Phantom Blade Zero's Best Weapon Might Just Be the First One You Get

Jagged Steel, the weapon dropped by Phantom Blade Zero's first boss of the same name, centers on Blood Blade, a stackable buff that increases bleed buildup and damage, with further bleed buildup at Level 20. Most bosses are humans vulnerable to bleed, but Puppets, Golden Bodies, and Phantom Bodies are not until you obtain the Livingwood Talisman in the Village of Lu, which makes bleed work at 50% effectiveness and can be polished to 70%. The writer is about 30 hours in and still using it.