Best Starter Weapons In Wild Hearts – Tier List

Wild Hearts is here and is wasting no time enveloping the hearts of gamers who love fighting against massive monsters. Aside from their performance issues, the game is being met with glowing praise for the features and additions they have added atop an already successful formula. New players of the ‘Monster Hunting” genre will come into the game and be a bit confused. With the inclusion of things such as the Karakuri, figuring out which weapon is best for you to use in the beginning might be a bit daunting. While the game does ease you into getting new weapons, you might want to know what’s good. Maybe the weapon you’re using doesn’t feel satisfying. Perhaps you just want a change of pace. Whatever the reason, we are going to be making a tier list for the best starter weapons in Wild Hearts.

Best Starter Weapons In Wild Hearts – Tier List

While weapons will eventually get nerfed/buffed, and new ones might be added, this tier list is subject to change throughout the life of the game. More importantly, this list is going to be covering the best starter weapons.

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There might be weapons that when mastered, can implode our tier list in half. For the sake of this article however, we’re going to assume you are starting a new character and want to ease into the game mechanics. Due to how a game like Wild Hearts is played, this tier list will focus on weapons based on their speed, ease-of-use, and overall difficulty for a newcomer.

Best Starter Weapons In Wild Hearts – S-Tier

• Karakuri Staff

Since the Karakuri Staff is the only S-tier weapon, it is truly a unique weapon in Wild Hearts. Boasting 4 different forms and a medium-weight, this staff is in a league of its own. Allowing you to transform it for whatever scenario or beast you are up against. The flexibility this weapon brings, combined with the amount of power that can be put behind your attacks, makes the Karakuri Staff the best starter weapon is the game.

Best Starter Weapons In Wild Hearts – A-Tier

• Claw Blades
• Karakuri Katana
• Hand Cannon

Closest to reaching the Karakuri staff is the Claw Blades and Karakuri Katana. Lightweight and medium-weight weapons respectfully, the Claw Blades and Katana bring a decent amount of variety and speed to the battlefield. Allowing the player to weave in between the monsters attacks without getting hit. Short wind-ups for most attacks give newcomers a bigger window of error in case they didn’t plan their attack properly. And last for the A-tier weapons, is the Hand Cannon. A weapon, which on most others lists will be somewhere towards the bottom, that can provide insane amount of damage. There are the downsides of having to manage more resources than any other weapon. But if you’re just starting out and especially if you’re playing with friends, this weapon will be a great middle-ground for players who want to do big damage, but are unsure of a monsters attack patterns.

Best Starter Weapons In Wild Hearts – B-Tier

• Bladed Wagasa
• Bow
• Nodachi

Moving towards the bottom half of the list, is the B-tier weapons. At the top is the Bladed Wagasa, which could theoretically be an S-Tier weapon depending on the user. This lightweight weapon beautifully mixes offensive and defensive attacks. Making for one of the more unique weapons in the game. However the feature that makes it B-tier is also the one that could make it S-tier in the right hands. The Wagasa is the only weapon in the game to have a parry mechanic. Meaning if you time it just right, you will take no damage from an enemy and even build up more of your attack gauge. This is where for those of us who don’t have fast reflexes will drop this weapon and opt for others. As utilizing the parry ability is a key strength to making the Wagasa useful.

The Bow on the other hand, will be your easiest ranged weapon to use in the game. Having the added benefit of 2 different stances that you swap back and forth from as you deal damage. Lower on the list than the Hand Cannon simply because of the damage. Since both of these are already ranged, you worry less about where the monster is relative to you and want to deal the most amount of damage. And if you’re looking for the most amount of damage, the Nodachi might be your bread and butter. Mimicking the style of a Berserk-esque protagonist, the heavy bladed Nodachi can deal serious amounts of damage. Provided of course, that you can even get an attack off. Because of enemy attacks requiring more precise timing from slower weapons, these big slabs of metal are usually not the best approach to start out with.

Best Starter Weapons In Wild Hearts – C-Tier

• Maul

Last but not least, our final weapon in the game and our last weapon on the list, the Maul. A ginormous hammer that can be used to smash and pound any enemies in your way with one swing. Sadly, much like the Nodachi, the Maul might be a bit too slow for beginner players.

If you are starting out with no knowledge of monster attack patterns using a Maul might feel like the game hates you. Your timing needs to be pretty precise when attacking with a Maul. Thanks to the fact that it is the slowest hitting weapon in the game. It makes up for this by being the singlehandedly biggest attacking weapon in the game. If you’re able to pull off a full combo with a Maul, whatever you’re fighting will have definitely felt that. It’s a fair trade off when you think about how the game is structured. Rewarding you for planning your attacks with slower weapons means a higher ceiling for players to hit as they progress and change weapons through the game.

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