GOD EATER 3: Which Weapons Fit Your Playstyle? - A guide to all 12 God Arcs

[@BoomstickGaming]

*Have I ever helped you make a purchasing decision or enlightened you on an awesome new game you enjoy?* Fan donations greatly help me keep this all going. THANK YOU! www.patreon.com/Boomstickgaming Hopefully this helps you all when choosing which weapon to main in God Eater 3! Timestamps below. Long Blade 00:35 Charge Spear 01:30 Biting Edge 02:27 Variant Scythe 03:36 Buster Blade 04:38 Heavy Moon 05:38 Boost Hammer 06:45 Short Blade 07:41 Ray Gun 08:37 Assault 08:49 Sniper 09:00 Shotgun 09:10

[@Yusei255]

Biting edge definitely As I'm more used to Monster hunters dual blades So I'll go a style I'm used to

[@Walsp]

:) thanks was helpful to me keep up the good work lastly i like the outro music for the video.

[@michaelmurray2033]

Boomstick Gaming finally someone playing this game. I have been so excited for this game and enjoying it so far

[@rodneycarter977]

I wondrr what will be hardest to master.. i like the scythe and heavy moon.

[@madscientistshusta]

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[@lackusshock]

Just a few extra details here: -The Buster Blade can cancel its attacks into a block. -The Short Blade can cancel its attack into steps. It also grants you the ability to step in mid-air. A dodge cancel (indicated by a flash around you) can combo into any action (including jumps and steps). -All weapons can combo into Gun Form. Simply input R1+X in the middle of a string.

[@derVadok]

The term "cancel" is very misleading here. You can cancel only the recovery frames of the attack, but not starting or active ones. In that sense, every weapon is cancelable with step or guard. I didn't notice anything special with Short Blade: once the attack button is pressed you can't dodge until the hit is landed, the attack is just quick on itself. Buster Blade too doesn't allow to cancel attack with guard until it is landed, but the guard deployment during recovery frames has the Buckler speed even if you have Tower shield equipped!

[@Nomad524]

Just pressing R1 activates Gun Form R1+X changes your god arc into its special form/activates its special (extend bite for scythe, parrying move with buster blade, glaive form for biting edge etc.)

[@zhayne1774]

he also forgot to mention about the cleave fang for variant scythe

[@komi-samabeliever7319]

12 weapons type??? I still remember the time when its just 3... Edit: Little story time. It's funny that this is my first ever comment in KZbin, hell in all of social media in fact. 3 years later when a notification informs me about someone liking my comment brought me back here, and I suddenly got struck by nostalgia out of nowhere like an RKO. I still remember the very moment I made this comment, I was living at orphanage (more like a dorm for troubled kids actually, they never really had any adoption as far I'm aware of) as I was middle school drop out kid trying to get on track and getting his life back. And at the time it was evening, around 5:56 pm. And the rules written that every electronics has to be collected at exactly 6pm, and you see that's the reason why this comment originally so short and uneventful. And now I'm out of the orphanage and finally fighting my own battle in the wildest jungle of all, society. My headmaster words truly resonate in me and his guides while simple it speaks a thousand words. "Honesty, Responsibility, Diligence, those three quality is enough to get you far. The rest, is up to you to follow and remember my teaching to heart or ignore me and repeat the same mistake you did." He's truly a great man, and I'll forever in debt to him. No matter how bad of a people I met, I'll always remember someone like him exist. Someone who unconditionally helping anyone who asks his help and never turning his head to those who needed help but refused to accept it. If you're on bad time, it only takes a moment for you to meet the right person to help you. Trust me on this mate.

[@exsenarcana1305]

3 type of melee it is

[@komi-samabeliever7319]

@@exsenarcana1305 to think only take 3 games to jump from 3 melee to 9 is impressive

[@exsenarcana1305]

@@komi-samabeliever7319 haha i wonder if the number will increase in the future

[@komi-samabeliever7319]

@@exsenarcana1305 hope so, im still waiting for a heavy axe like weaps for close, and perhaps dual handgun for ranged

[@exsenarcana1305]

@@komi-samabeliever7319 i can imagine heavy axe or something like that but dual handgun is a bit hard, except if its like the biting edge

[@baconpantsable]

As an insect glaive user, I find the distinct lack of insects to this glaive to be MOST UPSETTING

[@off-beatdrummer]

Wrong game mate.

[@baconpantsable]

@@off-beatdrummer Why yes, that is the joke

[@off-beatdrummer]

@@baconpantsable i know, i gave the punchline.

[@statesminds]

Use the dual blades they turn into a glaive

[@steven_th1303]

i know this is 1 years old, but if ur reading this can u give a godeater3 weapon suggestion for a mhw glaive user

[@cerax4935]

Buster Sword=The Greatsword on steroids

[@atheist101]

I just got this game on switch, it was on sale and I didn't know it was on the console. I'm a long time MH fan and I main GS. Would this weapon best fit the GS style of play? I've seen that the combat in this game is much faster, so I know there has to be differences. I'm also a CB user in MH, and advice in which weapon fits that style?

[@Lauramussss]

@@atheist101 definitely. You can still feel the “heaviness” of the attacks

[@ashurad_fox5991]

@@atheist101 Hey MH player veteran here who also just started getting into God eaters Resurrection, Rage burst and 3. I never really have a main in MH gen, 4u, and world since I use all weapons and just make sets best suite with them, though I mostly use GS, CB, LS, DB, IG, H, HH, LBG, and Bow. The buster sword here is definitely faster than the greatsword (also has like 1 charge level), it also has a guard point built in it's combo like in CB or SnS. Though with perfect guarding using shields make a few frames when you guard that nulls all damage taken. But compared to monsters in monster hunter, it is quite difficult to charge your attack if the Aragami you are hunting is not downed or snared. Though if you want heavy hitters, Buster sword is the closest to GS. But if you want lots of combo potential like CB: The scytle can extend it's reach like in axe mode in CB and the playstyle feels comfortable if you play CB , I can also recommend heavy moon since I feel comfortable with it like I would use CB to chain attacks with good damage. For shield, if you like to guard point, buckler is the quickest to deploy. And if you guard point an an attack the damage is nullified. Though I prefer shields instead of bucklers. (keep in mind there is no armor in this game, your shield's def and weakness/strength is equivalent to what armor you choose in MH games)

[@atheist101]

@@ashurad_fox5991 thanks for the advice! It took me a while but I learned the buster. I'm not proficient with it yet but I now understand it and combat. While it's the closest to GS it's much different. I've found that my main attack is the step X attack with the right burst skills on it. Also the jump X attack with the downward thrust on it. I charge sometimes when they're down but I mostly step X. It does crazy damage when the part is broken. I'm terrible with timing so I haven't landed any guard points yet, this is also a problem in MH with the CB. Overall this game is really fun and great at filling my time between Rise updates

[@ashurad_fox5991]

@@atheist101 I can understand, I mostly nail the timing on guard point in 4u. But here in this game I can barely manage to only guard point a few attacks, probably since I'm on pc and not on consoles where I am used to. Well just like we all did in MH, just gotta practice and you'll eventually get used to it.

[@jaredknight8838]

I've always used Scythe but I think I'll mix it up with Heavy Moon this time. It looks like it wouldn't be too outside my element.

[@youngdanielsun3707]

They also nerfed the scythe in 3

[@legendarydigitize2523]

The heavy moon is super good despite being a self proclaimed heavy weapon its default form attacks are suprisingly smooth and easy to dash or guard cancel The axe form attacks are understandibly slow but very satisfying to use when landed Its reach is a little on the short side like the boost hammer I had to pick heavy moon because they nerfed my beloved buster its charge crush used to have a glowing blade once full Now it doesnt And its even slower

[@legendarydigitize2523]

A cool fact The charge attack and special attacks for the heavy moon uses NO stamina So you have less to worry about stamina being guzzled down quick due to special actions

[@DOT107]

Scythe was a good position weapon back in 2, There's a small hitbox at the tip of the blade that have a damage modifier(0.5 I think) in it. So you deal more damage if you attack slightly afar.

[@Forgetthereality]

On the note of buster and scythe nerfs let me also add these: buster now has arts that quicken attacks and charge making them the best part breakers with partial nuking The scythe may have been nerfed but tip play (hitting gami with the edge of range) has dmg increased to an absurd amount. I do however think scythe stamina drain is far too high but it is also home to the fastest nuke so gotta nerf it a little

[@akirajotaro]

Wait a sec... they removed the Blast Gun!? But then again, it could get pretty OP easily especially with its storage bars and custom bullets, so it makes perfect sense to either replace it or heavily nerf it... I guess my bigger question is how didn't I know this until now despite watching every trailer and reading all the news about it?

[@DemonerLycan]

I'd say that's for the best, Blast with custom bullets was OP as hell and was just straight-up better than all alternatives. Then again, a well-made custom bullet, like HDH is pretty unbalanced thing on it's own.

[@Sherruru]

Custom bullets now don't consume OP and have an ammo based on the modules used

[@ZeiiZene]

gatling,shotgun,sniper and laser...there bomb and flame bullet

[@shadowflare0269]

Remember The old Days, There's only 3 Type of Melee, and all guns can use all Variety Type

[@ekzsuncz7610]

Wow, thanks for bringing this up! I just realized this. I played god eater since the burst and always love the close range combat. My friend then told me that the blast gun is the best (sticking to the assault tho, maybe shotgun for the third game) when we started the rage burst. Man... it kinda ruin the game you know. Alright! The head is not yet broken, aim for it! *Friends start spamming the blast gun with that oracle reserved*. It died, and i was like "dude... the head is not yet broken, why you do this?" I thought this blast gun meta will be back to this game but hey, i kinda like it since it is gone.

[@neroblack2704]

Important to remember for people that used to spam meteor bullets: Custom bullets now operate according to a finite ammo per mission system as opposed to normal ammo which is still Oracle point based.

[@Enneamorph]

For my Monster Hunter and Dauntless friends out there who still don’t know where they should start, these are my recommendations: *Monster Hunter* SnS: Short Blade GS: Buster Sword LS: Short and Long Blade, Scythes DB: Biting Edge, Short Blade IG: Charge Spear Switch Axe: Scythes, Charge Spear CB: Heavy Moon Hammer and HH: Boost-Hammer LBG: Shotgun, Assault, Laser HBG: Shotgun, Sniper, Laser Bow: Shotgun, Assault *Dauntless* Sword: Short and Long Blade Hammer: Boost Hammer, full stop Chainblades: Short Blade, Biting Edge, Charge Spear, Scythe Strikers: Biting Edge, Boost Hammer Warpike: Charge Spear, Scythe Axe: Heavy Moon, Buster Sword, Scythe Repeaters: Assault, Laser or just pick whatever n roll with it

[@VAMPYRICBASSIST]

My hero.❤😊

[@Rurike]

Definitely helped out a lot, as someone considering giving it a try from monster hunter background the combat system is much more complex and just messing around with the weapons in the switch demo hasnt really been enough get a full feel for each of the weapons styles

[@kvislost3225]

I really need to get this game

[@ry0usama511]

The only problem I had with this is the lack of outfits, smh

[@shantwaynemiller3539]

Its called god eater burts

[@LeNathDuNet]

@@ry0usama511 That problem is getting slowly fixed with the newer and upcoming updates, that s really cool from the devs part

[@ry0usama511]

@@LeNathDuNet free patches? Hope I won't be relying on expensive dlc lol

[@LeNathDuNet]

@@ry0usama511 actual free patchs, no dlc so far

[@dusanmeseldzija3882]

Buster Blade/Assault is what I usually default to in all 3 God Eater games, but Variant Scythe/Sniper and Boost Hammer/Shotgun are fun to use from time to time.

[@kaifausty6410]

Appreciate the quick tips Boomstick Gaming. These videos have been really helpful on what weapons to go to in which sets, since I personally like to mix up different weapon types for certain play styles

[@Rythmius9169]

Thanks for making such a helpful guide to all the weapons. I've been looking for a video like this. Great stuff!

[@knightroartz3846]

For me i like the variant scythe, heavy moon, and biting edge. Im a heavy attacker when it comes to these games. Love this game

[@tomoya9686]

I use the Biting Edge in God Eater 3 mainly because in the opening song of this game our main character or (Luca Pennywort) is using Biting edge as his main and canonical weapon

[@yaseennoor6250]

3:25 you should also add that Biting Edge's form prevents you from recovering stamina normally, so you should always be careful not to exhaust your character by accident.

[@kylelopez7631]

I've watched 6 of your videos in the past 3 days all for different games. Screw it I'm subbing

[@NonyaBznz]

Ohdamn, you went and spent your permanently limited subbing energy.

[@lannobile7260]

Variant Scythe: Bloody Claw+Floating Mine is my go to attack for downed enemies. Step Dashing around enemies while laying out dozens of tiny floating explosives and healing HP with every hit is godlike. Distopia+Firebloom has massive knock down potential and the spin even allows for multiple hits. Most aerial enemies are grounded after only 2 rotations. Inferno Rush+Blade Storm allows you to focus massive damage onto weak points while still providing good area coverage. I use Machine Gun with explosive shots to deal large amounts of area damage combined with Rapid Fire status shots (Bind and Venom) to debilitate and a custom Healing Grenade for large area healing on multiple allies.

[@Minorcas13]

I'm definitly gonna go wreck shop with the Biting Edge👌

[@MattGallagherComposer]

Wiki admin and That Guy from the community here. Some of you may know me from the discord or FB group, and I'm here to give y'all some condensed advice. First of all: Biting Edge and Heavy Moon outclass everything else in the game (melee-wise). Buster Blade and Boost Hammer come close, but they can't match both the damage output AND utility of BE and HM. BE has the highest damage output in the game by a long shot with Halo Assault, but HM is the meta favorite because it's not as situational and doesn't lock you out of guarding/isn't as risky a weapon overall. Buster and Hammer have amazing damage potential with BAs like Deadly Glide/Overkill (for BB; I'd include Anathema but being locked out of your primary method of ground damage when your enemy isn't attacking is kinda nah) and Lost Memory/Grand Finale (for BH), but they aren't nearly as aggressive as BE/HM and can't match their damage output. As for the other weapons... Charge Spear retains all its problems from the previous games. The hitboxes on Charge Glide are too thin to be useful, and the highest-damaging option, Valkyrie Glide (IIRC that's the aerial one), requires annoyingly precise aiming. IMO the most viable option is the one that replaces the glide with a stationary thrust. Short Blade is still the king of utility and survivability (with its infinitely-chainable air steps), but its damage output is nothing to write home about. The replacement for Astral Dive isn't nearly as good, since the angle is almost horizontal (making it harder to aim) and it'll carry you across the map if you miss. Long Blade is about as aggressive as BE/HM and is good for targeted parts breaking with Apsara Wings into Void Cutter, but it just doesn't have the damage output that those two do. *_Don't use Variant Scythe._* You honestly don't even NEED guns this time around, but honestly, if you're using anything other than Ray Gun you're missing out. Buy the L-sized laser bullets from Faith ASAP and just use those. There's basically nothing that won't melt to a well-aimed laser aside from a shielded Idol.

[@koriy5915]

ty for the info! knowing the meta helps a lot, although it does limit the variety of weapons we see online. Anyway, I was going to go with the buster blade, but from what you say I may go for the biting edge instead. ooor maybe i'll just level up both of them.

[@thedarklordx]

Is this a game where the meta matters? Or is it like MHW where 90% of the weapons can solo everything in under 5 mins so it doesn't matter

[@koriy5915]

@@thedarklordx metas don't really matter in pve games since you're always going to win, eventually, but if you're a player who likes to min max from time to time like me, then it's interesting to know.

[@thedarklordx]

@@koriy5915 well in some games something can be so shitty that it's completely unfun or requires a ton of work to be viable or straight up can't complete all the content. In multiplayer games you run the risk of being dead weight if the balance is poor and your build of choice sucks. On the flipside many games have opposite problems with the meta being boring or the game not being balanced around it so you end up wrecking everything with zero effort

[@koriy5915]

@@thedarklordx agree, but the player shoudn't be the one to nerf himself just because the meta is too OP. That's the job of the developers. In GE3, let's just say you're dead weight if you bring the scythe, but that's about the only bad weapon. Even using a short sword correctly will get you decent damage, mostly because you're going to be able to focus on attack most of the time instead of healing, since you'll dodge everything.

[@whatthe9256]

Additional info for sniper. You can make a stealth field by pressing r1+0 on ps4 to avoid detection while aiming for a shot while you can store more op for raygun just like the cannon before

[@alexshort7610]

I sense some broken lasers inbound

[@neroblack2704]

Additionally you can use the shotgun special action as a way to traverse large distances at almost not stamina cost.

[@weertangel7231]

Great weapon overview! u did forget the ranged weapons special abilities( like machine guns recover OP with each shot) but aside from that it was well done. Been having a blast with the game myself, and my preferred weapons atm are Heavy Moon,Variant Scythe and Ray gun. i'm also experimenting with the Breaking Edge but needs more time. Keep up the good work!

[@marcuskorson8]

Mmmmmm, the Heavy Moons looks to combine my 2 favorite things in GE2RB. The Multi hits from Variant scythe and the crushing power of Boost Hammer

[@Ar0474]

I've been a HUGE Boost Hammer, and Short Blade fan since Resurection!

[@justinli826]

As a God eater veteran I wonder why I still watch these videos. Then I remember it's because it's goddamn quality content and deserves to be watched even if you know already. Great breakdown of the weapon types and benefits of each. If there's one thing I would add in, the biting edge actually isn't as fast as it seems. While the moves themselves are fast and strike quickly, the delay from the moves to go into a step or a block is actually a bit longer than even the long blade, so while it might seem like a beginner friendly god arc it takes time to learn the timing and block patterns you should be using. If you want something similarly fast but with better step and block response then the short blade is your go to till you get used to the game first. Thanks to the delay, ironically I wound up just pairing a buckler to the biting edge to get those last minute blocks in, rather than a shield for better defence thanks to the speed, otherwise it's tough. You can pair a shield with the short blade for better defence and still be able to pull of last- second blocks, but doesn't quite work with the biting edge. But hey, that's how it is for me. If it worked for you right from the start, then good for you.

[@spookyfrogs1874]

So as a huge monster hunter nerd i've been interested in this series, and as a switchaxe main, the heavy moon just convinced me to try it finally cause that thing looks INSANE

[@exalted_space9224]

In my first playthough Unga Bunga - Ignores all upgrades sides bare minimum, Neglects ranged, beats game without blocking or diving, scythe user Me going for the plat/Maybe New Game + *I unga, Theirfore I bunga* - Learning weapon upgrades, probbly still gonna ignore ranged,

[@keserankun3719]

So far my favorite weapon is the short blade because it can dodge very quickly and do a lot of slash combos.

[@DarkStarxLiveWire]

This game looks so cool I can’t wait to play it also thanks for this guide I think I’ll be using the scythe weapons

[@BoomstickGaming]

Welcome

[@amrthahiris560]

been sticking to the long blade since the first game! loving the zero stance infinite combo

[@xangsane8557]

Jesus i just realized that iv been playing this series for too long.. I master every arc type and gun depending on if aragami are weak against pierce slash and etc and memorise what the weaknesses are.. Wow.. Now theres heavy moon, biting edge and dual blades to master.. Im gonna love making combos with new arcs and gun types..

[@gluttonyfang6674]

God Eater, Lord of Apocalypse and Toukiden stood the same ground as Monster Hunter back on the PSP era and was considered as the best MonHun clones with unique identity. Especially God Eater, who had a special place in my heart as it is the first game I played before discovering MonHun and becoming my favorite game series of all time.

[@unknownplanet1072]

This guide is amazing trying to figure out which weapons i wanna choose but couldn't really pick one. And I been searching forums and all they weren't too helpful with the answers i wanted. And I stumble across this video and it explained everything I wanna hear. Went with the hammer it's crushing blows so powerful and breaks parts easily. I appreciate the video. TY. Subbed

[@nekrovx]

You forgot about the new thing they added to Buster blade where you Can cancel the end lag from a charge slash by guarding

[@drewjvr2133]

Great video man! I was on the edge but you have sold me on the game

[@ZephyrusAsmodeus]

Love the moon blade to death, was an instant fav after I unlocked it

[@mta7862]

from god eater 1 even until now i'm still enjoy using knife lol

[@Weaver_Games]

I'm a noob but I'm liking the knife a lot. Honestly I appreciate that the weapons in this game are relatively easy to pick up and get all the moves down for compared to Mon Hun where I feel like I need to spend 10 hours with something just to get the basic flow of it.

[@mta7862]

@Nikolai Rose yeah in the previous god eater games, it called knife

[@MonKeePal624]

Something else I read: apparently they're pretty good for dealing status effects. Like Kigurumi's poison blade

[@redflame300]

That short sword is not short....every weapon on here is bigger than a person

[@tropicar6942]

Nikolai Rose nah, learning how to use the weapon is one thing in MH, learning how to effectively use it in combat is another in endgame solo. Especially switchaxe with its lack of mobility, so you’d have to be on point with your positioning, at least that’s how it’s been since mh3u - MHGU can’t speak for mhw since I haven’t played it.

[@substidude285]

Thank you very much! This helped me to figure out the order I'm going to try each distinctive style.

[@MorteWulfe]

Kharne and Khorne approve of the Heavy Moon.

[@Airik1111bibles]

Thanks for making this much appreciated. I've always wanted to play this game and just got it for $4 on eshop using my points . It's only $10 right now thats and awesome deal. They have some killer deals this week , Metro redux and Starwars games are all under or around $10 🤪 At this rate I'm gonna need another memory card.

[@Noeru211]

I'm still love with my old Long Blade and Shotgun combination since i'm a close range player 😆

[@saracrysis2851]

Being a GEB and GE2:RB player, I had always loved the Long Blade Sniper combination, allowing access to all of the ranges with deadly effectiveness.

[@cadmusvictory4956]

Saw it on sale on steam. And got this sweet sweet game

[@JustStay_Kyo]

I thought the oldest version and popular gun types in the god eater Franchise is the blast cannon

[@JustStay_Kyo]

But why did bandai namco did not put the blast cannon

[@JustStay_Kyo]

In god eater 3

[@JustStay_Kyo]

In god eater 3

[@otroweonllamadoseba]

@@JustStay_Kyo i guess the new team didn't know how to nerf it. I mean, you could one shot or two shot some of the strongest enemies with the right bullets.

[@JustStay_Kyo]

Yeah i mean you are right

[@technicalleon]

I mained Short and Long Blade in GE:B way back in the PSP and I'm still working on playing GE2:RB. I'm really hoping that I can play GE3 soon. :)

[@huachicol320]

Use decide for hammer and the blood art lindow uses Most broken blood arts👌🏼

[@MayflysWill]

Charge spear for me. Always. Let's go hit and run. XD

[@98kazer]

my playstyle through out the GE series: GE1: Short sword/Assault gun GE2 - GE1 Re: Long sword/Shotgun GE3: Biting Edge/Shotgun

[@patriky1231]

Great video, after watching this I'm going to get this game for sure

[@skullies3580]

GE1: LONG BLADE GE2: LONG BLADE GE3: DUAL BLADES Lol dual blades is so much fun! Especially when the monster is down and changing to glaive form and spamming the monster with it till it changes red and get more increased dmg... Can easily break 2 monster parts during a single down if spammed at the correct angle...

[@mudmuncher776]

Skullies ! Scythe is also amazing with soul eater blood claw and the one this guy used in his vid for areal enemies

[@skullies3580]

@@mudmuncher776 cool! Might start a fresh save and go all schyth!

[@mudmuncher776]

@@skullies3580 soul eater steals your enemy's hp ans blood claw does the same Also ariel x spam steals oracle cells from enemy

[@Vermillion37]

I think I’m a Long Sword or Short Sword type...maybe Crescent moon or whatever it was called but we’ll see

[@BasedChadman]

This looks amazing

[@AyBee9725]

12 weapon types here, 14 types in World... Too many choices can be even worse than no choices at all sometimes.

[@namkha209]

Biting edge and assault gun. For MAXIMUM PARTY CRAZINESS! LET'S ROCK! also, toilet's in the back.

[@Frostfang_Piglet]

WAS THAT A FREAKIN' DMC3 REFERENCE!?

[@namkha209]

@@Frostfang_Piglet Jackpot!

[@VisionoftheChief]

Let's Rock, Baby!*

[@light819]

I want to get into this game but (circle+square) and (X + triangle) look like it would be a pain to pull off

[@pearcekurosagane4868]

Shoudnt Sheilds be included since the delay of Sheilds also affects the game style of the God eater as well as. Buffs and its uses like: Buckler -quickly deployed but once hit by an aragami it decreases your health and stamina Sheild -a medium sized Sheild that's not fast and not slow as its damage is lesser than what the buckler can resist Tower sheild -one of the most slowest but toughest Sheild as it dosent decrease your health but it also decrease your stamina In conclusion, all stats have an effect to the game style of the God eater and how the use it and mix it with their combos against their foes

[@zapperil]

Regular Shield was great man , they legit had best skillset that makes them can block as fast as buckler, speeds up weapon changing , and boosts devour OP steal.

[@Zanni-T13]

For GEB I mained Buster and Short blade For GE2RB I mained Variant Scythe and Short Blade For GE3 I'm maining Heavy Moon, Variant Scythe, and Biting Edge

[@marcuskorson8]

GEB Buster, Short blade and Long blade GE2RB Boost Hammer, Buster, Variant Scythe and Long Blade GE3 Heavy Moon, Boost hammer, Buster and Biting Edge for sure

[@velvetbluez9823]

wow, we have the same exact mains.

[@FerrickAnima]

I would not recommend biting edge at the moment, because for the stamina it eats in both regular and doublesaber/naginata mode is not worth the damage, and out of all of the fast slash archetypes, short blades far outshines the biting edge

[@legendarydigitize2523]

Buster main up to ge2rb Newly dubbed heavy moon main in 3

[@ryanweible9090]

only played ge2, but scythe shotgun here. my goal was staying in their face and spike damage. looking at the dual blade here, but the moon does remind me of the switch axe from monster hunter. (im a hunting horn main there, with long sword and dual blade use) i don't know if the mechanics of GE would really support a hunting horn type group buff weapon. since links already kind of do the group buffs thing.

[@hyreals182]

Really feel like the Ray Gun's reserve ammo should've been mentioned in this, it's unique from the other guns in that fact. You can store up to 2 full OP gauges that will come into effect when you deplete your OP bar allowing you to stay at maximum beam strength for a very long time. Great when using strong bullets that exploit enemies weakness and if you can keep the beam in their weak spots.

[@Reialine]

Correction 3 gauges actually, and can get up to 450 if you max your Oracle level to 10 allowing you to hold a total of 450 OP! However the downside of this weapon is that its use of reserve make the gun frame shorter then have a long firing sequence, requiring people to trade the damage output of the gun for better stamina handling, making it only friendly for weapons that doesn't consume a lot of stamina.

[@tomoya9686]

Am I the only one in the God eater games who uses the canonical names for the main characters and at the same time use their canonical weapon sets

[@unloyal4847]

Pure variant scythe here, quite neat to master heaven or hell with everything being so eye blinding lol

[@herpdondi]

There are so many good weapons but i will always be a buster sword main

[@SupremeQUEEN668]

I recently started and so far I'm in love with the Scythe.

[@luthiamoonlightfrqc2905]

I mean scythe since GE2 2 itt as the best AOE move and with the right blood art all of your atack restore your HP my second is the hammer but i pretty much play all weapon type plus laser gun " because you can stock amo " and the bigger shield im still active on this game i play the Switch version regulary " i use to play on PlayStation 4 before the update that ave censor the game and change ALOT of dialogue with our daughter character ... Bassically in this game you end up being a dad/mom but every dialogue like " Dady/momy i love you!! " ave ben censored from the PlayStation version now we are only her bodyguard ... The switch version dont ave that censorship

[@welcometothefuneral]

Buster BLADE!

[@ringthenoise]

Very nice video! I think you covered it very well with all the weapons available in GE3. Good job.

[@enkrumo8886]

Recently i finished GE2RB and now start to play this part. From the experience of previous game, i think the best weapons for best first playthrough is Short Blade in beginning and Variant Scythe in mid/lategame. Learning moveset of enemies with short blade and bring huge dps with variant scythe, using special ability. I enjoy 1 and 2 of series and hope that one will not disappoint me.

[@Lauramussss]

def going for the scythe when the game comes out for switch

[@LuccatielD7]

Just got the game on sale today. Great video to watch while it's downloading! I think I'll go with the dual blades or the Scythe.

[@L-Puffin]

Wow, Biting Edge combines two of my fave weapons from Monster Hunter: Dual Blades and Insect Glaive. Seems fun!

[@ROBDEWAND]

basicly you are garland from ff 12

[@ryanweible9090]

that was my thought too, so its dual blade and insect glaive without the bug. I dunno, some people like the bug, but it always felt silly to me. i want to be Darth maul, not a falconer- entymologist.

[@robertphilips6508]

@@ryanweible9090 this comment is life

[@voulgrim651]

@John Johnson yeah so its basically dual swords from mhw and the glaive form is like the demon form of the dual blades in MHW you switch to demon form, button mash, switch to dual blades to regenerate stamina and repeat

[@plasthicc5407]

Long blade Addition : you can use zero stance to extend your ground combos simultaneously. Short blade Addition : after attacking, short blade special moves (not rising edge) allows the wielder to immediately step back and forth Buster blade Addition : your shield can be immediately deployed right after attacking or you can just guard parry (remember, guard parry will not work against certain aragami moves, it requires full shield to do so)

[@Forgetthereality]

Buster, tower for best tanks

[@onionknight6297]

Additional info: short blade also able to do air step

[@OhjiiGamez]

This is old but id like to point out that guns have special actiona too. For example the Ray Gun can stock up OP bars up to 2x thus granting 3 bars of OP for ammo

[@dusk1594]

im hoping your covering this game more and more me and my friend need a god eater youtuber

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

dusk1594,don’t we all?

[@sortedevaras]

Heavy Moon hype.

[@neruoue123]

Thanks for the video man. I really enjoyed it :D

[@stephenbraun5024]

Who’s here after the Switch announcement?

[@AsDerouxWoofWolf]

Me!

[@potatoneko5853]

ME!!!

[@MrWarkiller22]

Me! Lol So pumped!

[@troyjapuz797]

aye

[@messyiix7613]

Wait what??????

[@unbreakablepoint8544]

Biting edge! its fast, got stylish combo and it looks great! what more can a DMC fan ask for!

[@daldaeusduke]

I already know what im gona use. Im just watching this because I cant play it :(

[@alphenhousplaysgames4565]

god eater devs should pay ya.imma getting the game just because your video convinced me that this one is better than the last one.

[@earl3107]

its on sale for switch, $15 instead of $60 get it while you can!

[@goldentiramisu7935]

I still think Short Sword is a better alternative than Biting Edge, especially the satisfying rising edge special. not to mention you can also cancel dodge your combo

[@Forgetthereality]

BE BA give it better DPS and base in combo maneuverability. Like in this video how hes using move momentum to dance around a freaking hikari and its annoying speed. SB has better dps and has situation avoidance BE has in combo avoidance

[@Choi-lu6wf]

*I still remember this game has only 3...* When my psp broke along with my game progress on god eater 1... _I didn't repared it... Such a pity Im very poor so can't afford another psp.._😆😂😅😅

[@gallantsteel8542]

If you're only using basic attacks, just use the spear with its heavy attacks. Trust me. I've been testing these stuff since Gods Eater Burst. If you only like using basic attacks in: Gods Eater Burst = Long Blade God Eater Resurrection = Variant Scythe God Eater 2 Rage Burst = Variant Scythe God Eater 3 = Spear They nerfed Variant Scythe in God Eater 3

[@bumiable]

The Buster Blade is the most OP weapon in the game. Im using it and be everytime first place in the assault mission even I died 1 or 2 times in the fight -.-

[@legendarydigitize2523]

Yeah it got lamer here im a former buster main too Try the heavy moon instead you will love it

[@7thmoon438]

Biting Edge! I was so disappointed when twin blades arc was not present in GE 2.So excited for this game

[@milchesarreal6964]

This is such a whiplash jump from the measly Knife, Long Blade and Buster Sword of old Last I played God Eater I just use Long Sword/Knife and Assault Rifle and that's it

[@MrUserface]

This reminds me of phantasy star online. Looks amazing.

[@wongsetsuna]

You should try out the other instalments as well. While God Eater Burst is the vanilla of everything, it is very challenging still. Rage Burst offers Blood Arts and the Rage Burst mechanic (very late into the story), which is highly customizable and offers a variety of playstyle. And they have a very much detailed story which is very engaging. I suggest playing the latter two before you jump into 3. 😀

[@wongsetsuna]

Though I'm not saying you can't start with 3 XD

[@ex-soldier4341]

This is monster hunter with magic

[@HeavenFailed]

don't compare that crap to this gem

[@MrUserface]

@@HeavenFailed I gotta disagree. PSO is my favorite game, it was one of the first action looters on console.

[@TakiGamesOfficial]

Oh dear. My two favorite monster hunter weapons combined into one. Dual Blades+Glaive form looks super fun.

[@aliffhakim5407]

First generation of GEB raise your hands!! 🙆🏽‍♂

[@legendarydigitize2523]

Me

[@n2red732]

I was always a long blade main but now I main the biting edge

[@Itaholyspirits]

This game is badass this will be my first god eatter game I can see myself gettin intwo the tv anime show but I like the fact u can cract your own guy or girl and I’m lovein my switch :)

[@rimac2727]

Very informative

[@Chazreal]

Scythe, Heavy Moon, Biting edge, with either, Shield, or Tower Shield and Lazer Build. I'd like to know the best endgame builds for as such, wanna break away from Restalph Gear. Thanks!

[@zapperil]

A simple description of Longsword is , it's basically a combination of Longsword and Gunlance in Monster Hunter.

[@ashurad_fox5991]

and another simple description to all shield variants, the perfect guard here is just guard point in CB in 4u

[@Zarryon12]

I thought i would hate the dual blades, i enjoyed long blades in EVERY G.E. so i was prepared to do it again. However something drew me to the dual blades and i have NEVER looked back.

[@Chooong7]

I'm def a spear guy. Edit: nvm spears, that twin blade that turns into a glaive is sexy.

[@aaronjohnson1286]

Biting edge fit for me

[@robinolino7012]

Nah,still using Scythe even here in GE3 but it sucks that u cant use Weapon Arts without in burst mode...

[@christianbacalso6141]

Tbh I thought that was a good move, since you can equip 3 now you're not locked to a single attack, and it means you gotta be smart about your burst management to maximize output

[@Forgetthereality]

@@christianbacalso6141 ^ this! The devs emphasized their core gameplay mechanic by doing this. GE2 arts were simply overbearing and op making everyone a 1trickpony here everyone has their own style and flair! Not to mention more arts though locked into burst mode make getting and maintaining burst 3 oh so rewarding. Burst 3! Let em have it!

[@robinolino7012]

Finally..i adjust my playstyle and now i use Biting Edge/Assault Gun/Shield as my main equipment.

[@dagewastaken7236]

The Long and Short blades have the hardest setup to max out DPS, as opposed to every other weapon. People should keep that in mind.

[@roynobody]

very informative video! cheers!

[@pheonix_soldier]

The dual blades look fun but to me, the spear and hammer have always been go to

[@shirokatta4051]

Dual blades are trash since they only work really well when your in the air and they don't hit all that hard

[@LanxPenzenpepper]

Spear is the best for me since my fighting style is attack then run and attack. Again and again 😂 using the charge glide

[@mickeltrystanretirado9391]

I still remember the days where i abuse IODs,HDH and Metoer bullets. Wild sword laoyang best short sword