Phantom Blade Zero has a vast, vast array of build options. 30 weapons are accompanied by a further 30 Phantom Edges, with a bunch of accessories and medicines to really spice things up. 30 is the magic number, as on your first playthrough, you can upgrade your weapons and Phantom Edges to level 30.
There's always a fear that, when you start a second playthrough, weapon and equipment levels stay capped. Thankfully, that's not the case in Phantom Blade Zero, but you still have a unique hurdle to clear if you want to upgrade weapons past their cap in New Game+.
I'm lucky enough to have had the game for a while now, scoring it a 5/5 in my review. I've completed it twice and am now confident in what I feel are the game's 10 Best Weapons and 10 Best Phantom Edges. It wasn't until I was a little way through my second playthrough, though, that I realized that they could be upgraded past their level 30 cap.
I began my second playthrough using the Crescent Blade, my favorite weapon in the game, and the Blazing Edge, the Soul Tempered version of the Sanguine Reach. I checked at the...
