Starting your journey in Warborne: Above Ashes and wondering which Drifter to choose first? You’ll begin with one core character, but soon after, you’ll get a choice between several powerful options from the Strength (STR), Agility (AGI), and Intelligence (INT) archetypes.
Choosing the right weapon in Warborne: Above Ashes is just as important as selecting the right Drifter. Each weapon type defines your combat style, damage source, and utility. In this guide, we break down all 12 weapon categories and highlight the best options from each group for PvP and PvE gameplay.
Greatswords
Style: Frontline bruisers with wide cleaves, momentum scaling, and AoE crowd control. Best for sustained pressure and group engagements.
- Best Pick: Hellcore Cleaver (Epic) – Excellent momentum-based burst and anti-heal. Ideal for frontline hybrids like Aegis.
- Also Notable: Voidblade (Epic) – AoE pressure and zoning. Great for disrupting clumps.
Daggers
Style: High burst, mobility, and bleed stacking. Designed for assassins and solo duelists.
- Best Pick: Hemoblades (Rare) – Perfect for ganking and quick execution combos.
- Also Notable: Bloodfury Blades (Epic) – Enhanced crit scaling for aggressive 1v1.
Firearms
Style: Ranged burst DPS with mobility perks and DoT. Suited for kiting and safe damage output.
- Best Pick: Drakespike (Rare) – Burn damage and excellent ranged harassment.
Spears
Style: Hybrid melee-ranged weapons with gap closers, mobility, and cleave. Excellent for roaming and Rift fights.
- Best Pick: Storm Spear (Epic) – High utility, strong engage, and great sustain via Spear Scar passive.
- Also Notable: Emerald Edge (Rare) – Fast-paced mobility tool with PvEvP viability.
Ice Weapons
Style: Control-oriented weapons with slows, roots, and zoning. Ideal for area denial and teamfight setups.
- Best Pick: Frost Matrix (Rare) – AoE freeze and root effects, perfect for crowd control.
- Also Notable: Cryoshard Mask (Rare) – Stronger against groups with Chill-based suppression.
Fire Weapons
Style: AoE denial and sustained DoT. Great for defending objectives or punishing static fights.
- Best Pick: Flame Maw (Epic) – Large AoE zones and group melting potential in ZvZ.
- Also Notable: Doomfire (Epic) – Burn-focused zoning, harder to play but rewarding.
Radiant Weapons
Style: Hybrid support-DPS with heals, shields, and radiant burst. Great for coordinated groups.
- Best Pick: Celestial Redeemer (Legendary) – Healing + damage hybrid. Versatile and team-reliant.
Void Weapons
Style: Debuff-heavy weapons focused on suppression, disorienting enemies, and weakening their defenses. Great in group fights.
- Best Pick: Voidblade (Epic) – Applies multiple debuffs and excels at disrupting enemy backlines.
Bows
Style: Long-range, DoT-based or burst kiting. Useful in open field and PvE tagging.
- Best Pick: Blightspitter (Epic) – Bleed stacker with kiting potential. Strong in PvE and defensively in PvP.
Maces
Style: Defensive control weapons with knockbacks, slows, and armor breaks. Played as frontline tanks or supports.
- Best Pick: Breaker’s Resolve (Rare) – Great for armor shredding and disrupting enemy frontlines.
- Also Notable: Bulwark Core (Epic) – Good for sustained tanking in PvE, lacks pressure in PvP.
Axes
Style: Sustain and damage-focused melee weapons with self-healing. Often used for PvE farming or niche solo builds.
- Best Pick: Bonefang Reaper (Rare) – High sustain and self-heal. Viable in solo PvE, lacks control for PvP.
- Also Notable: Berserker’s Fury (Rare) – High risk, high reward design. Can work in niche burst builds, but very punishing if misplayed.
Staves
Style: Versatile caster weapons that don’t fall strictly under elemental groups. Useful for hybrid builds or when you want utility outside classic fire/ice/radiant trees.
- Best Pick: Harmony’s Staff (Epic) – Balanced support-DPS option for hybrid or control-heavy comps.
- Also Notable: Judgment’s Staff (Rare) – PvE-oriented magic staff with consistent ranged pressure.
Final Recommendation
When choosing your weapon type, consider your preferred role and PvP mode. Spears and Daggers dominate small skirmishes and roaming. Greatswords and Fire Weapons shine in ZvZ. Ice and Radiant excel in support or control-focused comps. Void and Firearms bring utility at range. Axes and Maces serve well in niche PvE or sustain-based builds. Staves offer versatile magic tools for both PvE and hybrid PvP roles.
Each weapon group offers unique strengths – experiment and pair them with the right Drifter for maximum impact.
Kilikiss
It is the wrong best pick weapon for the void weapons ?
I saw anywhere void weapons in the méta ? is that trash tier ?
Alex Rivers
It’s good for groups or zvz but not much for solo play.