The Best Weapons In Windrose (All Weapons)

Light Attacks apply up to 8 Plague marks. Heavy Attacks consume all accumulated marks, dealing bonus Damage for each.

If a Heavy Attack consumes more than 5 marks, you restore 40% of your Maximum Health.

Dealing Damage grants you a stack of Plague Echoes effect. At 5 stacks, the special [F] attack becomes available.

Using the special attack instantly restores 35% of your maximum Health.

Reloads faster than other muskets.

Increases Critical Damage by 20%.

Dealing Damage grants you a stack of Plague Echoes effect. At 5 stacks, the special [F] attack becomes available.

Deals Crude Damage and scales with Strength. Attacks with this weapon are more effective at converting Temporal Health into Health.

Dealing Damage applies Bleeding. Stacks up to 5 times. Each stack deals 25 Damage per second.

Bleed damage dealt while holding this weapon restores Temporal Health.

Can fire two quick shots in succession.

Shots apply Vulnerability effect to the target. All Damage dealt to affected targets is increased by 15%.

This weapon has a special attack [F] that drains Health from nearby enemies. Cooldown: 2 min.

Special attack Damage additionally scales with Vitality.

Increases base Critical Hit Chance by 10%.

Increases the Perfect Block opportunity window.

Each successful Perfect Block applies Retaliation effect, increasing your Damage by 8%. Stacks up to 3 times. Taking Damage removes the effect.

Increases base Critical Hit Chance by 10%.

Hits apply Take Aim! effect up to 9 stacks. Your next shot deals 10% bonus Damage per stack.

Attacks consume 10% less Stamina.

Can fire 3 shots without reloading.

Deals 15% bonus Damage to pirates, outlaws, and other cutthroats.

Bullets have a 40% chance to deal bonus Fire Damage.

Dealing Damage has 60% chance of triggering fire explosion around the target.

Increases Critical Hit Chance by 10%.

Base Damage of this item is 15 points higher.

Killing enemies grants stacks of Decimation effect. Each stack increases your Critical Hit Chance by 10%, up to 30%.

While the Decimation effect is active, you gain Apathy effect, granting 10% Damage Resistance.

Increases the Perfect Block opportunity window.

Critical Damage is increased by 20%.

The more Stamina you have, the more Damage the weapon deals.

Increases Critical Hit Chance by 10%.

Each Perfect Block applies a retaliation effect. Increasing damage by 10%. Stacking 3 times, taking damage removes the effect.

Perfect Block restore 10% health.

Hits have a small chance to knock enemies down, the higher your Strength, the higher the chance.

Increases Posture Points by 1.

Increases Critical Damage by 20%.

While standing still, the weapon spread is almost eliminated.

Deals 15% bonus damage to animals.

Hits have a small chance to knock enemies down. The higher your Strength, the higher the chance.

Deals 10% bonus Damage to pirates, outlaws, and other cutthroats.

Increases Posture Points by 1.

Attacks consume 20% less Stamina.

Increases Posture Points by 1.

Attacks consume 15% less Stamina.

Allows you to perform a special bayonet attack with [F]. This weapon’s Damage scales with Agility.

Movement while aiming does not affect weapon spread.

At close range, shots have a small chance to knock enemies down.

Shots consume less gunpowder.

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Why We Ranked It S-Tier

Crypts and Ruins (Cursed Swamps)

The Rapier Of Devastation is an incredible weapon with no drawbacks. It has speed, damage, can be used for Perfect Blocks and also provides self-sustain through its Special Attack heal. Definitely one of the best, if not the best, weapons in the game. Check out our Rapier Precision build if you are interested.

Crypts and Ruins (Cursed Swamps)

The Plague Halberd is likely the best two-handed weapon in the game with incredible damage and an AoE Special Attack that also restores 35% of your health. The heavy attack on this weapon in particular allows you to cleave down enemies like a scythe through corn.

Coastal Jungle & Foothills POIs

The Reliable Musket has two very powerful abilities in a faster Reload Speed and additional Critical Damage, being the most important stats for ranged/musket builds. The only ranged weapon we have found to support a viable ranged-only build.

The Arboris Saber is the only melee Plague weapon that doesn't quite make it into the S-tier, but it's close. This weapon's Special Attack deals huge frontal damage and can be cast often, but it lacks the self-healing that makes the Rapier Of Devastation and Plague Halberd so powerful.

Drake's Double-Barreled Pistol is great, but mostly as a side act. It have huge stopping power through it's double-shot, but its Epic ability (+15% damage from all sources) is where it really shines, being a powerful accompaniment to many of the best builds.

Soul Eater just barely squeezes into the A-tier. It's a great weapon with an insanely strong AoE Special Attack but what really holds it back compared to other weapons of this tier or higher is the long cooldown time (2m). This prevents it from being useful for farming, for example.

The Reliable Pistol is a solid pistol thanks to it's powerful Rare effect that allows it to fire three shots without reloading and S-tier Precision scaling. A good choice for an early-mid build but it falls short of being great in the late-game with a lacklustre Epic effect. Also a bullet guzzler!

The Plague Pistol is surprisingly weak for a Plague Weapon, with the other three rising to the very top of the rankings. It is only available at Epic, and only has one effect which on its own is very weak but when paired with another weapon, like the Rapier Of A Thousand Cuts or Arboris Saber, can help provide much needed sustain without much DPS loss thanks to passive reload.