Magical Weapon Skills

Hey all, quick question:

Does anyone know if there's an unabridged list somewhere of which Weapon Skills are considered "Magic" (i.e. ones that trigger Amber lights on killshots in Abyssea)?

I pretty well use the red weakness list, and of course aeolian edge, Blade Yu, etc.

WS tooltip: "Deals -insertelementhere- elemental damage to the target".

Try wikiing Amber Lights?

Yep. Those are all on the list (I think), but there are more.


Yeah, I'm just gonna create my own list off the wikia. Was just curious if someone had already created such a list.

you mean more than this?

Aeolian Edge
Blade: Ei
Blade: Yu
Cyclone
Gust Slash
Vidohunir
Seraph Strike
Flash Nova
Herculean Slash
Infernal Scythe
Raiden Thrust
Leaden Salute
Trueflight
Primal Rend
Red Lotus Blade
Sanguine Blade
Freezebite
Rock Crusher
Tachi: Jinpu
Tachi: Koki
Cataclysm
Garland of Bliss
Wildfire





some WS you would think give amber don't like Blade: To

nah that copypasta from wiki, so that's what I'm asking is there more? Which are they? I only have NIN and WHM so I don't really have much info from personal experience.

Gale Axe, hot Shot, Burning Arrow give ruby lights :/

Aye, that's why I was asking this question. It seems some WS that are described in the in-game text as "deals magic damage" do not actually trigger Amber light. Some examples given so far in this thread include Hot Shot and Blade: To. I also remember reading somewhere that Tachi: Kagero doesn't work, either.

And then, on the flipside, it seems we have WS like Herculean Slash and Sanguine Blade that are NOT described as "deals magic damage" by the in-game text, and yet they reportedly work for Amber kills.

I don't think Blade: Teki gives amber either but would need to confirm. No idea about Blade: Chi, would be cool to know and have a "final" list

why is this a major concern OP? Are the listed/known Amber WSs not strong enough???

Blade chi gives ruby, I was wtf'ing over it when trying to get amber on a water type ephemeral (couldn't use blade yu)

It's not a major concern.

It's a minor curiosity.

Yea that stuff is annoying, I usually amber with AE but against Pavla in Kon I use Yu.

This^ all you need to know really.

If you wait too much and do it at 1% when the first hit will be the only thing to proc, you're going to get Ruby since NIN and SAM's Ele WSs have physical qualities on the first hit. It's the reason why Jinpu is difficult to test.

Not sure why you quoted that quote it sounds like you're talking about something completely different. That quote was talking about certain NMs resisting specific elements when going for amber lights thus limiting options for WS available to build amber.. anyway I feel kuni's pain cause it's annoying.



Also are you trying to tell me Blade To will produce amber under certain circumstances? Have you tried using Blade: To with just 1 Katana (not dual wielding) for Amber killshot to prove this? This is the first I've heard of it so I ask.


I don't think it's as simple as you quoted:


which is why we are having a discussion.

Would guess all the nin hybrid ws's give ruby (chi, to, teki).

Why is gale axe on the list? It's just plain old physical, lol.

The animation looks wind like D: