While your summoned familiars will certainly be doing plenty of the heavy lifting in combat inRaidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army, don’t forget that Raidou and his wild assortment of sword skills, Summoner Skills, and gunfire capabilities are critical for your success in combat as well.
When you start the second chapter of Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army, you’ll be given permission to begin creating new weapons with Victor in the Goumaden, and you should definitely stop in before you get too far! Here are our picks for the best weapons in Raidou Remastered.
Attack:360
+6 Ma, +7 Lu
Understanding what makes for the best weapons in Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army means understanding the essentials of Raidou’s combat, and if you’re someone who loves torely on demons for magicduring battles, any weapon with a high magic stat will be right for you. Based on an imperial sword from Japan, this weapon is sure to slice.
Additionally, with ahigher Luck statthan anything else, Murakumo, the most powerful weapon in the swords line over in the Goumaden, you can guarantee that Raidou and his familiars are always landing their magic spells – which is critical for staggering opponents. Finally, tacking Summoner’s Will into the mix makes this weapon a triple-hitter.
Attack: 340
+2 St, +5 Ma, +4 Vi, +2 Lu
The Shin Megami Tensei gameshave always been rich in folklore from around the world, and that extends not only to the demons you’re using, but the weapons as well. Gae Bolg is a spear that appears in plenty of Atlus titles, belonging to Irish warrior Cu Chulainn.
In Raidou Remastered, though, this special spear has a wide variety of status boosts. Gae Bolg focuses mostly on Magic and Vitality toboost your healthandimprove the damage done by spells, so it’s well worth the effort to craft. With Shield Breaker unlocked to help Raidou help his familiars, you may’t go wrong.
Attack:340
+30 HP, +7 St, +3 Ma
Used in Germanic folklore to slay the legendary dragon Fafnir, the impressive battle axe Balmung makes another appearancein an Atlus gameto allow you to pack some impressively powerful Force punches on your opposing demons in Raidou Remastered. One of the final axes you can create, this weapon changes how axes typically approach stat changes.
While all your battle axes from Sword Alchemy in the Goumaden will offer some additional HP for Raidou, you’ll see that they all skew differently in terms of the stats they boost. Balmung is all about the Strength stat, with a small boost to Magic as well.
+7 Ma, +6 Lu
While not based on a folkloric weapon like most of the entries in our list for the best weapons in Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army, Kagu-tsuchi in Japanese mythology is the god of fire, and you’ll be blazing into battle when using the Kagutsuchi sword, one of the two final swords in the Sword Alchemy evolutionary line.
Past a point, your swords split between offering more Magic to ensure more powerful spell his, versus more Luck to ensure more hits in general. Kagutsuchi leans more into the Magic stat, so if you rely on your demons more often in combat, it may be the better sword choice.
Attack:300
+5 Ma, +4 Lu
Said to be one of the legendary swords in Chinese history, Bakuya is a large white sword whose counterpart, Kanshou, is the black iteration of the same weapon. To make it, you’ll need to deviate a little from the main sword progression in the Sword Alchemy section of the Goumaden, but if you’re working to improve yourMagic and Luck in the mid-game, it’s a solid choice.
Not only does Bakuya lean more into the Magic stat than the Luck stat, but it also unlocks the Sword Skill Menacing Blade – and who doesn’t wantRaidou Kuzunoha XIVto have the most powerful Sword Skills possible?
+2 St, +3 Ma, +5 Vi, +3 Lu
The name of the final spear in the main line of progression for spears in the Sword Alchemy menu is called Tsukikage, which is Japanese for “moonlight.” With a wide spread of status boosts and an impressive 360 attack, if you’re a fan of the speed the spears give you, Tsukikage is worth working toward.
While you’ll see an increase to all four of Raidou’s stats when using this weapon in battle, the one that sees the biggest boost is Vitality. If you find yourself falling often in battle, extra Vitality never hurts, especially as you inch into the end-game.
+30 HP, +8 St, +2 Ma
It seems like the battle axe category is the most unique of all the weapon types in Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army, offering the most differences between which progression path you choose as you get into the end of the game. The split path final axe is called YouKou Haken, and it packs one heck of a punch.
It’s got thehighest Strength boostof any of the weapons in the game, battle axes included. Not only that, but you’ll get 30 extra HP and two extra Magic points. The real cherry on top is the surprise stat boosts possible with Capricious Miracle, too!
Attack:210
+10 HP, +3 St
Another weapon named after a being instead of a legendary weapon like plenty of the Atlus games see, Kiyotsune is instead a well-renowned Katana maker in Japan. Curiously, the weapon to which they give their name is one of thebest mid-game axes, offering access to extra Strength and HP.
The biggest draw of this battle axe, though, is the ability to use Zeal. Though it’s not as common in other SMT titles, this ailment increases Raidou’s damage output while simultaneously decreasing how much damage he takes for a brief period in battle.
+2 St, +5 Ma, +3 Vi, +3 Lu
Known as a martyr in Christianity for being the one to poke Jesus in the side during the crucifixion, Longinus aptly lends his name to one of the most powerful spears in Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army.
If you’re leaning more into your Magic stat with your weapon but still want thegood stat boos spreadoffered by spears, Longinus is the choice for you. The passive Devil’s Ruin is an awesome support skill you’re able to equip for Raidou in the Sword Skills menu, too.
+40 HP, +7 St, +2 Ma
If you’re familiar with the Imperial Regalia of Japan, then you’ll have recognized Murakumo as our first entry in the list of best weapon upgrades you need to get first in Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army. Likewise, Mitsurugi is considered one of these as well, and is said to be a blade made from one of Yamata no Orochi’s tails, a legendary serpent.
If you’ve gone for battle axes in your playthrough of Raidou Remastered, then you’ll have needed to decide betweenbetter HP boostsas a stat perk or better Strength. While the extra seven for your Strength is nothing to sneeze at, the big draw of Mitsurugi is the extra health.
