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While Code Vein 2 features a variety of one-handed swords, certain weapons boast overwhelming performance. In the early game, the Ancient Hunter's Sword offers decent stats with low requirements, and the DLC weapon Avino Habakiri is excellent for its powerful moveset and Ichor recovery. In the late game, the Sword of Hidden Potential delivers top-tier performance, dealing over 9,000 damage with charged heavy attacks without consuming Ichor, while Frostbite is effective against multiple enemies with its ice-elemental area damage. ⚔️ Sword of Hidden Potential: Boasts overwhelming damage with charged heavy attacks that consume no Ichor. ❄️ Frostbite: Effective against multiple enemies with ice-elemental area attacks and contributes to Ichor recovery. ⚡ Carmilla's Thorn: Long reach, fast thrusts, and ranged techniques make it ideal for highly mobile combat.

To fully unleash the potential of a one-handed sword build, an appropriate combination of auxiliary skills is essential. Blade Dance is a core buff that increases attack power by up to 50% with each hit on an enemy, and Overdrive significantly amplifies weapon damage. For airborne bosses or ranged enemies, it's crucial to utilize ranged attack options like Blaze Shot or Venomous Shot to efficiently manage Ichor. 🔥 Blade Dance: Prioritize activating this 50% attack power increase buff. 🚀 Overdrive: An essential buff to maximize weapon damage. 🎯 Blaze Shot/Venomous Shot: Utilize effective ranged attack skills for ranged enemies or airborne bosses.

A bayonet build is a powerful choice that can dominate all bosses from early to endgame with quick dodges and multi-attacks. In the early game, secure quick dodges with low stat requirements using the Ancient Hunter's Bayonet, and in the endgame, the Raider Bayonet delivers peak performance. The Raider Bayonet, with its 8-round magazine, homing projectiles, and rapid fire rate, can quickly stack the Blade Dancer skill for immense damage. 🔫 Raider Bayonet: Your main endgame bayonet; quickly stack Blade Dancer with its rapid fire rate and homing projectiles. 🛡️ Ancient Hunter's Bayonet: Acquire early to secure quick dodges with low stat requirements and flexibly use melee/ranged attacks. 💥 Grenade Launcher: Useful in boss fights for high stagger damage and powerful burst damage.

The core of a bayonet build lies in skill combinations that synergize with the Holy Blood Code. The Holy Blood Code scales with Dexterity and Willpower stats, and allows for continuous attacks with health recovery on mob kills (No Overburn) and skill usage by consuming health when Ichor is depleted (Vitality Margin Assist). For offensive skills, Blood River Blade boasts extremely high damage, and Heavenly Strike quickly applies poison status with multiple hits, maximizing efficiency in boss fights. 🩸 Holy Blood Code: Dexterity/Willpower scaling with No Overburn and Vitality Margin Assist enables sustained combat. ⚔️ Blade Dancer: A core skill for safely maximizing damage with multi-attacks from ranged weapons. 🎯 Heavenly Strike: Quickly apply poison status with multiple hits to achieve maximized efficiency in boss fights.

To maximize the performance of a bayonet build, selecting appropriate boosters and partners is crucial. Bayonet Mastery, Dexterity Boost +2, and Willpower Boost directly contribute to increased damage, while Steadfast Stance significantly enhances survivability by allowing you to survive fatal attacks with 1 HP. For partners, Bat is the best choice for Ichor recovery from a distance, and Holy boosts build synergy with partner traits. 📈 Bayonet Mastery & Willpower Boost: Core boosters that directly increase bayonet damage. 🛡️ Steadfast Stance: An essential booster that increases combat longevity by surviving fatal attacks. 🦇 Bat: The best partner for safely recovering Ichor from a distance.

The Lyle Blood Code is a hidden Blood Code obtained by heading to the final boss without saving Lyle, causing Lyle to appear with one arm lost. Using this code allows you to wield two-handed swords like Iron Slab as one-handed swords, dealing over 5,000 damage with jump attacks and over 10,000 damage with counterattacks. Dodge is converted to a step dodge, greatly improving mobility, so the key is to evade enemy attacks and look for counter opportunities. 🔓 Acquisition Method: Reach the final boss without saving Lyle to unlock the hidden Blood Code. ⚔️ Iron Slab Utilization: Actively use jump attacks and 10,000+ damage counterattacks with the Iron Slab two-handed sword wielded with one hand. 💨 Step Dodge: Evade enemy attacks and seize counter opportunities with enhanced mobility from step dodging.

The Greatsword of the White King, considered the strongest build in the previous game, still boasts powerful performance in Code Vein 2. Especially through synergy with the Joze Blood Code, it recovers Ichor every two attacks, allowing for continuous use of charged heavy attacks that unleash ranged slashes (1 Ichor consumed, approx. 2,000 damage). It's important to mix melee attacks with ranged slashes, and utilize step dodges and defensive/offensive buffs for stable and robust combat. 👑 Greatsword of the White King: Excellent ranged slash attacks and Ichor efficiency make for robust gameplay even in New Game+. 🩸 Joze Blood Code: Supports continuous use of slash attacks by recovering Ichor every two attacks. 🔄 Combat Strategy: Mix ranged slashes and melee attacks, and utilize step dodges and buffs for stable combat.