Best Blades pommel in God of War Ragnarok

In this guide, we’ll walk you through the best Blades of Chaos pommel and Blades attachments in God of War Ragnarok. You’ll stumble across a trove of Blades attachments as you travel the Nine realms, each one with it’s own of perks, downside, and stat boosts to set them apart. Whatever your build, you’ll find something that fits the bill, but among all the options, there are a few Blades attachments that trump the competition.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the choice of Blades pommels and want to make sensible use of your resources by upgrading a Blades pommel that can accompany you through the late game and beyond, these are all great options.

Hardened War Handles

• Location – Legendary Chest in Nidavellir, Svartalfheim
• Starting stat – Strength 20, Defense 9, Vitality 9 at level 5

The Blades of Chaos’ range is often underutilized, but the Hardened War Handles give the perfect excuse to pull and grapple enemies for more often. The attachment provides a sizable buff to the Hyperion Grapple and Hyperion Pull skills – which hurl Kratos at enemies and pull them to Kratos, respectively – called Banishing Blade. With extra damage and stun effect for each use of these skills, they’ll quickly count among your go-to moves with the Blades.

The Hardened War Handles also grant a chunk of strength points, and more than respectable boosts to both defense and vitality, making the pommel a balanced option for players that favor versatility in their build. Fully upgraded to level 9, you’re looking at a 40 strength, 17 Defense, and 17 Vitality buff.

Pommels of the Undying Spark

• Location – Legendary Chest in Jarsnmida Pitmines, Svartalfheim
• Starting stat – Strength 6, Runic 3 at level 2

Many attachments are highly situational or require the use of a specific skill to truly tap into their potential. That isn’t the case with the Pommel of the Undying Spark, which increases the damage caused by the Burn status inflicted on enemies courtesy of the pommel’s Scorching Burn skill.

In action, this means any Triangle-charged attack causes even more damage. When paired with Flame Whiplash II, which charges whiplash with a single tap of the Triangle button after any Blades attack, you can easily chain Burn damage combo attacks to tear through enemies of all kinds.

Turning to stat boosts, the Pommels of Undying Spark offer 46 strength when fully upgraded to level 9 sided by 26 runic, boosting a build’s overall DPS nicely.

✓ Honourable mentions

• Luminous Recovery Handles – with Whiplash Refresh, Flame Whiplash hits have a moderate luck chance to restore more cooldown if fully charged.
• Radiant Warden Handles – with Whiplash Deflection, mash triangle to defelect projectiles when charging Flame Whiplash
• Pommels of the Nine Realms – with Momentous Shift, using Furious Immolation triggers a Realm Shift

Cursed Empress Handles

• Location – reward for defeating The Hateful in Born From Fire Favor in The Watchtower, Bay of Bounty, Svartalfheim
• Starting stat – Strength 5, Luck 5 at level 2

With a 29 strength and 34 runic boost when fulled upgraded to level 9, the Cursed Empress Handles are a solid option for the Blades, but add in the Power of the Empress skill and they’re contenders for the best Blades attachment in God of War Ragnarok.

Power of the Empress offers a low luck chance of any Blades hit to grant a strength and runic buff that can be stacked up to three times. For players partial to combo-ing basic attacks as their main source of damage, the Cursed Empress Handles complement that playstyle well.

Pommels Of Agile Deceit

• Location – crafted at Brok and Sindri’s Shop after completing The Reckoning main path quest
• Starting stat – Strength 11, Vitality 13 at level 4

True to its name, the Pommels of Agile Deceit suit players that favor mobility and adopt fast, repetitive light attacks while also dodging and maneuvering around enemies. The Blade Dancer ability boosts the damage and burn effect inflicted when using the Spinning Chaos (one of the more versatile Blades of Chaos runic attacks) and Evasive Embers evade attacks.

Stay moving, dodge attacks as often as possible using those two runic attacks, and watch as the Blades melt through enemies of all kinds. Fully upgraded to level 9, the Pommels of Agile Deceit push Strength up to 29 and Vitality up to 34, for a decent stat boost.

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