All Last Epoch weapon types explained

Just like Corruption in Last Epoch, the game offers a variety of weapons. Whether you like dishing out serious damage up close, prefer a hybrid weapon for maintaining distance while punishing enemies, or opt to eliminate foes from afar, there is a weapon to suit each of these preferences. The brilliance of Last Epoch is that all the weapons can be equipped by almost every class in the game. This means no matter what your role is, you will always have a choice in terms of weapons.

In this article, we have gone through all the weapon types available in the game so that you can choose the right deadly companion for yourself.

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Weapon types in Last Epoch explained

All the weapon types in the game (Image via Eleventh Hour Games)

• Daggers: Daggers are small, agile weapons that are best for close-range combat. They can be used to cast lethal statuses or summon wraiths with necromancer abilities. Daggers do not possess the same range as one-handed swords but can strike faster and deal elemental damage.
• Wands: Wands are long-range weapons that focus on elemental attacks and can affect enemies in Last Epoch with statuses such as Poisoned, Damned, and Possessed. They are best suited for spell casters, as their traits revolve around boosting certain elemental attacks.
• Sceptres: Sceptres are hybrid weapons that combine melee damage with spell-casting abilities. They are suitable for those who want to build a warrior that can both melee attack and cast spells.
• One-Handed Axes: These Axes focus primarily on melee damage. One-handed Axes can also come with affixes that bestow bleed on the enemies in Last Epoch. They are ideal for players who want to just rush in, bash some heads, cause chaos, and get out with scars.
• One-Handed Swords: One-handed Swords deal mainly with melee damage in Last Epoch, though some come with potential implicit for increased elemental damage. They have a longer range of attack than daggers and pack quite a punch in terms of base attack rate. You variously customize your Sword by implementing a crit aspect to it or dual wield to increase damage.
• One-Handed Maces: One-handed Maces place a heavy emphasis on melee damage as their main implicit. They can also carry secondary implicit for stunning enemies, while certain modifiers can increase the player's movement and grant +5 boosts to all stats. Simply, Maces are great for dishing out attacks as well as crowd control.
• Two-Handed Axes: If you don’t care about defense much, you take two-handed Axes into combat and dish out massive damage like a storm. This weapon class is mostly for dealing damage, with some proper implicit these can also deal elemental damage.

There is a weapon for each playstyle (Image via Eleventh Hour Games)

• Two-Handed Maces: These blunt weapons in Last Epoch have great range compared to other melee-focused weapons. However, the main attractions of using two-handed Maces are not only the high damage but also the amazing stun capabilities. Two-handed Maces can cry great crowd control implicit.
• Two-Handed Spears: Spears in Last Epoch are the best melee weapon when it comes to range. They don’t have any one-handed variant but are exceptional when maintaining distance from enemies and dealing damage. They are also great at dealing with critical damage.
• Two-Handed Staves: This is the two-handed variant of the spell caster items. The Two-handed Staves can not only deal great spell damage but also decent melee damage in close combat, so you no longer have to sacrifice melee damage for spell casting.
• Two-Handed Swords: Two-handed Swords are much more damage-focused weapon choices compared to the regular sword. They can deal great damage and can be customized at great lengths but cost defense.
• Bows: Unlike other weapons, Bows can only be equipped by the Rogue class. These Last Eposh weapons can deal great damage from excellent distances, greatly reducing your chances of getting caught by your enemies.

These are all the weapon types available in the game so far. In future updates, there is a chance that new weapons will be introduced.