Best Lies of P weapon combos and how to assemble weapons

Best Lies of P weapon combos and how to assemble weapons
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Want the Lies of P best weapon combos? Need to learn how to assemble weapons? The weapon assembly and combination system is an interesting mechanic in Neowiz Studios’ new Souls-like RPG. It offers a great boost to player flexibility in approach to weapon utility. But how exactly does it work, and what are the best weapon combos in the game?

Here, we’re going to cover the Lies of P best weapon combos and explain how to assemble weapons in Lies of P. If you’re in need of some more advice to help you get started, why not check out our guides on how to repair weapons, how to level up, or our general tips and tricks guide?

Best Lies of P weapon combos and how to assemble weapons: P speaks to Eugenie, opening up the weapon assembly menu.
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Best weapon combinations in Lies of P

Truth be told, it’s impossible to objectively rank weapon combinations, as everyone will take their own approach, and likely find something that works best for them. Depending on which starting class you chose, you might go down a very different route in your weapon choices.

That being said, there are certainly some weapon combos that stand out for their impressive abilities or great combinations. Here are our top picks for the best weapon combos in Lies of P.

  • Booster Glaive blade + Pipe Wrench handle
  • Wintry Rapier blade + Salamander Dagger handle
  • Fire Axe blade + Wintry Rapier handle
  • Acidic Crystal Spear blade + Pipe Wrench handle
  • Wintry Rapier blade + Acidic Crystal Spear handle

We’ll walk you through each combo quickly and explain what makes them quite so good.

Booster Glaive blade and Pipe Wrench handle

If you’re a motivity build, this might be the perfect weapon for you. With both an elongated handle and blade, this weapon has fantastic reach, helping to counter its fairly slow speed. But even without this reach, it’d be worth it for the raw power this weapon can dish out.

The Booster Glaive Pipe Wrench combo scales pretty well with motivity builds, starting off with a B in scaling even before any modifications. As such, high strength builds will get a lot of damage out of this one with its powerful normal strikes and devastating charged combos – easier to prepare when you’ve got more range to work with.

As a final added cherry, this weapon has a fantastic Guard Damage Reduction Rate, making it easy to regain your health on a successful parry against targets. The only downsides here are slow attacks and a pretty hefty stamina consumption, so make sure to account for both if you choose this weapon.

Best Lies of P weapon combos and how to assemble weapons: P guards with the Booster Glaive blade and Pipe Wrench handle weapon combo.

Wintry Rapier blade and Salamander Dagger handle

On the opposite end from our previous entry, this is a weapon with limited range but great mobility. The Rapier blade offers fast, precise attacks, while the Salamander handle alters the moveset to a slashing one, widening the weapon’s attack arc and improving its capabilities for dealing with multiple targets.

What makes this a particular standout is the sheer speed of these attacks however, with simple strikes becoming easy to land in quick succession during openings. This makes it surprisingly good for dealing with larger enemies, so long as you have the endurance for that fight.

Though it lacks a strong Guard Defence, the low stamina costs of this weapon give it a great synergy with dodging manoeuvres and clever positioning. It’ll put in the work you need if you’re running a dexterity based build.

Best Lies of P weapon combos and how to assemble weapons: P poses with the Wintry Rapier blade and Salamander Dagger handle weapon combo.

Fire Axe blade and Wintry Rapier handle

The smallest weapon on this list, it’s nonetheless surprisingly capable. The Fire Axe blade is light, and thus has some pretty fast attacks.Yet it deals surprisingly high damage for its size, granting this weapon a fantastic balance between speed and power.

Even better, the Wintry Rapier handle scales brilliantly with technique, reaching and A scaling after a single weapon upgrade. This all makes for a weapon that can exploit pretty tight openings for pretty significant damage.

It’s two downsides are a pretty poor Guard Defence and a very limited range. Balanced against pretty standard stamina consumption, it’s up to you whether to try tackling bosses with this weapon. Nevertheless, it’s a pretty great weapon combo, and one we used throughout our playthrough for our Lies of P review.

Best Lies of P weapon combos and how to assemble weapons: The weapon assembly screen with the Fire Axe blade selected.

Acidic Crystal Spear blade and Pipe Wrench handle

Unlike the other weapons on this list, the Acidic Crystal Spear is set apart for its capacity to inflict both physical and acid damage on targets, making it a grave threat to opponents vulnerable to the status effect. This build combines that deadly blade with a powerful handle for maximum effect.

The Pipe Wrench handle offers great motivity scaling, long range, and more power than the regular handle of the Crystal Spear. This creates a weapon with long, arcing strikes that can easily connect with multiple enemies in one hit. Powerful strikes like this also help to maximise the damage output you inflict while the enemy suffers from the Decay status effect. This is even better improved by the acid spray Fable Art this weapon boasts.

All this alongside a pretty fantastic Guard Defence gives you a weapon that still isn’t all that fast, and costs quite a bit of stamina, but deals multiple types of damage over a longer range. It might be a tough choice between the Booster Glaive and Pipe Wrench combo and this one, but when you need that additional effect damage, this is a great pick.

Best Lies of P weapon combos and how to assemble weapons: P attacks a headless puppet with the Acid Crystal Spear blade and Pipe Wrench handle weapon combo.

Wintry Rapier blade and Acidic Crystal Spear handle

We’ve talked quite a bit about weapon range – or weapon reach if you prefer – in this guide. While there are plenty of fantastic options, none quite compete with this combination. Putting a long blade on a long handle results in a weapon that can reach further than most, without compromising speed and mobility.

The Wintry Rapier blade as discussed is a pretty great choice for dealing fast, precise damage, and it retains those qualities well on this build. The Acidic Spear handle might not be quite as impressive in its scaling, but it makes up for this by providing a reach that allows you to dispatch enemies far outside of their own attack range. This thing is fantastic for removing lesser foes without hassle or issue, and retains some great Fable Arts for damage.

Though damage overall isn’t fantastic, there’s enough speed in your attacks here to make up for this shortcoming, and if enemies do manage to close the gap, it still sports a pretty decent Guard Defence, though not as high as some of the weapons on this list.

Best Lies of P weapon combos and how to assemble weapons: P prepares to strike a group of approaching swordsman puppets with a Wintry Rapier blade and Acid Crystal Spear handle weapon combo.

How to assemble weapons in Lies of P

All of these combos are pretty brilliant, but what use are they if you don’t know how to actually build the things in the first place?

Assembling weapons might sound like a pretty complex mechanic, but it’s actually fairly straightforward. You can assemble weapons through the weapon assembly menu, accessible from Eugenie the weapons expert in Hotel Krat, or from any Stargazer while resting at it.

Weapons consist of a handle and a blade – you can combine the handle and blade of any weapons you’ve picked up to create new ones with new mixtures of movesets, damage, speed, and more. It’s worth noting that any weapon upgrades to a blade or alterations to a handle will carry over in your new combination weapons.

That covers everything you should need to know about the Lies of P best weapon combos and how to assemble weapons in Lies of P. Make the most of these weapon builds – you’ll need them for dealing with the game’s challenging bosses. If you’re on the lookout for some more advice on how to beat the Scrapped Watchman or the King’s Flame, Fuoco, though then we should be able to help. And if you’re looking for where to get weapons so you can try out some of our suggestions, we’ve got you covered there too.

Are weapon combos worth it in Lies of P?

Combining weapons is often worth the effort in Lies of P, as you can create many powerful combinations, putting together the best traits of different blades and handles.

Are assembled weapons better than boss weapons in Lies of P?

Assembled weapons can be better than boss weapons in specific areas or niches, but boss weapons tend to be more generally powerful, and boast special abilities.