Melee Weapons | Wo Long Wiki

Main Weapon Properties

Each Melee Weapon in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty has several properties that make them more or less effective in varying combat situations:

• Attack Power - Affects how much HP the enemy loses when hit with the weapon. This value is affected by the weapon's scaling according to the Five Phases and how much you've invested in each Virtue. 
• Base Attack - The Base Attack Power of the weapon. This is the base value that is modified by your Virtue investment and the weapon's Virtue Scaling to generate the Attack Power stat.
• Spirit Attack - Affects how much Spirit an enemy loses when hit with the weapon.
• Sustain Break - Affects how much Spirit an enemy loses when hit with the weapon while they are guarding.
• Sustain - Affects how much Spirit the player loses while guarding against attacks with the weapon.

Weapon Rarity

As with all Items and Equipment in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Melee Weapons come with varying Rarity, a stat denoted by a Star Rating as follows:

✮ - Common
✮✮ - Rare
✮✮✮ - Epic
✮✮✮✮ - Legendary
✮✮✮✮✮ - Mythic

In general, the higher a weapon's Rarity, the better it is. Rarer weapons tend to have two Martial Arts skills and more Weapon Traits with higher values. Rarity will typically not affect a weapon's parameters, only the amount of Special Effects it can have.

*Note that actual in-game Rarity rankings do not have the common, rare, epic or legendary denotations and these are simply terms commonly used in other titles

Weapon Upgrade Levels

Aside from Rarity, Melee Weapons can have Upgrade Levels which improve their parameters. Upgrade Levels typically improve a Weapon's Virtue Scaling, but may also increase other base stats. For example, a Bronze Sword +2 will have higher scaling for one or more Virtues compared to a standard Bronze Sword. 

It is yet to be revealed how Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty will handle Equipment Upgrades, but basing off of Team Ninja's previous titles, it will likely involve a Crafting mechanic.

Weapon Attack Bonus & Scaling

The Attack Bonus section of a Weapon's info screen shows a radar chart denoting its Scaling.

A Weapon's Scaling determines how much Attack Power is added based on your investment in each of the Five Phases' Virtues. Scaling degree is ranked with a letter and either a plus or minus. For example, a weapon with a B+ Scaling in the Earth Virtue will add more Attack Power based on your Earth Virtue investment compared to a weapon with a C- Scaling in the same stat.

In essence, the better the letter (A is better than B, etc. Full ranking spectrum is yet to be confirmed), the more damage you will deal by investing into the corresponding Virtue. Weapons can Scale to multiple Virtues with varying degrees which lends way to creating effective builds by investing into Virtues that would give you the most damage boosts corresponding to your weapon of choice, or conversely, choosing weapons that correspond to your current build. A Weapon's scaling can improve based on the number of +Upgrade Levels it has.

Weapon Special Effects

Each Weapon comes with varying Special Effects to further add to their functionality. These are divided into two categories: Martial Arts and Weapon Traits.

Martial Arts

Martial Arts are special active abilities that deal heavy damage to opponents at the expense of the Spirit Gauge. These moves are typically very flashy and some have extra properties such as adding a dodge, countering certain attacks or allowing the player to disengage after dealing damage.

Each Melee Weapon has at least one Martial Arts skill which is randomly chosen based on the weapon type, with higher Rarity weapons having up to two. All Martial Arts are randomized for looted Weapons. 

Weapon Traits

Weapons can also have special Weapon Traits which are passive bonuses that modify various Stats or add more functionality to its attacks such as boosting the damage dealt by basic combos or improving critical hit chance in varying situations.

A weapon's Rarity determines the number of traits it can have, with the rarest weapons having more traits at once compared to more common weapons. All traits are randomized for looted Weapons.