Guide on Mainhand Weapons

This guide is based on author's personal experience in game and with the currently available commanders

1. Introduction

Recently in the game, the mainhand weapons for the commanders have been introduced. It is still a new process as there are many commanders that have not yet received their mainhand weapon. However they have already affected the gameplay and changed its dynamic. In this guide we will examine the type of mainhand weapons, how they can be obtained, and how they should be reforged. 

1. What is Mainhand Weapon?

The mainhand weapons are equipped on your commanders and have attributes on them. The base attributes are 2, troop type attack and total health. There are a few red weapons that have different base attributes like Soren’s for instance (Resource gathering and research speed) but the majority of the weapons have troop type attack and total health. Depending on the weapon’s quality, it can begin as low as 6% for the troop type attack and 1,25% for the total health for the green weapon. Base attributes will be increased by both the quality of the weapon (if it is green, blue, purple, gold or red) and by the awakening of the weapon itself. The more stars the weapon has, the higher the base attributes will be.

The mainhand weapons also have random attributes that can be reforged so the player can remodel the weapon to the attributes and stats that he needs.

The Mainhand weapons begin at 0 stars, and by consuming same type weapons (10 in total) they can be maximised to 4 stars. A 4star blue weapon for example has the same attributes as the 0star gold one. However it will have less random attributes, so ideally you should aim to have the weapons of the highest quality.

1. Types of Mainhand Weapons

There are several different categories in which the mainhand weapons can be divided into: 

1. By quality. The mainhand weapons can be green, blue, purple, gold and red.The attributes of its category raises in accordance with the color. For the purpose of this guide we will be focusing mainly on the red and gold ones.All weapons can be equipped on any commander, but there are specific weapons for each commander. The specific weapons are always red and no 2 same red weapons can be equipped to 2 different commanders.
2. By troop type. The mainhand weapons, like the commanders, are divided by troop type, so we have infantry, cavalry, spearman and bow mainhands. The bow mainhands appear only in the red mainhand category, and so far it is only Theon’s weapon and Soren’s.Soren’s does not really count as bow mainhand as it does not offer any bow stats.
3. By having passive or active attributes. So far, the only weapon that has passive attributes is the Soren’s weapon. As long as you have the weapon equipped, you do not need to have the commander in your lineup. It is very probable that Raymond’s weapon will also be passive, but we will be able to confirm this when the weapon appears
4. By the type of commander that is equipped on. This might be rather specific but it will help distinguish the random attributes each weapon can obtain

There are the red weapons of the F2P commanders, like Chris, Arya, Gorell and Robb, the red weapons of the P2W commanders, like Jaime, Sinara, Leila and oddly enough Hector, and last the red weapons of the premium commanders like Petry Baelish.

4. How the Mainhand Weapons can be obtained?

The first Mainhand Weapon that was introduced Oath (the Chris weapon) can be obtained in the fiery mines, either if you are very lucky you can dig up the entire weapon, or fragments of it (you need 100 fragments for one weapon). 

The Leila, Sinara and Jamie’s weapons can be obtained in the Archery event, the Baelish and Hector’s weapons are obtained in the Lairs of Flame, Theon’s through the Golden Celebration event, Gorell’s in a recharge event, Soren’s through the Narrow Sea Event where it was prize for the first place, Robb’s weapon from a collection event, where the person who spent more speedups in the entire kingdom won the weapon as a prize and last Arya’s weapon is available through the supermine, which could be called the CCS of the fiery mines.

5. Random Attributes

The random attributes that each weapon possesses are much more important than the base attributes and these are the game changing factor of the mainhand weapons. Every weapon has a list of random attributes, which you can change with reforging the weapon. The better the quality of the weapon is, the higher the attributes percentages and the base troop type attack is only available in the red weapons. A difference of random with base attribute is, that the random attribute does not get higher if the weapon is awakened, it remains the same.

gold weapon random attributes

red weapon random attributes

An easy guide for which attributes you should try to achieve, is exactly the order with which they have been listed. The higher on the list a random attribute is, the more important it is. Of course every player has different needs and different gamestyle, but it is a good guide if you feel overwhelmed.

The most important of them all, is the troop type Base Attack. Do not disregard this, just because it does not increase your pvp stats. What it does is much more important than that. It increases the base attack of your troop type that you attack with. (you can check the base damage of each troop type in the Barracks). By increasing your base attack, you increase the potency of your attacks and the damage your troops can cause.

This is also why, and keeping in mind that you cannot equip the same red weapon in 2 different commanders as mentioned before, it is more useful to have 2 different red weapons for your troop type at 0 stars, than having one at 4 stars. Because with 2 different red weapons you can obtain 2 base attack stats, while with one red weapon even at 4 stars, you have only one base attack.

6. Red Main Hand Weapons are equipped only with the commander they are named for?

The red mainhand weapons are specifically designed for each commander, to enhance their 4 star ability, so ideally yes they should be equipped with them. But this applies only if you use them in your lineup. If you do not, simply equip the weapon to another commander of your lineup. 

For example if you have Snow Wolf, the Robb Stark weapon, but use for your cav attack only ladies commanders, there is no reason to add Robb Stark to this lineup, as he will not enhance it, just equip his weapon to one of the ladies. The cav base attack is more important than Robb Stark’s enhanced 4 star ability, which you were not using in the first place, so you would not be missing out.

Of course there are some 4 star abilities that get upgraded fantastically with the red weapons, (Arya and Hector come to mind), so in this case you have to decide if you wish to amend your lineup to include these commanders, but in any case if you have a red weapon of the troop type you are attacking with, it is important that you use it.

7. Reforge and Locking Stones

This is why the reforge stones are so important as you need them to obtain the best random attributes for your mainhand weapons. The reforge cost is the following:

Purple weapon         4 stones

Gold weapon            10 stones

Red F2P weapon        40 stones

Red P2W weapon        100 stones

Red premium weapon        400 stones

Reforging is crucial because not only do you need to achieve the random attributes you want, but you want to achieve them in higher quality too. So a lot of effort is required to optimise your red weapon. Locking stones that lock one attribute once you reach it help, but they are very rare (obtained by the archery event, westeros encounters or from the Shop), and very expensive, especially if you try to lock the 2nd or 3rd attribute.The locking costs for 1st attribute are the following:

Gold weapon            10 locking stones

Red F2P weapon        40 locking stones

Red P2W weapon        200 locking stones

Red premium weapon        600 locking stones

This makes the reforge and locking stones, the most precious commodity in the game, apart from the weapons themselves.

8. Comparison of red mainhands’ attributes

The red mainhand weapons have slightly different numbers in their random attributes. For example the red P2W has higher than the red F2P ones. For example:

Random Attributes of Robb Weapon

Random Attributes of Leila weapon

The first of the premium weapons that we have seen, the Baelish weapon, actually gives you the ability to choose your troop type, so this means that a premium red weapon is useful to every player as it can be adapted to their troop type.

Random Attributes of Petyr Baelish weapon

Hope this guide is helpful!