Secret World Legends allows weapon combinations rather than permanent exclusive combat classes. The nine families below are the mechanical roster; starting presets simply select an initial pairing.
Choose a detailed configuration
Secret World Legends: Shotgun/Hammer damage bar
Configure six SWL active skills, five passives and the named SPES-C221/Pneumatic Maul weapon pair, with a resource-aware Raging Shot and Demolish sequence.
Open configuration →The nine weapon families
Blade
Melee and ChiThe blade’s weapon mechanics differ from a hammer’s rage loop.
Hammer
Melee and RagePower attacks and rage-related effects support the named Demolish/Seethe pairing.
Fist Weapons
Melee and healing optionsFist skills offer their own resource and utility choices, not a passive conversion of another weapon.
Blood Magic
Magic and corruption/martyrdomIts resource tradeoffs need their own setup rather than a generic caster bar.
Chaos Magic
Magic and paradox mechanicsA separate magic family with tanking and other utility choices.
Elementalism
Heat-based elemental magicManage the elemental resource instead of copying another caster’s sequence.
Compare roles and play patterns
Compare the functions described below within this edition. This is not a current damage ranking.
Blade
Melee and ChiThe blade’s weapon mechanics differ from a hammer’s rage loop.
Hammer
Melee and RagePower attacks and rage-related effects support the named Demolish/Seethe pairing.
Fist Weapons
Melee and healing optionsFist skills offer their own resource and utility choices, not a passive conversion of another weapon.
Learning and progression guides
Secret World Legends build guide: weapons, Anima and progression
Choose a Secret World Legends weapon pair, understand Anima Allocation and equipment investment, then prepare for investigation missions and group roles.
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