Weapon strength is based on two main factors:

• A value assigned to every spell
• The weapon type's bonus

A Ice2 staff has a set value of 55 base attack power. Thus a Ice2 Knife would be 58 (55 + 3), and a Ice2 Flail would be 62 (55 + 7).

Weapon tier is based off the corresponding spell's tier.

Only Knives and Swords will have element up / attacking elemental properties. This is due to the base game's formulas, where other weapon types (e.g., Axe) have custom attack formulas that do not support elemental attribution. To 'balance' this, non-elemental weapons are given more substantive stat bonuses (Axes, Katanas, Harps, Flails).

Spears, Bows and Whips are weapons that will get Killer qualities. Each of these three weapon types have different power levels for their killer qualities, then all end with Heavy and Omni for their best. The point of having different order killer qualities is to promote different strategies for early/mid/late-game: