Swords and Blades

"Versatility of one' hand, and may be equipped with one another"

-In game's Tutorial introduction of swords and blades by Rend

Battle Focus
All of swords and blades Focus damage calculation ranged from:

Striking Styles
Swords and Blades have the same striking styles, only in different sequence.

They are as follow:

Swords
>3 hits

Wide hit > Pierce > Divider (Action Latency is 2.4 - 3.5 seconds)

>4 hits

Diagonal hit > Horizontal slash > Wide hit > Pierce (Action Latency is 1.9 - 2.2

>5 hits

Wide hit > Pierce > Diagonal hit > Overturn > Slicer (Action Latency is 1.1 - 2.3 seconds)

>6 hits

Wide hit > Pierce > Horizontal slash > Uppercut > Rushing strike > Slam (Action Latency is 1 - 2 seconds)

>7 hits

Diagonal hit > Horizontal slash > Wide hit > Slicer > Uppercut > Pierce > Divider

Blades
>3 hits

Divider > Uppercut > Slam

>4 hits

Slicer > Uppercut > Slam > Divider

>5 hits

Wide hit > Overturn > Divider > Uppercut > Slicer

>6 hits

Horizontal slash > Wide hit > Slicer > Vertical hit > Uppercut > Divider

>7 hits

Slam > Vertical hit > Wide hit > Divider > Pierce > Rushing strike > Uppercut

Note

 * All Swords striking styles definitely have Wide hit and Pierce.
 * All Blades striking styles definitely have Uppercut and Divider.

Statistic
Swords and blades offer a balanced mix of speed, consistency, and power. Damage is calculated based on the character's strength, the weapon's attack, and the enemy's defense. All swords except for the Stoneblade add 5 to Deflection. And blades except for Ogun Blade add 5 to Deflection. Swords can knockback enemies. Its Action Latency is short, has a good damage, average chance of knockbacks and staggers, and practically has good reach. They are practically the most moderate costing weapons of all time. Each levels of Swords licensing increases the knockbacks chance while for Blades, increases the staggers chance.

Swords' and blades' damage calculation:



Trivia

 * Most of the new additions to the swords and blades are not only from FFXII, but also FFTA2.
 * Chijiraden, Reddas's initial weapon, become a usable and possibly prominent weapon for other party members to equip.
 * The Embroidded Sword, is a special edition among with other Embroidded sets, if equipped along with Embroidded Tippet, EXP gain is tripled.