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Soulframe Weapon Tier List
Best weapons in Soulframe Preludes 15 for Nightfold combos, Smite finishers, and Agari farming — with Chordstone scaling notes.
Weapon Evaluation Criteria
Weapons in Soulframe are defined by moveset tempo, Nightfold synergy, Chordstone scaling bands, and Pact passives. Preludes 15 adjusted heavy weapon startup frames and ghost damage types, shifting prior Preludes 14 favorites.
Tier placement assumes reasonable Virtue investment and access to blue-rarity Tempers for socket progression — not perfect god-roll Chordstones that most pre-alpha players lack.
Melee Standouts
Great blades and reapers with wide Smite windows top solo rankings. Spears gained ghost-lunge variants useful in Cogah corridors. Daggers remain high skill but dominate speedrun Agari clears when paired with Grace investment.
Chordstone refining can bump a B-tier base weapon to A-tier if stat rolls align with your Pact — consult the chordstones guide before dismantling duplicates.
Ranged and Hybrid
Bows and spectral focus weapons support Sirin and Spirit builds in puzzle-heavy zones. Ranged tiers drop in pure Torment Stag DPS checks but excel in add-heavy Agari phases where melee players struggle with spacing.
Weapon Family Synergy
Match weapon families to Pact bonuses listed on the all-pacts overview. Mismatch wastes Virtue breakpoints — a common reason players perceive a weapon as weak when the issue is build coordination.
Weapon tier list updates follow blacksmith TUVALKANE recipe changes and Devstream combat demonstrations.