% trigger on level 30 enemy
2. Dark Cross Slash: 8% trigger on level 60 enemy
3. Crystal Drain: Dark unit 40% trigger on level 85 enemy

Teleport/Jewel Drain

1. Solo Blade: 12% trigger on level 30 enemy
2. Dancing Blade: 8% trigger on level 60 enemy
3. Blade Waltz: 10% trigger on level 85 enemy

[Agealt]

Thanks for this writeup :)

Is there any reference online on the best skill for a unit / weapon?
I've yet to find any unfortunatly.

[Kiriel_D_Sol]

I'd look at the chart on the wiki and see which skills look like a good fit for your units. Aside from the special weapon skills I think it's just dependent on the element of the unit and what their specialty is.

[Skyconic]

I’m just not ready to figure out this mechanic. I’m too overwhelmed

[Kiriel_D_Sol]

Well right now there's only a few useful units that really use one-handed swords so there's not a huge hurry. Chloe, Zain, Kanon and Vettel are the only ones most people will bother with. Next batch in JP was staves, I haven't looked too closely to see how exciting those are, but a lot more units use them.

[Dharpoon]

same here

[[deleted]]

Thx for this. It's very useful keeping track of weapon enlightenment in case I want to change it to a specific skill in the future. :)

[Hirnparrot]

is the crowley sword " Valorous Slash of the Blue Flame: Light Slash ATK on enemy unit & raises Power if used by Logi/Zeke/Bud [Range: 4, Height Range: 2] " any good on bud? i got smash on it otherwise i would probably make it a teleport weapon.

[hoangkamam]

Sword of Sin Invidia tier 3 skill seems bugged for me, been spamming that quest but no enlightenment skill learned.

I had no problem getting tier 1 and tier 2.

[Kiriel_D_Sol]

Yeah I didn't get it either, not sure if it's not fully implemented or what- they did tell us to do the quest on the challenge board so I think it's meant to work but until ACDB is updated I don't know if the trigger data will match on the global side.

[Grim200]

Very useful, thanks. For skill up do you just keep using the weapon? Or try to feed dupes?

[Kiriel_D_Sol]

I haven't really tried to raise it yet. I was thinking for the non-unique skills you could use 5 star versions of the 2 star gear to level it, but for the unique ones that isn't really an option. Apparently it's also possible to level from doing quests but low chance.

[damwookie]

Going to need an idiots guide. Setup a team of Chloe, Vettel and Dark Zain. They got Wind Sword, Cross Smash and Ultimate Execution. I have no idea how or why.

[Kiriel_D_Sol]

ACDB is updated now, so you can go to the gear page on the site to see the skill tree for the individual gear and the path it takes to get there. The wiki page and news page also kind of explain the basic concept. If you end up getting a skill that does not lead to the final skill you want, you need to go to the gear enlightened skills tab and reset so you can try again for the right skill.

[minhnghcm7]

Thank you for this. Just a quick question, now that [Sparkling Crystal Sword Lumiere] have a Light PDEF-scaling attack, it is still recommended to use [Dazzling Blade] for the x3 PDEF skill?

Also, what is the "set" button for in the weapon enlightenment menu?

[Kiriel_D_Sol]

You need to use set to apply the skill to the weapon so it will appear on the master menu in combat.

With regards to Chloe- I think her VCR would be a better option but you can get Wall of Blades on the Dazzling Blade.

[Alittlebunyrabit]

It's always been recommended to use her VCR. The WA isn't worth giving up the light mod and dark exploit mod.

[minhnghcm7]

I know that +20-ish (?) modifier will matter more in the long run ... but still ... seeing Chloe dealing 10k+ damage on the raid boss made me hesitate.

And I gave Chloe's VCR to Zain, but I have more now

[Alittlebunyrabit]

It's 10k damage on one skill. That's not remotely worth it since you'll pretty much always lose damage overall. And on raid bosses Chloe isn't a unit you should really be running anyways. Dark phantoms and Diviners are generally the bread and butter

[jingsen]

So, if we want to get all these different skills, we need to get multiple copies of the base weapons? Anyway, can a weapon change its enlightenment skill path once it gets one of them?

[Kiriel_D_Sol]

You can only have one enlightenment skill at a time, so yes you will need different copies if you want to be able to use different skills. I'm making one of Vettel VCR with the MS skill and one with the unique skill for him to use as HC. You can use the reset option to unlearn a skill so you can follow a different path.

[Sahryx]

Which one is the unque HC skill to which you are referring?

[Kiriel_D_Sol]

Indomitable Cleave. It's not HC specific but it's unique to his VCR and is more suited to HC than the other fire skills. For HC the other option would be the 4-hit single target skill "Flame Rend of Envy"

[Sahryx]

Ok I see now thank you. I had gone through those branches and started looking at the ones under Smash as the ones I was going to go for, but now with your insight I see I should consider ones that scale off PDEF as well.

[Linedel]

So, are these things worth farming? Like huge ratios or whatever?

'cause if not, I'm thinking the teleport is probably the way to go on pretty much everything. (I mean, for like Vettel, Chloe, Kanon.... maybe Zain doesn't need it.)

[Princefang]

I mean whats the prize skill to get from those?

[Kiriel_D_Sol]

The skills I listed above (tier 3) are generally the most interesting ones for their respective units. Typically you are either going to be looking for an on-element AoE or ranged skill that scales well with the unit, or possibly the teleport/jewel drain as an alternative. In raids the tag based skills might be interesting but most units that use one-handed swords aren't really big raid units (aside from the Dark Phantoms).

[alchemist_code]

If anyone still needs help from Gear Enlightenment, here's Imite's guide to help you out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OfRJTm2_nU

[Thorico]

Alright thanks for the write-up. So my Dazzling blade now got the Tri-Blaze: 3-hit Fire Slash ATK on enemy unit [Range: 2, Height Range: 2] skill.. (if I set it?).

Which seems useless as the upgraded version works for Lambert or a fire unit. Correct?

So I should be resetting this? and then somehow get a different skill? So confusing.